t To th Top of Mount Rlnnl. Effort nre boinp; made to conntrnpt railway from El-Tor to tlio wnmmlt of Mnmit Hinai. On tlie nionntuin, which is only nrcpasible on one side, a depot will lie erected nenr the spot where the stone cross jilnced 1 iy the llnssinn Empress Helena (mother of Constnntine the (treat) stands, aud where, Recording to tradition, Moses stood when receiving the Command incuts. The line will also pass the cave in which the prophet Elijah re mained in hiding while fleeing from the priests of Unal. The following libraries in New York State added over 10,000 books in 18C.fi: Columbia College Library, 20,fH0; New York Fnblic Library, 15,.r!14; ISew lork .state Library, I4,i0; Cor nell University Library, 13,578; New York Free Circulating Library, 11,1!01. According to the latest retnrns there are about 3424 known language) or dialects in the world. Of these 937 are in Asia, 587 in Europe, 276 in Africa and 1824 in North and Sonth America. Hmlvsril Kipling Has written one of Ills t".t stories forthe IH'.is volume of Thrt Youth's Companion. "The Burning of the Knrnli Sands" is its title, anil it if a stirring tnl of heroism in the ranks. Those who gul'Tlle to The Youth's Companion now will receive the paper free for the rt'st of the year, and The Compnnlon's twelve-eolor calendar for The Companion's yearly calen dars are recognized as among the richest and most costly examples of this form of art. Illustrated Proppeotus of tlio volumo for 1H!S and sample copies of the paper sent on application. Address, The Youth's Com panion, 207 Columlvus ave.. Uoston, Mass. Statk or Onto, Citt or Toledo, I I.VCAS CorHTV. I Frank J. Ciienkt niRkrs oath that he N the flrninr partnerof the Ann of K. J. Chunky Co.,dofnRbiiMinefwint.heCityofTntedo.County and htate aforesaid, and that aaid firm will pay the sum of one iuinomko ioi.i,ars for earn aud every ease of cataiihh tliat cannot be cured liy the use of llAl.l 's Catahiiii Cchk. Khank .1.1'HPVIFV Sworn to tiefor me ami subscribed in my SEAL ! prvwiu-e, mis Din nav 01 Deeemuer, A. 1. 1S.hu. A. V. Gl.EASON, Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In tern a 11 v. and acts directly on the blood and mueous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. K. J. Ciieket Co., Toledo, O. Pnld by Prutfists, Hall's Family Pills are the best. Try Orsln.Ot Try Oraln-O Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack age of Orain-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink It without Injury as well as the adult. All who try It like it. ;r:iin-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it Is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re ceives it without distress. One-quarter the Brlce of coffee. l." eta. aud 25 cts. per package, old by all grocers. Mrs. Whitlow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, c.a bottle. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of luugs by Hso's Cure for Consumption. Locisa LlSDAMAW. Bethany, Mo.. January 8, 18iH. ' Beauty marred.by a bad complexion may be restored with (tlenn's Sulphur Soap. Hill's Hair Whisker Dye, blacker brown, 50c. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of l)r. Klino's tireat Nerve Kestorer. trial bottle and treatise free l)n. K. H. Ki.ink. Ltd., Ml Arch St..l'hila..Pa. CURED HIS CATARRH Getting Better Very Kaon After Taking Hood's Sarsitpnrllla. "My son had catarrh very badly and we could get nothing to do him any good. He wag much run down. I decided to give him Hood's Barsnpnrilla aud after he begau tnklng it he was soon getting better and is now well." Mrs. J. M. V. Hills, Antrim, N. H. Itemomber Hood's Sarsa parilla Istheliet In fact tbeOneTrue Blood Purifier. Hnnrl'e Pille re he only pills to take iiUUU S rlllb with Hood's Sirsapanlla. An Incentive to Karly ltlalng, A good story is told of the liev. W. L. Watkinson at Plymouth. Some time ago he was staying with a good Jady who was yearning for the good old times and mourning the degener acy of modern Wealeyau ministers. Ou being asked for the grounds of her jeremiade she said that the Wesleyau ministers of the earlier part of this century rose early in the morning, and that dear Mr. Wesley was in his study at 4 o'clock in the morning. "It is not to be wondered at," was Mr. Watkinson's dry reply; "were Mrs. YVatkinsou anything like Mrs. Wesley I would be up ot 2 o'clock." West minster Gazette. Much Sweeter Than Sugar. The newly discovered chemical fcub atanee, sngurine, or benzoil-sulfinid, is bkelytohave an important influence tipou commerce in several directions. Unlike saccharine, which never be came very popular, suguriue contains none of the obnoxious para aoid. It is a chemically pure bubstauce, COO times as sweet as sugar, and yet ob tainable at one-twelfth the cost. JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC THCV STOP WORK. COST MONCV, SIVC PAIN. Sprains and susses IV COSTS LITTLE TO ' CURE THEM RICHT AWAY WITH oooooocooooooc V V J V T llll For Coughs or Colds, for Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, Whoop ing Cough, and all Throat Troubles or Lung Dis eases, you can't beat and you can't better Avcr's ChcrryPectoral Half size v v v r A Cheek Against Dishonesty. One of the Jargest banks in New York makes a searching examination of each department at least three t imes a year. No one but the president knows when these may take place. He summons three heads of departments and they take charge of the clerks' books and firm assets so quickly that nothing can be changed or concealed. Hinee this system was adopted, several years ago, no trace of dishonesty has been fonnd. Thoso clerks who get through a year without an error re ceive a premium. The Telephone In Thibet. Tho telephone has been introduced into the palace of the Grand Lama at Thibet, who is thus enabled to issue his encyclicals orally and at long range, ringing off dissent and remonstrance in case any schismatic within his pon tificate were disposed to offer them. There are over a hundred men in New York city with $8,000,000 or more to their respective credits in traceable securities, and most of them are un known to the public. , TIow Lake Rtemnera Load. A boat, on reaching the dock, takes her place directly opposite the pockets from which her cargo is to be taken. and the spouts of such pockets as are to be opened are dropped into the hatchways, theso being so constructed as to fit the docks, or, more properly speaking, tuo docks being built with pockets to fit the boats, twelve feet from centre to centre. The hoisting apparatus is made of steel, and is provided with counter-weights to assist in lowering and raising. Several ap pliances are in nse for this purpose, but the same general principle is fol lowed in every case a small cone wheel on the same shaft with the main gearing the only difference being iu location of the counter-weights and their construction. Some few of the older docks are not provided with the counter-weights, the spouts being raised and lowered by common gear ing aud main strength. Everything be ing ready, one of the laborers descends from the top of the dock to the plat- torms on a level with the door of the pocket and removes the pins, when the ore is released and tranferred to the vessel. This method is sometimes varied by loading the boats directly from the cars through the pockets. The "trimmiug" of the ore iu the hold of the vessel is usually done by hand. but careful manipulation reduces this labor to a minimum. A manifest is provided, and the ore then begins another stage of its journey, through the great lakes to some Lake Erie port, there to be re loaded into cars for its trip to the fur nace. Engineering Magazine. Curious Cafe Custom. In many continental cafes of the cheaper order it is the invariable custom to print the daily menu on the napkin provided for the guest, so that when the latter desires to study the bill of fare he has to raise his serviette from his knee iu order to do so. Most people, it is to be presumed, would prefer the ordinary napkin. Hut perhaps the most extraordinary custom in connection with restaurant lifeis that which obtains in a certain lit tle cafe iu the suburbs of Paris, where every customer whose bill amounts to '2 f ranees (Is. 8d) or over that sum is entitled to receive a kiss from tho very attractive young lady who acts as cashier to the establishment. So used has the damsel become to the oscilla tory routine that she goes through it without the slightest reticence, look ing upon it purely as a matter of busi- uesB, and it is reported that the pro prietor of the restaurant is more than satisfied with the result of his curious device for attracting patrons. Another enterprising restanralenr has instituted the practice of making a present of a box of Havana cigars every New Year's Day to those patrons who have been pretty regnlar iu their attendance at his esblishmeut during the preceding year. The cigars are, so the writer is given to understand, of excellent brands, and naturally "run" to something, but doubtless the long-headed proprietor knows his business very well and con siders that it pays him to reward his supporter in this generous manner. London Tid Bits. Klectricity For iialklness. Electricity has not only displaced horses to some extent, but, if reports are true, it may make some that remain more useful to their owners. Accord ing to the Inter Ocean, a certain Penn sylvaniau owns a very valuable horse which was balky. He had offered 8500 to any one who would cure him, but iu vain. He then connected a three-volt storage battery with each side of bit and crupper. When the horse braced his feet and refused to move, the button was pressed; the horse jumped, snorted aud moved off. Each day for a week he was given the same lesson, and is now his owner's pride. Similar cases have been re ported iu which a small amount of electricity was considered less cruel than whipping. Just fo; and yot the most inhuman torture can result from the ignorant or ill-advised use of elec tricity for this aud similar purposes. The Epitoinist. V y y y r y T T . bottle, 50c. v - Hotter Washing. Y'eai's ago it was generally supposed that in order to make renlly fine but ter one must not allow a drop of water to touch it. Of late years, since we began to hear so much about granu lated butter, we have been instructed to wash it in successive waters until this w as drawn off clear, or clear from milkiuess. It is my opinion that neither one of those policies is the right one to follow. I have tested this matter of wash ing butter for a number of years, aud have come to the conclusion that either extreme is to be avoided. To wash it, even iu granular form, until the water runs off clear will give us a butter that will not decay or turn strong so soon as that not washed so thoroughly, but it washes out much of tho flavor. Ou the other hand, while the flavor is enhanced by the washing, the buttermilk left in after working will tend to putrefy, for, as we all know, there is nothing which more quickly spoils and becomes ill smelliug than buttermilk. To work out all the bnttermilk breaks the graiu and makes the butter salvy. Of course wo do not want to do this, so we will wash it iu granular form through two or taree waters (depeudiug upon quautity of water used aud also upou temperature of the butter), work in 1 ho salt until thoroughly incorporated, ond call it finished. Mrs. E. K. Wood, iu Jer sey Bulletin. Tlie Hoof of the Horse. Dr. D. S. White, of the Ohio State University, writes: The hoof is sep arated into three distinct parts. First the wall, which is that portion form ing tho front and sides of the shell. Second, the continuation of the for mer reflected iuwardly at the heel and extending forward iu converging lines as two strengthening bars of bone aud known as the "bars." Third, the sole, which is tho floor of tho hoof, oc cupying the space between the wall and the bars. The hoof-horu is secreted by the continuation of the skiu of the body which extends beneath the hoof and covers the tendons, bones aud liga ments, like the sock ou the human foot. Horn is simply modified hair. Though to tho casual observer the hoof may appear a simple piece of an atomy, we tiud it to be one of the most complex and beautifully arranged ap paratuses of the whole body. About ninety per cent, of the cases of lameness iu the horse find their seat iu the hoof, aud as nearly one half our horses become lame after live years of age, it is seen that the care of the hoof is second in importance only to proper feeding and stabling. Ihe care of the hoof should begin with the foal. Iu caso of irregular wearing away of the hoof, they should be rasped into proper shape. With colts kept iu the stable the wall-horn becomes too long (high) aud the lay ers separate, resulting iu the "hollow- wall. The wall near the heel be comes bent under the sole, producing "hoof -bound. Ihe timely and intel ligent use of the hoof-knife is the remedy. The outer edges of the hoof should be rounded off carefully to pre vent splitting of the horn. Iu paring Ihe hoof we must have regard for the natural form aud position of the foot. Iu very young animals irregularly shaped legs can be improved by judi cious paring. Shoeing colts to young interferes greatly with the growth of the hoof. The shod hoof of the adult horse needs eveu more care than that of the barefooted colt. Shoeing at best is au evjl, but it must be resorted to. The shoe should be removed every four or six weeks nud the hoof short ened. The popular demand for "plenty of foot (hoof) under the horse" is a grave error. There may be argu ments in favor of allowing the hoof to grow to abnormal length to gain in length of stride, but such a procedure must, iu time, lead to disease of the hoof, i. e., tho tendons and joints. Moisture is very essential for the proper development of the hoof. Smearuig the hoof with fat is benefi cial. It requires no specific formulas or patent ointment. Pure lard suflices. Glycerine should never be applied, as it dries it. Salves should never be put on a dirty hoof. Wash first. No ointment can directly stimulate the growth of the hoof, though some may contend to the contrary. In very wet weather add a little turpentine or wax to the lard. - This prevents the hoof from becomiug too soft. Use very lit tle oil and apply with a cloth to the upper part of the hoof, to the sole aud frog. . Farm and Garden Notes. You can not afford to let those iu ferior apples go to market with the good ones. Saving the old mulching and using it a second time? Don't! It's loaded with insects aud tunyi. Burn it. Orchurdists who are using bolts to keep apple trees from splitting claim the boring aud bolting does not injure tho trees. ('rested ducks are a most attractive poultry novelty. The birds are not quite as large as Pekius, but ure pure creamy white, and the drake is epe cially gamy and stylish. Professor Bailey says that an annual application of potash should be made on orchards. If muriate of potash be used, it Hhould be applied at the rate of 5lli) to 700 pounds per acre. There is u rapidly increasing num ber uf fanciers with fowls tin exhibi tion. The quality of fowls has been in creasing equally fast, however, so thut the honor of winning at the show is woi-lh goiii'4 after. Peach t 'ct s hhould have the ends of long shoots shortened in, that bushy KiiL'cimeiis may result. A bushy tree yields more fruit than au uupruued one, uud nicely shapped trees are pleasing object to look upon. Experiments in grafting tho apple at the Kansas Station developed tho conclusion that whole root-grafted ap ple treea are of no greater value to the buyer than trees grafted on piece roots of flvo, four or 2J inches in length. Not only does exercise promote egg production, which consequently gives the ponltryman the expected profit, but the health of the entire flock will amply repay the little trouble and ex peuse of providing thorn with a place where they can work for their living. It is not so much the kind aud amount of food as it is the way it is fed that brings the profits. It sometimes comes handy to utilize a row of shade trees for fence posts (and they make good ones, more rows of trees should be planted with this end iu view). The wires should not be stapled directly to the trees, but laths an inch thick and two or more inches wide Bhould be first nailed or bolted to the trees and tho wires stapled to the laths. It is very often that tho nest in which the chickens are hatched is so foul with parasites that the chick has a hard timo getting a start. This is one ad vantage of artificially hatched chick ens, for they come into tho world with rarely a bug or 'insect upon them. This alone helps to reduce the loss by death, aud aids in buildiug up a strong aud healthy flock. It seldom pays to retain strawberry plants more than two years. S. Pow ers, strawberry specialist to tho Flor ida Experiment Station, Bays that a careful, energetic grower, can turn his beds under every spriug and re plant them outright iu the fall more cheaply than he can fight crab-grass all summer, laboriously scrape and pink it out of the beds in the fall and refill the many missing places. To adopt this bold course he should make sure of a generous provision of vig orous young plants early in the fall or late summer, then he may do it fear lessly. WISE WORDS. A fool's company is not hard to find. Opinions never change tho weather. Honesty has never found a substi tute. Gold loses its shine when it is got ten by guilt. The best safe for your money is a prudent wife. A giant among giants is not aware of his own size. The ass might sing better if he didn't pitch his tune so high. The man robs others who does not make the best of himself. No man ever gets discouraged iu trying to live without working. Woman is a lovely .dream and dreams always go by contraries. Everybody says "Go up higher" to the man who is "getting there." Call a little man great and other lit tle people will throw up their hats. Absence sometimes makes the heart grow fonder of some other person. To get the good out of the years we must learn how to live each hour well. A shallow man may always see the face of a fool by looking into a deep well. Love may be bliud, but it can smell the cloves ou a man's breath just the same. Patience may roost on monuments, but truth seldom finds a place on tomb stones. When a man freely admits that his wife is not stubborn, he cau afford to stop praying. The man who figures on marrying an heiress often finds he isn't well up iu mathematics. Somo men are like a bass drum they make lots of noise, but there's nothing in them. Kites to lie l ife Haven. Kites have been culled upon to do many thiugs of lute, and now they are expected to save life at sea. With a vessel hard aground on a lee shore, all her boats either smashed or car ried away, aud a gale of wind blowiug so hard that neither lifeboats nor life lines cau reach her, tho usual ending of such a marine disaster is the loss of the entire ship's companv. But Dr. 1'. W. Biehl, of 'San Fran cisco, thinks he can prevent such fatalities iu the future by calling kites to the aid of the storm-beset mariners.. He recently gave au exhibition of the practical working of his idea from the deck of the battleship Oregou iu Sun Francisco bay. At the time of the test a good breeze was blowiug, wl ich speedily carried the kite well up iu the air aud away from the vessel. Donning a bathing suit, Dr. Kiehl wrapped his clothing iu a waterproof cloth ami threw the bundle overboard. As it floated down wind he hauled iu on the kite line, throwiug the slack overboard. He then jumped overboard, took a turn of the line around his body, and, pulled along by the kite, went to lee ward after his bundle ol clothing. A twenty-miutite test of the device seemed to prove that the inventor's claims were well founded. A report of the experiment will be forwarded to Washington by the officers of the Oregou. Dr. Biehl asserts that his kite would take a muu or a rope ashore through breakers in which a boat could not live. Of course if tho wind was oil' shore the kite would be of no use, but statistics prove, he asserts, thut iu ninety cases out of one hun dred in the event of shipwrecks the direction of the wind has been toward the laud. New York l'ress. A new cooking utensil bus slots iu opposite sides of the interior to sup port a semi-circular vessel huviug a bail and cover, thus permitting its use for cooking incut uud vegetable at the tame time without mixing. A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.1 THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. The Present Need fttartlln fttatlatlcs I'renentetl by the Knetnlea of Alcohol What the Cenmis of 1 BOO Ahowa- t'M of Alcohol RpreaiU Among Women. Have yon hesril In the crowiled city Tlio orphan nhlldrpn cry, Hns your henrt been tonehml with pity At the Bound ot the widow's slith, Have you seen by tho face of a mother The grief that Is hid within, Or a sister weep tor a brother Astray la the ways ul sin? Oh, then let your soul awaken To the needs of tho present hour, Let the wall of tho ones forsaken Inspirit and clvo you power llomomherlnir lives so wasted And hold In th devil's thntll. To out from your llo nntasted Tlie drink Hint's the cause of all. Startling matlatlc. Tho census of 1S!K) shows that l."..000 deaths were directly due to drunkenness. The dentil of every American was hastened on au average seven and three tenths years by drunkenness. The earning of 45,000 men at JH51 n yenr for seven and threo tcnths years ninouiila to ! 1(1.2X0,000, which Is lost to tho country through the death of the drinkers. There were 3,750.000 hard drinkers atthnt time, and recent investigations show that the number hns nearly doubled. Tho use of alcohol Is spreading with alarming rapidity among women. A total of flil.MMW Is spent annually liy the Htate and local governments of New Vork for polleo courts, jnlls and poor bouses for coring for criminals and puu pers. Investigations show that seventy live per cent, of these cases nre duo to drink And alcohol poisoning, lu Franco, where great quantities of nlcohol nro consumed by all classes, tho number of deaths In 1M(I5 exceeded the births by 20,000. French scientists hold alcohol poisoiiiug lu a great measure re sponsible. M. lJergeron and if. I.abordc, of tho Nronoh Academy of Medicine, lu a set of resolutions presented to the society lu 1895, wrote,: "Science lias demonstrated both by ex periment and by chemical observation that the most impure and poisonous alcohols can be converted Into the purest and least poisonous nlcohol, which Is" none tho less always aud fundamentally a poison." Ex-Superintendent Thomas Dvrues, of the New York Police Department, says: "I) runKenuesslsthe proline mother of most of the evil-doing. Alcoholism Is the primo cause of all the trouble" Out of 881 Inmates of the Conneettout State Tnson in tho year 1H95, 40.8 per cent, were willing to admit that nlcohol had ruined them. Now York Journal. Hanger of the Cnp. A well known Congrcgntloiiullst minis ter, who was for many years pastor of ona of Ilostou's Congregational churches, while Bddresslng a large meeting In the Interest of temperance la a ehurou, of which the editor of the National Temperance Advo cate was at tho time pastor, made this thrill ing and impressive statement: "You are talking Ilka silly Idiots when you say there Is no dnnger in tho cup. I know from the blood of five generations of clder-drlnklng ancestors lu mv veins tho danger there Is In the thing. There Is not a scent of liquor that Is not pleasant to me, that would not be a precious drop to my tongue. Look at mo. Do I look like a man easy to bo overcome by temptation? Do you know my lite? (to back and learn It, aud soe what I have suffered; and yet I say to you, with this background of evi dence I declare to you, as I value my man hood, and yet my standing, and my soul I would not dure to driuk for three weeks a glass of liquor a day, Tho chasm ya rns at your feet aud at mv feet. Thoso who say there Is no danger fn thnt first glass of liquor do not rocogni.e tho peril of heredi tary weakness." Organ lie the Children. ltev. Alexander V. Doyle says with refer ence to the annual convention of the t'nth olio Total Abstinence Union, of America, held recently In Hcranton, I'enu.: "The convention did more real work for tompernuco thnn anv previous one ever did, because It determined to make special efforts to gather children into the organiz ation, thus establishing their future and the future of tho movement. This work will bo accomplished by the formation ot Juvenile societies. All tho bishops of the country now pledge the girls and bovs ot continuation to abstain from lutoxieatlng liquors until they are twenty-one years old. When the bishop leaves the parish after uoullrination the responsibility rests with the parish to see that these bo"vs and girls are organized Into Intototnl abstinence so cieties, and the sentiment is encouraged and strengthened In them. This work will bo begun Immediately throughout the couutry, and the practical result will bo that by Christmas thousands of ehlMrcu who have taken tho total abstinence pledge will have been enrolled in a great juvenile temperauco army." Intoxication No Kxcuie. Not long ago a judge In one of the West ern communities held that when a man de Mberatuly tilled himself with liquor until he lost oontrol of himself he was legally re sponsible for whatever he did while he was Intoxicated. Wo do not know whother this Is good law ornot.but It is good sense. Any other rule would make it too easy forcrlml liuls to escape punishment. A burglar might plead thut he was intoxicated when lie robbed a house, or a murderer might plead that he was mad from drluk when ho killed a man; but such an excuse would not restore the dead to life nor would It pro tect the community from a repetition of the crime. Intoxication may sometimes be an explanation, but It ought not be consid ered a defense. Jirooklyu Eagle. Pot'a Uargaln Willi the Saloon Keeper. At a temperauco meeting, whero several related tln-lr experiences, a humorous Irishman who spoke was acknowledged to be the chief speaker. He had on a pair of Una new boots. Huld he: "A week after I signed the pledge I met au old friend and lie said: 'Them's a line pair of boots you have on.' 'They are," euys I, 'and by the same token 'twus tho saloou keeper who gave them to me.' 'That was generous of him,' says he. 'It was,' savs I, 'but I made a bargain with him. He was to keep his drink and I was to keep my money. My money bought nyi these fine boots. I got the bent of tho bargain, aud I'm going tc stick to it.' " What Is Temperance? True temperance Is the proper use ot good things, uud total abstinence from bad things. Under which category would you plueo aleoholio beverages? Remain Away. If you have taken the total ubstinence pledge you should not frequent pluees wherein drink Is sold. No doubt you rely ou your strength of will to keep you from falling, but It Is better to remain awuy from such pluees. We pruy to God to "lead us not Into temptation" and we are commanded to avoid the occasions of evil. Therefore, let us not think oursolvup stronger than we are. Temperance Newt ami Notes. Wrong drluk does not make one strong. Iu drinking health to others, be careful lest yju drink Ill-health to yourself. Aleoholio drluk Is not necessary to health. Nor Is it Indispensable lu the mat ters of wealth aud happiness. Don't allow drluk to obtain a foothold In your home. Tho seeds of druukeuness are easy to sow, but hard to eradicate. You may lessen the sum of human mis ery by subscribing to funds for charity. You muy leseu it In another way by being sober yourself, uud using your lnllueuce to Uluke others so. Canon Ilasil Wiluerfnree can claim to be one of tlie most urdcut temperance re formers iu the Hrillbli Isles. Wueumovlug for the lirst time Into his cauoury, he hud all the wluo lu the cullur poured out Into the street, aud he converted the cellar Into a (lining room by opening out two win dows onto Deuu's yard , One Cnrloui Mnperatltlon, Among the superstitions of tho Ren oca Indians was one most beautiful one. When a young maiden died they imprisoned a young bird until it began to try its powbrs of song; and then, loading it with caresses and messages, they loosed its bonds over her gravo, in the belief thai it would not fold its wings or close its eyes tin til it had flown to the apirit land and delivered its preoious burden of affec tion to the loved aud lost one. Ht. Nicholas. The World's Telegraphic Syttem. llarely more than forty years have elapsed since America gave to tho world tho unique invention of thetcls grapli, and yet to-dny, according to tho latest figures which can be ob tained, the world's telegraphio syatoni embraces in its wide and complicated area not less than 4,908,823 miles of wire. This enormous aggregate is dis tributed among tho great divisions of the earth ns follows: Europe, 1,7(U, 7110 miles; Asia, 310,085 miles; Africa, 110.41H miles; Australia, 217,479 miles, and America, 2,510,548 miles. From t hese figures it appears that more than fifty per cent, of the world's mileage of telegraph wire is on this side of the Atlantio, but in view of the fact that the invention itself is of American or igin, this is just as it should be. But tho fact that America outstrips the balance of the world in the extont of its telegraph mileage is not so much a tributo to its own invention as it is to tho extraordinary rato of progress which hns taken place in the Western Honiisphero during the past fifty years. Taking tho figures as they apply to the entire world, what higher tribute oould be offered to the genius of Pro fessor Samuel F. B. Morse, the ro nownod inventor of the telegraph? Atlanta Constitution. Artim-lnl Teeth. The uso of artificial teeth is of an cient origin. Two curious specimens of artificial teeth from the Etruscan tombs, dating from four or five cen turies beforo the Christian era, may bo seen in the museum of Corneto, on the coast of Italy, iu the mouths of two young girls. On the jaw of one may still be seen two incisors fixed to their neighbors by small gold rings, while in the other, the rings remain, but tho artificial teeth have fallen out. The teeth, carefully cut, had evidently been taken from the mouth of some large animal. store woman's health, we know of no uetter or more inspiring medicine than Lydia E. l'inkhatn's Vegetable Compound. Your ailment taken In time can be thrown off, if neglected it will run on into great suffering and pain. Here Is an illustration. Muu. LrcY lloonwm, Holly, W. Va., says: " I suffered with nervous prostration, faintness, all-gone feeling and palpi tation of the heart. I could not stand but a few momenta at a timo without having that terrible bearing-down sensation. 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When you come to look into it, it is quite astonishing how many games were originally invented aud nre to-day practiced by peoples we are accustomed to think of as sav ages. Wallace tells us how iu Borneo, one wet day, he thought to amuse his Dyak boys by showing thcin a cat's cradle. Hut he found that they not only knew it, but knew more intricate figures than he. The Maoris of New Zealand actually have a sort of pic torial history in cat's-ctadle figures of twisted fiber. The Sandwich Islanders play a kind of draughts; the South Sea peoples nearly all are adepts at kite-flying. l'olo comes from Persia, and is played magnificently by wild hill tribes from northern India. Back gammon and parohesi nre both eastern games, flat tamarind seeds being used as "lots" in tho latter. Harper's Bound Table. llememliereil liy the Man She Jilted. A representative of Mrs. William Amsbury lias just returned to Osce ola, Mo., from Denver, where he went to inquire about a legacy. Many years ago Mrs. Amsbury was engaged to be married to a man named Smith, but owing to a quarrel she married Amsbury the day beforo the wedding with Smith was to take place. All parties wero then resi dents of Jell'ersou City. Mr. Smith at once left for tho silver mining camps of Colorado, and Amsbury is now a laborer iu tho Osceola lime works. Fortune smilod upon Smith, but ho never married. A fow days ago h died, and by the terms of his will his former sweetheart inherits half the estate, mostly in mining stocks, and variously estimated at from 2.0,000 to 810,000. St. Louis Globe-Doinoerat. IDEAL GRANDMOTHERS. Women Who Know the Laws of Nature and Oboy Them May Live to Greon Old Age. Mrs. Plnkham Says When We Violate Nature's Laws Our Funlnhment Is Pain If Ws Continue to Neglect the Warning Wa Ilia. Providence has allotted us each at least seventy years in which to fulfill our mission in life, and it is generally our own fault if we die prematurely. 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