Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1895, Page 19

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During the past few weeks reports have been persistently circulated to the effect that large numbers of horses were being bought up in the west and exported fer slaughtering purposes. These reports for the most part appear to have originated at the seaboard, where It was said shiploads of horses were being consigned to European countries. A good many horses in the course of a year are recelved and for- warded at South Omaha. Careful inquiry among the dealers at the stock yards, who are familiar with the ins and outs of the trade, falled to elicit any information tend- ing to confirm the reports. There has been a very material increase during the past two or three months in the demand abroad for good, serviceable draft horses. The horses raised in Missouri and Iowa ere specially desirable for this trade. They are from fourteen to sixteen hands high, are heavily built and are admirably suited for the saddle or for draft purposes. ‘A good many of these horses find their way to Chicago, where they are picked up in large bunches by the speculators. The freight charges from that city to New York are on an average of $10 per head, and the ocean freight to Hamburg $25 ad- ditional. A good many horses succumb to the hardships of ocean travel, and the losses are heavy. It will be seen from this that the expense of placing a western horse on the German market is great, and high prices must be realized to make up for it. In New York city the report that horses are being exported for slaughter has creat- ed a good deal of interest, but investigation shows that there is no truth in the rtate- ment. The Journal of Commerce quotes @ representative of the Hamburg-American line of steamers as follows: “Our iine car- Ties from fifty to 200 horses on each pas- sage of {ts freight steamers. I have per- sonally attended these shipments and I am sure that none of the horses we shipped were for slaughtering purposes. In fact, the horses which have been shipped curing the past three months were fine, big draft horses, weighing perhaps on an everage 1,500 pounds, and they brought anywhere from 800 to 1,000 marks in Hamburg, ard were used exclusively for agricultural pur- poses. The horses are not going into the army, 2s they have neither the speed nor the action required. As a whole, the horses being exported are of good breed and are worth considerable money. If they were not nobedy would be willing to pay $25 a head in freight charges.” Horses have been so low of late that they were not worth rounding up on the ranges. A representative of a western cattle company said in South Omaha last fall that he would be glad to give away his horses to any one who would round them up and take them away where they would not eat up the grass on the range that was wanted for the cattle. The re-~ port that horses were wanted abroad for slaughtering has created a hope that an outlet might be found after all for the Tange horses. Eastern exporters, however, Say that even if there was a foreign ce- mand for horses for slaughtering purposes the common western bronchos would not sell, as they are not the kind that would te considered fit for that purpose. ——___+e-+____ From Vogue. Mamma—“What can we do to cure that boy of fighting? Look at those two black eyes.” . Papa—“Well, the matter seems to be in fairly competent hands.” if You Are Suffering from any irritating, disfiguring or eruption, such as Pimples, Biotches, Blackheads, Ring Worm, Tetter, bumor Eczema, Salt Rheum, Prickly Heat or Itching Piles, you can be speedily and per- manently cured by using Foster’s German A positive remedy for all skin diseases, and insuring a bright, clear, healthy com- plexfon 50 CENTS TER BOX Af DRUG STORES. 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Robert Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. ave., DOWNTOWN AMERICAN SHOE MEN. an23-200 wee dh dada dhhdatdadh th added Dissipated Watches ‘That won't keep regular hours—are inclined to be “fast” and are tardy in performing their duties--We take them in hand, introduce them to our Young Men's Timekeepers’ Association and make bright, steady, reliable, good workers of them. Cleaning or matuspring, 75c. HUTTERLY’S Association for Reforming Bad Time- keepers—€32 G st., opp. City P.O. au23-12d s THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1895—-TWENTY PAGES. FAIR SEX ON WHEELS A Few Practical Hints on Proper Oostume for Riding. The Style of Dress for Certain Styles of Girls—The Best Colors— Bloomers. Written for The Evening Star, ‘The popular prejudice against a woman's riding a wheel, so prevalent a year or 50 ago, may be sald to have died out almost entirely. And it is beyond a doubt an es- tablished fact that the bicycle brings out many charming characteristics strictly feminine. Of course, as in everything else, there are exceptions to the general rule, and the costume and the woman have a great deal to do with the impression given by the tout ensemble. Some women do not have to mount a wheel to appear ridicu- lous and vulgar at any time and under the most favorable conditions. If a woman 1s naturally homely and un- graceful, she is apt to be incongruously out of place on a wheel; but if she be pretty and full of grace end dons a chic costume she could not appear to a better advan- tage, try as she might. But not one woman in a dozen knows how to select a suit which will be easy, graceful and stylish, as well as durable. Of course the daughters of fortune need not wrinkle their pretty brows very much on this score, for an order at their tailor’s will procure them all that is desired on short notice. For Short and Tall Women. A short wcman makes a great mistake in wearing ar abbreviated skirt and large sleeves. She would appear to a much bet- ter advantage in a long divided skirt and a waist made of some soft, light material while, on the other hand, a tall, wel formed girl looks exceedingly well in a full, round skirt made of light covert cloth, ‘ned with bright silk, and reachtng to the top of irreproachable brown leather shoes. With this can be worn a tight-fitting jacket, minus stays, and lined with the same shade of silk as the skirt, so, if de- sired, the jacket can be thrown open, re- vealing a soft silk waist. Sleeves should never be stiffened, as a full sleeve, with which the wind can have full play, tends to make the rider appear more graceful. For petite women jockey caps, or, in more epproved manner, golf caps, are most be- ccming, but for Juno’s daughters always something striking or severe, if possible. An alpine made of the same cloth as the sult, or a jaunty Tam O'Shanter, with a shaded wing on the side, is very pretty. A Stylish Costume. One of the most stylish, as well as dur- able costumes, I have seen, was worn by a very tall and handsomely formed brunette at a fashionable northern resort. It was made of coarse tow linen. The skirt, which just revealed her ankles, was plain, but very full, falling in folds. The waist was made blouse effect, hanging in foose plaits, and set off by a broad sailor collar of Scotch plaid silk. The full bishop sleeves were finished with turn-back cuffs of the Plaid. With this costume was worn a Tam O'Shanter of the linen, with two variegated quills at the side. Brown shoes and stock- ings and brown suede gloves completed this fin de siecle maid, rendering her the observed of all observers, and queen of at least one bicycle fete. Brown, of a light shade. whether in light- weight or heavy material, is the color generally preferred, both for showiness and durability. Black and blue I find from ex- perience are to be abominated. Bloomers. I have not said a word about bloomers! No, for the less said on that subject the better. I have never heard a man speak in favor of them, and I hope I never shall. I will warrant there are not maty men who would care to see their mothers, wives, sweethearts and sisters rigged up in any such manner. I wes walking up a fashionable aveaue the other evening when my attention was attracted to a group of men by their laugh- ing in a loud and boisterous manner. Imagine my surprise and disgust to see sitting in thelr midst a woman dressed from the waist up precisely like a man, and from the waist down, for that matter, for she wore bloomers. Her legs were crossed, and she was evidently having a thoroughly enjoyable time. I was only sur- prised not to see her smoking, though, per- haps, if I had passed there again I would have been satisfied on that score, it was all that was needed to complete the picture. No, girls, ride your wheels to your hearts’ content, it will lighten your spirits and bring color into your cheeks, but do rot ever let your children or grandchildren say their mother or grandmother wore bloom- ers. M. B. ———— Mark Twain on the Mississipp!. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Our moralizing on the fleeting grandeurs cf this world was interrupted by a single tap of the bell, and we hurried to the side to see them heave the lead. This is a very important duty between Cairo and St. Louis, as sand bars are so numerous that soundings are necessary to find a channel. In fact, the river changes ccnstantly. For irstance, on the down trip they had passed through the regular channel, but on the up trip a channel that had rot been navigable for many years was used. “Mark twain,” slings out the sailor, and “Mark twain” 1s repeated until it reacies the pilot. “Quar- ter less twain,” then “Mark three,” the words seem to have a fascination, and un- consciously we repeat them until it assum- ed the terrible weirdness of “Punch, punch, punch with care, punch in the presence of the passengaire.” We enjoyed sume math- ematical calculations as soon as we dis- covered that “twain” mesnt a fathom, or six feet. Qe . ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Donot acceptany substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUIBVILLE, KY. MEW TORK, LY. HAS PLENTY OF TIME. A& Man Who Thinks That Habit is a Great Time Saver. From the New York Tribune. Some one remarked to the ovt-to-dinner man the other evening that he seemed to have all the time that he wanted to devote to dinners and theaters, and was there- fore a lucky man. “Of course, I have time,” he answered. “Why shouldn’t I? I'm one of the busiest men in New York, and I work hard. Why shouldn't I have time, I say? I flatter my- self that I make the time that I devote to social pleasures, so that I’m entitled to it. This thing of having no time is all non- sense. The way to have time is to use what there is to good purpose. “Now,” he said, “I want to give you an idea of how easy it is to make time. I'm in my oftice every morning at 9 o'clock, and from that on to 1:30 I drive ahead at my work without stopping. At 1:30 I go out to luncheon, and I stay one hour. That's 4 good long time for luncheon, some busy man will say, but I don’t think so. I think it a saving of time to spend an hour at luncheon. “Why do I go to luncheon so late? Well, that’s one of my time-saving devices. In the first place I find that the way to do a lot of work is to ‘hit up a stone,’ as we used to say in college, and keep it up. It fg the interruptions that count in using up time. Now, at 12 o'clock I've just struck my speediest gait, and it would be foolish to stop then. I just keep right on carving work all to pieces while most men are get- ting ready to go to luncheon. “There's another advantage, too, about going out at 1:30. I have to see and talk with several callers every day. Now, I don’t have many callers between 12 and 1 because they are all devoting themselves to eating. That gives me a clear hour for work just when I am swinging along at my best. The callers come down on me in flocks in the afternoon. I’m just through with my luncheon at 2:30, and I see them and talk with them at a time when I shouldn’t be fit tor hard mental labor. By the time I have cleaned out half a dozen callers I am ready to drive ahead again with office work. “Byt up to the time when you men be- gin to go home, 0 and 4, I have -had only child's play. It’s between 4 and 6 and 4 and 7 that I get in my real work. You see all downtown is moving along toward home after 4 o'clock, so people let you alone, and you can just break records on work. “Now, I dare say that if you were going to a 7 o'clock dinner engagement you'd feel nervous if you weren't started for home by 4:30. That's because you don’t use your time for all that it is worth. I work right along till 6 o'clock. As you know, I live in the neighborhood of Sth avenue and 28th street. At the cutside it takes mo twenty-five minutes to go from my office to my house. 1 dress in fifteen minutes, everything being ready for me when I get home. ‘That leaves me twenty minutes to get to my dinner engagement. Not enough time? Bosh! I dress right along in fifteen minutes, and you can go three miles in twenty minutes, and I arrive looking as cool as a cucumber and as fresh as paint. “If the dinner is 7:30 I do not leave my office till 6:30. If it's a theater engage- ment I can make it, if necessary, getting® a quick dinner, too, after leaving my office ST, “I’m an ‘early home’ man. because I usually put in a little time between my getting home and getting to bed in reading, or, if Iam unusually busy, in work. I like to have from 11:30—12 at the latest—to 1 for that. Then I go to bed, and I'm up at T or 7:30. “Too much like hard work? Not 2 bit of it. That's why I can do hard work. I change my train of thought and my direc- tion of action completely. Work is an ex- hilarating change from being out to din- ner, and being out to dinner Is a fascinat- ing excitement after work. Everything is always fresh to me—work or play, and IT enjoy it. “Don't I get breathless, chasing around so? Not in the slightest. It’s all a matter of habit. The man who ts afraid he's go- ing to be late when he is half an hour ahead of time gets excited and breathless. The man who knows that he is going to get somewhere right on time {s as cool as a seltzer lemonade over it. Didn’t you yourself start this conversation by saying that I always seemed to have time to go out to dinner? That's an affectation of mine—making every minute count for what it Is worth, and yet appearing to have loads of time to kill. “It’s all a matter of habit, I tell you. The man who knows how much can be done in fifteen minutes goes ahead and does it without making a fyss about it. ‘The man who thinks fifteen minutes Is too short a time for anything fumes around and drops that quarter of an hour. One man rushes to a railway station twenty minutes too soon, and walks up and down the platform in a nervous agitation. An- other man comes up one minute ahead of train time and climbs aboard in a good temper. One man drops fifteen minutes eight times a day and loses two hours. Another saves them all and seems to have two hours more in a day than his friend. “It's the easiest thing in the world to have plenty of time if you just go about it tm_the right way. The other afternoon I left my office at a quarter to 5, caught a Pennsylvania train at 5, dined with some friends in Philadelphia at half-past 7, caught the 10 o’clock train back, and was in New York at half-past 12. I had a very enjoyable evening, too. I have a cousin who js different. If he were going to dine in Philadelphia on Tuesday he would go over on Monday and come back on Wed- nesday a complete wreck. It’s all a matter of habit, 1 say. ‘ry it and see. = ————— When Justice Strong Was a Boy. From the New York Tribune. Even in his infancy Justice Strong’s mind seems to have had a legal bent. is father was a Presbyterlan clergyman—a class- mate at Yale and warm personal friend of Justice Stephen J. Field’s father. Ac- cording to one of the stories relating to the boyhood of the future assoclate justice, he abstracted a cake from the family table, which was spread for some festive occa- sion. The loss was not discovered until the family and guests were seated at the table, and nothing was said about it at the time. After the guests had departed, how- ever, the reverend father of the young epicure said to him: “Don't you know, my son, that in tak- ing that cake you broke one of God’s com- mandments?” “Question 82,’" responded the young hopeful, who had the catechism at his tongue’s end, “ ‘is ary man abie perfectly to keep the commandments of God? “Answer 82. No mere man, since the fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word and deed.’ ” What reply, if any, was made to this by the boy’s father is not a matter of record, but it will be generally admitted that the future jurist there and then fair- ly won his first case. ————+e+_____ He Knew Better. From Town Toptcs. “You ne:dn't tell me that women have no sense of humor,” said Ricketts to Fos- dick. “Well?” “I overheard a stuttering man propose once. He sald: ‘I love & ou, eeateaee votedly, m-m-my d-d-d-ear B-B-B-Blanche. W-w-w-will y-y-you _m-m-m-marry m-m- me?’ And after the delivery of this decla- ration on the installment plan the minx had the aud y to say: ‘Oh, George, this is so sudden.’ * ———e The Ould Woman. From the Chicago Tribure. “I’m not troublin’ meself about the new woman,” hiccoughed O’Murther, making his way deviously homeward at 3 a.m. the ould woman that’s worryin’ me. From the Boston Transcript. Talk of women being timid! Nonsense! Why, a. little meek-faced, thin slip of a girl will wear balloon sleeves right in the mid- dle of the cyclone belt, and that without flinching. 2o0-—____ A Brief Acquaintance. From Life. Flora (at the seaside)—“What sort of a fellow is he, anyway? Julia—“‘I don’t know. I’ve only been en- gaged to him since last evening.” —— A True Friend. Vhat would you do if { should refuse you?” He—“I'd see if I couidn’t tind some other fellow who would be willing to marry you.” MR. PETTIBONE'S SUSPICIONS oe He Was Apprehensive That the Young Men Were Going Astray. He Had a Strugsic\to Determine His Duty and They: He Made an Important ‘Discovery. a From the Chleago Times-Herald. Mr. P, F. Pettibong tells of an interesting experience he had, at Oconomowoc last week. He was visiting Mr. Ferd W. Peck. Both Messrs. Pettibone and Peck are fa- mous yachtsmen; Pettibone is commodore of the Chicago Yacht Club and Peck has exclusive control of the temporal and spir- itual affairs of the Oconomowoc naty—and a rattling good navy it is, too, despite the misrepresentations of Oconomowoc’s loath- some rival, Waukesha. It is easy enough, therefore, to understand that between Messrs, Pettibone and Peck this bond of sympathy serves to attract the two com- modores, the one to tke other. There was to be a yacht race at Oconomowoc—but this has nothing to do with this varticular story. After the ball at Draper Hall (at which ball the gallant Chicago commodore danced with innumerable pretty girls), and after a Jong talk with Mr. Peck on the side porch ‘vpon the subject of jibs, spankers, topsails and the like, it was suggested that, as Mr. Pettibone had had a pretty long and a pret- ty hard day of it, he might like to go to bed. So the distinguished guest was shown up to that one of the front spare rooms which is called “the commodore’s room.” This apartment is one of the most _attract- ive in Mr. Peck’s palatial home. The fea- ture which particularly pleased the Chicago commodore was that of a number of marine and naval views which were hung upon the walls of the room; it made the brave old salt’s heart beat high with enthusiasm to see depicted upon canvas such memorable and thrilling scenes as “Washington Cross- ing the Delaware,” “Pharaon and His Army Engulfed,” “The Launching of | pon,” “Frogging in Lac la Belle, gut in the Rigging,” “Sunrise op F Lake,” “High Tide at Nagowicka,” etc., ete. Mr. Pettibone tecame so much inter- ested in studying these pleces of historic art that it must’have been 2 o'clock in the morning when he turned out the gas and crawled into bed. Hardly, however, was he between the sheets when ne distinctly heard subdued voices outside and beneath his window. Prepared for Burglars. “Don’t talk so loud or you'll wake up somebody,” said one of the voices. “Shiver my timbers if they ain't bur- glars!” thought Mr. Pettibone, and he got out of bed and stole nolselessly to the win- dow. On his way there he incidentally picked up the bootjack, intending to brain the first burglar who sought to effect an entrance at the window. It was a calm, clear Saturday night, an appropriate finale to a busy and beautiful week. The moon had just risen, The wind dancing over the rippling waters brought echoes of the sub- dued music of crickets and katydids on the John Severance place; lke a transfixed ghost the windmill logmed up among the trees on John e'3, promontory. Had his mind not been preoccupied by thoughts cf midnight plunderogs, Mr. Pettibone Goubtiess “would Have fet his enravtured eyes linger on tha panérama of loveliness that presented itself as*he reached the win- dowsill—a scene that might have been mis~ taken for a soft Italian landscape but for the touches of lecal,color imparted by the parrot on Clarence’ Peck’s porch next door. “When will she De here?” asked a second voice. wie 2 3g = “The train fs due at, haif-past 2,” an- ered voice No. 1, “Te was then that Mr. Pettibone discovered that his supposed burglars were not bur- glars at all, but were Werd Peck, jr., and young Harry Higinbotham. It was a great Teliet_to Mr. Pettihone, for the bootjack was heavy. “I wonder what mts up to,” thought Mr. Pettibone. “Well, if the traimis due then,” young Higinbotham went on to say, “we ought to now.”” SUive mustn't make any noise,” sald young: Ferd. “I don’t..want anybody to know anything about it. “Where are you roing eked young Higinbotham. aetOut Into the beat house,” sald young Ferd. “That’s the best place to keep her till morning. She's a beauty! You'll say 60, too, when you see her.” He Was Distarbed in Mind. “what dreadful young men!” thought Mr. Pettibone. He heard no more, for the two hopefuls of the Peck and the Higin- botham families stole off the lawn and dis- appeared down the street. ‘Or course (good man that he was!) Mr. Pettibone was vastly disturbed. He had been a boy himself, but never—no, Nee in se halcyon days when the tmpulses of pee as Were at their height, never had he thought or dreamed of such an escapade as. this one in, which these two re boys were involved. mepeat Mine! dear me!” sighed Mr. Pettt- pone, as he returned bedward. “I wonder if I ought to wake up the old folks and tell them about it. No, I would hardly be justified in an interference of that kind. Dear me! dear me! What are our boys c 0, anyhow?” coming very perturbed state of mind the sturdy old saflor fell asleep. His dreams were very distressful; he dreamed all night that he was trying to rescue two young ‘en who were going at full tilt down the downward path. The closer he got to them the farther they got away from him. This is Invariably the way with dreams when cne is sorely vexed in spirit. Mr. Petti- bone awoke early, and regardless of the fact that it was Sunday he arose, dressed and went down stairs. He was nervous and agitated; he was still in doubt whether he ought to’ divulge his awful secret to the parents of the wayward youth. As he descended the stairs he heard voices on the back porch. Did his ears deceive him? No: it was indeed Mr. Peck’s voice, and Mr. Peck was conversing with the two youthful participants in the last night's apade. 2 “She 1s a daisy, and no mistake! Mr, Peck was saying. “When did she get in?” “She came in on the 2:30 train last night,” said young Higinbotham. “I want- ed to take her to Draper Hall, but Ferd in- sisted upon keeping her in the boat house all night.” “That was the best plan,” said Mr. Peck, approvingly; “otherwise you couldn’t have kept the matter quiet.” Mr. Pettibone Groaned. A cold sweat broke out all over Mr. Pet- tibone. "Can it be poss{hle,” fe thought, “that this parent is privy, to this scandalous af- fair?” nay et Mr. Peck went oi to say: “Be very care- ful and don’t say anything about it to your mother when she ¢omes’down. We must not let 2 soul know’she {$ on the premises. After breakfast you cam*turn her over to Spaulding.” Mr. Pettibone leafed up against the wall and groaned. Spaulding*is the youngest son in the Peck fatvily—#’ dear little fellow hardly out of his'first ‘decade. When he contemplated the prospect of involving this prattling innocent” in“ that mysterious liaison Mr. Pettibone completely lost all self-control, He simipty léaned up against the wall and gave-a sickening groan; then he groaned again,aab imo pectore. They must have heard him. “Come right in, commodore,” said Mr. Peck. “We'll let you into the secret be- cause you've got discretion. This ts little Spauiding’s birthday, and there is a brand- new bicycle out In the:boat house we're go- ing to give him as a Surprise after break- fi ‘midehtef those boys are to take her?” icycle?”" gasped Mr. Pettibone. eS, a bicycle,” repeated Mr. Peck, “and she’s a daisy “She came in on the 2:30 last night,” said young Ferd, “and Harry and I went down to the depot to-get her.” “A bicycle? A bicycle, eh?" again gasped Mr. Pettibone Then, having mopped the ccld sweat from his brow, he gave a h: terical laugh. and continued: “Wh thought 7 But no matter what he thought. How vain are suspicions and surm!ses when confronted by the glorious truth. Mr. Pet- tibone was so sorry he had done those boys an injustice even in thought. After break- fast, while the young folk were out in the boat house examining the new bicycle, Mr. Pettibone went into the music room and sang hymns with the more seriously mind- ed women folk. “COME TO MY ARMS.” Bashfal Mr. Peterkin Finally Had the Widow Cornered. From the Boston Herald. “I have often wondered,” said Squire Ben, “why it was that some women are overwhelmed with suitors, so to speak, while others have not a solitary one. There is something queer about it, but perhaps it comes from perfectly natural conditions, but of which we are unaware. And this reminds me of a story. Some thirty odd years ago—I don’t know exactly how many, but it was some time during the war of the rebellion—I heard a story which a returned soldier was reading in a newspaper to a little group around him, to their great en- joyment. The story made such an impres- sion on me that I haven't forgotten it, and will tell it in outline. “Mr. S. C. Peterkin was a prosperous young man of business in New York city, who got ahead in spite of his constitution- al modesty. This was in his way in soci- ety more than in trade; he was afraid of women more than men. For a long, long time he had set his heart upon a lovely young lady named Violet. He often called upon her, and resolved again and again to offer her his heart and hand, but as often that heart failed him. At last he became alarmed bv the fact that the dashing Capt. Latham of one of the sound steamers was often at the hcvse when he called to see Violet. At last he could not bear the sus- pense any longer, and he ventured, with much hes!tancy and awkwardness, sut with do-or-die determination. to ask her if she would be his wife. With remarkable cool- ness_ she repl'ed: “You should have spoken long ago, Mr. Peterkin; I have been eabaed: = Capt. Latham for some time past, and we are to be married very shortly. I am sorry to dis- appoint you, but we will be as good friends as ever, and you must come to see me just the same. The captain will always be glad to have your company.” “Peterkin went away sorrowful. But a brighter day soon dawned, for within three months after they were married the cap- tain fell off the steamer in a fog on the sound and was drowned. Now Peterkin took heart. He would have the widow. A year of mourning wore slowly away. He kept his eye on the widow, but would not insult the memory of the dead by propos- ing until a decent interval had passed. The year ended. ard he laid his heart again at the little feet of Violet. She heard him quietly and gently remarked: ‘My dear Mr. Peterkin, I am sorry to disappoint you again, but for the last six months { have been engaged to Dr. Jones. It was hard for me to make up my mind between him and his friend, the handsome Lawyer Bright, but Dr. Jones was so good to me while I was sick in the winter, after my husband’s death, that I promised him I would be his at the end of the year.’ “So poor Peterkin retired once more; the Widow Latham became Mrs. Dr. Jones, and so remained, while the discomfited Peterkin wished the doctor might take enough of his own pills to make an end of him. Time passed on. Peterkin was walk- ing down Broadway one day, while not very far ahead of him he saw two men, one of whom he knew to be this hated Dr. Jones. A large flat stone was being hoisted to the coping of a new building; the ropes gave way; it fell and instantly killed the two men. “Peterkin rose to the emergency of the moment. For the dead he could be of no avail. His thoughts were on the widow. He turned, he ran, he flew, to her abode. When she entered the room where he awaited her he began: ‘My dear Mrs. Jones, I bring you dreadful news. I was walking on Broadway, when I saw a stone fall from a house upon your poor husband, and he {s dead, but you must let me com- fort you. I beg you, now, to be mine—my Violet, at last.’ “Dear Mr. Peterkin, I am so sorry, but when Dr. Jones and Mr. Bright were both tegging me to marry I took the doctor and promised Mr, Bright if anything hap- pened to Jones I would certainly be his. So you see I am engaged. I am sorry, for Ao a great deal of you, my dear Peter- “Peterkin was -very calm and self-con- tained. He said: ‘And will you promise to be mine when the lawyer is no more?’ ‘Certainly I will with. all my heart ,and soul.’ ‘Then come to my arms, my Violet, for the same stone that killed the doctor = the death of Bright, and you are mine at last!” ——____+-+___ Quite Well Deserved. From an Exchange. et Lord D., a proverbial hater of America and Americans, was dining lately in Paris with a British minister. Next to him at the table was a noted Newport belle, Miss The conversation had drifted to a dis- cussion of things American, and Lord D. made some disagreeable remarks about some Americans he had met and some Yankee customs he abhorred. “Why, d’ye know,” he continued, with an unpardonable want of tact, “that at some of the places that I dined at in Amer- ica T saw people eat with their knives and spill their soup on the tablecloth.” Miss X. was thoroughly provoked by this time, but she replied with an appar- ent _unconcern: “What poor letters of introduction you must have had, my lord?” There was no more unpleasant talk about Americans that evening. —_____+2+____ Pulling Him Up. From the Detroit Free Press. He was saying all sorts of soft things to her. “Sir,” she exclaimed, with sudden indig- nation. “Oh, I beg your pardon,” he replied, hastily, “I meant nothing by——” “That's just what I don’t like, sir. What I want to hear is something you mean.” ——__+e+______ Wide Awake AN Night. From the Chicago Record. New Burglar—‘Oh, say! Dere’s a peach of a house to loot.” Old Cracksman—‘Humph! know about de biz.” New Burglar—“Huh?” Old Cracksman—‘“‘W’y dey’s twins in dat house cuttin’ teet. Dat’s all you by # small quantity of Cottolone and a little cream; warm in a frying pan. Break 6 eggs in it and stir until slightly cooked. Serve hot. Use not more than two-thirds as much Cottolene as you would butter and be sure that you do riot overheat it before i dropping in the eggs. This is always essential in cook- ing with Cottolene. Genuine Cottoleno is sold everywhere in “Cottolene™ and THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, and 114 Commerce Street, Baltimore. DON'T KILL THE DOG. If You Have Been Bitten, Wait and See if the Animal Hi: Hydrophob! From the Chic+zo Tripune. “If you are bitten by a dog, don’t kill the beast, but take every precaution to let him live for a few days, at leust.” Professor Logorio, chief of the Pasteur Institute in Chicago, made this oracular statement to a reporter of the Tribune, and he is supposed to be an authority on “dogs that bite and what to do with them.” “It is a great mistake people make,” he said, “‘to start in at once to kill a dog that has bitten them, or have it killed for them. It has been proven scientifically and is ad- mitted now by all physicians who are post- ed that hydrophobia is not a spontaneous disease, and cannot be given to a person by a dog bite unless the dog be mad when it causes the wound. The dog’s condition, if it be mad, will be manifested within two days, or two weeks at the latest. By per- mitting it to live, therefore, the physician can tell definitely whether the person I‘t- ten is liable to have hydrophobia. If the dog goes mad within that time they know |" that the person bitten may be inoculated with the same dread disease and may have the same fate. If the dog does not go mad then there is no fear of hydrophobia and the wound can be treated the same as any other wound would be. By killing the dog you destroy the chance of certainty as to the fate of the person bitten and leave the imagination full rein to fear the worst re- sults where it might have been possible to know in advance that hydrophobia was im- possible. “Of course,” continued the doctor, “there are exceptions to this rule that will sug- gest themselves to persons. When a dog is so vicious that: to leave it alive is to en- danger other people, then the first duty would be to destroy it unless it could be kept carefully secluded where the possibil- ity of harm would be removed. But even in such cases where the dog is killed it should be done hy a physician, who should keep a porcion of the brain, by which can be determined whetber the dog had rabies or not.” THIS Bose ay 8 OF : i oS MAN 1S 2 Cmare EMENT- 2B, Ww “* SIESTA.”” The Spanish call the noon-day Test from the hot sun, Siesta. Just as necessary in our cli- mate, if we would do it; but here it is business—rushing about and use of energy in the hot sun. Johann Hoft's Malt Extract taken at meals, or drunk in the office, renders living easier in hot weather. It supplies energy be- cause it aids digestion and the nutritive functions. Beware of imitations. Look for signature of ‘‘Johann Hoff” on neck label. Johann Hoft’'s Malt Exeract is the only ‘“Hoff’s Malt Extract sold in Europe. Do not be mis- led by the false statements of unscrupulous dealers. E1sNER & MenvELsoN Co., Sole Agents, New York. -2@e. ‘The Cow Was Dry. From the Macon News. A Macon girl is just back from the coun- try. While there she asked of a farmer: “Why don’t you milk that cow?” pointing to one in an adjoining lot. “Because it is dry, miss.” “Dry? “Yes, weeks.” “You cruel wretch,” she exclaimed, “why don’t you give her some water?” and the man turned his face toward the cow house and shook with emotions he could not sup- Press. miss. She’s been dry for two THE ONWARD [ARCH \ of Conexmpion is > stopped short by Dr. \ Pierce’s Golden Med- jeal Discovery. If es haven't waited eyond reason, there's complete re- covery and cure. Although by many believed to be incur- able, there is the evidence of hundreds of living witnesses to the fact that, in all its earlier stages, con- sumption is a curable LEZ, disease. 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