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Snrelf a Mistake. Fooa* Mike was v«ry ill--alme t as III as lie was short, and what that %eant tbose who knew him can lost by, fo# physically he was hardly more ban a dwarf. The do :t >r was called in, and after • Investigation informed Mrs. Mike that Her hu-band was suffering from acti- nomycoci , a name which aopeared to Jjrike terror to the soul of tbe anxious VMOMAEU • "Act phwat?" said she, . _ " Acti nomycocis," replied the deeter. ." "Him " c ied Mrs. Mike. "Ah. dcc- ,tber, how can ye*, say thot? A little ttan loike Moikel couldn't hould the name of ut, much liss th' disa;e thot r jjoej witjjV • When the Liver Reprimands Vi * Jjor oar neglect of it by inflicting upon' as •ick headache, by dyeing the skin yellow, •bating the tongue with fur, producing ver­ tigo, pains in the right side and souring the breath, we are little less than lunatics if we disregard the chastisement. 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Vala hopes tha t V0 beyond our recall* yoor ghost s of a dream I All pleasure* are fleeting, but sorrowa last long In itndyhij j>a!a. -- And mingled witli B JIJS*is tiie notiad of a cosg Whose li geriTig refrain Baealla the deai past where sweat dream mea»- 3 never ago.'6! ib, life la BO Ion el v when Jove's dfty I® donf" And gloaming gales grieve." -• And in the pa'© light of the fast fading nun, J hicks how much give, When even the goal of existence ts won, Xo brenthe and to lire,. 1 " --Atlanta Journal. A PERIL OP THE SEA. startolw ffll- ~to--vtfeT tbc- ^esael tras obliged to remain s®v« 1'break of the poop,;;, lonkefl down ; eral months to repair the damaee upon the main deck, ana -^o his hoi>; i done by collision with the W£te;- It was the second ••dOR-watch,*' from (j to H o'clock in the evening, and the crew or the bark, Beatrice, were gathered upon the main deck, indulging in that ever pleasing pas­ time of sailors, yarn-spintog. The vessel was homeward bound from Rio Janeiro, after a very pros­ perous voyage. Darkness was approaching as the chief otlLer rose to his feet and cast a searching look about the horison. { When his eyes roamed toward the West they rested for some moments | on a small bank of leaden clouds ! which seemed to be working up frgm j the water. < j "Ah, we'll have a change of wind | before midnight, and, if I make no mistake, it will bring nasty weather with it" "We're nearing Cape Hatteras and must begin to look out for squalls. "You might clue up and furl the light sails so that we will be prepared for whatever cornea if it looks too bad, give me a call, I'm going below." The order which the mate had re­ ceived regarding the sails wns soon executed, and the loftier pieces of the bark's canvas ware snugly stowea. As the sailors were coming down to ror, saw several bodies washing backj | and forth among the wreckage, to bej j swept, one after another, tiut through j the rifts in the bulwarks. j "Axe you all dead?", he at length * found voice to exclaim. "Aw i left, alone?" ' j But he was Instantly gladdened, ty a repl y from forward: r •The starb d watch is safe, sir!**^ "Thank Heaven." Then louder the second officer called out: 4iT$ke a jgok at the lony toat, and if Jt is notstove, cast the lathings adrift, and make ready to launch her. We may have to leave the bark," lo a few moments the welcome re­ sponse came back: "She is all right, sir." "That's good. Hold her ready un­ til 1 sound the pumps and see if we have sprung aleak." He hurried to his room and se­ cured the sounding rod and line; as -most of the water had now oflfiom the main deck he succeeded in reaching the pump. "Quickly dropping the iron down the tube until it reached the keel­ son, he soon drew it up again. "Six feet or water in the hold," he exclaimed. "She'll go down under us. Launch the boat,"--and aa he again hastened to the cabin, thi£ time to procure what provisions might be handy, one of the men an­ nounced,-- "The main hatch is stove, in, «n4 the cargo is all a wash." cU|;; This report had the effect of accel­ erating the officer's movements, and seizing what few eatables were at hand in the pantry, he hastened to )oin bis shipmates who had succeed" ed in getting the boat afloat without damage. Fearing to be in too Clo?e proximi­ ty to the bark when she should'foun­ der, they pulled rapidly away in the darkness, and as day broke they found themselves alhne upon the ocean; but ere the sun was a© hour spout, and when she did again put to sea, the boy, Harry, sailed in her cabin, Capt. Brnce asserting that ho could not allow a lad to live forward, who had so nobly stood by him when ' wounded and helpless, drifting at the mercy of the elements, on board a dismantled ^craft, -- i ankee Blade ^ ABOUT FOOTWEA8, \? EAUX Toea and Short Toes andi tXow- to •*. Keep Th'eno In Shape. "^es," eaid a man in a shoe store the other day, "I like thatvS^oe first- rate; it tits well, it feels well, and it looks vyell, but I doo't think it .will do for me." 11 "Why not?" asked the clerk, some­ what surprised at the man's apparent contradictory statement. "Because," replied the customer, "the toe is too long. It looks v^ry ... . nice now, but I have a short foot, ' and in a week or so the toe will have j wrinKled or caved in, and it will not j only look shabby, but will wear out i much sooner. I like the looks of a | long toe--fact is, I hate a globe toe I or anything else iu the stubby hue, but 1 have to wear them, that's all*" "Beg your pardon, but, you dou'V* said the clerk knowingly. i This time it was the buyer's turn 113 be surprised. , "And why not?" he i asked inquirinaly; j "Because it is just as easy to fix a I long toe if your foot don't fill it out ! as to take a drink. Tut cotton in it, | that's all. Fill up the end of the ; toe with a sufficient amount of cot- I ton, and the shoe will preserve its | shape perfectly. See my shoe? Now, | I'll wager dollars to toothpicks that J I've got as short a, foot as yours, but I my shoe looks all right because it has j cotton in the end of it. You say you • have a short foot. Well, so do half the people who walk this earth, but j they either do not know this simple j trick, i r are too lazy to try it, and so the deck the vessel's bell struck eigh^ I h»gh the black smoke of a stealer i around^itha1' shol aU^creased^Jrt tbe_tiii]e for *»«.,* "watche. « j S ! SSSl SK 1 cotton keep the shape of your shoe, The second mate with his sought their bunks to have a hours' needed rest, while the chief oitlcer, with his portion of the crew, took charge. The seaman who came aft to relieve the wheel was a mere lad in years but as skillful a mariner as anv on men \ berore the great ritiminary few | reached the zeneith^ftey , w^re on board a large vessel whicfr -Was bound to Baltimore.1 . J. ' ^ ; The captain Heard their Stofcy ftfth feelings of sadness, and extended to the ship wreck, <1 mariners alj the hospitality that lay in his power. board, and a prime favorite with all. i When the steamer reached port, the as could be seen by the kindly tone of the mate's voice as he addressed the youth. "Watch her close, Harry, my son. If we hav%a shift of wiud it'll come quick, and we don't want to get taken aback." u "Ay, ay, sir," was the respectful , . reply of the boy as lie laid his hands j tVppose. on the spokes of the wheel. Oop*>e.-hued, feather-shaped clouds new t)etran to chase each otther across the stairy canopy of Heaven. As the gaze ot the helmsman alter­ nated between the com pas, the sails, and the horizon, he was alarmed to see away upon the starhoaid bow something that appeared like a heavy black shaft, reachintr up from the water, in the shape of a tunnel. <unt41 it (net another similar in formation, which seemed to drop from the t-kies. •^There's a spout, sir," he said to the mate.. "Ay, ar. I've been looking at it. It's a heavy one, too. As they al­ ways work to wind'ard, I'm afraid 6he'll come uncomfortably near. Keep the vessel's head uor'west for awhile, and I'll speak to the skipper. I'd rather he'd be on deck when those fellows are about." Obeying the order, Harry threw the wheel over, and the bark swung off until the dangerous cdlumo of water seemed to be a little forward or am id-ships. Mr. Gorharu, the officer, hurried to the companion-way and called-- • "Captain Bruce, there's a heavy waterspout making down upon us. Perhaps you'd like to take a look at her." "Ay, ay,H came a voice from " the cabin, and the next instant the mas­ ter was on deck. He tsok one hasty glance at the danger impending, another at oompas, before he said quickly, • Jet her go west <' Then shouted: 1 Check in the yards about. four points to port. We must work out of its course. 1 will get my rifle, if it comes too near 1 will try to break it," and with that he hurried below. The wind, which up to this mo­ ment, had been reasonably strong, now died out to a 'Start calm." The sails were trimmed, but the headway of the vessel was slacken­ ing, for she bad lost her propelling power. The speed of the terrible volume of water-power which was approach­ ing them, was not checked, and when the captain reappeared on deck with rifle in hand, the heavy black clouds hung over the vessel like a pall, and the whirl of the arigrv, seething ele­ ment was borne to the ears of the frightened and horrified seamen as they watched the outcomihg of the merciless circling shaft! Quickly the weapon of the com­ mander was brought to his shoulder.. and was instantly followed by a flash and report! Then came the deluge. Tons upon tons of water mingled with sand fell upon the deck, which news of the loss •of the Beatrice was flashed from city to city, throughout the continent, and many were the but it's a good thing to have in them, anyway. It keeps your foot from getting chafed from getting too much crowding into a narrow point, and, besides, it saves to a great de­ gree the wear on your stocking right at the place where the holes usually come, you know, or, rather, v*»ur wife does. Yes, sir; cotton in one's shoes is a big seheme--it's a big racket." hearts made sorrowful by the ter.rible tale. ' \ \ But did tibe 'bark fQun'der?, About «« hour after* the~second mate bad -so hurriedly abandoned the sinking craft, the \boy, Harry, began to return to conscious­ ness. Siowly he raided h)s head and looked arjund. \ \ \ The night was clpar now, bpt strange sounds fell upon hi$ ear. IV was the thrashing and chafing of the tattered sails and broken yards that still hung trom aloft. The ITse of the Hat. It is generally taken for granted that a man sbouia remove his hat when he bows to a woman, but it was only a little while ago that there was a tierce argument for and against taking off the hat to a domestic em­ ployed in the family and met in street or streetcar, says the Boston Jour­ nal. Unfortunately the habit of un­ covering the head in greeting a wo­ man is not universal in this country. There are little towns where such a Tottering to his feet, the Jan lie-1 *ask'on is regarded as atlectation; ... _ . ~ 1 r.nPPA fll*A Plt.iAi: mpra man fnnl thnm came aware that .he . was sulteritig most intense pain about the body and limbs. . But as t,e took a few steps he was overjoyed to find that no bones had been fractured and the : pain was only from external bruises, i Aflt-be youth was endeavoring to j recall the terrible; scene through j which he had passed, he heard a; feeble moan issuing from the port ! side of the after-houge. and stagger- ! ing to that portion of the vessel, he i was delighted to see tne beloved form j of bis benefactor, the captain, who j was vainly striving to drag himselfj Along the deck towards the wheeL j As the master looked up be mur-1 mured feebly: ( 4'Ah, Harry, my boy! Has the eood Lord spared us?" "Yes. sir. But I do not know hov many more are left." 4,Go and see, boy, go and see. Some may be eutfering and need as- | sistanoe." } "But, vou yourself, sir--can I no* | <lo something for you, sir?" "Never mind me. Look to you? I shipmates," was the brave reply, though the master with difficulty ! suppressed his groans. Obeying the order, Harry searched the vessel, but returned with the mournful reply that they two were alone. "Well,'my lad, we must do the , best we can,** was the response of the i a,e deep thipkers who claim captain. f concentration of mind is besl When morning broke the practiced eye of the captain discovered the ab- senc2 of the long-boat*. "Go forward, Harry, and see if the craft has been rteve in or launched clear." . The boy hastened to obey and re­ turned with the report that the lash­ ings had been cub "Thank heaven," murmured Capt there are cities were men feel them­ selves of such importance that they assume a right to dispense w.th this act of common civility. Shouid a man raise his hat in greet­ ing another man? This is a question of geographv. .Oa the European con­ tinent he that does not thus bare the hea l is regarded as a boor, unless be is in the ariny, dnd then he gives the salute to the civilian or his brother in arms. In this country the man who removes his hat is looked upon with suspicion a« a sycophant, a debtor, a fop, or an ignorant for­ eigner. A well-known Bostonian once said: "I take my hat off to the Governor, and to the Bishop when­ ever I uieet them." But is there not goo 1 sturdy Americanism in the lines of Walt Whitman: 4-The President taking off bis hat to them, not they to him?" As for the Bishop--under which Bishop, Bezouian? Roman Catholic, Episcopalian or Methodist? The American's hat should be an outward symbol oi his independence. To quote Walt Whitman fygain: "I cock my hat as i please, indoors or oift." Thus the American is like unto a grandee of Spain who was privileged to remain uncovered iu the presence ot h a sovereign. Comfort and the fear of baldness should pre­ vent him from exercising this noble prerogative indoors, and yet there that cov-. ered. There are some who insist that a man should always tern ve his hat if a woman takes with him the risk of flight in the elevator of a public build­ ing. To do so is often inconvenient Nor is it reverence thus displayed necessarily by such an outward form. He that thus tempts cold and catar.*i may at the same time stare imperti- keepers not using ROYAL# BAKING POWDER, great qualities jjjiaking a trial of it ^ / V Jhe^ROYAL BAKING POWDE fekes the place of soda and cream o PifertarHs- more convenient, more ec tlomical, and makes the biscuit, cake, pudding and dumpling lighter, sweeter, more delicious and wholesome, ] Those who take pride in maltinf the finest food say that it is quite indisgenjl sable therefor. T a b l e s : "• feii- Heroic Measures. Talking of obesity, recalls a story which seem> to confirm the idea that afflicted ones have the means to curj in their own" hands. M. de la Reynie. traveling one day inc3gnito, met a man of enormous obesity at the inn where they changed the horses on the road to Paris. He was a farmer, and he had with him two letters of recommenda­ tion from the governor of his province --one to the kind's physician and the other to a celebrated lawyer. Whe i they arrived in Paris, La Reynie took the man to his own hot»l, and assured him tnat he was in a position to help him in his quest. He at once led him to a dungeon whe-e there was a jug of water and a piece of breai suspended by a string from the ceiling, and coolly imprisoned him. The man's protests and crie i of rage were in vain. In the nature of things, he was presently compelled to attempt to get the only food he had, and, after numerous jumps and as many tumbles, he suc­ ceeded at length in gaining possession of the bread. After two months of this diet and these gymnastics, I_& Reynie gave him his liberty. The man, still hot with rage, threatened to complain to the police. "But why?" asked La Reynie. "You came to Paris to eure yonr obe-ity. You now htand before me as thin a ~d slender as a young man. Besides that, here are oocum >nts to * how that you have won the lawsait you came about and which you told me on the . ourney you were so anxious to win." Amazed and stupe­ fied, the farmer was only able to stam­ mer his thanks, and at once returned to hisKjount v home. Unavailing EfTortg. Do not try to thwart natrare: it is an­ noying to le either too fat or too thin, but -either state is often impossible of remedy. No one can fight against one's constitution. It stands Jo reason that if a man or womnn comes of a big t oned, stoutly-built stock he or sire may reasonably be expected to inherit tne tendency to corpul?noe. Converse­ ly. suppose a man is bora of a, familr »^raiLhi0h i.;notab.^{or lts thinness and his responsibility is greater, but md slimness, it may be, and generally ; the risk is * Court sl>Rff»rs, Learning did net caunt for mu h in- Russia in the time of Peter the Great: even a prince knew little beyond the simplest ruiiments of education. Men li', ed to be amused, and court iesters and dwa-f* were held in such high es­ teem that noblemen did not disdain to hold the office. As for dwarfs, the country was I eally alive with them. One old author says there was scarcely! a nobleman in the land who did noti. possess one or more of these "frisks" of' nature. At almost all state dinners, if these pygmies were fortunate enough to escap e beinr served in a pie it was their duty to stand behind their lord st chair holdincr his snu t-box or awaiting his command. They were usually ga,vly dressed in a uniform or livery of very costly materials. In 1708 Prince Menshikof sent to his wife in Russia two dwarfs whom he had made prison­ ers of war in Polland. Accompanying the gift were the following lines: "I fend you a present of two irirls one of whom is very small and can serve as a parrot. She is more talkative than is usual among such little people and can make you much gayer than if she was a real parrot." One of these dwarfs lived to ba nearly a hundred years old. She had a babyish voice, and except when looking into her face, one would think her to be a child five or six years old._ Professional Forgers. A band of profess! nal forgers, be­ fore starting out, always agree upon a basis of division of all moneys obtained on their forgery paper, writes bobert Pinkerton, the famous detective, in the North American Review. The division might be about as follows: For a pre­ senter, where the amount to be drawn does not exceed &!.t00. 15 to : f> per cent.: but where the amount,to be drawn is from $?,00J to $ >.00^ and up­ ward, the presenter receives from 35 to 45 per cent. The price goes up as the risk increases, aud it is generally considered more of a risk to pass a check of a larger denomination than a smaller one. The middleman gets from 15 to 25 per cent. His work is more Everybody tnowa wbat a table ifc' And yet- f There are easy kinds / l" f of tables. The word table originates firm ^The Latin tabula, J which ineans jgi Tr.blct i3 another WOT#, *8 Originating from tHi - • French tab1ctt«. Wt«rall7, it means a sbdtf --a little table.- Tabulc is also a French/waadfe- J, Originating from the N Latin tabula, ' . Aqd IS the plural --of tcbvlce. • Its relation to T- ;v:-- AndT-A-B-L-BT" ^ •. • i . is close and appuefit." J « Bi«%ltTarywie of , l,, The word tatrale, ^ M Or tabnles, . . kj. . • " ' %| As applied to Medicinal „ Vf * la a registered trade-marl^ • £ Belonging to the _ v / Rtpans Chemical Conipanj^./^ proprietors of the Standard Family Medietas^ Bipans Tabales, ' ' tv-. sold everywhere a** mtfo Cents • i- •. . --a box. ••W, JIM !•?, worhe than folly for him to .expect, by any process of feeding orotherwi e, "to become a stout and well-favored per­ son. So let us realize this big fact at •once: that we have to face the ques­ tion of our constitution, first Of all and. as e-ensib e peop'e, to see»and dis- cove • whether o r fatness or our thin­ ness is part and parcel of our natural build. Rest assured, if we a' e at by nat. re. it is useless to attempt by diet or otherwise to reduce our bodies to wery slim proportions. Many a man and woman has paid the penalty of such rashness by inducing an incura­ ble disease. Yet it is possible to keep even a fat body within its own limits by reasonable care in diet, just as it may be possible to fatten up a thin person (within limits again) by a regu­ lated course of focd. Whatever yo i may do in the way of t inning or fat­ tening, jou can never safely or i what is more to the purposei permanently attain your aim by the u^ of drugs. If (there is any cure for fatness at all, be sure it is to be found in the food, and in the food alone. Let us be sensi­ ble, then, and accept what we cannot remedy. o•...«»-» ..c * • - nently at his temporary companion. Uf. «ur what real worth, then, is have escaped and have taken to the and that the the bark would bo?t fearing lounder." All th ough the day the captain and the lad strained their eyes in search of a sail, but none appeared to gladden their sight, and again night enshrouded them in gloom. < t pon the fourth, morning Harry, who was earlv astir, startled the cap­ tain by calling,-- "Come on deck, sin There Is a compliment of the bared head? threatened to submerge the vessel j large tow boat not more than five and crowd her down into the fright-1 miles away." ful vortex which yawned close under the stern. Sails and spars hung a wreck from aloft, while sky-lights and*bulwarks were cushed like egg- shells in the grasp of a giant. This latter calajnity, however, proved to be a blessing, as it allowed the vast volume of water to flow off into the sea. Harry had been knocked senseless over the wheel, and there lay more dead than alive. But the captain; where was he? His voice was' silent. The second mate, wno with his watch had been affrighted trom the-cabin, the after sompamon-way. "For God's sake, wbat has hap­ pened?" he exclaimed. "Have we been in collision?" But he received no answer, for there was no one to reply. By the feeble light or the stars, which now began to twinkle forth, the officer observed the boy where he had fallen, and casting a hasty glance at the pallid features of the lad was convinced that lie naat. all hopes of recovery. ' K' •i et the ensign uniod down. - It will not do to let him pass us." The boy had no need to display the si/nal of distress, for the sharp eyes of the captain.of the tug had espie.i the bark long before the youtn bad seen the steamer. As the rescuing cra:t rounded up* under the stern of the Beatrice, the windows in the pilot-hcjise went down, a head protuded, and a voice called,-- ... "How many of you are aboard?" vi "Only two. sir!" replied Harry. * * "Are you able to lend us a hand in below, rushed j getting a line out?" through! "No, sir! We are too badly | bruised," returned the boy. "All right. I'll come alongside, and send some men to you;" atd the tow-boat steamed up Close beside the hark while a portion of ber crew sprang over the rail. in a few *moments the heavy haw­ ser was made fast to the forward "bltts." the steamer started ahead, and the dismantled vessel was again on her way for the mouth of the Chesapeake Ureat was the re oic- ing when the Beatrice was brought ; ^ up ti? Wie City of Monuments, where HP • v' * t "_> .'. 1 J Days of the Week. It is often necessary to know on what day of the week a certain date occurred. With the following table any one will be able to do this lor the years of the present century The days of the week are designated with the figures 0 to (5, beginning with Sunday. The following table of numbers is used for the twelve months: 2,5, 5, J, 3, e, l,1 4, 0, 2, 5, 0. Take then the year irrespective of the hundreds, as of 1890 take only the uo, divide this by 4 and add the result to 90. The number correspond­ ing with the month, as per above table, and the date of the month as given are then added to it and the wbole;divided by 7. The remainder, not the result, will give tiie day which corresponds with the 'figures tbat.designate the da\s of the week. For example: What day of the week was the Tth of April, 1894. Add to 94 one-quarter of its sum, which is 23, then 1. which stands for April, then 7, the given date, which makes a total of 125. Divide this by 7, and your remainder will be (j, which is Saturday. In order to find the days in a leap year take the day before the day which the calculation gives from Jan. 1 to Feb. 29: after that do as stated before--St*. Louis Post-Dis- ! patch. ; •• A S SOUTH AMERICAN paper says there is a wide difference of opinion among importers as to whether it pays best in the long run to briue the Af nflg t,hf| /ill An Egyptian Cos torn. • More than 1,000 years ago Herodotus observed a remarkable custom in Egypt, says Prof. Drummond. At a certain season of the year the Egyp­ tians went into the desert, cut off branches from the wild palm, and, bringing them back to their gardens, waved them 6ver the flowers of the date palm. Why they performe 1 this ce emo iy they did not know, but they knew that if they neglected it the date crop would be poor or wholly lost. Herodotus offers th° quaint explana­ tion that along with these b:anches there came from the desert certain flies possessed of /a certain ^viviffc virtue," which somehow lent an exu­ berant fertility to the dates. But the true relation to the incantation is now exolained. Palm tress, like human beings are male and female. The Srarden plants, the data bearer^,' were emales, the desert plants were males, and the waving of the branches oyer- the females meant the transference of the fertilizing pollen from the one to the other. ) the risk is leas. Middlemen arj plenty, but the presenter* are scarce. The "tihadow," when one accompanies the band, is sometimes paid a salary by the middleman and also his expenses, but at other times he is allowed a small percentage, not to exceed 5 per cent., and his expenses, as with ordinary care his risk is very slight. The back­ er and forger get the balance, which usually a nounts to from 40 to 60 per cent. The expenses that have been advanced the men who go on the road are usually deducted at the final di­ vision. One Fare Kxeursion Month Via C. & E. I. R. It. Bound trip tickets will be sold from all stations ou the Chicago and Eastern Illi­ nois H. R on Sept. 4tli, Oct. 2d, Nov. Gth. and Ueo. 4tb, 1804, at one fare, to points hi Kentucky. Tennessee. Louisiana. Missis­ sippi. Alabama, Georgia. North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Tickets good to return for twenty d»ys from date of sale Stop-over ailowei on going or re­ turning journey. For furi her particulars apply to any C. & E. I. K. R agent or CHAS. W. HEMPHREV. 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