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After a flattie.
In the first aid that U rendered on
the field after a battle nothing Is at
tempted beyond the arrest of hemor
rhage, the application of temporary
Mints for fractures and antiseptic
dressing There Is no washing or ex
ploration of wounds. The clothes are
merely silt up with scissors, not re
moved, thus Insuring protect ion to the
patient's body and savin?: unnecessary
disturbances. The servant in charge
of the collection station has a Held
companion, a water bottle and a small
reserve of bandages and first dress
ings In his care to replenish the sur
gical haversacks with which the bear
ers are supplied.
Triangular bandages are chiefly used
on the battlefield, made from a IIS Inch
square of linen or cajlco, cut diagonal
ly into halves. Almost anything that
comes to hand may be used as Impro
vised Splints-Sticks.- telei'ivi rill vlrr
bark of trees.
lances and so on. The splint, If neces
sary. Is padded with straw or leaves
or grass and Is fastened with straps
torn from the soldier's equipment or
with strips of a shirt, securely buund
with the triangular bandage. Hound
up with the rifle splint, a wounded
man Is made so secure that ho can
hardly move a muscle. One leg Is
firmly bound to the rifle, and the an
kles are tUl together, so that the In
jured limb Is almost as rigid as the
lille at its side. London Standard.
The riubtlnic Swordflah,
The Bwordlish Is utterly without fear
and will, like a buffalo or rhinoceros,
charge anything that offeuds It often
doing an amount of execution hardly
to be believed did not the evidence ex
ist. Combats between swordllsh nn
most Interesting and may be compared
to a duel between two expert swords
men. Such a contest was observed
oft" the long pier that extends out Into
the ocean at Santa Monica, near Los
Angeles, last year. Some fishermen
noticed two big fish leaping out of the
water and dashing along the surface.
Soon It was seen that they were swordllsh.
The season was when the fish are un
usually ferocious. They had made sev
eral rushes ami when observed were
at close quarters, striking each other
powerful side blows like cavalrymen.
This was unsatisfactory, and finally
they separated ami darted at each oth-
straw, rlllcs. bavonets. .1 er like arrows, the water hlsslnz as
their sharp dorsal fins cut through It.
The' evidently struck head on, one
missing, while the sword of the other
struck Just below the eye and plowed
a deep furrow In the fish, partly dis
abling It, so that It turned and attempt
ed to escape. Hut Its adversary also
turned and with a rush drove Its sword
completely through the body of Its foo
and held It fast, only wrenching Its
weapon loose when Its enemy stopped
swimming. San Francisco Call.
What Tcftltt Selected.
Thomas Pdison used to have Nikola
Tesla working for him In his studio
near Paris. Tesla came to him one
day asking for work, and IMlsou. who
needed help, referred him to the fore
man, named Fulton. The latter tool
the young foreigner on condition that
he would work. This Tesla did. For
three days and nights he never closed
his eyes. At the end of the first fort
night he had t.ot had AH hours' sleep all
together, and Fulton, the foreman,
made him take a rest. He also said to
the young man that on account of the
strain they had both been under they
had better have a good meal.
Accordingly the foreman and the
student went to a well known cafe
on one of the boulevards and got one
of the biggest and thickest steaks pos
slble. It was a whopper and seemed
to be overwhelming for two. Ilesldes,
the garnishing were liberal, and there
was enough good wine. I.etween them.,
however, they managed to make ev
erythlng disappear, and then Fujton,
turning to Tesla, asked him if There
was anything else he would like.
"You're out with me, you know, and
whatever you want Just order It."
lesia looked vaguely around for a
minute, as If making up his mind, and
then hesitatingly said. "Mr. Fulton. If
you don't mind I would like another
steak." San Francisco Argonaut.
A Cheerful I.ljir.
"I have followed trout streams ever
since I was a boy." said a Providence
crank, "and have tried to solve for
many years the cause of the apparent
decrease in brook trout. IJecently I
think I discovered the cause of the ex
termination. I was fishing along a
brook near Oakland Peach. It. I., when
I saw a large snake with a half masti
cated trout in its mouth. The action
of the snake interested me, and, stand
ing quiet 1 studied the snake closely.
"On the end of the snake's tail was a
sharp bony growth shaped like a hook.
After a few moments my watching
was rewarded by seeing the snake
glide over to some bushes growing
along the hank and catch a grasshop
per in Its mouth. The snake then
placed the grasshopper carefully on
the hooklike thing on the end of its
tail.
"Ily this time my curiosity was thor
oughly aroused," continued the fisher
man. "The snake crawled tip on a log
that extended from the bank Into the
brook and let Its tail hang into the wa
ter. In a moment up came a trout
and snapped :t the grasshopper. It
was short work for the snake- to trans
fer the fish from its tail to its mouth,
and I had solved the problem of the ex
termination of brook trout." Cleve
Plain lealcr.
Tut Throimh II Im I'nrri,
The wealthy Itriton is confessedly
the most fastidious man llvlmr as to
the quality of his personal domestic
service. The concentrated energy with
which an Fnglishman will rebuke his
servant for an offense so slight that
the average American fails to observe
It bears out the above statement, and
It is this social condition that has de
veloped the hyperaristoeratic Intelli
gence office In London.
Those who propose changing serv
ants are not content with references
and a perfunctory Interview with the
man or maid under consideration, but
Insist upon a full dress rehearsal of
both manners and appearance.
The servant in livery Is put through
all his paces, must display the size of
his calves, the haughtiness of his pose,
as well as breeding in handling a
card, announcing a guest or serving at
the table.
Nothing is taken for granted. The
master and the mistress sit by and dis
cuss the points of groom or butler as
they would those of a high priced horse
or valuable dog. Domestics are taken
with great seriousness by the upper
class Fnglishmen. and for that reason
nothing is left to luck in peopling the
servants hall. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
you
Tempering; Copper Xot a Lost Art,
The allegation that ancient Egyptians
tempered copper and bronze to carry a
razor edge Is not borne out by investi
gation. Thomas Harper of P.cllcvue,
Pa., challenges any one to produce a
piece of metal tempered by the an
cients that cannot be more than dupli
cated by any metal worker today. He
says that in examining hundreds of
specimens alleged to have been temper
ed to the degree that steel Is tempered
he failed to find any, nor had he dis
r.vered any one who had seen such
work, and the fable which has been
Implicitly believed for centuries is le
Ing shattered in the light of modern re
search. This Is not the only story believed for
centuries tending to belittle the man of
today, to make him the inferior of his
forefathers, which failed under the
searchlight of Inquiry and science. The
ancients were children In mechanical
knowledge as compared to the people:
or today, and If there was a demand
for any particular building or piece of
work stub as was produced by the an
cients it could be duplicated and im
proved on by the skilled artisans of the
nineteenth century. American Manufacturer.
Seoteli n She In Wrote.
Mrs. Hohmboddie What are
reading that absorbs you so?
Mr. Hohmboddie (looking up from
his book) It is a new Scotch novel.
Mrs. Hohmboddie (with enthusiasm)
Oh, I am so fond of those dear dialect
things! Do read me a little.
Mr. Hohmboddie (reading) "Ye see,
Elpsie," said Duncan doueely, "I might
hao malr the matter wi' me than ye
wad be spierin. Aiblins me ecu Is a
bit dazzlit an am hearln the poolses
thuddin In ma ears, an ma toongue in
clavin when it nid be gaein. an div yo
no' hear the dirlin o ma halrt an feel
the shakin o' ma bond this day gin I
gat a glimpse o ye, sair hlrplln like an
auld inon? Div ye nae guess what's a'
the steer, hinney, wlout me gaein It
malr words?"
Mrs. Hohmboddie Stop, for good
ness' sake! What In the world Is the
creature trying to say?
Mr. Hohmboddie He's making a dec
laration of love.
Mrs. Hohmboddie A declaration of
love! I thought lie was telling a lot
of symptoms to his doctor. Collier's
Weekly.
Ill MUtnke aw to Ainerlenn (ilrl.
A Louisville girl who was recently In
derma ny met a young English officer
who was In the same city. and. in fart,
In the same house with her for two
months, studying Cerman for his pro
motion. Like most Europeans, he had
the usual absurd Ideas about the girls
of this country, who. In the minds of
the untraveled foreigner, are rather
hoyden creatine's, who smoke and have
other masculine traits.
After dinner one day In the early ac
quaintanceship of the couple the offi
cer offered the Louisville girl a ciga
rette, and upon her refusing It he said:
"Why. I thought all the girls in the
United States smoked."
"So we do." replied the girl, "but
never cigarettes, only pipes. If you will
get that pipe off the mantelpiece In the
next room I shall bee-harmed to smoke
with you."
Not suspecting the Joke she was play
ing on him, the officer brought the pipe
and filled It. and It was not until he
saw the wry faces his friend made In
attempfing to carry out the joke that
he appreciated the situation. He was
continually telling the American in a
tone of surprise that she was Just like
the girls at homo In England, and her
rejoinder was:
Lieutenant, don't you think a lady . 1laln,M tho Juk(,
Is a lad.V the world over?" Louisville 1... . ...... ,
Courier-Journal.
Aatouiidliiu l'oilit'ueM.
The truck driwr is i i lually pro
fane, and whtn one U di.cocicd who
doesn't won- betwten syllables when
his vehicle Is Jammed In a bunch of
other trucks and blocked trolley cars
JJU feel like taking olT jour hat to him.
Down at Second and Chestnut streets
one afternoon, when tratlie was at its
thickest and trucks and cars were lined
ulong both thoroughfares, two truck
men had equal chances of making the
crossing. One was coming down Chest
nut and the other along Second street.
Had they been ordinary truckmen
each would have whipped up, and the
chances are that a collision would have
resulted. P.ut these two were not or
utnary truckmen. With Chesterfieldian
grace one waved his arm to the other,
inviting him to take precedence. "You
first!" shouted the driver, whereupon a
messenger boy who had wituessed tho
remarkable scene gasped and nearly
swallowed Ids cigarette stump. "After
you,' was the next contribution to this
remarkable dialogue. "Wouldn't that
jar you?" muttered a inotorman, who
was standing clanging his bell for all
he was worth.
The two truckmen continued to mo
tion for each other to go ahead. "I
insist!" shouted one. "Oh. no? T In
sist!" shouted the other. Finally a no-
uceman jnTcriereu. ."say, one o yous
(lucks git a move on," he commanded
This ain't no pink tea." The truck
nan coming down Chestnut street con
sented to cross the street, and traffic
was gradually resumed. Philadelphia
Itecord.
WE ARE STILL IN THE LEAD !
KICAD THIS: We have purchased the
markets of Mr. Clias. Seltzer also all accounts
the business without making any change that
the customers.
Nye and Pullman
and shall continue
will inconvenience
We will not only tell you that we are doinrr n mnnt hc;ce
but here arc our pricCs:
Good Stewing Reef 5c
Tho bust Ulb Roast !)0
Good Reef Roast To and Ho
Tho best Pork Roat Do
Steaks from So to 12c
3 lUi Poark Steak or Sausage. ii5e
Corn Reef and Salt Porl: .7C
Our lard that has no equal 7$c
Whole Hams ujc
Sliced Ham G
Hacon, wholo strip p,c
Fish and other meats in proportion.
You may ask how we can do this. Simply that wo run thesn tw, mai.u.
ets with fifty dollars a month les expense and are going to divide with vou
wo trust unit wo have established tho reputation of doing an honest business
with you and aro handling First Class Meats.
PORTER BROS.
it
A remlRtrnt Poet.
Although It. K. Munkittriclc has an
enviable reputation as a humorist, vet
ho Is not the quickest man in the
world to see a Joke when It Is played
on himself. Mr. Gibson, one of the
ditors of Puck and also a practical
joker, arranged for h special Jest to
e administered to Mr. Munklttrlck
lie had provided a trick telephone
which emitted a shower of flour when
anybody spoke Into it.
hen Mr. Munklttrlck had arrived.
was suddenly discovered that the
paper had gone to press and that his
copy was too lab
one chance, Mr. Gibson said, and that
was to telephone to the printer and
tell him to stop the presses until his
matter should be set up and inserted
He asked Mr. Munklttrlck to go to tho
phone at once.
'I hen the staff sat and held their
sides, waiting for the explosion. Final
ly Mr. Gibson rushed to the telephone
and found his friend deluged In flour,
but still persistently calling "Hello!
through the phone.
lie icu nun nacii ami eareiuiiv ex
The Latest
Shape.
A comfortable
and handsome
shoe, up-to-date
in every way, is
the Queen Quality,
"Mannish" model.
SEE
THAT THIS
IS BRANDED
ON EVERY
SHOE.
This Famous
Twine of
SJioes
JS-o w i n
No Shoos in the United States equals this in
rL"CoZ Beauty, Style and Durability. .
THE CITY SHOE STORE.
E. R. SPENCER Proprietor
Not Self Mndf.
"I am sorry to disappoint you. young
man." said the great railway magnate
to the reporter who had called in for
the purpose of writing him up, "but
I did not begin at the-bottom and
work my way up. I iver blacked
the boots of the engine wipers and
never carried beer for the janitor of
the roundhouse. I was kicked through
college by my father, Inherited a for
tune, which I Invested in railroad
shares, and I hold this Job because I
have votes enough to control It. It Is
too bad, my young friend, but we can't
all be seir made men. We would be
come tiresome." And he bowed the
caller out. Chicago Tribune.
A Rejected Fnvor.
When tho German emperor was at
school at Cassel, he and his brother,
Prince Henry, lodged in an old castle
near, but in the school the two boys
were treated exactly like any other
youngsters. On one occasion, it is re
lated, a master, knowing that Prince
William was backward In Greek and
wishing to curry favor with him, told
him secretly what the subject of the
next day's examination would be.
Early next morning the prince went
Into the classroom and wrote the In
formation on the blackboard In huge
letters, not wishing to have any unfair
advantage over his schoolfellows.
Connninpt Inn.
Pulmonary tuberculosis Is not a con
tagious, but only a communicable dis
ease. The contact per so of the con
sumptive Individual does not convey
the disease. It Is now well known that
It Is mainly the tuberculosis expectora
tion, which, when dried and pulverized
to dust, constitutes the main danger of
Infection. The means to prevent Infec
tion from tuberculosis expectoration or
saliva expectorating only in proper
vessels, spittoons and pocket flasks,
proper use of handkerchiefs during
coughing, etc. -are now also universal
ly taught.
It is absolutely demonstrated that a
tuberculosis patient. If he takes proper
care of his expectoration, does not con
stitute any danger to his fellow men.
In sanatoria and hospitals exclusively
devoted to the care of consumptives it
Is of the rarest occurrence for an at
tendant to contract the disease, the
hygienic precautions being so thor
ough. It may indeed be said that In
these houses for consumptives one is
less liable to contract consumption than
outside of them. Dr. S. A. Knopf in
Forum.
When he linished. Munkittrick calm
ly remarked:
"Still, I think we ought to let the
printer know about the copy; don't
you?" Saturday Evening Post.
CLOTHING!
New Stock. New Styles.
For Spring of 1900,
Have arrived. Call and
The l'liriniiiti Wny.
It must be hard for the untraveled
ingio-raxon 10 grasp tno idea that a
poet can without loss of prestige recite
his lines in a public cafe before a mix
ed audience. If such doubting souls
could, however, be present at one of
these noctes ambrosiame, thov would
quickly realize that the Latin temper
ament can throw a grace and 'childish
abandon around an act that would
cause an Englishman or an American
to appear supremely ridiculous. One's
taste or sense of fitness is never shock
ed. It seems the most natural thing In
tho world to be sitting there with your
glass of beer before you while some
rislncr poet whose name ten years later
may figure among the "Immortal For
ty recites lo you his loves and his
ambition or brings tears Into your eyes
with a description of some humble
hero or martyr. Eliot Gregory in Scrib-
ner's.
want.
select
see them. Select tho .Suit
Karly buyers have the atl vantage of a large stock to
Irom. Our Suits aro made liv tho nlil rrdinldr fimi r( Iv'ik .?
, j . . v. ill in v 1 J v J l U K.X,
Sons, of Rochester, N. Y. Their name and hanger is a
guarantee of Style, I'it and Durability. ,
New Hats, Neckwear and Furnishings.
are agents for the BOULKVARI)
will be pleased to show you the new
to buy or not, at
the new 1900 hat. We
styles whether you wish
BRICKER'S STORES,
MIa.in Street.
Belding.
Wlthont IteKarri to Kipcnne.
Tho king assembles the royal archi
tects. "P.uild me a temple," he commands,
"so costly that no smoker will ever be
told he might have owned It had he
let tobacco alone!"
Ah. this was aiming high indeed!
P.ut when was true art ever known to
fa!ter?-Iietrolt Journal.
t'ncoiiMt I to I Ion nl.
"What a wretched daub!" exclaimed
the unsophisticated visitor at the art
exhibition, turning to speak to a
stranger.
"Ha, ha!" laughed the stranger. "It
Is a pity to violate all the time honored
precedents, but 1 really am not the
painter of that picture."
This Is a cold, Iconoclastic age, and
the mortifying, yet Instructive, con
tretemps of the olden time is not good
form In literature now. Chicago Tribune.
Ml Proctor' MUtnke.
Miss Mary Proctor, th? astronomer
and lecturer, frequently gives her per
sonal services toward entertaining
poor children and adults. Generally
her lectures are well received. Now
and then there are exceptions. On one
occasion a bright eyed little boy, who
sat In the front row with his eyes
fixed upon the speaker, was asked how
no liked It. I guess." lie said, "it was
pretty good, but she ought to talk
awout lions and tigers. That's better
for everybody."
At another lecture a youngster crlt
Iclsed her as follows: "It's all very well
to talk of weighing and measuring
stars. There are some people, of course,
Who believe that sort of thing, but If
she thinks she can fool us boys with
such fairy talcs she's very much mistaken."
Hoiicat Coiifeaalon.
"Young man." said the careful fa
ther, "If I consent to you marrying my
daughter will you furnish her the lux
uries to which she Is accustomed V"
"Well," said the young man, "It is
more than likely that I won't be buy
ing her as many theater admissions as
I have been doing for the past year."
IndlanaiHis Press.
Cronlnnd' Comparison.
Laurence Gronlund. the socialistic
writer who ended his days In New
York, was a thorough pessimist. One
evening, after he had denounced the
modern Industrial system In savage
terms, a friend remarked:
"It Is not so"ad as Russian des
potism. Is It?"
"Not quite. The former Is the worst
possible; the latter the worst conceiv
able."
Itonmernnccn Not ew.
The Australian aborigines nre not the
only users of the boomerang, nor were
hey the first to use that missile. Tho
Egyptians knew all about It. Just as
they seem to have known all about ev
erything else. At the present day the
boomerang is used by some American
Indian tribes and by the Dravidian
races of the Indian peninsula. The
nlsslle used by the last named differs
in that It Is -thicker than the usual
form and does not return to the throw
er. The return of the boomerang Is
due to the action of the wind, the
shape of the weapon and the manner
in which It Is thrown.
Niagara iower was used as long ago
as 1 "-", when the French erected a
sawmill near the site "of the present
factory of the Pisburg Reduction
company. It was used for the purpose
of supplying sawed lumber for Tort
Niagara.
When a man Is hungry, he doesn't
waste much time reading the bill of
far". Chicago New.
That sour stomach may bo Instantly
relieved by Hex Dyspepsia Tablets.
Knfflr Creetlnir.
"Saku bona" are the first words a
stranger learns of the Kntllr vocabu-
i:u. 1 ue expression Is trie common
form of salutation used by the natives,
and Its literal translation Is. "I see
you." It Is considered a mark of re
spect not to give the greeting" Imme
diately, the delay showing the rever
ence In which the native holds his
Tfsltor.-Phlladelphla Hecord.
Tho truth sometimes leaks out even
when wo think the barrel is tight.
Heqnent.
dear. I want to ask
before you go off on
What Is
III
Husband My
you one favor
that long visit.
Wife A thousand, my love.
It?
Husbnnd-Don't try to put the house
In order before you leave.
Wife It isn't hard work.
Husband-Perhaps not, but think of
the expense of telegraphing to you ev-.
ery time I want to find anything. Col
lier's Weekly.
FIRB INSURANCE
WM. F. 8ANDKLL.
She llenrri It.
The surplieed choir had done its duty
for the evening service, p.ut all durlm
mo cnurcn hours there had Keen a pe
culiar sound outside as If a child were
crying. In reality it was something
the matter with the organ. It could be
heard distinctly In the auditorium of
the church. When the choir sang the
recessional and ma relied slowly out of
the church Into the dressing rooms,
one 01 me young lauies among the so
pranos asked tho woman who takes
can' of the robes:
"Did you hear that awful squeaking
out here?"
'ies, Indeed, mum; I could almost
understand the words."
And nothing more was said on the
subject Detroit Tree Press.
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The new Aieku Girdle and Purse, Dosj
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before have we had such a selection of
BUTTONS, STICK PINS and Season Novelties
as at tire present. Bracelets and Hearts in a
tfreat variety. Call and see our stock
Collar
Never
CUFF
Soldier AoEl the llenn.
I have noticed," said the old soldier,
that there Is one vegetable which the
veterans of the civil war religiously
avoid. That is the bean. It proved a
very staying article, but after we had
campaigned on It from Khiloli to Nash
ville and from Antietam to the Wilder
ness we were ready to cry 'Knough!'
I understand it Is used but sparingly
in the kitchens of soldiers' homes. It
will take another generation to rehabil
itate this vegetable In the affection of
the American people." New York Mail
ami Kxprcss.
A
So
Hull
Watchmaker and Engraver.
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A (Inentlon of (irnrnmnr.
Ain t you got any sense?" asked the
i-year-old daughter of the man who
doesn't believe in corporal punishment.
Why, my dear," said the father re
provingly, "aren't you ashamed to talk
to papa that way?"
"Kxcuse me, papa," she answered. "I
meaned to say Isn't you got any sense?"
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'Maria, did yon read about that Phil
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mental troubles by fasting tr, days? I
believe such a treatment would cure
that unhappy temper of yours."
'ies. It would mal e an anirel of me.
Is that what you would like. John 1Mb
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