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T7ILKESBOKO. N. C.
A Pennsylvania court has decided
iat to call a man a Mugwump is not
i tt libel, but a compliment.
Leap year is a fraud, maintains the
Chicago Times-Herald. "There are
now 3,000,000 baohelors in this conn
try and the surplus of matrimonial
raw material is constantly growing.
The new woman, matrimonially con
sidered, is not so effeotive as the old
woman. n ( i '' :
From 70,000 to 75,000 human
beings, or the equivalent of one in
every twenty-six or twenty-seven. of
the 2.000,000 inhabitants of New York
ipity are employed Rafter night," as a
Westerner would say, and they and
their families and those who supply
them would fill up a city of more than
300,000.
n. College football in Ohio is evidently
growing too tame, t concludes the New
Orleans Picayune. With the consent
of garden Coffin, of the State Prison
at Columbus, Ohio, eight students of
the law school of the State University
werereoently initiated into a Greek
letter fraternity, with experiences in
the methods of punishment used in
the prison, including the ducking
tub,. the padding machine, the thumb
chains and the hamming bird, after
being brought to the prison blind
folded inTcabs. -
A very curious point has been sub
mitted to the Derbyshire (England)
Football Association for decision. It
is as to whether artificial limbs are to
be permitted In the play. It seems
that the, Buxton Football Club had
several ! members of its team seveiely
injured in consequence of a member
of the Matlock eleven having played
with an artificial arm. It was report
ed that in Derbyshire alone there are
number of football players who, ow
ing to the loss Of. an arm, use artificial
limbs.- They are described as "regu
lar terrors" on the football field, since
when once they get "on" to the ball
they swing their dummy arms around
with such force as to either fracture
skVlfs or cause concussion of the
braiu. It has now been determined
' by the association that artificial limbs
are henceforth to be barred m all
football games.
Professor G. Stanley Hall, of Clark
University, has made a peculiarly in
teresting report on the results of a
long study of the various kinds of
fear to which children are subject. It
.seems that thunder and lightning
cause terror to more children than
any other one thing, and following in
the ''- order named come reptiles,
strangers, darkness, fire, death, do--"
mestic animals; disease, wild animals,
. water, ghosts, insects, rata and mice,
robber?, and high winds. It is pleas
ant to notice that tbd fear of ghosts
'? comes very; iow on the list. Some
- forms of dread are to be found in all
: parts of the country. For instance.
the thought of high winds excites no
alarm in the East, while in the cyclone
States it is a common cause of appro
henaion. Still more narrowly local
ized is fear of the world's end. This
exists only where some little band of
fanatics have been trying on their as
cension robes.
The Atlanta Constitution says : ''The
political history of Indiana furnishes
a Ivery interesting study. Although
the Hoosier State has participated in
twenty Presidential contests, since
first entering the sisterhood of Ameri
can commonwealths, she has cast her
vote on the losing side only four
times. There is no other State in the
Union which; can boast of a similar
record. In 1824 the vote of Indiana
was given to the losing candidate, and
also in 1828, 1848 and 1876, but with
these exceptions the State has alw'ays
named the winning candidate. James
Monroe, Andrew Jtackson, William
Henry Hairison, James K. Polk and
James Buchanan all received the vote
of Indiana in their., respective races.
In 1860 Mr. Iiinooln captured 'the
State from the Democrats, and again
in 1864 secured the electoral ; vote.
From that time until .1876 the State
remained in the Republican column,
voting for General Grant in both of
his campaigns In 1876, however,the
State returned to its former Demo
cratic allegiance and voted for, Samuel
J. Tildjsn by handsome majority. In
1880 the vote of the State was. cast
for Garfield ; in 1884 -for Cleveland ;
'.in 1888 J ox r Harrison;,' in". 1892 for
, Cleveland again, and in 1896 for Mc
' Kinlev.. -f Since Indiana has, been; a
State it"has 'f voted ; twice with the
Whigs; seVen times with, the J?epublij
cans ana. exeven iim;p.wiru iub
TfiS
2N THE TWILIGHT.
Over the du9kyyerge (
Of the quiet sea, '
Slowly I watch emerge . :
The silver rim ; - ;
Of the orescent moonj pale, dfmr .
The soft stars one by one.
With holy gleen, - -
Steal out and light their lampsi
For day is done.
The tempests are asleep; " '
Only the balm;
Of some cool evening wind
Ruffles the calm;
The listening ear of night
Can catch no sound, . .
Save when, in slumber bound,
Earth turns and sighs; r
Peace rules the deep.'
Aye, peace! across the dark
Star-paven sky,
The Night Queen's silver bark
Goes gliding by;
With murmuring faint, the streams
Drowse as they flow
In their hid channels; slow
Down-dropping dews
Slide from the heavens like gleams
Of love-born dreams.
Frail breaths of violet,
Of roses fair,
Shy'hints of mignonettes,
Rise through the air -
From unseen gardens, there
Beneath my feet.
Ah, met how at their spell
Swift fancies rise!
"What touching sympathies,
What gilden memories,
And thoughts,-how sweet!
Good Words,
GRISLAPIN.
WAS wandering,
gun in hand, in
the forest, when
I saw a stone
cross. I nad been
so long away
from the country
that this cross
was nAW f r m f
The gossip of the little hamlet, on the
skirt of the woods, was Taupet, who
naa once Kept tne village cate, ana
was the barber of the country, but he
was too old now to exercise either
calling. I knew Taupet could tell me
all about that cross. Meeting him
next day, he gave me with much de
tail the story of Gris Lapin :
They called the man Oris Liapin be
cause of his beard, which was thick
and gray, and he had prominent teeth
and did Monsieur notice the promi
nent teeth of M. de Bienville, the mas
ter ot the hounds ? He was not of this
country, this Oris Lapin, but from
Brittany, and was once valet de chiens
to the Comte de Bienville with his
hounds and his other distinctions.
The Count had to sell his estate, and
he went in hiding, nobody knew
where. 'As for Oris Lapin, ihe would
not take another place ; he loved his
freedom and to .live after his own
pleasure, and he set up as a woodcut
ter, a business at which he was very
expert too expert, perhaps, for the
forest keepers, who suspected him of
felling more wood than he paid for,
but for a long time they could prove
nothing against him.
He would often come to my little
cafe, and we became great friends. He
told me he had a wife in Brittany and
a son there named Eustase, and that in
the neighborhood lived Mile. Agnes,
the Count de Bienville's daughter.
. who was being cared for by her aunt.
Sometimes (iris Liapin would quit tne
forest and go to Brittany.
c: It was Gris Lapin who brought, us
the news ot all this, and soon we
heard how the chateau was to be new
ly furnished and furbished up, and
the Count's old debts paid off, and
presently we hear of nothing but M.
rin Bienville and Mme. la Comtesse.
And the new housekeeper at the
chateau was no other than the wife of
Gris Lapin; and their sou, the little
Eustase, was running about the place,
a fine playfellow for Mile. Agnes, who
had now come back to her father's
house. The Count had married a rich
wife, but it turned out that the new
Countess had no love for her step
daughter. All the lady thought was
to get rid of Mile. Agnes by marry
ing her off to some rich man. Eustase,
that was Gris Lapin's boy, was going
to school, and was to be brought up to
be a priest. He studied Latin and all
that kind of thing. Gris Lapin did
not like the idea of the boy becoming
a priest. "Make him a soldier," said
he. But Gris Lapin's wife and her
mistress insisted that Eustase showed
a disposition to be a cure, and it was
arranged so that he was shipped to
the seminary. The fact is that Gris
Lapin absorbed a great deal of brandy,
and was not exactly a reputable sort
of a father.
Now, as ill luck would have it, when
Enstase came home for his vacation,
Madame had gone to ner own estate
in Brittany, and the Count had taken
the opportunity to bring home his
daughter from the convent to give her
pleasure, and our young Monsieur
must needs become enamored of this
Mile. Agnes ; you see, Eustase nad
taken no vows, and so, when " it was
found out that the boy and the girl
cared for one another, there was a
precious row, and Mademoiselle was
packed off to a convent, and the lad
to the seminary. , .
Then the war with the Prussians
took place, and M. le Comte went into
Service, and after a while the Germans
Were here in force, and a Prussian
General had his headquarters at the
chateau. I ; , , .
" What was Gris Lapin doing ? Cut
ting wood, for ihe Prussians and earn
ing a good bit of money The fact is,,
my own little place of entertainment
was doing a deal of business. rSome
times 1 said to Gris Lapin; Take
eare, the Count ; may hold yon respon.
Bible some day for all the 'wood you
are catting.- Watch out, th Count
may have somebody looking to his in
terests." . ;
Well, one day a man came into my
place there'were ever so many Prus
sian soldiers there and he was dressed
like a peasant, with his bill hook hang
ing at his girdle; an honest woodman,
as it would seem. Some of the soldiers
laughed and ' made faces at him and
called him Herr Crapaud. But he did
not seem to mind. A quiet, middle
aged man, -his resemblance to Gris
Lapid struck me at once, only he was
younger in the face, though his hair
looked "grayish. Then suddenly he
said: "Monsieur Taupet, will you cut
my hair?" "Walk into my back room,"
said I. You see, these Prussians
dreaded spies and were very suspi
cious. No sooner was he seated in
my barber's chair than I noticed that
his hair was powdered, so as to give
him an older look. Says he at once :
"I am Eustase. Find me some way of
getting into the chateau. I oannot
ask my father to help me. He must
not know I am here. I saw him as I
came here. My father was drunk and
was fraternizing with our enemies."
Then I was sure the Germans were
watching us. Now, a sudden inspira
tion seized me, and I said aloud :
"Yes, they buy chickens at the
chateau, and it you had any pigeons
you could sell them. Any kind of
poultry is in demand." Then I noticed
that Eustase started. "Pore Taupet,"
said he, in a low voice,' 'fchat guess
about pigeons was a dangerously good
one. Look I" and, opening the bosom
of his blouse, he showed me a white
carrier pigeen there, one of the true
Antwerp breed.
"But tell me about the chateau and
Mademoiselle Agnes?" he asked.
I gave him the last news. "They
are all well," 1 said. Then he told me
that he was no longer a seminarist,
but had taken up arms in defense of
France. ' That he had been promised
his epaulets if he would undertake a
dangerous service, and it was to find
out the exact force of Prussians in
this province. That he had three
pigeons, and that two of them had
been loosed, and the third, with the
final news, the most important, was to
be sent to the French headquarters.
I managed somehow that Eustase
had entrance to the chateau, and you
may fancy what joy there was when la
mere and the pretty Agnes found out
who was the elderly pigeon merchant
who had brought tho birds for the
kitchen. Such information as Eustase
obtained he wrote and put in a quill
and attached it to the pigeon, and I
think Mademoiselle herself carried it
to the upper window of the chateau
and let it fly ; and the bird winged
her way right over the forest. ; And
now Eustase said to Agnes: "You
have won for me the cross and my
epaulets." But just then they heard
a shot. '
That evening Gris Lapin came to my
place, and I told him about his son,
and he could hardly believe it. And
as we were talking together in a low
voice we heard the sound of a military
party, tramp, tramp, tramp ; and be
hold, there came aiong at the doublo
an armed guard of Prussians, with a
prisoner in the middle of them, his
hands tied behind him, as pale as death,
with a strange glazed looked in his
eyes. "That is a poor fellow whom
they have caught sending messages to
our army by a carrier pigeon, heaven
bless him," somebody said. And at
thai Gris Lapin staggered forward and
threw himself among the soldiers with
a loud cry, while the prisoner turned
his head. "Moq pore," he cried,
springing toward him as well as he
could, but the Boldiers urged him
along with their bayonots, and drove
away Gris Lapin with blows, and he
fell backward among us more dead
than alive.
It wa terrible ! The young man was
to be shot. The. Countess and Mile.
Agnes were to be sent out of France.
The pigeon,, which had been shot, had
told the whole story. That evening
Gris Lapin came to see me. I tried to
comfort him, but he bade me hold my
tongue, for that I knew nothing about
the matter. "That might be," I said,
"but I knew this much ; that if I knew
the traitor who had betrayed him I
would do my best to strangle him with
these two hands of mine." At this
Gris Lapin dashed at me, tearing the
wrapper from his brawny throat. "Do
you say so? Then strangle me, for I
am the traitor !"
He had shot the "pigeon and had
taken it to the Prussians and sold it
for fifty francs, with the little burden
it carried. "Yes; I have sold my son's
life," he groaned. "Well, I am going
away I am going to take charge of
mademoiselle and my wife. They need
never know," looking at me fiercely,
"No," I said, "they need never know
nor anybody else, for that matter.
I should not betray you." "You will
not betray me," repeated Gris Lapin ;
"but you will not touch hands upon
that. " 'No, " I said, drawing back, 'I
will not." At that his mood changed,
and he flung himself into the operating
chair, and bade me light my lamp and
shave his beard. In a new country he.
would be a new man.
And indeed he looked a new man
with his gray beard taken off and his
hair shortened. A much younger
man, for his hair was still black, or
only spreckled with gray. When I
had finished he muffled up his face,
saying with . a bitter laugh, that it
would not do to take a chill. "And
now," he said, "I am promised ten
minutes with my son. It will be a
pleasant interview, don't you think?"
with a hollow laugh- that made my
blood run cold; ''and before daylight
to-morrow," he continued, "I shall be
far away from here, and we shall never
"meet again. Will you not touch
hands ?" - "My friend," I safd, ."may
HeaVen forgive you, but I cannot take
your hand," and" Gris Lapin turned
away and was lost to sight in the dark
ness. ; . -
I slept soundly enough that night,
for whatever people's troubles may be
one must worn, and work- brings "the
need of repose; but just , before day
break I was aroused by the soldiers,
who were billeted upon me turning '
out. ' I got up ; to see what was the ,
matter, when a' Sergeant, catching,
sight of me, made signs to xaein a
rough, authoritative way to take up a
spade and follow him. I turned siok
at what was going to happen, but
these were people not : to be trifled
with, and I marohed away) to the for
est with the rest. 5,
It was in this UitiJe clearing, mon
sieur, ? where the firing party was
drawn up, with one solitary figure
stripped to his shirt standing before
them. I flung myself doWn. on the
ground and buried, my face in the
moss, and then the volley rang out,
loud and clear. And then the firing
party marched off, and I was left with
the Sergeant, who was carelessly pac
ing up and down, and who motioned
to me to dig the grave. But first I
went up to the body to close the eyes
that were staring wildly, with, I
fancy, some little consciousness still
left in them. But the face was quite
different from what I expected. With
the marks of my razor upon it, and a
gash that I made in my agitation the
night before ! It was the face of Gris
Lapin. Ah, how I pressed his hands
and I fancied that the numbed fingers
feebly returned the pressure ! His
crime was expiated, he might rest in
peace. And, ma foi, I should like to
lie here myself, with the sound of the
axe in the distance and the wood
pi'geons cooing. But that is ail folly,
for when we are dead, what matters?
Mind, I do, not believe for a mo
ment that the young man thought
that he hadleft his father to. die. . He
could net think it possible that they
should shoot one man for another
Nor would they have done so but for
the ruse of Gris Lapin in having his
welL-known beard taken off. But,
anyhow, the young man escaped, and
the guard did not recognize the
change. And perhaps he does not
know to this day, for when the war
was over none could tell what had be
come of Gris Lapin. And I also held
my peace, for I thought that such
would be the wish of my old comrade.
But M. Eustase got his epaulets after
all, and in the end the Comte gave
his permission that he should marry
Mile. 'Agnos. And madame, who was
at first very angry, was afterward re
conciled, and when she died both
she and the Comte are now dead she
left tho bulk of her fortune to the
young couple. And so tho little Eus
tase is now M. de Bienville, and hunts,
the forest like a, grand seigneur, but
some of ,,us remember that, after all, he
is the son ot uris ijapin. -All tne
Year Bound.
A Remarkable Kentucky Clock.
. The oldest clock in Breathitt Coun
ty, Kentucky, is owned by Mrs. B. C.
Hord, and is hus described by the
Jackson Hustler: "It is one of these
old-fashioned, seven-feet tall time
keepers, and the year 1746, in which
it was made, is stamped on one of the
wooden wheels, together with another
inscription, indicating that it wa3
manufactured in Liverpool, and still
another showing that a firm in Leitch
field, Conn., handled it as an article
of merchandise on this side of the At
lantic. Just before his death, 'eight
years age, Alfred Marcum gave it to
his daughter, Mrs. Hord. Alfred Mar
cum purchased the timepiece at the
administrator's sale of Simeon Bohan
nan, who lived on Troublesdme in
1843. It was in the possession of.
Simeon Bohannan fifteen years and ran
constantly all that time. . Simeon's
father, who came from Viriginia, pre
sented his son with the clock after he
had owned it fifty years. It was
brought from Virginia, taken to pieces,
on the backs of slaves. Thus there is
accurate account that the clock is 150
years old, has been running for over
100 year?, and, as far as is known, it
has "never had to be repaired. It is
still running and keeps good time.
All the wheels except one are, made of
hard wood. A relative of Mrs. Hord
offered her $500. for the ancient col
ossus, but she refused the ofer, hav
ing made up her mind that she never
will part with it during her life."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
American Rubbers.
There is a big field in Germany for
American rubbers, says United States
Consul Monoghan, at Chemnitz, in a
report to the State Department. At
present Russia is supplying most of
the rubbersjworn in Germany, selling
through agencies all over the empire,
but neither the Russian nor the German-made
article is as good as the
American product, being clumsy and
lacking in durability, although it
commands the market just now by
reason of its lower prick The Consul
also submits some statistics to show
how Germany is building up a large
trade at England's expense with New
South Wales. He gives a list of the
principal German exports to that col
ony, and says they are not nearly as
good as our own wares, and with the
advantage of cheaper and quicker
freights across the Pacific the United
States should certainly have this4rade.
The Germans, however, keep their
goods up to or above sample, pack
them with great care and employ com-,
petent salesmen speaking, several lan
guages, and thus continue to extend
their trade in all quarters. Circulars
are, in Mr. Monoghan's opinion, not
worth the paper they are printed on
as a means of introducing goods.
Washington Star.
Remarkable Gladstones.
- Madstones which are said to have
come from the maw of a Kooky Moun
tain goat more than fifty years ago,
and to have been applied to 1000 mad
dog bites, successfully iri every instance
except one, are still in service in the
counties of Casey and Lincoln, Ky.
They are owned by W. M. Dudderar,
whose father brought them f rein .Mis
souri. New York Sun; r
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
POTASH SALT FOB MAKUKK HBSAP W
The German potash salts are not
caustic potash, hence they do not dis
sipate am moni a .by hastening fermen
tation when applied to. manure. In
stead, they form a compound with the
ammonia, thus helping to -keep it from
wasting. The nitrate of potash thus
formed is the most powerful t fertilizer
knowhV and itis one that can be ap
plied to nearly every kind of crop or
fruit with benefit.
.TO MAKE THE FABM J?AY.
v One of the greatest' hindrances to
profitable farming is a desire to go too?
fast at first and to purchase things we
could get along without.
The obliging agents tell you that
you; need ' not trouble about the
money; your note will do just as well ;
but you will find that you must pay
big interest for the privilege of going
in debt, and you are always at a dis
advantage to your creditor.
Have the money ready to pay and
you can then' make your half of the
bargain. t Take good care of your
farm and your stock, and they will
furnish the money for necessary out
lays. I will just say to young men who
expect to make 'farming their occupa
tion that they may expect hard work
and plenty of it, and will not need to
join any baseball nine for exercise;
but if they take care of their health
and habits it will not hurt them, for I
have tried it for sixty years and am
to-day a well-preserved man. I can
truly say that, with the blessings of
our Heavenly Father upon the labors
of myself and family, I have made
farming pay, and what I have done
others can do. John Lar amor before
the Bloomingburg (Ohio) Institute.
A NEW KOSE, THE "XEMiOW BAMBIiEB."
This rose marks a very important
epoch in the history of rose growing.
It represents a long step in the direc
tion' which rosarians have been trying
to reach for many years past, but
hitherto unsuccessfully. A yellow
climbing rose is something that has al
ways been denied to Northern gardens
because of the severity of the winters
and the tenderness of all. climbing
roses having yellow coloring, for the
combination of f hardiness, climbing
habit and yellow color in a rose was
one which it seemed impossible to ob
tain, although the efforts of many hy
bridizers have been directed to that
end.
Mr. Peter Lambert, the German
rosarian, 1 is the man to whom tho
honor of the greatest success belongs.
In his new rose "Aglaia," or "Yellow
Rambler," we have yellow color,
climbing habit and very considerable '
hardiness. It has withstood, unpro
tected and without injury, a continued
temperature of from zero to two de
grees below, and although it has not
yet been fully enough tested in differ
ent localities to know positively about
its capability for undergoing still
lower temperatures, yet there is no
reason to think that it will not also
withstand a much greater degree of
cold. "
To those unfamiliar with such
things it seems strange to talk of
"crossing" roses, or rather "breeding"
them, whioh is exactly what is at
tempted in hybridizing. It is, or
should be, gone at with a definite end.
in view, with a clear idea of what
qualities are wanted in the proposed
new rose, so that a judicious choice of
varieties for the parents can be made,
the same as one would do in breeding
horses or cattle. In producing the
"Yellow Rambler" the originator se
lected for the "mother" the Japanese
"Polyantha Sarmentosa," a wild rose
that is native to Japan and which is a
very vigorous climber as well as ex
tremely hardy, both of which quali
ties were especially wanted in the hy
brid. Flowers of this "Polyantha
Sarmentosa" were then fertilized with
pollen of a yellow rose called "Reve
d'Or," which, on account of its having
somewnat greater hardiness than most
yellow roses, was a suitable variety for
the purpose. The seed resulting from
this hybridization was then planted
and the "Aglaia," or "Yellow Ram
bler," is the result. .1
It all seems very simple and easy to
read about, but where success is met
with once failure comes hundreds of
times. The hybridizing has to be
done when both the pollen of the one
flower and the stigma or fertilizing
surface of the other are in just the
right stage, or else no cross will be
effected; insects or the wind may
spoil the work by introducing other
pollen; seed may not be formed, or .
if formed at all may,not germinate, or
if germinated may not have combined
the qualities desired, and so many
more failures than . successes must be
expected. ,
Mr. Lambert has tested the "Yellow
Rambler" for the pant . eight years,
which shows a very commendable cau
tion on his part about putting but a
new variety. . .
It is interesting to note that there
is a very strong probability of blood
relationship between the "Yellow
Rambler" and a rose that was intro
duced some 'three- years "ago, the
"Crimson Rambler." The "Crimson .
Rambler", was first found growing wild
in Japan, and from its foliage, growth
and manner of blooming. is thought to
have been produced from the Japanese
"Polyantha Sarmentosa,' which was
the seed parent of the "Yellow Ram
bler. " " If this was the case, it would
make the 'Yellow Rambler" and the
"Crimson Rambler" "first cousins."
This supposed relationship is rendered
still more probable by their very con-
siderable similarity in foliage, habit
of growth and manner of blooming.
J?he flowers of the "Yellow Rambler'?
are borne in immense trusses, like
those of the ''Crimson Rambler,' of
ten as many as 120 to . 150 in a buneh, .
re very sweetly, fragrant, and last a
lrmff'timiV'withrtTlt far! inn- .
H'ACKETT;
-i Attorn ey-at-Law,
r WILKESBORO, N. C.
J ' "
. Will practice in the State and Pederal
Courts! .- ;. I. -..v:'.-:; ; n'; V".:'.;'.
ISAAC C. WELLBORN,
Attorney-at-Law,
ilstooro, 2XT; O:
Will - practice . in all , the courts.
Dealer in real estate. Prompt atten
ion paid to collection of claims.
T. B. Finley
H. L. Greene.
FINLEY & GREENE
Miiurncy - etc , - .. iLaW,
WIKvESBOBO, N. C.
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Will practice in all the courts. Col
lections a specialty. Real estate sold
on commission.
MONEY IN APPLE CORES,
Worth a Quarter of a Cent a Pound, Even
C igar Stumps Have a Value. 1
Apple corejs
factors in the
and cigar stumps are
commercial world, and
there are regular t markets for . their
sale. The market for cores and skins
of apples has recently been, opened in
South Water Street, Chicago. Yet even
with the opening of this unique market
the apple corjes have not yet risen to
the dignity th at another market of un
considered trifles has, for in Paris they
have the tcbacco sMimp:. exchange,
where dealings in discarded cigar and
cigarette end s amount to thousands of
francs yearly, j ,
There Is, iiowever, an element of
masquerade about the tobacco ends
before they are-' fit for the market again.
This is not so With the apple core and
skin. ' Both are sold for just what they
are. The core of the robust. Bald wla
stands no higher than the 'cores of the
modest crab. . .
The source of the supply of the apple
cores is not found in those channel
which might be most apparent, as, for
instance, manufacturers who, prepare
dessicated ap ?Ies, cutting the core from
the fruit and paring it with elaborat'j
machinery. They utilize the cores and
skins inother Ibranches of their busi
ness, so they never have any for sate.
It is from i hrifty cooks and house-.
wives who . i ride themselves on thei
adherence to principles of strict econ
omy that the supply is chiefly drawn.
Yet how many persons who throw
awav the core and skin of an apple
imagine that they are committing an
act of extravagance in doing so?
In the larj;e hotels apple cores ac
cumulate in goodly quantity each day
ana xne conecxion -ot a:Oiouui.yumu
have a selling value of several dollars.
'In most of 1 restaurants and hotels
this fruit refuse is thrown away w'tn
liio garuage. ii : were vuuecicu i auu .
dessicated it could be turned Into deli
cious jelly ard syruii. This is the use
to which the apple cores and skins are
put in Chicajgb and this is the reason
there, is s. market for them. Confec
tioners purchase them occasionally in
large quantities ..and "pay,; as high as
one cent a pound. The average price is
about one-quarter cent a pound.
It matters ; lot what kind of an apple
core it is. Nr is it important whether
the core has been cut with a silver
knife, or gnawed by the teeth evexy
thing goes, for when these dried core3
and skins arc used to make jelly, syrup
or gelatinre tliey pass through a process
of cleansing and filtration, j
In the ancient Place Maubert; at
Paris, is the tobacco stump exchange..
There is no place In the world where
more odd characters can be seen every
pleasant afternoon. There are several
grades of njej-chants and brokers In
this queer exchange. Wholesalers do
,an active business and accumulate
riches. They-uy all the cigar stumps
they can gelt at an average price ot
one franc a pound.
4 These stumps are cleansed, cut up
fine by machinery, and the produce is
put up in packages with fancy covers
and sold as smuggled. tobacco from Bel
gium for thre or 'four francs a pound
The regular) Government tobacc of
similar quality costs between five and
six francs a pound. ,
There are also the retailers, who buy
cigar stumps in small quantities two
or three pounds at a time for personal
consumption!
New Oil Fields.
Indiana, is
coming to the front as an
oil field, and
nearly three thousand oil
wells-were bored in that State during
the year 1895. It is asserted that In
divina is likely very soon to rank with
Ohio and Pennsylvania in its value as
an oil-producing State. An agreeable
feature of the. oil Industry Is that dur
ing the past; year the work has been
prosecuted w)jtlh very few serious acci
dents. ; : j ; ".-' 'r-.'
Enthusiasts declare that Indiana will
become famous, as an oil State within
the next- few years. ; The wells hold
but-wonderfully. According to figures
given, oux ox z, uu wens oniy tou went
dry. This is considered a remarkable
showing, f,'':. j v .- -,-
A hovel course of college instruction
i offered toy
which in its
the Louisiana University
Audubon Sugar School"
gives students practical and scientlSc
tuition in sugar cultured The course
extends: over four 'years and has be
come popular with students from Cuba.
A famous French surgeon Dr. Peaus.
was able the
a Roentgen
ilf of a ch
other day, with the aid ol
photograph, to save the
Id -which had swallowed
a copper corn. The radiograph show-
ed the "exact location of the coin in the
oesophagus, an?d the doctor forced it
up by, pressure' till (he could get at it
with o oaJr ot tweezers. - -
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