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EVERY-DAY
All the day from slope ana meadow
Vocal song and silent praise
Ilise from sunlit fields and shadow,
As in fair midsummer days
Bud and blossom
Sky and valley,
Meadow, path and city maze.
Tasseled corntops, fluttering sedges,
Far horizons, smiling fields,
Cities set in valleys, hedges
Crowded close where harvest yleld9
Grass and clover
Seed time over
Ample share for barn and fields.
lAAAAAAA A A A A A
JOHN HUBcRT'S LUCK. ?
1
BY HELEN
Poor John Hubert! Ill luck had
followed close at his heels for many a
long year until it seemed as natural a
sequence to his every undertaking as
Jtd fortune is to other men. But
MWfep' within his honest breast -was a
well-spring of hope, bubbling to the
surface in ne'er-ceasing ripples and
giving to his face its sunny smile,, his
eyes their happy outlook, spite of
misfortune and disappointment. It
fairly overran its boundaries when he
wooed and won pretty Meta Allen for
his bride, and the year they spent to
gether was a year of perpetual sun
shine, spite of the dark cloud of pov
erty which hung over their humble
cottage, and made it so hard to pro
vide even their simple want--. But
Meta sung over her work like some
bird building its nest, and John found
labor pleasure with the memory of his
bright fireside before him.
But there came a day when the poor
girl's song died on her lips, as they
grew white and pale, leaving only a
sad, lingering smile about them, and
3 he cheery fire burned low, unheeded,
aAa shadow not of poverty, but the
great, grim terror, which broods ov,
the puiace alike with the hovel shut
out tli&'sunshine, and sweet Meta Hu
bert's eyes, with one lingering look
of love in their depths for the strong
man sobbing like a child at her bed
side, closed for the last time, while the
feeble flame of life flickered and went
out. For a little while black darkness
entered into John Hubert's soul.
Even the waters of the spring seemed
dried up, but, lo! his young wife had
not left him uncomforted. Baby fin
gers clutched at his heart strings; a
baby's cry stirred the waters of hope
once more, and as the months grew
Into years and he traced in the little
one's eyes the same look which had
shown in her mother's his very soul
went out to the child who was as
daughter and wife both, and the well
spring of hope once more bubbled and
sang. . It was for her dear sake, 12
long years after his young wife had
been laid to rest, that he determined
to leave the grave kept ever green and
turn his face westward. His farm
was mortgaged, his struggle a hard
one. Littte Meta deserved something
better, so he sold all he had and, with
her by his side, set out for, their new
life to the wonderful gold country.
It, bore little evidences of its hidden
treasure when at last it was reached.
Meta looked dismayed at the rough
men who formed the settlement, when,
clinging close to her father's hand,
they entered among them. She could
not understand the amazed looks they
bast on her. She did not dream that ,
with her golden hair falling" in curls
below her waist, her great blue eyes
timidly upraised or drooping with the
long brown lashes, fringing the deli
cate cheek, it was as though an angel
had suddenly appeared; in their midst.
Some of them had wives and children
of their own at home, and tears sprang
to eyes which had known no moisture
for years.
"This is no place for such' as she,"
growled forth one man, iudieating'the
child with a glance, but J ohn ans wered,
not without dignity:
"Her place is by my side. She
knows no other friend. Her mother
iii Heaven."
So no more was said, and John Hu
bert's claim was marked out with the
rest, and the little girl was soon as
much at honie as though she had
known no other life. But the feeling
with which she had impressed the
men never died away. To them she
seemed more angel than child, and
when her yellow Lair came floating in
the breeze and she would suddenly
dance up to any group, the coarse jest
about to be littered would be silenced
the muttered curse be sent back to
its fountain head.
' So the years went by until Meta
grew from childhood to girlhood, al
most to womanhood, a pure, sweet
flower in this far-off wild. No better
luck fell to John Hubert's share. The
nugget which would have made his
fortune ljje passed -by, while those on
ight anj?Mtof him gathered it. But
V.-K -VH uncomplaining
neral favorite,
ang of envy
dent years
trough the
fl his
aOrtrnck
na little
' Miii'1' a
VERSES.
Beckoning grasses, insect volcos,
Breezes balm from slope and fell,
Flowering thistle all rejoices
While the round world says 'tis well.
Wakes the music,
Uearts responding,
Let me, too, the story tell.
Come, all genial life, together
Sing with me a joyous throng.
You on pinions rise, with feather,
Swift ascending, move along.
Praise forever,
Gladness telling;.
Life and joy in grateful song.
New York Obsorver.
AAA,fWAAJl.AfrTAi,t - JI -
BEEKMAN.
a momentary anger, but never a blow
in the dark or the assassin's hidden,
steel.' So a gyeat thrill of horror and
amaze shook the little community to
its centre when the day after John Hu
bert's luck had come to him he vas
found cold "and lifeless in his bed,
smiling as though he had no time to
awaken from some happy dream, but
with the cold steel through his heart.
Who had done this thing?
No need to ask why it. had been
done. The missing ' gold proclaimed
the motive. The murderer had been
thief as well. No stringer had en
tered the camp; none of their number
were missing. Each man feared to
look in the other's face. Silently, sad
ly, they laid the poor body in the
ground. A; rude burial, but few,
whate'er the outward pomp, receive
such silent meed of grief.
Six months later, and Meta Hubert
and young Roger Rollins walked side
by side on the outskirts of the camp.
Her face was pa e, her eyes had in
them an expression born there since
her father's cruel death, and she lis
tened with resolution already formed
'- to the young man's words.
"Will you not marry me, Meta?
Have I not loved you ever since you
came among us a little girl? True,
darling, the wealth for which I have
so patiently toiled has not yet come
to me, but it will come, Meta. I know
it I feel it, and then I will take you
away from all these sad associations,
but while you must be here let my
love cheer and comfort you."
"It does, Roger; it does. I will
confess to you tonight what I have
never before acknowledged. I do
love you, or, rather, I would had I
room for love in my heart room . for
any other feeling than the determina
tion to bring my father's murderer to
justice. How do I know but that you,"
speaking with sudden impetuosity,
"are the man?"
Roger Rollins' face grew ghastly
pale as he almost whispered:
"Meta!"
"Forgive me oh, forgive me!" she
cried, noting his pallor. "I did not
mean that, Roger, except that we
know not whom to suspect, and I am
almost maddened Avith suspense and
grief. Poor father! He had toiled so
long, with ill-luck ever pursuing him,
and when at last the tide of fortune
turned Roger ! Roger, who could
have begrudged him at the end?"
"God only knows, Meta darling.
Leave vengeance in His hands. Be
my Avife and forget your misery in our
happiness."
"I cannot I cannot!" she answered,
a dry sob in her throat, as the bright
future she pictured faded before her.
"I might doubt even you, Roger
even you!"
The words came back to her as a
prophecy a prophecy she little meant
she only realized when verified
when, one short week after, the men
came to her with triumph in their
eyes and voices and told her that they
had discovered her, father's murderer.
No need to question whip. The name
rang like a clarion through the camp,
to her ears like a dirge, pince it was"
the name of the man she had loved
and trusted Roger Rotyins.
Working in his clainl he had cried
out that he had discovered gold,' and
the men, rushing to the spot, found
his words indeed true; but, on further
investigation, the gold, was found to
have been placed there, and when re
moved from its temporary bed so un
skillfully deposited as to make detec
tion almost inevitable John Hubert's
long-lost treasure was revealed. The
murderer, by his impatient greed, had
betrayed himself. He had only looked
aghast when told of his crime and, si
lent and pale, lay bound awaiting his
speedy trial his certain death.
Meta listened shudderingly to their
words, each falling like a dull blow
on her unprotected head; then, with a
moan as of some stricken animal, she
buried her head in her hands, refusing
to b$ comforted. The memory of his
pallor at her idle words again rose
before her, his certain hope that for
tune would come to him, but over all
and through all a something in her in
most soul declared his innocence.
It was nightfall. The camp slept,
save when the little guard, alert and
wakeful, surrounded the prisoner, when
suddenly a ghost appeared upon the
scene, and a challenge rang out on the
night air.
"It is I," replied a voice. "May I
say a word to the prisoner?" and Meta
Iubert stepped in their midst. ,
xtf.s4i they answered, and without
ley shejapprpafciied the spot
fuy'ictfj ; fans.
"You here?" he qnestionod, raising
a haggard face to hers.
"Yes, Roger," she answered, very
gently. "I am come to tell you I be
lieve you innocent. Nothing can
save your life, I fear, but I want to
give you proof of my Avords. I want
to be your wife before you die."
"Meta!" exclaimed the young man.
"Thank Heaven! Not as my wife,
darling. You shall be no felon's
AvidoAV even in man's sight. In God's
sight I am innocent! He only knoAvs
hoAV that gold Avas placed within my
claim, but as I soon shall be sum
moned to His presence, it never soiled
iny hands. Your words have wrung
this from me - your belief in me else
I should have gone silent to the grave.
Noav, darling, leave me, lest you un
man me for the mprrow."
As silently as she had come, her
pleading in vain, Meta passed away.
The trial was very short, the testi
mony conclusive and the verdict that
the next morning at daybreak Roger
Rollins should die. In vain Meta pro
tested her belief in his innocence, in
vain appealed for mercy. They thought
grief had unsettled her reason, AA'hen,
as the shades of evening Avere gather
ing, a man staggered into the camp
mortally wounded. He had Avandered
beyond the guards and in an encoun
ter Avith tAvo or three stray Indians
met his death. He Avas one of their
number a surly, silent fellow, but one
now needing their attention and care.
Two of them sat by his bed as the
slow hours wore on, and one, bending
over him, said:
"You Avon't see daybreak, old felloAA'.
If you've anything to say auy mes
sage to leave say it uoav."
"So soon?" he ansAvered in a broken
voice. "I am going now where I sent
poor Hubert."
"What?" they questioned, aghast.
"Yes, I murdered him; not the boy
you have out there in chains. Then I
did not dare use the money, and after
a time I learned to love the girl. She
spurned me would not give me even
a kindly glance, and one night I heard
her tell Rollins that she cared for him.
Mad Avith jealousy, I watched my op
portunity, and in the darkness of the
night placed the stolen treasure in his
claim, knowing well Avhat would fol
Ioav. I never should have told. I
don't knoAV Avhat it is makes me tell
now, unless unless" and with a
great choking in his throat the man
fell back dead!
No need of notaries and depositions.
Justice and right ruled in this far-off
canrp, though clothed in so rude a
garb, and the men kneAV Phil Carlton's
Avords were true. He had gone be
yond the reach of their vengeance.
They left him to the mercy of his
Maker.
But ere another day drew to its
close the solemn words Avere said
which made Meta Hubert Roger Rol
lins' wife. Her father's fortune wa3
hers now with Avhich to build a home
far away from these sad scenes, but,
looking into her husband's face, with
its proud, hopeful trust, she felt Avith
her hand in his Bhe could go any
Avhere. But sometimes, when her fair
est hopes have been realized, in the
evening tAvilight, Avhile Avaiting the
happy husband's and father's return,
she tells the children gathered at her
knee the strange story of Phil Carl
ton's confession. New York Ledger.
The Lasso.
The lasso is of great antiquity. It
is said to be depicted in the ruins of
Nineveh. An early Persian maniu
script, preserved in the Escorial,
shoAvs a sportsman (whom I suppose
royal by his Olympian expression and
careless seat) in the act of catching a
wild ass Avith a nicely plaited lasso.
' The Laplanders are said to lasso
their reindeer, and the Tartars and
modern Australians use a rudimentary
lasso fixed to a long pole in order to
catch Avild br refractory horses. The
Poles, Croatians and Wallachians,
with the Hungarians, seem to have
used the lasso till about the beginning
of the present century. A picture by
the German artist Richter shoAvs Po
lish remounts for the German cavalry
being lassoed in the ZAvinger at Dres
den. The horses look as wild as a
Texan "broncho" or an Argentine
"gagual," and the attitude of men and
animals, and the way the ropes are
coiled and thrown, are identical with
those adopted in Spanish America to
day. The lasso appears to run through
a ring in the pommel of the saddle.
It is, however, in Spanish America
where the art has been most devel
oped. This is on account of the open
country and the vast numbers of wild
and semi-Avild horses which up to the
middle of the present century over
spread its plains. Badminton Maga
zine. Where Mustaches Are Barred.
Time was in England when the em
ployes of banks might not wear beards
or 'mustaches. This restriction has
in almost every instance long been re
moved. One exception still remains.
The historic house of Coutts, where
royalty keeps its private accounts, de
clines to alter the rule of a bygone
age, and visitors to its ancient Avails
will note that its employes present a
remarkably trim anV smart appear
ance. The younger clerks yearning
for those hirstute adornments -so dear
to budding adolescence have recently
memorialized the f irtnerson this sub
ject; but, alas! Avi'i l.ut uecss.
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.,
Jelly for an Invalid.
A nutritious and appetizing jelly to
tempt the capricious palate of an in
valid Avho rebels at broth and gruel
is made in this Avay: Take a quart
of strong beef broth, without a par
ticle of fat, and clear Avith the white
and shell of one egg, as per bouillon.
Season as you Avish, Avith celery seed
and thin shavings from a half lemon,
or Avith cinnamon and other spices, and
Bet away to harden. Turn out on a
pretty dish and serve Avhile ccld and
firm.
To Make Touftt.
Lay the bread on top of a hot
stove (in the toaster) or on a plate in
the oven until it is Avell dried on both
sides. If it can be entirely toasted on
top of the stove, as it may easily be if
the stove is very hot, so much the bet
ter. If not, Avhen it has dried apply
it to the coals. A few minutes will
suffice to give it a delicate brown even
ly distributed." Now lay it on a hot
plate and do not cut off. the crust; it
need not be eaten if disliked, but
should not be removed in the making.
Pour enough hot water over the toast
to soak it to the leathery stage. Noav
quickly butter and salt it on both
sides. When that is done add more wa
ter if desired, but if all the water be put
on at first it will be impossible to turn
the slices. If the bread be buttered
before it is wet, as most people do, it
will not penetrate into the bread, but
be Avashed off. The bread will also
have a sort of crust over it. When
all is done, pour over it hot milk or
slightly warmed cream if desired.
Take care not to get it too rich for a
very delicate stomach. Klara Kooke,
in New England Homestead.
Chartreuse of Spinach.
Boil one large carrot and one large
white turnip until tender. When cold
cut lengthwise into strips one-quarter
of an inch thick and one inch wide.
Butter a medium-sized oval pudding
dish about four inches high, and line
the sides with alternate strips of car
rot and turnip and arrange a feAv
pieces cut in small fancy shapes in the
bottom. Prepare the spinach as fol
Ioavs: Wash 'four quarts through a
half dozen Avaters to remove all sand
and grit. Have ready a large pot
three-quarters full of boiling Avater,
to which add one tablespoonful of
salt. Put in the spinach, press well
under the water, but do not cover.
Cook fifteen minutes, drain thorough
ly, then chop; fine. Put tAvo table
spoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, add
the spinach, stir until the butter is
well mixed through; sprinkle over it
one tablespoonful of flour, one-quarter
teaspoonful of pepper and stir
again for fiAre minutes; add one-half
cupful of cream or rich milk and cook
for five minutes longer. Fill the cen
tre of the dish Avith the prepared
spinach and press it down firmly and
evenly; trim off the tops of the strips
even Avith the spinach. Heat in a
steamer or set the mold in a pan of
hot water and place in the oven until
hot through. Turn out on a platter
and pour round it a white sauce to
which a little lemon juice is added.
Chicago Record.
Household Hints.
Stone jars are far better than tin
L boxes for keeping bread during hot
' veatherr
A little vinegar added to water in
which salt fish is soaked will improve
; its flavor.
A tablesjioonful of kerosene oil add
ed to the boiler Avhen scalding clothes
will help to Avhiten them.
j Lamp chimneys can be cleaned by
j rubbing with a clean, soft - cloth and
polishing Avith a piece of neAvspaper.
Two bottles should be kept for a
bottle-fed baby. The one not in use
should be filled Avith cold water and
soda.
Ivory -handled knives should be
kept in a canton flannel bag having
i separate compartments for each
knife.
If grease is sjille J on the floor cold
water poured on it at once will pre
vent the spot from soaking into the
wood.
In wiping china dishes do not pile
one upon another while still hot.
Spread out to cool off, then pack. Pil
ing together while warm is apt to
make the glaze crack.
In making any of the desserts Avhere
milk and gelatine are employed, it
must be remembered that if the gela
tine is mixei with the sugar before
dissolving it in the milk, there will
be no danger of the milk curdling.
Pretty and effective lamp shades
that can be readily changed Avhen
soiled are made from the little Japa
nese or Chinese umbrellas. These
can be bought for a feAv cents at any
of the Japanese stores. A round hole
is cut in the centre to fit the globe, and
the whilom umbrella is tied into posi
tion with a piece of baby ribbon.
When shaking heavy rugs hold from
the sides, never from the ends. If
possible, spread on clean grass or
boards with the wrong side up; beat
first to dislodge the dirt, then brush
thoroughly and hang on the line to
air, using judgment about leaving too
long in the hot sun. This is the meth
od employed by the Turks, avIio should
be connoisseurs in the care of rues
CAHF0ENK" 'OSTRICHES,
THE NEW AMERICAN INDUSTRY
THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED.
African Feathers Being Kapldly Iriven
Out of the Field by Onr Own Product
How the Birds Have Bem Put tt
the Front in This Country.
Ostrich farming is now one of the
profitable industries of the country,
there being in southern California
several large farms, those of Pasade
na, Norwalkand San Diego being par
ticularly noticeable. Here birds of
various ages, from the newly-hatched
chick to the full grown, may be seen.
The climate is particularly adapted tc
this bird, and the transplanted indus
try may be said to be a 'perfect suc
cess. The first birds were brought here
in 1885, an Englishman securing fifty
two South African ostriches. Forty
two arrived in southern California in
good condition and formed the basis
of all future operations, their descen
dants today numbering over 200 California-born
birds.
The Pasadena ostrich farm is the
most convenient to the general pub
lic, and lies on the north side of the
Arroyo Seco the river, often dry in
summer, which forms the western
boundary to the city. Here, a large
inclosure is divided off into yards and
corrals, in which are found birds of
all ages, while in a small building are
exhibited the products of the farm.
Up to within a few years all the os
trich plumes Avorn were brought from
Africa, but now there is a duty of 28
per cent, on the plumes, and the
young American industry is able to
compete. At the Pasadena farm the
feathers are to be had at cost. Here
jne may purchase a cape of feathers, if
one wishes, for tAventy-five or thirty
dollars, or the plumes made into a
variety of articles useful and orna
mental, Avhich are distributed all over
the country.
A flock of fifty or one hundred birds
presents a most interesting and singu
lar appearance. They have a jaunty,
debonnair air as they approach the
fence, and when startled they rush
away with wings and feathers erect,
presenting a very peculiar appear
ance. The birds in Pasadena are kept in
small corrals, separated by a space of
five or six feet to prevent them from
fighting. In this pastime they strike
with their feet forward with a force
often sufficient to kill a man or horse,
the long, sharp toe being a terrible
weapon. When the Pasadena atten
dants are attacked they throAv them
selves upon the ground and lie flat,
escaping for the singular reason that
the birds cannot strike anything less
than three feet from the ground. The
old birds first attract the visitor'3 at
tention a flock of fifty, each stand
ing seven feet high and Aveighing
about 250 pounds, their great, white,
bare thighs working, their rich plumes
falling gracefully from Aving and tail.
They appear to have unbounded curi
osity, coming up to the fences and
gazing at the observers with their
mild eyes. In one pen sits a nesting
bird in the hot sun. The nest is
simply a depression in the soil. When
the bird nests it deposits in all ten or
fifteen eggs, over which she distributes
a little sand. From now on the two
birds devote themselves equally to the
hatching process. The male bird
takes his place at 4 p. m. and sees un
til nine in the morning; then the fe
male, who has been feeding and ex
ercising, relieves him. The male also
relieves the female an hour in the
middle of the day, that she may feed.
For forty days this regime is faith
fully followed, Avhen an observer Avil
hear the tap-tap from the Bhells, and
soon they begin to break, aided by the
female, and the strange, wire-haired
young appear. They are immediately
taken from the mother and placed in
a brooder, and the female will soon
begin to lay again.
No feathers equal in beauty those
obtained from the wild ostrich, but
the California production meets the
demand so Avell that it would be diffi
cult to distinguish them. Philadelpia
Times.
Bennett's Coach Line,
Mr. James Gordon Bennett, the
proprietor of the NeAV Y'ork Herald,
is an enthusiastic whip, and when in
Paris or in the south of France a seat
in his four-in-hand is free" to anybody
paying a regulation fare. The pro
ceeds of his coaching tours are de
voted to charitable purposes. A
peculiarity of the millionaire driver is
that he not only expects tips from his
fares, but is much annoyed should any
one dismount without "remembering
the coachman," even to the extent of
a very small "pourboire." What Mr.
Bennett does Avith his tips is a matter
of conjecture. Some people aver
that he treasures them as ever-precious
evidences of his own hard work.
Well Matched.
"I'm a plain, every-day business
man," said Meritt, "and am nothing
if not practical. Miss Wisely, will
you be my wife?"
"I admire your frankness, Mr.
Merit," replied the fair object of his
affections, "because I am inclined to
be rather matter of fact myself. How
much are you worth?" Chicago
News.
. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Among the noteworthy announce
ments made at the recent medical con
gress at Moscow was that the lungs
had recently been operated on suc
cessfully. :
Electricity is used to ignite the wick
of an oil lamp recently placed on the
market, the battery and push button
to turn on the current being mounted
in the base of the lamp. 1
Fountain brushes for painting are
made with a socket in place of a
handle, and screw over the neck of a
paint can, from which paint feed3
through an orifice to the bristles.
Schoolboys should beware of lickixig
pens or blotsXwith their tongues.
According to Mr. M'arpmann of Leip-
sic there are microbes in ink, and
may be dangerous to prick the
with a pen. '
The insect which is destroying ca
bage in Howard county, Maryland,
has been identified as the harlequin
cabbage bug. It came originally from
Central America and first appeared in
this country in Texas in 1866.
The lightning specialist connected
with the government Aveather bureau
maintains that rods are no protection,
and that most precautions taken by
people to keep out of the path of a
possible electrical discharge are use
less. A scientific expedition has gone from
Australia to the Ellice islands, 700
miles north of Fiji, to test DarAviu's
theory that coral reefs are constructed
on gradually sinking islands. The
expedition will make deep borings
into the reefs.
Sir William Thompson calculates
that the number of molecules in a
cubic inch of any gas is 100,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000, and in each of
these molecules there are several atoms
moving among themselves, at the rate
of 70 miles a minute.
There has recently been cast by the
Bethlehem Iron foundry a nickel-steel '
ingot weighing 222,300 pounds, said,
to be the largest ingot ever cast in
this country. It is 16 feet 7 inches
long, 74 inches in diameter, and from
it will be made a 16-inch gun for coast
defense.
To facilitate the transportation and
preservation of hay an apparatus has
been deA-ised at Buenos Ayresfor com
pressing it to one-tenth its normal
bulk. In this , form, as hay biscuits,
it can be preserved dry and sound for
an indefinite period, Avithout losing its
flavor or value as food.
A citizen just returned from Paris
describes a very ingenious device that
has been adopted there for use in cabs.
It is a register that indicates the exact
distance, automatically, the cab travels
on a trip, and at the end displays the .
amount of the legal far.e for that dis
tance for the information of the pas
senger. Facts in Kegard to Appendicitis.
The position is taken by Dr. Me
Burney, in the London Medical News,
that there really is no -medical cure'
for appendicitis, even though some
cases recover without operation ; he
considers, too, that, though appendi
citis is a surgical disease, yet opera
tion may not be necessary in every
case, the fact being that this ailment is
a stoppage of the drainage from the
appendix to the colon, and preliminary
treatment is often worse than useless.
Thus the opium treatment relieves
pain and discomfort, but entirely masks
the symptoms at a most important
time, for it is in the first twenty-f6ut',
hours from the beginning of the at
tack that physicians can decide not
only as to the diagnosis, but as to the
result and course probably of the case.
If, for instance, there is ho increase
in urgency in five or six hours, the pa
tient is not in immediate danger if
kept at perfect rest in bed; on the
other band, if in twelve hours there is
etill no increase in the severity of the
symptoms, the patient should begin to
improve. But, if the urgency of the
case has steadily increased . in twelve
hours from the time when the diagno
sis was made, an operation will prob
ably be called for. After two attacks,
a patient is sure to have a third, and
each attack reiiders operation more
difficult and dangerous ; all the advan
tages lie with operation, between the
attacks, and in an operation during
an acute attack the prognosis is worse.
New York Tribune. - '
Cheap Electric Light.
In spite of the fact that Chicago is
generally associated Avith the idea of
municipal OAvnership in the considera
tion of all questions of public light
ing, it is a fact that the city depends
upon central station companies for
considerable current to operate street
lights, particularly in the southern
part of the city. Two of the com
panies, the People's Electric Light
and PoAver company and the Hyde
Park Electric Light and Power com
jmny, have been engaged in a spirited
rate-cutting war for some time, and
wherever the lines of both companies
were to be found the people secured
their service at a very small cost. The
city controller, becoming cognizant of
this fact, determined to secure some
advantage for the city, and he has
accordingly asked both companies to
bid upon the city lighting for the
district which they occupy. fWestein
Electrician.
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