A Grand View. In going Irom the Mammoth Hot Springs to the Falls of the Yellowstone the tourist, must abandon his wagon at Tower Falls, if he is so equipped, and pack his outfit for the trail. The distance for packing, however, is but eighteen miles, if he only desires to go to the Falls, but if the lake be one of his objective points he must prepare for forty miles or more of packing trip by stocking up his larder and rolling in all his robes, for these are the coldest points in the Park, the altitude being 8,000 feet, with the exceptions of Mount Wasbburne, whose head obtrudes over all. On this road to the Great Falls of the \ellowsioue the principal point of interest are the Tower Falls, though the whole route is wild and picturesque, and if the snow is deep on the divide and on the mountains, as is the case at this season, the trail will be beset with game, and elk will become a familiar sight. Tower Falls are so called because of a towering mass of stone rising up from the verge of the precipice to a height of about 100 feet from the water, where it breaks over the ledge. These falls are noted for their simple beauty, falling in solid sheets for 150 feet, and sending showers of spray curling up from the foaming pool below. The volume of water is not great, Tower Creek being a small mountain stream, but the water is as clear as crystal ami as cohl as if drawn lrom a frigid fountain. Tbe trail lrom Tower Falls brings the tourist to a standstill aud abruptly ou the brink ot an awful abyss, as it leads di rectly to the Grand Canyon, into the dizzy depths of which one gazes for the tirel time with mingled emotion of awe and admiration. On the opposite side ol the stream the walls of t ie canyon rise a'.rupt ly for more thau 2.U00 feet, while on this there is a gradual descent half way down of sliding cinuabar and other delicately tinted chalky formations broken at inter vals by towering paiuacles of uiiuerai rock, which stand out in bold relief against the brilliant background. These pinnacles take on many tautastic forms, inspiring the delusion that one is lookiug down upon the decayiug splendors oi antique architecture. From ihe base of these solemn sentinels, the descent to the water line is as abrupt as lrom surface to torrent on the opposite side. Far below winds the foaming current of white crest - ed wavelets spread out like a silver l>aud. Although the channel is 100 feet wide, it appears no larger thau a trout stream. Hounding Poiut Lookout the tourist is confronted with a full view of the talis, where the whole volume ot water breaks over the rock-ribbed ledge and is riven by a big black boukler in the centre, and again united rolls majestically down to a depth of 370 feet, sending up showers oi spray which glisten in the sunlight like lustrous gems under gaslight. The view from this point is one of bewildering beau ty. The spectacular splendors of the scene in the canyon below the falls is brightened by the effect of the roaring cataract on the senses. It is the most magnificent scenery of its class on the continent, with the sin gle exception ot the Vosemite. Above the main falls is another which alone would be a gieat attraction, but is dwarfed into in significance by ihe lower and larger one below. Above this, still, is a series of cas cades, ovtr which the vast volume of water from tlie lake above rushes and bieaks into foam everlasting. These rapids can be heard lor miles of a stdl night, making much more noise than the taring cataract at the falls. Here is the upper mouth of the canyon and the beginning of ten miles of canyon scenery that pales the Colorado eari)oiiS into insignificauce. Elephant*' l)ilike to Doc*. To no animal does the elephant appear to have such an intense dislike as the dog, and the result of this is that many hunters, who look lor profit and not sport, em ploy them constantly when engaged in shooting the lord of the forest. Dogs destined for this purpose soon learn their wort, and enter into it with evident en joyment. One or two lessons are sufficient to make the pupil perfect, particularly if accompanied by a comrade that has had experience. I was several times present when they were employed by both Boers and native hunters, and never was more surprised than to witness the egregious folly of an animal accredited as the most sagacious of quadrupetls. When the trail or spoor was discovered, the cuis were set loose, and tff thev went upon the fresh scent as rapidly as their legs could carry them. Superior speed soon brought them up with the foe, when barking, snapping, and even bitmg, at once brought the antagonist to bay. In this position the poor beast would be surrouded, some badgering and threatening him m front, while others snapped at his heels. Again he would single out one as the special object of his wrath, fruitlessly pursue luni for twenty or thirty paces, of course by such a step leaving his rear open for fresh indignities. Again, the irritated animal would fall on one knee, then on another, as if in anticipation of crushing his diminutive IOCB under him. These devices having failed, he would place his head against a small tree, and bring all his powers to bear against it, as if hoping that in its fall it would crush some of his tormentors. While the giant is being thus assailed the hunter can, without the least apprehension, approach within so short a distance of the quarry as almost to make certain of killing it at the first shot. Deacon Tracy's Front Gate. In one of the Justice's courts of Detroit, in a suit for malicious trespass in entering upon land and removing a fence, one of the witnesses was asked: "Did you, help build that fence?" "1 did." 4 'What year was it?" 44 We11, let's see. It was the same year that my brother-in-law had his leg broke in a wrestling match at Dearborn." "Well, what year was that ?" "Let's see I It was just six months af ter we found the Duggan boy drowned in Sibm's welL That was—that was in eight teen hundred and —and —" <4 Can't you remember ?" "Why, yes, I ought to. Let's see. That same summer that we took the Duggan boy out of the well, Tyler's second girl started to rim away with a tin peddler, and we caught them just the other side of Dearborn. I squared off the peddler and knocked him eighteen feet into the bushes." "But what year was it that you built the fence?" "Why the same year that all this hap pened, or maybe a year before or after, if 1 could only talk with my old woman a minute 1 could get it exact." "How ?" "Why, I was building the last half of that fence when she was hooked Dy a cow, aod she'd hunt up the man who owned the beast and hit the date squaie in the head." It was decided to let the exact date re mam in seclusion, although the witness suddenly bethought himself that it w r as ""somewhere around" the same year that Brown's horses ran away and smashed into Peacon Tracy's front gate. AGRIC CTLTURE. FUEL GAS. -The prediction lias frequent ly been made that the common use of coal for fuel in our houses and factories is to be regarded as a bungling and dirty Arrange ment of the past, which we ahoule be hear tily thankful to escape. Few people how ever are aware that "the good lime coming is almost here," and that the process of manufacturing water gas for heating pur poses has already had its practical applica tion on a considerable scale and has proved a remarkable success. The Youkers N. Y. fuel gas compauy has spent over $'.00,000 in the construction of apparatus f r mak ing water gas by the Btrong princess aud has laid two and a half miles of gas mains through Jhe business and manufacturing portions of the city, where the gas is now used in thirty diffcreut places, including a hotel, a restaurant, sixteen private houses, several factories, tin shops, jewelers' shops tailors' shops, laundries, etc, It is now ruuning a four horse power gas eugiue, and is soon to be supplied with one of ten horsc power; and appliances are coustruct iug for the use of the gas in forges and for smelting metals. In short it is rapidly finding its way into every department of industry where heat is required, sud has beeu necessary to develop the brst aud most economical methods of using it. The gas costs leas than 15 ccuts per 1000 feet and the < stablished price is 50 cents per 1000 feet, which is satisfactory to all con sumers, and profitable to the manufactur ers. The present production is about 400- 000 feet pel day, autl the amount is soon to be doubled. The cost of the gas com pared with the coal is not given; but the tact that the gas is being rapidly introduc ed is e vide ace enough of its utility. Jfiven at au equal cost with coal the saving in labor in handling fuel, the freedom lrom dust, the possibility of shutting off the heat the moment it may be dispensed with anil llie economy of space, are considera tions ol great importance. Ihe Youkers' experiment will be carefully watched, and uuiess there aie serious drawbacks not yet heard of, the prospect is that the fuel gas system will be rapully introduced in all our cities. HEN HOIS* GUANO. —The sweeping of the hen-house through V\ intea may be manufactured into an excellent and pow erful guano by the use of a sufficient absor bent, to be applied in thin alternating lay ers with the droppings. The mode which we have fouuci convenient is to use barrels —first placing au inch of road dust m the bottom, then half an inch or an inch of the uroppings, then road dust, and so on in alternating layers till the barrel is full. If this mixture is broken up aud pulver ized the following Spring, it is in good condition to drill in with seeds or to drop in the hills of any planted crop. If road dust has not beeu secured, sifted coal ashes in larger quantity may be employed a mixture of dry earth or loam witii which improves it, or a mixture of powdered charcoal serves a good purpose. The thin ner the alternating layers are made the easier and more pertect will be the reduc tion of the mass of powder. IOE upon the farm, and especially in the dairy, is more and more becoming a ne cessity. The saving in food, meat, et., by the use of ice aloue snould lead every far mer to bui.d an ice house and fill it with ice during the winter. A house can be buiL that will supply a family with one of the greatest conveniences of the hot months at a trilling expense. Lis wise economy to build one that is substantial, ami will last for a long time. It has been carefully estimated that under ordinary circumstan ces of harvesting the ice, auu wiih a house to hold fiom 20 to 25 tons, the ice can be furnished for tiity cenis a ton. At such a low rate surely many farmers cannot afford any loDger to deny themselves of ice dur ing the hot months of summer. Let an ice house be built in time for the ice crop. LIFE ON THE FARM. —In the best at least, of the older countries the tradesman, the teacher, the mechanic—not to eay the commeicial traveler —would congratulate himself on the good fortune that promoted him lo the standing of a tieehold farmer, even though his acres should be few enough to be counted on his fingers. The notion that a man stands a little higher who wears liren and bends over a desk or a counter than the man who wears cotton and holds a plow-handle is a backwoods notion. As a new country sentiment it will go the way of the log cabins and corduroy rrada IT is a common error that the roots of trees extend only as far from the trunk as the length of the blanches; the truth is that they are usually longer on each side than the entire height of the tree. A tree thirty feel high foims a circle of roots more than sixty feet in diameter. P. T. GriNN, who has tried fifteen differ ent mixtures lor the cabbage worm, prefers twenty parts gypsum, three or four of quicklime, and one of carbolic acid, sprin kled thinly over the leaves when wet with dew or lain, repeating the application as often as necessary, which may be a number of times. J) FEGFEBSCR Beal, of Michigan, say s em phatically: "It you have morey to fool away, seed dewn your young orchard to clover and timothy, or sow a crop of oats or wheat. If you want the trees to thrive cultivate well till they are seven to ten y ears old. Spread ashes, manure or salt broadcast. A WRITER says that he has hcver failed to cure garget by the use of beans. He feeds one pint of bean meal, mixed with other meal, for four successive days, and has found that quantity sufficient to cure the worst cases. He thinks if cows were fed with bean meal several times a year they would never be troubled with gar get. FOR general purposes on the farm castor oil, with a little kerosene added, is the best lubricator and preserver. For saws, mow ers, buggies, and the like, this mixture furnishes more body with less gum thau other oils. The amount of kerosene, if any, to be added must be governed by the purpose for which it is designed. A Huge Dwll for St. Paul's. "Great Paul." the new bell for St.Paul's Cathedral, London, will take rank among the six or eight heaviest hells in Europe. At present her position cannot accurately be assigned, as she has not yet passed the scales; but it will probably lie between the great bell of Olnautz weighing 17 tons 18 cwt. and that of Vienna, weighing 17 tons 14 cwt. Dr. Stainer, the organist of St. Paul's, says that "when the tone was pro duced by swinging a heavy ball of iron against the soundliow a musical note boom ed out which was impressive beyond de scription." The bell is 8 feet 10 inches high and 9 feet 61 niches ID diameter. The note isE flat, the upper partiala B flat, E flat and G being just audible with the sonorous ground tone. The cost of the bell and hoisting it into its place will be about $15,000 and it has been decided to use it for the first time on Easter Sunday. HUMOROUS. A MTTLS nine year old girl? who has not yet learned the mvauing of treble and bass, overheard, the other evening, her parents discussing the subject of a piano piece for fonr hands. "I don't see how two people can play on one piano at the same time," said she. "Oh, yes, they can," replied her mother; 4 •think for a moment, my dear." "So they oau, mamma," answered the little one alter a short retleotiou one on the boong-lxxmg tide aud one on the ting-a-ling side." (Kalamazoo iMlcli.; "Daily Gazette."] It is an unprecedented success said Mr. Chas. 8. D'Areanibal, the well known Bur dick House druggist, when asked for his views in regard to the Bt. Jacobs Oil; It is highly extolled, aud is giviug general sat isfaction. A I.TTTLB boy, whose impecunious pa rents are always moving from one house to another, was asked by the Buuday school teacher: "Why did the Israelites move out of Egypt?" "Because they couldn't pay their rent, 1 reckon," was the reply. "Daily Chicago Tliuea." Mr. George Barnes, of Baguail A Barnes South Water street, said that his wife had been a severe sullerer with neuralgia for years aud hail tried many remedies in vain. Bt. Jacobs Oil is the only thing that brought her relief. HERB we have a Joke ami a Man. The joke is very Gld. • It is bald and Toothless. It must Be about 1,000 years Old. The Man wears a big diamond and a Shiny plug Hat. He is a negro minstrel. Go and give the old, old Joke to him and he will take care ot it very tenderly. It is his busiueaa. He gets #lO a week for it. A MAN got into one of the Main street cars this morning, having a large square of glass done up In brown paper under lus arm. When he had laid it carefully upon a seat, went to the box and deposited his fare and then went back and sat down upon it, smashing it to pieces, the other passengers laughed. • 4 Complaint*." Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. I.; Dear Sir —l wntc to tell you wlmt your 44 Favorite Prescription" has doue for uie. I had beea a great sufferer from female complaints, especially 44 dragging-down," for over six years, during much of the time uuablc to work. 1 patd out hundreds of dollars without auy beuetit till 1 look three bottles of the "Favor.te Prescrip tion," and 1 never had anything to do u.e so much good in my life i advise every sick lady to take it. Mas EMILY KHOAP3, Mcßndes. Mich. LANDLADY, entire ignorance of gram niatical kuowledge, advertises that she has a 4 *rine, a:ry, well-furnished bedroom for a gentleman twelve foot square;" another has 4 a cheap and desirable suite of rooms for a respectable family in good repair," still another has 4 'a hall bedroom for a single woman eight by twelve." PROFESSOR —"Which is the most deli cate ol the senses?" Sophomore— 4 'The touch." Professor—"Prove it;" Sopho more—"When you sit on a pin you can't see it, you can't hear it, you can't taste it, you can't smell it; but it's there." Health, hope and happiness are restored by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Com ■ pound. It is a positive cure for all those ! diseases from which women sutler so much. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. P.nkham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pampheiia. VOLUNTEER captain (acting major first time) —"Now, then, what are you boys staring at? Did you never see a war horse before? Hoys (who had followed expect ing a"spill")—" Aye, we'vj wh.les seen a waur horse, but never a waur rider. 44 WrT were you not a' church last Sun day, Clara? ' asked Amelia. Clara— 44 1 couldn't; didn't have auy thing to wear. I shall go next Sunday if my new sacs is done." Amelia— 4 'Oh, you eack-religi ous thing!" '< I Don't \% cdimt nt ami each organ will lie ready for duty. Druggists sell both the dry uud liquid.— Kvanaville Tribune FKANKHC nsid lu> in* hoots squeaked very bail. When asked what the reason of it was, he replied that he did not know, unless it was the "expression of two bur dened solos." A LITTLI. girl remarked: "1 like grand papa, be cause he is such a gentlemanly man; he always tolls mo to help myself to sugar. all over the laud goes up trom mothers, thai says, "My daughters ure so feeble and sad, with no streuglh, all out of breath aud life at the least exertion. What can wo do for them ?" The answer is simple and full of hope. Oue to four weeks' use of Hop Bitters will make them healthy, rosy, sprightly aud cheerful. "BOY I'll tejch you to tear your pants," said an irate parent swinging a strap, "I'll teach you." "Don't hit me pa, 1 know how already. Just look at 'em." THK man who has all knowledge at his finger's ends should not bite his nails; he might bite off more than he could conve niently chew. Young and middle aged men suffering from nervous debility, premature old age, loss ot memory, and kindred symptoms, should send three slumps for Part Vll of pamphlets issued by World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, A DHiss coat is the proper garment to wear at a swell dinner. It doesu't button in lront and gives you a chance to swell. 1 MPOHTANT, ll true —:lie sights on a" Creedmore nlle. THE best way to afford mstaut relief to any oue sufferiug with water ou the brain is to give him a good tap on the head. WHEN we used to quarrel with our little brother over a piece of pie he always took our part as well as his own. REVISED by an employer—strike, bu not here. REVISED axiom—To err is human, to forgive is umisuftl. DP BU LL S COUGH ■ . 4 ( ■ *- :• f SYRUP ■RS. ITDIA L ?MM CF LYNN, MASS* f {? y t C) fpr /Tf JZ&*C*4tS& LYDIA E. PINKHAM'B TSSETABLE COMPOUND. Is a Positive Cure for *ll tborr Painful Complnlnta „nd WealneNM-t •ocommon to our beet fouaiiU population. It will core en*l rely the worn form of IVmsle Com plaints, all ovarian trouble*, InfiUbtnatk.n and Ulcere Uon, Fulling anil Displacements, and tho const-.?* eat Cplnal Weak new, and la jiartieulaply adapted to ths Change of Life, It will diasnlvo and eapel tumon from the ut 'rosin an eaFy stage of dt velopnient. The tendency to can eeroua humor* there is checked ver*"..p©cdUy by its us* It renin*™ faintnr**, flatulency, dest roys nil craving for stimulant*, and relirvte weakness of the st-marh. It curea Bloating, Uent'.uches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleepleaaneaa, Depression and Indl ftdfam. That feeling o. bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, la nlay penaanently cured by Ita us* It will at all time* and under all circumstances act In harmony with the law * that govern the female system, Frr tho cure of Kidney Complaints of either ae* thla Com pound ia unsurpassed. LYDIA F.. PIXKIIAM't VEGETABLE COM POUND 1 prepared ut !it3 and r.' Western Avenue, Lynn, Mas*. Price sl. Si* boM ieafor g-V. Sent by mail 111 the form of pill*, also in the form of lorengea, oa receipt of price, gl per box for clt* c. Mra. Pinkhaa freely anßwor* ait ttera of inquiry. Send for pampb- I it. Addreaa an a) *ve. Jifflfion thie rimer. Ko family ahouid he without L/DT * F, PIKKHAXfIf LIVER PILLS. They cure conitipatlon, uad torpidity of tii liv r. S6 cents per DOB. I7REE.— A Mimical Journal. Addreaa, F. Brehm, * Erie, Pa. FRUIT FREE! -Send for Sample Copy of OREEK'S FRUIT-GROWER, Rochester, N.T Engines. Reliable, Durable and Economical, wiUfwrrUek d hone power wOh H Umfwei cognized an the loading character Wvocalist and variety performer of ! X/l V the United States. The writer of lir/'Avl Vc.thiß aitiele met Mr. Pastor re /7w\] Jy\ eently, and found hiniasgv iul in private u< hois aimts naationl in that it was | IL) -y 'lji Jjiy excellent. He badoe fyl MvfwV casioually severe i* ins, I eithertheiVHUltofrbeu i wsslsSC^'untie attacks or colds. • wvuTAwtfTCtx iiut any complaints of trouble him long, as he JJH () ! ' had found out a remedy ftfMk for all such annoying | ZA affections. I asked what the remedy L—*TO vas and ho repIied,"HT.JAWIBH OIL.' i r~JA fI Mr. Pastor said that he considered the IT |!fj Ore at German Keinedy an excellent pre |MI rat ion for t lie cure or relief of rheumatism, and that it wus the only thing used among professional people for that distressing complaint. lie took bottles of it with him whenever ho went traveling, and would not ho without It.utid knew that It was very popu lar with a number of members of his own com pany. The foregoing, from the Brooklvn (N. Y.) j'm/le recalls to our mind an item wherein the editor of the Cairo (III.) Kimiwj Huti, in Paying • tribute to the enterprise of the bt. Louis jy>U l>i tKtick, and expressing his sorrow at the bLby lire whieli the latter pnjiersustained,says: ine whole ofllee was knocked into ten thousand pieces—all excuptthe HT. JACOBS OIL adyerilsc nient, which was mercifully preserved. "be closing remarks in the aisiveand the following incident are a true index of tlie unexampled ]>npulnrlty the Great German Remedy enjoys everywhere: At a bt, Loui* theatre recently whilst the play was in progress, one of the ladv performer* met with a painful mishap, which quite disabled her. Tho neroof the piece, equal to the emergency, called out to one oi theusbera to "bring a bottle of br. J AHUM OIL quickly. Tho thundering applause throughout the entire house which promptly followed this hapny sug gestion was an unmistakable proof of the fact that the audience "had U en there themselves, as the expression goes, and exjierieuoed the beu eflts of thia wonderful ar iele. Mr. Charles A. Whitney, advertising agent Of Park Garden, Providence. It. 1., w rites: " l>r three years 1 had intlammaiory rheumatism in jiiv right hip and knee. 1 employed many noted phvsieians, and tried numerous remedies for the ailment, but found nothing to help nie until I used the Great German Remedy, br. JACOBS Oit_ w ldch cured me at once. lum now entirely well. PITTSBURGH. PA.— jWflB DOES WIIVQs gwONDERFUL ff 111 ,' lllmnf It xrtii nn the IA VI It. HOUKLkI H and KIDNKIS >1 thr miii# litut. n I BtoiUM It cieanaoe the ayatero of tfcepoieoti H Vlona bumora that develop* in Kidney and On E| |q nary Dtaeaeoe, Blliouaueaa. Jaundice, ConeU Q H pation. Pllee. or In Kheumaliara. Neuralgia. H Qnotvous Lutorder* and Female Complaint*, pj BEE WHAT PEOPLE SAT I 1 Eti (rene B. Stork, of Junction City. Kaneea W ■flnay* Kidney Wort on red him after icgular l"hy M ■falciane had beea trying for four year* Ur John A mail, of Washington. Ohio, aay* K Ihrt Ik>v aa* gii n up pi die l>* four prominent |j ■B|diitilri*ti ."! that he was afterwards cured by Kg || M M B Goodwin, an editor l Obarooa Oblo |f EP*a> lie *< Hot eioe.-tod to live, being bloated Hf beyond belief, hut Kidney Woitcured htm ■ W Anna L. Jnrrett of South Salem. N T., eayeLv Htbitt eeven yean Buffering from k'dney trouble* |A oilier complication* wan ended by the uae of pi John B Lawrence of Jack*nn. Tenn , suffered® ■ foi year* from liver and kidney trouble* andp 1 Jafter taking 'Miarrels of other meUlclneu,"L H Kidney Wort made bin* welL H Illcha"! Ooto of Montgomery Center ft p, E3 suffered elirlit years • it It kidney difficulty and Kj lu unable to work. Kidney Wort made htoiH B9 M well aa ever •* |j PERMANENTLY CUREB □ KIDNEY DISEASES, L LIVER COMPLAINTS,■ HConstipation and Piles. ■■ IJTIt is put up til Ory Vegetable Perm fn V tin cane, one |>acaire of whlcn maaesaix quart* G| Pi of medicine. Aleoin Liquid F#rm, very Cow- J7 Ml cent rated, for thorns tliat cannot reauily pre la ■ pared. ■ tr It act* iclth eqstal effieimey In rither form. ■■ U GET IT AT THE DRUGGISTS. PRICE, SLOP O WELLS. UI(iUUSON Jt Co.. Prop'*, ■ Will *end the dry port-naid.) HI III.IVUTO*, *T. P (fOSJIDEHJj BiffipS The name of Ilostetter'a Stomach Bitters la heard In every dwelling, It finds a place in every household. Hud its praises are sounded through out the whole Western Hemisphere, as a general invigorant, a cure for sick headache, a specific for flatulency and sour stomach, an ap]>etizing stom schic, an excellent blood depurent and certain remedy for intermittent fever and kindred dis eases. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally, |HOP BITTERs!! .A Medicine, not a Drink.) CONTAINS HOPS, BL'CIIU, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, And thr Pcrkst and Bkst MkptcalQuaU- I TIKB OF .Lb OTO KIl BITTKBS. THEY CURE All Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels. Blood, I Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner vousuess. Sleeplessness and especially Female Complaluts. Siooo IN COLD. y Will he paid for a case they will not cure ■ heip, or for anyttilng impure or injurious found In them. I Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try I I them before you sleep. Take uo other I D i.IJ. is an absolute and Irresistible cure foi K Druukeuness, use of opium, tobacco and naraotlcs. Ss'.TJ3afiEiV• Send FOB Circular. MBBMHMto All abov, told by drugvliU. LJ Hop Bitter* Mfg. Co., Rochester, N. X., A Toronto, Ont. H Natural Wonder* of Orcpin. From Adam Duncan, who spends the greater part of his time over on the Colum bia near Prest rapids, we gleaned some in teresting facts ra regard to nature s won ders in that unsettled region. Ono of these wonders is described as a sort of lake or basin some four miles long and quite noar the rapids. When the Columbia is at its burliest this lake disappears in the ground, leaving nothing in its stead save a great number of wells,some of them being near ly twenty feet in width. The number of these wells is estimated to be about 160. Passing about among them they are found to contain waters of different qualities and colors, some of them being clear, cool and agreeable to taste and filled with beautiful speckled trout, while others are bitter and black like those Htygian pools renowned in ancient table, over which the souls of the damned were supposed to pass on their lourney to the region of torment. As the Columbia river begins to run low in its channel these wells gradually rise until they overflow and form a lake. Of the scientist, who is supposed to have a theory for all things; let us inquire: "Why is all this!" By what sort of subterranean, syphonic, double back-action arrangement are these things brought übout ? Wby should the water in the wells rise wheu the watwr in the channel of the river recedes, and why should wells so close to each other contain waters of such a diffeicnt character? Another natural wonder presents itself for solution up in the neighborhood of Moses' Cooler. In the hottest part of the summer there is a place where large icicles form aud hang like in midwinter from the tall rocks. By digging in among the stones or broken shale large bodies o! ice are found which seem to form there in midsummer. The water flowing from among these broken stones is about us cold as ice itself, but where it comes from and why these icicles form in midsummer, while none are to be seen there in the winter lime, are more conundrums. The rocky bluff slopes gradually down from the north in such a way as to receive tne sun's rays in their ful.est force, and just back of the bluff is a level country covered with buuch grass. Jn consequence of the increasing numer ous cases of shortsightedness developed In French schools through the bad arrange ment of seats and distribution of light, the Minister of Public instruction has nomina ted a commission, whose object it will be to study the influence of the material con ditions of school arrangements in the pro gress of this disease and to discover the , means of counteracting the eviL The tenacity with which a cold clings to the system frequently induces a nervous Cough that will remain after the Cold de parts. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure all nervous Coughs. Price 26 cents. A VERY gusning young lady turned to Mr. Snap, and asked him in passionaU tones: "Oh—ah —Mr. Snap, tell me! What —what- -is your idea of real happi ness?" Mr. Snap: "Never reached the full meaning of the word yet, but I guess pork and beans would cover the ground." Ihe Ilrad Cannot be Railed nor if youi lungs arr badly wasted away can you be cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." It is, however unejud ed as a tonic, alterative, aud nutritive, aud readily cures the most obstinate cases of bronchitis, coughs, colds, and incipient consumption, far surpassing in efficacy cod liver oil. Send two stamps for Dr. Pierce's pamph let on Consumption aud Kidney Affec tions. Address WORLDS DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASS >OIATION. Buffalo, M. Y. Jen years age a blast furnace which would make 400 tons of metal per week on 600 tons of fuel was considered a big thing. They have blast furnpees in Pittsburgh which produce 1,500 tons of metal per week on less than 1,600 tons of fuel. The old method of heating permitted the flame to pass out of the furnace stack at a tem perature of S.OOO deg. F. They are now using the regenerating stoves in Pittsburgh and do not let the gases out until they have utilized all the heat except 800 deg. If you are hairless and cappy there Is one way aud no more by which you may be made careless and happy—use Carbo line, a deodorized extract of petroleum, it will positively make new hair grow. 7b give some idea ol the extent of the spool thread business, it is estimated that 20,000,000 dozen spools, or 240,000,000 spools of six cord thread, were sold last year, besides all three cord makes and the 600 and 2,400 yard spools that are pin up for manuf icturing purposes. Two hun dred yards to spool i 9 the popular measure in the United States, while in .England the spoils vary, some having 6U, others lOd, 800, 500, and so on. "My son had an abscess in his side, that discharged two quarts of matter. Lindsey's Blood Searcher' cured him." J. t\ Brooks, Paiuesville, Ohio. A new theory of the so rilled fascination of birds by snakes is that the biro mistakes the snake's tongue, which the reptile kee,>B in rapid and constant motion, for a lively worm, and watches it intently with the anticipation of devouring it. A TASSAR college girl upon being ssked if she liked codfish balls said she had never atteuded any. Important to Traveler* BPKCIAI INDUCEMENTS are offered you by the BURLINGTON ROUTE. It will pay you to read tbeir advertisement to be found elsewhere in this issue. Jn Ireland the only fuel known Is peat the Esquimaux use oil tor fuel, iu Asia grass is burned, in Arabia camel chips' ana people who live along the sLores of Nova Scotia burn the antlers of the moose Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 11. C, Hovey fluds the mean tempera ture of the Main moth Cave, Kentucky, to be 04 degrees Fahrenheet in midsummer. A BOOK with a loose leaf should be bound over to keep the piece. THE rubber slings used by the little l>oyß are getting to be as dangerous as the gin sling handled by their daddies. MESSRS. MUKUAN A HKADLT. Mutual Life Building, Tenth and Chestnut sweeis, have on hand a superb stock ot extra fine quality. Dia monds, which they offer at as low prices as stones of the first quality, perfect alike In color and shape, can be sold for. On Thirty Day*' TriaL The Voltaio Belt Co.. Mar*hal! Mich., will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and ot: or Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to any person afflicteu with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guamntee lng complete restoration of rigpr aad man hood. Address as above without delay. P. A—No risk Is inourrsd. as #0 days trial It allowed. rAKB TSB THE CREAT 11UJl LINGTON ROUTE. OTSo other line runs Three Through Pas ieugcr Trains Dally between Chicago, Des M2 50. Boards Si. A noble present for those who love the beat. 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English and Amsrieon mahss ill kinds of Sponrttefl Implementsisnd squired by Sportsmen and Gunmakera Colt's Now xoungl s situation, addruee Valentine Bros., JaueavUla, Wla. ALIEN'S BRAIN FOOD cores Nervous Debility and Weakness of Generative Organs, >l—all druggiaU. Band for circular. Allan's Pharmacy, 103 First av.. N.Y. BEATTY'H PIANOFORTES -MagniOceut s holiday presents: square graud piauofor touour very fcandbome round corners, rosewood cases, three UUISODS. Beatty's matchless Iran frames, stool, book, cover, boxes. 7 3 to &207-50j catalogue prices. SBOO to $ WOO: siitisfaction guaranteed or money refunded, after one y ear's use; Up rlu he Pianoforte* $125 to 9255: cata logue prices SSOO to 9800: standard pianofortes of the uni verse, its thousands testtfy: write for mammoth list of tes timonials. Jtottity'n Cabinet ORGANS, cathedral, church, chattel, parlor. 930 upward. Visitors welcme: free carriage meets passengers; illustrated catalo B ue (holi day edition) free. 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