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DRESS GOODS.
Xmas Presents, Useful * Ornamental
—A Wool Dress, linings and trimmings, for
q)o.ju $3.50.
18e —Plaids for waists, 18 cents a yard.
ISc —Double width Henriettas, 15 cents a yard.
22:e —Trecot Flannel, all wool, 22\ cents a yard.
33c —Silk finish Henriettas, 33 cents a yard.
KQ/'-s—Our famous $1.00 black silk finish Henriettas at
59 cents a yard.
—52-inch wide flannel (broadcloth finish) some
call it broadcloth, only 50 cents a yard.
2Se —All kinds of water proof, 25 cents.
3§e —Remnants in Cloakings, 35 cents.
BEE HIVE.
1st Avenue, near 21st Street.
lieiiuceil from $3.50 to Si.98
Cloaks!
January is almost here and
we find we have too many
Cloaks, Jackets and Reefers
left.
They Must Go
If price will sell them. It is
not a question of profit with
us now, but cost and some
below cost. A few long
cloaks (last year’s) at $1.50.
EXTRA L08G WAI5T.
CORSETS.
39 Cents.
Our Leader.
75 Cents.
The R. & G. Corset, 75c.
95 Cents.
Dr. Warner’s Corsets, 95c.
At Cost.
P. D. Corsets at cost.
Two linen strings free with each Cor
set.
Kor Your Table.
A Nice Xmas Present.
2 J yards very wide half bleached table
linen.
2% yards ordinary width pure white table
$( lint n.
i dozen all linen white napkins, fringed.
All lor *jSS.7V>.
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WITH ALABAMA EDITORS.
“Roues and Rue.*'
If down life’s green pathway together
Fate destined that we two should go,
I’d pluck for your dear hands the blossoms—
The rarest and fairest that blow.
I’d gather the blushing love-roses,
All thornless, and give them to you:
With a smile and a heart full of gladness
I’d keep for myself all the rue.
I’d pluck from the glad, nodding roses
The purest and the whitest that grew
And twine them among the soft tresses
That droop o’er those dear eyes of blue.
This chaplet of love-roses woven
To crown you my heart's bonny queen.
No thorns would contain ’mid its blossoms.
Nor one spray of rue in between.
My fingers, if thorn-pierced and bleeding.
I gladly would hide from your view.
Would kiss the bright buds you were clasp
ing,
And bravely smile down on my rue.
Your bright eyes would smile into mine,
dear,
With love that was faithful and true, ,
Your feet lightly trip down the pathway
With only bright blossoms in view.
If fate would but deal me this mission—
To gather life’s blossoms for you,
How gladly I’d give you the roses!
How bravely lrd keep all the rue!
—Leila Mae Wilson in Opelika Evening
News.
Anniston Is still ahead. An illicit dis
tillery was raided the other day right
in the heart of the city.
Has Shown Its Hand.
Says the Sheffield Reaper:
“The Advertiser has at last shown its
hand. It Is either rule or ruin. Ruin
seems to be the result anyway where thd
Advertiser dominates.”
Uncle Sam Would Be Richer.
Says the Sheffield Reaper:
”It stands to reason that if all the for
eign silver was dumped into the United
States Uncle Sam would be richer than
he is—a great deal richer.”
The People Are in the Saddle.
The Sheffield Reaper says:
"If, as the Advertiser says, a silver
candidate cannot bring about harmony,
how can it for a moment entertain the
thought that a monometallist candidate
will do it? The people are in the saddle.”
Gubernatorial Timber.
Says the Independent:
"Our 'sound money’ biethren of ihe
die-in-the-last-ditch complexion seem to
have entirely ovet looked Mr. H. H.
Brown in casting about for a candidate
for governor, and yet Mr. Brown has
contributed a good deal of valuable lit
erature on this subject in a modest way.
—State Herald.
"Now, there is timber for a first-class
governor, and a man who is willing to
work for the salary harder than any con
gressman who has been well fed and
done less for the cause of sound money.
Besides, he* is red-headed, and that
seems to be a requisite expected In the
candidate who shall be pitted against
the conglomerates next year. 'It's a
good thing; push it along.’ ”
A Manly Answer.
Says the Alexander City Outlook:
"We don’t see how the Alexander City
Outlook can be against Senator Pugh for
the United States senate and for Joe
Johnston for governor. The two things
art at antipedes. But to make the po
sition of the Outlook look so much more
absurd, the latter declares itself for Gov
ernor Oates. There is something not
easily digested In that.—Southern Aegis.
"To give our ‘steamed’ contemporary
a brief answer (taking all it has said for
granted), we will say the Outlook is an
organ of democracy and as such it has
a perfect right to a personal preference
among the avowed candidates of the
party. If this is not ‘easily digested’
brother, there’s something wrong with
your liver. We have always admired
Governor Oates, opposed Senator Pugh
and differed with Captain Johnston on
the national question of finance. That’s
our present position. Anything absurd
about it?”
No Home “Ads.”
Says the Heflin New Era:
"The following letter was received by
the editor of the New Era last week from
an Iowa man, and explains itself:
-, "Iowa, Nov. 29. 1895.
"Editor New Era: Please send me a
copy of the last issue of your paper, for
which find 10 cents to cover charges. I
am thinking of moving south, and wish
to settle in some small and enterprising
town. By looking over your paper I can
And out about the number of merchants
and business men in your city, as I sup
pose thev all advertise. Yours truly,
"W. P. C.
"We mailed the gentleman a copy of
the New Era, but we are sorry to say
there was only one advertisement from
Heflin in it, and that one having expired
in the last issue, except a few locals. We
will state, however, that Heflin has
eighteen business houses, but why they
do not advertise is something we cannot
comprehend, for they have had ample op
portunities to do so."
No Man Bigger Than His Party.
Says the Hamilton News-Press:
“We have never maligned the presi
dent or attempted to write him out of the
democratic party on account of his views
upon the financial question. We grant
to everyone the privilege we claim for
ourself—to hold to such views as they
conscientiously believe to be correct.
Still, we have never yet thought that
Mr. Cleveland, no more than any other
democrat, was greater than the demo
cratic party, and that it rendered a per
eon liable to the charge of disloyalty to
the party to criticise the acts or opinions
of the president. Is Mr. Cleveland like
the pope of Rome—infallible? Can he do
no wrong? Is he the democratic party?
Must everyone be denounced as disloyal
to the democratic party who happens to
disagree with the president upon minor
subjects? We have been taught that all
officers were servants of the people and
amenable to the people for their acts;
but according to the doctrines of the Mo
bile Register and the Montgomery Adver
tiser we have been taught wrong. That
to be a democrat we must indorse the
president in everything he does, whether
we consider it right or wrong, and if we
fail to do so we must be kicked out of
the democratic party. If this is democ
racy we plead guilty to being an old
fogy.” _
Why It Moves. ,
Speaking of the removal of the Jack
sonville Republican, a paper that has
been published at the same place for
fifty-nine consecutive years, the Ever
green Courant gives the1 following as the
reason:
“Anniston has proven a city of refuge
to the Jacksonville Republican, which
was set upon by its gold bug neighbors
for advocating the free silver fallacy.
The Republican is about the ablest pa
per in the state, and until recently one
of the finest properties of the sort in the
country. The Republican has stood by
Jacksonville for nearly three score years,
fighting her battles in season and out
of season. It was largely instrumental
in securing for Jacksonville one of the
state colleges, and through its untiring
efforts aided in securing various enter
prises for the town, and attracting many
settlers to the community. It has on
different occasions prevented Anniston
from wresting the court house from
Jacksonville, and was about to succeed
in its latest effort in that direction when,
to preserve its life, it was forced to for
sake its house and floe its enemies. It
ca'fries with it to Anniston several
thousand subscribers, and the hearty
support of the entire county, outside of
Jacksonville. It can also carry with it
the court house and leave behind a lone
some town. It is strange that business
men should, let a little political differ
ence carry them so far.”
Takes the Governor to Taw.
The Jacksonville Republican says:
"The Montgomery Advertiser takes
Governor Oates to taw for saying that
he blames Mr. Cleveland because he re
fused to lead and direct his party in
congress.
"The governor is right. No president
ever demonstrated less interest in his
party than has Mr. Cleveland. While he
in many respects Is a great man, as a
party leader he is a miserable failure.
"As Governor Oates suggests, the op
portunity which Mr. Cleveland has had,
if properly used, would have made him a
greater leader than any president we
have ever had. But Instead of taking ad
vantage of the opportunity afforded he
cast it aside in such a manner as in ef
fect to say that he would do as he
pleased, even if it placed the party out of
power for all time to come.
"The president during the last congress
showed an utter disregard for the advice
of democratic leaders. When Governor
Oates and others urged that for the sake
of the party he should not veto the
seigniorage bill he turned to them a deaf
ear. When the present tariff law was
passed by strictly a party vote It failed
to secure the signature of the president.
While democrats from all quarters have
urged that democrats should fill all the
offices which come under the appoint
ment of the president, yet thousands of
republicans are today drawing salaries
which should go Into the pockets of the
democrats.
"By a failure to act In harmony with
the leaders of his party Mr. Cleveland
has not only shown himself to be a fail
ure as a party leader, but has created
the Impression that he feels himself
greater than his party.”
Will Move to Anniston.
The Jacksonville Republican, one of
the oldest newspapers in Alabama, will
be removed to Anniston. The publishers
give the following reasons for making
the change:
"As is well known to all of our read
ers around Jacksonville, the Republican
will in a few weeks be published in An
niston Instead of Jacksonville.
"This change Is due solely to business
reasons. It has been known for two
weeks that the material was In the depot
here for the publication of a new paper
in Jacksonville to advocate ‘sound mon
ey.’ Any business man who will think
for a moment will realize that Jackson
ville cannot support two newspapers.
For the Republican to stay here would
mean nothing less than a bitter and un
pleasant newspaper fight and a loss of
money.
“The editors and publishers of the Re
publican are in the newspaper work as
a business, and are not disposed to give
their time and labor without remunera
tion. After mature deliberation they de
cided that they could not publish the Re
publican In Jacksonville and make a liv
ing. So they concluded to look out for a
new flfld, and they believe that they
have found In Anniston one of the best
openings in Alabama for the publication
of a good weekly newspaper.
"The patronage which we will receive
from the business men of Anniston will
enable us to Increase the size of the Re
publican to a seven-column, eight-page
paper. We phEdl devote our entire time
to the paper, and hope to make It the
best weekly In Alabama.
"The policy of the Republican will not
be changed. It will continue to advocate
such measures as Its editors believe to
be to the Interest of the people.
"The change of location will be made
as soon as the necessary material to en
large the paper is received, and it will
probably arrive during the coming
week.”
A pleasant evening is prac
tically assured to the gentle
man wearing one of those $15
suits or overcoats sold for
J. BLA$CH & SONS’
Manufacturers’ Sale.
ALABAMA PROGRESS.
Jasper Eagle: The good work of hog
killing continues. The family around
Jasper who hasn't got a fat porker seems
to be an exception this season. As one
effect we see western meat quoted at 6V&
cents at the butcher shops.
Jasper Eagle: Saturday last our
streets and business houses were
thronged with people, and merchants all
report good cash sales. The town really
presented a Christmas or Fourth of July
appearance.
Sheffield Reaper: A large number of
mules have passed through Sheffield,
some of which were sold here; also a
number of horses, though the prices paid
for them were not large.
Ozark Star: Dale county farmers are
in better condition today than ever be
fore in the history of the county. Their
smoke houses are filled with meat and
their barns with corn and provender. In
addition to this numbers of them are
out of debt and have more or less cash
in their pockets. They have great rea
sons for being thankful and little cause
to cry out oppression.
CAT SHOW
Methodist bazaar, Wednesday
afternoon, 3 o’clock, Dec. 18.
Good fishing at East Lake.
12-l-tf _
COL. T. B. NeSMITH.
A North Alabama Lawyer Who Can Make
Fine Fiddles.
Tuskaloosa Times.
Col. T. B. NeSmith of Vernon, who is
in the city attending court, is an apt il
lustration of how a good lawyer can be
a good musician and still not let his pro
fession suffer. Colonel NeSmith several
years ago was solicitor of this judicial
circuit, and he has a large number of
Tuskaloosa friends. He has been for
many years a prominent attorney and a
successful one, but he has incidentally
kept up his music. His instrument is the
violin, or the fiddle, as tlie colonel and
a good many other people still prefer to
call it, and, while he has not made a
study of music, he is a first-class per
former, and can give you tunes by the
score that will fairly make your feet
twinkle in spite of yourself.
But besides being a performer, Colonel
NeSmith has betaken himself to manu
facturing fiddles of a very high degree
of excellence. When he was a much
younger man he made a few violins from
direction which were everywhere regard
ed as first-class, and of late, his health
not permitting his active work in the law
as of old, he has made several very fine
instruments. He has four of these vio
lins with him on this visit, and the musl-i
cialis who ihave examined them pro
nounce them most superior instruments.
The tone produced is clear, pure, sweet,
rich and resonant, and much more pleas
ing than that which which we hear frond
many so-called high-class violins.
Colonel NeSmith makes his fiddles from
an old and approved French pattern,
which differs from the violin we general
ly see in the shape of the body Itself,
which is not rounded or curved in the
center, and also in the head where the
strings are attached to the keys. He
got out the wood for his fiddles himself,
maple and pine being the kinds used.
He fashioned them, planed and polished
them, and finally stained them all him
self with only the simplest tools, and it is
doubtless his careful treatment that
makes the pretty tone they produce.
It is probable that Colonel NeSmith
will be willing to dispose of his fiddles
some time, and if so he will doubtless
have no difficulty whatever in securing a
ready and a profitable market.
Order your nuts, candies,
fruits and general Xmas con
fections from us. We Have
an immense and well selected
stock. J. FOX’S SONS.
How to Roast the Succulent Oyster.
Ladies’ Home Journal.
Select large oysters and have them
scrubbed thoroughly, then place them In
the oven in a large tin with the round
side of the shells down, so that when
they open the liquor will not be lost. As
soon as they do open remove the upper
shell, sprinkle them with salt, pepper and
chopped parsley, add a little butter and
serve hot as possible on a bed of water
cress. Oysters served in this way make
an excellent first course at dinner If ac
companied by thin slices of brown bread
and butter.
DOG SHOW
Methodist bazaar, Friday aft
ernoon, 3 o’clock, Dec. 20.
Good duck shooting at East Lake. If
you wish to go to the lake before the
trains commence running get permit to
ride on light engines that pass up First
avenue at 4:50 and 5 a. m. from Bir
mingham Railway and Electric company,
303 North Twentieth street. 12-7tf
STATE NEWS.
Guntersville Democrat: A dead body
found floating in the Tennessee .near Lu
cas’ ferry, on the 7th, wore a silver ring
bearing the initials E. S. J. He was
about 5 feet 4 inches tall, heavy set, and
of sandy complexion, smooth shaved.
His neck and head were bruised, show
ing foul play had put him in the river.
Jasper Eagle: John Jones, who was so
desperately wounded In the four handed
duel near Oakman a few weeks ago, was
brought in town last Saturday by Wiley
Davis and lodged in the county jail.
Farm Kilgore, one of the principals, who
escaped unhurt, is yet at large, not hav
ing surrendered, as it was reported he
would do.
Scottsboro Progressive Age: Fred
Walker was captured after a little foot
race and some shooting, at Stevenson,
on Wednesday of this week. Fred was
carrying on business, it is said, at the
old Fort, near Stevenson. It is said that
as a “wildcatter,” he was„the oldest rat
in the barn. The revenue officers had
been after him frequently, but never got
him in hand until yesterday.
Guntersville Democrat: One thousand
acres of the Fennell estate,
largely river bottom land, five miles
down the river from Guntersville, will
be sold at public auction at the court
house on January 20. Terms half cash
and balance in one year. This sale is
made by the heirs of the estate, and will
afford a bargain to the purchaser. The
property includes much of the land sur
veyed off into Manchester town lots sev
eral years ago when it was supposed that
the Tennessee would have been bridged
at Deposit ferry. Mrs. Belle F. Neill of
Nashville and Mrs. Mary J. Graham of
Manchester are co-administratrix.
Tuskaloosa Times: In April, 1894,
James Redding, living on the line be
tween Tuskaloosa and Pickens counties,
Was taken from his home by White Cap
pers and badly beaten, and his house re
duced to ashes. It appears that Red
ding was a witness in the United States
court against some men charged with
illicit distilling, and these accused par
ties and their friends, it Is charged, con
stituted the band who perpetrated the
above outrage. Recently warrants to
the number of twenty were sworn out
against the men, and officers are now
executing the same. Two of the accused
parties, John H. Pate and J. C. Daniels,
were brought in yesterday by Deputy
United States Marshals Cowart and
Hudgins of Birmingham and the balance
are expected this week. Pate and Dan
iels will be tried before Commissioner
Green on the 13th instant.
K8ep your feet comfortable
and save the doctor’s bills by
wearing ihe Pair and Square
$3 shoes.
J. BLACH & SONS,
One Price Cash Clothiers.
IMPEACHING HIS OWN WITNESS.
One of the Little Trioks of the Gold Stand
ard Advocates Unmasked.
Secretary Herbert’s reference to the
amount of silver coined elnce 1878 and
his assertion that the country up to 1860
never had within 60 per cent as much
money per capita as now, are much like
the arguments of Patterson and Carlisle.
They first slur the ’’50 cent dollar”
and declare that It owes Its purchasing
power to the fact that the country is on
on a gold basis, and that somewhere or
somehow the credit of the government
upholds the "50 cent dollar” and makes
It as valuable as the gold dollar.
Now, Mr. Editor, if the silver dollar
does owe Its par value to the govern
ment’s policy of parity, it must be for
the reason that the government is ac
tually responsible for the redemption In
real money—that is, gold—of the 550,000,
000 silver dollars coined. If this be true,
then the silver dollars to which Mr. Hers
bert points are each and every one of
them an evidence of debt due their re
spective holders by the general govern
ment. The coin certificates and green
backs and gold certificates are likewise
proofs of government Indebtedness, and
the secretary has no better ground for
referring to them as money than a pri
vate individual would have for calling
his outstanding notes and obligations so
much available capital for business pur
poses.
If the contention of the gold bugs as to
silver be true, then the only real money
In the country Is the gold coin. The
most liberal estimate will hardly place
the total sum of gold at more’than $600,
000,000, while there are many who think
$300,000,000 would amply cover the entire
stock. But, accepting the former esti
mate as correct, we must take there
from the gold reserve of $100,000,0000, the
$120,000,000 stored away In the banks and
perhaps $50,000 hoarded away in small
sums. This would leave but $430,000,000
of real money in actual circulation, or a
trifle less than $6.50 per capita.
The gold standard advocates are con
stantly working this little trick. They
point with a flourish to the large per
capita in circulation, tell us there Is
more money than ever before and that
$550,000,000 of that money Is In silver,
and straight upon the heels of this In
sist that this silver isn’t real primary
money, but owes its value to the guar
antee of the government. Ordinarily a
man Is not permitted to impeach his
own witness, but neither law nor equity
seems to exert any restraining or whole
some influence upon the gold bug.—O. P.
Q. In New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Oyster cocktails at the Met
ropolitan bar. 11-1 a-tf
A VAIN BETRAYAL.
HOW THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE
INSPECTORS MADE $4,000.
How an Old German’s Effort to Smuggle
In a Lot of Diamonds Was Frustrated.
Conditions Which the Son-in-law Inform
er Had Mot the Nerve to Face.
“Years ago,” said an old secret scrvloo
man, “I was in business in New York.
Men at my trade as a detective hear all
sorts of storios, some of them long after
tho knowledge will do any good. Never
theless now and then thoso yarns form
curious bits of history. Not long ago a
gentleman from the inside was telling mo
a bit of tho unwritten history of tho New
York custom house. What he related tfiok
place ovor 20 years ago—in fact, not long
after tho war. Ho was explaining how
money was made inside the customs linos.
“ ‘A friond of mino,’ said that gontle
man, ‘was ono of the inspectors in tho
New York offico. His business was to go
aboard boats, ransack tho trunks of pas
sengers and overhuul the effects of immi
grants. In other words, ho was to look
out for smugglers. This was in 1800.
“ ‘One day his chief came to him and
said: “You meet such and such n ship
when she comes in. She’s at tho Narrows
now. Tako with you ono of the women of
our offioe, bocauso you will have to searoh
u German girl who is aboard the boat.
This girl will bo with her father, whoso
namo is .Schmidt, and who oomos from
Bremen. Ho has nothing on him or about
him that is wrong, but tho girl has a
whole handful of diamonds dono up in her
back hair. You have tho inspectress who
is with you to search the girl and have her
finally And the diamonds in her chignon.
Don’t bungle tho job nor go straight to
tho diamonds as If you know whore they
wero. I want the discovery to como along
in a regular way and nothing dono to in
dicate that wo have had any pointer as to
the folks and their diamonds.”
“‘Thoro was no time,’ continued my
friend, ‘to ask any questions as to how my
chief knew of the whereabouts of this
plant of diamonds. I took tho woman in
spector, as ho directed hie, and wo went
aboard the boat and quickly found our
passengers from Bremen. Tills Schmidt
nau ocen lurmor uoscriuou 10 mo uy my
chief as having only ono oyo, so ho was
easy to pick out. I searched tho old man
in a careful way, and the woman with mo
took the girl into a stateroom, and after
fooling away ton minutes in a protended
search finally discovered tho diamonds In
her waterfall, as tho peculiar coiffure of
that day was termod.
“ ‘Of course wo took possession of tho
diamonds and put the old Gorman and his
daughter under arrest,. It was a sore blow,
and thoy wailed and wept and boat their
bosoms mightily.
“ 'As we always did at that time, wo
contented ourselves with confiscating the
diamonds. Of course I made a bluff. I
told the old man and his daughter they
were under arrest, but that I would lot
them go for the night. The next day thoy
must return at 10 o’clock to tho customs
offleo, when wo would send them to tho
penitentiary for anywhere from 10 to 20
years.
“ ‘This last, I say, was only a bluff,
however, and tho people nevor came back,
as we hotl evory reason to suppose would
be tho case. We hod no time to try crim
inals and usually contentod ourselves with
confiscating tho goods which they at
tempted to smuggle, and as theso wore
generally very valuable it was punishment
enough.
“ ‘Whon I found my chief, I told him I
had the diamonds all safe enough and
had glvon tho old German and his daugh
ter such a scare tliut uouo of us nood ox
pect to see cither of them again. Then I,
asked him how ho knew so acourutely
about the diamonds.
“‘My chief told mo that his informa
tion came from tho son-in-law of tho old
man. It seems that tho old Gorman had
two daughters. The older ono was mar
ried and already in this country, living in
New York city. Tho youngor girl, when
she and her father got ready to come over,'
wrote the othor how they had turned all
of their property Into diamonds, which
oould be bought at a low figure in Europe,
and on account of the tariff sold for double
the money hore, and how she proposod to
ooncoal them in her hair in order to smug
gle them ashore.
“ ‘Naturally the cider sister told her
husband, nnd it was he who informed my
chlof. Wlmt was his objoctf Why, tho
Infernal rascal expected to got 46 per cent
of tho proceeds of the confiscated property
when sold, lK<lng the amount which, in
that day, went to the Informer.
“ ‘I couldn't for tho life of me see where
my chief and myself and tho other boys in
the custom house were going to get any
part of the proceeds of these diamonds.
They were of courso reported to the offico
as confiscated, and tliolr sale would duly
take plaoe, but with the reptilo son-in-law
getting 46 percent as informer and Uncle
Sam theothc. 46 uor cent as conflsoator,
I couldn’t *ec wo’d got in. But iny
chief, wlm '■ ' -v intelligent man, bade
me be of Kmatuietu'. Ho had a plan which
he was oonliu.i.i .vould work.
“ ‘At one of the sales which the custom
house periodically holds tho old German's
diamonds were duly hawked off. We had
not soen either him or his daughter since
1 turned them loose on the wharf, although
we knew from tits son-in-law that they
were at tho houso lu New Vork, very much
overcome with their loss and tho foar of
being punished as smugglers, a fear which
he very much fed, by tho way, by lolling
them some awful stories of what happened
to pcoplo who wore caught trying to beat
tho custom houso. Tho diamonds, when
sold, if I remember correctly, were takon
by Tiffany and brought between $9,000
and $10,000. Tho share duo the informer
was over $1,000.
“ ‘Tlio amount duo to tho govornmont
was turned ovor, and shortly-following the
faithless son-in-law camu skulking into
get his share of tho money.
“ ‘ “Cortainly,” ropliod my ohief,
“you’re the lnformor, and tho money's
yours. Thero is something over $4,000
oomiug to you. But I propose to have
witnesses when It is paid ovor. I will puy
it to you any tlmo when you bring your
wife and her sister and your father-in-law
with you to seo it dono. I intend that
they shall witness this transaction and
learn just oxnctly what sort of a our you
are.”
“ ‘Tho son-in-law informer crept nway
and novor returned. IIo oouldn't face tho
conditions whloh made his obtaining the
money possible. It was not lost, how
ever. You may bo sure it wont to good
people, who know how to use it.'
Washington Post.
Clown was at first a tattooed person. In
Britain and Franco tho country pooplo re
tained tho habit of tattooing or of paint
ing thefacos in Imitation of tattooing long
after it had been abandoned in the cities.
bLUEBERRY PIE.
Of All New England’s Fine Things Thera
Is None Bettor.
These old New England pnsturee and
hillsides, what amazing secrets aro locked
up in their rugged bosoms—moro wondor
ful by far than all tho dreams of alchemy I
Who, to look at them, would over predict
the marvelous things they produce for us,
season after season? And of all the fine
things with which they annually present
us none is hotter than tho bluoborry, a
simple, unaffected fruit, both in growth
and appearance, yet remarkably satisfying
to tho human taste. Gathered by a strag
gling but tireless army of sunbonneted
and straw hattod piokors, this crystallized
nectar of the hills is sent abroad through
tho land into homos of both rich and poor
—a welcome guosi evorywucre.
And of all tho lino things to which the
bluoborry contributes or into which it is
made who that'was unacquainted with
such mystorles could over hnve predicted
such a delcctablo dish as blueberry ploP
Not tho pie of commorco of course, nor the
restaurant pio, nor yot the hotel pio, but
tho pio your mother used to make or which
your wifo or your sister can mako now If
they have not been cheated of their New
England heritage of knowing how to oook.
A dainty, brown, flaky orust has the gen
uine bluoborry pio. It is mnflo up in n
dish not too deep—"just deep enough”—
which holds, undor this hope quickening
orust, a lako of purple, mouth watering,
soul onsnaring fruit—a halt liquid quug
miro in which tho plump blue spheres
buvo drowned thomsolves in tholr own
richnoss.
Tho blucborry has a doliente but dis
tlnot flavor of its own, which should
never be smotliorcd by mixing with auy
othors in n pie. Uniting happily and nat
urally with the sugar, it forms n delicious
sirup whloh no undor crust ought to bo
allowed to absorb. For perfect success a
subtle balance of pnrts is needed, not too
much crust, not too little fruit and sirup,
the exact adjustment of which is rnroly
compassed by uuy but a nativo Now Eng
landor—It is bred in tho bono. Thoro is,
too, but ono timo to cat bluoborry pio,
and that is when it has been out of the
ovon just half an hour. At exactly this
moment a wholo ono is just enough for a
well man.—Boston Trnnsorlpt.
Practical Instruction.
In Australia tho school children are all
taught what to do if bitten by a snake.
This drill Is rendered nocessury by tho fact
that all the Australian snakes are venom
ous, and they nro almost ns common as in
India. Tho reason why fntalitlos are loss
is becauso tho snakes are comparatively
■mall and are timid.
In Gormany the wails of the schoolrooms
aro hung with maps of difforont species of
pestiferous woods. Thoro are colored plates
of weeds In all stages of growth and also
the way in which the seeds are scattered
and propugated.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Blossoms Covered Them.
Among tho reminiscences of tho Grand
Army of tho Republic was recalled a sin
gular inoidont at Shiloh, whore the dead
were laid in a poach orchard, and tho det
onations of tho artillery, having shaken
off tho blossoms, veiled tholr bodies with
the doliente petals. A theme for a poot.—
Bostun Transcript.
Peculiar Case of Fire.
A peculiar case of Are on shipboard was
that whloh damaged the bark Annie Staf
ford at Dieppe, France, reoently, tho facts
in the case having been learned at tho in
vestigation into the Are. It seems that the
. vossol carried os ballast about 60 tons of
flint stones. While lying light alongside
the quay tho vessel pitohod and rolled, and
this produced friction between tho stones,
which Is said to have caused a spark or
sparks which ignited tho colling. As the
bark had previously carried cargoes of pe
troleum, the interior woodwork was nnt
ur_l!v L-i flue condition for taking flv.