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•‘WHITTLING SI”
Si Bartholomew—he can
Whittle anything, you bet!
He's about the smartes’ man
That I guess 1 ever mot.
Onct he whittled me a boat.
An' I sailed it in the drain.
An' there wasn’t room to float.
So I'm waitin' for a rain.
Si's knife’s never dull a bit;
My, you ought to see him hone!
For he mixes In some spit—
Yes. sir!—on the whettin’ stone!
An’ the other day he said,
When I asked his knife, to use:
**Sake3 alive! You'll cut your head
Clean off, right above your shoes!"
An’ he’s made a bully bow.
An’ some arrers, an’ a gun.
An’ a windmill that’ll go
If you hold it out an' run;
An’ a dagger an’ a sword.
An’ a teeny drinkln'-cup—
He Jos' takes a common board
An’ he whittles It smack up!
He sits ’roun’ all day, SI does,
Whittlin’ shavin's in his lap
Fa, he says there never was
Such a lazy, shifless chap.
An' he doesn’t earn his keep—
Rut I think he does, you see,
'Cause he has to work a heap
Makin* handy things for me.
—Edwin 1,. Sabin, in “New" Lipplncott.
Wooing of the Chorus Boy.
Love and Stage Associations
Win Against Millions.
THE chorus boy’s valet paused irres
olutely on the threshold of his
master’s bedroom, the rose-colored
bead curtain gathered in his hand.
He had orders to call him at noon ex
actly; still he seemed to be sleeping
so peacefully that the man hesitated.
“Is that you, James?”
It was the voice of the chorus boy.
Evidently he had been, only dozing.
The man allowed the curtain to fall
in place with a musical clash.
“Yes, Mr. Cecil. There are two tel
egrams and a number of notes. Miss
Fcezy called.”
“Miss who?”
Miss Fcezy -ser. She said to tell you
that Miss Fcezy of the Foosleorum
sextet had called to run over that last
passage where you stuck last night.
Those were her words, ser.”
“Oh, Fizzie—you mean? Monstrous.
To call at such an hour.”
“The bawth is ready, ser.”
He handed him a cream-colored
crash robe with sprawling arabesques
and in a moment the chorus boy was
splashing in his pink china tub. Cecil
always did his thinking during his
morning tub and to-day the mention
of Fizzle’s visit brought back the old
days when hoth she and he were pu
pils at a dramatic school, never dream
ing of the successes that fortune was
to spread at their feet. Well did he
recall the day when the fat manager
■came in and looked over the class, in
dicating with his cane the particular
pupils that he thought would do for
♦he Foozleorum sextet.
“Nothing beefy,” he said, “we want
lightweights. Genteel-looking, neat
footed girls and boys that can sing
a little, lint lookers they must be.”
Side by side Fizzie and he had re
hearsed through the long summer un
til the opening night of “Foozleorum,”
when the musical sextet made the hit
of the comedy, coming in for any man
lier of recalls. Then the papers ‘next
day commented upon the fact that the
chorus boys all looked and acted like
gentlemen and wore their clothes well.
Until this, chorus boys had never been
noticed or featured in any way.
Rough-looking “supes” had always
tilled the places of peasants and vil
lagers in operatic productions, and
their clothes had never fitted them.
But “Foozleorum” marked the en
trance of the chorus boy on the Amer
ican stage, although he had been seen
in Loudon for a couple of seasons.
The pretty girls of “Foozleorum”
had taken the town, but the cfcorut
boys took society. While Johnnies
filled the boxes at night, the mattinees
were social events and the manage
ment had to put an awning out, there
were so many carriages. The story
got alsiut that the girls’ bath tubs
were kept, so full of orchids that they
were forced to take cold sponges in
the morning instead of the usual be
fore-breakfast, dip. Then there had
lH»en Wall street plunges, purchases of
blooded horses and seaside cottages,
resignations and brilliant marriages.
Rut. the success of the chorus boys
was more unique, for while society
had taken to the stage it could not
be said that it had taken to the cho
rus. At first the "l-’oozleorum" sextet
had been sung at midnight in drawing
/ rooms, the 12 young people driving
from the theater immediately after
the performance to the stately man
sions, where they looked quite vg the
picture wearing the smart clothes
that their parts demanded. Soon Cecil
had his first, invitation to a luncheon
at the home of Miss Nothingbut, an
acknowledged society leader. After
that lie had been simply inundated
with attentions. The other boys came
in for a lot of it, too, but Cecil was
the star. He drove in the afternoon,
and rode aud golfed in the morning
and lunched and breakfasted all
day long. Then the idea of Fizzle
running in that way. T t was dreadful.
The child would have to be told. She
was s nice little thing, but she hadn't
aspired to anything better thau being
photographed on a raft in a bathing
•uit with the other “Foozleorum”
girls.
Cecil dressed leisurely and walked
languidly into the breakfast room,
where the chocolate and rolls aud
fruit waited for There were the
letters already opened by James, the
tiny florist’s box with the boutonniere
that came anonymously each morning.
Well, he knew that the dainty idea
was Rhoda Not hingbut’s. He opened
the box. It was hyacinth thi-' morning.
First he read the teliguims and
smiled tenderly over the first. “Good
morning, ( ceil,” was all it said. It
was a facsimile of one that came to
him at this time each day. Surely
she was a noble-hearted woman. If
she were only younger, llut youth
after all was crude. There was Fizzie
—uncultured as a hawk. The second
telegram was from a Broadway firm
of haberdashers asking the privilege
of naming a new necktie after Cecil.
He indorsed it firmly “No.” He had
always hated that, sort of thing. Be
sides, the things they named after
one were always atroeious. Then he
began the notes.
Laura Gotrox wanted him to join a
coaching party Saturday afternoon.
She always did forget about Cecil's
matinee days. Mrs. Harry Highroller
was giving something on the 18th.
The Highroller parties were always
nice. Yes, he would go. Then Miss
Betty Boxseat wished him to drive out
behind a new pair she had jtlst taken
a blue ribbon with. Well, Betty was
a fine girl, but it was as much as a
man’s life was worth to sit in a trap
with her while she held the reins. Last
time Cecil was all shaken up.
Ha Ha! The Sunday Omelet, wished
him to pose for a series of pictures
showing the newest things in men's
wear. Decidedly not. An author
wished to submit a play which he had
specially written with a view to the
chorus boy as its star. Then another
man wrote: “I have just completed
a charming sketch, ‘All for Love,’
which I have written for two. It is
in the same dainty satirical vein as
the popular Foozleorum sextet, and
if you could get one of the young la
dies—preferably the one with reddish
hair—to take the opposite part, 1
feel safe in predicting a great success
for you both.”
The pretty one with reddish hair—
that was Fizzie. The chorus boy could
remember when he thought Fizzie’s
hair the most beautiful in the world.
Rhoda Nothingbut’s hair wqs like ex
celsior. What a pity that Fizzie was
such an odd little thing. Still he
would look at the sketch. “All for
Love.” Humph.
He was still thinking with annoying
persistence of Fizzie and wondering
how lie would manage to break with
her without hurting her feelings. Of
course she loved him, but that wasn’t
the worst of it. He knew that Fizzie
imagined they were engaged. When
they were at the school together lie
had been very sweet on her—yes—they
had certainly loved each other in a
boy a ltd girl way, but Fizzie had tak
en a lot more out of what he had said
that he had meant. That was always
the way with a girl who was in love.
The question was how was he to
disabuse Fizzie’s mind gently of the
idea that, there was anything serious
in it. He had positively paid her no
attention whatever for the last few
weeks and was always out when she
called. He had explained that his so
cial engagements engrossed him to the
exclusion of the old times they used
to have when they had dined at table
d'hotes and lunched at bakeries. They
were happy times enough, but it was
all over now and a brilliant social ca
reer was opening to Cecil. He must
not l>e handicapped by any foolish at
tachment which Fizzie might feel for
him. It was odd how she seemed not
to notice. Ordinarily she was a girl
of quick perceptions. But in this mat
ter site seemed to have been strangely
dull of comprehension. And there was
Rhoda ready to lie his bride at the
drop of a hat. Her father was several
times a millionaire.
There was a ring at the bell, but
James knew lie was never at home
mornings, so Cecil continued his cogi
tations. With an 'ntinite surprise he
heard a swish of skirts in the hall and
the patter of French heels. In another
minute Fizzle unceremoniously burst
into the room. Really, the girl was
getting too impossible.
“Morning, Cess !" she exclaimed
exuberantly; “What’s the matter?"
“1 was somewhat surprised at your
entering without being announced. It
is -ather unusual, you know."
“Oh rut that out. Cess; don’t put
on airs with me. I've some news for
you.”
“Yes ?" (Veil lingered a paper
cutter nervously.
“I’m going to be married!”
“What! To be married?"
“To a millionaire.”
“Fizzie! You don’t mean it?”
“Don’t I though. Who do you
think?”
“Haven’t an idea.”
“Mr. Nothingbut.”
“Nothing——”
“But, yes.”
“But he's CO.’*
• “And a millionaire.”
“But. my dear Fizzle, you musn't
think of such a thing."
“Why not? You musn’t think
you’re the only one who can go in
for high society when I'm Mrs. Noth
ingbut, of Fifth avenue, you'll have
to pay some attention to me.”
Shi- held out a slim brown hand on
which a gorgeous emerald gleamed
beside a pure white diamond set in
Tuscan gold.
“Great Scott! then it is really true!"
“Of course it's true, and that snippy
Miss Xothinghut that you’ve been
driving all over town with—why, I'll
be her mother—see?”
“Oh, Fizzie, how heartless you have
grown; and I thought you eared for
me.”
“Oh, fudge; wliat’s the use? We
have tio money and then you’ve
changed so, Cess; you’ve no Idea. No;
1 am going to marry poppa.”
Fizzie swung her feet impertinently
high, showing her new patent leather
ties and her ankles cased in dark blue
silk. She clasped her hands across
her knees. She was looking provolt
ingly pretty this morning, her auburn
hair blown out over her gars under her
white linen hat with its black pompon
rakishly tilted over her eyebrow. Her
thin white shirt waist showed im
pressionistic glimpses of blue ribbon
rosettes against her pink shoulders.
“Don’t talk like that, Fizzie: I
never dreamed ”
“This is no dream,” said Fizzie, turn
ing the ring on her finger; “it's the
real thing.”
“But fancy a girl like you. I tell
you I won’t have it. T shan’t allow
such a thing.”
“Why, you’ve nothing to say about
it T guess. You can tell Miss Noth
ingbut what she must do and she can
do it—if her new mama lets her.”
“You are engaged to me and if you
imagine you van throw me over in
this way you’re immensely mistaken.
I'm no boy.”
“I’m going to have a high-backed
victoria and two footmen. And I’ll
come to see you in “Foolzleorum’ and
invite you to my house sometimes if
you’re very good.”
“I’ll see Mr. Nothingbut myself. The
man must be mad.”
“No- but Rhoda will be simply wild.
You see it cuts her out of a few mil
lions. Too bad, isn’t it ?”
“Fizzie, did you imagine I ever cared
for that horsey old thing?”
“I can’t allow you to talk like that
of my future daughter. Mr. Nothing
hut. isn’t so bad.”
“I'll write to jour mother unless
you promise to give up this idea.”
“Can’t, my boy. I’ve notified the
manager that I leave on the first.
We're going to be married without
any fuss.”
“Fizzie—do you remember promis
ing that you’d never marry any one
but me?”
"Haven’t any recollections of it.”
“And I imagined you were a true,
noble girl.”
“Tra-la-la-la," hummed Fizzie friv
olously, quoting “Foozleorum” mu
sic.
The chorus boy gazed at her help
lessly. lie was just beginning to real
ize how he loved Fizzie and that so
ciety didn’t matter.
“Stage life is disgusting for a girl,”
he remarked.
“Not any more than for a man,”
said Fizzie. “You have changed from
an ordinarily decent chap to a conceit
ed Johnnie and all kinds of a dude.
You weren't a bit like that when we
used to go to school together.”
“Those were the days,” said Cecil,
“the good old days.” He leaned his
head wearily on his hands. “How I
hate this life; it is false and artificial.”
“Vaudeville is the only thing nowa
days,” said Fizzie, “these long runs
are demoralizing. If I didn't intend to
marry I’d get a nice sketch and go
out on a tour of the continuous
houses.”
“The very thing!” said Cecil; “I
have the sketch—‘All for Love.’ ” And
he told her of the note in the morning
mail.
“Is it any good?” asked Fizzie.
“I haven't seen it, but he says it’s
great. Suppose we look at it and if
you like it—why—why ”
“We could leave ‘Foozleorum.’ ”
“And go as a team?”
“I)o you mean it?”
“Then think how it will read. 'Re
fused a millionaire to marry the
chorus boy she loved, who renounces
society for his old sweetheart. Going
to star in ‘All for Love.’”
“What a press agent you'd make,
Cess! You nre a wonder. After all,
Nothingbut is old."
“Old! lie’s mouldy.”
“And poor Rhoda?”
“Rlioda’s a well-meaning girl.” said
Cecil, with one pang as he thought
of his morning flowers and telegram.
Slowly he reached over and took Fiz
zie’s hand in his. “You know what
they sing in “Foozleorum,’ Fizz?”
“No—what?”
“ ’Love, like the Devil, takes care
of his own.’ ”
And together they sang the chorus.
—N. Y. Sun.
WHAT WESTCOTT WON BY SONG
Vocal Excellence Rewarded by I*re
■entatiun of Vrtielew Wholly
I nsulted to Respiration.
That the author of “David llarum*
was conspicuous for his mellow bari
tone voice is little thought of by those
who only know him as an author, says
Literary Era. It was a voice so sweet,
so rich, and so flexible that it could
play any prank with the emotion of
those who ffeard it, and had Mr. West
cott chosen to devote his life to music
he would have V eoome a noted singer.
But he contented himself with the
modest position of basso in a quartet
choir in Syracuse, and in delighting
his own s(>ecial friends by singing in
a drawing room, lie was fond of tell
ing of an occasion on which he was
invited to sing at a concert in one
of the smaller towns of western New
York. The musical affair passed off
satisfactorily with the help of the
neighborhood talent, assisted by Mr.
Westeott’s rare voice. As Mr. West*
cott was about to retire, his host
! came timidly to his room, carrying
two long paper boxes. “I leave the
house so early in the morning to go
to my factory," the man explained,
“that I’m afraid I may not see you,
but 1 want to give you something for
your singing to-night. Now, here’s
two pair of the very best real whale
boned corsets that our factory turn*
out, and l waut you' to take them
home with you.” When Mr. West
cott found he could not even protest
effectually, his sense of humor came
to his relief, and the fastidious man
of cultivated extravagance stalked
home laughing, the next day, with two
pair of useless corsets in exchange foi
his matchless songs.
LAYING BOARD DRAINS.
In some Localities «n«l in Certain
Conditions They Are Almost us
Good as Tile.
While tile 's the standard material
for drains, it quite often happens that
a tile drain does not do so well as one
would expect from so expensive an
outlay. In soft ground they will some
times get out of line or sink into the
mud. At places the line of the dram
will sometimes come above the frost
line. At such places and at the outlet,
freezing will cause the tile to crum
ble, in time, unless they are vitrified,
which adds greatly to their cost. A
tile drain is no mure exempt from
trouble with roots, silt or vermin than
Is one made of boards. In sections re
mote from tile yards freights add so
much to the cost of tile that their use
is almost prohibited, but it is especial-
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HOW TO MAKE A BOARD DRAIN.
ly in these places that wood can be ob
tained more cheaply.
Wood is more enduring when laid in
a drain than is generally supposed.
Hemlock, which is of but little durabil
ity above ground, is still doing service
in a drain which was made 18 years
ago. A well-laid drain of rived chest
rut or cypress will last almost a life
time. White oak and locust are also
very durable. In fact, almost any kind
of wood will last well in a deep drain.
There are no blows to disturb it, and it
will preserve an opening for the flow
of water long after decay has set in.
A board six inches in width should be
nailed to one five inches in width and
laid along the bottom of the drain, as
at A in Fig. 1. If the boards are rived
and there are narrow ones, the nar
row ones may be nailed over two oth
ers. as shown at B.
The ditch need not be over a spade’s
width on the bottom. In depth it
should average two to three feet. The
deeper the drain, the farther It will
draw the water, but it is not advisable
to go so deep where there is a heavy
clay subsoil. Drains will do better
service after two or three years, as
the ground gets more porous.
In laying the boards have them fit
closely and cover any holes with thin
pieces of wood so the dirt canno. work
in. Be sure to stop up the outle-t with
coarse wire screening, to keep out rats,
rabbits, etc. Board drains need no
plank on the bottom of the ditch,
neither do they need any straw or hay
on top of the boxes.
But it is important t.o get the grade
of the bottom of *he ditch uniform, and
it will pay to take some pains with it.
A drain should not have a steep grade
followed by one not so steep. If it is
the reverse it will not matter, but in
the former ease the water, flowing
with some rapidity, will scour and car
ry with it some silt. Coming to a sec
tion of lesser fall, the flow is retarded
and the silt deposited, causing she
drain to stop up. Three inches to 100
feet of drain is about the least fall
that is practicable to give to board
drains.
Where it is not desirable to get the
services of an engineer to lay out a
drain, the farmer may find out what
he has got by using the common spirit
level, and then he can finish the bot
tom of the ditch with a device I have
shown at the bottom of Fig. 1. Take a
straightedge 12% feet long and fix to
it another straightedge movable at
one .end. If the two edges are made
to be one-half of one inch farther apart
at one end than the other and one end
eveled by a spirit level the other edge
will correspond to a fall of four inches
per 100 feet. The movable end can be
so attached as to be quickly adjusted
to represent any fall desired. For
small drains where there is plenty of
fall the ditcher can do well enough
with his spade and eye; but in longer
drains with little fall the assistaneeof
some kind of instrument is required.
—Grant Davis, in Ohio Farmer.
The Cow Which Paya Rest,
During the live years of careful in
vestigation in regnrd to the cost of
production of butter between cows
spare and angular in form and cows
carrying considerable superfluous tis
sue, our records show that in every
instance the cow that carried the
least flesh charged the least for but
ter, and just in so much as one cow
was a little smoother and plumper
than the other w-ould her butter
product cost more than the other. It
should be borne in mind that the re
sults are from accumulated testi
mony, showing not only that every
day, every week, every month, but
during her entire lifetime, the spare
cow is better. That she should be so
much better is almost incredible,
strong and uniform as the evidence
is.—Prof. Haecker, in Farmers' Re
view.
True Economy In Hay.
There is only one sure way to save
hay, and that is to make something
else take the place of it. The man who
saves it by feeding scantily is not
really saving anything; but the man
who makes eornfodder that he usually
wastes serve as hay 1s saving hay and
making money on the transaction. If
eornfodder is to take the place of hay
it must be good fodder. It must be
cut at the right time, cured in the right
■way and kept good until it is fed.—Na
tional Stockman.
FEEDING OF SORGHUM.
There Are Many Arguments For And
Against It* l »e Worthy of Cure™
fill Consideration.
Precaution is necessary in the feed
ing of sorghum. 1-Tom time to time
reports have been received of cattle
dying from eating the sorghum in
certain stages of growth. All at
tempts to find the poison have failed
thus far. However, the losses have
been so small compared to the num
ber of cows being fed that the use of
this kind of feed has been continued.
A recent communication from Prof.
D. H. Otis, of the Kansas exporiment
station, says; “During the time the
Kansas station has been pasturing
sorghum several reports have been
received of cattle dying in ten or fif
teen minutes from the time they en
tered the sorghum patch, but in every
case where we have been able to get
details, the cattle have eaten the sor
ghum on empty or nearly empty
stomachs. Cattle should have their
stomachs so well filled that they feel
completely satisfied before touching
the green sorghum, and then allowed
to eat only a few minutes at a time
until they are accustomed to it. If
sorghum can be pastured successful
ly, as has been done by the Kansas ex
periment station, it means that the
dairymen and stockmen can get an
immense amount of pasture from
a small area, which is available at a
time when their other pastures are
getting short and dry. Pasturing will
also be the most economical way of
utilizing sorghum. The man that
turns his cattle in a sorghum field,
however, must realize that he may be
taking risks. He must weigh the evi
dence for and against its use and
then decide for himself whether the
benefits will outweigh the risks.”
FEEDING AND BREEDING.
The Two Go Hand In Hand In 1 ni
provlnK' the Value mid Indi
viduality of Cow*.
To what extent does feed affect the
individuality of a eow? This is a
question that has yet to be answered,
so far as conclusive experiments are
concerned. It is doubtless true that
feed is constantly changing the char
acteristics of animals, but we do not
know how rapidly the changes take
place, nor do we know just the effect
each food has. To a certain extent we
are feeding in the dark. The Maryland
experiment station has been feeding a
herd of common cows for several years
and noting the effect of proper feed
ing on individuality. C. F. Doane, who
reports on the results, says: “No very
material results could be noticed the
first year from the extra feed and carp
the herd received, but through sub
sequent years there seems to be a
steady improvement. Judging from
the records of these cows, it is a ques
tion if the quality of a dairy cow does
not depend almost as much on the
feeding as on the breeding. It is also
a question if cows that have a more or
less pronounced beef tendency, or, at
least, would not be called good mate
rial from which to build up a dairy
herd, cannot, with proper manage
ment, be developed into profitable
dairy cows.” This is a view of the mat
ter that will not strike some of our
investigators very favorably. It has
against it the generally accepted truth
that we have now so many good dairy
cows that it will hardly pay to spend
time, feed and effort in an attempt to
reverse a tendency already strongly
developer in a direction opposite to
that of milk production.—Farmers’ Re
view. *
FODDER FEED RACK.
It Can Re Filled at the Patch an«l
Wheeled to the Pasture or
the Barnyard,
The rack shown herewith can be
filled at the fodder patch and wheeled
to the pasture or barnyard. There it
GREEN FODDER FEED RACK,
can be hung up against the fence by
the hooks at the back. Make the rack
of three-inch strips of board and cut
the wheel from a piece of hardwood
board.—Orange Judd Farmer.
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
Butter that is covered with salt
crystals is not desirable.
The large udder doesn't always give
assurance of a heavy milker.
If the friction is too violent, the
butter is produced speedily and is de
ficient in quality.
The flow of milk should be main
tained as uniform as possible while
the cow is in milk.
Cream will make better butter
when it rises in cold air than when it
rises in cold water.
No matter how good the cows in the
herd the bull should be good enough
to improve the progeny.
In making good butter quite as
many difficulties lie in the care of the
milk as in the mode of churning.
To rush cows into the stable from
the pasture night or morning, is to
excite them sufficiently physically to
heat their milk to a feverish point,
quickly undermining its quality.
The importance of producing on the
farm butter of the highest excellence,
fit to compete with the creamery
product, seems to be often disregard*
ed, or perhaps the undertaking is con
sidered too difficult of attainment.
This is largely through lack of knowl
edge of detail*.
St.
Jacobs Oil
bests ail records and always will.
Cures
Rheumatism,
Sprains
Pv yf Weakncsa of
7 0 limbs
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jj Aches and
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Mil Pain
••wSTMAHn,
CURRENT TOPICS.
An ordinary piano contains a mile
of piano wire.
The United Kingdom has 850 blast
furnaces; France 570.
Science Ls now studying druakards
by the use of machines.
New Zealand crown lands are now
disposed of for 990 years.
Colorado leads all the states in the
production of both gold and silver.
A vessel going from Montreal to
’t’ort Arthur has to ascend 600 feet.
The various countries of the world
use 13,400 different kinds of postage
stamps.
During the year ending June 30 last
there were 4,300 eases of smallpox in
Tennessee.
The Bible used in Queen Victoria’s
coronation was sold uy auction recent
ly for 40 guineas.
The Irish river, in Siberia, is 3.900
miles in length and drains 600,000
miles of territory.
Kangeroos can jump eleven feet in
height, against a deer’s best record of
nine feet six inches.
It is estimated that the electric or
gan of a lively electric fish would give
a discharge of 200 volts.
It is said that the representative
of Germany at the coronation of Ed
ward VII. will be the crown prince.
A Prince Edward Island fisherman,
Philippe Gallant, has saved the lives
of no less than twenty-seven people.
The Belgian pigeon which won the
great race from Burgos, in Spain, to
Brussels, did the 700 miles in fourteen
hours.
The “elephant beetle” of Venezuela
>is the largest insect in the world. A
full grown one weighs about half a
pound.
The number of Protestant Chris
tians in India and Cej'lon has in fif
teen years grown from 445,780 to 753,-
641—nearly 70 per cent.
The use of the “E Pluribus Unum”
on coin was never authorized by law.
Its first known use was on a New Jer
sey cent struck off in 1776.
In Zante, one of the lonian islands,
there is a petroleum spring which has
been known for nearly 3,000 years. It
is mentioned by Herodotus.
In the year 1900, out of 1,953 raids
on Illicit stills, 673 were made in Geor
gia, which is a prohibition state ex
cept as to four of its cities.
King Victor Emanuel 111. has the
largest and most valuable collection
of Italian coins in the world. It com
prises over 50,000 specimens.
The common council of Arkansas
City, Kan., has passed an ordinance
levying an occupation tax on all per
sons engaged in business in the city.
T. Snffern Tailer, of New York, is
said to have the best library of books
on sporting subjects, and particularly
on riding and driving, in tliis country.
Prof. Dr. Van t’lloff, a Berlin chem
ist, is reported to be of opinion that
before long the problem will be solved
which will make it possible to ex
tract bread from wood.
The Russian minister of railways
has prepared a time table showing
that when the Transiberlan railway is
finished the journey around the world
can be made in thirty-three days.
Although aboui seventy-six years
old, the Rev. Dr. J. G. Paton, the fa
mous missionary to the New Hebrides
islands, is about to return to his field
of labor after a visit to this country
and England.
A DISTINGUISHED MISSIONARY
Washington, Ind., Sept. 23rd.—There
is at present living at IUC E. 15th street,
in this city, a most remarkable man.
He is Rev. C. 11. Thompson, and he
came to Washington from Little York,
lnd., a short time ago.
Rev. Mr. Thompson spent many
years of his long and useful life as a
missionary among the Indians of the
West. The great exposure and the
drinking of so much bad water
brought on Diabetes, and at Wagoner,
Indian Territory, he was struck dovu
while preaching.
Physicians, one of them a Chicago
specialist, pronounced liis case hope
less. Dodd's Kidney Pills were recom
mended, and as a last resort he tried
them. He was completely cured, and
restored to good health and his case
and its cure has caused a sensation
among the physicians.
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