The Bessemer indicator., April 14, 1894, Image 3

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THE CALCIUM MAN.
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*WWI Patel of VMM.
I "Actori *re carious folks." ob
served the calcium light manipulator
of one of the New York theaters to a
reporter the other night. He was
breathing upon the reflector, and
then polishing it carefully with n
woolen rag.
i “Curious, in what respect?” asked
the reporter.
I “Oh, they are queor creatures in
•very way,” returned tho other.
Oughtn't I to kuowP I’ve boon ovory
. thing connected with a theater, from
usher to scene-shifter; but Lord pro
serve me from ever being an actor.
They got more money than most folks,
but they never have a cent Off tho
stage they’re the biggost cranks in
the world, and on the stago thoy’io
cranky enough, Lord knows. Now,
look at mo knd my profession, for
instance. Any ono would think that
I’d be in solid with tho actors, Boeing
that I light ’em up in pretty poses
and bring out the effective parts of
tho scenes. But, would you believe
it, if these stage folks had their way
I’d bo bounced twenty timcß a week
by the management. Kverybody that
foots it before tho footlights kicks at
mo, from tho chorus to tho star, and
from the comodian to the supc.
•. ••There’s SJOO gray hairs in my
bead, for which theso serpentino
dancers aro responsible. Thoy’ro
kickers with a vengoanco, on and off
the boards. Now, I guess I know
moro tho ofTects of lighting than
they do, but whenover they come
hopping on tho stago I nevor catch
them soon enough to their notions.
When thoy Bwing around in tho
butterfly danco thoy start off differ
ent every time, and if tho light
glancos off ’em for tho eighth of a
second they’re wild with rago. It’s
their conceit, you know. Thoy want
to look sweet 100 seconds to tho
minute. Then thoy complain that I
catch ’em in tho oyes and blind ’em,
whoroas it is tho continual chang
ing of thoir regulation poses that
rattles me.
• “Thon, when it comos to the chorus,
oh my! If thoy had things thoir
way tho loading lady wouldn’t bo il
luminated ut all. Thoro isn't ono of
’em that doesn’t want mo to show ’em
up for a full minute for tho bonolit
of thoir gcntlomon friends in tho
audloneo. Thoy bosiego mo evory
night for favorH iu this way. and I
promise; oh yos, I promise I’ll light
’em. But do Ido it?”
The calcium man rubbed hie foro
flngor and thumb in a sugge-tivu
way. -If there’s a little half-dollar I
feo forthcoming they got a flash for
two and ono-half seconds. Lot ’em
pay it. Thoir Johnnies can stand it.
and they’re tho ones that get tho
benoflt from tho sight.”
Whistling Fireworks.
1 Tho peoplo of London aro very
much interested in tho whistling
fireworks whicli have long coasod to
be regardod ovor hero as a pyrotech
nic marvol. Tho popular notion
among tho Britons is that gas gen
erated by the combustion of tho fiery
composition actually blows a whistle,
but this supposition is orronoous.
So far as can bo dotorminod by tho
pyrotechnists thomsolvcs, the scream
ing noise is duo to tho violent com
bustion of tho picrato of potash
with which the little tubes of tho
fireworks are stuffed. Experiments
have been made with other ma
terials, but picrato of potash is tho
only combustible substance discover
able that will give anything more
than a faint imitation of a whistle.
Discovered by Accident.
The works of Quintilllan wero ro
vivod by being discovered undor a
heap of rubbish in an Italian monas
tery. Those of iaoltus were found
in a monastery in Westphalia, where
they wero being usod as fuel by tho
took. The original manuscript of
lustlnian’s Pandects wero found in a
cellar in a little town.
A Sad Picture.
The n?xt time you arc in a melancholy mond.a*
yon are almost certain to be if you become bilious
or dyspeptic, picture to yourself the condition of
• poor man who. without resources un<l with 11
family on Ills hands, finds himself on it sick bed.
(Jloom obscures his narrow horizon iu every di
rection. I'nable to do any work, without means,
or frlenda capable of assisting him, with the pos
sible prospect of continued lb health; with rent,
perhaps, unpaid and unpayuhlc. the outlook for
film Is gloomy Indeed. How shortsighted, then,
la the man of huniblu means who perceiving that
hta health and strength are falling takes no pre
caution to avert the oncoming evil. Hostetler's
Stomach Hitters is a reliable, professionally rer
ommended restorative of heulth and vigor, ami a
aure means of preventing the many diaiihllng
complaints which ex|s>»ure, overwork, neglect
and lnanfflcieut food produce. Malaria, rheuma
tla m , kidney and liver complaint, dyspepsia nml
nervous disease always yield to It.
Accepting the theory of Darwin, some men
developed from monkeys, but others niude n
complete jump from the donkey stage.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the Beat of the illBeaae. Catarrh in
a blood or conatitutlonal disease, and in order
to cure It you mubt take Internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken Internally, mid
acta directly on the blood and nnicoux sur
facea. Hall’s Catarrh Cure la not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best
phyalclana In thla country for yearn, and In a
regular prescription. It la composed of the
heat tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, noting directly on the mu
cous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two lngrenicutn la what produces such
wonderful results In curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY «fc CO., Props., Toledo, O
Bold by druggists, price 7fic. j
All those who pass through tho door tonne
ossa will find It labelled “push.”
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live hot
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world’s best product* to
the needs of physical being, will nttcsi
the value to nealth of tho pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Ito excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and plena
ant to the taste, the ref resiling and truly
benefldal properties of a perfect lax
ative; eflectuaPy cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipution.
It haa given satisfaction to millions nm!
n*et with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acta on the Kid
■eys, Liver and Bowels without wen le
asing them and it is perfectly free from
•aarjr objectionable substance.
of Has la for sale by all drug
gtesl* ofoaaafl bottles, but it is mini
ufnrtiuud by the California Fig Kyrup
Oo. only, whose name is printed on even
[very Pair Guaranteed.
address &an Francisgo Cal.
LOVE AND WAR STORY.
AN EXCITING ROMANCEOF CEN
TRAL AMERICA.
Dirllllng ITrluds to the Courtship and
Marriage of lion I.ills Ue Ojeda and the
Daughter df I’reshlertt Merrills* of
(iuatcmala.
The steamer San Juan, which ar
rived in this port rocontly had a dis
tinguished party aboard. It was
made up of Don Luis do Ojeda, a
young Spanish gentleman, who
puHsed through this city some years
ago, and his in ide. who was Nenorita
Soledad Barillas, tho eldor daughter
of ox-l’resldont Barillas of Guatemala,
with their retinue of servants, says
the San Francisco Chronicle.
Thoro is a charming romance io
tho latter period of Senor Luis de
Ojeda’s lifo, in connection with hie
marriage that may bo told and road
with Interest.
His affairs called him into Contral
America, whoro interests in his
coffco plantations demanded his at
tention near Sun Sulvudor. It was
in 1890, when ono of the periodical
disturbances between Salvador and
Guatemala had brought thoso two
opposing countries to arms. The
Guatemalan forces wore marching
toward tho frontier when General
K/.eta. the provisional president of
San Salvador, mot them with his
troops. His headquarters wore at
Santa Ana, some fifteen miles from
the lino, and tho reports ho rocoivod
every hour from tho front led him
to believe that ho would nood rein
forcements. Ho had his chief officer.
General Rivas, ready to march at a
moment’s notice, and ho sent a
courier to San Salvador to ordor him
and his mon to r tho front
(tenoral Rivus was in charge of
6,0'J0 Indios. which was more than
sufficient to put down any army sent
to the lino by the enemy. Rivas bo
gun his march lu obedience to orders,
but roali/.ing tho unprotected situa
tion of San Salvador, tho capital
city, after his departure and tho
naturally disturbed condition of tho
ontiro country, ho decidod suddenly
to turn traitor to tho city trio very
noxt day with a viow to taking pos
session of tho government buildings
and declaring hirasolf president.
Coups d’etat of this nature, had
not been infrequent in Salvador,
and, with President Kzota on the
frontier lighting tho Guatemalans,
Rivas believod it would bo an easy
affair to banish him and tako his
place as ruler.
Ho Was partly successful. The
town and government officers sur
rendered to him and his 5,000 sol
diers.
Rivas’ next move was more in tho
nature of a protective ono. Ho
wanted to seouro hostages that would
insuro himself and his main follow
ers from harm in tho event of possi
blo disaster at sumo future time. Ho
directed somo of his soldiors to cap
turo tho household of President
Kzota. Thoro was Mrs. Kzota, her
children and sorvants, who barri
caded themselves in their homo and
fought as best thoy could.
Tho drunken soldiers hesitated at
nothing. Thoy tore everything be
fore them, knocking down doors and
shooting right and left, terrorizing
everybody. A number of sorvants
fell wounded and a fow wore killed
outright lighting for their mistress,
who had finally sought hor last
refugo in tho back room of the
house. In u few moments moro
they would liavo been captured, but,
while tho shooting und turmoil was
in progress, tho women had an un
known friend who was working to
thoir rescue.
Senor Luis de Ojeda lived next
door. Like all the houses in those
countries, tho wulls aro built only of
laths, wall plastered with mud or
adobe. Ojeda realized what the
frenzied Indios wore bent upon do
ing. so ho gathered his servants and
armed them with every available
weapon. Some of thorn ho put to
work tearing a hole through tho
wall into tho Kzota homo. This was
done nono too oarly and tho fright
ened women and children made thoir
way into tho Ojeda house.
Rivas’ fiendish soldiors attempted
to follow them and wore mot by a
ftißillado that laid some of them
low. But thoro was no time to lose.
Tho fugitives did not dare leave the
Ojeda house by tho natural oxits.
Soldiers woro everywhere anxious to
capture them. The gallant young
Spaniard’s homo, however, could not
long protect them. Ho had neither
authority nor force enough to ropel
tho pursuers.
If he could only house them in the
British coaisuJuto, five houses down
tho street, he knew they would be
safe there, and being unable to do It
otherwiso Ojoda began tunneling a
way through tho walls from house to
house.
It was a severo strugglo. Rivas’
men woro reinforood and drove tho
Ojeda faction from house to house.
The battle lastod nearly two hours,
but the haven was finally reached
and Mrs. Kzeta and hor children were
placod by thoir friend undor tho pro
tection of the British flag.
In tho moantime President Ezeta
was notiliod by courier of what was
taking placo in the capital. His
force on the frontier had repellod the
Guatemalans and he ordered his
brother. General Antonio Ezeta, to
march on San Salvador.
Rivas’ Indioß had virtually de
serted him for the plunder and pil
lage. As a consequence tho traitor
general was easily oaptured and
summarily shot down on tho public
square.
Tho war being over some weeks
later, the ministers of both Guate
mala and Salvador wore to meet in
tho former’s capital and make settle
ments. As tho minister of Salvador
and Senor Luis de Ojoda wero very
friendly, thoy proceeded to the con
forenco togother.
It was at social reunions that fol
lowed in Guatemala that Don Luis
met Senorlta Soledad Barillus, wooed
and won hor. She is a petite bru
nette. with very distinguished feat
ures, a bright conversationalist and
a decided acquisition for the local
fashionable socioty.
Opium Smoking in China.
"Seven-tenths of the people of
Uhlne ore opium smokers, end *,000,-
mm m *»«•»? mi
effects,” said a Chinese missionary
recently, who has spent twenty-two
years of his life In tho flowery king
dom. ‘’This habit is rapidly grow
ing,” ho went on, “it is confined to
no class or sex, but men and women,
officials and coolies, use it alike. As
soon us opium smoking becomes a
confirmed habit with a Chinese
coolie ho knows he has about ton
years to live. That suems to be the
average. I consider it easier to ro
fortn a sot in tho gutter, ono of your
lowest typo of drunkards, than ao
opium smoker* ”
MAKING PATENT LEATHER.
A 111*11 ll«Kr«e or Heat anil Much Car*
Necessary In tho I'rocoM.
Japanned leather, gonorally called
patont leather, was first made ia
Amorica, says tho Now Orleans
Times-Democrat, by Seth Boydon of
Newark, N. J., 1818-1820. A smooth,
glazed finish was first given to calf
skin in Franco. The loather is cur
ried expressly for this purpose, and
particular care is taken to keep it as
freo as possible from grease; the
skins are then tacked on frames and
coated with a composition of linsood
oil and umber, in the proportion of
eighteen gallons of oil to five of
umbor, boiled until nearly solid and
then mixod with spirits of turpen
tine to tho proper consistency.
Lampblack is also added when the
composition is appliod in ordor to
give color and body. From three to
four coats of this aro nocessary to
form a substance to receive tho var
nish. Thoy aro laid on with
a knifo or scrapor. To render
the goods soft and pliant
each coat must bo vory light
and thoroughly dried after each ap
plication. A thin coat is afterward
applied of the same composition of
proper consistency to bo put on with
•a brush and with sufficient lamp
black boiled in it to m&ko u perfect
black. When thoroughly dry it is
cut down with a scrapor having
turned odges, when it is ready to
varnish. Tho principal varnish used
is tnado of linseed oil and RQstfian
blue, boiled to the thickness of
printer’s ink. It is reduced with
spirits of turpentine to a suitable
consistency to work with a brush,
and then appliod in two or threo
separate coats, which aro scraped
and pumiced until tho loathor 1b per
fectly filled and smooth. Tha finish
ing coat is put on with special caro
in a room kept closod and with the
floor wot to provont dust. The
framos aro then run into an oven
hoatod to about 175 degreos. In
proparing this kind of lcathor the
manufacturer must glvo the skin as
high a heat as It can boar in order
to dry tho composition on the sur
face as rapidly an posslblo without
absorption, und cautiously, so as not
to injure the fiber of tho leather.
THE TOILET OF BIRDS.
Soma Hi* Dust, Soma Water, and Ssna
ITso Moth.
Tho feathered tribo have many pe
culiar ways and fancies about the
details of thoir toilots. Some birds
uso wator only, some water and dust,
while others prefer dust and no
wator. Birds are not only exceed
ingly nico in their choice of bath
water, but ulso very particular about
tho quality of their “toilet dust”
Wild ducks, though feeding by
salt wator, prefer to bathe in fresh
water pools, and will fly long dis
tances inland to running brooks and
ponds, whoro they proon and dress
their feathers in tho early hours of
tho morning. Sparrows bathe often,
both in water and in dust. Thoy are
not so particular about tho quality
of tho water as about the quality of
tho dust. They prefer cloan water,
but I bavo soon them take a dip in
shallow pools that woro quite mud
dy. Tho city sparrow must take a
wator bath wliaro ho can get it—in
tho Htreots or on tho tops of houses
—hut ho is most careful in the choice
of his dust bath. Houd dust, the
driest and finest possible, suits him
host. I'artridges prefer dry loam.
Thoy like to scratch out the soil
from undor the grass and fill their
foathers with cool earth. Most birds
aro fond of burnt ashes. Some early
morning take a walk across a field
that has been burned over, and see
the number of winged croaturos that
rise suddonly from tho ash heaps. A
darting form, a small cloud of ashes,
and tho hathors disappear.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Abel Huad of Boston has two broth
ers, named Ernest Head and Willing
Head.
A car driver in Sheboygan, Mich.,
has been discharged because it was
discovered that she was a woman.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussy succeeded
to the practice of her late husband.
General Massy, and is one of the most
successful lawyers in Washington.
Yuot Lee is reported to bo tho first
Chinaman to bring suit for divorce in
a civil court of New York state. He
first met his erring wife at Sunday
school.
Make your dwelling tasteful and
attractive, both within and without;
the associations of the home of our
early days have a strong influence on
the future life.
Charles Ilidabock, formerly a
wealthy New Yorker, recently gained
admission to the San Francisco alms
house. He is 91 years old, and has for
years bcon penniless.
Sims Reeves, England's famous
tenor, receives $7.50 per hour for
teaching at the Loudon Guildhall
school. This is in addition to the fees
he rcccivos from private pupils.
Miss liuldah Arnold died at Milford,
Mass., recently, at tho reputed age of
104 years. At the age of 14 she began
smoking to relieve the asthma, and
thereafter was an inveterate smoker.
Nothing keeps out inoths so well as
paper. If every housewife, when sh«>
puts awsy her furs, pasted up all the
crevices and round the lid of the box
with paper, she would find her furs in
tact when unpacked.
Secretary Herbert has issued an or
der that no person in tho United States
navy shall write for a newspaper or
magazine on any subject whatever
without first having secured permis
sion from tho secret try.
Recently a letter of introduction
was handed by an actor to a manager
which described the presenter as an
actor of much merit, and concluded,
“He playa VirgiuiuH. Richelieu, Ham
'Billiards, lie plays
SHE HEARD BURGLARS.
Hat Midnight Visitor Usd Alarmed Her
I'nnrcMisrlljr
A patrolman on Calhoun stree* was
passing the cabin of u colored family
ut midnight, according to tho Detroit
Freo Press, when the woman opened
tho door and hailed him with:
“Fb’ do Lawd, hqt l’zejflad yo's
come along. Dar’s been a bdrMur
'bout yere an’ almost ekeerod mu to
death!”
••Can’t be no burglar around hero,”
replied tho officer.
'•But I’iii sUrtin of itl”
••A burglar goes whoro thoro is
something to steal. 1 don’t supposo
you have anything in the house to
tempt a burglar.”
“Mebby not, but I heard ono jest
do same. Why. sah, he crept up to
do back winder and spoko to me."
••Did, oh? What did he say?”
“I first heard him climb ovor tho
alloy fence. Don ho cum croepir.’
and creepin’ up to do house. Den ho
hit on do winder and said: *Ar yo’
inside dar, yo’ ole black Satan?’
Dut’s what ho said, sah. an' I was
dat skoart I couldn't open my mouf.”
••Did ho say anything else,?”
••ilo did, sah. Artec ’bout a min
ute ho hit on the winder again an’
yelled: *1 f yo’ doan' stop lying ’bout
me to the nuyburs, I’ze gwinc to
smash yo’r ole black head to puddin’!
Yo’ h’ar mo now, Lucinda, an doan’
yo’ forgit it!’ Lawd. sah, but wasn’t
1 skoart when ho said dat! I reckoned
dat burglar was coinin’ right in to
murder mo."
“Haven’t you had trojlblo with
your husband?” asked tho officer.
“Yos, sah; ho dono left tho house
last wook an’ said he’d nevor como
back. ’
•■And wasn't it his voico you
hoard?”
“Sho! Why! Why, now of co’so
it was! It was him fur shore! How
foolish in mo not to know dat was
bam Robinson!”
"Well, you don’t want anything
further of me, I supposo?”
“No, sah—no, sub. You must dun
’souse mo, sah. If I’d a-knowd dat
was Sam Robinson, dyo ’sposo I’d hov
laid dar an’ shook an’ shook an’ got
as weak as a cat? No, sah! When
ho hit on dat wihder all’ culled me
010 black Satan I’d hov rolled outor
bod, grabbed dat baseball club, an’
dat pusson would hov knocked down
dat hull ally fence in liis hurry
to git away from mo! Shoo! How
sinful!”
HE WAS NEIGHBORLY.
Mut Ills II or do >V»* too Queor Tem
pered to Me Worth Borrowing.
They live on Droxel boulevard in
Chicago, and aro neighbors. One of
them, tho tall man, owns a horso and
buggy, while tllb snort man doesn’t
Tho other day the latter folt as
though a drive would do him good,
and ho wont over to tho tu.ll man’s
placo to borrow tho rip’
“You itrd poriootly welcome to it,”
said tho owner. “1 believe in being
neighborly and accommodating, ami
you cun just go to tho barn and tako
the outfit whenevor you want it. But
I think I ought to tell you. to pro
vont accidents, that tho hotso has
fits. Sometimes rrhbn lie’s trotting
along htt’U rear up and fall back in
the buggy and carry on awful. Ho
killed liis last owner that way.”
“Well, if '.hnt’li the case, perhaps
I can got another norso. I—”
••Don’t think of it. I will feel of
fended if you don’t tako mine. I like
to bo neighborly and tho horse needs
exorcise. Ho has tho blind staggers,
you know, und sometimes fits'll jump
off u bridge or i-Viii lip against a loco
motive. lie killed a couple of old
ladies a year ago by disputing tho
right of way with u freight train.
But ho’s a good horso and I know
you’ll enjoy driving Him.”
••I guoss I’ll go to u livery stable
and—■”
“Don’t do anything of the bifid.
Times aro hard and you’re perfectly
welcome to my horsß. QHly when
you’re driving hihl you’d hotter ro
luotnber that if ho boos a telegraph
polo ho is sure to become unmanage
able. It's singular, but that horso
can’t bear tho sight of a telegraph
pole. He just lies back in tho har
ness und kicks the bpggy to pieces,
und then throws himself down and
rolls ovor on the ruins. Ho killed
iny uncle last spring— what? You
won’t take him? No\v l that’s too
bad. You’ro just as welcome as the
flowers in May and—”
But the short man was ovor tho
fence nnd out.
How Actresses Learn Their Parts.
Iu nine cases out of ten tho women
of tho stago commit the words of
their parts to mornory by copying
them out in thoir own handwriting,
and umong other distinguished dis
ciples of this method are Miss Ellen
Terry. Miss Amy Roselle und Mrs.
Patrick Campbell. As regards learn
ing parts in tho opon air while walk
ing. driving and to on, tho system
has fewer advocates among women
than it has among men: hut Mrs.
Bornard Boero and Mrs. Langtry,
aro both accustomed to this form of
study, and many younger actresses
adopt it, railway and even 'bus
journeys being utilized. Botli Mrs. ‘
Kendal and Sarah Bernhardt sit
down to serious study and allow noth
ing whatever to interforo with them
during tho tiino they aro learning a
pa rL
Some Queer Poisons in Tobacco.
Chemists say Turkish tobacco con
tains prussic acid, and Cuban tobacco
has anothor alkaloid called collidlno,
ono-lwcntieth of a drop of which will
kill u frog, giving tho creature all
symptoms of paralysis. Experiments
have proven that threo drops of tho
liquor that accumulates in tho bowl
of tho pipe will kill a rabbit in nine
minutes. A drop of puro nicotino
inserted near tho conjunctia of any
small animal will kill It almost in
stantly: oight drops will kill ahorse,
giving him frightful convulsions. If
one drop of tho stuff will givo a man
convulsions one day it would tako
two tho noxt, four on tho third day,
otc., which shows how readily tho
system adupts itsolf to poison.
He Never Came Back.
Elsie—Yostordav morning 1 gavo a
poor tramp thoso nico biscuits 1
made for breakfast, and I told him
if ho came hack in tho evening I
would givo him somo dinner.
Jack —What did you givo him for
dinner?
Elsio—Ho didn’t return.— Life.
They Do Not Get so Tired.
It lias beon found by the British
ordnance department that workmen
in tho works at Woolwich aro turn
ing out aB much work in a week of
forty-eight hours as they used to do
in one of fifty-four. The quality of
the work is said to be better than
ever before.
He Did.
“I think, sir, you should look ovsr
some of your son’s wild ways.”
••I do.’’ thundered this old man. “1
look over ’em every day, and tho
■Hr* 11*9* tha ***** l ffai'!' 1
FROM THE RUBBER TREE
HOW THE MILK 13 GATHERED
BY HULEROS.
n>* Bark I* Gashed In Man y Places and
tha Liquid Rubhar tiuibsi Out—This
Method Destroys tha Trs# In Tws Sea
sons—Hardened Rubber.
I
I proposed to accompany (ho Fnb- 1
ber gatherer on his rounds, and In a
few minutes we were out of sight \
and sound of camp, In a wild that;
was literally trackless, writes Ed- '
ward W. Perry in Outing in an arti- j
cle on how elastic gum in gathered
in Mosqultea. Soon we came to a
rubber tree, its smooth gray trunk 1
rising slender and branchless forty
feet The youth throw his burde” to j
the ground, and looked about until '
lie found a thicket of cariso, with
stalks two inches in diameter and
perhaps forty feet long.
Tho walls of this bamboo are
scarcely moro than an eighth of an
inch in thickness, and the joints,
fully grown, ure some two feet long.
Thoy grow in thick clusters, fro-
I quently so dense that no animal can
pass between the stalks. Archiug
over they often droop until the tops
sweep tho ground, and tho beauti
fully delicate foliage is so abundant
as to form an apparently BOlid bank
of green.
With a blow of his machete tho
huloro cut down ono of these nnd
chipped off throe or four of the
joints, each forming a long tuba
closod at each end. With thoso wo
returned to tho rubber tree.
Ho then made a small loop of ono |
end of the ropo wo brought with us, |
and of the other end d largo loop
passing round both the tree and hi 9
own body. Ho put both feet through
tho smaller loop, so that his bare
soles grusped tho smooth gray bark,
tho ropo about his ankles serving as '
fulcrums to givo his feet tight hold. !
Then ho threw tho upper loop well
up the tree trunk, leaned back, and !
brought his feet up till thoy grasped
the trunk eighteen inches or so from
the ground.
With a quick motion, ho brought
his body near tho trunk, and at the ;
sumo tiino threw up tho loop again.
At tho instant of its highest rise his
shoulders settled back, und caught it
in placo. Then his feet woro hitched
upward again a foot or moro- Here
he leaned back in tho upper loop,
bracing with his bare feet against
the smooth tree, and with tho
maclioto cut through tho bark two
gashes which converged about six
teen inches below tho level at which
they started
Cut after cut was made in this way
until ho reached the branches. Then
as tho huloro descended ho wetted
his fingers in tho milk, and drew a
straight lino down from tho lower
part of ono pair of V-shapod cuts to
another to guide tho flowing milk by
the shortost way. In the lower pair
of cuts ho placed a piece of leaf to
act as a spout to carry tho milk
from tho troo to tho open ond of the
joint of cariso standing beneath.
Tho first joint was soon full, and
another took its placo. A plug of
leaves stopped tho full one., and wo
went on in search of another tree,
which ho soon found, and repeated
tho operation of bleeding. When a
number of treos had been tapped in
the same way, tho operator carried
all the cariso joints filled with the
milk to a convenient spot, where be
dug a small pit irt tho ground.
After poking about a bit ho found
a vino of a kind wanted, and cut
from it several tendor branches.
Theso lie crushed between two stones,
then washed tho bruised pulp in a
panful of water, making a greenish
infusion with which ho sprinkled
thoroughly the walls und bottom of
the piK
Into .this the rubber milk was
poured. In an instant that which
touched tho earth wet by tho Infusion,
coagulnfed. Then the contents of
tho pan wero poured into tho inilk
and mixod thoroughly with it, al
most instantly changing it to a
white, spongy mass. This was ilfled
out and carried to tho nearest hrpot,
where it was washed and kneaded to
express tho juice of the vino, which,
the hulero explained; would sdori
harden the rubber so much that it
would bo little better than tuno
gum. with which wicked ihilords arc.
wont to adulterate their rubber.
This mode of gathering rubber de
stroys tho trees in two seasons, for
each cutting kills that side of tho
tree on which tho incisions ate
made. The government has enacted
laws for tho protection of the tree",
but laws are Ignored in thoso wilds.
In a very few years all tHo treos
large enough to blood will be de
stroyed, und fifteen or twenty years
will pass boforo tho young crop now
growing will be largo enough to fur
nish milk at a profit
Yet theso trees might- be bled year
after year without serious injury, ho
using an instrument that could not
cut completely through tho bark,
and by leaving in tho wound tho
rubber which dries there, and which
will, if allowed to remain, protect
the tree from decay.
Did You See It?
Of course we mean the World’s Fair.
Whether you did or not you want to
preserve a souvenir of the most beauti
ful scene this earth has witnessed.
The Michigan Central, “Tho Niagara
Falls Route.” is issuing the finest and
most complete World’s Fair Portfolio,
each containing reproductions of six
teen . splendid photographs of largo
size. The series will consist of sixteen
parts, followed by a special part de
voted to Niagara Falls, Mackinac Isl
and and other gems of American
scenery, and will be sent to any ad
dress on receipt of ten cents per part
Address Frank J. Bramhall, Advt’g.
Agent, Michigan Central, 402 Monad
nock block, Chicago, 111.
Women are now wearing undressed kid for
their slippers, yet for years they have lieen
wearing their slippers on the undressed kid.
The usefulness of a kite’s tall must, be found
on the fly.
11 Mothers’ j
a scientifically prepared liniment. Jft
■ —every ingredient oi recognixed value, and in constant |
§ S use by the medical profession. These ingredients are | a
£ \ combined in a manner hitherto unknown, and WILL 3}
\sl DO all that is claimed for it, AND MORE. It
| » shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to fa®
| J Life of Mother and Child. fIS
S**t s 7 Bxpr*M M W Prten. »>-•• psr •*«!•. S||
(§*? Book to **MOTlfW$" mailed FREE, containing voluntary testimonials.
ky M Ungfc. WtAPFWteBa—OLAroB CB>, teteste. Os. jg|
SKITS AND SQUIBS.
Etc—Give me a kiss, won’t you'/ Sho,
Hesitatingly—Well, I will if you won’t
five it away.
“Going to make your hotel large'?”
“Yes," answered tho hotelkeeper. “It
trill l>e; more innkeeping.
She —Don't you ihirfk Miss Nice is
tn intellectual-looking girl? If-
Why, no; I think she is quite pretty.
“How many foreign languages can
rour wife speak?” “Three—French,
Herman and ‘be one sho talks to tho
baby.”
“I—l hardly—how ninny lodges are .
foil a member of, Hiram?" “Not one, |
Katie; not ono.” “Well, you may ask j
papa.
Aunty —So you have hud your first ;
meal ut your new boarding-place'' |
Was it a course dinner? Littlo Girl— ■
Awfuiiy.
Sanso—There is one ii«i:.g 'hntevery
woman likes to have a linger in. Roilu I
—What is that? San so—An engage- .
rnent ring.
Watts—Doctor, what do you think |
ot the water cWro for fits? I)r. Bow- j
less —It might work uii . igb» en ready
made clothes.
After the Meet, Miss Hurkaway—
And how did you get on at the first
fence? Mr. Ncwe Nimrod—Oh, I—er
—got off at tiie first fence
Gus—What do you girls do at your
conversation club just sit around and
stare at each other and talk” Clara -
No, indeed; we play whist.
Mrs. Wick wire—Why, Norali, there
! is nothing of this lobster but the shell,
i Nor&h—Sere, mem, you didn't tiiink
Oi would cuke it \v idoiit ••leaning it?
| Mrs. Noear —Do you think my
| daughter will be a musician'.' Pro
i fessor—l gant zay mudame. She may.
Bile dell mo she gome <>f a long-lived
1 vamily.
j Miss Eldcrleigh—l wonder why
they’re introducing such old-fashioned
dances. I can’t, manage to learn
them. Miss Cuustique—Oh, the steps
■ will all come back to you by and by.
j Small Boy, breathlessly Sister!
Mr. Brown’s dead! Sister. Brown's
! fiancee, greatly excited—How do you
| know? Small Boy —I heard the men
j down town say he wuz busted.
Jack, to his fiancee—l think of get-
I ting a musical instrument., Maud. Say,
perhaps, a corneL Maud, in dismay—
Oh, no, not that horrid tiling. Jack,
in surprise—And why not. dearest?
Maud, blushing violently—lt makes
j tiie lips so hard.
j Wingate —It must be a queer kind
of etiquette they teach at that young
Indies' boarding school Miss Flyrto
has just graduated from. Walker—
Why so? Wingate—Oh, nothing, only
1 kissed her in the hallway in the
dark tiie other night and she said
“Thanks!”
At the supper table Mr. Wade men
tioned a tragic circumstance that lie
bad read that day in the newspaper.
A passenger on a trails-Atlantic
steamer had fallen overboard in mid
ocean and had never been seen again.
"Was he drowned?" asked Mrs. Made.
“Oh. no; of course not," said Mr. Wade.
“But lie sprained liis ankle," I be
lieve."
* '' iMifs V
The lady whoso portrait head* this article
is Mrs. Mary F. Co veil, of Scotland, Dm:
Honnno Co.. F*. Dak. She Writes to Dr. 11.
V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical institute, «*t |
liiitfalo, N. as follows: " I was sick two
years with * falling of the womb’ and leucor
rhcea previous to taking your medicines. I
took six Dottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pro
scription. and was entirely ourid e? both in |
six months ; it is four years this mouth,
since I was entirely well of both those dis
eases and have* never had any signs of their n|>- j
jieoranco since ami I am satisfied the ‘Favor
ite Prescription ’ saved my life, for 1 could
hardly walk around when I commenced
taking that medicine and 1 think it is a God’a
blessing to me that. I took it
1 was pronounced Incurable by the l>est
doctors hero in the West. 1 gave up all
hopes and made up my mind that I was to I
lw taken away from iny husband and babv j
of two years old. 1 was sick all of the time j
—could not oat anything at nil. In one week, :
after beginning the use of tho • Favorite Pre
scription ’ my stomach was so much bettor
that I could oat anything : I could soo that l
was gaining all over, and my husband then
went and got me six bottles I took three of
them and my stomach did not bother me any
more.
We sent to you and got the People’s Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, and found
my case descril>ed just as 1 was: we did
wtint the liook told us, in every way ; in ono
month’s time I could see I was much lietter
than I had been ; we still kept on just ns tho
look told us, and in three months I stopp'd
taking medicine, and to-dny, I can proudly
say I am a woll women, yes, am well, strong
anil healthy.
When I l>egan to take your medicine my
face was poor and eyes looked dead. 1 could
not enjoy myself anywhere, I was tired and
gick all the time. I could hardly do my
house-work, but now I do that and tend a
big garden, help iny husband and toko in
sewing.’’
Tho following will prove interesting to
feeble women generally, and especially so to
tboso about to necomo’mothers. Mrs. Dora
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Royalg£jjg
AB&OUUTEtV PURE
(???) Wilson's Calendar.
Nothing *0 needs reforming as other pco
file's Mbits
Heboid the fo< ' rndth. "put not all thine
eggs into one basket which !« but a manner
of saying, "Scatter your money ar.d your at- f
tentluu"; but the wise man salib, "put all
your eggs in the one basket aud watch that
basket.” ,
if you pick up a starving dog and make him
pro pe-'-is he will not bite you. This Is the
principal dlfiefen-e between a dog and a man.
We know all about the habits of the ant. ,
we know all about the habits of the tree but •
r?• »rr,..w nothing at all about the habits of
the oyntei 11 seems almost certain that »e ,
have been choosing the wroDg time for study
ing the oyster
Kven popularity can be overdone. In acme i
along at flr-t, you are full of regrets that
Michelangelo died; but by and by you only ,
regret that you didn't see him do It.
1 Statistics show that wo lose more
fools on this d- r Mian in all me other days of
the year put together Th'a prove-, by the
number left In stock. that one Fourth
of duly per year Is now Inadequate, the coun
try lias grown s o.—The Century Jor April.
The Terrible Part of the Affair.
In a little .Southern town, where the least
happening was of vita! importance and |
, lengthy conversation, a worthless citizen en
i ‘rted « store during the proprietor".-absence
and abstract* dMs entire cash capital The
I robbery was soon detei.r J, the robber found ,
I and the money recovered. The lie vs *.ume to
I a country bouse and was retailed at length to
! the family In the presence of a small Kthlop, j
i wii - r.'Me-i ns sub-butler and chore boy. After |
the captuie red Imprisonment of the olTendcr ;
had been related * l, e mistress, wishing to I
; point the moral to the u,ii I More darkey, re- i
marked:
••Well, that Is what cornea o* steal.ng ,
i I-n’l ii terrible, Jennings'"
• Deed, mam Mbs l’nge." answered the
| black youth laboring under the name of Jen- j
nlngs “ deed It am ter’ble. Dat po' man
dirt’ have no chance tall ter spend dat
money."- J/arjvr's Magazine.
A Small Boy's Questions.
Questions asked by a boy during a two-mlu- 1
ute conversation:
1. Do kittles take off their fur when they
go to bed at night f
•J. Who cocked dinner when all the big
people were little boys!
;i. Why don’t oysters have tails?
4. What kind of medicine is it the drug
store man lias in tho big green bottles In the !
front windows'
What does Santa Claus give llttlo boy.- :
sleds for when there ain't any snow ;
r, When I drink w.tter why don't It run ,
down into my li> '■ '
ST. JACOBS OIL
tyi , , RHE U MAT ISM,
CUR , E L NEURALGIA,
Y-py'-gM PAIN, sciatica,
■ LUMBAGO,
SPRAINS, BRUISES, SWELLINGS. BURNS-
THE GREELEY NURSERY.
It ring the farthest north of any In the arid re
el, i. wuh the lii-gest variety, we ran please all.
)Y, »enr» glower- of Dwarf It.-eky Mountain flier
rv The only propagators of a general lino of
Nursery Stock In Colorado. (Jet our prices.
GKO. .1. SPKA It. Prop
Free, a valuable book for fruit growers liy men
Honing tin- piper
V Guthrie, of Oakley, Overton Co.. Tenth,
writes ■ " 1 never can thank y«*u enough for
what your t.rcatment hu.** dono for fur . I am
stronger now than I have been for six years.
When 1 began your treatment 1 was no* able
L. dr anything. I could not stand <>r. mv feet
long enough to - asb my dishes without suf
fering almost death ; i.c—* I do all my house
work. washing, cooking, sown.*
| tiling for tnv family of eight. Dr. l .fr"'*’*
r ~v ii ltc Prescription is tho best medicine to
I take lx fore conflndiv-nt that can bo found ;
~r at least it proved st> tvltli mo 1 never
suffered SO little with any 6f my children as
1 did with my last and sho is the healthiest
we have. 1 recommend your medicines to all
i ! of my neighbors and especially ‘ Favorite
Prescription’ to all women who are suffering.
Have induced several to try it, and it has
i proved good for them.” Yours truly.
j iU, ($4-,
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a pos
! itivo cure for the most complicated and
obstinate leucorrhea, excessive flowing,
painful menstrunt ion, unnatural suppres
sions and irregularities, prolapsus, or falling
of tho womb, weak back. " female weakness,
antoversion, retroversion, bearing-dmvn sen
sations, chronic congest ion, inflammation and
ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain
l and tenderness of the ovaries, accompanied
I with " internal heat.”
> Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a
' scientific medicine, carefully compounded by
’ an experienced and skillful physician, and
1 adapted to woman’s delicate organization. It;
' is purely vegetable in it-s composition and
’ perfectly harmless in its effects in any condi
tion of the system. For morning sickness or
• nausea, due to pregnancy, weak stomach, in
l digestion, dyspepsia and kindred symptoms,
I its use will prove very beneficial.
Dr Pierce's Book. " Woman and Her Dis
i oases," (IGS pages, illustrated), giving sue
i ecssful means of home treatment, can bo had
(sealed in plain envelope) by enclosing 10
, c tB., in ono cent stamps, to pay postage, to
i the Doctor, at his address, os given at the
i | beginning of this article.
« FEU SEEDS*
WHAT YOU GET g#.
* Six packets Sweet Peas—Adonis,
*® ■ PalnteJ Lady, Blanch Ferry, The iNt
J • Queen, Invincible Scarlet, Eckford's
S® m Mixed. Two packets Nasturtium—
BT * Tall Mixed. Dwarf Mixed. One
4® packet Marguerite Carnation—Rest
-X ■ Ital'an, Mixed Colors. One each of
4® w Sweet Atyssum. Poppy, Petunia. W
•X _ Morning Glory, Verbena. Phlox.
4® • Pansy. Candytuft, Calendula. Mlg
•X A nonette. One Packet each Cucum-
Mg ■ ber. Lettuce. Kadlsh, Muskmelon.
-X • Watermelon. Tomato.
HOW TO OET THEM JT
4® Send fiftv cents for one vears tub- Mr
-X tCTiption to The Western Garden, an
-Mg ittusirated Monthly Magazine devoted to
Amateur Floriculture, and you will rtcelve
M the above named collection of teed free.
postpaid Send stamp for temple copy.
W The Weatera Qardm, If
|| l|i MUNMh Stows*. Bntff.Odt. ||
. y !
ft la e wise man who knows his ow n name
when L* •wwa tt in the newspaper lists of ho
tel arrivals.
Bbecuam's PILLS P»H- In future, for the
bailed States, be covered »Ub aqulckly solu
ble, pleasant coating. 25 ceMts » box.
flow* of these railroad receiver* must t»e
men of abnormal development. Think of an
entire railroad being placed In tbelr bands.
Coughs. Hoahsenes*. Hoar. Tukoat. etc.,
quickly relieved by Bitowm’h Bh«»sktiial
Thociies They surpass all other preparu
tlons In removing hoarsenexs and as a c uwjh
remedy are pre-einlnentlv Vie best.
Iteturned travelers say It is utterly Impose
ble to get a drink of liquor in Maine except
for --medicinal, mechanical or other pur-
POSM.’
Send two 2-c>''•t stamps to The Koad Pub
lishing Co., Denver, f ob-, and get a sample
copy of The Itoad ami "ue «* luclr great Eng
lish Octopus maps free.
Before he married her be sai ’ *he was a
drca;.-i Afterward he intimated ver.® strong
1 y that she was a nightmare.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure.
DIIIHMI H » - " '
IswUim a Kminin'-.'. It - .ir~» |nc i|rt*-iU lotiMirm*
bon. It us Uu- u-v Cough Cure, :BcLK.,r>oct««. «*Iju
A woman taken no interest in the base-ball
because she ir prejudiced ngans: '>aiu. e—
, pectaliy when ber husband is partial to tbeia.
A butcher may beat bln wife and still have -
I a tender heart. Hut be doesn’t keep it long
it be can lelHt.
"Hanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warrant ml" to "cure, o?‘ tvinu nlwUl As*
! your druggist for It. Price l->
| An eat compliment—"What a cood appe-
IHe you have: '
Ask about the wonderful climateandre-
I source# of Houthern California. There never
was such an opportunity for borne seekers,
i For Information regarding this section, nd
! dress. .1. A Allison, Brewster bWk. San
i I>lego, California.
1 A Pittsburg editor says: 'Husbands are
not made to order We'll bet he can’t con
, vincc most wives they are not.
OKV'!*!■: It IT K—Best and cheapest of toilet
. soap- 1 , cures roughness of the skin. CL RF.S
. Lc/F-MA For sale everywhere. Manufac-
Hired by Tor Oeyhkkitb Soap Co., Denver.
i some people cannot tell how they stand
: financially until their a.-eounis are balanced,
I but the artist always knows wbcu he is draw
■ •• hiM 1
Denver Directory.
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~f e.-wry pi—-riptlou,
The best gomU c‘ir,.rH,l m greatly"
REEUCED PRICES
lly the ohl and rwllnhh* "rm or
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' I.ViS A- Iftno ISlilkc **f.. I»enver, Colo.
Mail ordor* pr. unptly alien I.«J to.
The OOLIIIIIB
Tiie only Amcrican-nian Hotel on nth St.
Four Blocks from the Union Depots
t cleanest. N.-ah-i. Mo-»'T i;i-jell:i' le and Com*
■ ■ . .! ■ • '! •:<•>-
Rates t<> livKittonfs of <'<>/<■. Day.
XV. X.. lIATi-S. *! K r.. lieiiver. Colo.
OXFgiJD
i I'uion Depot. Unggnge ilei'i—red free. I ln-*t llu
• ri.penn In tin* West. Me -for fuuiilles. t-to;> In.
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pAlKbftrffV'O ■ -t; • * rban^Bteel
w *l*o*!. A 11:/: inks!" M '*’"L V DO, 17th .V
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p R. GALLUP,
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SHIM'Ms. T:.«'KIS'I-• \NI/ OAlM'F.M'.ltv
SI I*l* I.IKS. K«:aKisbed I*;.:. C«t!itl*ig»w fv-c.
Kilo Arapahoe Sired. I-. **'■ -. C-1... Tt!. .ii ’
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l). , ? , irrh:«Vion W : , :»» mgei!"biiun'.l in full -li.- p. ITi.-.-
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DENVER BIRD STORE : '' - ;,r V.
kliide of Bird-. ( old Fish. «!_••• and iD*d Foodr.
1/ 1 A II I IUIMK TItBATMKNT FOI» L. V •
tf I 11 if I DIKS. I.Altili: III; MTU lU>>K*
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n ITr lITP obtained for ln»t n!"rx. Hand Uiok
HAltnlO fr--. a i. O BKIKN soHcJlorU.
■ s iiml foreign Piiirntx. tuth Si I.nivreiicr. Denver.
OlinrO lllnxlr.il."1 <alnloffiio and price il-t
GifULO fr. . . Mail ord< r- tilled. IVM. 11.
Min H(E. Min Fib M. .V 111 i l.xriniei St.. Denver.
COLORADO S
per li 'll. send for simple ropy. Box Oil, D,*nve.\
BAILEY'S
mid non-dter.. J A B.Ml.l'Y. IIIh A Stout 8U
BUFF COCHINS • 85"»TJ«S
! for S'l. C E. I'll 1 l.t.ll’S. loir, ;th S|„ D nver.
LANCSHANS AND MINORCAS f t
minms In Id mouths nt S> W"»*. ißpiwiuiums a\ last
Denver show, tireat layers; fine lahh* fowl. Etrir*
*-2.50 nnd r.U»> per selUne. Two settings for St.ttA
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can I.nngs hnn Club, lhx 417, Denver, Colo.
lOHH HERR, Brctder' ciV— A " S ' n '’
J LIGHT BHAHMAS, PLYMOUTH
ROCKS and Seabright Bantams. Have
won highest honors at Psnver, Wtcblta ami other
show-. No lie'tsr stock tn tbs West. Writs for
' price-. Box Ml. Denver, Colo.
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