WASniXfJTOX WIDOWS. The Haven Par Excellence for Di vorced People. Census Fleare Whieh Show That the Na tional Capital Carrie OfT the Laurel an a Kroort for Matrimonial I'nfortunata-s. The funny write rs will have to re vise their jokes if the fi-rures of the census otfice are correct. There is a poo.1 deal of danger that the District of Columbia will soon le pointed at throughout the country and cartooned in the comic papers as the haven par excellence for divorced people. Kor it is a fact, says the Wasliing-ton News, that the liirures of the latest census bulletin riven to the public sliow that Washington city has more people in it jer capita who have ln-en throujrh the divorce court than has Chicago, that liustlinr metropolis of the west, which has a world-wide reputation for the cheapness and dispatch with which the lawj-crs can render asunder the bon Is of matrimony that were supised t le eternal when they were riveted at the altar. The tijrures that are reputed not to lie are these: Chicago, with a popula tion of l.tc.i,..s.-,o. has l.-VM men and women in its limits who have ls-en un married that is. one divorced person to every r.To of the population. The District of Columbia, with a population of -JM . .'-. has -Plo H" men and 314 women divorced people, or one in every of the inhabitants. So the District carries off the laurels. Still, throughout the I'nited States, there is one divorced person for every f"JO of Herniation. Jlut while this is a start ling statement, there are a nrnnW of other communities that surpass the Dis trict in this respect. The little puri tanical state of Vermont, for instance, with a imputation of :Oi..VlO has l.-'i'iai Jtoople who had to seek lejral separation in order to ki peace in the family. Virginia evidently has a climate lietter adaptel to domestic peace than has the District, for while it has seven times the numlier of inhabitants, it contains sliifhtly less than four times as many divorced couples as does the capital. Maryland shows up still more staid, for its population is four and a half aslarye as that of the I istrict. though it has less than twice the numlier of divorced people as has the latter. There is another peculiar thing- about the district its percentage of married people is less than that which prevails throughout the country. Taking the I'nited States at large and nearly :tii per cent. of the inhabitants are married. In the district less than Xi per cent, have Ventured upon wedlock. l!ut more alarming than any of these figures is the presence of widows in the District. There are actually VA.'j-J'j widows here dashing or otherwise or one for every of the population. This tiyure appears to be very large w hen it is considered that throughout the I'nited States the numlier of lioth men and women who have lost their partners in life do not numlier more than one to every twenty-one of the in habitants. Yet in the District the willows alone move around in sax-icty at the ratio of one to sixteen and one half. An interesting- study is broupht up in the effort to discover why it is that the District has more than its share of divorced jicople. widows and unmarried inhabitants. It is answereil very easily by the simple fact that one-half of the employes of the government are women. There are great numltcrs of widows of soldiers who were killed in the war who have snught this city and Wen successful in securing lucrative jrovcrnment apiiaiiiitiiients. Then there are thousands of young; ladies who pet places in the departments ami con clude that it is Wttcr to hold them than to (five their hearts to some fel low w hose salary in their estimation is not more than enough to support themselves. The divorced people pet there in pretty much the same way. Women shorn of the protection ami support of their erstwhile husbands have tried their fortunes in the capital and in many instances Wen able to secure desks in the poverment work shops. OUR GREATEST DEADHEAD. Tu Pontinaater Uciirnl lljw liillmltax) Passes on .111 Kallroad Train. '"The postmaster general of the I'nited States has at his command a greater mimWr of railway mileapes free of cost than perhaps any man in the world." said a railway passenper conductor to a St. I-ouis Republic man recently. "My ipnoranee of this eame near costing1 me my job a few years apo. "Dver in Illinois one midnipht the throuph train of which 1 had charpe was Happed at a little way station and a red-faced man climWd aWard the front passenper coach. The stoppinp of my train at that hour of the nipht made me mad to Wpin with, and I was in no pood hamor when I approached my new- passenper to collect his fare. Then, when he shoved at me a much handled piece of pasteboard, sipned by the postmaster pencral ami command inp in imperious lanpuape that the holder W carried free of charpe on all trains carryinp I'nited States mails, I lost my temper completely. I was so inad that I would listen to no explana tion from him. because I considered him either a train robber or an impos ter, and I made him pay his fare in the coin of the realm, for which I pave him a receipt. "I soon heard from my mistake after I reached St. Ijouis. The post otlice authorities and the railway people came down on me like a thousand of brick. I learned from them that my midnipht passenper was a post otlice inspector, and that every man in this mtv ice is provided with a card from the postmaster peneral coinmandinp the conductors of all railroad trains which carry mail to pass the Warer free. The name of no railroad com pany or official appears on the card, Lut the holder of it can travel on any road in the United States as far as he wants to po without payinp a cent." Chemical lVrfuniery. Chemistry .seems to furnish substi tutes for the expensive perfumes now made from dowers. It has lonp Wen known that the exact odor of the ban ana is produce! in the lalioratory. There seems a possibility, however, tiiat even when some fraprant plants cease to W cultivated for the perfumes many may In-come of importance in surpery. It has Wen discovered that Mme such plants are free from the at tacks of insects and from funpous prowths, and this may W due to the fact that their essential oils have anti-M-ptie properties. The eucalyptusyields an antiseptic, and so do other familiar plants. National Wealth of Kuropo. Holland still enjoys the distinction f Whip the richest country in Europe. The national wealth of Knpland per tapita is S-4 .-', Trance. So.. 'no, and Holland. .I-'.r.iii. The averape incomes lcr head are piven as follows: Knp land, France, S-'.."i. and Holland, With one-tenth the population of rJtiplarul. Holland has one-fourth as f iuch aggregate wealth, ami with one tvleveuth of the imputation of Franc'. Holland has nearly one-third as much wealth. On an area of oue-quarter of Iowa Holland sustains 3,750,000 of peo ple and wealth in the aggregate of 47,50U,O00.UU0. never wants te learn, but the 7m reads that OLiD honesty CHEWING T8BACC0 is the best that is made, and at ONCE tries it. and eaves money and secures more satisfaction than ever before. A.VOLD imitations. Insist on having the genuine. If your denier hasirt it ask him to get it for you. HO. PUZER 4 BROS., lonlrYile.Kj LADIES! Are you reckless fiiuuth 1 venture If mi sen two cents in stumps to the Marl: y-cWW.nr; V. 5is and !V Wusliinirtoti Sir.it. N. Na.iir. one of their leaiuif:i! illust rate .1 I.iKlIc-. HOOkH." It is U novel, unique. ;tl,.l ilMrh .-.' iug work to every eroii .1 iilim-nniit. On. receipt of ten cent.-; in s'an-.ps thev semi (Mistimiil a full set of t heir lunums hoiis, hold pau Verba. For fen rent 1 1 i -- will :ilso,-ti.l :i hook eol it :til.i in complete waini oi 4-'!'lie Mi.,;.;li' i;ml inri-ie . ; it mo-t Mipnl:ir fon, toia-tli.ru ith ten in, (iii-.it. ctiroino eat .1-. QTJINEPTTJSi A very ih-:ii-iiiL'. Ii-trm '. s- t :, i r: in.-e.l roiii:itn COmpollIlil tor li"'lliili" the t.v-te ol ll'l ill, :III other hitter iirii--. eit u r miI'iiI or th i l Pi ire. T.'i lnt ier I'iul It. .HI.-. I'n-M r.h. .1 l.y :n -n- ni.ii-o. pliysii mm in I'-urou.- ami Ainei !i a." I .,t niin:i ae Cuuipuniert every hi.ttte. 1'ur r:ilc h I rii.-jri.-ts-. 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How the InduRtriu ln-t Acquired Its Oueer Name. The fact that the '-parasol ant" of the AVcst Irulics has gniwn to 1 such a jx--t that the p. ivcrnmcnt of Triniihul has hal to adopt appropriate lcri.-la-tloa against its ravaL'o lravs atten tion to the reniarkaMe habits of the litllc creature. It has been lefinit -ly clctorniineii tiiat they .lo not cut the circular lite out of the leaves that they liear aivar so like a parasol over t!n lr licals. fur the purpose of eutinsr tiiem. or for nest lining, as lias been su':jestcil. These bits of h-aves are simply wanto'l as the viil on wliich to cultivate a certain sort of fun-rus that they fcvl upon: ami the ants are as ovjvrt in its culture as any m:ir';:t (.'ar.li'ii'.T of la:is in the jrrowin of hi-. ltel.vel mushrooms. A nest if these tiny agriculturists has thus la-en U's,-rilsl by the lirector of public work-- of Trini'lail. who has ha 1 them on hi- stiiily table: "Ila.-h forager ilropjH-.l his jxrtion of leaf in t!ie nest, atnl it was taken up by a small worker atnl carried to a clear space to 1h clearu-il. It was then taken iu hand by the lar-e workers, wliich. a ft.-r licking it with their tonjrues. re duced it to a small, black ball of pulp. These halls were built on the edire of the already formed funirus bed. and slightly stnoothed down. The new surface was then planted with portions of the fundus broutrht from other parts of the nest. Kach piece is put in separately, and the ants know cxactly hoiv far apart t!ie plants should be. It sometimes looks as if the bitsoffun-"1!-- ha I been put in too scantily in places, yet in about forty hours (if the humidity has been properly regulated I it is ail evenly covered with a mantle as of verv tine snow." Vhen it is re membered that mifst persons who have tried the cultivation of edible fun0-! have failed, because of the ilillictilties arisini? from the handlimrif the spores and the maintenance of the m-cdcil hemidity. it almost seems that we must concede to these tiny creatures a greater decree of agricultural skill than is xissesst-d by the average farmer. SIGNED A COGUS WILL. llarini; Triek liitemleil t lkervert the yieaniie of a Plan's 1 lcpor.it iu. " ne f the im:M thtrinr tricks I ever came across." said a New York attorney the other day. according to the M. I.oiiis . I. il.e-1 K niiK-rat . '"wasiii the cast of ;: m;: n who dclilicratcly imK'isi mated a haw. r's -h rk and persuaded a very it k man tosio-n a will without readin;; it and yviiii-h disposeil of his property in direct opposition to his wishes. It wa a case of a family dispute, and t ol. jrcntlcman. who was juite wealthy had decided to disinherit his eldest sot ami leave the property to a youm-vi one. Memo- warned by his doctor that he had only a day or two more to liv he sent instructions to his attorney t- draft his will and send it down prompt y f -r si-mat lire. hile the lawyer waspreparinr tlu .li'-nment a representative of t he -h'..-:.t son arrived with a paM-r. which he said was the will prepared by the sick' man': attorney. The will was signed u it h out hcsitati iu and duly witnessed, and when, two hours lab r. the lawyer's clerk arrived with the f-eiiuipte will In was not allowed to enter the Ih.ii -e be'mjr warned oil" the premises by tin hous-kei M-r. On bis re! urn to t h.- of liee his employer saw at once that : fraud had been committed, and h, hastened to the house to have it s-t l i-j lit. In the meant ime. however, the siek man had In-come t.tie..nsei.nis. and he died wit I loll t I a-in o- able to e-cu te : will after his own v. i,),es. The l'.'us will was upset, but tin' fraud could never la- su lhcicn t ly proved to convict the man susp.-eted of coiu-oct inr it. and he inherited i j nit e a larjrc sum of niouey as the next of kin." A I:tni;eriMi4 Tratelhu; Companion, l.urinira r.eetit lis,- in the lower Mississippi atnoi io- the victims were a Mr. Henry, his yvife and his ten-year-old boy. Oui'e early in the morniiijr the fast-risino- tide overspread the yard and came into t he hoti'-e. Mr. Ib-nrv climbed up higher and liiirher. anil finally he and Ids family were on the riH.f. ith the family doo-an. 1 cat and a half dozen chickens. ICtit the tide kept risin"- uiitil tinally the roof di)cd otT. and 1 1n. n be-ran a si!io-,:,r n I .idvetiturotis y.naire. S. met im,-: .he riM.f would spin ar..mi.l as if in : maelstrom, and then ao-ain the wave:. Would sweep completely over it. The hiekeiis and cat Were mnui swept away, and also the doo-. althou-m . always manao-,.,1 to crawl back ao-ain. Cut the most ilist rcssino- a.-ctirrerice of this unlucky voyage was the unwel come yisit of a ten-foot alli;rator, which seemed desirous of takiiir pas:. avvwith them. Mr. Henry was n.,t rash enouo-li to attempt tft'jiush olT the creature, but he yelled at it once or twice, and tinally the bio- saurian dis appeared under a wave ami was not seen ajrain. Some time later, when the sun was just sett in-r, the roof ground ed on a hiirh rido-e. a,l there remained until the tide receded. What lli.l lie Kat? There comes, says the New York Ilerahl. a o-.mm! storv from Monte Car lo, from that holy of Indies, the salon wherein arc the trcntc-ct-juaiitrc ta bles. Just as the cards were bcin. h ii Mctl for the commencement of play a frt ntleman .lelila-rately counted out twelve one t hoiisand-frane notes and placed them on the black without even lakino- the precaution of instirino them. It was playinjr the limit" and a bystander remarked: "Kather a lmld play, sir.' -Well." said the player, I dreamed last mo-ht that 1 saw this table exactly as it is now, and on the lirst coup black won." The cards were dealt for the lirst cup a,,,! M;u.k .,, A j,,,,,,,,.,.,.,, "Oh: ' from the bystanders "-rccted the atinoiinccmeiit: - Ked loses." ami then from across the table came a woman's v nee:- "U hat did you have for supper last iiUf-it? lo tell me:" ENGLAND'S QUEEN. Qt kex Vu-touia has a wholesome dread of tire. Whenever she jrot-s abroad she always has a couple of lire extinguishers sent out in advance and fitted up in the house where she will reside. Wni x the queen ascended the Iirit- lsh throne more than forty-one cent, of the Kiio-ish people' could per not write their names. The proportion in that condition has been reduced to seven per cent. Kx-Kmi-ukss Kh.kmk. who was not lono- airo a rnest at dinner with Queen ictoria. has now only careworn lines and a sad. dullish expression of the face, whose licauty was once the admi ration of I'urope. The queen has a splendid collection of tablecloths, some of w hich are cov- ere.l with most mterestinr d lesiifns. One. for instance, rciiresents II.. liel.l of Waterloo, with the lio- u res of Wel- lm;Moii ami Najioleoii faithfully t raved. p.r- The roller cotton .rill u-oe S I - -.. .- 1 ( l The Iatls,a antl Africa Wfore the dawn of au bar, wl,rnll history. Thret-quarters of a blow. ""Hdof cotton, cleaned by means of his k'hi, constitute a day's work. Theodosia, the Greek name, means - iven by God. CARL EIVINI US; PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & 4EWE1ER, -AND DEALER IN- fco'2 ;V t ' ' i '7 ELKHART CARRIAGE and Mttld to tuMHMrri fr VI eur. ldVllit tlleiu tlie tleitn-r prolil. e kr Hit llJ.t miiiI Lnrir.1 luuiiuIat-Lurvrs iu An fr it A !elliutr Veliit-lt itiitl I lurm-M tlnswMy i.ii Willi privilege lo tontiinnt' before hriv iii. iiirv i pM. We p if freiiftil tiolti wxii.it ii.-t salisirt- -I .rv. yVurrmit for ' year-. hy pity nn 8t:ei. ;' m t ) '.1 1 or.ler l.r y..u.' Write y ..nr o u or.i. . l...iiir Iree. W'u luko ull r.r-lc ul Uimaf in Rhiriptut;. vcclcsalc pr.tccs. ttrins Wagons, Sll to CC. .urai.t. . t i j.-.u u i.j. c i. Lurrc o. I t l to i It J i.i ..j us m-ii I, .- t.j tj i.. 1 r i I iii. f mt, a--i -l'l .-r 1- I- hJOVOi.f.t (. i torl"3. F jrm ViCcono, Y.'cec nrttr . No 37. Surrey lliiiuess. 43.00 h-.i!!: Wajn j,Dcli t : i.H Na. 1, I-arm S p-r.f mU vtf ftr ak No 't. h arm Wn'i- . I oU 111 ..... !&Rti3'E mm.i: . J I jJM i. , 1 , . i n r lur.-r Cv ; ft Address W. B. PRATT, Sec'y, ELKHART, IND. Seeing; is Believing." And a good laynp must be sImnl- - , ...... . --v "M'lv. 1 i. 13 not ponH .vwa Rnntifis? n..j vords mean much, hur tn w . Will impress the truth mnr tourrh and seamless, and mi A it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar velous Iieht is Durer .inI hri softer than electric light and Ijv.lr for t rii tmn "T-.. tj Bnehr n.i ,hZZ. .. " . land c ill send uVT.n,, W HOUrKu UBP CO., 4 lrk. Pl.ee, New York City. "The Rochester." IYIA i ISIV1 1 li-- .win ilises.-i cause untold sufterltip. w t. rs iolinit tlmt they are dlltlcult lo cure sodo tin tr pat luila. Putne'8 O l.-ry Compound has per Uiuuently i.jel Jin worst casa of rheumatism ani neuralgia so say tlioae bo liave used It. "Ilavlnif been tmiiMed with rlieuinutlsii' at t lie knee aid fool for live years. I was Ullliosl unable loi'.-l aroiinil. and was very ofien otitlned to my lied lor wi-eks ai a time. I used mi v oue bot ai ..r r..i.... . .... . ..... w-f-rf "i,- oi a wuir a uiii- V P"ur"l. "'id was T?-tly 11 eured. 1 a-an now 'iiiuii ll arouml. anl feel as lively as Il W a boy." IrKANK 4KOI.I. Eureka. Nevada. fl.iw. Six for $.i oo. Iriirlsts. M:iiutno;h testimonial paper free. WT.I.IA, KiC8rdson & Co.'rops.. Kuril iit on, VU nilMDNn DYF? "'e "1 HrioMrr I uKmunu irci 0-nri lttl.n . " WANT A Wi? hive widens. Pusiries. 1 NO USE TO I OWNER . J S str.m.,'. JurjW, s;ii-.X x hemtifuliv lin:.! as ii....leriii.eJ nunulailiire f:in pruJiwe. built on Ik.iii.i by men if i;.'e experii-iue. H..nesty is our jai.Ikv; pr. nipt .iiipiin-rt a ur specially. We want ti ki.i.w you. Write us. Cu-ts v. u n..;:.ins. Ai-iv IcjJ t. business y aiul by. SftiJ t..r . ur vaiul..- tie. It is tree tn every r-a.ler i f t'ns at .-r. biiisj liailiti.il Wau n Co., Bins;luiit.in, N. Y. BUILT FOR Thrif-r is e 1 1 resuirs ftWm'ch.TZ K 1ms .solid cake 'ofioufmisoa.pi w.. w yry il - inyournexl - house Inking out over the many homes of this eor ntry, we see thousands Of women wearing away their lives iu household drudgery thatm. materially ,essened by the use of a few cakes of S APOlo. If 2 f w fLeaWuse th T ? ' wouli sl I" 6he t be a foolisU woua who wou d hesitate to make the experiment, and ha a churlish hushed ..Uo would frrud-e the lev- -ents which it. cS. HAY-FEVER II VII 0LDrHEAD) . . " jr dUb ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street NEW IfORK. OUC I WATCHES, CLOCKS,! iriiTini' en rnit i nr JLU Ll.lll,ILUIlU .l,r,, I MUSICAL IKSTRDMENTS! AI OPTICAJGOODS. X MM.EACKXI'KKUTIli: CELEBRATED ROCKFORDf X W'ATi'HKS. 1 ColLinWa ar:fl Fi edoDia Watche? In Key ami Stem Winders. thAKHK SKLKtTToN OK ALL KI.M.S OK .IKWKLUV A L- WAYS OX 1IAXI). X I'Mv linetif .lewelty is imsiir- pass,.tl. t'oine ami see for your- self before piirchusim; elsew here. HfAll work i; ii a ran teed. CARL EIVINIUS.: HLRKESS KFG. CO. if r gons f o: tl htmi y a nn u..i -.. t nut.-. A K 1'urni, liariits. Klkhart ltit'yclk. ptieumiLtir lirf. it -ltllt-!s .Ilh rir. n,mI la "TKa l? xvyvilv.on. & fnrn'Tilv All 4 kit IllLiai,, in k r i more cheerful than either . j-. . ... " ; ' me lampotaifr tinsn t the cfnnine , . Us '"r "ur ucw lutratc.i cataUwue. - and NEURALGIA nl lo in-. Km I ti-- .im two it'.ir- t it i r. rti w 1! ti iif-ur t 'i . .r 'lit- 4".iii ..i i ltii'Uir f;niti t ur ut I h , i nearly four lmltu-N r( tu iiti iu t frvt fioin Hie i-otiipl.iliiU I i i-i) Ki.ii. u to JoU." C Ha. II I.KWis. t tili.il lilt-. U Paine's Celery Compound 'i have ba-en irreatly anil, led wltli .n-uto rlii-uiii:ittsin. and i oui.l fin. I no r. ll. f until I J llsi-d I'allie'S a elerv a oliinolllid. After Usn six noil les ol i ills iih-uii ine l am lioa elllea or rtieuiii.it !- tn.uln.-.: s tui hi. Ill reiiiSMis. so; oriil-h N. 11. Effects Lasting Cures. ralne'sl-elery oiiipoiin.l lias N rtoriued many m lier i-un-s :is inirvflous as I lies.-. - angles ut letta-rs sent to any ad.lra's.i. Il.-as.ttit to lake, does not disturb, but aids illp-sllon. and entire, ly vegetable: a etilld eao take It. What's tbn use of sunVrtng longer vattli rheumatism or neuralgia? 0 . D,r. I.Mnqupcn Lartalnl huttl are Health BABIES -iappKHmrt,,. 11 u twvaii. WAGON ? ' sunevs Hk'li cn.1t. as IP BUSINESS dood revenue v-j OUUI U IW iU0Ll - cleajiind AnH hhrT, a .aab Cfs ,A the CatcioV 5; OTIS or powder. AjmUed i,t th .-, "'' AM I No. TSl. Surrey. No. Uait Wauoii. ' 11 .r- i'm'jm I r-WSI ri ! X I HIS FIRST COFFEE. Th turprbalriK Kxerlant-a- of 11oMr I.ilr In tho Kxattrrn St t-. Rev. Joseph IKnUlriilfre. in his "Xntes on the Settlement and Indian U'ars of the Western l'arts of Virriuia. aud Pennsylvania." iriven a detailed and realistic aoi-ount of the pittneer life of tiiat r-";ii:i. He was hairn in lTO'.t. His mother alieal six or seven years after ward, anal liis father sent him t Mary laibl to M-fiaMl. On his way thither he raw suMie wonderful things anal hal home surprising exiH-rienee.s, which i.e tli u i ale. criWs: At fad. llnnvn's ia the mountains I for t!j lir I time sjtw tame ireese. and for l.a:it'.-ri:i;T a pet traiialer 1 pot a se vere liitinjr by his bill anal lx-aliti by his winrs. 1 wonah-r-al very tu.:eh that bir.is sai lurire anal stronvr should be sai im.eli tanii-r llian the wi al turkeys. At tliis p!aee. however, all was ri'lit ex eept tlie larre birals which they ealU-al j.'i-a-s'. Hie cabin ami its furniture were sueh as I had liea'n accustomed ta M'a'in'the bacUwoaKls, as my count ry was tlicii ealh'al. At Kcdforal 'verythiiijr was chatie-eal. Tlie tavern ut wh.eh my uncle put up ua .a sti.ua- hattise. and was plastered insi.le. liailh as to the walls and the i. ilintr. 1 was strueU with astonish-nia-tit. 1 liaal no idea that there was any hoiis,- in tha worhl which was not bi.iU of lo.'s. but here I looked ramiial t lla- ll..l--e allal Could Sa'e lia his. Ulli a Jm. e 1 eotihl see no joists. bethel sueli a tiling; hal Ik-cii male by tha li:i: .I . . I' nun. or ha. I trrown up of itself. I -oii'l iiait conjecture. hen MipjHT eame tn, luV csoiifusiiin Was Uoru- caillfollllaleal. A iittla cup stisiai in a liitfL'er one. with soai. brownish stiitl" in it. which wasneithei milk, hominy, nor broth. V hat to do with tlu-sa' little cujs aiul the little s miis I a l. mo i lie; to tliem 1 eoulai not ta-ll. anal 1 wasafraial to ask. I watchetl to sae what the bijr folks wiml.l ali. ml ilia-n ali.l the saiui-. an.i fomiai the folTa-.' iiaitseaiia lieyoiial any 'liiir.r I had eva-r tasta'al. 1 a-olit inua-.l ' i !rinl.. as the ra-st of t lia- -oiii.un V iii. I. with tli- ta-ars stra-auiinr fr.iu my es: out w '-.a-.-i it was to enl 1 was at loss to know, as tha- little eus were lilla-d iiiimeil iately atta-r Ik-iiii.' eiiipti-al 'Phis cireiuustaiia-calistresseal ma very mm ii. but looking attentively at ilia 'i-ov. u ps-rsons. 1 saw aula- man turn his a'tip i.ott.uu upward an.i put his sshi; aa-ross it. 1 obser eal tiiat after that iiis a-up was not fill.-al aiain. and 1 followed his example with a like happy ra-slllt. FORTUNES OF MLUICAL MEN. Kltlillelit l-IliallMti I'liy aaia-lwns lic lltt'e I Ileal l.eaiiiK MilliaaiiH IU-hlnd. Saiiua- jrreat men have alie.l leavinfr la rev fairluiii-s lia-hiuil. anal aillu-r:. haw alia-d nair. says th- ISiiti.h Maalieal .loiirnal. The w ill of Sir William Hull, whieh was sworn uiiala-r I'iUl.oii. is eviia-rally apjota-d as tha- larrest amount U-ft ly a iiii-hiIkt of the in.-. Ileal pro-fa-s; ion. This, however, was exceealeal by lr. bhiiiila ll. who l"u-al iu lsT7 anal left a fortune of t':t."i0.oo.i. Amanita atha-r will , a.f :.i li rures may l m.-nt i.nia-d Sir Liisiiiiis Wilson. O'll.tam; s.ir An-alr.-w t lurk. C.-iU.ikni; Sir tscar t'laytoii. L'l la'a.iKKi: Sir ieairare ISurratws. t'lol. ;.'. : Sir W illiaiu How man. l'lo:i.yis. ami Sir iiarla-. l.ot-.-k. L'1o.i.inm. 'f tha- fort uiia-s ma. b- by meitibTsnf t In- m.-.li.-.il profession very little ha ii I. ft institutions -.uiiia- t-.l with that bmly. A notable exception tai t hi . stands out in tha- muuiiii-cnt Ih-aiia---t aif Sir Krasinus Wilsam tai the Kaiyal eailla-!r of surgeons, by whia-h that e. irp-u-tioii re'-eiveal L".'o i.o. h . In a. 1, liti. oi to this li-a u..t. Sir Krasinus left t'."..ipo.i a-aa-h ti several institutions ami a-harilia-s a-.uiueete I with tha ni.-.li -al professiaiii. The nama- af John Ua.la-1 lliV. too. must IK t Ik atVa-rloalkcai in this e. uilia-at i.m. The UaalclilTa- ill tirmury has In-a ll ereetetl by tha trus tees of the will. In addition ta Hks. tha- Ua.l.lilT.- library, now lmuse-l in tha- university museum, which is ona of tha tina-st seia-ntilic libraries in thc wa.il.l. is entirely supported tiy the Ka.lelitTa- trust-,s. Another exception to this ruU- is the will of the lata- Mr. ISrickwell. of Tot t.-tiliaui. who ali.nl alurinir ls'.iri. anal who left th residut af his estate ta the Society for tha lie-lia-f af tha Widows ami Orphans of Ma-.lia-al Men. The aliility ta leave tha-sc larfa- lettieies eomes to hut few. and tha- main ImhIv aif pra.-t it iona-rs w ill a:"Ta a- w it h Saierata-s that '"a physiciai. is a rula-r of tmalies. ami not a maker af m. iia-y." HE WAS AN EXPERIMENTER. And lie Killed the Waiter a it h Caxitater Mtian Mal Worry. Tha youii?: man am the ippasite sida f Hi.- tabla studia-al the bill of fare for saime tinia. w hile the waita-r stooal on una- la-ir with his ear ha-ld out for tha ordar. ami then lie saial: "I want saiuia of that liaiminy and a si.U- a.r.ler ait maple sirup, a little of tha -spinaa-h. some sweet corn, anal a cup of cIkk-o-late." Tha waiter slowly moveal his lips in aiiia.a-uia-rit . says the I'hia-a'j'ai Keeoral. ami had the orah-r reNateal. I U- suiila-.l ami starteal away, and tha-yoiino- man loaikeal after him frown in: "i'onfouiial thes waiters." he saial. "1 supnse they expa'Ct every man t. oraU-r soiiictliinir etmventiainal. like staak ami coffee or liver ami bacon." "You ali.l put in a tjueer oraler," was Mifrrested. "Oh. I alam't know. It may turn out to 1m a rood combination. I'm experi ment in-r all the time." " K x pe r i m : I i n ?' "Ya-s; I try iiaw a-onibinati.ms. Ilaiw did Hople ever find out that jeljy aiial roast aluck iro toi-vther? How alial thev eva-r -ret on to spring lamb ami mint sauce, pie and cheese, steak anal mush rooms, ami sa on? Why. by trying new combi.iatioiis. I oraler w hatever strikes my fancy, ami in that way I jret some tfioai eoiiilmiat ions." "W hat are some you have aliscov-er,-al'.'" "Scrambled ejrfrs anal eraulierry sauce is one. Cadal piles' feet and K-iuoii ia-a- is another. I lid you ever alip slia-es aif banana into hot lionillon? Of course not. There are no tixeal rules .alxiut things you must experiment." Japitneiu llollditya. The Japanese holidays are the New Near, the eelebratiou of which lasts for three days: iod Pox's dav on the -'d aif the second month; the Feast of 1 toils, for little girls, on the :M of the third month: the Feast of Flags. f,r little .boys, on the ath of the fifth month: the Ablution mass in the sixth month: the Tanabata on the 7th of the seventh month: the day of the chrys anthemum flowers ami the festival of Inoko late in the fall. Ked boiled beans ami rice is the delicacy eaten on the Jal ,.f February, rice cakes wrapped u wak leaves are for the .Mil of Ma v. Sake is drank on all invasions, but with a spray of iieach blossoms in the l.ttle on the 8.1 of March, and a bunch of chrysanthemum blossoms on Chrys anthemum alav. A I. It tie (irtseu. lhiring a strike on the North British railway, much ditliculty was experi ciiceal to find the ncessary engineers to keep the ne.-essary trains runninir. One of the substitutes, a young fellow, ran soma distance past a station, and then, putting back, ran as much tax. far the other way. He was preparing to make a third attempt, w hen ths sta tion agent shouted, to the great amuse ment of the passengers: "Never mind. Tainmas; stay where you are! We'll .shift the t.tatioa.M JOB : : PRINTING. TIIK FKEEMAX Printing Office Is the plaee to eet your JOB PRINTING pKiruptly auti fcTlsfclorlty ruiea1. We Will meet the pi ices l mill l.a.nawm.le ctiuipt-tion. We don't 1 any hut fitti-aris8 u k anal want a iivinit piioe for it. Willi Fast Presses 2nd New Type We are prepared Ut turu txit Jaiti Piniiiinf ol every di!ci-(ptKo in the KINKST STVLK ni1 at the r Lowest Casii Prices. NnthiiiK Dut the ttest luaterial I used ami our work i-p-k tor it-uif. We are pre pared to print on the stiorU-s. notice I'OfTKKP, PlIWKAIIIIKt', Bl-sinkss Cards Taiis. Hitt. Hitn-, Monthly Statkmrnts K.n vkixh-k?, I.ABKIJ. UlKCl l.AKS. EIHMKH AND V'lMTISO tAHIW t-'HM'Krt. NllTKS. DKAPTS KWMPTK. lialNIl tlK. l.KTTRK ami Note IIkaks, am Hop and I'aktv Invitations Ktc We can print anything from the m sliest am neatest Vi-llitnj Card to tlie laitiest 1'itster on short notice aiu! at lU moat iweasoiiable Ilmles. The fanibii.i Kicnn:ui KHEXSItlTuo. I'KNX'A. MRS. ELM IRA HATCH. HEART DISEASE 20 YEARS. Dr. MiUa M&it C JElkhart. ImtL. I'Iak PiK-s : For 20 7ars I was tronbled rlth bafatrt diaea. Would frequentlr have faklUna; apelia aud unothennir at tiitit. llad to ut up or fan out of ba-d to b rem he. Htv.1 pain In mjr left aide and back most of the time, at lm-t I ba-eame drop-Ural. 1 was very iwrvuiu and nearly worm out. The least excitemept would causae me to THOUSANDSrs'iH with flntterliiir. For the last fltmi yeara I could not fcitx-p rami leftside or back until he-ran u.kiD your - Hmurl it-a. I bad not taken it very lung until I felt mnch better, and I ran now sleep on either ride or bark wutiatut tbe least Jiso.ue fort. I have no pain, smothering. ln.y. no wind on ctomarhor otiier dijiajj-enljle frym-ju'iuisi. lain able to do all mv own bous-evaork iaiLLout any trouble and ronsioer myself cura-d Elkhart. Ind . Ism Mas. tiaiit Hatch. It is now four a-ar-i since I have taken any medicine. Am in better Lt-aalth than I Lave buaea In 40 years. 1 honestly l-e- . - bevethat JT ties' Arm f I I LJ LT pi i-t iw- saved my lilo V IB i and made me a well aman. I am now 62 years of sjre. and am able to do a s-ood dav'a work. Mmy tmh, infi. Mum ia.aiaa UaTCH. Sold on sv Poalti-re Gutranttc. Dm. MILES' PI LLS. 50 Doses 25 Cts. Constipation Dt-manala prompt treatment. The re sults of nej-leet may lie serious. Avoid all harsh an.i Jrastio purgatives, tUo tendency c.f wliiih i to weaken tlie bowels. The best rrmmly U Ayer'a I'ills. Ba-ing purely vegetable, their a.-tion is prompt and tlieir effea-t always heneficial. Tha-y are an ailmiralile I jver and After-alinner .ill, and every where endorsed hy the pra.fessien. " Ayer's TilU are highly and univer sally stx.ken of l.y the ea.ple aUiut here. 1 make dailv use .f them in my praatii-e." Ur. l.'E. Fowler, Uridgas. ort. Conn. " I can recommenil Aver"? Tills a'mvs all others, having lotl jroveal' their value as a alhartic for uivself ana family." J. T. Hess, Leithsville, Pa. " For several years Ayer's I'ills have teen used iu my family. We cud thetu an Effective Remedy for constipation and indij;stia-.n. and are never without them in the Louse." Moses Grenier, Lowell, Mass. "I have used Ayera I'ills. for liver troubles and iudiga-stiou, during many jears, and have alwavs found theiii triimpt aiul etiii ieiit iu iheir action." u N. Smith, I'tica, N. V. ' I suffered from constipation which assumed aiia-h an a.l.stitiate form that I feareal it woulal cause a st.ipia-;e of tha laowels. Two Uikes of Ayer'a I'ills ef fected a complete cure." I), liurke. Saco, Me. " I have used Ayer's Tills for the past thirty years anal camsialer theni an in valuable family meaiuiue. 1 know of no lietter remedy for liver troubles, ' anal have always found thetu a prompt cure fair dyspepsia." .lames IJuitiu, tJ Midalle St.. llartfaiid. t'onn. " Having Wen troubled w ith costive Bess, w hich seems ilie liable with er aons of se.lent.iry habit-i, 1 hae tried Ajer's I'ills. hoping f..r ra lief. 1 a!u f la.i to say that tha-v hae sa-rveal man etter than any other masiiciue. I arrive at tins aa-ucliisum only after a faithful trial a.f tha-ir merits." i:Uuuel T. Jones. Oak at.. Boston. Mass. Ayer's Pills, CKKI'AHMI Kt Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.. Lowell, Maw Sold by all 1 .tenia. rt to Modlrlaaa. Cures thori sands anniiallyof Liver Com plaints. Biliousness. .linn.lin. t- Cures thnnunili ni....n..f . sla. Constipation. Malaria. MoraTlls PATTNT V AWI BLIi I kICTION TtrD beat Set Works In the World. SawMill&Engine at the World a fnl...t..- e W... .v.- " -r """"" 'position. "taJJ sS ifSFARQUHAR ei. o. r mhuuhAR CO. VORK. NNaT Ltd. 3IAD KLKi'liAMs. The Peculiar Affection That o Seizes tho Ornnt T), . . "1 - . -e-- tt,- r al tn laillft ttku. . - a ratjy- , tare Have lionr cmi tt. aj ssd kil lawd mail I -t rui iv pie sad rruM-rty. 1 . I . . 1.-.. . . l.i: . , III u.r -ia. iaiaiii--s, w Here ttn t.hants are -las.l as int. oi.. . r' . - , - - 11 1 -lillk.--. fallal Sir. 111-:. lo-. 1.1 . . v ivil er.!Tiiurinii- inlir.n..,..- rnjriia- et.-pnant is as iilu..j, . ' .il,..,L- .....! r"'i- - .... ........ .. ... a. nm. ru. tori ra m.in-ea'aiuir ti-a-r. ltx. r- " ii.ii.es it tin lunra- ,1:, t.i a started am a can-a-r .f , in. I lif.-tjl.iuT it ui.-tli., u r ..... ul in tlieir taTtinaeit v aii.t ii... r' e . l. " '"''"U:: i .iii aaa-? lll.-r.- a r,. xUr a-ast excluded frami eotnru n.i.,-, :t- fa-lloVs allal the alaaln,.; i. ... . i in the cuiialitii-n aif uiai-t " j. a.- it.". . j a . .a VilIU , cause- it.-, spa-11 a.f bliu.l f uri vj . ' lae rins iii densely jtaiiulit,.j , ; latants. l.--. tn.liv.ra .aV......l .... . a . . " '.a cr. trai.e umi. as a ru j ... naii... ..a an rii .' :.ijt f.arty are alcstmyeal t,v ti.,.Ti j . ' ln-ars. ya lives and ha-n;i 1. alter tha-se alata. In ..-. tame a-la-Jiliant whia-h J,;,.. f "i I. i.tr vears laas-aine aia-m. tj . , away'truiiii-etiiifr t.t tin- .v.-.k j' it was Kiiia-ai it iin.i rav.i.-. ,i ii.iy ami kiii.n tinrtv III India the cm.H all , -tnii--t." whiah i - n- . mu ln.-s. i ha-rubia-al I.-, a, . .tl tha- f..r.-lia-a.l a.f th,. tVl allal swell ili-r aif tin- ta-:ii;.;. animal in captiitv i , a-alitiain is ailisaTVed ill l;.. K-a-asi.tnall V eleplianl- . , lal ta-mN-r- ara f.'iin.l ).,.a , lla't laa classed it ii ... p-riaa.lia-allv alana-r. .u- ..r aillta-asts whiall ara- ul.. ii -s..litaria--. A tvpi.-a: r . ., aiiiiia k iia-ar .1 iibba ! '. .r.- ,i. .-- a. .'..a ll . -f as a man -r !, k il I iuiT si mu i if its i. t . in-. ,t . . . . " ' -'i- iii its nitiiitli and l..re t !.. !. t . I.,r.,. Many -f tha- T. .'ii.-" . .. :.r,i;,. fr.uu A i:i ara b.tsa-.i .m !. ,. , . ,s a'itlla-r aitraa-isa-al lia-Ut . .,- esa-ape.I fr. .in a-a,itiv it ul,.,;,, . . a ia-ul mral nei. hk .i h. 5, . a-r.ijis deva-datf tl plalat.it.. ..i- t a-a.jlla- ll.a eallla- ill t!,, ,r ,, v. Iiia-h wan.lereil in th,- ... f r tifta-a-n a-ar-. an.i .l. tr.r,,..' -ti. Ms and killa-.l main j r i,. lT.ita-rty a.f tha- o. . ,-r I, :u. 1. 1 . mU j Vi rid itself a if a a-huill a In, h , away when it csi-u;-.i i.r-v. lu-ar th. villa.'e a iaii.. l ) -. -clank a.f tha l.r. .U.-n f.-H.-r- All . . it...- a . luai.lll.IIHL' i.Illla's ir- ill.;.: tury au.l iciais. -l.--j..ni- h, t; duriiir tha- alay and trjiv. !;!. I iia-y ara- n..t r..'u t h-pliants surTv-riiij.' f: f urv. J" P-T. t'rua-lty s..ma-t'i!n.-. rii.ik.- aif ela"jhalits. In 1-s., Vl uliatit was l-a-ino- i i.i. i. i, Li i!, the alistria t a.f s-uilanja. . ... il. animal relented pnl.t.ii.' a.-.:, y jiuliini;- th.- mail t:...i. !..- t., tlir-awii:;' hi in S..IH,. .li ..., V a irt Ulialal V tha- Uiatl f. I' 1.1 .1 .allal rc.liuill.-.l thaTa- uli.t; .. t he cla .hunt . . I... u.-n i . Ll iii yilla-.'a-. 111. r. I.. . :..is i i.ia n int. a a h. .us,- ih.-n ! - j wall--, pulled tin- loan .mt iallll t.t pla-CaVs. 1 lia sane klfia.-la.eal al..a II iiii. i.t if.,- . A.r.,1 I. .- : f hailll.lla Is-ill - ill t!.. liapur. l;.tia. n ai:.l killed siv in. 1. ia ! s.ra. f.nir in liau.1. i -Utll. lla- llka-Vis,- 1;.! t i J. a l-'ny and al-a . i.--T r i a riare. 'rheaiiim.il iis,-.l t..-'. al.t-.r a.f a h.'Us,-. J .r. . I.i- . Ill.-li -hlllO- tha- Vall .'ll . r waiuhl tii. ii kill as in.niv .: as ha a.saul.1. pur-uiiij Kl -r tat run away, lie mail, U-.l : t.-rribly. Afta-r securing a i. t:ii. :.. rcturilt-altaitliesj.,t i . s,., ; t-vtiiia-t. an. I w.uil.l .-. !. inj- tlu- lutalv afra-1. lb- 'j a-ral ls.li,-s bilif .ii-'.al. j tiia in i ii t i rat iua-s. , t, l!i. I-aiiiiit iiis wav int.. ':.. -i-a palaee. where ha- tria-! X- a lla. Use a.f U lrarala-la-r. I -ut s O.; I.l.'UI.ta-.l aill tlira-a- a-la-j'.'ial.- i- by a sH-.irsiuaii. .:r..t !..:a tha-ii returned t.. l--i-:;.ur ' trieal t-t break al.. Ii In- :ii.i-. - -in whia h seva-ral j-a-rs..i.- iia.l Hire. The p.ilice tr. -1 it;"" :" : frami a back wind"., at..! ' ' ttst-lld fa.r help t" i!.. .:!-' what sclit thra-e a-!. (!. ii t- aii-' :-jH-arsmeii. Tin- ainiii.ai r. .- ""Ullsll.ltS I'll tha- ha-a.l at l u hit-h. hatwever. ta-n.i " atraive him aitT. lb- was u. ;. t ureti at immim-iit M-k 1 three elephants ali.l ii" SHARP PRACTICE. a a.li-l 1 l.t.- - si hflrr i.J It! II. r. II '-It was tha- aiiia-a-r. -st "irl at the jewelry a-"i.t.'er .: lull, acca.r.liiio- t.. the batTai I : "When 1 was in t In- '' ' ' : the tl.ta.rwalker a-aiu. ar - n - - J--usalltat l.ta.k .-ut f..r '.r.a-st ! ir tru ar.iun.l anal sta-a! l- an '' help it. 1 was kind -''' :; ' 1 1 allllatst put Ill ea-s "lit : - them. Din- .lay a w...uan - ' counter anal I'. Ii. In . !". " " t ! til t.t her. Afta-r 1 " '" ;l r , the party I was wait i!;. ' ";' t.t l.Ntk :it h.-r and -i ,a t . r 1 heaal.al hairpin fr.uu a - I alialn't sitv a w..r 1 1 : wh.. she was. That t: !.'!' 1 : atVer tat llaT llollsa- an.. t"! i I" r haal seen. he tri.-.l ' l rj ''i. but I was tft mu. I. f.-r h.-r. ai-- -she owned up that st,--l.J ' pin." , r "lidya.il have her arr.-leJ the attlu-r jfirl. "Nat." saial the first l' ,1. -l.u: J her irive me the pin Theu she turtiasl !.. r ;ur -' taiillttsl tat Saalllellli hair ami asktal. pr bute'.'" !!ri"i:- A-' lie Woulal -lia U' A Valllll.r mail Vlsitt tnr l'i- other eveiiimT. and a- he , residence he seat.-.l I....-,?.. '. i . . t lH..f-:tu to b- a.'1 I e , his fair one's m.'tl.. r . ut..;...T 1.-.,- ttdwi-rs, t't "lli-autiful eveiiiut.' Mrs 1. fresh the l.ree.es are Ui T "Oh. ves." was tha- raili. r "they are pretty f: -!-as fri-sh as that paint .r - ' " was put aiu "iK'llt tell : nncatmf.artable epr. t!.: -1 over- the ea'UIllC'a" ' . ....- ....... I .. in-t '- man. out uu- yeuui . - . i & ia an atlearana-c an.! in-' t.t take a seat in the hail""" i I., sa.- mvitat i.m he retusa.i . thank yau very much. Ui,Vi' rt-in-r all thiu irs in" p-uess I'll stick tat the )'.a . . -i. -.1 -.,lIa- 1 ftnriir. - la- The potato. s.t laiiur - it d.-vela.iHsl alm.tst ii."""'. -j .'. . .. . ... n. .bstiu: " ties. t-tariv are easi... .... . i,..rs i-H I tut there are many .r(. and alimtst iii:ra .-'1 ' . " s There are nineteen jrK' .v!. white potato iu - 1,1 p liermany, tweuty-six :1 l" and thirty-two in I'rat-