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Show TRUTH. "Nanna. A writer in a recent number of the Queen expresses the opinion (which is shared by many other people) that children are not one whit better , brought up by the smart, certificated nurses so much sought after nowadays than they were Nanna of the by the comfortable days gone by. The old nurse still holds a place in the hearts of the men and women who knew her loving care when they were children, and tney will never forget her treats' that Best ol used to delight their hearts. all' says a woman, was lantern tea, when all the lights were put out, and the nursery was illuminated by penny tin lanterns, containing colored candles, which cast weird shadows on the solemn faces round the festive board. The Old-Tim- e white-frocked- io Irish Village of Baltimore. Baltimore, in Maryland, gets its name from a small add unostentatious fishing village in Ireland. The word Baltimore signifies the village that grew up about the big house and the derivation is plain when one sees the ruins of the very remarkable big house that was once the stronghold of the ODriscolls. It is situated upon an imposing height, a sentinel over the numerous little dwellings that have sprung up and increased in the vicinity of its wrecked and deserted life. From the village of Baltimore enormous catches of mackerel are sent to America. ivy-cover-ed o The Quinine Cure for Drunkenness. It is claimed that drunkenness can be cured in from one week to one months time by using the following mixture: Pulverize one pound of fresh quill-re- d Peruvian bark and soak it in one pint of diluted alcohol.. Strain and evaporate it down to half a pint. For the first two days give a teaspoonful every three hours. If this quantity causes headache diminish the dose. The third day reduce amount to half a teaspoonful; the next day give fifteen dror. ten and then five. 11 Product of the American Cow. The American cow is an institution of huge dimensions. She produces annually 8,000,000,000 gallons of milk, 1.500.000.- 000' pounds of butter, and 300.000.- 000 pounds of cheese; not to mention hides, leather, glue, hair, horns, and other Her total dairy crop is worth over $500,000,-00-0 a year. by-produc- ts. o New Aluminum Alloy Made. After numerous experiments and trials an alloy of aluminum has been made with which nails, staples and o tacks can be made to compete with High on the Hills. Am g other advantages High on the hills the great winds strong- 'copper. ly blow; The crisp, dry grasses shiver to and fro; claimed for the new material is that A fleck of white, a drifting, it is not affected by the weather and n boat. will not deteriorate. Sails wind-blow- overhead; Immeasurably remote, n The blue, valleys lie below, The lonely cawing of a crow Thins into silence. Ghostly still, and o haze-hidde- far-hear- d, slow, The long softly float High on the hills. far the blue skies go; inimitably wind-sweThe world-widspaces wider grow; A pulse of mighty meaning thrills the throat Of echoing silence with a soundless note; than we know. Eternity draws nearer High on the hills. Independent cloud-shado- ws e, pt 0 London Honor to John Harvard. American residents of London propose to honor the memory of John Harvard, founder of the famous Massachusetts college, by a window in St. Saviors church, Southwark, where he was born. Thought He Was Arrested. In his young days, wrhen the late John Coleman was an architects assistant, but already had aspirations toward the drama, he obtained through a chance business connection an int troduction to Charles Mathews. Before the interview a little incident a took place which throws a striking light upon the public favorites precarious position. Mathews had just handed his wife from her carriage i and was entering the Haymarket, when the young man came up. His back was turned to me, so, approachi ing timidly, I touched him upon the arm, says Coleman in telling of the incident. Turning round like a shot, he inquired, At whose suit? . Origin of Phrases. The London Daily News has discovered what a good many Americans may have forgotten that the popular phrase the man in the street comes from Emerson. It occurs in The Conduct of Life, in the section on Worship. Speaking of the movement to repeal the corn laws in England, Emerson goes on: Well, says the man in the street, Cobden got a stipend out of it. o Form Hockey League. A meeting for the purpose of forming a national hockey league was held o Coins Fortune from Pennies. controls the public Just Long Enough dot machines at the resorts on Coney island makes a profit of more than $600 a week. That is net profit. He I has more to See Denver than $28,000 invested in his plant One of the best posted slot machine men the other day estimated that, exclusive of the gambling machines, which flourish in the West, more than half a million pennies are dropped into slot machines every day, Every day the Burlington starts a luxurious standard sleeping car to St Louis. It goes through without change, but it is halted in Denver from long enough for the tourist to untiHate evening-j- ust see Colorados capital and principal city, and call on friends or business acquaintances there. Convenient arrangement! Let me tell you more about it. via Special rates to St. Louis and return (direct or Chicago) are in effect over the Burlington every Tues- while on a holiday a million would be mid-afternoo- nearer the mark. o Many Buried in One Grave. While making excavations for the enlargement of a church at Rogiett, ) Monmouthshire, Eng., the other day, about a hundred skeletons were dis--$ covered. The bodies had apparently been buried in one grave. They are k. supposed to be the remains of victims i; of the plague, or of men who fell in a ajmrder raid. The skeletons have been ; n day and Friday. ' f'einterred. c R. F. NESLEN, Physique Outranks Intellect. An English naval cadet who ieven first prizes on his training 79 W. General Agent. SECOND SOUTH ST. TICKET OFFICE. nd in the first examination ga per cent of the possible mi rejected on medical e xvation for the navy, o wring to a 8 lefect in one little toe. 1 hour 22 minutes and 54 5 seconds, is said to have made a new record. Twelve men started, but only Peter Cavill, the Australian champion, who was a good second, and James McCus-ke- r of Boston, who claims the championship of the United States, who was third, gave Nuttall anything like a close race. 4 7.6 o 3-- '.1 t plugs to conquer. In order to bolster the waning con-- : idence of prospective adversaries, Jeffries has issued a defiance to the world, agreeing to meet any three men in one night at ten rounds apiece. If either of the three bests him, the three challengers may contest for the championship. Here is Jeffs cartel of defiance: San Francisco, Cal., Sept 2. I will fight any two or three men that can be signed to meet me in one night. I will take them on for ten rounds each, and if they whip me they can fight for the title that I will pass over to the winner. The big boiler maker was in deadly earnest when he made the sweeping challenge, and he will at once sign articles calling for him to fight three men in the one ring if the men can be found to face him. who, in making the distance in . : Cor-)e- tt Nuttall Makes New Record. The best swimmers in the world o competed at Newport, R. I., Sept. 3, Gaelic Hockey. in a match of three miles, which was name of the arranged some time ago by Charles M. Camogaidheact is the invented like somewhat hockey, game, Delrichs, James De Wolf Cutting and for the women of the Gaelic league in William R. Hunter. The event was won by Joey Nuttall of England, who Ireland. claims the worlds championship and i One man who Jeffries Sweeping Defiance.. Not content with his easy victory over Jack Munro, or previously vanquishing Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim and Tom Sharkey, James J. Jeffries, champion pugilist of the world, sighs, like a fistic Alexander, for more BALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. . ias been -- iC sr at Chicago last week. Four clubs Pittsburg, Houghton and Calumet, Mich., and Sault Ste. Marie wero represented at the meeting, which had been called by A. S. McSwigan, the Pittsburg representative. The inten tion is to form a hockey league simi Iar to the national baseball leagues, and arouse enthusiasm in this winter . sport. The league organized is called the American Hockey league. The man agers of the clubs will begin to ai range schedules of the games that are to be played next winter for the national championship. The officers elected were: A. S. McSwigan, Pittsburg, president; A. L. Ferguson, Sault Ste. Marie, vice president; James R. Dee, Houghton, Mich., secretary and treasurer. o In Double Play Though. Dead. At the end of the second game between the Patersons and Hudsons of the Hudson River League, Johnny Bis-setleft fielder of the Paterson club, in taking a high fly from the center field fence, tripped over a fence support and was thrown on his head. His fall resulted in a broken neck. Bissett held the ball after he fell and it was taken from his hand by Center Ftelder Barry, who returned it to the first baseman in time to complete a double play and the last out of the game, the umpire calling the game at the end of the seventh inning, owing to the delay caused by the accident to Bissett. t, |