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SCOTLAND'S VERDICT.
A Decision of tbs Jury Which Uhn th*
Acrusei} Under a Cloud.
The verdict in tho Ardlamont murder
trial strongly calls attention anew to
the differences between judicial pro
cedure in Scotland and that in Eng
land and the United States. From the
American point of view nothing could
t* more unsatisfactory than a verdict
of "not proven." It is impossible to
imaginr euch a conclusion of an im
portant trial being for a moment toler
ated hero, by court or public, any more
than the adopting of the French theory
that the accused is to be deemed guilty
intil he can prove his innocence. Yet
it is unhesitatingly accepted by the
Scotch, an eminently logical and ju
dicial minded people, and the render
ing of such a verdict in this latest and
most sensational ease provokes no dis-
Mtisfsction with the low, nor any de
mand for a change of procedure. It is
an Impressive example of the power of
Jong continued custom and of the wide
divergence of views held by men of
actlmil intelligence and sense of right.
The "not proven" verdict is by no
means, however, tho only )ieciiUarity
u( the .Scotch trial system. At tho very
beginning of a cause there is no coron
er's inquest nor public examination of
tho prisoner. The examination is con
ducted in private by the magistrate
And official prosecutors—private prose
cution being, by the way, unknown,
tare in most trifling cases. The trial
mu-t then come properly on, and un
less the prisoner be brought, to trial
tad the trial concluded within 110 days
after his committal, he it entitled "to
Ik set free forever from all question or
process lor the crime with which he is
charged." In tho trial itself the public
•prosecutor opens his case without any
preliminary speccli making, and at tho
•end tho prisoner or his counsel has tho
final sumlng-up and appeal to the jury.
The jury consists of fifteen persons,
the verdict of a majority of whom is
sufficient to determine tho case; and, ns
Already mentioned, if the jurors are
hot legally convinced of the prisoner's
guilt, nor satisfied that he is innocent,
they may render a verdict of “not
proven,” This last leaves Hie accused,
of coarse, morally under a cloud for tho
rest of his life, for, though he was not
convicted' h* was not able to establish
his innocence. Tho wretchedness this;
may entail was strikingly portrayed by j
the late Wilkie Collins in one of his i
romance probably without tho slight- j
ctt, exaggeration.
, While the one feature of a Scotch .
trial can never lie commended to tho
American judicial system, there are (
others that might he to advantage,
adopted here. The requiring a speedy
trial is ope. The long delay in criminal
cases in our courts has often caused
much scandal, and has doubtless im
paired the prestige of the judicial ad
ministration. Considering the trouble
sve often have to get a satisfactory
jury of twelve, tho enlargement of the
number to fifteen is hardly to be re
garded with favor; but it in at least an
open question whether the ends of jus
tice would not be better served by mak
ing a majority or ajtwp-thirds majority
verdict sufficient. How Monson. tlm
defendant in the ease just closed, would
have fared in an American court, is a
matter of curious if inconceivable spec
ulation. Ho almost certainly would
not have been tried so promptly, and
the delay would have been painful to
him, at least if innocent, and vexatious
to lovers of justice in general. Yet in
the end there would have been a ver
dict of positive acquittal instead of tiic
indeterminate thing that has now
doomed him to a life-time of gloom
and suspicion.—N. Y. Tribune.
CAMPHOR TREES IN JAPAN.
foreatiof the People Depleted by Rices*
live Use,
Ihe British consql at liiogo states
dial the camphor tree of Japan is a
huge symmetrical evergreen, not un
like the linden, with a while blossom
and a red berry. Some of the trees are
fully fifteen feet in diameter and more
fhan three hundred years old. Tho
annual export of camphor averages
about five million jiounds, of which
about one-fourth goes to tho United
bUilcs, a little to India and the re
mainder to Europe.
The reckless use of the timber lias
nearly exhausted the forests owned by
)be people. The government forests,
however, are still so rich in camphor
'fees that they can bo relied upon to
maintain alone the full average sup
ply for twenty-five years, while trees
arc now being planted and under pres
ent scientific management are expected
'o be ready for use in twenty-five or
thirty years.
Hitherto tho youngest wood from
’’ "cli camphor has been extracted has
l ** n evenly or eighty years old. A
’ft"sfactor.v yield Is ten pounds of
smile camphor from 300 pounds of
J', ships, the production of the root
mg somewhat more, and a village in
esa contains a group of thirteen
JT es , about one hundred years old,
' •use probable total is estimated at
" r y thousand pounds of crude
aniphor. The trees, as they stand,
c valued at four thousand dollars.—
Hongkong Press.
HBlce.Seekem Fear to Keglster.
■-very Washington hotel litis men
, 0 n *** r register. H means the game
politics. The man who wants an
. 1 c bod ** afraid ,Jiis rivals are going
nln P "c 11 R combinations against him
cle i * Dto 8 Hotel and tell the
.... r 1 lat he docs not want to be seen
nut on the book, and the clerk tells
-. , la *; His all right. In some cities
- actions would be rightly regarded
auspicious, but not in Washington.
j r le *ding hotels will average two a
*he first year of anew ad-
W .. ratlor >; after that they drop off,
hotel,. "to a Peculiarity of Washington
ow's—W ashington Post.
Hie snow that falls on water seem
met* 6ars ’ years that
seen 1£ ay .* nto Time’s welter—yet, un
hannii ° ' ,Wi ° * s Bwe Hed thereby, and
*i,„ good ship floated across
ismooth > ban into port that tncans
Bfchard Burion“ and * °*
h ‘ S musical career by
Pca-.iith - * lolin at the dances of tho
Most „f y v tlle villa ff pß near Prague,
'hr,,,. ‘ 8 'arl.V operas, especially
were lanJi? for the London theaters,
knew Handel said that Gluck
coijfc W)r ° countcrpe'nt than
truth is mighty,
B* It Won't Always no lo the Smnk
tag Car.
As the train emerged from a deep
and rocky cut it glided out upon a long 1
and high trestle work which carried
the tracks over two ravines and a
swamp. The man whom we all took to
be a drummer for a sarsaparilla factory
looked out and down and shuddered.
Then he drew three or four whiffs on
his cigar and shuddered some more.
"A little nervous, eh?" queried one of
tho crowd.
‘‘■Ves, end I hare cause to be,” was
the reply.
‘Then you've been over this place be
fore?"
“Vos, two years ago. I feel as weak
as a woman. Gentlemen, excuse me
while ( lake a nip of brandy."
"Did the train break through?"asked
one of the group, after he had “nipped”
and restored tho bottle.
“No. Ah! thank heaven, wo arc over
at last! All of you please take notice
of that house among tho trees, and also
remember tho little town we passed
through about a mile back. My uncle
lieu ben livea there in that house. 1
was here on a visit to him and went
over to the. post office after my mail. I
took tho highway in going, but to
make a short cut I look the
track on ray return. I hesitated some
time at the trestle, Iml finally started
to cross. Just wait a minute. I have it
all down here in my note-book. When
1 tell you a thing for a fact I like to
have the proofs. Tho trestle is eighty
eight feet high in the center I had
just, reached the center wfiqjt "
"When you saw a train?"
"Ves: 1 had reached the center of the
trestle when I heard the whistle of a
locomotive, and a moment, later caught
sight of a freight train rounding the
curve. There was only one possible
way of escape. ”
"It was a terrible situation.”
“It was, I find I have it down here in
my hook as *T. S.,’ which stands for
terrible situation. Thank yon, sir, for
yoltr appreciation!"
, "1 ou did not leap to the ground be
low?”
"No. sir. If I had it would have
been jotted down hero, which it isn't.
I did not lose my presence of mind.
Dropping down between the cross
pieces, I swung with my feet anil hung
on with my hands. You can judge of
a man’s feelings with almost a hundred
feet of space between his (ect and a
groat mass of jagged rock.’
“Great spoons! but you rnuat have
suffered a thousand deaths."
"Let me see. No, 1 did not. I have
it down here, and 1 only suffered ~50
deaths. I don't want to lay claim to
350 deaths to which I have, no legal
right. When 1 toll a story, I tell it ex
actly as things happened. I hung
there, swaying to and fro."
"And the train passed over you?"
“Well, no, it didn't. I should have
made a note of it if such had been the
case. I hung there for seventeen long
minutes-—minutes which seemed never
ending to me."
"You lived a mouth in those few
minutes."
“Nat, q'uito a month. I have it down
that I lived only twenty-six days, and 1
don't want anything that doesn’t be
long to me.”
"But did it take tho train seventeen
minutes to pass over you?” persisted
the inquirer.
•'t)h, no."
"Then how was it?"
"Why, the train side-tracked at the
other side, yon see, and I hung on until
one of the brakoinen walked out to me
and said if 1 wasn't In tho circus busi
ness to stay, I’d bettor get out of that."
"But I don't exactly sec.”
"Oh, there is nothing to see. I got
off tho bridge all right, with three
hours to spare before another train
came along. I was very much obliged
to tho brakeman—very much. 1 might
have hung there all day, you know
yes, I have it down here in my book
that I was V. M. 0., which means very
much obliged. lam not a nervous man
by nature, but can you wonder that 1
shudder and grow weak in tho knees
whenever I pass over this trestle?"
No one said a word for a long min
ute. Then the questioner softly
queried;
"That was a true story, wasn’t it?'*
"As true as truth itself,” was the sol
emn reply.
“Well, it was a mighty poor story,
and this crowd doesn't want any more
like it. 1 1 you can’t tell a lie get out tf
here and give your room lo a man who
can.”—Detroit Free Press.
Re Had a Preference.
The tenderfoot from the east hart
been invited to drink at the lied Gnleh
bar by a large-sized cowboy, and under
tho inspiring influence of an ngly-look
ing revolver, ho had accepted and
ranged himself alongside ttie counter.
He picked up tho glass nervously, the
cowboy watching him fiercely and toy
ing with his gun, and tasted it. Then
ho put it down again.
"Drink,” growled the cowboy.
"I guess not,” replied the tenderfoot
"Well, I guesa yes,” said the cowboy,
drawing his revolver.
The tenderfoot took one look fit the
glass of liquor and squared himself be
fore his host.
“.Shoot," ho said, in a tone of com
mand. "I’d rather bo shot than drink
that stuff," and tho cowboy embraced
the tenderfoot and began to shoot, the
bottles off the shelf.—Detroit Free
Press. .
On Rpeftklnff Term*.
“There goes Judge Solfkcm," said
Meandering Miße.
“An old acquainnaucc of yours, I
s'pose," said Plodding Pete, sarcastic
ally.
"O, we're just on speakin’ terms. I
know him well enough to say ‘not
guilty' to ‘im once in a while '—Wash
ington Star.
A Rreat ArrompU.il in rut.
Hoeker —That's a very intelligent
looking office-boy of yours.
Decker —He is.
Hecker—Does he learn easily?
Decker— Remarkably so. I have just
taught him not to whistle After the
Ball.”—Puck.
Needed Explanation.
The Minister-Well, Johnny, how did
you like the sermon this morning?
Johnny— First,rate, only I couldn't
understand what you meant when you
said ‘truth is mighticr'n Wilbur Vail."
Who's he?”—Chicago Tribune
They Admitted It.
"Say. fellers, you arc stringing me,
said the horsethief lo the lynchers.
"We must admit we are playing a
a little choke on you,” they replied.—
Brooklyn Life*
—H is estimated that the number ot
working people, male ftutl female, io
the German empire le 10,500, (MW,
rtfoommne Alter rM.
One of the local just ices of the peace
Identified the prisoner at the bar as mi
■>ld offender.
Justice—What in your name?
Prisoner— Snm Jackson,
Three years afro when you were up
before me you said your name was
John Smith."
Yes, but that was an entirely dif
ferent case."—Alex E. Sweet.
Jfloely Put.
Strawber—l hear you proposed to
Miss Twilight the other night. Did she
give you an answer?
Slngerly—Not till I came the next
night.
Strawber—Then what did she say?
Slnglrly—She told the servant to tell
me she was very sorry, hut she was al
ready engaged—Judge.
Perhaps It Was the (trip.
Oeorgto comes down to breakfast
with a swollen visage. Whereupon
mamma says to the little four-year-old:
“Why, George, darling, don’t yon
feel well? Tell mamma what Is the
matter."
Ueorglo (full of Influenza) replies:
"No, I don t feel well. Bofe of my
eyes Is leakin' and one of my noses
doesn’t go.”—Alex. R. Sweet.
A Mnrd Sinn to Salt.
Parker —1 saw you coming out of the
saloon on the corner three times to
day. Don't let It occur again.
Clerk—Past week you complained be
cause you saw me going into the sa
loon, now you complain because you \
saw me coining out of It. 1 don’t seem 1
to he able to suit you anvhow.—King's
Jester.
Krxt Morning.
Mrs. Guzzle ton—You're not a hit su
perstitious, are you. John?
Mr. Uuzzleton—Why, no, my dear.
Why do yon ask?
Mrs. Guzzle ton —You cams home last
night when the clock would have
struck thirteen it It could.—Texas Sift-
Ingn.
Told the Tenth.
She- You told me 1 was the only
woman you ever proposed to.
He —'True.
"True. Is It? I've heard that you're
been engaged to three women."
"All of them were endows, my lore.
They didn't wait for a proposal."— N.
Y. Weekly.
A ftcr Min Ron.
“T suppose, now, that you will be
going home to your mother In the I
morning?” |
"1 just won't. 1 have tried that, and j
it doesn't seem to do nny good lam
going to bring mother here till a time.”
lndianapolis Journal.
Hard
Datihaway (bitterly) Old man, I
have been refused by thirteen girls.
C leverton Do you consider that un
lucky?
Dashaway—t should say I did! The
last one changed her mind. -Truth.
OP RIIMK I’SK.
Old Gotroj: (to his fashionable sonl—
You and your set thoroughly disgust
me. You could get along an well with
out a heart as with one.
Algy—Aw—fawther how werticu
lous! Why, wheat) would a tellah
weah his hat? —Puck.
So Question.
Rejected Suitor (pious)—Well, I shall
look forward to meeting her in
Heaven.
Sympathizer —Is that so? Are yon
an re?
Rejected Suitor—Yes; she in a very
good girl.—Judge.
At White Heat.
She —1 nra so worried about ray aunt.
She is ct the point of death.
He is that your wealthy aunt?
She —Acs.
|l C —Well, never mind, deerest. Yon
have my love, which is greater than
ever.—Life.
Proceoeuve In Itoston.
Miss Backbay- Mamma, Is the Chel
sea family as old an ours?
Mrs. llackbay—Not quite, my dear.
They arc of “Mayflower" stock, indeed,
but our ancestors preceded theirs by
five minutes in leaving the boat.—
Puck.
A Connclentleiis Boy.
Mother—Did you take good care of
the parrot when I was in the country,
Tommy, and not let it learn any had
words?
Tommy—Yes, I always took it out
of the room when pa was sewing on a
button.—Spare Moments.
At the Theater.
Will—Say, Jock, how much did you
pay for these seats?
Jack Six dollars and a half.
Will—Well, next time let's save our
money and go to a milliner's opening.
—Boston Beacon.
Ills Hedging Time.
Backward, turn backward,
O, Time, In thy night;
M&ko rao a boy again
At this hour oach night.
Then forward I care not
How swiftly you roll
If I can escape
Bringing up the night's eoal.
—Chicago Inter Ocean
Tommy'a Curloalty.
Tommy (to Dudely c'anesucker)
Why don’t you stand on one leg when
you come here?
Dudely Canesuokei—Why, what a
queer question!
Tommy—Well, Sister Alice said that
you are a regular goose, and all the
geese I ever saw stood on one leg.—
Texas Siftings.
She HU One.
Mr. Binks (after an absencel—And
so you shot a burglar while here and
unprotected. You are a brave little
woman. What became of him?
Mrs. Binks—The other burglar car
ried him off.
Mr. Binks—Which other burglar?
Mrs. ’links —The on* I aimed at.—
Puck.
FllUeneH.
Shears (the tailor)—Young Standem
off is no awfully sociable fellow.
Bastew— Humph! How so?
Shear*— Every tlm* 1 come with my :
till fyt tell* me to e*il iigain—Truth, i
Mitigated Ctrrnm*tanoes.
Bob Keyworth was paying attention
to a rich widow up in Harlem.
“Madam,” he said, as he offered her
a bouquet, “you are getting more and
more beautiful every day.”
“You exaggerate, my dear sir,” ex
claimed the lady, very much flattered.
“Well, then, let us say every other
day," said Bob.—Texas Sifting*.
Too Proviso for Com fort
“Which Is your chair, Mias Punc
tilio?”
“They are all my chairs. Mr. Dash
wood.”
“Ha. of course; but which do you
most affect?"
“f don’t affect one more than an
other; do you think I weigh a ton?"—
Boston Globe.
" here the Trouble Was.
“Have yon noticed anything peculiar
about that new man?" said the cashier
of the bank to the bookkeeper.
"Yes I have."
“Do you think his mind Is unbal
anced?"
"No. But his accounts are.”—Wash
ington Star.
An Average .Inrymnn.
"Thlcklied’s Ignorance has got. him
into a box at last."
“Has. eh? What kind of a hox?"
"Jury box.”— Buffalo Courier.
Jndgo Not.
Binkers—l don't see how you can
laugh at Saphead's Insane jokes.
Winkers—You would if yon knew his
pretty sister,-N. Y. Weekly.
illustration for a novel.
“Withs great, cry she fell upon his
neck."—Life.
Whit Abe VTmi Aft*r.
.Tameson —Are you going to refurnish
your house?
Fit*- -No.
.lames —Well. I ssw your wife In a
furniture store the other day pricing
different articles.
TTtz—Ves. She did that so as to find
out what Brown's new furniture cost
—N. Y. Herald.
On# of nk Investment*.
Visitor—You have some flue scenery
about your homo, Mrs. f'heepriche.
Mrs. Cheeprlehe (complacently)
Yes. we always get tho best of every
thing.—Chicago Record.
find Tried It.
“Folks may talk ahout camphor gum
all they please," said Tommy, coming
out of the clothes closet with a very,
very wry face, “hut I'd s good deal
rather have spruco,”—Chicago Tribune,
At Our Hoarding House.
Loquacious Landlady--! simply dote
on Shakespeare, professor.
Hungry Boarder -Then, madam, why
give us Bacon every morning for
breakfast?—Truth.
Walt TIM She Grows Up.
Now she pulls her father's whiskers,
She's too younst to plead and beg
But watt until she grows up,
Then she ll pull her papa's lo*.
-Philadelphia Call
A Shakespearian Lay.
He named his laying hen Macduff,
And whon at enrly dawn
She cackled loud, ho cried In (flee:
“Lay on, Macduff, lay on "
—Detroit Free Press
IT# Couldn't, Bay.
Willis—Whose umbrella Is that you
have?
Wallace—How in thunderdo I know?
It is one Smith borrowed from you.-
Music and Drama.
No Cause for Grief.
Mamma —You careless hoy! You've
spilled your coffee over your new
trousers!
Benny Well, there's plenty more
coffee, ain't there'.' I hleago Tribune.
A BINDER FOR LIFE.
' —Life
The Poor Burglar.
Burglar (soliloquizing)—Yer never
hear a good word for a housebreaker.
They never takes into consideration
that we're obliged to be out In all
kinds o’ weather, an' that most o' our
work has to be done while lazy folki
, Is sound asleep in their beds.—London
( Tid Bits.
The Eyes of Love.
“But, Ethel, bow do you know that
this young man loves yon? Has he told
you so?”
“Oh, no, mamma! But if yon could
i only see the way he looks at me when
I am not looking at him!"—Once a
Week.
Hubby Pay*.
Wife—To-morrow is your birthday,
' darling, and I ara going to stop at the
j Jeweler's and buy you a present.
Her Hubby Get something cheap,
pet. I haven't paid him for my lasi
birthday present yet.—Spare Moments
Frank* ru.
Mamma -Aren't you home from
school earlier than usual to-day?
Bobby—Yea, mamma, I wasn't kepi
in to-duy.—Harper's Young People.
Vh# Cause* of ir~
Knogaby—Vr'hatdld old David T/!p
blvdieof?
Hop by -0i kin InUlkU.—sTudge. |
Royal Buckwheats.
For generations it has been the cus
tom to mix the batter for buckwheat
cakes with yeast or emptyings, retain
ing a portion of the batter left over
from one morning to raise the cakes
for the following day.
If kept too warm, or not used prompt
ly. this batter becomes excessively sour
and objectionable. Buckwheat cakes
raised by this means are more often
sour or heavy than light and sweet. If
eaten daily they distress the stomach
and cause skin eruptions and itching.
Instead of the old-fashioned way we
have been making buckwheat cakes
this winter with Royal Baking Powder,
mixing the batter fresh daily, and find
the result wonderfully satisfactory.
They arc uniformly light and sweet,
more palatable and wholesome, and
can be eaten continuously without the
slightest digestive inconvenience. Be
sides they are mixed and baked in a
moment, requiring no time to rise
Following is the receipt used:
Two cups of pure buckwheat flour
(not “prepared" or mixed); one cup of
wheat flour, two tablespoons of Royal
Baking Powder and one-half tcaspoon
ful of salt, all sifted well together.
Mix with milk into a thin batter and
bake at once on a hot griddle. Once
properly tested from this receipt, no
other buckwheat will find its way to
your table.—Domestic Cooker}'.
A current item asserts that Patti
sings “Daddy W uldn't Buy Me a Bow-
Wow." Oood-by, sweetheart, good-by!
-N. Y, World.
There Is a special providence hang
ing over a bargain-counter. It never
seems to know anything about hard
times.—Steep Brook Gazette.
Booking into a glass to paint ene’a
face Is not wholly a feminine trick. A
man looks Into a glass to color his nose.
DELATING TO PEOPLE.
Mas. Gladstone has Just passed her
eighty-first birthday, and her vitality
Is as wonderful as that of her husband.
Senator Hoar dictates all his corre
spondence to his stenographer In the
senate chamber while the senate la in
session.
George Washington, who died in
Savannah recently, was the great
grandson of Lawrence Washington, a
brother of the first president. He was
a graduate of the Y'ale class of I>B.
Dr. Cyrus A. Bartol, of Boston, is the
Inst survivor of the famous “Transcend
ental club,” In which Emerson was the
central light, and all the bright men
and women of his kidney were asso
ciate members
Dn. Reed, of Ohio, has introduced
Into the legislature of that state a bill
permitting condemned murderers the
choice of dying by electricity or by
ansesthetics. If they choose to die by
chloroform they must agree to give
their bodies for vivisection.
Mr. Ci.evei.And is the godfather of a
child born in New York July 18, 1808,
the seventh son of a seventh son. "In
Germany,” says the delighted father,
“the emperor never refuses to stand as
godfather to the seventh son of a
seventh son;” and Mr. Cleveland was
as accommodating as the emperor.
Mrs. Annie 8. Austin, the newly
elected mayor of Pleasanton, Kan., Is
described as “a buxom woman of two
hundred pounds, and quite Intelli
gent." Her husband is a railroad em
ploye. Bbc was the leading speaker in
the campaign which resulted in her
election and electioneered so cleverly
that she wont Into office with • ma
jority of twelve votes.
FARM PRODUCTS ABROAD.
Horses are very cheap in Australia.
The horse markets are glutted with
animals offered, for which there is no
demand. Similar reports come from
Great Britain. Indeed the depression
in the prices of horses seems to be
worldwide.
A fine stud of hackney horses has
been established at Buda-Posth, Hun
gary, by a wealthy gentleman named
Wabrmann. Among the foundation
animals are thirteen marca from the
renowned Brookfield stud of Mr. Bur
dett Couits.
The agricultural department of India
has adopted what is them spoken of
as “anew idea,” and which consists
in publishing for general distribution
monographs, similar to the farmers'
bulletins of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Farmers in all the parts of Europe
which suffered from drought last year
find it difficult to provide forage to
keep their Hvc stock through the win
ter. In France and Germany, twigs of
trees and vines are made to contribute
to the subsistence of cattle and sheep.
United States Commercial Aoekt
Smith reports that the Rhino vintage
of 1893 was a full one-half crop. This
is a gratifying amount, as a three
fourths vintage is a rarity and a full
vintage remarkably scarce. It is ex
pected on all sides that the Rhine wine
of 1808 will bo fine in quality’.
During this century over 180,000,000
copies of the word of God have been
printed in over 850 different languages
and dialects. No very important
tongue of the earth is now unrepre
sented.
Comfort is the god of this world, bnfc
comfort it will never obtain by making
it an obiect.—E. P. Whipple.
SPROUTS OF EXPERIENCE.
Crowd crops without crippling theta
by overcrowding.
Both belong together. Next, to a
good gardener we want a good cook.
Home plant garden cress under the
benches because it is cleaner than
water cress, which has to be grown in
mud.
Even potatoes deserve to be guarded
against rough handling. For best keep
ing and non-sprouting we keep them
dry.
For a pit of pungent greens in win
ter sow mustard seed in a box or large
flower pot in a light window. We often
season our lettuce salad with mustard
leaves.
To ort the earliest peas sow any of
the earliest smooth sorts just as soon
as the frost is out of the ground. They
will flourish even in soil not yet dry
enough for ordinary garden crops.
Ahhunapts cannot rise much above
five miles of vertical height on account
of the increasing rarity of the air, but
double that height ha* been attained
by self-registering balloons, which tell
ns that some ninety degrees of frost
prsrsll up tbsrs,
THEIR MANY WOES.
Tasso wu miserably poor most of hts
days. His miseries finally drove him
mad.
Hei.den - was onoe committed to prison
for his attacks on the divine right of
kings.
Palkstrina lived In extreme poverty
most of his days, and finally died In
great want.
Chaw,bmao?te had an ulcer In his leg
that gave him much annoyance for
tetany years.
Johnson was near-sighted and his
faee much disfigured by scars resulting
from scrofula
Coke was quarrelsome, and passed
his life In almost continual war with
his associates.
Sterne was kept In constant vexa
tion by the reviewers, who could not
look with favor on anything he wrote.
CnrncHii.r, was very restive under
criticism, and wasconstantly In a rage
about some hostile notice of his poems.
Socrates was greatly annoyed by
the slanders of hts enemies, who ac
cused him of being possessed by a devil.
(lAMbKo suffered Imprisonment on
account of his devotion to science. His
old ago was darkened by great pnv- j
arty.
An Important ItMTcronr,
~T° make it. apparent io thoumds, who
Inink themselves ill, that, thev me not al
looted with any disease, but, that the system
simply needs deansing, in to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as a costive condition is
easily cured by using Hymn of Figs Manu
factured by the California rip fctyrup Cos.
A street ear conductor knows what the
wild waves arc saying when lie sees a wom
an wave her parasol.—Binghamton Ummb
llcan.
Hue—“lt Is rank injustice to say that a
woman Is inferior to a man in reasoning
powers." Ho—“ Why!" Hhe—“Because."
—Detroit Tribune.
“The foreign husband is the absorbing
idea!" said the American millionaire ns ho
wrote the wedding chock.—Cleveland I’lain
Dealer.
Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for roughs
is Halo's Honey of Horehotmd and Tar,
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
He -“There goes Hatton In his new over- 1
eoat. What do you think of him?" Him—
“Ho is simply out of night.” Washington
News,
Brioos—“What a severe cold your land- 1
lady hag.” Briggs—" Yes, Hbe sat In mv i
room for an hour yesterday."—N. Y. Her
ald.
The irritation which Induces roughing
Immediately relieved by use of ' nrmea't
Hronchial Jrochti." Sold only in boxes.
... Z
He (sentimentally) “Money isn't every-i
thing." Hlie (practically) “Nn; but it gels
everything,”—N. Y. Press,
lr industry is no more than a habit, it is
at least an excellent one.
Bi sites to read advertisement of Plant
Reed 00., an old reliable firm.
Better not bo at all than not bo noble.—
Tennyson.
“Tiut w*l<h Harduppo sold me turned
out to have rusty works." "1 don't wonder;
It had been In soak for three months."—
Philadelphia Record.
It sometimes happens (hat (he assurance
of being right lakes away the desire to go
ahead.-Truth.
Tne truth which makes an Intelligent mnn
free is almost sure to muko a fool mad.—
Ualveston News.
Snae—"Dirt you ever notice the expres
sion on the face of the Venus de Milo!"
Help—“Ob, yes, She looks all broke up."
lnter Ocean.
The man who stands In fha public eye
shouldn't wonder if the public kuuckios
sometimes rub him.—Truth.
Or all queer sight* in a courtroom the
cross-examiner is the querist.—Yonkers
Ornette.
Briggs—“ Would you ever take Brushes
for an artist to look at him?” Diggs -"Not
If I could get any other."—lnter Ocean.
The outcome 0/ a man’s courtship nowa
day* I* largely dependent upon Ids Income.
Buffalo Courier.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure; thatls to say, the druggist is likely
to charge Just as much for It.- Puck.
“Do tou notice how Miss Kngllsh drops
her eyes when you speak to her!” “No;
but I notice how she drops her h's.”~Texas
Siftings.
The, Jealousy of physicians is remarkable.
No sooner does 0110 of them discover n dis
ease than half a dozen more concentrate all
their energies upon Its suppression.—Puck.
“There is no doubt about his guilt. Why
Is It that his sentence is no delayed!" "I
dunno, but it may be because bouquet* aro
so expensive now."
Teacher— “ Can any of you tell me whst
Is meant, by homo Indnstrient" Billy Bright
(promptly)—“Up to our house they're most
ly Bkwtn* wood an’ carry in' in coat "—Buf
falo Courier.
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He has tried It in over eleven hundred
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(both thunder humor). He ha, now in hi,
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A benefit is always experienced from the
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when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it cause,
shooting pains, like needles passing
through nicm; the same with the Liver or
Rowels. This Is caused by the ducts be
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week after taking it. Read the label.
It the stomach is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
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Dose, one tablespoonful In water at bed‘
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Connurapllpi and people
who have weak lungs or Atb
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