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"Yon talk abost the old days of Methodism. with saddlebags and horseback." nud Bishop Taylor. "In Afrie* work ia back in tho days of Abraham. Traveling is almost entirely on foot We can do fibont twenty miles a day, making three miles an honr, with a short net at tho

end of each honr.

T learned the science of walking en a! boy, and hare tanght the missionaries so that they do not tire in these wclksfdmt are as fresh after n long walk

when they begin.

Onus ia growing in Broadway-grow-

ing inoneof the most crowded parts of that great thoroughfare, where the people rush wildly about on business errands, even when the son U hottest and the hmnidity highest. There isn’t a great deal of the grass, bat what -there is is flonriahing. Thousands pan over it every day, but none of them touchra

----- —, ■ ,, , , . it, for it ia just under a gneer little iron or fatigue I hardly know wha^ .gnitj nK , set in the paVement for some ,m , ™ ,, *‘ f w ' , " nnL " ^ hnn ” *'reason that isn’t now apparent. Under

tho iron bare is a little space hollowed ont in the flagging, and in it dost and

I accumulated to the depth of >r so. How the gnus seeds got

there Is not easily to be accounted for

it la. lam fond of 'jalking

day under the hot sun, with head bare,

loes ui}t affect me in tho least.

■There is a theory advanced by learned doctors that a tourist migrating from England to.Africa must go through an ( acclnnatiriiig process, but I entirely ig-

with myself and workers. ■Doctors also say that no work must be done in Africa by new comers, b we have no time to wait wo begin work the first day on striking African soil, ah# probably are better for it."—Boston Advertiser. ^ Spanish, Portuguese and Indian people have n way of cooling water common to them all, hnt tho Portuguese inhabitants of the Azores and Madeira have a little touch of their -own which travelers in the east have failed to note. They draw their water fresh from deep, dark wells, or the public fountains, into >.!™ terra-cotta water coolers. Then they jh some big ferns- and thrust them down into tho water, there to give up their earthly coolness. This little scheme, which is highly satisfactory Com the, Portuguese point of view, was cvolv< * in the same way, evidently, as the I: diun learned to make soup by dropping red hot stones into the potago. The are used by. the Portuguese milkdso to act as leafy umbrellas to the big gourds and jars of milk they carry a pole across their- shoulders, fresh is being plucked from time to time. They also answer tho same purpose i does the block of wood which horseme putinto a pail of water that goes into freight car with a traveling horse. They keep the milk from sloshing.—New York World. ■ /’ An arrangement for the prevention of accidents by tho electric current has been adopted at tho works of tire Morgan Engineering company of Alliance, A board is fixed on the wall facing the dynaino in the engine room. On this board are six hooks on the checks of the six men who are employe^ in looking Wter the circuits. When a man is.colled dnty lie removes his check from the hook ami stakes it with him. The engir sees by a glance at the hoard that hqpk is absent, and tliat therefore man is engaged about tho line*, around the shop, and the dynamo is not started until" the chock is replaced on the hook. The engineer then understand! that the coast is clear, and (unis on hii current without fear of accident to any of the linemen.—Exchange. :

trouble about moisture, for e . ^ turns the hollow into- a little reservoir, and in two or three weeks anybody with a liking for. novelty may take up the grating and harvest the first crop of hay that has been raised in the neighborhood

New York" Times.

Iced Van Houtee’s Cocos. '-Bfs$ r -aim goes farthest. The latest fad for aoolil teas. New York's latest iced drink.

Judge vs. Jury. A'Boston man brings forward sixtyfour jury decisions S-liich were against law, equity, fact^md common sense,and argues that had&ach case been left to (the judge a fair and honest decision would have been made. Tho jndge may ’ sometimes be a Solomon in wisdom, but' ho is just as apt to be a crank.—Detroit Free Press.

Arguing by Analogy.. Teacher—Who can tell mo what useful article we get from the whale? Johnny? Scholar—Whalebone. Teacher—Rightl Now, what little boy or jprl knows what we get from the seal?- Tommy? Scholar—Sealing wax.—Backet.

A lecturer to whom we once listened, who read every word of his lecture, had sewed the leaves together with such in judicious firmness 'that the last word ol each line was all but indecipherable—o palp to himself and an exasperation ‘ his andisoce. This gyntleman was little aware of the want of touch l tween himself and his hearers that tin Ironical plaudits which gradually be<:as to udute his snecexs in get ting at a more difficult word than usual only evoked assurance tliat though the apidanae » extremely gratifying to him he mtliet feared it took np time! The cheers thii provoked took up so much time that when they were over a good part of hii hearers were also gone.—Chambers’ Journal.

What Broke t> the AWlably. Spuilaway—It’s astonishing what these gleight : of-l.and men can do. I saw Prof. Blitzen once spin an ordinary top upside -’own on a ceiling for fifteen rfiinutes. Blinker—That was a mere trick. 1 - knew a man in Utica tliat could dance for half an hour on top of a picket fenpe. Junes (contemptuously)—That’s nothing. Old Dave Persimmons, down in Lee township, conld put a black walnut between two of his toes and crack it. Griffbm- (with a .sneer)—Do yon call that strength*? Jeff Chitwood, a fellow I used to know down on Crooked creeS, conld balance a blacksmith’s anvil on his one. - I’ve seen him do it many a time. Swilk—I don’t doubt it a bit- I got on North iSde cable car yesterday. Took a transfer at Diveraey street Car was right there—didn't have to wait a second— Spndaway, Blinker, dimes and Griffum (vociferously)—That's a ’’ ’ '

ufjlas

iv York D..ilj

Xnterviewlus.

With the Baron de Rothschild 1 did not get on at all. Ho spoke Englis'-i like my French that the situation \

painful.

“I am from the Graphic," said I. ‘•All!’' said‘he; London Gweeqne; it ees oue great paper." ••No," said t "The New Yc

Graphic.”

••Ah!” said lie; "I see. No. I kn.iw

nosriug about cct."

"But I liavecome to speak upon finan-

cial matters."

••FenaruceT he asked.. "Yes." said I. ••Finance.” "Ahr he said; "xat e n one gr-r-r-and subject—of which I can speak not anyxing at all.”—Julian BaiuU in

A "namolew bee disea lias appeared during tho last few year-, and the bee keepers have had to lame.it not only de pleted hives, lint largo numbers of disowed bees. The bees look black becaus* of loss of hair, much as do robber bees or eld bees in i pring, and frequently malt* strange mot ..ms in front of the hives, ai though dancing or in convulsion*. Th« disease is supposed to be due to fungoid attack. Tho remedy is found in superseding the queen with a healthy one, and in having a plentiful supply oi salt water close to the hives, where tbs' bees can gain ready acceas to it—New York Commercial Advertiser.

Escambia county can - boast of weather prophet to whom Wiggins conld not hold a candle. This prophet * negro boy, 7 years of age, who it is makes prophesies about the we* many days ahead, which in nine ( . ont of ten come true. It is alleged that he is as black as the ace of spade red eyes, and lives near Mill view, logo u» Perdido river, about seven miles

d Van Honten’s Coco*. Beit and R e* iit'ust. Prices, 15. 25, 50 and 00. >r sale bj all grocer*. .

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I’ll II1 »ll III i- II l In _ The board of education of New Haven, Conn., is examining the case of Principal John G. Lewis, of the Webster school, who is accused of whipping little^ Paul Gebhard to death. Mnch has been 1 about the principal's whipping tbods. Louis Meyer, a 14-ycar-old living at 247 Daveuportravenue, testified: "Two years a&o I was strapped to a desk by Mr. Lewis and punished. Ho strapped my legs to the legs of the desk, and then he strapped my hands to the top of the desk. Then ho had a revolving pole with loni pr five straps in it, all with knots in the ends. This flew around liy palling a string, and the straps ... - '■'"' Herald.

Iced Van HoUten’* Cocoa. Bewate of poor, trashy Imratlnu. Namcstamped on every' can. Halpln Brothera 1 grocery-

An elephant Hunt In Seattle. Two elephants of a circus were being driven on hoard a steamer at Seattle, Wash., for a trip to Forndale.when they refused to step on the gangplank and both made a break np street. The largest, named Queen, was pursued by a crowd of men and boys into a lumber yard, where die made a stand and trumpeted several time*.' The crowd mpaed her with dull*, and in a -momet# she charged them. In the »cramhle a big pile of lumber was upset and four men were buried. After an hour’s chase Queen wss captured.—Pittsburg Dispatch. loed Van Houteu's Cocoa. Stood the test for seventy-tbrae yean. The great coeoa of Europe the coming cocoa oi America. Hand’s grocery.

A Texas paper told« stacy about four people on horseback being carried into the cloud* by a cyclone. A citizen doubted it and a reporter made affidavit to the facta. He was arrested for patjury, had to own np to the sesastion whan put

t gJEn term*-- 1 —

on trial, and jviU m prison for mil fun;

Free Press.

"Thsaa Daraad Cllj Waja." Mrs. Trodigee (a* the tug along)—Use the tongs, cousin! • Mr. Honks-Why, tnin't hot, is itPpck-

"How polished are my-lays!" murmured the poet. "Yes," cackled tho hen; "but you can't

Brown—We’re Well then be in load Van Houten's Coeoa. Beat and rasa farthest. Reception* dally. Hand’* a week. Tbs only pure