Cost and Time of Trip to a Star. “I.et us suppose a railway to have been built between the earth and the fixed star Centauri,” said the lecturer “By a consideration of this railway’s workings we can get some idea of the enormous distance that intervenes be tween Centaurus and us. “Suppose that I should de take a trip on this new aerial the fixed star. I ask the ticket agent what the fare is, and he answers: “The fare is very low, sir. It is orly a cent each hundred miles’ ‘And what, at that rate, will the through ticket one way ?' 1 ask, “It will ¢ just $2,7560,000,000," he answers. “I pay for train We rate, ‘How fast? ask the bral going? cide to line to cost and and board the off at a tremend ticket ous aman, ‘are we says he, There are ‘Sixty ‘and its no stoppas . " then, won't Says ‘hile 1a Dusky Potentate's Coronation, own d ~ 1 niy come to the oad eo and reasonable ympany is it 0 : if Om Imnission, if any statute « tate Legislature, takes ! : amen: pany.” SPECTRE OF EDITOR APPEARED Subordinate Notified of Death by a Ghostly Visitation. That more things in heav- en and earth than dreamed of in his phil experience of Charl managing of the Morning Rep bli an at Chester, Pa. U he filled the chalr of city editor of the morning paper, but during the of Victor H Klett, the managing editor, he per formed the duties of that After sending the last press a morning or two ago, he left for his home on Madison street, which he reached at in the morn ing Just removing his clothes, getting Into Led, a came before his eyes Thinking it was vu? the vague crea tion of a weary brain he was aboul to turn out the gas light when the figure of Mr. Klett appeared at the foot of the bed, lingered a moment then vanished “Klett is dead,” said Mr. as the spectre dizappesred, When he reached the office at noon the next day Mr. Melville was not al all surprised to find a bulletin an nouncing the death of the late chief with the further fact that he had passed _awaey at 4 o'clock. A few days before this Incident Wil llam Moore, a young man, died at the Croser ho:pital. Just before he died he rose vpon his bed. His face light ed with a smile, and, exclaiming. “Why, there's mother,” he passed away. His mother died thirteen years go. there are editor illness desk edition to i o'clock as he was preparatory to shadowy figure Melville Rem ED .. I~ he why. A WORK ight and quality. talks about a that AT \ + Se CHOOSING Look for we market, when it } aorse HORSE draft means a when he is pounds when nel price has will be It is a n a hill row. row I have going down and raking level before way his other seed the the Jet 8.7 and other will come up unevenly, up first will er gardener try depth without hilling t one owid the any even plan he TOW, and he will never go | to the old way Don't two they geeds so om if other Plant have the drop seeds at ran on top of i each dwarf cach other, that ot will crowding BEeUs LH will each re room to grow without root of its neighbor. While it is not desirable to any thick, even in hot beets are a possible exception. plant bed, For seeds thick, thin out for greens or (rans plant. 1 astonished some Long Island farmars last summer by transplanting poets among my corn. The corn has had its last hoeing, and one wet day in June 1 went out In a shower and transplanted the corn full of beets. The wiseacres sald these heets would amount to nothing. I broke the leaves off each plant so as to leave only two inthes of stalk with the Then | made a hole eu stick so with a the beet in a deep that root bent, put the Of them back so th not be hole and with my held pressed about fingers well until it was cut summer. Then they left t put bushels made up for me I hem st, and for Ont of them winter 1 ¥ were SWoeles beets | ever tas plants large From ripe toma The fF ripe tomat ground tomatoes very few the with rich tomatoes, oaded wit patch for we gathe about a made very few after the month inat panting and covered Hea frost the was with green inazt planting matoes und made and after waa covered was Ereen toma. perhaps a and of ripening ‘he sol instead he moat tomatoes chaffy ground. blight towards season which ripen up early came they were fow tomatoes were grown up The vines first of them to time frost gone, and soll. The as those guccessful the have before frost, the Indiana Farmer, some ik the the the caused By nearly ym that as large To be must the very were lost were : heavier ground with the tomato plants out early they wil plenty of time to grow . B. In no one gerd BO Infant Mortality, The German imperial labor organ Relchaarteitshiatt, has compiled com. parative statistics showing the death: rate among infants under one year oid In seven great industrial nations of the world, In order of mortality they stand thus: Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Switzeriand, Austria, United States and France. In Ger many the percentage death rate is given as 34.5; In Great Britain, 26.6; in Italy, 258; in the United States, 18.2; and in France, 15. The arer ages for the years 1901 and 1902. : i LIGHT COLORS. { In closing a gown It is | 1ecessary that the | 00 dark and the | nade that the sasily ripped Ome Warmer, If the CO mart frequently color must l jacket should be interlining may out when the days tume wear-—-and itruggle along morning | tfternoon dress thabby the color wa worn f one expects treet In widths are lace roperly shaped thing of beauty, and it to both A bertha of one of the will add a distinct) plainest will affective on a dressy model, Berthas of circular shaping lend themselves particularly graceful arrangements There are pretty belts of ored linen, and many of them are made to match the colle and cuffs. Pear! buckles, oval, round or square, the correct device 10 nese with styles are worn, narrow fiat modish, recent importations are ex- yoke and bertha 1s a stout and thin figures lace, or imitation Ve real ful laces, to equally beaut } touch the bodice, and be + LO Among of lace In combina tion. HOW TO LIVE LONG. Prof. Boyd Laynard of London, gives these twelve rules for and long life: 1. Avoid every kind of excess, espe 2. Do not live to eat. Select those paly it. $. Look upon fresh air as your best camel's flesh brush it Is ne Kk The as effective CORBATY ver bad plair are are kept of th for a hair place for beauty, just as clean. Turtle backin brush one ket first ity has no Jewelers nest equal rival of Many are are set wealthy women of their elaborate dainty studded que display 3 mounted backed with gold with brushes prec today boudoir sets or too sanctums oid designs back: this brush is daintiest OUSs The take great pride in and nothing i= for their brass gems in ant but very also stones. 100 with Egyptian makes an ing. Some heavy have odd combs The carved ivory always pretty, and it is the There are many women who any other, as the col rooms are delicate and the effect. Newark orings of their these carry out Advertiser. Roasted. A local merchant asked a Salina editor to roast the city administration for letting an itinerant peddier come in there and underseil him on goods. This 18 what the editor wrote: “City dads, you will hereby take notice that you are roasted for permitting ped- chant for whom we do this favor hes wig job printing done in Chicagor-- MIBE MARIA DUCHARME. America is Inter- This Young Girl's Fix perienee cated in PELVIC CATARRH WAS DESTROYING HER LIFE. PE-RU-NA SAVED HER. 8% improve ment U iri ipl. #1 ON plas rd 1 Peruana and on | a well uw bi « I rare Life and Or - ral medi PEA 0 TENE pan w heal an ae Knowles ¢ ihis jact Juach~ arms Chicage Po COMPLETEL ¥ RESTORE D Brunzel, Grand Mrs. P. Bruns stock £1 terribl ck what was with my bs know enjoy a night's and rest n the more feeling tired and hed My sul fering sometimes Was arose unirefres simply indescribable, When 1 finished the first box of Doan’s Kid Pills 1 felt like a different woman, 1 continued until I had taken five boxes, Doan’s Kidney Pills act very effective iy, very promptly, relieve the aching pains and all other annoying difficul- tien” Foster-Milburn Co, For sale by all druggists, conts per box. * ney Buffalo, N. Y. Price BO Youngster Mad Much Fun. Cyrus Knight caused a great deal of listurbance among the people of Great Barrington, Vi, one night last week tyvmitating the fire whistle. He ac complished the trick by his own lung power aided by a phonograph horn, and the imitation was si perfect that people left stores and residences to find out where the fire was. He sound: od no partienlar number, which added greatly to the perplexity of the situa. tion. Cyrus is, of course, a 10-year old.