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handling Commercial aper, this Bank wakes a special business Loans to Farmers, and the discount- ing of Farmers' Sales Notes at reasonable * rates of terest. ; 'Careful and prompt attention is aso "given 'to the collecting of Notes, etc. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Wpecial Attention is Pirected fo the Following Advantages © wiféred by omr Eavings Bank: Deposits of One Dollar and upwards ~ received and interest allowed at current © rates. Interest is in each year, at the eu ember : The Depositor is subject to ro delay whatever in the withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit. No Charge is made on withdrawing or depositing money, Port Perry Branch @G. M. GIBBS, Manager. added to the deposit TWIOK d of May nd R. D. ARCHER, M.D.C.M. Victoria D University ; M.B. Toronto University, ember or the College of Physicians and Satgenns, Got. ; Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edin- burg ; Member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow ; Tate Resident Pupil of the Rolunda Hospital, Dublin, for Women. Office and Residence, second Foor west of Davis' Furniture Binporium, Queen Street. Office hours--9 fo Ha wid 2 to 5 p.m,, and evenings. I have taken as partner, my hrother, Dr R. Archer, M. D., C. M.;, Member of Cet lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Port Perry, June 9, 1897. DRE. L. PROCTER (SUCCESSOR TO DR. CLEMENS) C.M. of Trinity College University, onto, with Hoon ctificate, 5 A ns eons, Ont. te of University of State of New York. d residence on Dr. Clemens' old site. © Opposite Town Hall i 1 PORT PERKY. OTICH. R. J. H. SANGSTER, Physician, geon and Aceoucheur, and Dr. Sawgster, Dentist, may on and after 10-day, Ye found ii their new Surgical and Dental Offices over the Post Office, where they will De found as heretofore, prepared to attend to their respective professions in all their Branches. Port Perry Dec 8, 1897 Sur V. A. DR. 8. J. MELLOW, PuyYsIOIAR, SurcroN, &o. Office and Residence, Queen 8t., Port Perry Office honrs--8 to 10 am.; 1to3 p.m, and Evenings. Telephone in office and house, open vight wnd day over the lines south, connected | with tho residence of (3. L. Robson, V.8. Port Ferry, Nov. 15, 1894. J. A. MURRAY, DENTIST, {Rooms over Allison's Drug Store] PORT PERRY. All branches of Dentistry, incl ding Crown and Bridge Work successfully practiced. Artifical Teeth on Gold, Silver, Al or Rubber Plates. Fillings of Gold, Silver or Cement Painless extraction when required: && Prices to suit the times® ort Perry, Feb. 1897. WA SANGS TER, the Post Office. Hours--9 to 12 a.m., rdny even Dat : D. McGrattan (DENTIST) ' 's Jewelry Store: rs--8 a.m. £08.30 p.m. June 29, 1598. tario Veterinary Col- to. Office and residence AGE, two miles south of 14 years practice. ele- se--free communication Manchester, and clevator. | 'o Manchester will be for- . ISSUER OF ER | MARRIAGE LICENSES, Port Perry Out. bv HE » ght tl Deposits receivad "at the highest current rates, Interest calculated and credited to each depositor semi-annually. H. G. HUTOHESON, MANAGER, Port Perry, June 26, 1897. £100000 STERLING (British Capital) To lend at 4 45 and 6 per cot on good Mortgage security. Apply to DAVID J. ADAMS Banker and Broker, Fort Perry, Ont. MONEY TO LOAN. FPYHE Subscriber is prepared to LEND ANY AMOUNT on Farm Security AT 6 PER OENT. #ar Also on Village Property. £4" MORTGAGES BOUGHT. TT HUBERT L, EBBELS, Barrister. Office next $0 Ontario Bank. Port Perry, May 10, 1885 AUCTIONEER. TPHE undersigned takes thic oppertonity of veturniug thauks for the very liberal patrcunge he has received as Auctioneer in the past. The increused experience and extensive practice which I have had will be tufned to advantage of patrons, und parties favoring me with their sales may rely on their interests being fully protected. No effort will be spared to make it profitable for parties placing their sales in my hands. My Sale Register will be found at the Leland House, Ceesarea, THOS. SWAIN. Cmsarea, Aug. 26, 1896. © WM. GORDON, Licensed Auctioneer, Valnator &c. Re the Townships of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, Mara, Rama, Mariposa and Eldon Partiesentrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmsot attention being given to their intrests. WM. GORDON, Sunderland. N. F. PATERSON, @. C, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, &ec., Nos. 310.311, Temple Building, Cor. Bay and Richmond Streets, Toronto. Toronto, March 31, 1808. E. FAREWELL, L. L. B., County +}. Crown Attorney, Barrister, County Sol- stor, &e., Notary Public and Conveyancer Jie South wing Court House, Whitby, Int. OHN BILLINGS, Solicitor, Notary Public, Conveyancer, &c. Solicitor or the Ontario Bank. ## Office over the Ontario Bank, Port Perry. Jan. 29, 1887. W. BURNHAM, Clerk of the Third +} Division Court. Office in Psot Office Block, Port Perry. H. McCAW, PROF. 8. J. COHN RACTICAL OPTICIAN and Eye and _ Ear Specialist, 176 Wilton Ave, Toronto, will visit Port Porry once in six mouth. -- All orders entrusted to him warranted to ive sati ti Ri Mr. W. Gill, Mr. D. J Adams and Mr. John Nott, Port Perry WM. SPENCE, Township Clerk, Commissioner, &c. is prepared 30 Loan any Jnenuty of Money on improved Fa ecurity at d 7 cent (Trust funds), in andy ee All kinds of Conveyancing executed with Heituess and dispatch. : ce--One door west of Town Hall, Manchester. : one. All Veterinary having completed his rovineial Veterinary | as Veteri MONEY TO LoaN #00 "| Port Perry, Ma; Manchester April 11, 1588 > LARGE amount of Private funds to ¢ lend on good farm security at a low rate of interest. Deeds, Mortgages, Bills of Sale aud Wills drawn at reasonable prices. 2) ' JOHN BILLINGS. Office over A. J. Davis' Drug Store. 1899. 0 i roats, bron. chitis, and pneu- 4 monia. Do not suffer another day. It's useless, for there's a prompt and safe cure. Itis which cures fresh colds and coughs in a single night and masters chronic coughs and bronchitis in a short time. Consump- tion is surely and cer- tainly prevented, and cured, too, if taken in time. A 25c. bottle for a fresh cold; 50c. size for older colds; $1 size for chronic coughsand consumption. "1 always keep a bottle of Ayer's Cherry. Pectoral on hand. Then every time I get cold I take a little of it'and I am better at once." Janes O. BuQuor, |! Oct, 19, 1808, El Paso, Texas, Write the Doctor. If you have any conplaint whatever and desire the oat. medioal advice, write the Doctor treoly. Address Ir. C. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. 3 -r ng -y i ee ial indian FRI, Burying a Rattlesnake Alive, bury a snake alive, but that is what a traveler through western Indian Terri. | tory saw some prairie dogs doing. The story is told in Forest and Stream. | The traveler was resting under a tree when he wvoticed & commotion among, gome dogs near him. They would run up to a certain spot, peep at something and then scamper back, Looking more closely, he saw 15 to 20 dogs about a rattlesnake, which presently went into one of the dogs' holes. No sooner had it disappeared than the | little fellows began to push in dirt, evi- | dently to fill up the hole. By the time they had pretty well covered the entrance the snake 'stuck bis head up through the | dirt, and every dog scampered off to a] safe distance, all the time barking. | The snake slowly crawled to another hole about a rod distant and went in. Then forward came the dogs again, and all went to work to push up earth fo the hole. This time they succeeded and com- pletely covered the entrance, This done, they proceeded to beat the earth down, | using their noses to pound it with, When | it was quite hard, they went away. The | traveler examined their work and was surprised to find that they had packed | the earth in solid with their noses and | had sealed the snake inside. m------ Brought Her a Fortune. A short time ago a man died in Brus- | gels leaving nearly his entire fortune to a young woman who was entirely unac- quainted with him. This is how it came | to pass: He was a very eccentric man | and set out, like Diogenes, in search of | an honest man. His tub was an omnibus | and his lantern a small coin, { In the omnibus he took his seat every day near the conductor and always show- ed himself very obliging in passing up the money of passengers and returning the change, but to the latter he always managed to add a franc or a half franc. Then he would watch those to whom it came. They would count it carefully, notice the extra coin and invariably slip it into their pockets. No one thought of the poor conductor, whose meager salary of only 8 francs a day could Hl support such a loss. . But at last a young woman passed hers back, with, "Conductor, you have given me half a franc too much." Diogenes, delighted, followed her home, made in- quiries, made his will in her favor, though he never gave her warning that Nas glug. ng her lumbian. An Unoblizing Brother, In writing to us to protest against the readiness with which criminals are pronounced by public opinion to be mentally deficient, "B. A." tells the following extraordinary story: ° "Personally," he says. "lI am a¢- quainted with a case In which two sis ters--the united annual income of whose husbands is not less than £4.000 --have for years been trying to pers suade a brother incapacitated by Hl health from work to comulit suleide, In order that they may be absolved from a yearly coutribution of £50 to ward his maintenance. At first 1 abso- lutely refused to belleve that such heartless selfishness actually existed, until I was shown letters from one of the ladies in question, which left no further doubt in my mind. "Y&t," be adds, "if these sisters were to put an end to their brother's exist- ence, there would be hundreds to con- tend that the motive of pecuniary ben- efit was totally Inadequate to account tor such a crime. which must conse- quently be attributed to mental aber ratlon."--London Chronicle. ~ of Ireland. < the To the average loves climax of et "Then its peculiar shape req tl aliall be fashioned by hand. No machin has yet been invented that will satisfy | the champagne cork connoisseuf as well + as the deft work of nimble fingers, This with equality 'to make these particular bottle stoppers cheap at a quarter apiece. The young wine, on the contrary, when it goes into the bottle is cheap--10 cents a quart. The value and the flavor come' with age. Countless times the bottle must be turned carefully and gently bes fore the juice of the grape is fit to tickle expenditure of skill and time i] i the palate of an epicure. southwest. There is a wonderful city in France; the subterranean city of Epernay, into whose silent streets no ray of sunshine ever steals, where the wine is stored to ripen, guarded as jealously as if it were gold and handled as tenderly as if it were human. Miles and miles of stree are hewn out of the chalky soil an cemented with millions and wmilliotis of champagne bottles of all blends and vints ages left there to ripen. When the bots tles went into these underground clos ters, the cork was king by virtue of its cost. When they return to the world of light and life, the cork has become insig- nificant in comparison with the wine. Winehouses frequently pay good prices for corks bearing their mark, thus én= abling themselves to gauge accurately the esteem in which various vintages are held by the public. Champagne corks, too, have a special value In the tiolet. Their fine textw'e makes them peculiarly available in treats ing the skin with powders or similar ap plications, and the Parisian or Viennese belle whose toilet set do¢s not contain an assortment of champagne corks 8 rare. The finest and most perfect speci mens only are used for this purpose, and they retail readily at the equivalent of 50 cents each.--Chicago Inter Ocean. SHOOTING STARS. Thousands of Them Flash Through Space Every Twenty-four Hours, Shooting stars are only little masses oft It would not seem a very easy thing to | maiter--bits of rock or metal ov cloud ete of dust and gas--which are fiying ures sisted through space just as planets and comets do, in paths which, within the limits of our solar system, by the attraction of the sun. The, with a speed of several miles a tar exceeding that of any milit jeetile, but are too small to be seca except when they enter qur AUmDS and, becoming intensely heated by the sistance they encounter, light up burn for a moment; for, to use Lordd vin's expression. a body rushing th the air at such an enormous' velogil during its flight virtually "immersed blowpipe flame" having a tenipor comparable with that of an electri As a rule, they are completely consul | in the upper air, so that nothing the surface of the earth except per! a little ash, settling slowly as an i ceptible "smoke." Occasionally, ever, some muss larger than asualy vives in part the fiery ordeal, and its ments fall to the ground as specimens of the material of "other worlds than i" The total number of these flyin; bles In loterplanetary space enormous, though estimates differ ri widely. An ordinary observer unde dinary circumstances will average al eight an hour in a clear, moonle! Schmidt of Athens, however, in the Grecian air, nearly doubles the n and reckous about 15 to the hour single observer, It is found also that one person is able to note about on of all that are visible at his station party of observers sufliciently large watch the entire heavens minutely. therefore, we accept the estimate Schmidt, it appears that about must ordinarily come within the of vision at any given station ever hours, though of course those thatifall in the daytime cannot be seen.~Profés or C. A. Young in Lippincott's. A Much Abused Word. The Chicago Tribune observes ers should sa¥e the time of read abandoning 'very' and giving an worked word a rest for a few It has earned that rest. 1 an adverb is found less than 20 t the King James translation of the The rarity of its use makes it co) ut all the more when utilized. said » that 'the man oses ands that he of th wa 3 \ e 'very: is nificance. But if the good and the Ha deeds, the cruel and the heroic acts. rd corded in the Bible were to be desc 1 by most writers of the day there woul be a 'very' in almost every line," Japanese Silent Recluses. There is a community of female cluses at a place called Yunakawa, abo seven miles from Hakodate. A mtr of some 50 years presides, an structions are implicitly obeyed. Women are all young, ranging from 10 27, and some of them are described very beagtiful. The building stands in farm of some 250 acres, but the wo do not engage in any agricultural work They spend most of their time ind reading the Bible, and they appear t@ observe a strict rule of silence. --Yokos bhama Mall. Sa SRR IE SE TL \ . The Sun Did It. "1 didn't know Boxer was #0 bo + "He wasn't until a few days ago. went to sleep in the sun, and that w en log of his warped."--Cleveland P Dealer, x Fi iihe § 4 1 the reign of James [ water was plied by two or three conduits in principal streets of London, and the ri and suburban springs were the BOUT of supply. S athe Armagh 8 said to be the apple 0 \ SUNSET. Turn not to the east when the day ls declining glory of sunset is here; the light the far hilltops defining u too pensively cl 3 In cutlines vely clear. ir was the torning its gladness is past, the 's brightest beams are reserved for Tor growth, and the noontide is _pliysician, Whitman V. White be. | ietration of narcotics. He: WASHINGTON AND BURR. 'Alleged Cause of the Break Between the Two Great Men. "An old lawyer, speaking of dramatic Incidents in court, said: "Jere Clemens, a once famous United States senator {from Alabama, told of a trial in which Burr appeared for the defense of al "man churged with murder. My recol- lection is that the trial was In the "When Burr addressed the jury, it was night. The guilty man was in the room. He had been the prinsipal wit. "ness for the prosecution, but Burr had i leaned that this witness was the as sassin, and In closing his address for "his client he picked up two lighted candles from the table, and, holding them in the face of the witness refer ved te, he exclaimed: 'Gentlemen of the jury, there is nature's verdict. Now write yours. At that moment the wit ness fled from the room. After Clem: | ens told this story be wrote a his | torical novel called "The Rivals; or, The Times of Hamilton and Burr' In that l book he wove the incident Into one of the chapters. The book Is out of print and has been for many years. But It bad 8 great sale, particularly lo the south, before the civil war, for Clem ens was a typical southern orator and a man of wonderful personal mag- netism. The object of the novel was to make Burr a hero and to besmirch Hamilton's character. "In one chapter where Burr was high in the esteem of Washington t tter {s represented as reading a letté¥ from Hamilton fn which Hamilton detailed gome scandalous gossip about Burr. Burr was standing behind Washington during the reading of the letter. Wash fngton, Mmcensed at the contentd of the letter, furned quickly and saw Burr, to shop he sald, 'How dare you read my letter over my shoulder? Burr, asx Claman represents, stung to the quick. w himself up and replied with all | the hauteur of his nature, 'When your | majesty addresses such an Inguiry to | me in the manner you have, the only reply decency can prompt is, Aaron | Burr dares to do anything." This, Clem: ens avers. was the cause of the break between Washington and Burr'--New | York Sun. Ballast For Ships. To solve the question of ballast many expedients are resorted to, and the re- sults obtained often are singular. The most popular ballast ls stone or rock, | and every shipmaster who hails from the port of New York knows, or is sup | posed to know at least, the relative value of certain grades of rocks at | various ports besides the metropolis. | He can dispose of a cargo of stone to contractors here which will more than reimburse him for the expense of load- ing and unloading. and if the shipmas- ter 1s alert he will arrange for such | disposal many months before his re turn from some out of the way corner of the world, | Every time a sailing vessel returns from a foreign port she usually is vis- | ited by contractors or their agents. | who make competitive bids for her | ballast cargo of stone, if she carries | one. This stone Is used mostly for macadamizing and paving streets. Fre | quently material Is brought over which is good enough for building purposes.-- New York Press. Music For Fish Bait, An eccentric hermit named Willlam Schueller, who lives at Franklin, Mich. is said to be one of the most successful fishermen in his part of the country. and he claims to call the fish to him by singing "Old Hundredth." He goes out in his boat aud takes a station in fairly deep water. Then be sings. at the same time keeping his eyes on the water in search of fish. Gradually the fish crowd about his boat, he clalins, | when Snough are gathered togeth- 'er the erman casts a net and & 'catches dozens at a single haul. The old gentleman has a famous voice, and neighbors are inclined to belleve strange story.--Chicago Record. Deadly War Missiles, In 1870 an ordiuary sbell when It rst broke Into from 19 to 80 pieces. day it bursts Into 240.- Shrapnel in 1870 scattered only 87 death ling missiles. Now it scatters 340. 'bomb weighing about 70 pounds 30 ago would have burst into 42 gments. Today, when it is Is charg- | with peroxilene, it breaks up Into 0 pleces, each of which Is hurled much greater velocity than the r lumps which were scattered by powder explosion,--Chicago Dem- . a Siam The Monks of Mount Athos. TARIO, THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 19) tmtm-- "home with hime! 0. POSITIONS IN SLEEP. HOW VICTIMS OF INSOMNIA MAY WOO SWEET SLUMBER. The Way Ome Should Lie Im Bed In Order to Obtain Natural Repose, Varions Ailments and the Postures Best Adapted te Them, | Positions that woo sleep In victims | | of insomnia ls an Interesting study . made by a well known metropolitan of | specialist ly ot denounces the practice as unnecessarily taxing on the disorganized systems of insom- nia patients In many cases. In his own experience he has found a simple method adequate without weakening after effects likely to produce increas- ed symptoms. "Through & study based on the laws | of physiology in human anatomy ex- tending over a period of a dozen or | more years L have learned that under | certain. physical malconditions," said | the physician, "the subject may be | given relief by assuming positions at | rest that will from the ease afforded the affected parts serve As a natural somnolent agency. It will be readily understood that a constrained position will tend to prevent natural repose, | while & comfortable one will woo it But what may In most cases seem to be a position of ease may in reality be the reverse. "For Ihstance, a dyspeptic will rest | more easily lying on the right side for | the simple reason that in that position | the food naturally gravitates out of the stomach and Into the Intestines, while if lying on the opposite side that or- gan, in its weakened state, has to per- | form an uphill process of digestion. This 18 amply sufficient to produce in- somnia, "Lying flat on the back, with the limbs relaxed, Would ¥eem to secure the greatest amount of rest for the muscular system, whether In good health or fllness. Buch Is the position advocated by physiclans generally In the most exhausting diseases, and It Is bailed as a sign of rapid recovery when a patient exhibits an Inclination to turn on either side. But at the same time there are several disadvantages In the supine posture which impair or embarrass sleep, whether in case of gevere (llness or ordinary health. Thus In weakly states of the heart or blood vessels and certain morbid conditions of the brain the blood seems to gravi- tate to the back of the head and. to ac- cordingly produce {roublesome dreams: I believe that much of that weaken- ing delirium which the physician has to contend with In treating serious maladies is often occasioned In this way. "In persons who habitually stoop In their gait or work, either as a result of the requirements of their occupa- tion or from the course of their physi- cal development, there must necessari- ly be some distress consequent in straightening the spine. It may not be sufficient to cause pain and yet be such a straln as to prevent perfect ease. The result 18 unconscious rest- lessness, which Is the producer of In- somnia. "People who have contracted chests cannot sleep well lylng upon their backs. This rule applies especlally to those who have suffered with pleurisy and retain adhesions of the lungs. They will find It easier to get to sleep upon the right side and that their somnolent rest will do them more good If they observe this advice. Furtherinore, the habit of lying on the bick Is the cre- ator of snoring, which much belabors sleep and prevents the subject from receiving the full benefit of its recuper ating effects. "It Is desirable, therefore, in all cases to lie on the side, and in the absence of special diseases rendering It more de- sirable to lie on the weak side, which leaves the strong lung free to expand, the right side should be chosen. A glance at any plate of the visceral anatomy will show that when the body is thus placed the food In the process of digestion Is greatly nided In its passage from the stomach into the in- testines, Here the principle of grayl- tation directly applies. Then the fact that the stomach doesn't compress the upper portion of the intestines is still another advantage to be gained from lying on the right side when sleep woolng ease to the entire human mech- anism 1s under serious consideration. "In conclusion, 1 wish to refer to some injurious eccentricities, or fads, in sleeping which I have observed. A wealthy woman once came to me for treatment for bad dreams of the or- der commonly called nightmare. Up- on making Inquiry 1 discovered that she was In the habit of lying at rest with her arms thrown up over her head, a position greatly to be deprecat- ed, although it will Induce sleep in per sons who have weak lungs. The ein culation ls thereby made stronger In the extremities, and the head and neck and muscles of the chest are drawn up and relaxed by the shoulders,"-- Philadelphia Times. Laconic and Caastls, Maurice Barrymore's wit Is far tamed, but a neat little witticlsm at his expense was Augustus Thomas' laconle criticism of one of Barrymore's plays. The celebrated playwright bad been mercilessly picking flaws In the actor's drama until the good natured Barry winced. "Oh, come, Gus," he Interrupted. "Don't be quite so hard If it's not an 'Alabdiia' Just remember that 1 wrote It In & week." "Did you, Barry? retorted Thoma. "Then you must bave loaled."--Kap- was City Independent. Has Become an Expert. " Are you never uneasy when your | edge. husband comes home late at night?" 'Eless you, no! I can always tell | what lodge he has been attending hy | the quality of the cigar odor he brings | THE JUROR TURNED. owed the Lawyer He Knew Some Big Omes Too. ) lawyer was just starting home hard day's work in the courtroom. te looking man approached him i't know whether you remember not. I am one of the talesmen > Iaterrogated yesterday." re are one or two small matters wanted to ask you about. You be a person of very Euperior in- ence, and 1 hope you will givé me a mingtes. 1'll walk along with 3 r 50 a8 wa 1 uted you ] taces whic includ second prism. each to each, and are like placed, the two. prisms are equal in their parts, what would you understand by it?" "Why, slir--really"-- "You don't mean to tell me you are stumped by a little one like that?" "You see, the question is a little sud- den, and In order to grasp its full signifi- cance"= "Never mind. Here's an easier one, nearer the beginning of the book. If I were to suggest to you thiit & certain ob- ject is a polyedron, in which two of the faces are polygons, equal in all their parts and having their homologous sides parallel, what would be the impression conveyed to your mind?" "To be candid, I never looked into the subject very deeply," "You don't mean to own up that you wouldn't know it was a plain, everyday prism?" "1 hadn't thought of it In that light." "That's all. My boy, who isn't through high school, could have answered those quesfions without stopping to think. 1 feel better. You were putting on a lot of airs yesterday, but you ain't any ency- clopedia. T don't believe you are even a handy compendium of useful knowl After this display of lamentable ignorance on your part I want to make just one suggestion. If you ever get me into court again, don't you swing at me with any more big words and try to act haughty. I've got your measure, and I'm liable to be just as supercilivus as you are,"--Washington Star. A CIVIL WAR INGIDENT. The Dramatic Part Centriftgal At- traction Played In a Chase. "As every schoolboy knows, the tend- ency of a body moving in a circle is to fly away from the center, by the opera: tion of centrifugal attraction," remarks a well known officer. "The consequence is that a train of cars, going around a curve at a good gait, will be certain to hug the outside rail, and if it happens to jump the track one would naturally in- fer that it would be on the side where the pressure is greatest. An incident, based on this principle, played a star role in what was possibly the most dra- malic. passage of the entive civil war, L refer to the pursuit of Andrews' raiders when they made their desperate dash through north Georgia to destroy railroad communication with Chattanooga. The raiders stole & freight train at Marietta, Ga. and started north at top speed. They were pursued almost immediately by a detachment of Confederates on a locomotive, and then ensued the most thrilling running fight on record. *Tine and again Andrews and his men attempted to obstruct the track behind them, but they were so hard pressed that they were obliged to take to thelr train before they could do the work. At last they made a spurt that gave them a few tiotents' breathing space and tore a short section of rail out of a curve. Their pursuers were coming on full tilt, and it seemed absolutely certain that they would be ditched when they reached that point: but, incredible as it may ap- pear, they passed straight over the gap and held their way as if nothing had bap- pened. The explanation of the seeming miracle was simply that the raiders, in the excitement of the moment, had taken the rail trom the inside of the outside of the curve, and when the locomotive swung around it was going so fast that all its weight was practically on the sound iron. In other words, centrifugal attraction saved the day, and. instead of bufning the Chattanooga bridge, An- drews was caught and hanged as a spy. "It it hadn't been for that fatal blun der in removing the rail, the raiders would doubtless have accomplished their pue pose, and what such a disaster would have meant to the Confederacy gives the imagination unlimited leeway for specu- lation." --New Orleans Times-Democrat. Worn Away by Kissing. Cicero speaks of a bronze statue of Hercules which had the features worn away by the frequent osculations of the devout. Several instances of the sate Kind have occurred in moder tines. The face of a figure of the Saviour. among the bronze bas-relief which adorn the Casa Santa at Loretto, has in this way been quite kissed away. I'he toot of the famous statue of St. Peter, in the Vatican, bas also lost much of Its metal by the continual application of the lips and foreheads of votaries. and it has been found necessary to protect the feot of the statue of the Saviour by Michael Angelo trow similar injury by a brass buskin, hii A Mother Seal's Long Swim, Ernest Whitehead captured a young geal near Anacapa island, California, and took him on board his ship, As the ves- sel started the mother seal Was noticed swimming about, howling piteously. The little captive barked responsively. After reaching the wharf at Santa Barbara the captive was tied up in a jute sack and left loose on the deck. Soon after com ing to anchor the seal responded to its mother's call by casting itself overboard, all tied up as it was in the sack. The mother seized the sack and with her sharp teeth tore it open. She had followed the sloop 80 miles.--Qur Dumb Animals, Just What He Wanted. Grocer--8o you've given up drinking, have you, Uncle Rastus? Undle Rastus-- Yes, sah; I ain't tetched a drap in to' weeks. Grocer-- Well, you deserve a great deal of credit for that. Uncle Rastus--Yes, sah: dat's jes' what | thinks, Mistah Brown. 1 wus jes' gwine ter ax yo' ef yo' cud trus' me fo' some groceries.~Columbus (O.) State Journal, One of the employments of Javanese women Is to pick worms from the leaves of growing tobacco. bottles. which have to be shown in proof thut the picker has earned ber wages. Advance of Alums Aluminum, which had no commer- cinl existence afew years ago, was produced in the United States last year to the extent of 5,300,000 pounds, a teiedral 'angle al They are put in| standard performers during the son 20 have records of 2:30 or A bay gelding by Rubenstein training at Belmont park, Phil recently stepped a half in Lil cart. * Dr. M. O. Putt of Obes promising yearling filly by 2:13%, out of a fast mare nia colt w to W. H. Clark and will race. land. ® d Beott Woodward of Camden has a fine mare in Sally Master, 2:2114, Quarter- master, dam by Nutwood. Sls will te seen to pole with Mujor Ross, Auntéros, i Journeyman, the stallion by Prodigal # which Billy O'Neil has ruced for tw years, will in the future appear in the summaries as a gelding. He will be raced nest season. 'Sh Allie Wilkes, 2:18, 1a the only stalion that bas ever been represented on the turf In the same season by a trotting and pacing stullion as fast as Jupe, 2:07% and Arlington, 2:00%. 4 Entries are beginning to drop in for the Suburban Handicup. They do not geners ally arrive until about a week before the closing. For this race, however, there were half a dozen returns two duys aftef the entry blanks were mailed, oy Red Archie, 2, 2:20%, by Red Gamaleony 2:16%. was driven to his record by & man who had never before driven in & race and was 40 pounds overweight] Red Archie is one of Red UGihlnleon's first erop of colts and was vuly broken last pring. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Clear limewater is the best for des stroying worms in pots and in fern easess Winter is the best time to destroy the eggs of the tent caterpillar on the branch. es of the trees. After raspberries have grown two or three crops it pays to apply a little tha nure around them. y Sorghum bagasse is one of the very best materials with which to mulch strawberribs ahd raspberries. Z Mulching of fruit trees #t this time Is" a help in delaying blossoming in the spring, and in this way injury from lace frosts may be prevented Taking everything into consideration; it is best to trim the grapevine this win ter rather than run the rixk of being' obliged, from different causes, tu prone later. Dwarf pears and grapes ave the two fruits that seem especially adapted to. small places where pot much room can be spared-and where it bine the useful wih the ory p TE. In nearly all eases large seeds are bet ter than smull ones. They furnish more putriment to the young plants than small ones. which give them a good start early in the season, aud they muke a betief growth. THE CYNIC. Every man hates the consegnences. Some men never go anywhere except when there is a fire Taars have been greatly overdone. Crys ng is becoming ridiculous. Some people will do $1 worth of sneak- ng to turu u 10 cent trick If you want to be forgiven for Iying, tell lies that are interesting A broken heart is not as puinful as & broken leg and ix eaxier fixed Don't forget, in the face of praive. that your etreries outnumber your friends There is a good deal said about "foi ever" by lovers, meaning, probably. some time next week. There may be some gain in easting bread on the waters, but there ia mare wl shrowing a bait in.--Atchisou tilobe ATHLETICS AND WAR. It has been suggested in the United, States senate that football be included in the life destroying arts taught at West Point.--Detroit Free Press. Senator Chandler wants athletics taught at West Point and Annapolis in place of mathematics. There was a ting when mind was supposed to bi slijierior to matter, but it looks as thohgh the old proverb would hive to Globe. It is possibly true that Napoleon never kicked a goal from field aml was an ablé general for all that, but on the other hand. is it not Wellington who is on ree ord as saying that Waterloo was won upon the cricket fields of Bugland¥--=Phils adelphia Times. y go." -- Boston A Model Yeup Man's Voriues A model young man's charact tics are honesty. of speech, respec ility of carriage, £2 and consideration for A these a young man is as 'model' as hy given for an earthly being te Pleturesque Fishermen. J All the fishermen of the Zuyder Zee are jarge and robust men. They are on the sea all week and are accustomed from in- fancy to the perilous occupation of fish- ing. Mapy of them spend the greater part of their lives in boats, and what strong, healthy models they are for the painter! os 2, x They know every foot of water fo region to which they are limited by the governmbnt fo ply their vocation, am they rarely leave familiar waters on | count of the numerous sind bauks which are a menace on all sides. The sea dangerous one for that reason. It al has its special characteristics o x the singularity of its original forfilaf being said that cities are Al bottom, it having submarine mead and banks of yellow mud rarely cessfully most of the til but gy mouths at home prompt for food in new waters turesonie and go as far » the expenmse of the case recently wheu