A Missing King Story. Il would Vie difflcnlt to find in trt pngPR of fiction anything to equal the following proKBio fnct, which has just liftppencd in Scotland : A Captain Veftthcoto rents a moor from .vesr to ear. Lt yeT whilo out shooting he lost it diamond ring. This year ho was reminded ot it hy the anniversary of his loss, and sitting by t ho flro and taking np a pieco of pest to put on, be had scarcely ntterod tho words "It is a year to-dny since I lost my diamond ring," than his compnnion was surprised to hear the words quick ly followed hy "and here it is." The peat had been cut from the very moot where the loss had occurred, and hence its recovery. No other account of extraordinary recovery of dia monds could equal that, nnlesf, per haps, that of a lady who dropped a diamond into a pond and found it come months after on the leaf of a water lily which had borne it npward in its growth. Leeds (Englnnd) Mer cury. Abont 84,200,000 has already beet spent oa the, great church of the Sn crod Heart of Montmnrte, Faris, and the building is far from complete. The money has bven raised entirely by voluntary contributions. The Princess of Wales has the most beautiful set of furs extant, which she wears occasionally at State ceremo nies. Sotpeboily'i CSoAit. To make our own troubles the means ot belplog the troubl ot others Is a noble of fort for gooJ. A well Illustrate 1 Instancnof this kindly sympathy is sbowa in a letter from Mr. Enonh L. Hnnoeom, School Agent, Mnrabflelc), Me., an oM Union Soldier. He ays: "it may do somebody soma cool to state, I am a man of 60 and when 40 had a bad kne and rheumatism set In. I was lame three rears and very bad most ot the time. I got St. Jacobs Oil and put It on throe times and It made a cure. I am now In good health." The Thames pours 40,000,000 cubic feet ol water Into theses every hour. Dr. Kilmer's Bvmr-Soot euros all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Blnghamton, N. Y. The wealth of the United Slates Is est! mated at 60, 475, 000,000. DeafneM Cannet be Cared by local application, as thsy cannot reach tbi dlseaned portion of the ear. There is only oni way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. l)eafnes is otuW by an In flamed condition of the mucous lining of th Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets ln named you have a rumbling sound or imper feet bearing, and when it is entirely closed Deaf nees Is the result, and unless the Inllam mutton can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will tx destroyed forever; nine capes out ten arc mused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the muoons surfaces. We will give One Hundred DoIIrw for any case of Draftices (canscd by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send f ol olrculars, free. V. 3. CHBifrr A Co., Toledo, 0. ty Sold by Druggists, 7ao. . When Natnrs ICeeds assistance It may be best to render It promptly, but one should remember to use even the most perfect remedies only when needed The best and most simple and gentle remedy ! the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, aoftens the iruuu. reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Chrck Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's Boner of Hore hound aud Tor. Fiku's Toothnclie Drops Cure in one minute. Karl's Clover Koot, the great blood purifier, rives freshnpes aud clearness to the complex Ion and cures constipation. 2 c-ts.. SOcts., $1. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at tic per bottle Excelled by None For some years I liare been a wvere MiftVrer from Hbeu niHiism. Ko much tw that 1 could not at tend to my business and was confined to the home for weeks at a time. 1 whs ad vised to try Hood's hiirsapu lilla und have run. , stuntly tmiirovcd since i lomniPiLwa to tatte the medicine. I am now well and strong artin. Hood's Snrso pHrilla iti truly 'excell ed by none. C. F. Kinu, Verona, N. J. Remember Mood's Sara" parilla Be Sure to get itVQS Hod' IMIls cure all liver ills. V, cents. K Y N U 4-t ADWAYV8 For the cure of all disorders of the Stnmsch, Uver Bowels, Kidneys, Blalder, Nervous D.seasei, L"l of Appetlt. Besiacbe, Constipation, L'ostlveness. ludlestl'tn, Itlllou-iiiess, Fever, luttanuoatlt-D of tli Bowels, PlUs, and all derangement of tue Internal Vtooera, Purely veeu-b e, eoutaiuing no mercury, mineral or deleterious drugs. OBSERVE tbe following symptoms result Id 7 from DUease ol the Digestive Orgaus: Constipation, In war J Pile Pulloeesof the Ulood In ft Head, Acllltrof the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Dlguat of Foxl, Full BCHof Weight In I ha Stomach, Sour Eructations, Smkmf or Fiuttorlogof lUe Hcarr, Cooking or Suf focating beuaatkms when In a lying posture, Dlm sMof Vuuon, LXutneason fining suddenly, Dots or Web before the BUht. Kevor ant Dull Palo in the Bead, Defllcleucy of Peraplratlou, Yellow oes-t of the akin and Kyea, Pain In the bido, Choi. Limbs and Budden Flushes of Beat, Burning In the Flesh. A few doses of HAUWAV'ft 11 l.l.H will free the system of all the above named disorders. Price eta. ir bos. Hold by all drugxuu. KADWAY cSc OO., NIIW YOIllt. WALTER BAKER & CO. Tho Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES On thU Cootlutnl, hsvt received 6PECIAL AND HIGHEST' AWARDS on off their tioodi at Ih CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPOSITION. BREAKFAST COCOA, ' i Which, unlike the lutrh I'roctM, u 'la iinouinif use ui A ifcailft at t-ititr t hiriitlcaU or !.", la hi-' lulelf DUia aud bululilsj. and CwsU Oil cut a cup. SOLO f OROCSHS IVlRYWHtRt. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. PILLS. 1 ,-- hi ; "n CTJIiTl'BB OF TUB GOOSEBERRY. This shrub noodscoolnoss nutl shndo. Tho bright, hot sun produces mildew, which stuntfl tho growth. The bushes nrc, therefore, beet grown in tho shel ter of some building and in cool, moist soil. Some nntivo vnrieties nre mod erstely free from this mildew, but Ameriesu-grown berries will probably cqnal the fino oues grown in tho cool English climntc. Xew York Times, A DROt'OHT-rROOF CROP. LnclcT is the farmer who in thisvenr of droughts has planted some sorghum as a fodder crop. It is muoh better to resist protractod drought on ac count of roots striking doeply into the soil, whilo corn is shallow rooted. and suffers whenever dry weathor comes. At tho West, where droughts are much more severe thin hero, sor ghum is commonly planted for feed ing. Jtfl early growth is slow, but so soon as its roots strike down tho stalks shoot upward, and two months after planting tho sorghum will be larger and yield more tons per acre than will any kind of corn. Boston Cultivator. HOG CHOLERA. Feoding hogs green cornfoddcr will not produce cholora, as an inquirer in timatos, says Professor J. H. Shen- perd of the North Dakota Agricultural College, That disease is caused by specino germs or micro-organisms which are in this case small nlauta. There are a great many kinds of dis ease germs, as well as germs that are beneficial in many ways. Most per sons not acquainted with hog cholera call almost any swine disease by that name, ana 1 feel sure that hops are in many cases thought to have cholora when in reality thoy do not. I have known of no serious results from judiciously feeding green corn fodder. Many tons are annually made use of in this manner. It is a succulent food. and a sudden chango to an exclusive diet after feeding dry food niizht cause serious scouring of pigs, Tho ohango BDOukl be gradual. In cases of re ported deaths from using this feed I would bo inclined to think tnat a de rangement of the digestive system was the cause and not cholora. It would not bo advisable to confine pigs to this. uioi exclusively, but given with a small quantity of dry corn or with bran and shorts I would not expect serious trouble. .- BAD TEMPER IS THE DAntS. Has any one ever figured up the cost of bad temper in tho dairy ? If allowed a rough guess at it, I would say that bad temper was tho cause of more loss in the dairy than all other sources of loss put together. A man may have fino cows, a good stable, the best dairy implements and a good market, yet he is losing money all tho time simply because he loses his tam per when a cow gets contrary or acts in some way to irritnto him. He then begins to swear and yell aud act like a general idiot. .Now. a cow is n good deal like a woman in one respect. You yell at her aud she instantly loses her head. Her judgment is all anue and her nerves are on top. Now look out for a squall. Nature never msant tnat man should abuse the softer sex. either woman or cow, without bcinn made to pay for it. Just how tho woman gets tbe better of a man when ho acts the fool we all know. All men do not know, though, just how the oow gets in her lino work under the same circumstances. Sha takes her revenge in a negative shano bvnot giving as much milk as she would have given had she been better treated. Not seeing hi loss, the man does not appreciate how heavy it is nutil he comes to sum it up at the end of the season when ho good naturedly to himself attributes his losses all to bad luck when it should be to fool temper. Home and Farm. SMALL FLOCKS OF POULTRY. Far mors ofton keep too many hem in one placo. Fifty is all that should be kept in one flock as the food will cost less, aud more eggs will be laid in winter than if 100 are kept. The right way to do, where more than fifty fowls are to bo kept, is to have another in some out-of-the-way place. If tho houses are two or three hundred yards apart, fences will not be re quired. The houses need not bo expensive, and most farmers have old lumber lying around, or an old shed that ought to be tern down, aud all this can be worked into tho poultry houses. Tho hout es should, at least, be twenty-five by fifteen feet for fifty fowls. Have the roof firm and tight, and then lino, the house inside with good, stout building paper. Little cracks in the sides of a house or damp ness is the causo of sick fowls during the winter season. The front and south side of tho house should be seven or eight feet high and havo two ordinary sized house windows therein, whilo the back or north side bhould bo four or fivo feet high. Tho reason why the house should be large, light and dry, is becauso during the oold or stormy days of winter thefowlsshould be confined therein ; and if plenty of litter is kept on the lloor, und small grains are buried under this, the fowls will be kept busy and happy nil day. This means plenty of eggs, and plenty of eggs iu winter means plenty of money just when money is most needed. Do not be afraid of shutting tho house up as tight as possible at night, but during the day, when the hens are confined, open the windows and give plenty of uir, using wire net ting to keep tho fowls fromHyiug out. It li list be remembered that hens aro dressed just as heavily iu the daytime os at night, and if kept too warm dur iug the day they will feel the cold of night more, an I biekuuss will be tho result. The droppings should bekcpj by themselves aud not be allowed to bo scratched all Over tho floor, and tho roosts should be all on a level aud not more thau eighteen inches or two feet up from the floor. The rooss ' thould be thre or four inched wide, a two by flvo-inch jeist making an ex cellent roost. Americtn Agricultur ist. POTATOES FOR COWS, The Veterinsry School of Lyons, France, has been making some experi ments in the uso of potatoes for feed ing dairy cows. Tho results aro sum marized as follows : Dairy cows, when deprived of nil other nourishment than potatoes (which should be given raw and cnt) will consume per day on average of seven per cent of their live weight. Under the influence of this exclusive rogimen thoro was au increase in tho quantity of milk and a notable loss in live Height; this result was very clear and remarkable. Cooked potatoes were more readily taken by tho cat tle, but when they were given alone. aud every other form of nourishment was exoluded, rumination was affeoted or stopped, and digestion was hin dered. The uso of cooked potatoes could not, therefore, bo persisted in. Whether thoy are raw or cooked, potatoes should be mixed with some other food to constitute a convenient ration, both from tho double point of view of milk production and for fat tening purposes. This mixture of ra tions is also favorable to tho mechan ical aud chemical acts of digestion. From observations on a lot of dairy oows fed with a ration of which pota toes formed the half of the total dry matter, and on another lot where they only formed twenty-two per cent., it was fully recognized that the first or larger quantity was clearly preferablo to tho second or smaller. From other experiments it appeared that raw po tatoes favored the production of milk, whilo an equal quantity which had boon cooked fattened aud iucreased the weight of the animals. Under tho influence of a ration of which cooked potatoes formed the basis, the amount of sugar in tho. milk was found to rise, but the increase did not continue when the ration was changed. An analysis was niado weokly during nearly four months of (1) the milk of eight cows whose ration contained about forty-four pounds of potatoes and (2) of another lot to which twenty two pounds had boon given. In the first case thero was a decrease of den sity of tho proportion of dry extract and oosoine, and in the second nn in crease of butter and mineral matters. The practical use of these experiments on the introduction of the potato into tho ration of dairy cattle will be rogu lated by tho fact of tho milk being sold off the farm or uaod for butter or cheese making. FARM AXD GARDEN KOTES, Are you mowing around tjio same bushes that you were twenty years ago? Remember shade trees in too great profusion injure the quality of the grass. Are you plowing about tho some little swale that you wore twenty years ago? Do not make the horse carry a heavy halter in addition to the bridlo when at work on a hot day. Time put into farm improvements is a better patrimony than money in tho bank for your children, That pasture needs drainage for either- sheep or for cows if health and best results are to bo expected. Are you not wastiug tiino that, if applied, would in a few yoars fit your farm for all modern machinery? Tho domand for good riding horsoj will increase in proportion to the im provement in the horses produced. The friends of the busy boa main tain that it would pay to keep a few colonies to pollenize the blossoms of fruit treos. vAre you plowing around that same rock, that an hour's time would re move, that you havo plowed around for twenty years? The most vigorous and healthy foli age of the strawberry plant is not an judication of the best fruiting plants, according to Professor Lazenby. Cross, nnreBtrained dogs iu the country prevent the freo movement of tho country boys and girls ; let these be first and dogs last iu full liberty. The weulthy people of our groat cities aro getting to appreciuto the pleasures of a horseback ride. Thoy are the ones who pay good prices for horses when they find what they want. A practical dairyman suggests that two or three doses of saltpetre, one tublespoonful for a dose, is a remedy for ropy milk. Kopy milk, however, seldom results unless the cow is milked too soon after calving ; it disappears later on. Sometimos eggs arc laid at nighl whilo the hens ure on the roost. The causo is a weakened state of the egg producing orguus; tho result of over feeding aud lack of exercise, liens which nro unable to hold their eggf aro usually too fat. A practical berry grower says thai a quarter acre garden, well arranged, set to bent varieties aud properly care.) for, should yield at least twenty-fivt budhuls of berries. In no othor way oui a farmer produce so much of value with so little labor as in a garden ol small fruits. A writer says that many fail ta un derstand while yet it is tho fact, that when cows are on good pasturage is when they need salt' the most. The butter plan is to koep the simply iu a convenient place where they can help thumselves. One advantage with rock salt is that it doe not waste to any great extent H Jell exposed. Tho owner of a small farm who keeps only one or jtwo cows is more intirestuJ, or should be, in having choice animals thau those who own large flocks. One good oow will serve the purpose of two inferior sen, and where space is limited every additional quart of milk or pound of butter u quito an item with tho keeping of s biuiilo animal. TEMPERANCE. ArTTTArO! FABRAR OR TOTAT, AtlSTTKrNr. Arfhdrnoon Fnrrnr, wrlllnif of total ab-Stlnr-non In the llrltlsh Workmrn. s.iys : "I ws not total nlwtnlnxr till ftttw I was forty yours oM, twsuso th donirnnlllty of sotting tho rxsmplo hart novor boon brought homo to mo. Hm from tho iny that I boonine ono, I ho totnl nlwtontlon from aloohollo Hquor has novor (rrvon mo tho smallest trou blo. nor causoil me tho lonst rorot nor wouM It causo nny iwil trouble to any honltby mnn who had nlwsys boon moilonte nuil tompornto, ami hs.l novor fntnlly por snmloi himself thnt drink was a necessity to him." Ml lllttL RTttRHOTH IK Al.OOItOt,. I know of no rent occasion for Intoxicants, Pltbor ss a bovcr.iffo or moiltoino, lor tbe uso of human bolnps. It Is Impossible for alco hol to RfToril nny real stroneth stmply R tompornry rxcltoment, a dnnfforous airitn tlon of tho whole svntom, to bo aiioceeite t by a oorrospondlnir doblllty j snob sn excite ment, sno.h a stlmnlntlon, being simply a do. tcrmlnod, a vliroroin effort of nituro to ex pel r foe ns promptly R possible j every or (rnn of the boly, every mombnin, every tissue and nerve rebelling RR iinst tho pros once of such a dlsorennlwr within tlio vital domain. Dr. J. IT. Hnnaford. THE T3 ROAPS. The following coincidence was related as linvlnjrcome under tho observation of ono of our lending ministers : Of two j-minn men, one slunod the pledre, while the other became vt-ry scornful and Insisted tbt his friend conld never Rmount to anything In politics or society unless ho took R friendly Rlnss. Years went on ; the one who "could never amount to anything ' was elected to a third term in the Senate, nn honored member ; tho remains of the scoffer were shipped home from tho West in a pine box ou wuioli wns written : "Died ot do llriuin tremens." varhyixh to bkfokm nn, An fntlmsinstic iilrl often chooses for a l.ubnn I the mnn thnt drinks to excess, Rin'nst nil tho lessons of experience : he Is so it. neroiis and noble-henrted when hols sober. Purely sIih pun reform him ho hns roslstod the words of the priest, tho prnee ol the ssc riimenl'. tho tears or tils mother, tho en trentle of his sister bin she. and only she, enn re.orm him, nnd change a sntyr to Hy perion 1 And she rnsbes to a Mirer fnte tt.Rn does tho Hinbi widow to s funeral pyre. She is presumptuous, if you will, and she suffer. A woman msy ehnnifo utterly for the love or n man: but few men probably Ibrne in a thous-.nd years hftve change,! entirely for tho lovo of a woman. How ninny times must this be said In vain. There iroes Cnstnrs, pale, worn, miserable, looking for her hiisbnnd who swore Inst spring to reform for her sake amoni tho taverns or tho city : and here eomrs Iphlgonin, passing end pitying her, who to-morrow will msrry lllbulous. in the belief thnt her influence will mako a new mnn of him. Maurioa F. Eg'an. A STUDY IX HEREDITY. A specialist in children's disenses, who lias for twelve years been carefully noting tho difference botwoen twelve families of drink ers nnd twelve families of temperate ones, reports thnt ho found tho twelve drink ing inmlilos produced la those yenrs nrty-seven chddren nnd the temperate sixty-one. Of the drinkers twenty-five children died In tho flit week of llte.ns ngalnst six on the other side. Among tho children ot tho drinkers were five wbo were Idiots, fivo so stunted In growth ns to bo really dwarts, five when older became epileptic ; one, a boy, had grave chores, rnding In Idiocy j five moro wf re diseased and deformed, nn 1 two ot tho epileptics became by lnhcrltnnea drinkers. Ten only of tho flfty-soven were normal lu body nnd min I. On thomrt of sixty-one ot the temperates, two only showed Inherited, nervous delects live died In tuo first week ot weakness, while four In later years of chlldhooi had curable nervous dis eases, and fllty were In every way sound in body nod nalud. National Temperance Ad vocate, SOME FAMOCS ABSTAINnttS. The proportion of abstainer amongst the greatest Intellects ot tho earth Is mu-'h prenterthnn tho propirtion of abstainers In ino community generally. AmoiiTft thoin Instance Sidney Smith. Cardinal M-i!-tnir. Trofossor Kolleston. Newman nl Oreen, ol Oxford, Archdencon Farrnr. Or. I.lphtfoof, Inte njshop of Durham ; Dr. Temple, Bishop J.onoon ; 4ohn liriuht. Dr. F. II. Lees. Dr. B. W. Ilinhnrdson, Presidents Lincoln and tiartteld. I.lord Harrison. Wendell Philllns. Harriot Martlnenu. M. Chevr.Mil. thn ureat French chemist, who lived to over ono hon ored years, and of whon It was written. "H drinks no wiue and has never drunk any. Charles Waterton. the naturalist, who said I atn now tour score and one years. I do not even know thetnste of wine nor ot anv spirituous liquors, un sixty-seven year nave now pnssed slnee I rtr.ipx a g'nss or neer. TUe late sir William On II, F. U.S.. the renowned nhvsiclnn. said. '! think that Instend ot flying to alcohol, as ninny people do when they are exhausted, they might very well drink wnter. or they might very well iHKf loo.i, nu'l would oe v ?ry much better without tho aleoho'. If I am fntlgu4.l with overwork, personally, my foo 1 Is very sim ple, i eat tne raisins Instead of taking win". I have had a very large exnerlcnce In that practice lor thirty yenrs. 'Alliance News. ALCOHOL OX THE CONTINENT. According to an article bv Dr. C. R. rirvs, dnle, Iu the Echo (London), thero Is arising on the Continent a wave or medical opinion iu invor oi toiai aosunenco ot neaitny per sons from alcoholic drinks. He quotes from nu article by Dr. E. Jordv, of Borne, thu louowing items from wnicn is sdowq tne cur rent of medical opinion -. Iu lf93, one donth In seventeen which oc curred in Swltiserlund, was ascribed to drink ing habits (thus Including women nnd chil dren). Dr. Speyer snys thnt one-eighth of tho ln sii no lu public asylums were sent there from alcoholism. In the Zurich Lunntla Asylum one-fourth of tho cases were ascribed to drluk. Dr. Bntr, a wcll-kaowo writer on German prisons, alleges that forty-four per ocnt. of the prisoners were Intemperate. Mr. Otto Lang found that eighty-eight per cant, of the crimes com nlltoJ In Zurich were due to drink. Professor S'.rumpell, of Erlangen, says that nlooiiol has nu cvH luflupoe In the causal Ion q! most disonses, nnd Is the ruling cause of dy-4pepsla in ndull. The noted professors of physiology, Gnula In Heme, Ilortzen In Lausanne, JJunge la Uasle, and KchlfT in Gjneva, aro total ab stainers from alcohol. Mr. Urnssey found that barrow-men who avoided alcohol coul I do ns much work In eight nnd a half hours as non-abstainers could do lu ten hours. Swiss contractors find tbe same trus among Italian workmen. TEMl-EDANCE NEWS AND NOTES. If resolutions were ballots there would soon be au end to the liquor traffic. The Chicago School Hoard has discov ered that Its real estate agent has boon rent ing school property to saloons and gambling houses. The World's Petition has boon signed ofhVially by the Pythian Sisterhood and Pythinu Sisters, the two org.inlz itlous ag gregating a membership ot 33,009. The number of "hart drinkers" In our country to- lay Is estimated to be 2,5(10,0110. Andnn average or four other persons are affected by uuoh one's debauchery aud shame. Superintendent of Polios llyrnes, of New York City, says thnt 63,460 violations of the law nre known to havo been committed by saloon-keepers of thnt city In the three mouths beginning June7tb. Members of the W. C. T. IT., of Norway, have been instrumental lu forming branch nocietles iu Iceland an I the Faroe Islands, nui a request has oome for copies of tho great petition to be circulated lu those places. Citizens of Cantoa TJrl, la Switz-srlan I, have made a law requiring nny liquor seller who gives his customers enough drink to make them unconscious, to provide them free lodgiug and board uutll ooaiplotely re covered. ''The statistics of ever)' State show that a greater amount of crime und misery is attributable to the use ot ardent spir its obtained at the retail liquor suloous thau to any other source." L'uited b tat us Su preme Court, lH'JU. A well-known real estate agent says : "I have rented houses for more thau thirty ftuu ufiu Bu.uijr nay tun, lunjo-iuuruily oi au my iot-s; in reuis uurmg max perloa have beu due, directly or indirectly, to the use ol intoxicating liquors." Artificial (Jranlto. Tha manufacturer of artificial gran ite in now carriod on at a California establishment by what is asserted to be a simple and effective method, nnd with satisfactory results. It consists of first tamping a layer of tho body forming material in a mold, one inuer vertical wall of which is formod by a vertically movablo slido ; after this tho process js continued by ronioving the slide nnd tamping a layer of the facing material in the spaoo mado by tho lower end of the slide, then re placing tho latter with its lower cud resting on .the tamped facing layer, tamping now tho second body-forming layer, nnd ngaiu removing the slide and tamping the second facing layer. The formation of the body nnd facing material is continued in this manlier by successive steps, until tho face block of the desired thickness is an accomplished fact. In this way thero is produced a material of cheap substances aud a facing of better quality, showing any kind of finish desired, thn two being united whilo in a plant io condition into a homogeneous mass. New York Tele gram. America's Dead Sea. Medical Lake, so-called ou account of the remedial virtues of its waters, situated On tho Great Columbian plateau, in Southern Washington, at nn altitude ot 23D0 feet above tho level of tho l'ncific, is tho Dead Sea of America. It is about a mile long and from a half to three-fourths of a mile in width, aud with a maximum depth of about sixty feet. The composition of the waters of this Alpine lake is almost indentical with that of tho Dead Sea of Palest ine, aud, like its Oriental counterpart, no plant has yet been fonud growing in or near its edges. It is all but do void of animal life, a species of largo "boat-bug," a queer littlo terrapin, and tho. famous "walking flub." being its only inhabitants. This walking fish is nu oddity really deserving of a special "note." It is from eight to nine inches long aud has a finny lnoui brano on all sides of its body, even around both the upper and lower sur faces of the tail, it is provided with four legs, thoso before having four toes, the hinder five. St. Louis He public. A Private's Iuvonlion. To a private, Joseph Kahn, of ono of tho artillery companies stationed at Fort MoIIenry, tho department is in debted for tho design of a new imple ment which may prove sorvioeablo in campaigning. It is a combination of shovel and pick ax, not more than a foot in length, which may bo carriod at the belt, and used in digging in trenchments. By its uso the soldiers might, if hard prossed, hnrriodly dig np earthworks or intrenchments for their own shelter. Washington Star. Dlsconrngliif to lturgtars. There is little encouragement for a man to be a burglar nowadays. When he has nn earnest aspiration to rise to eminence in tho profession, in ventive genius always does all it can to bother him. For instance, the vaults of the snb-trcasury in San Iran cisco aro fitted with wiros laid be tcen every two rows of bricks, so thnt any attempt to interfere with the cement or the bricks will disturb nn elcctrio circuit nnd sound a warning bell. JSoBton Courier. It is reported that France will have nearly 5,000,000 bushels of wheat for export. ASSIST NATURE a little now and then in removing offend ing matter from the stomach aud bowels and you thereby avoid a multitude of distressing de rangements and dis eases, and will have less frequent need of your doctor's service. Of all known agents for this pur pose, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the best. Once UM'd, they aro al as in favor. Their secondary ef fect is to keep the bowels open and regular, not to fur ther constipate, as is the case with ollieT pills. Hence, their great popularity with sufferers from habitual cotiHtipalion, piles and their attendant discomfort and manifold derangements. The "Pellets" are purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in any condition of the system. No care is required while using them: they do not Interfere with the diet, habits or occupa tion, and produce no pain, griping or shock to the system. They act in a niild, easy and natural way and there is no reaction after ward. Their help lasts. The Pellets cure biliousness, sick and bilious headache, dizziness, cosirveness, or constipation, sour stomach, Kiss of appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia, windy belcbings, "heartburn," pain aud distress after eating, and kindred derange ments of the liver, stomach Bud bowels. In proof of their superior excellence, it can be truthfully said, that they are always adopted as a household remedy after the fit st trial. Put up in sealed, glass vials, therefore always fresh aud reliable. One little "Pellet" is a laxative, two are mildy cathartic. As a "dinner pill," to promote digestion, or to relieve distress from over eating, take one after dinner. They are tiny, sugar-coated granules; any child will readily take them. Accept no substitute that may be recom mended to be "just as good." It may be bttlrror the dealtr, because of paying him a better profit, but he is not the one who needs help. For Twenty Years Scott's Emulsion hns been endorsed by physicians of the whole world. There is no secret about its ingredients. Physicians prescribe Scott's Emulsion because they know what great nourishing and curative prop erties it contains. They know it ia whnt it is represented to be ; nainely, a perfect emulsion of tho best Norway Cod liver Oil with the hypophosphites of limo nud soda. Tor Oouglis, Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, Consump tion, Scrofula, Anainiia, Weak Babies, Thin Children, Eickets, Mar asmus, Loss of Flesh, General Debility, and all conditions of Wastipg. The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put in i.dVm colorcd wrapper, llefuse inferior substitutes ! SeuJ far pamphlet qh Scott's Emulsion. 'FREE. Scott II Downs, N. Y. ' All j i-Jr W: f vai X h. a h i ABSOLUTELY PURE. .4 n w wt- m Ijjl The most Careful Housewife will use no other. ItOYAL BAKINO POWDER CO., ,rvry--r.i"ryr'Y-csrrr"C Is tho Moon Peopled 1 The populnr impression is that tho moon is a burnt-out world a sort of cinder planet glisteuiug in tho heav ens but astronomers aro by no means persuade?! that such is tho case, and somo among thorn nro hopeful that tho question ns to whtther it is or is not inhabited will shortly be deter mined. This hope is based upon tho fact that tho great fifty-inch tolesoope which is being constructed in the Brnshcar cstablisment iu Pittsburg, under tho superintendence of Profes sor Kollcr, of Allegheny Observatory, will shortly bo ready for use. The tube of this giant instrument will be fully seventy feet in length, nnd for its operation will require a dome more than sixty feet in diameter. Professor Keller has declared thnt ho sees "no renson why the question ns to tho habitation of tho moon should not bo finally settled when this wonderful instrument is croctod." Professor Plymptou, of Cooper Insti tute, is equally sanguine thnt the do cisivo results so long looked for are destined to bo shortly realized. Such hopes will doubtless seem extravagant to many ; but when it is remembered thnt tho Lick telescope, which has done so much for Bcienoc, is but thirty inches in diomcter, and that the new glass will bo twenty inches larger, it is easy to see that tho great expecta tions of tho astronomers are not with out a reasonable basis. In any case, it is fairly certain that tho fifty-inch BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Biliousness dyspepsia sick headache bilious headache indigestion bad taste in the mouth foul breath loss of appetite when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important . things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick ness in the world ; and it can all be prevented. Go by the book. Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New York, for the little book on Constipation (its causes con sequences and correction); sent free. If you are not within reach of a druggist, the pills' will be sent by mail, 25 cents. EASTMAN COLLEGE CIAL LAW,U!.I l'KNMA.NMIIP. Ml -NOu UAl'H V. lug jrmtnx people to ram ana ijioma ntmrdeil at ticM bmifws iinlPM. with (Is factory aulit . oiuiHiiifH mruinneu roiniii'in nuiaeu iror rninioirMp. iiililre 1 l.K.fl KM ct, I'oUtfhUff ., New York. I) Was Before the Day of They Used ta Sav " VYcmm's Work is Never flcne." ENGINES AND BOILERS For till purpoatw requiring j:mver. .Automatic, Cur i Us V Compound Knifiiifs. llur. i -on ttil Ac Vertical lioilvrtf. Complete 8to:tin riant. B.W.PAYNE&S0N3. 4 I Hat Si. Druggists. SO cent and SI. J. i i j Officially rcportcQ after elaborate com petitive tests made iinder authority of Congress by the Chief Chemist of the United States Agri cultural Department, Superior io alt other Baking PoV' tiers in Leaven ing Strength. .is. 1 1 r 10 WALL IT., NtW-VOAK. telescopo will add vastly to our knowl edge of tho firmament ; nnd the news of its completion will therefore bo bo awaited with tho widest populnr in terest. Philadelphia Record. Itt'vlvnl ol Archery. Thero seems to be a revival in Eng land of nrchery, tho contrast between , tho hurried movements and unbooom ing glow of tho feminino lawn tennis player on ono sido nnd tho gracoful nnd stately calm of the fair archer on tho other being altogether to tho ad vantage of the latter. It is a graceful diversion, and ono at which (juoen Victoria excelled thirty or forty years ago, when arohery was one of her fa vorite pastimes. To this day she holds the office of dean of tho most ancient guild of nrchors in tho United King dom, nud, liko the Emperor of Austria nnd tho Czar of Itussin, has a body guard of nrchor. It constitutes pnrt nnd parcel of tho Scottish portion of Her Majesty's household, aud only ap ponrs at tstato functions nt which tho Queen may bo present north of the Tweed. Its Captain General, who oc casionally wears tho groon and gold uniform of tho corps, is tho Marquis of Lothian. New York Advertiser. A jury at Wabash, Ind., acquitted a conductor charged with "knocking down." The principal witness against tho accused was a "spotter," and tho jury refused to believe him. sallow skin pimples torpid liver depression of spirits POUOHKKKPSIK, N. V., offer nuth w Uw beat edm-ttUou.-il Bilvnmttvt at the lowva( coil. Ttinmuitu luicrui'ikiii in AKITHMETIO nut ol'u-r KNOL1S11 llllANl'UE-, llouKKKKI'INUL 1 V 1KW HITlNll. mo. A ll. ... i,l IIAMtlMU, COKltKSlON)KNCB. 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