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Get the Republican To Do Your PRINTING. Official Paper Of the City. m BELLEFONTAINE, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER C, 1898. V GLUME XLI V. NUMBER 71 .U I Kennedy Bros. 0 . 4 Undertaker s Z Embalmers AND DEALERS IN West Columbus Ave., Bellefontaine. HoT Will answer calls at all hours, during night and day. No extra charge for distance. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED .... THE ROUND OAK FURNACE i V 'faiiids-fat-a iBt&kt-whk kW. id ill thi oa oat powerful heater, greatest inel aavei and most durable in construction of any in the market. BURNS lOO 3J"ortla3VIo,iix St root. Robt. P. Dickie son & Bro., Bex to announce to onr farmer friends that we are now receiving-one of the largest lines of Agricultural Implements ever in Logan county. Our stock of implements is so great and varied that we will not attempt to enumerate the different kinds. Bat to give you some idea we will name a few of the firms that we have secured the agency, on The Rock Island Plow o. , ft'" a1,' " . piD.nit".?r"' Di, Hrrow, Hy The JohnSOn Harvester O., Bindrs, Mowers, Haj Rakes and Disc Harrows The Krause Pivot Axle Cultiva icr o. The Brown Manufacturing Co., Zanseville, O., wagonscnitivator. The Superior Drill Co., DlB0 Drms. The Empire Drill Co., Drl, and Hy Bake.. Hench & Dromgold, York, Pa., Biding Spring Tooth Harrow. The Ohio Cultivator Co., Bellevue, O., Rid.nVRote.kln'1 CultiTator The Ohio Rake Co., Dayton, O., !5Sti&gr BeU' The Perfection Chilled Plow Co., Pl0Wi a PUW k,,. The Shxtnk Plow Co., now..nd now Repair.; We make a special of selling wagons, and sell uui mu unn, ..rrauwu vy m rrspuosiDlB Poader npon this price. Your choice of three course this calls for cash and cash only. We carry Garden Field and Flower name. Low prices prevail. Please your wife by baying Pillsbnry's Best tne nest, try i"iiioury s. winter wneat nour, FERTILIZERS. We represent The Springfield Fertilizer Co., xvhn.a .nnili hua hmn nsel In I mn eonntv for 28 vears. .slwsvs ffivlne satisfaction. AH SWIFT A CO., of Chicago, 111., positively the knnwn nrlil. i Remember that Dickinson's is the place for the cash buyer. Every day I. an opening day A Dickinson's. Ofllce: Corner Court and Opera Bis. Bellefontaine, Ohio. "THE. BEST THERE IS IN. fyUNTING becomes expensive when you use cheap paint Perhaps you have already learned this others have. For excellent results fat every particular use H. W. Johns' gf SfffS Liquid Paints f J Artistic shades producing pleasing effects. ; Color Card, Pamphlet," Exterior Decoration," etc, mailed on request H.W.JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 100 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. "v CHICAGO. VMILADILPMI. .OSTON tONOOM. , PAINT ALL KINDS OF HARD COAL, SOFT COAL or WOOD. a S in. tire, 3 skein wagon, complete with compiDj lor two years lor T LZ 'J CTf makes of wagons 853 SO. Of 4OO.OU) Seeds, a new, fresh stock, and true to Flour. None "just as good." If yon want use Uolton.Bros.' Peerless and Mountain Fleece, largest firm in the fertilizer business in the Warehouse: 105 South Had River'St !J, A, HAT5TZLER, DEALER IN Hard and M Coal, 201 South Main Street. ' Coal delivered to any part of the city on short notice, Telephone 22. Leave your orders or cell at THE UP-TOWN COAL OFFICE. Jan. 26, 1897-tf. R. DENTIST. Special attention given to operations on the natural teeth and the care of " Children's teeth. Office, Room 20, Lawrence Bldg. BELLEFONTAINE O. July 23, 1697, tf Just What YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. Something Hice FOR A1 WEDDING, BIRTHDA1 OR HOLIDAY PRESENT. WE HAVE THEM. . A. MILLER, 200 SOUTH MAIN STREET. Nov. 19, 1897, tf MONEY TO LOAN 01 FARM AID TOWN PROPERTY. Privileite of partial payments. At cheapest rates ever oeiore onerea. uaii on A. Jay Miller, Rooms 8 and 9 Empire Block, Deo. 71683, . Bellefontaine. Ohio. remain's Insurance Agency, Office 1 and 2 Empire Block, No. 125 Booth Main Street, Bellefontaine, Insures against Loss or Damage by Fire, lightning, Tornadoes and Wind Storms; None bnt old reliabla companies In this agency, which haa been establi shed for 20 years. W. C. TDEMSIH Imnt 4-20-88-lyr ' Portland CEMENT WORK. . Plain or Ornamental. Far sunerlor to all other maaoiirY for FOUNDATIONS OF EVERY KIND. I rnar- antee my work in appearance, strength and auraoiucy equal to Dest quality oi uerea stone. Prices moderate, and comDare favorably in competition with stone work. PLANS AND ESTIMATES PROMPTLY ruKHISBED AND SOLICITED. CORRE SPONDENCE SOLICITED. Address. S. A. BUCHANAN, Civil Engineer, Bellefontaine. Ohio, Boom No. 7. New Law rence suiiaing. April ZAigeti. WILBUR A. GINN, EXPERT LAND SURVEYOR U1 CIVIL -:- ENGINEER. Bnrveye. Levels, Map., Drawinm, Flans Bpeetnoatlona and Estimates furnished on nori nouoa. umce over postofflce Bellafon- uune Houses for Sale & Houses to Rent On Favorable Terms. Farm for Sale. A good farm of 138 acres within 3 miles of Heilefontaine, Ohio. A good bearing orchard. A fine young orchard of over 600 cherry. Dlnra and apple trees set oat two years ago, all of toe cnoicest varieties ana in prime condition very iavoraoie terms as to prices and pay menu, a rare casnce. isau on or aaaress, J. D. Inskeep, Sec. Savin. B. A L. Co., Bellefontaine, O. April iv, iKis-i FRANK GRIFFIN A BIG PURCHASE. HOW DUPONT SUPPLIED THE POW DER FOR THE CIVIL WAR. Aa "Mr. Jones'' the Great Powder-Maker Bought All the Saltpetre There was in England and Charged the Government Nothing for His Services. On the banks of tl.e Brandywine, In Delaware, are the great Dupont Pow der Mills. Established in 1S02 by the French Royalist, Eleuthere T. Dupont de Nemours, who found republican F"rance an uncongenial home, they have grown to be the greatest mills in the world for the making of explosives. At the time of the civil war the Duponts were, as they are to-day, powder mak ers for the United States government. In 1S61 the secretary of war sent for the Duponts, and La Motte Dupont, one of the heads of the firm, went to Wash ington in reply to the summons. "Are you prepared to furnish a very large amount of gunpowder?" asked the secretary of war. "That depends on cur obtaining salt petre," was the answer. "The saltpe tre of the world Is mined in India, of course, under the control of the British government and the markets are in London and Liverpool." - The secretary of war was startled. If England should prove unfriendly dur ing the course of the war which was opening, the saltpetre market would. of course, be closed to the United States. 'The government must buy a large amount at once," he said. Excuse me," said Mr. Dupont, "the United States cannot go into the mar ket and buy saltpetre at any reasona ble price indeed, it might not be able to buy it at all, but the Duponts can get it without exciting comment." "Will you go to England and buy It- buy all there Is?" Mr. Dupont agreed to go, and h. J me secretary of war talked a few mo. ments longer; they made a few figures and the powder man was provided with letters of credit on the Rothschilds. On the next steamer he sailed for England and presented himself with letters of introduction to the Roths, childs. Very sorry, Mr. Dupont, your letters of credit have not arrived," and he was politely bowed out He next presented letters of Introduc tion to Baring Brothers, the London correspondents of the Duponts. One ot the firm, a Mr. Archibald, cordially re ceived the powder manufacturer. "Very happy to meet you, Mr. Du pont. We have never had the pleasure of meeting a Dupont, although we have done business with the firm for fifty years." "I am very glad to meet you," said the American, "for I am In need of money." "We shall be most happy to furnish you with all that you require. About how much will you need?" Mr. Dupont looked meditatively at the floor for a moment, and Mr. Archi bald looked with some curiosity at his American, customer. A homely man was this powder maker; high cheek bones, a square chin, covered with a thin, uneven bristly beard, spectacles on his deep, kind eyes; a man who somewhat resembled Lincoln In the character of his face. Mr. Archibald thought he might want several hun dred pounds. This American had per haps found London a little more ex pensive than in his western simplicity he had supposed. Mr. Dupont, looking up, eaid: 'I shall want 500,000 pounds, and I want It right away." Mr. Archibald was amazed. Only his British phlegm prevented him exhibit ing his astonishment. Was this Amer ican a new Monte Cristo! "By right away, do you mean now?' he managed to ask. I mean in twenty-four hours; that is what we call 'right away' in the United States." "You will pardon me if I consult my partners It is a good deal of money. Mr. Dupont admitted that It was a good deal of money and he took hia hat. By the way, when you send word to my hotel, ask for 'Mr. Jones.' I am registered under that name." Before he was out of bed the next morning Mr. Archibald called. The Barings would let Mr. Dupont have the money. Mr. Dupont now had money to burn (this is not altogether slang) and he set out to buy saltpetre. He proposed to buy only the large lots, but to buy them all. He went first to Liverpool, and found the saltpetre in the hands of four dealers. Ha was a "Mr. Jones," who wanted some saltpetre. He bought the stock of all the dealer. and each man hugged himself with de light because he had sold his saltpetre, until he discovered that there was nonu in the market, and the price had ad vanced; therefore, the balance of his days, he cursed the tricky Yankee. This great supply of saltpetre bought the next thing was to hire ships to carry It to America. He found Ameri can vessels in Liverpool which would undertake to transport It, a matter ot some risk, for saltpetre was contraband of war. The loading began; everything moved slowly. Mr. Dupont was exasperated at the tedious delays, for all the means of transportation moved deliberately in England. At last the vessels were ready and he informed the harbor master that the ships would sail at high tide that evening. The harbor master found it Impossible to hava the papers ready it would take two or three days. There was red tape her and red tape there. Mr. Dupont was now in a fever of im patience. Every hour increased the danger of the government finding out that all the saltpetre in England was about to go over the aca; another day's dalar and th ships inisht not sail ml alL He pressed the harbor master for the clearance papers. Tha polite offi cial explained that it would cost him bis position if R was known that he had violated the rules. "And how much 5s your position worth?" "Three hundred pounds a year." Mr. Dupont lo. ed at the harbor master attentively; he was a man of over sixty years. Then he put his hands in his pockets and looked out the office window, which bristled with masts of all nations. Now Mr. Dupont knew hia Dumas well, and at that moment he was turning over in his mind the meth od the Count of Monte Cristo used to rid a garden of dormice which ate his peaches. "I should like to draw a check for three thousand pounds in exchange for the papers," he said. The ships sailed on the next tide. When Mr. Dupont reported to the secretary of war there was a love feast in the office of the war department Af ter the congratulations were over the secretary said: "How much do we owe you, Mr. Du pont?" The powder maker named the amount of his expenses, to which he added $15, 000 to the harbor master. But what charge do you make for your services in the negotiation?" Then this Franco-American, who might have demanded a princely sum for his extraordinary services, bowed to the secretary and replied: I have had the distinguished honor of helping the government; I wish noth ing further." There is a sequel to this story. When the war was over, Mr. Dupont, realiz ing the tremendous risk run by the government in relying upon native saltpetre, set himself to inventing an artificial substitute, and hereafter, w'lh mountains of nitrate of soda in Chiii. and potash everywhere, the United States will never be in such straits again. In 1S84 this distinguished powder maker fell a victim to his enthusiasm for his buiine.W and while experi menting wUk Mfcb explosives, was kil led in an e"rjtoa4ofi. New York Trib une. HARDTACK BETTER THAN BREAD. Army Food Which Improves Upon Close Acquaintance. One of the queerest things about new troops is ths prejudice against army crackers," said tne major, as he recalled some happenings of the civil war, "but they all get over it In time, and come to understand that the sol dier's stomach has no standby like hardtack. Our company had this ten- ;erfoot notion that fresh or dry bread is better than crackers for soldiers on for march. On one occasion we load ed up with bread to last for three days. The second day most of it was sour, and the third day it was worse. Be fore we returned to camp we were crazy for crackers, and we never went back on them after that 'We learned to appreciate hardtack in the forced march from southern Tennessee to Louisville in 1862. Regu lar rations ran out and flour was is sued instead of crackers. This didn't seem objectionable at first, but when we had to march all day and got our rations of flour at midnight, with or ders to move at 3 a. m., the heavy swearers came into action. There was no time to cook even flapjacks or sink ers, and if you attempted to carry flour in the rain you came out at night with bag of paste. A cast iron stomach could not stand such messes as the soldiers made of the flour. They mad dough and baked or half baked it in ashes or on dirty hot stones, and ate so-called biscuits, with the soft, un baked centers burning lips and throats, and, after they were swallowed, lylny like lumps of lead in not over-strong stomachs. The whole division cheered like wild men when we struck th. cracker line at West Point, on th' Ohio." Chicago Inter-Ocean. After l.ong Tears. 'Do you remember," said Miss An cient Oldgirl to Col. Crabtree, "how when you were a young man you pro posed to me and I rejected you?" "It is one of the happiest recolleo tlcns of my life," said the Colonel with an. air of gallantry. And Miss Oldglr) 8 Btfll wondering. Puck. THE SONG OF THE BULLET. I peacef ally slumbered a thousand yeari, A thousand years and more. The centuries, with noiseless tread. Marched past my chamber door. And grasses grew and flowers bloomed At my threshold, year by year. At peace with God and man were we And nothing knew of fear. A rnde awakening came one day, S One day in the long ago. When the awful fire of hate had set , The heart of man aglow. Then was I made a messenger Of misery and death. Woe was in my cursed voice, J And evil in my breth. Over the land and over the sea, A frantic thing,! fly. Courageous men grow faint with fear. When they hear my vengeful cry. And women list, witb anguished hearta, . To the dreadful song I sing; For tidings of death and ravished love To their tortured ears 1 bring. ' Xbomas Holmes. Kmeralds are Scarce. it is reporxeu toat emeralds are steadily disappearing. In the fifties and sixties emeralds were the favorite Jewels, and were worn strung on thread like pearls. Now emeralds are no longer polished into a round form but are polished like diamonds. Fault less stones of a deep color have al ways been as valuable as diamonds. Tttie reason of the scarcity of emeralds is the decrease in production in the Ural mountains. Emeralds were first discovered on the right bank of the Tokowoler, near Katharineburg, in the year 1830, and in the first years the harvest was a rich one. REPRIMAND. Be Took It Like a Sensible Has and a Gentlemen. The late General Rosecrans ran up against a Tartar once, but he had the good sense r.ot to let his ruffled dignity cause him to loose his temper. The story, as told by Colonel James T. Sterling, is ae follows: Company A of the Seventh Ohio was formerly the Light Guards of Cleve land, and was one of the best drilled companies in the army. It was com manded by Captain Creighton. The Seventh Ohio was in West Virginia in 18GL and "Old Rosy" was in command. The supplies for the army were brought up the Kanawha river in boats which were unloaded by details from the regiment General Rosecrans had ordered that soldiers on duty must wear their equipment Company A was sent out to unload a boat and Captain Creighton permitted the men to take off their equipment and their coats as well while encaged in this hard work. When the work had been completed the men and officers sprawl ed out on the grass for a rest, and then General Rosecrans and some of his staff rode up. The general looked at the soldiers a minute and then called for the commanding officer. Captain Creighton did not know General Rose crans, but he rose to his feet "Who commands this company?" asked the general. "I do, to the best of my ability," re plied the captain. "Don't you know, sir?" inquired the general, sternly, "that It is against or ders to allow the men to remove their equipments when on duty?" "I have heard some such order," re plied Captain Creighton, "but the man that issued it never did a day's work in bis life. Whoa my men have to ' work hard Til see him in the other place before CT1 let them swelter with their accoutrements on." "Old Rosy stared at the "cool captain a moment and then rode down toward the boat A soldier approached Captain Creigh ton and said: "Do you know who that is?" "No, and I don't care." "That's General Rosecrans, the com mander of this department." "Whew!" ejaculated Captain .Creigh ton. "Company fall In!" Without question (t was the finest company in the command. When the general and his officers rode back frora the boat the company. In full equip, ment stood in perfect order and gave him a "present" in sucih splendid style as t-i attract 'his attention. General Rosecrans returned the salute and re quested the captain to put his men through the manual. .When it was finished the general raised his hat, and, turning to the captain, said: I think that a company that can handle muskets as well as that should be allowed to unload a steamer without anything on, if they want to." Detroit Free Press. New 1'osL Offices. The postofflce department always re- Sects, in its list of new postomces some at the popular feeling. Occasionally it reflects something else, but when toe roes are being made the postofflce de partment finds it out Since the recent war broke out there has been a distinct tendency to prove this. Immediately after the capture of Manila the naming of postofllces for Dewey began, and it is still going on. A new one pops out every day or two. Immediately aftei the destruction of the fleet of Cervera postofflce with the name of . Schley was estamisnea. Jone iu mc forces have won postofflce names as yet Hanna is selected now and then for a new postofflce. A new office in Oklahoma is named for Alger. Secre tary Bliss has not yet begun to name. postoffices, the number of ornces Dy that name being ten, or Just the same as on March 4 1897. A few offices were named for the late postmaster general, Mr. Gary, but the demand for that name seems to have expired with the retirement of that gentleman from of fice. SENATOR. Shipping Bees In Ice. It la not generally known that great many insects can live for weeks in a state of suspended animation un der the Influence of cold, and yet re vive if slowly thawed out This fact has been taken advantage of lately in the shipping of bees. Different va rieties of bees are often sent from England to her colonies, but cost heav ily to send alive with plenty of food. Now they are frozen, packed quite firmly In a very small"box, and thawed out on their arrival. A number of bumble bees have recently been shipped to New Zealand in this man ner, where they are found most useful in fertilizing the red clover that has lately been introduced into that colony. 'Didn't your absconding cashiei leave you any message .' "Yes; he left a line in the cashbox transferring to me his paid-up mem bership in a Don't Worry club." CM cago Kecord. . . She Broke no "Vanse." "Bridget," said ber mistress, "did you break another vahse?" "Another which?" asked Bridget. "Another vahse." "No mum," said Bridget "Oi only smashed wan of thjm cooshpidors on der mantel-piece, mum!" New York Journal. Turning the Table. "I just hope," said Mr. Meckton, that Henrietta will go right ahead with her New Woman ideas." "She is making pretty rapid prog ress, isn't she?" "Yes. And I'm looking forward to the time when, maybe, she'll look un easy and change the conversation when I ask her what she did with the letter I gave her to post" Washing' ton Star. - ., . OLD ROSY'S" DEWEY'S THANKS. A Graceful Note of Acknowl edgment to a Congressman. It Pleases the Admiral That a Southerner Should Lead in Honoring a North ern Man. Atlanta, Ga., Angust 30. Congress man Livingston, of Georgia, has received the following letter from Admiral Dewey: "Flagship Olympia, off Cavite. Philippine Islands, Jane 17. "My dear sit: I have just learned from the last pspere that I am indebted tr you for the introduction in the House oi Representatives of the resolutions ex tending to me thanks of Congress for thr naval engagement of Manila Bay, May 1. "I nead hardly tell you that I am most sincerely grateful to you as th author of that lesolution bringing, as i does, the highest honor that can comf to an American naval officer fn his pro fessional career. But it is a great pleas are to acknowledge my debt of gratitnd and to thank you in uns'inted meaanr for the part you took in obtaining foi me that greatest distinction. "It is a source of additional pleasure 'o me, a Vermonter, that the mover o the resolution was not a man from th North, but from the far South. This is on cf the good signs of the times. Ip k.he hour of danger there is no South, n Sorth, but one united country. May w never hear of sectionalism again. Ther ire no lines drawn in the navy. I nee lot say it may interest you to know thai my fl ig lieutenant, Lieutenant Brumby, is a Georgian by birth and appointment "Again thanking yon most cordially, ) remain very grateful and sincerely, GEORGE DEWEY. To the Hon. L. F. Livingston, Hons f Representatives." Spain. Emile Olliver. "Whoever disputes its supremacy i leld to meet suppression, and its whol History is but f n incessant extermins '.ion. Ic blotted ont the Moors and tb Indians, and at home, in order to go oi axterminaticg, it bicame the people o he It qqistion, of the auto-da-fa; it ex terminated the heretic as in no othe: Christian land. Iu its passion for de stroying striking, ravaging, even th capital of its faith was not respected; st that when the hordes of Charles V fel upon Borne they committed more spolia tions and SKcrileges, caused more rum than did even the barbarians of thr Sorth. Rome still bears tne marks ot his abominable devastation; for it hat not been possible wholly to obliterate the marks of the nails driven into the frescoes of Raphael at the Vatican, on which halberds were hung." Words That Will Live. Nashville American. H-re are some of the epigramatic say ings of the present war that will go lown in history: "Excuse me, sir; I have to report that the ship haa been blown up and is sink iog." Bill Anthony, of the Maine. "Suspend judgment." CapL Sigsbee'r first message to Washington. "Remember the Maine." Commodore Schley's signal to the flying squadron. "Don't hamper me with instruction; I am not afraid of the entire Spanish fl set with my ship." Capt. Clark, of the Oregon, to the Board of Strategy. "You can fire when you are ready, Fridley." Commodore Dewey at Manila "To hell with breakfas': let's finish 'em now." A Yankee gunner to Com modore Dewey. The battle of Manila killed me, but I would do it again." Captain Gridley, of the Olympia, on his death bed. 'Don't get between my guns and the enemy." Uommodore JJewey to rrince Henry, of Germany. 'I've got them now, and they will never get home. uom. scniey, on guard at Santiago harbor. 'There must be no more recalle; iron will break at last." Lieut Hobson to Admiral Sampson. "Don't mind me boys; go on fighting." Capt Allyn K. Capron, of the Rough Riders. "Don't swear, boys; shoot" Col. Wood to Rough Riders. "Take that for the Maine." Capt Sigsbee, as he fired a shot through the Spanish torpedo boat Terror. "Sbafter ia fighting not writing." Adjt Gen. Corbin to Secretary. A'ger, when the latter asked for news from the front. "Afraid I'll strain my guns at long r ing ; I'll cIobb In." Lieut Wainright, o the Gloucester, in the fight with Cervera's cqnadron. "Don't cheer, boyp; the poor devils are dying." Capt Philip, of the Texas. "I want to make public acknowledg ment that I believe in God the Father Almighty." Capt Philip of the Texas. "The Maine is avenged." Lieut Wainright. after the destruction of Ce-vera'sflset THE MANGO. Delicious Cuban Fruit That Our Soldiers Were Forbidden to Eat. Boston Transcript. It really seems to have been a pity that our soldiers were not permitted to eat the mango in Cuba. It was not pro hibited by the Surgeon General's order indeed, in the long list of suggestions from the Medical Department, all of which were disregarded, the ripe mango was recommended as a desirable article of diet. Bat somebody at headquarters iesued an edict against it, and the sol diers were called up by the company commanders acd told that if they ate the fruit they would be punished. After such an order the obedient regu lars generally let the mangos alone, al- -though they were abundant, tempting rod delicious. The volunteers ate them nore freely, without any bad result, to 'ar as heard from. When the Cut an (Beers and aids were asked their ipinion as to the wholesomenees of the fruit, they generally saiJ: "It is per fectly wholesome if-eaten ripe; all these oad things apply to the unripe mango, hich is sometimes eaten by the Span ards." Most of the army doctors teemed to think that the only way to jrevent the eatirg of the unripe mango vas to prohibit the fruit altogether. There were many cases in which even he moBt obedient regulars were im jelled by thirst and by the hunger for a jit of fruit to disobey the orde; and as the clear yellow mango is always ripe, voile the unripe Iruit is green or green- sb, it did not take a very bigh order of utelligence to discriminate between the ruit which was fit to eat and that which vas unfit It is certainly hard to believe any ill if a mango when one looks at it The ree itself is a most beautiful and attrac ive thing. Imagine a tree as l;rge ae a tig Massachusetts oak covered with rich nd glossy foliage finer than that of the range tree, and covered also with olden fruit nestling brilliantly among he green leaves. Oa such a tree there -lust often bs a hundred barrels of man roes, fully matured, every one of which -s aa large a good s'ztd pear. Ia shape he mango is not unlike a short and nd thick cucumber, and it has thin, ough skin, which, when punctur d, reveals a mass of the most delicious micy pulp. The only trouble about eat ng the mango is that one needs an ab otion afterward. Some say that the leal way is to get into a bath tub, take he mango, eat it and then go on with be bath. Bat one is perfetly willing to ke the trouble to seek tbe aD ution lr the sake of the fruit And imagine he trees which bear the fruit growing verywhere, and also springing up in ' very garden and dooryarc; tne largest nd finest ones that Listener saw in Tuba were away up on the wild rooun- ain side, where apparently no one naa ver gathered the abounding trait. Kior ire they a native fruit in Cuba; they . . . . 1 ( T 1- 1 lava been introaucea irom iuuh nun limply gone wild in the ricb soil of the sland. ; Working. Russell Sage was 82 years old last veek, and he gives these rules for a ound lifr: "Eat good plain food, avoid itimulanta, keep regular hours and vork." It was well the last word was put in. It crowns ail the advice. Une may observe all the rules of health, and if be does no work by brain or muscle, his health will be apt to fail. Every de mind of our physical well being is in harmony with work. Man was made to work. Absolute and continued Insure makes bad health. But suppose one baa no work. That's his own affair. Be ought to find it. He ought to stir it np. Fhe question of remuneration doesn t niter into the health problem. A per ron must see that he is employed. L-t him read a book that requires thinking, let him go a fiiahing, let him repair a fence, let him trade, let him dig, let him help somebody, anything to be doing. The uppermost resolution in every roung man s or woman b expenencn should be, ' I must do 89methlng.' That resolution should comfort him svery moment. When he sits and rev erie t; when he loafs and loungee; when he visits and gossips, that resolution should make him uneaBy all the time. It should be potent enough to keep him from waiting until somebody tells him what to do. It should be forceful enough to arouse his own energies to the duty of doing something for himse.i. anything that is honorable ia better than nothing. Eitabliah a tendency for doing and work will come. The following is a little out of date, but it is good enough to print, if it is. It comes from Pittsburg to us, through Mr, George Rife: To Admiral Von Diedrichs. Ach, Atmiral Von Diedrichs, I vant to speak mit yon; Ynst listen for a leedle und I'll toH yon vot to do; . , Sail from dem Phillypeannts isles a tonsand miles aboud Fer dot Dewey man vill get yon if yon doan'd vatch onid. Ach, Atmiral von Piedrichs, der Kaiser vas a beach, I'm villing to atmit id, bud dar's udders on the peach. So darefore, dots der reason vy, doan'd led your hed Red stoaid, Fer dot Dewey man vill got yon nf yon doan'd vatch ouid. Ach; Atmiral von Diedrichs, vot pizness haf you got In loafing by Manilla ven der heat vaves are so hot? Vy doan'd you oxscoose yomself and durr your ships abouid Fer dot Dewey man vill got you uf don'J vatch ouid. Ach, Atmiral von Diedrichs, vy vill you be a clam? Go ged some odder islands vich are not olt Uncle Sam's, Ynst wrote to Kaiser Wilhelm, yet, und dell him dares no donid Dot Dewey man vill got you uf you don'd vatch ouid.