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Show (I ai iih t v aa SURPRISE. U stuck, showed his improving opportunities. ; riernr-.solicitude the was loth to leave us tiip-.- .; 1 -t; A MIDNIGHT hi, T r.p-r l leant hr ai will. out further precautions for our saf'ei v. burglar alarm was added to the attachments. It was of an ctri" construction; and there were A le, inclin'd By Elvira Floyd Froenecke. e! dynamos and endless elec ires living around the house for a if more. Each bod ,y all v. ns complete. in our family has always been a id.ible LIFE row had of and bat-- t wires by unexpected happenings. ; v. hile within touch of the easy Proper, superstitions have a way of reversing results which is hard was a sm.M! crank that set bells i rg in furious lamer. humiliating and depressing. YWien Al- rin W re alnr.e at Inst. Each morncoat gernon bought a new n under the impression that it uuiikl ing hnrh.-- Augustus, the colored v. ho arranges onr deal init-and ro a his and him sweetheart give please 'u r gnosis, set the alarms, t i smart, fashionable air he found that tan i eci was unbecoming, that liis sweetheart vlii' b nil the beds responded mcrril u and I examined preferred gray and that the latest hue Hue!: ;.i Ight Algernon pons and laid plans to meet the for spring coats was a striking shadoof our n.- ara. ttdf r. idurn. Afte r o eral nights of broken slum-l- a had same the Clarisse, too, r, wh'-r- each heard noises and met in propensity; for on presenting ludfn and in light attire, corridor, p' am! a voung lawyer (of tender heart that it was absurd to intellectual tendencies') with a book by vve coneit-orw rds of tin way. matt Iron! M r. llall Caine she found that he had f ill sc So tied we r read all that gifted man's works ami and of nights long was eager to learn something of the m. tric ! ts far tta- r.nr.-'- s' ce j atture. the A av.' York I r i: : t ui Imd ns ,:i in This e,, i. for the National W. C. '1'. l s w. Willard, a'!..'i o through Mis representing the expenses of sc;di:;: on.- r. The women, who were a! enthusiastic for the (reck and in li ex K.t . . 1 perii-ru-ci- Two San Francisco grocers Ring Bros, and T. Salomon won $100.00 each because they sent the most yellow tickets before June 15th. But grocers and clerks can get more tickets than other consumers; so we also paid $100.00 each to the two persons named below: l v. had aweirbh'd to d ; ; tan-color- gen-th-- vm-- 1 lie .i - 1 sl-- i ep -t. brighter light, Zangvvill. Poor Aunt Polly fell ill with grippe. She suffered long and recovered slowly. Jt left a legacy in the shape of a nasty cough that refused to be quieted. One tine day she took courage and went 1o upon some dear friends. The old ladies were in. They were delighted t ) see her, but were very much distressed about her cold. During the shifting conversation, which covered the broad field that lay between oratorios and home soapmaking, they recommended numberless cures. Towards fiveoelock Aunt Polly rose to go. There was a flashing eye signal between the kind old hostess and importunate "Oh. dont gos! from both. Aunt Polly sank gracefully in her chair as one of the ladies disappeared. Throughout the period of waiting most pleasant, thoughts were borne in her mind. Flow kind they were! to again visit old friends! What would the coming refection be? Probably tea; maybe coffee. No! More likely cocoa, and possibly elderberry wine or bouillon. She finally arranged the probabilities between elderberry wine and cocoa, while apparently deeply engaged in conversation with her entertainer. A slight bustle at the door. A' click of a spoon. She turned her head to see the apparition of a female figure advancing, which held in one hand a large bottle of cod- liver oil, in the other the hugest silver tablespoon, ever made. A spoonful was poured out slowly and handed to the unfortunate guest. She gulped down the dreadful dose and hastily made her escape. Aunt Polly is a Christian, and nothing transpired that was disastrous to friendship or good breeding. But, oh, how she did think! We were all a bit chary of superstitions, because of our peculiar experiences. There is that one of a black cat bringing good luck; but when Eloise scratched her dainty hand on wearing a black-ca- t pin for the first time, and when CoTtsin Belles story was sent- flying back as unavailable by the editor of the Black Cat magazine, we were not eager to welcome the tremendous How-delightf- yellow-eye- d pussy, that Gerald assured us would make happiness for all the family. Still she was a lady, and had some pretensions to beauty, so we adopted her, and baptized her Devil. She certainly acted as if about to change conditions, for nothing serious occurred, and beyond a propensity for lying or t he most comfortable bed she aould find, or dipping her dainty paw in ap ink bottle imitating the writer she was most exemplary. Sometimes it annoyed us tjuat we had not a good terrier in Devils place. She could kill rats, of course, but could give no alarm in case thieves entered the house. We tried adding a bright little terrier to our family. This would not do at all. Devil must reign supreme, and the dog was banished. Burglaries began to be frequent in the The pater and mater neighborhood. were going abroad, and we home guard were on our mettle. We were taught and retaught pistol practice until we were sure of our man, did he dare offer his body as target. The gunsmith had never sold so many pistols, nor such quantities of ammunition, since he had taken his shop. He was a queer little man with a bent back and a deep-se- t eye. His grimy hands, and odor of greasy knee-cap- s black-coate- d, lfiaek-and-ta- n were his trademarks. as harmless as a but the revolver; way his prices rose to meet this demand, and the fables he concocted gunpowder He pearl-handle- d looked TORN a: O r i t nv DRILL in.W (. e !;;r. t ere 'ch..oi': in tin- IN iijilt :i. I KANSAS. nitrr School . trwr.g and t d:-- j -; 1 ? i ss 1 FRENCH LOOKING. The Itnsrtish 3ce-ivour. the . Of A r --- t Tt: r ; t. De- Toonli may sue r at ja.dgVg a ration by llie amount of at'eation ;t h ; bu the pa s t n its i,l t rr id a cr j.art ..f human nuaio lin o ho - t-a M round the p! animal nature stcT-iae- v v ino-orta- i . r.ec-c- i ; - e'ei-rg- c- lhat make' Ik r: h -- . a -r : . i !.i-:i- v SCHILLING'S - tor-r.a- pk-o- i c - j By the wav, grocers cant compete for the two $150.00 prizes offered for the most yellow tickets in one envelope between June 15th and August 31st. They can, however, compete for the $1000.00 prize. B4 - . i . Mrs. During got a number of friends in San Francisco and near by (one keeps a boarding house) to give her their tickets ; and she used the tea herself. By the way, she uses Scnlins Best baking powder and extracts too bad she doesn't know how ogood Schillings o Best spices are! But she says the extracts and baking powder are wonderful. A woman in Stockton, who keeps a restaurant, came very near getting a prize. She deserves one for supplying her customers such good tea. Better read our advertisements every day some contain suggestions how to win the prize. . public oortniifiy have a eke in some degree prom.oio and 'em eltectr.e ; ; r d nu in sues 11m ( hue-one di etliau i!ition. they cas-is a libel but !i upon r.;.t n v of la . In K.i.e.s tiny '! di ll: or, i: tlu-- iuu.o. we God to hold that cucrv thriv p! Iifu is wrong- and that d .t it. Out the;It; rwi a, vt to a in that .wat o re n ore to be (Me,:, than life have no lire--- . sc hold hildi-cd ti i iiish.g- i uinki a ta arc now bs the even though such i.:.; rai'.'-- in te.ruado ill ills, New Yori; Sun. refinements descend to the accessories When or.. ;r Iocs strike a Kansas of the table. It is in this respect that town everybody makes at once for French cooking is superior to other prairies. It is the only way to escape cooking; it is more refined. The Engdeath fiuiii living doors and chimneys, lish feed, the Americans devour; only falling re and toppling buildings. the French really know how to eat. Schoolehi ielrcn arc trained to know this Their meals, ns a rule, are less lieavy from the cradle, and on these occasions iind solid than those of other nations, pell moil for the nearest bit of yet quite sufficient in quantity, while clear prau-i- attainable. But many the great fact lhat nisi i.iguishcs thir children have been maimed and even cooking is their perfect comprehension killed in these terrible storms. of the part played by seasoning. Like So they have started a movement the Gallic- wit which flavors their litthroughout the state to have tornado erature, their thorough knowledge of caves built under the sohofihouse'R large seasoning givek zest to thelr cooMTigi enough to accommodate all the children , while the blow lasts. And lien e comes l)o 11. It cticl Illiucl. The ratio of deaf mutes and blind in in the tornado drill, which Is already all civilized countries rises much faster being put into practice. It is very much like our own fire drill. than that of the population. Tip- - teacher sounds the alarm cn the WILL IN A GRAVE. piano and the- children all stand up. Then the march is played, and out they It YVn Found After Thirty Years In go in good order, down the stairs and a Hurled Family Dihle. into the cave. After lying in a mans coffin for more Then let the winds blow! Let the than !iU years a will has been exhumed entire building fall in ruins! The chil- at Leavenworth, Inch, and its terms are dren are safe and have only to be dug likely to increase a troublesome litigaout. tion among the heirs of the man vvlm had the document buried with him. says QUAKER CITY ECONOMY. a local exchange. Watolunfn anil (bullies Distrusted Jacob Kissinger was the man. 1 1m Their lirans ilnttnns. will was found by accident, because', There couldn't possibly be in till this when Kissinger died, although the will city another crowd of men so disgusted was believed to have been made, nobody as were the watchman, guides and ele- tould find it. So the heirs went to law. vator men at the city hall, says the nd have been at it for three decades. Philadelphia Record. It was all because A lew ago a dispute arose which the. public buildings commissioners had could he days cleared up by the family Bible. been seized with what the men con- So the old grave was opened and the sidered a ridic ulous attack of economy. Book taken out. It was iu a good slate This is the time' of the tear when all of preservation, and when opened, to uniformed men in the employ of the the surprise of everyone, disclosed the city prepare to change their winter old mans will. By the terms of the document found clothing for their summer garments. Now, the uniforms worn by the city hall in the grave, the property of Kissingen men are profusely adorned with brass was divided equally among five children, buttons bearing the seal of the city, and one of them a resident of Germany and bo-of Kissingons first wife. And the municipal authorities are patlicu-larlcareful to see that none of these Ibis is where the new trouble begins. buttons shall ever go astray. It is, in None of the four American heirs ew-fact, a punishable offense fora common heard of the fathers first marriage, and citizen to have in his possession one of not one of them guessed that he had a these buttons. Accordingly when each brother it Europe. The Get man heir, of course, lias been man appeared for duly, he was called to the front and an official, armed with in ignorance, too, of the existence of his a pair of shears, snipped off all tlm citys American brothers, and the property buttons from the victims uniform ex- and money bequeathed to him. If he cept one, which was left to hold the eoat presses his claim now it is said that the across the chest. Fortunately the sus- four brothers vho live here will have when pender buttons on the trousers are just quile a hole made inis their purses the ordinary kind, without, any muni- they pay him what his by his fathers cipal insignia, otherwise there would will. certainly have ler:i a strike. The crop FIFTY-SIA DANGER POINT. of buttons thus gathered in was sent to the tailor, who had finished the Heware How on Five lo T!il Akc, If summer uniforms up to fhe point of aton lias e Genius. ar'ic-lesthose Fiftv-silittle necessary taching years seems to be a fatal for people of genius, says the New age ENGLISH NURSES IN GREECE. York Times. Among those who have at that age may be mentioned died The American YV. C. T. I, Helped Dante. Ihc Italian poet; Hugh Capet, Muintain Them. of During the latter part of the cam- king of France; Henry VIII., king Gerof paign in Greece excellent service was England; Henry IV., emperor done in the field lospitals by a few many; Iaganini. Italian violinist; Pope, English poet; George Kala, English nurses who left home to eare in. the Greek English orientalist; Marcus Aurelius, for the wounded soldiers was much emperor of Rome; Frederick I., king of The of Wales army. princess interested in the project, and lent her Prussia; John Hancock, American influence to aid it, and Lady Henry Somerset took an active part in the ar- - Qno Mioats Cough Care, cures, TkU U what It wa made for. p. Mrs. Wm. Funk, Winnetnucca, Nevada, 132 tickets. Mrs. L. During, S19 Bryant Street, San Francisco, 72 tickets. t are, out t had come v. p Knowledge ihn war rnea.i t a; d h, s mbh they have acnuiifed Hu The task of curing for ti e w corded not ended yet, ar. the r;:-v. Hi star ns long ns the'r presence can li of use. i h-- well-develope- d 1 XX X L - gen;-- vs-i-- well-regulate- - BEST TEA SAN FRANCISCO I ; 1 iivcxfia!nj7znctium: Slat-- : Fra 1 (bn mat Hff.vpt; i.--t c,i ; R tage.:-( !m I H. . ,,-.- 1 : Kwg-ie- x Spanish g nry K: r x, A general; Thomas Mifflin, American patriot; Yon Trump, Dutch mineral; He Here, Jinn j DECAY OF ANIMAL MATTER. Abraham Lincoln. Mnrrynt t, the novel-ist; George V hitefield, English founder It Is Someth InK More Than a Simple Chemical tlmiiKe- of Calvinistie mrthodism: Robert Dmi-- j A great many pi oofs, now more or ley. carl of I eicester, favorite of (jnecn Hliabelh; Johann Grcsjmr Spurheim. less familiar to most people, show quite: German physician and clearly that the decay of animal or vegHid Frederick FI., emperor of Genna nv. etable matter is not a simple chemical change, inevitable in the nature of A 'Incnpiif FIfiihI things, but a violent interference with the natural course on the part of hosEverybody has read stories of nr terious isir ds exerc i ng a irrrMsi tile organisms, says Longman's Maga-zirLhon ships passing T he bacteria, which nttra produce deare pure in-- ! composition, are very minute plants, These, of eour-million-- ; but there isan island named wlueii grow, like mushrooms or molds, in lie Baltic rea nm- llu-'- i upon organic matter, and which reprocons t of Denmark whose rocks, record-induce their like with rapidity. 1o a Vienna journal. Her Stein tier Tyndall showed Jo; g ago t lint the YVcisen, are so strongly magnetic that spru es of these plants exist in myriads where around they affect the compasses of passing in the air, floating ships, even as far as nine miles away. us; that they oceu; v all crannies and In this manner Bornholm may he said empty places on li.c surface of the to turn vessels out of tin r eem rse, si nee earth, and that they swarm in their an error of the eempass needle may millions in all pond; and puddles. An cause a corresponding error in the cayv wav of proving that these spores slecring of a ship. alone, and the phi M colonies which spring from them, are the cause of n Is I! i m( i Finiiisli Women. le- obtained by boilof more than '10') women putrefaction may Biographies so as to kill test a beef in tea tube, ing who haw hern or are distinguished in tin- bacteria, and the while the liquiei public life in Finland may be read in is still steaming, cloGng up the mouth Handbook clc s Finmamlisohen the of the tube it li a of cotton wool, Frauennen ins." recently published. which admits the o lag r but strains out ss t a Frauen c re was founded for of Ihe pi trefaetive organthe the mpro ement of ihc condition of isms.germs Under these .nditions the beef women, and in Iffl a second associa- tea will keep good for years, but if you tion, called the Inion." to which men remove the plug it will begin at once to were eligible, w as founded tor t he sa me putrefy. purpose. 1 - ' liven-hmisr- . j b-- e. ; e. - 1 g i ! Im-i- I - - j vv .i 1 11 1 i 11 11 i e - THEY HELPED JIM. He Wan Only n I. title Hoof Muck and liail i.ccii 111. The- rich men who build hospitals arcV not the only bene-- olent ones. black of whom Dr. Talmage tells ibis story showed a spirit of sweet unselfishness: A reporter sat down on cine of the city hall benches and whistled to one of the shiners. The hoy dime up to his work provokingly slow, and had when a larger boy sinned him aside and began the work, and the reporter reproved him. as being a bully, Oh. thats all and the hoy replied : il I am going to do for im. You right. see, lies been sick in the hospital morell a month; so 11s boys turn in and give irn - , X Y A . ; j "Pt-rr-T- Uc-nf- y h ; Di'Mir:;!':' - ! Tc .m author; I ;, th -- Nc-- t ; : rii-.- h ere!- " Tiovv much percentage does he give you? asked the reporter. The boy replied: dont keepnonof it. I aint no such sneak as that. All the boys give up v hat they get 0:1 his job. Id like to catch any feller sneaking on a sick box, would. The reporter gar- him a piece, and said; You keep ten cents for yourself, and give the rest, to Jim. Cant, do it, sir; its his customer. 1liiliji ; Th'-shoe- - just-begun- x Alex-iinde- j , Parrot IHsenae. Isittaeosis, the peculiar form of bron- chial pneumonia conn lunicated by parrots, has broken out in Genoa, U eases, eight of them fatal, being traced to a Brasingle importation of two sick has hoard The health zilian parrots. warned the citizens against harboriug parrots as pets. At Berlin the veter1 inary school has found that out of 17 sick' parrots 54 were suffering from tuberculosis. The disease is hereditary in lie birds, and is intensified by the close confinement and discomfort of the voyage to Europe. " (uerr Fnneral Motif. funeral in Vincennes, France, the remains were those of a man past 80, a hand played a series of polkas and mazurkas and wound up a lift. with the Marsellai.se at the grave. It Do all the boys help him? asked the was done in obedience to the orders left reporter. bv the deceased. He said he had lived Yes, sir; when they aint got no 80 years and had hazl a good time and job themselves and Jim gets one, they saw no reason for mourning over the turn in and help im; for he aintstrong departure. yet, you see. At a recent |
