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The Hoyil Acudeiu.v of Medicine o.
Htdgium, offers prizes of uuo, so i
aod 5000 francs for the most valuable
researches on diseases of the central
nerrotts system, with special referi'iicc
to epilepsy. The competition close
September 15, 1 sj'.i
It is estimated that .'id per cent, of
the iron manufactured by Tennesee i*
sold outside of the Southern States. It
is said to be the favorite iron with
pipe, plow and stove ma leers in the
east and north.
Russia already ranks sixth anion-,
the winc-producinjf countries of the
world, and will probably soon surpass
tJerirany in this respect In the prov-
ince of ltessarnbia alone there are •' I• .
000 acres under vines, or nearly half of
the arable land
In the Old World thecol •• <
incite revolts. In the New World tin \
merely commit ba/inff outrages Hut
everywhere they exemplify the truth
that a little learning can make its own-
er dangerous
The first coin known is Chines.r li
Jh copper and specimens we jrlnnn fnmi
one to five pounds, and supposed t«-
date from a period ut least two thou-
sand years before Christ, are still In
existence.
Five thousand students are in at
tendence upon the agricultural colleges
of the country and nearly 11.< 0,000
acres of land have been granted to
these institutions by the general gov-
ernment.
1007 HIM. I'OTATOKH I'l. IC AC Hi:.
Don't believe it nor did the editor
until he saw Salzer's great farm seed
catalogue. It's wonderful what an ar-
ray of facts and figures and new
things and big yields and great testi-
monials it contains.
Neml Thin Notice hihI in ( mil si n>| «
to Jphn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., for catalogue and 1- rare farm
seed samples, worth f 10, to get a start.
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
JOOD READING FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS.
The Silliest Question A Diamond III the
Itoilffh Curiosities Attn heil to Num-
ber Nine llritr Ntopa h tfrhoolma'iu
DEAR little girl j
with eyes of blue. ]
And yellow curls
nnd a dimple, too;
And we loved to
tease her. as some ,
folks do.
And ask her the sil-
liest questions.
"Oh what is Poppy, ,
Hay, little Ann?" j
"Poppy? Poppy? Why. Poppy's a man," |
She smiled at us brightly as onward ,
we ran
With the silliest, silliest questions. '
The blue eyes
says with a
"And what is Sissy
gleam.
"SlBBy's a gu-url."
Of laughter as light as a rippling I
stream,
At this silliest, isilllest question.
I
Miss Marian Sara Parker, of Detroit,
is the first woman to graduate from the
department of engineering in the I'ui-
versity of Michigan. Her object in
taking this course was to become a
practical architect. Her thesis for
graduating consisted of designing a
fireproof apartment building, having
to figure out tho strength of every
piece of iron in the construction.
The enormous extent Of the forests
and also the lumber industries, of the
Northwest is indicated by the fact that
this year Washington will make ship-
ments of lumber aggregating 400.000-,
000 feet; Oregon, 150,000,0(10 feet, and
British Columbia, 40,000,00< . And
there is no danger of the supply run-
ning short.
NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS.
Millions of m«:i \vh«> are daily Tol.
Hpittlug and Smoking Their Lives Away
will be glad to learn that tlie makers o! No-
To-Hac, tin famous guaranteed tohace >
habit cure, that has freed over -lun.iiOOtobac-
co users in the last few years, have put on
the market a fifty cent |>i rka, e of the r
great remedy. This will give every tobac-
co user aehancs to te*t No-To-l'.a. 's p.iwer
to control the desire Cor tobacco h esery
form and at the same time be benefitted by
No-To-line's nerve strengthening "jualitie
Every tobacco user should procure a liny
cent box at once from his dri :• . ist or order
it by mail. You will be iurpris>d
how. easily and quickly the desire tort .
bacco disappear''. Any reader can obtain
a sample and booklet Iree by add re-■-in.!
the Stealing Remedy Chicago or New
York and n entionii ^ this papei
For the first time in the history of
the United Slates treasury a demand
has come from San Francisco for pen-
nies fo be nsed in trade, where nickels
hove been hitherto the smallest change
In use.
Experts in the snake branch of nat.
ural history say that the largest rattle
snakes never strike above the knee of
a standing man.
The present czar cultivates his tenor
Voice when he has t ime; his father play
ed the trombone and his great-grand-
father whistled.
One of the ironies of life la the fa
that the man who bus money enough
to pav as he goes can get all the credit
he wants.
Peter the ti rent, carpenter, ship
wright and what more no one knows,
took to amateur dentistry to amuse him-
self.
TO I'l'RK A COM) IN ONI DAT.
Tave Laxative Hroniu (,'i r \:«
Drugging refund tho aioucy if li tu .. ,m
Hope is believing that some strangei
will saw your wood while you sit in
the shade.
Napoleon III wrote a life of Caesar
that ranks very high.
Cycle racing for women is going out
of favor in France.
"And Botty? Botty is surely a toy
Of golden metal with no alloy?"
"Botty? Botty? Why, Hotty's a boy." ]
I The silliest, silliest question.
'Then, what Is Mommy?" The blue
eyes shed
A faint love glance, low dropped the ,
head,
"Why, Mommy Is Mommy," little Ann j
said
To this silliest, silliest question.
Oli. dear little girl with eyes of blue, (
And yellow curls and a dimple, too, |
Yes, Mommy Is Mommy the whole I
world through;
lio good-bye to the silliest questions.
—Philadelphia American.
\ Hough Diamond.
Walking down the street we saw two
Very ragged hoys with bare toes, red
aud shining, and tattered clothes upon
which the soil of long wear lay thick
and dingy. They were "few and far
between"—only jacket and trousers—
and these solitary garments were very
unneighborly, and objected to a union,
however strongly tho autumn wind
hinted at the comfort of Btich an ar-
rangement. One of the boys was per-
fectly Jubilant over a half-withered
bunch of flowers some person had cast
away. "I nay, Hilly, warn't somebody
real good to drop these 'ere posies Jest
where I could find 'em, and these bo
pooty and nice? lxiok sharp, Hilly,
and may be you'll find some blmeby—
0, Jolly! Billy, If dero ain't most half
a peach, and tain t much dirty neither.
Cause you ain't got no peach, you may
bite first. Bite bigger, Billy, may he
we'll find another 'fore long."
That boy was not cold, nor poor, and
never will be; his heart will keep him
warm, and If men and women forsake
. him the very angels will feed him und
fold their wings about him. "Bite
! bigger, Billy, may be we'll find another
■ fore long." What a hopeful little soul!
If he finds his unselfishness Illy repaid,
I tie will not turn misanthrope, for (lod
made him to be a man, on« to hear his
iwn burdens uncomplainingly, and help
hiH fellows besides.
ailroads stretch
France will us.
coins.
llamburg has a <
tel.
Jew try n tor t>..\ f«
Corloftltlm \it •• he.l lo Number .Nine.
It is uy nines that eastern presents
*re given when made on a scale of
freat magnificence. "To the nines,"
expresses a state of perfection, as
'dressed up to the nines." Chaucer,
Heywood and Shakespeare speak of a
nine-days' wonder; a cat has nine lives;
a tailor Is the ninth part of a man;
Shakespeare makes Hotspur cavil on
he ninth part of a hair; it was a num-
j ber of magical power dear to witches,
is we read in Macbeth; Shakespeare
igain has the "Nine Sibyls of old
| Home;" we havo tho games of nine
lien's mortis and nine-pins; the butcher
i ilrd is called the nine-killer, from its
I lablt of Impaling nine of the animals
j in which It feeds before It begins Its j
| meal; the nine of Diamonds is called '
iie curse of Scotland; there were nine 1
muses; nine planets; uiue order of an- i
selB—angels, archangels, virtues, pow-
rs, principalities, dominions, thrones, '
•herubim. seraphim; the Etruscans had !
line gods who alone had the power of i
lulling thunderbolts, the Novenslles
were the nine Sabine gods; the Noven-
1ial ashes were the ashes of the dead
burled on the ninth day; the nine wor-
thies were Hector, Alexander, Julius
j Caesar, Joshua. David, Judas Maccab-
eus. Arthur. Charlemagne, and God-
frey of Bouillon; there were, too. nine
worthies of London, whose chronicles
were written by H. Johnson in the six-
teenth ceutury. Every ninth wave, as
j Tennyson sings, Is said to be the larg-
est; and laat, not least, possession is
1 line points of the law. Pythagorls
aiade three the perfect number; nine
was consecrated by Buddhism, und is
revered by the Moguls and Chinese.
The peculiar property of number nine
from a mathematical point of view 1b,
I liat when It is multiplied by another
| number the digits composing the pro-
uct, when added together, give nine.
an.ty «
lie. thetnoat liver sad b<
Nashville is buying Herman tobacco.
Galveston has a French night school.
In Japan llfi'.' mills have machinery
A I'aris opera house has t."" loch-.
A machine makes 8,000 pins hourh
lapati uses our oil well machinery.
Mining employs tiio.ooo Mexicans
English jet mines are giving out
One man in -iKl is a "six-footer."
Africa employs 700 locomotives.
'Frisco makes ships for Hawaii.
True
Mont I. ' ,.m. i, I: ri. ,.f II K.,r .,;virill« an.l
tii manifested every day in it* renmrkul U- mr.,
of catarrh, rheumatism, dwi^lo.
Hood's
• Sarsaparilla
Is tho heat In fact the OnoTrin- HI Pi.tifier,
hood's Pills ,
SWEET potatoes
Rome days ago Lucretla Hitter, teach-
! *r of u school In the Elk Lake district.
] Sullivan county, had a thrilling experi-
ence with a black bear, says the New
1 York Press. Her school Is in a sparsely
•ettled part of the county, and the road
from her boarding place runs through
I x mile of dense woods. When walking
along through the woods she saw what
she thought was a yearling calf In the
path. She shook her lunch basket at
! he beast to see It scamper. It didn't
j scamper. She found that It was not a
, ,-alf but a full-grown black bear. The
1 bear shambled toward her. with mouth
pen. Miss Rltter ran to a crooked
! in. and managed to climb to a fork In
i he tree, twelve feet above the ground.
The bear stopped to eat the contents of
! her lunch basket, while she Bcreamed
1 lustily for help. In her efforts to get
j higher Miss Hitter's clothing became
! fast In a broken limb The bear made
no effort to climb the tree, but kept the
I school teacher In the tree nearly three
hours, when a farmer. Mr. Shurk. came
| iloug. The bear fled nnd the farmer
l -limbed up into the tree and helped
tier flown. Once on the ground Miss
I Rltt?r fainted nnd Mr. Shurk carried
hei to the nearest farmhouse, a mile
of Mil
U„-Prg.
Beat ( niK I
U2LU&L2
"A favorite game with the boys of
John D. White's subscription school,
at Georgetown, was mumblc-the-peg
3rant couldn't play the game very skill-
fully. and the peg always got a few
clandestine licks every time he was to
pull It." SUV* MeClure's Magazine. "On
one occasion It was driven in so deej
that the boys thought Lys could neve,
get It out He set to work with h!
forehead down In the dirt, the Bun beat
i lug hot upon him, aud the crowd c.
boys and girls shutting out every
breath of fresh air. The peg would not
move. The red-faced, shock-headed,
thickset boy, with his face now all over
mud, had forgotten his comrades, and
saw only one thlug In the world -that
was his stubborn peg. The bell rang,
but the boy did not hear It. A minute
later, after a final effort he staggered to
his feet with the peg In his mouth. The
old schoolmaster was in the door of the
schoolhouse, with his long beech switch
—the only person to be seen. There
was glee Inside at this new develop-
ment—here was fun the boys had not
counted on. Imagine their surprise
when, an the boy came closer, and the
st -in old schoolmaster saw his face, he
set down the switch inside the door
and came outside. One boy slipped to
the window and reported to the rest.
The old man was pouring water on
Lys Grant's hands and having him
wash his face. He gave him his red
bandannu to wipe It dry. What the
school aw a minute later was the
schoolmaster coming in, patting this
very red and embarrassed boy on the
head.''
"It was In the early days of railroad-
ing In the south," remarked the gentle-
man with the stock of reminiscences
the other day. "I was located In Flor-
ida about the time when the govern-
ment had made vassals of the Seminole
Indians of that state, and In order to
Impress the redoubtable 'Billy Bowlegs,'
the Tecumseh of the Semlnoles, It had
invited that 'heap big chieftain' to
make a trip to the seat of the national
government. Billy was a bit dubious
about accepting the Invitation, fearing
possibly that the Great Father at Wash-
ington might have designs upon his life
or happiness, hut he was prevailed upon
to make the trip and he embarked on
board of the train with a great show
of courage. The trains of that period
were not the flyers of to-day; In fact,
on many of the short lines engineers
were compelled io get out of their cabs
and walk to lighten the train and per-
mit It to proceed at an even rate of
speed. When Billy Bowlegs returned
from his visit he had overcome his
trepidation and looked with scorn up-
on the locomotive. 1 visited Billy a
day or two after his return and asked
him how he liked traveling on the Iron
horse.
Huh, he said, with an upward
twist of his prominent proboscis, horse
wld wheels no good. Big heap no good.
Me on horse better than two; run way
all time. White man heap smart; In-
jun heap better. Huh!"'- New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Toronto. Ont., will have to step bac
with Its palace of hay. One of our
boys who lives In Sollitt, III., read tho
paragraph published last week about
Toronto's scheme for such a building
at the coming exposition, nnd he eat
right down and wrote that the plan
wasn't new at all. Here's part of his
letter:
"About five years ago such a palace
was built, and stood as erected for two
years within fifty miles of Chicago, at
the town of Momence, where It was vis-
ited by largo crowds daily, the baled
hay being taken from the Kankakee
swamps. It was handsomely decorated
with grains and ornamental grasses of
all kinds.—John a. Elliott."
Hurrah for Momence—our boys and
girls will stand up for her and her pal-
ace of hay.
In the province of Guadalajara there
are something over 250 schoolmasters
whose individual salaries do not reach
500 pesetas per annum. The school of
Canamares receives an annual grant
of 4(5 pesetas (fs, roughly). In spite
of thlB scale of payment, the depart-
ment of education owes the schools
and teachers of this single province
193,000 pesetas. And the schoolmast-
ers of Velez-Malaga, literally at the
point of starvation, have addressed a
piteous circular, imploring aid. to the
sovereigns and heads of other states,
including the president of the French
republic. - North American Review.
The Star liable*.
Over the trees and the blossoms,
Over the fresh green lawn,
The diamond sparkle of dewdrops
Greeted the sunny dawn.
The baby looked from the window
With bright and wondering eyes,
And then he sought for an answer
In the mysteries of the skies.
"Why, mamma," lie softly whispered,
Seeing dewdrops fnr and near.
"See the stars' little babies;
They have come to visit us here."
Marlon Guthrie, in the Child Garden.
Kood of liullMi) .
Through the summer the Indians pre-
pared their winter store, which con-
sisted mainly of dried acorns, used in
place of flour or meal; berries, grass-
hoppers, grass seeds, flsh. nuts, meats
and roots of various kinds, says the
Popular Science Monthly. The camass
(Camassa esculenta) was the principal
root; It grew In abundance all over
California, and Is still plentiful In
many valleys In the northern part of
the state. It Is about the size of the
little finger, shaped like a sweet pota-
to and with much of the same flavor. A
long, hard winter would cause these
Indians to suffer more or less from pri-
vation. While In conversation with
an old Indian he said: "Long time ago,
'fore white man come, big winter come,
Indian no have c nough to eat, lots
of Indian die; my mahala, my little
boy, die."
Mortars, baskets and flat rocks were
their principal utensils for cooking.
The mortars were made from rocks of
various sizes, generally somewhat
rounded, but never uniform. The
deep round hole in the center was
ground with sharp, rough rocks. It
was a slow process and required pa-
tleuce, for it took many days of work
to complete one large mortar. These
mortars were not only used for cook-
ing, but also for grinding food, when
a round stone pestal would be required.
No household was complete without
the large, flat rock, which was general-
ly stationary, and contained a half
dozen or more round holes, varying In
depth and d iameter, used exclusively
for grinding, and often surrounded by
busy groups of mahalas.
Iu Plainfieid, N. J., the City Union
of the King's Daughters and Sons sup-
port a trained nurse, who goes about
umong the sick poor and cares for
them. The physicians In Plainfieid are
much pleased with the work of this
nurse. The circles in Plainfieid have
also opened a free dispensary.
Much of the trouble in this world li
aused by the man with the beam In
'lis eye trying to point out tho mote In
lis brother's eye.
A sanctified millionaire made the
levll very tlr<d In the days of Job, and
the same kind of a man can do the
same thing yet
VETERAN'S CORNER.
JAMP-FIRE SKETCHES FOR OUR
OLD SOLDIER READERS.
Ilie Coloael'a Shield The Man Who
Would Not Surrender ill- Principle*—
The Colonel Inlnt ent loimlly Helped to
Win h Hig Stake Seared tliu Cavalry-
OUR picture, slung
about my neck.
The day we went
u-field,
Swung out before 1
the trench;
It caught the eye of
rank and file,
Who knew "The
C o I o n e 1' s
Shield."
1 thrust It back, and with my men
(Our general rode ahead I
We stormed the great redoubt,
\s If It were an easy thing,
But rows of us fell dead!
Your picture hanging on my neck,
T'p with my men I rushed—
We made an awful charge:
\nd then my horse, "The Lady Bess,"
Dropped, and—my leg was crushed!
The blood of battle In my veins
(A blue-coat dragged me out)—
But I remembered you;
I kissed your picture—did you know?
And yelled. "For the redoubt!"
The Twanty-fourth, my scarred old
dogs.
Growled back, "He'll put us through;
We'll take him In our arms;
Our picture there—the girl he loves,
Shall see what we can do."
The foe was silenced—so were we.
I lay upon the field,
Among the Twenty-fourth;
Your picture, shattered on my breast,
Had proved "The Colonel's Shield."
A Western llero.
One of the best known men in cen-
tral Kansas Is Lyman Field of the
town of Solomon. He Is a shrewd Ver-
monter by birth, but before the war
went to the heart of the south and
opened a little grocery store, in which
he was doing very well when the rebel-
lion began. He was postmaster as well
and kept very flUH as to his political
beliefs, though he was loyal to the
north. He wanted the Herald of Free-
dom, published out In Kansas by the
Intrepid pioneers of that day, and
which was the bible of the abolition-
ists of that time. To get It direct
meant to invite a lynching. The mall
was opened a few miles away and
transferred to his office. So, to avoid
suspicion, he subscribed for the paper
in tho name of an old negro, who
could neither read nor write, and who
lived down In the swamp. When it
came he waited until the store was
empty at night and then went into the
rear room, where he lighted a candle.
Next he made a round of the house
outside to se% If there was any watch-
er. Then locking himself In, he read
the precious paper and finally burned
It in the fireplace, holding a shovel over
It to prevent ajiy stray bit going up
the chimney.
One night as he was reading he heard
a noise and startled, went to the door
and looked outside. He found nobody,
but as he came in he laid the paper on
the store counter and forgot It. The
first caller In the morning was a fire
eating southerner, and his first action
was to walk over and pick up the pa-
per.
"Who gets this Infernal sheet?" he
asked.
"I don't know,*' was the quaking
reply.
"Whoever he Is. we will hang him
If we catch him." with a meaning look
at the frightened young merchant.
"Yes. he ought to be hung." acqui-
esced Field.
The southerner strode away, and as
he went out the front door Field went
out the back. The young merchant
found a mule and on It started for the
north-and he never went back. He
?ame to Kansas and has made his home
here ever since. He never brags about
It, but he has a right to be proud of
the little Incident. It shows the kind
of effort It took to be a union man in
those days.
■ lie Colonel'* Story,
After they had been rehashing the
iiimerous poker stories that find their
way into print, the colonel took a turn.
'I reckon 1 helped win about as big
i pot as is generally talked about," he
laid, "and I was only a kid at that. I
had been rather sickly and was spend-
ing my vacation aboard a steamer ply-
ing on the Monongahela. It was war
times. when money was flush and when
Ihe 'gentlemen' pretty much all played
poker. I soon learned the value of the
hands nnd was a privileged character
around the table when a game was go-
ing on. One night we were bringing
down a lot of escaped Confederate pris-
oners that had been captured in the
mountains. The big provost marshal
j with long hair particularly attracted
ray attention, because he always had a
| bible sticking from his coat tall pocket
: as conspicuously as a pair of pistols
showed from his belt. Among the prls-
j oners was a lieutenant who looked like
I the provost and had the freedom of the
■ upper deck. Just after dark I saw the
provost slip the lieutenant a roll of
bills, and a little later they were both
In a game that was started. The money
j went their way, aud though I saw the
provost slip an occasional card upon
the little ledge above his knees. I knew
too much to say anything. At length
tho clerical looking man In the party,
who had been a steady loser, made a
deal that gave the provost four kings,
counting one he had in reserve. He
promptly opened the Jack pot, the rich
distiller next to him 'hitted' It. the
little weakened-face man. who never
had anything to say. stood the raise,
the lieutenant on a signal from the
provost, gave It another lift, and the
solemn looking dealer dropped out, all
the rest staying In for the draw. Then
there was sport The provost bet
$1,000 flat. The distiller threw In
three packages of notes, each contain-
ing a like amount. Just here I took a
| look at the little man's hand and. de-
-plte my training, let out an Involun-
ary 'gee!' He scowled at me. unbut-
toned his vest, brought out a big
black pocketbook. and when he put It
hack again there were $8,000 more in
I the center of the table Every player
j knew that I was not a confederate, and
; was honestly surprised at the hand. It
was a guessing proposition, and they
all 'laid down. he game stopped
, there, with the provost and the lieu-
tenant looking glum. 1 came to know
. In time that they were brothers.
Next morning, as he was leaving the
j oat at Pittsburg, the little man hand-
d me a crisp $100 bill and patted me
>u the head
1 "It was a bob-tall flush that caused
uy exclamation which he was so Quick
to take advantage c!."—Detroit Free
Press.
How u < avalryinun Was Hrarde.
Sergeant J M. Gardner, Company F,
Twelfth Illinois cavalry, at present re-
siding at Eagle, Neb., contributes the
following to the National Tribune:
In a recent issue of your paper there
was a short article written by J. M.
Watson. Company L, Ninth Michigan,
entitled "A Warm Bed." It reminded
me of a circumstance which happened
to one of my comrades, Will Hawley,
at Chester Gap, Va.. on the night of
the 22d of July, 1863.
Hawley was as brave a boy as ever
rode a horse or drew a saber, but he
had a dreadful fear of snakes, and a
little garter would excite him as much
as a whole regiment of rebels. When
our nest was ready and we were about
to crawl in he hesitated and said:
"What If one of those darned snakes
should creep In and bite us? and with
no doctor or whisky in camp we would
certainly die."
I said that all the snakes had been
either killed or scared away, and that I
did not anticipate any harm from them.
Ho still felt uneasy, but after some
coaxing crawled In and soon was sound
asleep and snoring only as old-soldiers
can snore.
I was soon asleep, too, and was
sweetly dreaming of home and "the girl
I left behind me," when Hawley gave
a yell and sprang to his feet, popping
his head through the top of the tent
nnd carrying it off with him, pegs,
pole, and all. He yelled at every
Jump:
"I'm Biinke-blt, snake-bit; oh, God, I
will die!"
I was almost paralyzed with fear,
for I did not know what moment the
snake might fasten his poisonous fangs
onto me. I called hastily for help, and
soon Jerry Ellenwood, our quarter-
master sergeant, came to my aid,
bringing a lighted candle with him.
I cautiously crawled out and began
to poke the blanket about with my
saber, when, oh. horror, what did we
see a great black wasp!
"Well," said Jerry, "if that don't
beat "
Just then George Brady came up and
on seeing the wasp, said:
"Shut up. Will; It's nothing but a
wasp!"
We all had a hearty laugh, and then
crawled back Into our pup-tents again.
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France's War Secret.
I am assured, besides, that Nicholas
II. took tho greatest Interest In all the
military and warlike Improvements of
France; It i an open secret that Rus.
sia possesses at present a large stock
of the Lebel rifles and the formula of
the French smokeless powder, but what
!b not known at all is the fact that the
French government purchased at last
the Infernal invention of M. Turpin—I
hope the name is remembered—and
that the models of the fearful engines
were offered to the czar. His majesty
was shown also the switchboard, tho
levers and keys of which command the
forts around Paris, the bridges in the
city, and the country for miles
around, all undermined, and an ex-
tremely Interesting report on war bal-
loons was submitted also. I know not
whether the problem of guiding these
engines has been solved, but I have
seen myself, day after day, balloons
soaring out from the Pare Montsourls
and returning to the starting point.
Finally, a diagram of the Goubet—the
mysterious submarine boat—had been
presented to the czar as well. And that
is why everybody is so anxious in pro-
testation of peace and good will for
ever. -Paris Correspondence St. James'
Gazette.
Neur the Itlghi Word.
The Irish soldier seems to furnish
the story teller with many an anec-
dote. The following incident Is said
to have occurred at the battle of Fonte-
noy, when the great Saxe was the mar-
shal in command:
"The password is Saxe'," said the
ofllcer of the guard, as he sent off an
Irish trooper with a message; "don't
forget the word."
"Shure I won't, sir," was the reply.
"Sacks—my father was a miller."
When he came to the sentinel and
was challenged, the Irishman looked
wise and whispered:
" 'Bags.' you scalpeen; let me
through!"—Harper's Hound Table.
Mouths of the Mississippi.
The scare that New Orleans has late*
ly been treated to by the discovery
that "a crevasse" or break In the
hank of the Mississippi in Pass a Lou-
tre, threatening the stability of the
Jetties, has caused a general Investiga-
tion of the lower river, and has brought
out the fact that there are half a dozen
breaks In It, says Harper's Weekly;
but the engineers are unable to say
whether they aro natural streams or
artificial, for In the soft soil of Louis-
iana a ditch can soon grow Into a
river. The name given to one of the
new outlets of the Mississippi, Baptists
Collet's canal, would Indicate Its hu-
man origin, but the engineers can dis-
cover nothing of its story, for tradition
has lost record of It. Whatever It was
originally. It is now a river, or part
of a river. It is well known that
Bayou Plaquemlne, formerly a large,
navigable stream, and the means of
communication between New Orleans
and southwest Louisiana, was origin-
ally a plantation ditch, which the flow
of water from the Mississippi Increased
In time to a bayou and finally Into a
river. It then became so dangerous,
threatening many parishes with over-
flow. that It was dammed up by the
government thirty years ago. Now the
1'nlted States Is spending some $600,-
000 to open It and to construct im-
mense locks at Its Junction with the
Mississippi, so as to admit the largest
steamers going via the Plaquemlne, to
the Atchafalaya. Teche and other west
Louisiana streams. It Is this human
origin of many rivers in southern
Louisiana which keeps the engineers
and geographers puzzled, for a ditch
may become a river in a dozen years,
especially if there is a high water.
The committee which was appolnte
a few years back to consider the es
tablishment of a British nutlonal phy-
sical laboratory has reported strongly
in favor of the suggestion. The com
mlttee was u very able and representa-
tive one. and In Its report remark*
that if England is to keep Itself a-
breast with other countries in sclenti-
fle progress It ie essential that such
an Institution should be provided. Its
functions would be the testing and
verification of instruments for physi-
cal investigation and the preservation
of standards of reference, the exten-
sion of certain branches of work ai
now performed at Hew observatory,
and the systematic determination oi
physical constants and numerical data
which may be useful either for scien-
tific or Industrial purposes Abou'
$100,000 is asked to start with.
You are a mixture of the signs Aries,
which Mars rules, and Taurus, which
Venus rules, nnd therefore Mars and
Venus are your ruling planets. You
nre medium height or above; medium
to light complexion; the eyes have a
peculiar sparkle and sharp sight and
are of u medium to light color. You
are very active and energetic and quite
ambitious to push business; yet. If this
time is correct, you have no constitu-
tion that will allow you to carry out
your ambitions, and your worst ail-
ments will be in some way connected
with your head. You have a great love
for the beautiful In art and nature;
you are possessed with a great ability
to talk, write and work fine embroid-
ery and paint; you have natural abil
ity in some of the fine arts. However,
only those that know you well will
fully appreciate you, and the first half
of life will be uphill work, the last half
will be some better. Marriage is un-
fortunate for you.
"Flax," Nmlthhoro. III.
Data proclaim you a mixture of th«.
signs Libra, which Venus rules, and
Scoplo, which Mars rules, and. there-
fore, Venus and Mars are your ruling
planets. You are medium height; well-
set figure; medium complexion; hazel
eyes; hair was flaxen when young, but
has been getting some darker as you
have grown older. If you had been
born a few minutes earlier there would
be indications of a dimple in your chin.
You are endowed with the indications
of both the gentle, confiding, modest
Venus: also the bold, aggressive, re-
fractory, warlike Mars, and you will
act in accordance with whichever one
of these happens to be called forth.
You are fond of anything that relates
to chemistry and mystery; also the
beautiful in art, such as music, paint-
ing. drawing, sketching, etc. You need
some special instructions or you will
get rid of all the money you can make
aud have nothing left to show for it
Marriage fortunate.
"Mrs. Helena," Fairo.
According to data, the sign Sagitta-
rius, which Jupiter rules, was rising at
your birth, and, therefore, Jupiter is
your ruling planet or significator. You
are medium height or above, with a
well-set figure. The complexion very
clear and heaUhy; the hair medium
to light; eyes light; you are noted for
being of a cheerful, happy disposition;
you do not allow anything like the blues
to come near you; you are also noted
for being fully appreciated by all, and
you can secure and hold a good posi-
tion at any time you wish; you have
had a very eventful life and have been
a great traveler, and the last half of
life has been the most fortunate; you
can always command a good salary If
you wish, and will make and handle
large sums of money during your life,
yet will meet with many losses. You
ore a great lover of horses. You have
great ambition for a large business.
You have a remarkably strong constl-
utlon.
An investigation of the work of the
turnpike raiders in Kentucky shows
that 1,500 miles of turnpike owned by
corporations have practically been con-
fiscated and are being traveled free of
toll. It is estimated that the destruc-
tion of toll gates in the Blue Grass
region has effected 84,000,000 worth of
property.
A Thirteen-Vcar-Old
Child Paralyzed.
It Was Caused Ity n Nervous Affection,
and Itendered One Arm Lifeless.
(From the Times, Paola, Kansas )
A happy family is ttiat of Mr. James
McKinney, of Hiilslalo, Kansas, on whom
a 1 imes reporter recently called. HU bus-
iness with the e pet p!e was to learn the facts
for his paper of the cure of their 13 year
old daughter from a case of nervous pros-
tration, and the facts were learned from
Mrs McKinney herself, who quickly told
the following story
"The first perccptiblo result of her ex-
treme nervousness was apparent in a baiting
step of tho chil l iu ber i iplit limb,'' said
the mother, 'and a physician was called in
to attend her Noapparent change coming,
another doctor was called to attend her.
She continued to grow worse, although wo
thought the dint >rs I clpcd her. until slio
lost the use entirely of her right arm, which
hung listless. a:.d" apparently lifeless by
her side.''
"Tho physicians finally told us," contin-
ued Mrs. McKinney, •that Mary would
outgrow it iu time, but by accident my
husband picked up a circular in his shop,
which so highly recommended Dr. Williams'
Tink I 'ills for Pale I eople.that weconcluded
to try them. Mr McKinney procured a box
at (Jtimes' drug store in I'aola, aud we be-
gun by giving Mary a half pill st a time,
and gradually increasing to <.nc pill at a
time, and before we bad used one lx>x we
could see they were doin^ ber good. This
was one year ago. She had been suffering
at that time for four years, under the doc
Telegraphic communication bettveei
England nnd the Continent has so
enormously increased of late that the
British Postal Department must lay
new submarine cables to France and
Germany. Those now existing are
quite Inadequate for the tariff.
It has been estimated that at least
2:; per cent of the entire population of
the United States makes its living out
of the electric light and power industry
and the branches of trade directly do*
pendent upon it, ,
A Dundee whaler, the Active, which
caught nine whales, yielding four and
a half tons of bone, on the Greenland
1 grounds, cleared 830,000 by the trip.
| which gave 3(50 per cent dividends, the
j largest profit made in the business in
Dundee in thirty years.
Danger Environs I s
I If WO live In n region where malaria in prevalent
It is useless to bopo to ctcnpe it il unprovided
w ith a medicinal snfeguard. Wherever the rpi-
r is most prevalent ao.l malignant in South
'entrnl America, tho West Indies snd cor-
I ortiotis of Mexico and the Isthmus of Pans-
Hostetters Stomach Hitters has proved a
•dy for an-i preventive of the disease in every
Not leas effective la it in curing rbeuma-
liver nnd kidney complaints, djrtpepsic.
icouraged ove
the
pood effects of the use of I >r Williams' Pink
Pills, that we continued to use them, and
the child started to school again anil has
been able to attend school ever since, grad-
ually gettiig stronger and in better health
all the time as you now see her, and we
don't notice the old trouble any more.
" Yes, we are always ready and willing to
recommend Dr. Williams I 'ink mils, and
do so all the time to our friends," replied
Mrs. McKinnev lo our question: and con-
tinuing, she said " Wo do not know what
the doctors called Mary's affliction, but we
took it to be something like paralysis or St.
\ itus' dance, and we became very much
alarmed about her.
"Ourlocal physician," she savs, "now
tells us that Dr. Williams' Pink Pilisareas
good a thing as we could use; and whilo
Mary is apparently well, she has occasional
attacks of nervous headache, and then she
says Mamma. I must take another link
Pill,' so you see slio has great faith in them,
but does not like to have us talk about ber
late affliction.
Mr. McKinney is ns much or more en-
thusiastic over the gnat benefit done his
daughter through the use of these pills He
said: "Nothing too good can be said by
me of Dr. \\ illiams' Pink Pills—they are a
great medicine."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to th$ blood and
restore shattered nerves. '1 bey are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions, irregularities and all forms
of weakness. In men they effect a radical
cure in all casesarising from mental worry,
over-work or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose
bulk) at .M) cents a box or six b ixes for 12 50,
and may be had of all dniL'gists.or direct by
mail from Dr Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The telephone and the telegraph are
rapidly making inroads into the arid
I portions of the desert of Sahara En-
j gineer Bayolle is notv on the way from
i Biskra to Tuggurth with a working
force of 100 men for the purpose of
laying telegraph wires between the
two places.
I of <
for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury
as mercury will ureiy destroy the sense
of Hmell Hritl completely derange the who!a
system when enter ng It throi.nh th- nui-
8uch articles should never
fij " from rep-
be used except
utuhle physicians.
will do is ten-fold
possibly derive from them. Hull's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Chen*
the damage they
Is i
i lute;
ry.
ally, acting direc tly' 'upon
f the
Cure be
aken In-
by F. J.
the blood and mucous surfai
tem. In buying Hall s Catarrh
! sure you get the Kenuine. It is 1
! ternally ami made in Toledo, <>..
Cheney & Co. Testimonials fre<
j Sold by druggists, price 7*c per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Trance hua furnished fewer immi-
! grants to the United States than any
other nation in Europe. During the
! ten years preceding 1890, only ubout
I .10,000 persons left Franco for America.
The Dutch, the Danes and the Prus
sians each have a mile that is 18,440
feet long, or three and one-half times
the length of ours.
If t'.ie Unity Is 4 ultli.K T« .11,,
S# iure and um that old and well-triad rein.nly. Slim.
Wimluw ■ SooTaixo svacr for Children lcutliinK.
Ilcle
I lit tin
Yo
have the zodiacal sign Libra ris-
ing, and therefore Venus is your ruling
planet. You are medium height or
above; slender figure; medium to light
complexion, hair and eyes. If born
four minutes earlier you have Uranus
also for ruling planet, and that would
denote a little darker shade to the
eyes. You are cheerful and happy
most of the time, yet will be subject to
short spells of the blues, and If any-
one does you an Injury you are not
apt to forget It very soon; yet you
will forgive them and be very Just to
them ir you had any dealings with
them, for you are a lover of justice, and
have also a great admiration for the
fine arts. You will have very strong
intuitions at times, yet this will only
be spasmodic In its actions. Marriage
will be more than average fortunate
for you.
FACTS ABOUT GAMES.
On the old-time cards used in India
the vizier Is represented as mounted on
a horse, a camel or a tiger.
It Is said by some writers that the
game of dominoes was known to the
Jews In the time of Solomon.
Dice of Ivory and marble have been
found in the ruins of Roman houses in
various parts of Great Britain.
Dice almost exactly similar to those
now used have been discovered In
Thebes and other Egyptian cities.
Iloth Aeschylus and Sophocles, In
their tragedies, allude to the game of
dice as being common In their day.
The Arabic cards are believed to have
been originally associated with necro-
mantic or fortune-telling practices.
According to one historian, cards
were brought from the East and first
used by Europeans In Italy In 1379.
French historians say that the Intro-
duction of dice Into France was In the
reign of Philip Augustus. 1180 to 1223.
The name of chess is supposed by
some philologists to have Icon derived
from Shah, tho Persian name for king.
The first Known record of regulating
dice-making and selling In England
j was in the ninth year of George IV,
1829.
Iu the works of Chaucer, Shake-
j -peare and Bacon the game of hack-
gammon Is meutloned under the namo
j of tables.
• Napoleon was fond of chess, but did
not like to take the time It required.
He said, it Is too slow for a busy
j man."
I The Huns number In their annals
four great klugs—Attila, Bleda. Ellac
The most extensive cemetery in the
world is that at Home, iu which over
6,000,000 human beings have been in-
terred.
The west coast of France is ocansion-
ally visited by that rare mcthological
phenoninenon known as the "perfumed
mist."
FITS
ired. No
Stmtor'1*! ""k 'Uy' IM'"r ,,r- Kline'* Ureal.Nerve
bend to Dr. Kumk. s.ii Arch si., Philadelphia, Pfc
The salary of the president for one
year, if paid in gold, would weigh al-
most exactly 200 pounds.
It takes the planet 1'ranus about 84
of our years to make one complete rev-
olution around the sun.
I lielieve Piso's Cure is the only medi-
cine that will cure consumption. Anna M.
Ross, Williamsport, I'a., Nov. 12, 'Oft.
Frederick the Great played the flute
ami composed music nnd did both well.
Baltimoreans want negro teachers
exclusively in negro schools.
A Chicago street band itnkes its tours
al>out the city on bicycles.
Sound education can only be obtain-
ed from a music teacher.
There are now 354 distinct vocations
: for women.
Great Britain has 30,000 miles of tei-
, graph.
j Portugal hasn't 50 papers.
Louis XVI. made locks.
hilio
In Holland the peasant girl who is
without a beau at fair times hires a
young man for the occasion. As good
dancers command a high price, two
! maidens sometimes club together to
| enjoy the swam.
I The Governor's mansion in 1 rank-
fort, Ky., is the oldest building in the
town. It was built ninety-eight years
ago and lias been occupied by thirty-
three governors, including Governor
Bradley.
NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS.
Over 401.000cured. Why not let No-To-Hac
regu'ate or remove vour desire for tobacco.
Nives money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, COc ami $1.00.all druggists.
A I'uris lamplighter rides a bicycle
while in the performance of his duty.
Over his right shoulder he curries a
long pole, with a litrlit at the end, and
he lights all his lamps without dis-
mounting.
Due of the things a man has to be
thankful for is the failure of some of
the most ambitious efforts of bis
youth.
ii. . < nmplmr i«<-uIfhGlycerin*
The millennium will come when men
can make guns ten times as destructive
ns those we have now, and won't do it.
Louis XIII. took to amateur barber-
ing, and the courtiers hail to suffer in
consequence.
Casoamts stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe, 10c.
Annual champagne consumption, 21,-
000,000 bottles.
Mexico sends coal to the United
States.
Switzerland grants no patent*
California is shipping oranges.
A Lost Voice.
Advertising will do a great
; many things, but it won't bring
;) about the return of a lost
voice. The best thing to do
is to begin, at once, the use of
the sovereign cure for all affec-
tions of the throat nod lungs—
Bronchitis, Asthma, Croup,
Whooping Cough, etc. It has
a rcputition of fifty years of
curcs, aud ii known the v/orld
over ai
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