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VOL'XXVII.
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5 1 'AMi.Wir
THE TWO BUILDERS.
ISro men, a Chinee legend rune, -Once
found that eteb mutt build
A boute, and eseh iaf eolldlng. u
Aa trtJtaa most skilled,
But on thought of ths ej of Wort
And wear was it heart; '"'" ..Jj!
The other thought not of the toil.
But how 'twere beat-to start. .ii
The mm knelt down before Mt Jots . ..
With countenance dismayed; " . : ' .
Bt ulud the jam to build th bouee
And prayed and prayed ud prayed, ,
The other gathered up Ma tool . .
And straight th tank aaMUedif-' f
He hewed the joist and buna; tb oort
And nailed, and Bailed and nailed. t.
The one prajed oa before hie Joes,.
' Throufh all the weary while; .
'' The joes peered from the altar annas .
" With emetlnn like a amile. , r
The other, whan be built hia bones, '
.-' Took all the extra plank - - '' , "
.And burned theat a the Jots leetit. v"
An offering of taaabi-iiiF.;
' Die one leaked wp treat wbere be knelt
. And cried i. rob, wretched man, . i,.-:-
Tou did not wait tor holy aid! : , ; ,
Youn waa a' wleked plan.' ! -';:; :,i .
. The other etailed and Munrared btaa, ;
Td not aek Jom to bleat r ;i
A quality that night be termed - ;
; . t liople liltnaai M.i-'rfcKa
' ' ( ;v.J V.v;il'r-.v''i'k'.''''
i Hie beauty the legend to- J fl
X That it may be applied '"; ift
. To any work we say attempt J
f Or any taitk kekV
' for aiking Ptorldeuea t"deT;
- Some toil which a trooU afjrfc-f,'
It apt to teaeb bay naa, . . .v-;
The ueerulnaea of work. : V. ' "
-Joak Wlak in Baltimore American.
The Marvelous r
End iOjFantasia.::
i A ROMANCE OTtTHE? TAGB;VX
v IN CUERNAVACA..
v B j Chaiies iflesilnt Emftree."
. He came back to Cneroavao from
th United Sutes for bis health. He
. u one of tbOM Mexicans who JttAV
uted the JwlnefAng lo-Saxoodom.
Hi had gonl.tt Oilcago a a :Tande;UIe
iacet. What career through tarra
Uoa play routes be hW trmreraed W
liodjr knew. He now appeared, pale
ud degenerate, shrewd, tithe. Uttle
l and sjnlUng beaoUfnlly.' He
wore that fantastic name which had
Faced bfllboarrtr rnm Meln ta Talt
The railroad t4 Jnst been inaugn
plated. Porflrlo Dlaa caWt down and
a banquet and, hafl On, the
wortb train (Dlax having gone and
uitasla at cbl alien baring apB(ared
oe gloriona Eiodla came to town. Her
company played Ught opera In the Cner
aTaca playbouse, lost all It money
"mi strock w(tb picturesqne violence
i ot oiainteeration.
nntaiia went to the play with the
ncn doctor, and they aal tn a
Fantasia explained the subletles
Jj the Csstlllan". tongue with contort
of the hands, The doctor was
J' yonng aa Fantasia UluineiP nod
Uttle slouching. He looked out of
"ariy ahnt (Fantaaja'a 'glowed.
ktl forever and screwed bis mas
tsehe.
Th caruia - went ap. and E3odia
"naed on the stage, singing and
Pwgled. a 8paalah beauty, graceful
fl lively. .
sia dipped hia hands, amased.
rwtl There in no Eiodiav ta thto!
mow this womanr . :'t
Tb devil yen dor cried the doctor
J J" that the portly Indian governor
"J "ext box looked roaud. -s.
The Us no more Elodl than I am
McKlnlryr cried rantaala. "I
Jslwapeare with her la CaM-
stared sji4 lost hl calloos
tr" to that capering heao
granting contempt tfooaly ail the
wt!ir Fantasia made ft dssh
tb scenes, dragging with him
TV "ortinh bat now gleaming eyed
2- They were admitted to the dr-
Elodl. The dressing room was
rv- The girt was disordered, and her
wng down her back, bet nobody
r ny the daaxllng qualities of her
-gore,
maur with a little shriek and
I! but throwing her spangled
'wod htm. e
it2 1 EVxilar rroerted be.
flays! My friend, the doctor, from the
America of the north!"
She dawled'the doctor with a smile
that knocked the cigar out of hia
mouth. He stood serewlng up bis mus
tache nnd hix bronzed fnce with It
Elodla and KnntsRia fell Into raptures,
both talking nt once, recounting, laugh
ing and gluwing
The doctor stnmpwl about, left out,
Tolconlc with Jenlousy
''"Fantasia." nlic coyly, eyes enst
down, comb In iM-geinniiMl 'lian'tl. "this
comiMDy m ruined. I have -J hrive
broken with the manager What am I
golug tq iloT"
Funtnaln. tired and jiale. coughed dls
tlyiwlnply Then he cried: "Stay here!
We'll win money to go back again to
the United States!"
"Mut you uie 111" Bpasmodlcnlly,
black eyes flashing and her llpx (no
swore the doctori red as plums.
When an American loses his head
ever n Spanish tlple he goes to the ulti
mate limit. She threw blinding smllca
at him. His Snanish wm i.mi ' ki,
coyly refrained from her prettily ac
cented English. He stalked away at
length, but not till Fantasia went out
abend or blm. and saw her twiddle her
dainty Hngers at him In farewell.
The days that followed were mad
dening ones for the doctor. He had
been a chum of Fantasia's -almost no
body else In Cuernavaca spoke English,
He now grew to hate him. His Amer
ican face was screwed up all but per
manently by the thumbscrew of his
mustache. There was no Spanish
sinuosity about the doctor. Castilinn
Bethods of eourtshlp be called blank
ed foolishness. The only art bo knew
was to hang about n girl and keep ask'
tag. She had a room hi the Bella
Vista hotel. It is to be doubted that
She ever paid for it. The rest of the
sarzuela company departed. The doc
tors office was across the plaza. He
hung around, neglecting what little
business be had. But Fantasia was al
ways ahead of him. At last, coquet
tlshly, she began to tantalize the doc
tor. Maybe she did It for fun. Once
In four days she would throw gorgeous
miles at blm and then cut him
squarely in. the plaza, gushjng to Fan.
tasla.
So the doctor's love ancL disappoint
ment reached the degree of rage and
passed on to revenge and desperatlou.
Resolved to destroy Fantasia nor let
"any little blanked degenerate Mexican
beat him out," be evolved an infernal
scheme.
Plainly the health of Fantasia was
bad. He looked like a consumptive,
At first be hadn't cared, but Joked Imp
ishly about bis coming death and
graves. He quoted "Hamlet" to the
doctor, doting on the morbid parts.
But lately the state of his health seem
ed to frighten and cow him. He came
to the doctor, talked gloomily and bad
prescriptions. These visits were al
ways coincident with Elodla's smiles
at the American and may bave aided
Fantasia's Investigation of bis rival;
for not eventhe Mexican could entire
ly fathom Elodla. The doctor never
suspected an ulterior motive In Kan
tasla'sv visits, but believed that the
qooter of Shakespeare with an accent
was sinking Into discouragement and
decline. ':
Ton'rea sick tuanf cried the doctor
fiercely, with his feet on his desk, star
ing between half shut lids at Fantasia.
The words crushed Fantasia. . He
arose and walked away, bent, coughing
dreadfully. When the American passed
them in the plaza a little later Elodia
Waved her fingers at him, and McMul-
len moved on, glassy eyed, bowed
down.
A devilish zest entered the doctor. If
suggestion could effect so much, let It
be cultivated. He burled himself In
his office with bis books. He planned
and studied.. His science brought him
to conclusions like these: Sickness is
largely of tbe mind. A sick mind
makes a sick body. Imagination can
sicken the mind. Suggestion can con
trol the Imagination. Intense belief
once induced concerning the presence
of disease the disease may follow. Be
lief and Imagination clinging yet to this
disease It grows worse. The same rea
soning would have brought him to the
ponclusion of death. Bnt be ceased
ihlnklne at that point After profound
and bitter meditation be pounded his
desk and swore he'd make that imagi
native, nervous little Mexican sick or
know the reason why. Every physi
cian knows tbe effect of cheerful sug
gestlon." He would let loose the oppo
site sort
Tbe next Sunday evening. In deflance
rwillan traditions ana snocmug
h. aoruirltas In tbe plaza, Elodia flirt
A.AfnHv with tbe. doctor. She
crazed the phlegmatic and Jealousy
eaten man.
Why yon are so sorry? voy yu
re not gooa anu juu,
tilting ber bead sweetly.
This lasted two minutes, and tnen
.nn.ntt fnrt-ot about blm. so
that be went Into bis office and banged
tbe door.
Fantaala bad seen and came the next
nn in vnloine way Into the
doctor's progress. The doctor growled
The conversation turned on McMul-
len's disease,
i .m ahnnt to die. Doctor.
my bosom frlend"-be coogbed badly
"what Is to be doner
.The doctor seemed tearing bta .mus
tache off. Bru
lan reverie and., turning WW"'
Bald! "It would be wrong to deceive
you. As your physician I must tell yon
ibe trutb His eyes were here for
ooce wide open snd piercing F.n.a.l-.
who sat gaping at binx tbln and bewH
dered. "Vcor case Is hopeless. Make
yonrpe.ee with Cod. Yon cannot live
beyond two momiu.
. anil leallld.
Fantasia sank
back; his eyes rilsten.Ds.
imp. After S long t lute
aald weakly In rpanisn
t,5th of February."
!; "Tea.- said Ibe doctor, taken abac.
""rising a,d groping toward
tnedoor and bowlng--l must die by
tbe I3tb or April." a
-The date is accurate, said toe oe-
tor, w. vllUlmwsjsolemnlty.
a uia later ft eambennaM m i
BeDa T,-
dooreo tbe upper . k.
and everyWr 7!?.
then she tried to smile stmggllngly.her
pretty hand on her heaving breast
Some tried to soothe her. But yonder
crept Kautasia. bent, coughlug. sinking
every day. The sight blinded her.
The llitlo Shakespearian enthusiast
was golug dowu. He looked as tbe
nays went by ghastly. At length be
kept his room for half of every day,
and the public saw him walk out slow
ly when the afternoon wns hottest
Many guessed the love of the doctor,
and presently the progress of McJiul
len's disease was tbe subject which
held Hie breathless attention of the
town. In those picturesque streets,
where tropical odors Boated, where
Cortes' palace and cathedral looked
down out of three. centuries of sleep
and Popocatepetl gazed across tbe val
ley Into Cuernavaca, the gossip of ev
ery day contained news of the health
of that unique consumptive. It was an
advertisement for the doctor. After a
year of failure people at least looked at
etim. He began to think that he would
not have to go back to Iowa. During
these two months be seemed on proba
tion with the people of Cuernavaca.
His reputation was staked on bis proph
ecy. The death of McMullen gave
promise of making his fortune. '
These facts lent a primness to the
play now enacted. From stalking
glumness the doctor' sometimes broke
Into feverish merriment. He did not
sleep. The plan wns too fearfully suc
cessful. Yet Elodia smiled on blm
more and more. She grew to nay but
little heed to Fantasia. The sighing
senoritas of the place, hearing the
news through the customary bars, de
kounced her fickleness with one voice.
"I I think you 111 or meditating of
some ladlss of the north,"' she said rav
isklngly, daintily, to the doctor. "I
think you I wive not like us us poor
ladiss of the south. Ah, so cold, so
cold . iss theess Americans of the
north!"
He could have carried her off, wad
ing through Are, with the great tltllln
tion of that moment had It not been for
the dry sound of Fantasia's cough.
They were standing In the dreamy
plaza at dusk, while the band played.
Senoritas nnd senors marched around.
Elodia shamelessly flirted with the doc
tor, her Castilian customs left in Cali
fornia, -nud then, never seeing them,
crept by McMullen, haggnrd, a man ap
proaching the portal of his end. Med
ical suggestion, gone beyond recall,
was Indeed successful to ghastlibess.
The doctor, nervous, was fiercely gay
and presently got drunk.
Rapidly sank McMullen, and the girl
who had thrown him over was taking
up with the doctor who could not sleep.
April entered. Only for oue hour ev
ery afternoon did poor Fantasia crawl
into the plaza. The public digested his
condition. They looked, and yonder lu
the sun, dreamy, delicate, sat tbe
Shakespearean enthusiast awaiting his
last hour. Another week passed. He
appeared no more. Then one morning
tbe following notice In Spanish on
green bills was posted all over the
town:
rOIIHniO DIAZ THEATER.
April 13, 180.
The Day of the Death of
FANTASIA M'MULLEN, TRAGEDIAN.
The publii: who have cordially beheld hia decline
are requested to participate at bit
DKATII.
An eminent medical authoiity hat proclaimed It.
fie submits. Having devoted hit lire to the
ilate. as he lived ao shall he die.
COMK AND SEE IT DONE I .
8:45 p. m. All seats, S1.00.
This uncanny freak of madness cre
ated a stir. Many rushed to tbe doc
tor, who wns as amazed as they. He,
having taken a large dose of some drug
to steady his faculties, arose, pale, be
fore u small crowd and said in baiting
Spanish:
"There Is notnlngstrangelntnls. I will
give you my professional opinion. Dis
ease has brought him near to dissolu
tion. It lias undermined his brain. This
Is the production of a mind sinking.
His derangement has fastened on this
purpose, rue event is imeiy it? occur
as he states It. for the power of sug
gestion ou the human understanding
is Incalculable. The diseased brain
having set a time for Its end. nnd. tb
body lelng ready, the supposition that
the Intensity of that belief will cause
death nt the honr exactly Is tenable, ac
curate nnd scientlflc. Such cases are
well known. Furthermore, any forcible
prevention of this course would pro
duce a mental shock wblcb might bring
death still earlier. My advice to the
authorities Is to favor the demented pa
tient assist bis harmless monomania
and let deatb come as be wishes It"
Tbe crowd dissolved, and tbe doctor's
theory was promulgated, spproved.
Some laughed, some shivered, some
scoffed. The doctor, seeming 111, was ft
changed man. Even yet however. Elo
dia could Infuse Into blm the wine of
rapture: also be was becoming promi
nent By 3 In the afternoon, April 15, every
ticket was sold. They bad been placed
in the "Merced" drug store and bad
left 000 jIhxIcso dollars In their stead.
At half past 7. so strongly bad tbls
matter attacked tbe Imaginations of tbe
populace, many were entering tbe tbe
ster. The undercorrent of belief that
tbls must be some Jest detracted from
the horror of tbe event nnd sparred on
curiosity. The doctor. Elodia. Fantasia,
.ii -- rrcntures of foreign education.
meant naturally, for tbe delectation of
the people of Cuernavaca. Who knew
what stunning novelty- lurked here?
let. Fantasia McMullen was Bear bis
death. ;
Everybody stared blankly at every
body else, snd tbe .audience was silent
There was nobody at the door to take
tbe tic kets. Tbe doctor, with necessary
bravado, occupied ft front seat. Elodia
was cot rwo.
Ai 8: the electric lights were pot
out. ami a thrill went round. The cur
tain a row. displaying a -bare
table with candles banking on It
- appeared the deathly
Z McMilfc ned with disease.
. . (TV.. miAt-
OpOOa plllOW On ID tuwmr
or held Its breath, sod some saor
mored tbat this wss beyond decency.
gnduVnly tbe flmre on tbe stage sroee.
walked ouateadily forward, like ft steep
er In s tragedy, thin srm outstretched.
He spoke, and bis voice was BoUow.
His words were from tbe Bp n lab trans
lation of "Richard III."
Ixt eat eM beery an thy teed I
TWak new the atab-dtt aw a atr-artaat at
yeatk. .
A ssormor. sareetrack. swept over tbe
boose. Be saored backward, beet by
tbat Mack dream;
Tuanii te Ibe bottle ree aa aar-
eel mO thy
. HejrwjvedThJnaawM2 eftbfcj ws
mgmruiiy real. He sank to a cbnlr
beside tbe table, almost wltb his back
to tbe bouse. His bead fell backward
and sldowise and. gaping at tbe audi
ence, seemed twisted bv dislocation of
the seek, banging. A moment's dead
silence. Horror, real, absolute, stiffened
the onlookers. Then, wltb no warning,
hiLJcaped up. On tbe atage sprang
Elodia In dazzling red and red hat,
eyes glistening. He, like a maniac,
shrieked:
"A borset A borsel My kingdom
for a horse!"
She struck a tragic attitude and an
swered, luring him on: -
"Withdraw, my lord. I'll help you
to a horse r
At that Instant, In tbe silence, came
the whistle of tbe night train from
Iguala faintly.
He spraug at ber, leaping the couch
with acrobatic agility, arms i out
stretched, as were hers. He kicked
aown tne table, and the stage was
dark a skirmish, a sound of running
feet, silence.
The knowledge of this farce broke on
the audience. One raucous curse waa
torn from the doctor. In wrath many
scrambled to the stage. Men cried out,
women shrieked. No one knew how
to turn on the lights. The doctor, first
on the stage, hit his shins against the
fallen table nnd tumbled over it. Oth
ers fell on htm. A disgraceful scrim
mage mixed with execrations ensued In
the dark. The doctor struck out wild
ly. The fight increased. Aften ten
minutes some one found the rear exit
open. Fifty men poured whooping into
the street. The doctor in the lead, they
dashed away to tbe station. The dis
tance was great. It was afterward
learned that a coachman had been brib
ed to whirl the fugitives thither.
At last, baying and breathless, they
burst out on to that level space about
tbe depot The train was beginning to
move. Here the coach stopped. Yon
der In the shadow plunged on Fantasia
and Elodiu. Yet tbree yards lay be
tween them nnd the train when a bul
let, fired by tbe American, struck Mc
Mullen's arm. He sank. She seized
and dragged him to tbe car. He clutch
ed at the railing. Tbe pursuers came
hallooing behind. She clasped bis
body and, running beside tbe train,
thrust him to tbe platform. Sbe then
sprang up. The train was going faster.
Tbe pursuers came lunging on, only to
find the last car beyond their reach.
Within, astonished passengers beheld
Fantasia fall. Into a seat fainting and
bloody. Elodia. white, called for 0
doctor. One was found on tbe train
and pronounced the wound slight He
dressed It. Fantasia opened bis eyes
to see the blushing cheeks of Elodia. '
"The luoney !" gasped he. , i '
Sbe took a bag or bills from ber dress
and held It up. : '
"Ah," murmured be, a faint smile
flickering on bis face, all lined, with
sickly paint "then Richard Is himself
again."
Tbe doctor la In Iowa. Argonaut
A Kind Word rtv the Owl.
Tbe tiny saw whet, or Acadian owl,
stays with us In winter, though, being j
entirely a "bird of tbe nighttime." it Is
seldom seen, and the trcuiem'. .us vi
brating note of the screech owl is well
known lu a rural neighborhood. -The
virtues or the entire owl tribe combine
In this gentle, mild mannered bird, and
be does not deserve bis Inappropriate,
repelling title. Wltb spring In his
heart, bis ambition leads blm to at
tempt a song, resulting In a succession
of soft subdued notes that may be
exceedingly pleasing. He may even
take up bis residence In unused build
ings or smalt bouses placed for bis ac
commodation and. If disturbed, flies
about in a bewildered manner, confus
ed by tbe sunlight
His work begins wben tho night
comes down, and through biro woe
overtakes many mouse walking out
under tbe 'cover of tbe darkness. In
tbe little bcrilow wbere bis housekeep
ing begins for you know be Is scarcely
larger than robin tbe four to six
spherical eggs lie upon tbe leaves and
feathers provided to receive tbem, snd
It Is to be regretted tbat tbe blinking
owlets sre not regarded in friendlier
"bt - -''"-v"-i
Slariaa at Seeift.
I only know one good humored anec
dote of Swift It Is very slight bnt It
Is fair to tell It He dined one day In
tbe company of tbe lord keeper, bis son
snd tbelr two ladies wltb Mr. Cteaar,
treasurer of the navy, at bis bouse In
tbe city. They happened to talk of
Brutus, nnd Swift said something In
his praise snd then, ss It were, recol
lecting himself, said, "Mr. Ctesar, I
beg your pardon." One can fancy tbls
occasioning a pleasant ripple of laugh
ter. " ' ";' ' 'i'-; .. .'
There Is another story I cannot lay
my bands on lo verify, but It Is to this
effect: Falkner, Swift s Puhlio pot
llauer. aonie rears ef lev the dee u s
dealb was dialog with pome friends.
who rallied blui upon bis odd way of
eating some dish I tblnk asparagus.
He confessed that Swift bad told blm
It was the right wsy. Therefore tbey
laughed the louder until Falkner, grow
ing a Utile angry, exclaimed. "I lei I
yon what It Is. geutlt-tueo. If yon bad
ever dined wltb the dean yon would
bave eaten your asparagus ss be bade
you." '
Barwtoe Made at OtSTareaee.
v "Wbe.a. our boys Answered Lincoln's
can. many of tbem were pVoos la da
who attended Sunday school and
ebnrrb sod never strayed from tbe
pstb or recti i ude." said a Uacoo coun
ty (KanJ L'oloo veteran In ebattlng
with ft dtlsm rvpresentsllve tbe other
day. "I remember bow In a short time
tbe boys began to play cards and do
other things tbey never did at borne.
At tbe fore pert of tbe wsr wbeo bat
tie was Impending tbe boys would
throw away tbelr cards. Each boy ex
pected to be killed, snd be did not wsnl
ft deck of gresay cards to be anwag the
relics sent bscfc to bis folks after be
wss dead. Dot as tbe wsr went cm tbe
boys got bardeaed. and In many of tbe
fiercest encacrmeota toward tbe clow
of tbe wsr tbe fellows lay behind
breast works calmly playing cards and
boating derisively st tbe gustier ss
stells fell ail s round them." Kanaaa
City Journal. .
Tte least in quantity and the
most in quality describee De Witt's
Little Early Risers, tbe famous pills
for constipation and liver coro
flaint. J. C Simmons. . ' . ,
THE TASTE FOR EGGS
HOW IT ipiFFERS WITH EOPUES
AND COUNTRIES.
SomaFolke Like Bird Wait Vrttk
LeVid, bat Othere Will Smaelt Thais
LI pa Over Aar Old Kind, amd th
Older tha Batter,
Wherever wild birds' eggs are found
In quantities they are substituted for
hens' eggs to a large extent being
cheaper. On tbe eastern shore of Vir
ginia eggs of the laughing gull are
commonly eaten, and a few years ago
the eggs of terns and herons were
gathered In Immense numbers along
the coast of Texas. Cookeries of sea
birds, wbere accessible, are commonly
pillaged, the most notable Instance In
point being observed on the Farallone
islands, 80 miles from San Francisco;
These volcanic Islets, rocky and pre
clpltons, are the haunt of myriads of
murres, puffins, gulls and cormorants,
and every summer tbe eggs of tbe
murres In particular are sought by
semlplratlcal "eggers." No fewer than
100,000 dozen of them are collected an
nually and sent to San Francisco, wbere
they fetch 20 cents a dozen at retail. A
murre's egg has about twice the capac
ity of hen's egg and Is remarkably
well flavored. It is laid on tbe bare
rock, tbe mother bird building no nest,
and Is sharply pointed at one end, a
provision of nature to prevent It from
rolling off. If it Is disturbed, it rolls
around as on ft pivot.
Of course many kinds of eggs are
eaten other than those of birds. - Tur
tle eggs are highly prized wherever
tbey are abundant and terrapin eggs
are often served with the flesh. Eggs
of alligators and crooodlies (which look
almost exactly like goose eggs, being
tbe same size and shape, wltb hard
shells) are considered ft delicacy In
some parts of tbs world. Sbad roe Is a
familiar example of the nse of fish eggs
aa food, and caviare is simply sturgeon
eggs preserved. Some savages eat tbe
eggs of certain Insects. "
In the Malay archipelago salted
ducks' eggs are a favorite article of
diet. ' The new laid eggs are packed
for two or three weeks in ft mixture of
day, brick dust and salt, after which
they are eaten hard boiled. Ducks'
eggs in China are burled In tbe ground
for a year and permitted to undergt
partial decomposition, being dug up fc
market at tbe end of tbat time. - Many
such eggs are Imported Into this coun
try for use ot plgtailed epicures, and
sample examined in San Francisco by
government expert seemed to be cov
ered with hardened clay.. Wben bro
ken. It was found to contain ft partly
developed duckling, but tbe Chinese
merchant said that It was In proper
condition. ;
The Chinese like new laid eggs also
and keep them fresh by coating them
wltb mud. By the .Alaskan Eskimo
the eggs of wild fowl are preserved In
walrus oil for sale to the whites, but
for their own nse any old egg will do,
and an addled egg Is to tbem tidbit
Immense quantities of bens' eggs are
shipped from Italy to England for pas
try, wltb shells removed and packed
In airtight vessels, each containing tbs
whites and yolks of 1,000 eggs. This
method does away with risk of break
age, bnt care baa to be taken that all
the eggs need are fresh. Inasmuch at
one bad one will taint all the rest In s
receptacle.
There Is always more or less dsnger
of disease Infection through tbe me
dlum of bens' eggs In cases wbere at
tention Is not paid to cleanliness In the
henhouse and chicken yard. The shell
of an egg has minute pores, through
which germs can enter, and In this
way typhoid or other pathogenic bac
teria may be communicated to tbe un
suspecting consumer. An eggshell Is
provided with ft natural varnlsb, wblcb
: binders tbe Intrusion of. sncb harmful
.organisms to some extent, but It hi very
Important to keep the laying birds in
Quarters that are frequently white
washed and otherwise made sanitary.
; Recently special Investigation of
tbe make up of tbe white of aa egg
waa conducted at tbe agricultural ex
periment station in Connecticut with
tbe result that this substance was
found to consist mainly of four dif
ferent kinds of albumen. It also holds
some sulphur, wbkb stains silver tea
spoons. The yolk Is much mors com
plicated. . containing among other
things . phosphorus, potassium, mag
nesium snd Iron. ' When the egg be
comes rotten, tbe phosphorus forms
pbosphureted hydrogen,, and tbe sul
phur goes to make sulphide of hydro
gen, both of which bave an exceeding
ly bad smell. ." -
. The bacteria wblcb cause the egg to
rot or spoil make their way through
tbe pores of tbe shell. It has been
found tbat onions fed to bens In large
quantities will communicate ft flavor
to tbe eggs laid, and another fact as
certained Is that fresh eggs must not
be pnt In tbe neighborhood of certain
things, sncb ss spples. lest tbey ac
quire from tbe latter foreign teste.
As for tbe populsr notion that brown
eggs sre "richer" snd more nutritious
than white ones, experiments by tbe
department of agriculture bave proved
It detuaioo. ? Furthermore? It Is bow
certain that bard boiled eggs are qnite
as digestible as soft boiled, though
tbey may not be assimilated so quickly,
s point that does not make tbe slight
est, difference so far as healthy per
sons sre cweeroedv-Providence Jour-
la TrMhte.
"What brought yon here, my poor
man?" Inquired tbe prVoa visitor.
"Well, lady." replied tbe prisener,
1 guess nay trouble started from at
tendln too many waddle's." -
"Ah! Ton learned te drink there, or
steal, perhaps?" . ,
"No. lady: I was always tbe bride
groom." PhOsdelpblft fries,
MI br been suffering, from dys
petwift for tbs past 20 years and
bsve been unable after trying all
preparations end physicians to ret
any relief.' A Ret lakinc of Kodol
Dvsuetieift Cure I fonnd relief and
am now in better health than I nave
been for 20 years. I can not
praise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure loo
bighlf." Tbns write Mrs. G-W.
Roberta, North Creek, Ark. J. C.
GOOD ROADS SPECIAL.
Marvel Hlahwar Sehesas the Mae
at the Illlaets Ceatral.
A novel scheme of arousing ft whole
some and active Interest In tbe con
struction of desirable highways and
one which can scarcely fall to produce
satisfactory results Is that arranged
by tbe Illinois Central Railroad compa
ny and the National Goods Roads as
sociation. A train of several cars, one
or more for commissary and dwelling
purposes and tbe rest for tbe transpor
tation of first class roadmaklng ma
chinery, will leave New Orleana for
Chicago wltb a force of expert road
builders. At 20 or more places between
those two cities tbe train will be side
tracked and practical demonstrations
given in the art of making smooth,
hard and durable wagon ways. A
model road one mile long will be built
in each of the places at . which the
train stops, and tbe residents of tho fa
vored towns are to be called on to pro
vide tbe material for foundation and
grading.
The coming of tbe "good roads spe
cial," as the train will be called, la to
be announced here and there along tbe
line of the railroad by advance agents
of tbe movement, who will bold mass
meetings for tbe purpose of expound
ing tbe advantages of highways that
are properly made and of proving to
the townspeople that the construction
and maintenance of such highways
constitute ft duty which tbey owe to
themselves and to future genera
tlons. It is expected tbat the arrival
of the train will be awaited with great
eagerness at tbe places , It . will visit,
and tbe promoters of tbe venture hope
tbat It will result In greatly stimulat
ing tbe good roads movement, at least
along the route of the Illinois Central
REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS.
Ara Oaea ta TvaBae.
JThe Massachusetts state highways
commission saya tbat repairs should
begin tbe day tbey are opened to traf
fic, and the attention wblcb tbey re
ceive fbe first few months of use deter
mines their usefulness and length of
life, '
Accordingly the commission has
adopted the system of continuous re
pairs, the cost of wblcb "is about
equally distributed over tbe roadway
and roadside." Wbere tbe -length of
road warrants It the work is done by
men who devote tbelr whole lime to It
otherwise It .Is done by local men, un
der a division englueer, which proves
much more costly than tbe first named
plan. Thorough rolling wltb a steam
roller as soon as tbe frost Is out In the
spring and before the subgrsde la dry
"is one of tbe best means of keeping
ft stone road In good condition."
Tbe report contains a table showing
tbe cost of maintaining roads by towns
prior to 1000, In 1000 and tbe total to
tbe close of that year, wltb tbe average
per mile, both total and for 1000, Tbe
maximum expenditure for maintenance
was $umt)9 per mile per year for 1.01
miles of road In At hoi. or ft total of
$4,254 since tbe road waa built. Tbe
expenditure per mile In 1000 for this
stretch was 1103.88. Considering the
year 1000 alone Ibe repairs per mile
of road ranged from 00 cents for 2.08
miles lo Haverhill to fl,129 for 4.19
miles In llcester.
ROAD8 OF NEW YORK.
la Fearer Caadltlaa Thaa Thar Were
..,.-. . .e"aer Years A tta. .
Time wss, and not so long ago, when
supervisors were almost Indifferent to
road. Improvement as It is understood
now, says tbe New York Son.' They
bed to be educated In tbe advantage
of 'macadam. As we know, (he Im
proved bicycle waa a great factor In
enlightening them. But for tbe advcnl
of tbst remarkable vehicle country
roads wonld be tery generally what
tbey were ten years ago deep In dust
In dry west her and of lbs consistency
of plowed fields In wet Tbe farmer
came In time to appreciate good roads,
but be still balks at tbe cost As there
Is large contingent of rurallsts in the
legislature. It Is no easy matter to get
tbrongb J I bent I appropriation for
road building.
It may be pointed out tbat wben the
bicycle ceased to be ft erase local In
terest In keeping up tbe macadamised
road declined. , Throughout tbe state
tbe roads are not In ss good condition
as thry were, say, four years sgo. In
time tbe aa to mobile with a cheapening
In tbe process of construction will sup
plement tbe bicycle ss ft good roads ed
ucator, and then, we predict tbe sum
of $220000 wtU be regarded as ft rather
small stste spproprlstioti to help along
tbe laying down and maintenance of
highways. ' . ' - -
- Aaaataar II aad aJIdars. "
Tbe average country road builder
turns out an article that looks well In
dry west ber. A rainy season, especial
ly In Ibe rpriog, wben tbe snow Is
melting snd sll earthwork Is loosened
by thawing frost speedily devejaaje tbe.
(mateur character of the Work." Many
a piece of roadway en wblcb township
or road district officials bsve expended
days and weeks of thought and work
has been wssbed sway because It waa
dam In tbe path of spring wsters
seeking ibe lowest level, and tbe por
tions left bare been turned Into qusg-
mlrvs because Insufficiently drained. "
A Calejae Tree.
A magnificent oak tree at Athena,
Oa, not only owns Itself, but possesses
other property. It waa owned many
years age by Colonel W. H. Jackson,
who fa bis childhood played around its
staaslve trunk aad la later years grew
to love It almost ss be would bis own
child. Fearing tbat after bis death tbe
old oak would fall Into the hands of
persona who would destroy It be re
corded daed" conveying to tbe tree
"entire possession of Itself and of ftlt
tbe land within eight feet of it e all
Sides." - . - - ,
Freaeh aa Sate le Spakea.
"Entre boos." said Miss Ayres, who
delights la talking dictionary French,
"are yea very fond ot Mr. OoodhartT" '
- -Weli." replied May Brightly, "he's ft
very good friend of mine." ,
"Ah, your boa amir
"Better thaa that He's my bonbon
ami. He brings me a box every time
be calls," Catholic Standard snd
Times.
ROADMAKINQ MACHiNERYV
It Ha a Divested HitrhWar BelMlaar af
..-v.',-...... , star tMSsealMes. .,.. '. -;-
Road building In many sections of tbe
country hu . never -got . beyond the
gravel wagon and the farmer's shovel. ;
1 ttes the farmer "works nt"
his road tax on s day tbat is most con
venient to himself and when there la
nothing that can be done on the farm.
He runs a scraper up and down tbe
highway, throwing the .dirt In mounds,
hauls a few loada of gravel, scatters It
about promiscuously and the lob Is
done for the year. It Is this kind of
"road building" which makes many
country highways impassable for a
good portion of the year.
In no department of mechanical In
dustry baa greater progress been made
than In tbe perfection and manufac
ture of roadmaklng machinery. , Tbe
use of tbls machinery under tbe direc
tion of experts reduces road building In
any kind of soil to a very simple prop
osition. A wider knowledge of mod
ern roadmaklng machinery among -the
agricultural classes would divest the
problem of many apparent difficulties
In. tbe minds of tboee to whom legislatures-must
look for the Initiative In
thla matter.
Modern steam power' roadmaklng
machinery, combined with state aid
under a state engineer of highways,
furnishes the practical solution of ths
good roads problem In tbls country.
ILLINOIS HIGHWAYS.
Maaer Aaaanallr Waatad Weald Saaa
Ballet Cteedi Reuads.
Hard roads statisticians bave figured
tbat Illinois now spends and baa been
spending for years more than 12,600,
000 annually on Its road work more
than it is proposed to raise from both
state and township taxation under tbe
Curtis bill. This money goes for ths
pay of tbe county and township and
road district officials, for roadmaklng
tools, for labor, and wbere farmers
work out their road tax tbe allowance
to them Is figured In.
This sum, it Is estimated, would be
sufficient in a dozen years to equip ev
ery township In tbe state with north
snd south and an east and west mac
adam road of first class quality, yet
tbls enormous sum Is annually1 spent
for nothing dumped into tbe mud, lit
erally aa well as figuratively, through
lack of scientific skill applied to road
building.
Advocates of good roads legislation
are not alt sticklers for macadam,
wblcb Is usually meant when "bard
roads" are mentioned. Gravel, slag,
"gumbo" and many other cheap mate-
I rials can be used. It Is even admitted
tbat fair quality of road can be made
of ordinary prairie soil, bnt It must be
sclentlflchlly constructed. ;
THE C08T TO FARMERS.
Raw aad Heads Oeaat la Vlsartas
PreSt aad Lass,
A potent argument with the farmer
wben be can be made to listen Is the In
fluence of good roads on the marketing
of bis product With country roods as
tbey sre there are seasons wben tbe
farmer could not get bis grain to mar
ket If be -were offered Its weight In
gold. Unless be has large capital be
cannot take advantage of tbe actual
market conditions, but must be gov
erned In selling by tbe state of tbe
country roads. He cannot sell nnless
bo can deliver wagon load lota at the
railroad station, ' -
A consequence Is, say students of tbls
question, that tbe farmers of Illinois
could nave equipped tbe stste wltb
macadam pavements for 'the money
tbey have lost tbrongb being forced to
sell tbelr product wben tbe roads bap
pen to be good enough to permit haul
ing. -. -;.-. - -
ti awaena tsarina aad S"ara;ettla.
"What's tbe matter. Charlie? Didn't
your uncle remember you In his will?"
"Ob, yes, he reuiemberea me la bis
will all right enough. Tbe trouble is he
didn't forget me wben be was drawing
ap his codicils." Hew York Commer-
etat Advertiser.
Mr. F. D. Arnold, Arnold, la,,
writes : lie was troubled with kid
ney disease about three years. Had
to get up several times during the
night but three bottles of Foley's
Kidnev Cure effected a com Diet-
cure, he feels better than be erer
did and- recommends it to his
friends r- J. C. Eimmons, tbe drug
gist, r i v-y r; -
Scrofula
Is disease as old as antatjulty , and as
young as tbe newest born infant. :
It bos Infested the blood of humanity
from ancient times down to tbe pree
enilnlnute. It is hereditary or may be acxroJred
It appears in swollen (lands, scrof
ulous sores, hip disease, bolls, pimples,
eruptloas, and, as believed by high
aatiaorities, even la the forms of ostarrh
A riteaaaattsra. - -It
eea be cured by taking- Hood's
8atwparillft faithfully and nereistenUy.
"We know this, because Ilood's
Samparitla has done it. ,
It will care yon if yon give H a trial.
Toa should begin to take it today.
, Nip Piosaoo-M STigarad from hip
slttata; had S nsnalng sons; ssil 1 1 let i lit s
sad each winter I was ooofload to my bad
aw weeks at a tinea. Hood's Baraapariua
has accompli ta id a aaihaj ears-saved my
Mte. I have s geoel aipettte aad Sjal taaooa;
sod wen." Ann letat, et Toortt St,
FsU Klvar. Ham.
M Mec Eyeew-tdy Utile giri bad serof
als aad sores appaarad ta bar ayes. A few
"sill of Hoodl Saraaperlla ami rely
saves bar arad eha baa neve bad seroaaia
saaoa." Mas, Bovaae rora, AtpaOregoa.
N.B. II yaa dacaOe eo taka Hood's Barea
naeiUa aw net be todasad to soy say ether.
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
Is satd b-V all arer-",ts. Tr-fmi e!y
ST C L EOOD c Lewei Iw. .
OF C0D-UVER pnfl WITH
' HYP0PH0SPH1TES
should always; be kept In
th house for the fol
lowing reasons:
FIRST Because, If any member
: of tho family has a hard cold, it
: will cure It. t j , -... , , .
XFSnrjn Because, if the, rhil.
dren are delicate and sickly. It will
make them strong and well. -
71SRD Because, If ths father tr
mother Is losing flesh and becom- :
. ing mm ana emaciated, it wui ouud ;
. . them up and flvo them flesh ana '
strength. - ' 4 .
FOURTH- Because It" to .the
. standard remedy In all throat and
' lung affections. 1 - .
No household should be without It
It can ' be taken in summer as well
as'ln winter." .
?oc and Sr.eo, ad eVnggiate, ;
SCOTTTBOWNB,Chasust,NewYefc. ,t
ESTABLISHED
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t ; Agency '
I lltUMNCIlN MA ITS SRAIrCHES.
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Local agency of. Penn
Mutual. Insurance "
Company.'
Best ' '
Life Insur-' - "
ance contrata now
on the market. . -.
Prompt personal attention to all
orders. CorreepoiMleuoe solid ted.
JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, Ageat
Fruit Trees ,
That Grow amd
Bear Good Fruit.
, Writs for ear tO-pag It-
luetnited catalog- and (Op.
, pamphlet, "How to Plant
and Cultlrata an Orchard.
, elves you tbat Information.
yon have so long wauled;
tails yon aU about those bis
red apple, those luoloua
. peso bee, aad Japaa plunas .
with their oriental swaat
, Base, all of wblcb jron hare
'often seen and aa oftaa
. wondered Where the trees
. oaras front that produosd
Everything Good;
, la Fruits. , . ,
pnnsaallhM of Sno Silver
. laaplaa, Toons, thrifty areas
smooth and straight tlie
biw saat grow ear wall, no
old, rough trees. This la tha
bxjsi rapia growl
rinr naaola
noons of tbe
Ufui shade tresa. Write"
far prices and give list at
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Undertakers
, Embalmers,
BURLINGTON, N.' C.
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eat basis isi eues ima tor atssesa-re area.
tOwaOwiegteeseeem O.o. Pe-resTOrrie f
Sead eaeaet, drawing or abate, with drecrip
boa. We advise, fat petefiUMe or aet, tree e
i. bene. Oar ire sat das oil aatent is sacorea.
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