In tho discord which is just now rug Ins between German ami Czech in Austria the tnll hat in lookpd npon as tho oriflnmmc of the Teutonic race. It is almost as tnnoh ns man's life is worth to nppror in n Czech town with this nnirsthctio headgear. A dramatic version of Charles Dick ens's immortal work, "Bleak House," was given in London by deaf and dumb performers, translation of their gestures being read aloud simultane ously for the benefit of the "hearers" present. Cranberries are not injured by freez ing. They are often sent as far as Mani toba in open box cars. When they arrive they are frozen iuto solid blocks of ice. The sides of the cases are knocked off and the berries are ex posed in solid mass, like cakes of ice. The steam craft of the United States last year carried 650,000,000 passen gers with a loss of forty-six passen gers, and 137 men belonging to the crews. II ow People Sleep. In England the old four-poster bed stead is still the pride of the nation bnt the iron and brass bedstead is beating ont of the field. The English beds are the largest beds in the world. A peculiarity of the German bed is its shortness; besides that, it consists fre quently in part of a large down pillow or upper mattress which spreads over the person and usually answers the purpose of all the other ordinary bed clothing combined. Iu the tropics men sleap in hammocks or upon mats or graatv The East Indian unrolls his light, portable charpoy or mattress, which in the morning is again rolled together and carried away by him. The Japanese lie upon matting, with a stiff, ULcomfortable, wooden neck-rest. The Chinese use low bedsteads, often elaborately carved, and supporting only mats or coverlids. The ancient Greeks and Romans had their beds supported on frames, but not flat like ours. The Egyptians had a oouch o: peculiar shape, more like an old fashioned easy chair, with hollow back and seat. The mines of the world produce every year 540,000,000 tons of ore and coal. Oh, What Splendid Cnflee, Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes: "From one package Balzer's German ColTee Berry costing 15i I grew 300 lbs. of better eoffoe than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a lb." a. c 1 A package of this coffee and big seed and plant catalogue Is sent you by Jobn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon re ceipt of 15 cents stamps and tills notice, To wash a glass which has .held milk plunge It first into oold water before put-, ting It into warm. Western North Carolina's Glorious Climate "TBI LAND Or THE SKY." If you hsve not decided where to spend the month of March, a more delightful spot can not be found than In the mountains of west ern North Carolina at Abbeville or Hot Hprlntrs. These dellxhtful resortsarexltUHteil aniiilnt beautiful mountain scenery audatford adcliKhtfui and benellcial retreat for persons seekiuK rest and recuperation. The bracing mountain air. blue-pkled Hpring and dry at-mot-phere restore and bring new life, mnke weetern North Carolina the grandest natural health resort on the American continent. The train service from New York Is most per fect. Leaving New York In the afternoon at 4.20 p. m via Pennsylvania and Southern Kailway, In a through Pullman drawing room sleeping ear, you are in Axnevtlle next after noon at i:U and Hot Springs at 3.53. For full particulars call onor address Alex.t. Thweatt, Eastern Passenger Agent, 271 Broadway, There are 110 mountains hi Colorado whose peaks are over 12,000 feet above tbs ocean level. There Is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to bo lnourable. For a great many years doctors fironounced It a local disease and prescribed ocal remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it In curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore require constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken internally incloses from llldropa to a teaspoouful. It acts directly on the blood ai mucous surfaces of the Bybtein. Tin' offer one hundred dollars for any cane it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F.J. ( HKNEY& Co.,Toledo, O Hold by Druggists, "(Sc. Hail's Family Pills are the best Tho speed of our fastest ocean steamers is now greater than that ot express trains on Italian railways. Fits permanently cared. No fits or nervous ness after first dKy's use of Ur. Kline's Ureal Nerve Restorer. fcJtrinl bottle and treatise fret DiL R. H. Ki.ink, Ltd.. fell Arch St..Phlla.,Pa There are 10,800 teachers in the diminu tive Kingdom of Belgium. Chew Star Tobacco The Best. Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. Mushrooms are native to all temperate countries in short grass. To Cur A Oold In On Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund inoney if it fails to cure. Me. Over 60,000 oil wells have been sunk in the United Htates. Mrs. Winalow's Soothtn? Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces iufiuintna liou, allays pain, cures wind colic, 5c.a bottle. Glass brushes are used by the artists whe decorate china. Plso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Luns trouble of three years' standing. K. Cady liuuuugton, lud., Nov. 12, 1HUI. London has had an underground railway ever since lxt0. Kvery trace is obliterated of salt rheum, tub. At., by tflenu's Sulphur Soap. Of druggists. Hill's Hair & Whisker lve. black or bro ii,jOu England's new baftloohlp, the Implaca ble, will cost 5,000,000. BloodHumors Spring is the Cleansing Season Don't Neglect Your Health You Need to Take Hood's Saraa parllia Now Bpriug is the season for cleansing anc renewing. Everywhere accumulations, ol waste are being removed and pre,aru(f .ni for the new life of another season are being made. This la the time for cleauslug your blood with Hood's barsuparllla. Wintei has left the blood Impure. Spring Humors, Boils, pimples, eruptions, and that tired feeling are the results. llood't Hursaparilla expuht all impurities from the blood and makes it rich and nourishing. It builds up tbe nervous system, creates un appetite, gives sweet, refreshing sleep and renewed energy and vigor. It cures all tpriug humors, boils, pimples, eruptions Mood's "pZSta ts America's Greatest Medicine, f 1; six for j re I rod by C. 1. Hood dr Co., Lowell, Mass. UnrlH'c Pilla a the only Pills to titke nUUJ 9 I 1119 with Hood'. SaisaiiiiilU Klondike Widows' Society. The women of Seattle, Wash., have instituted a Society of Klondike Yi ulows. J he lists are exclusive, be ing restricted tothote whose claims to "Klondike widowhood" Bre indispu table. Only the wives and sweethearts f men off to the gold fields are eligi ble, and no others need apply. ' Smart New Veiling. A smart new veiling basa fine, wide meah and large, soft chenille dots. It is not close enough to hide comolex ionnl blemishes, but enhances the beauty of a fair, rosy face, at !?est twofold. Fine net, with smaller dots placed half an inch apart, is serviceable and becoming and affords more pro tection than the very open tiesh. A novelty is white net with black dots, the bottom and ends of the veil edged with a double row of very nar row black velvet or an edge of cream- white or black thick lace. The deep, full lace frills of a year igo are no longer seen. Real lace and Urnssels net, adorned with butterflies. bow knots and flowers in lace applique, are also used as beauty hiders. Fearful and Wonderful Ornaments. Fearful and wonderful has been the decorative wear of women everywhere through the ages. She has worn skewers in the nose of her, rings on the toes of ber. She has tied a snake around her neck and tangled fire-flies in her hair. But she has never till now served her lovely self np to ns en tortue, as the Tall Mall Gazette puts it. But now, it seems, tortoise is go ing to be in a sense her only wear. Of course the tortoise she wears is the live variety the dead, in this case al so, would soon cease to interest her. The live tortoise comes to her from the Laudes. It first passes throueh the hands of her jeweler the un adorned tortoise is not beautiful. The jeweler fits the tortoise with a filigree coat ol mail studded with preoions stones. The animal is then secured by a fine gold chain. The wearer at taches tbe chain to an ornamental hook in her dress, first taking a turn with it round her own neck. Tho re splendent tortoise then fulfills its mis sion by exhibiting itself npon the wearer s shoulders to the extent of its tether; and thus enables lovely woman to exhibit herself at what, we should hope, will be the extent of hers. Trimmed and Trained Skirts.' The fact is well established now that long trailing skirts are to be worn with house gowns by house gowns are meant .evening gowns, reception gowns, or any gowns suited for house wear. As yet we have not gone back to long skirts for street wear, al though even walking gowns have the skirts long enough to require holding np in the street. Many of the long Bkirts are extremely graceful. There is one style which is made with very little goring, fits quite sheathlike, with the fulness laid in small pleats, but cut to flare out at the end of the train. In soft silks, satins, poplins, and cashmeres this is very attractive, for the lines are so graceful. The plain look is broken by bands of trim ming either down the seams or around the foot, or else with patterns of em broidery and cut-work pnt on the front breadth. There is evidently an in tention of restoring drapery, for some very smart skirts have the front and Bide. breadths long enough to allow of draping juBt a little back of the hip, and showing a glimpse of an under petticoat of different material. This is a becoming style of skirt, and looks especially well when the back breadths ore long enough to traiu. Harper's Bazar. To Oflset Female Club Life. An "Order of Old-Fasbioned Wom en" has recently been established in Atlauta, Ga., to counteract in some measure the effect of the "new wom an," who has made herself as conspic uous on the other side of Masom and Dixon's line as on this. The order was originated by eight prominent young matrons, and has grown and developed beyond their most sanguine expectations. The express object of the organization, which is in itself old-fashioned, is "to accomplish good deeds and aid the poor aud afflicted." Iu order to raise money for the work, the usual bazaars and entertainments are resorted to, and a few iuodUis ago a grand terpsichorean carnival was given at the Atlanta Opera House, to which society lent its talent. Several thousand dollars was realized from this venture, which will be expended in establishing a maternity ward in the Grady IIo'-'ivlV. TIij o:i0'iual eljlit who established tho order now com pose what is known as Chapter "A." Tuay are Mrs. Wilmer Moore, Mrs. William Ellis, Mrs. Juliau Field, Mrs. Mollis Brandon, Mrs. Bobert Mad dox, Jr., Mrs. Thomas R. R. Cobb. Mrs. Robert Foreman and Mrs. Henry lumau. unapters a, "C," and"D" have since then been established in different parts of tho city, and branches have been organized iu Nashville aud Augusta, both of which have adopted the general aharacter aud aims of the Atlauta society, to which they will be more or less tributary. The peculiarity of the order is that it has no President or other general ofheers.aud that its meetings are pure ly social, unrelieved bv the papers. essays and discussions that are a part of genoral club life. The diflerent chapters are limited in membership. and, when auy business is before their meeting, aro presided over by temporary Chuirmeu; they are, iu fact, modeled after tho old-time sew ing circles of our grandmothers, when to "upeukout in meeting" was deemed a sin. jew York Journal. .osip. There are women car conductors in Chile. Several clubs are shortly to be started iu Uerliu fur women only. There are twelve thotisaud women stenographers iu uotive service iu Chi cayo. Lucy Curtis is the Mayor of Cimar ron, Mo., runs the town, conducts a general store, and is the leader of the local Sorosis. Mme. Tatti delights in the game of billiards, and is a skillful player. Her billiard room at Crag-y-Nos is one of the handsomest in the world. Mrs. Ida Faye Levering, M. D., is the physician in charge of the new Baptist Mission Hospital for Women and Childreu at Nell ore, India. Mrs. Annie Kline Rikert is building a railroad in Tuolumne County, Cali fornia. Before Mrs. Rikert took np her present enterprise, she was a pros pector and miner. The best educated oueen in the world is her majesty of Italy. She speaks, besides her own tongue, Jrench, German. English and Span ish, and studies snoh subjects as the ology, biology, geology and botany. Dr. Eva G. Golden, a successful op tician from the Post-Gradnate School of Chicago, is doing active work in liensington, Kan. Dr. Golden is a graduated pharmacist, and for six years was cashier of the .Exchange uana at tjeciarville. Mrs. Gladstone has just celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday. The cider of the two daughters of Sir Stephen Glynne.-she was married to Mr. Glad stone on July 25, 1839. Her sister, Miss Mary Glynne, on the same day, Decame tne wiie 01 Liora L-yttleton. Mrs. Minna Stearns Fitts. pension attorney, at Lynn, Mass., has re ceived from Governor Wolcott her cer tificate of appointment as a "Special Commissioner," and is thereby au thorized to administer oaths and perform all duties of a justice of the peace. The Baroness de Hirsch is continu ing many of her husband's charities and establishing new ones constantly. She has lately founded twenty-five aunuities for "indigent'gentlewomen," given a large sum to a Warsaw hospi tal and sturted a maternity hospital at Munich. It is olaimed for Miss Virginia T. Montgomery, a leading artist in New Orleans, that she is the first Southern woman to have her name engraved npon a monumeut ni the designer. Her design for a Confederate memorial monument at San Antonio, Texas, has been accepted. Miss Florence King, of Chicago, has received notice of her appointment as rinmmiflfli'nTiAp if flanla f .... I i . ' - v. . . .1,1 AIHia, She is indebted to John G. Brady, uovernor 01 the District of Alaska, lor the Dlaoe. It will be one of rnnni. bility, as she will have not only the registration of deeds to attend to, but the filing of mining claims. Fashion Fancies. Colored organdies in flora), plaid and striped effects. Jetted allover nets with bowknot and heart designs. Tiny silver mirrors and powder boxes attached to chatelaines. Tiny edgings of a single row of steel. silver, jet or jet spangles. Nets covered with steel, silver and jet drops for waists, vests, etc. Toques of a gold-embroidered crown and velvet bow of a bright color. Bows and ties of lawn, lace, mull. etc., of various designs and sizes. Red jackets, having the body part covered with black braid latticework. Suede belts having glass-covered medallions holding a four-leaf clover. Dull-finished jet buckles, buttons and passementerie for mourning at tire. Pattern dresses of organdie trimmed with embroidery and the skirt ready inane. Satin-striped gauze for evening toilettes to be trimmed with baby satin ribbon. Many made ornaments of silk braid in black and colors for the skirt, blouse and sleeves. Sashes of bayadere and lengthwise stripes in Roman shades, w,tb. deep fringed ends. Short, pointed capes of velvet, chif fon frills and bead embroideries for early spring. Silvery gray and lead shades of satin duchesse made into bhirt waists with steel buttons. Long mouBseline, thin silk, net and muslin, ties with tucked and hem stitched ends. Toques of dull black silk with black wings aud equally sombre violets for light mourning. Silk-braided trimmings of different sizes, ready to separate and in floral and scroll figures. Embroided table pieces showing four largo floral sprays aud butterflies all over the surface. New Use For the Megaphone. A new use for the megaphone has been found iu the construction of the I'sky-scraper." Wheu an oftioe build ing now going up in New York had reached a height of but two or three stories the contractor had no difficulty in mouutiug to its highest point, and, with forceful words, stimulating his workmen to renewed exertions. When the floors begau to ruu up to eight aud ten he found the exercise of go ing to the top, every time he wanted to express his feelings, altogether too violent, and it imparted a distinct flavor of irascibility to the language which 1 egau to flow with his return ing breath. So ho conceived the brilliant idea of having a mcguphoue constructed to connect his head quar ters iu the first story with the top, where the men are at work. When the work now or any conflict of authority arises, he is able to make his voice heard at the Beat of the trouble without moving from his sanctum, much to his own satisfaction, if not to that of his employes, who say that tho megaphone gives an irritat ing asperity 'to piQl'uua language. Now Yolk Telegram. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Value of Kca; Forn-.lnf Material. It may be possible for hens to grow, get fat and lay eggs without ever hav ing a supply of egg-forming material furnished them', only getting whal they can find, and that is very littli during the winter season. If tin poultryman will invest a few cents ir nome material that will assist the hem in tbe manufacturing of eggs the profits will be largely inoreased. Wheat For Young rigs. Wlioat is now higher than it hai len for several years, aud too dear tc feed to grown animals of any kind. Yet we think a small amount fed daily to young and growing pigs will paj even at present prices. It will prob ably pay to feed wheat to all pigs, in part to replace the corn ration that if always injurious. Wheat contain; more nearly tbe elements of growtb than any other grain except peas oi beans, and only sheep can be induced to eat whole beans. Wheat bran and wheat middlings cost nearly as much as wheat, and are not so good for feeding purposes if given in modera tion. Ilreakinft Young Colts, Winter, and before a sleigh, furnish the best opportunities for breaking young colts into the work th.f. innt thereafter do. The colt Bhonld always be halter broken the (last sum mer, and trAinad in lanA oaail Tf, the first time he has a harness on, put me colt beside an old, well-broken horse, and hitch him tn a oloitrh n one or two drives without anything aiiacneu to mm. Do not try to drive him throncrh drifts. Aft trtanv a nnnrr horse when getting into a drift will a i . , nuuuuur, anu may orean a leg in try inn to cot free. Thn ad sleigh is that it. cannot be a heavy minion anu it manes no noise. By the time the sleighing is gone hitch the colt beside an, old horse and let him pull part of a wagon. If care is taken so that the driver always keeps master, the colt will be by spring time as docile as any old trained horse can be. Boston Cultivator. Sheep Losing Their Wool, When sheep lose their wool it is a sign that they are feverish. This condition is nearly always an indica tion that the digestive organs are im paired. Old sheep that have begun to lose their teeth are especially liable to be affected in this way. It is mostly saused by hard, dry food, though the indigestion may be due to a surfeit of grain. Some succulent food, such as bran mash, fed warm, is good. So are -roots of any kind, if they are sliced so that the sheep cau easily eat them. The sheep is a ruminant, and if the roots are in slices, though they may go down in hard lumps, they will come np in the mouth aud be there thoroughly remasticated. Unless yon mean to give special care to the sheep that begin to loso their wool, it is better economy to kill them at onoe nd sell' their hides for the little they will bring." Those on which the wool is stripped from most of the belly will probably die before spring, whatever care you can give them. All sheep old enough to be unsafe to winter should be separated at shearing time, and fattened for killing during the summer, when the fattening is easy, because the sheep can then find plenty of sucoulent pasturage. The Black Hot of the Cabbare. Farmers' Bulletin, No. C8, has just been published by the Department of Agriculture giving to cabbage growers the benefit of some recent discoveries by the Division of Vegetable Physio logy and Pathology of the United States Department of Agriculture on the black rot of the cabbage. The author of this bulletin is Mr. Erwin F. Smith, under whose immediate super vision the investigations were made which resulted in these discoveries. Although this disease has come into prominence only within the last few years, it is now a serious hindrance to cabbage growing in several States, causing losses to the growers aggre gating many thousauds of dollars yearly. The' disease is known to growers in various parts of the country under different nameB, perhaps the common est of which are "stem rot" aud "black rot, "and has heretofore resisted all attempts to eradicate it. As there is no known way of euring the disease or of entirely ridding a locality of it when onoe established, prevention is the only alternative, and the bulletin points out to the grower where the danger lies, bow the intro duction of the disease may often be prevented, aud how, wheu already introduced, great losses may some times be avoided. Farm, Field and Fireside. Slices Kloed. By means of the microtome slices of vegetable and animal tissues down tc a thinness of about 1-10,000 of au inch are obtained for microscopic study. Professor Elmer Gates, of Washington, has now gone further, and even slices up blood cells aud mi crobes by cementing them in a single layer between two glass slides aud out ting the slides apart with a very thin blade of copper sharpened to the high est possible degree. The fine grain ol the copper causes it to take au edgi that no razor can approach. The eellt are again cut by repeating the opera tion, aud it is claimed that slices have been made only 1-100 as thick as the thinnest produced by tho microtome Helling Old False Teeth. "Old false teeth bought." That is the sign that has made even Chicago stop and wonder. It is over a shop where dental aud optical supplies are sold. Selliug old testh is a unique trafho, to put it mildly. The principal customers iu this little shop are yuug dentists, who brinif the- old teeth of their patrons to be Bold. If there is gold in the teeth they oome higher, as it cau be melted aud used again. After all, it is a good thing for the poor people, who caunot go to a dentist aud have a plate made for them. With little trouble these second-hand plates are fitted to their mouths aud they get "a bargain" in teeth. Flogging has become bo iudispeusa ble in Russia that some inventor hai perfected a machine which saves th human arm. Under the flagellation of the machine taxes and arrears are U become speedily collected. A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. "Sinn the rlelre"Trlbnteg to the I.U Kruno. F. Wlllard The Comln Mae Most. He a Sober One, or He Will Not lie Able ti Obtain Employment KlRn tho pledge! we now entreat you; Oome with us and take your stand. Many friends with Joy will (rrnet you, Olvo yon weleome to our handf BlKn the plediret our country calls you, ltlds yon help ns la the flRht; Ere the tempting cup enthralls yon, Hlgn the pledge! oh, sign to-night I Blgn the pledgol Tho promise given In the name of God Mos High, , Will encourage some who'vo Bt riven From tho dsngorous path to flyl Your example thus to others, Hhnll be as a guiding light; For the sake of weakor brothers, Hlgn the pledge! oh, sign to-ntgtitl Blgn the pledge! The children's voices Hlseto lipavnn oh, hood their oryl Many a fresh young heart rejoices, Many a cheer supplnnts a sigh. When fond parents help their dear ones in the.bn'.tle of the right. For the sake of precious near ones Blgn the plodge, then, sign to-night! Frederick Sherlock. Tributes to Frances Wlllard. Bho was, In short, the personification of a principle. Washington Times. Miss Wlllard was one of the most dls tlnguishod women of this oontury. Foa du Lac Commercial. The exnraple of this noble woman Is an Inspiration to her sisters throughout the world. New York Mall and Express. With nil her achievements it wljl be the crowning glory of her renown that she was a woman among women, Detroit Free Tress. Frances Wlllard had thetrue statesman's mind along with the intuitions of a heart filled with spiritual devotion. Boston Transcript. The death of Miss Frances E. Willard will carry sorrow wherever she was known. Bha was a noble woman, nobly planned. Philadelphia Ilecord. Miss Wlllard was a patriotic woman and American through and through, but the grand world sweep of her labors made her a cosmopolite. liochester Times. The death of Miss Frances Wlllard re moves from the sphere of earthly useful ness ono of the purest spirits that ever graced the round earth. Denver Post. Other lenders may arise to carry on her work, but none can win a warmer place In the hearts of the women of A merlon than Miss Wlllard. Itacine Journal. But, In spite of thn fact that she repre sented what is called the "progress of vomon," she was not a new woman In any aense of the word. New York Bun. Probably no woman leader In any of the reformntory movements of the time has In spired her .followers with a higher degree of trust, confidence and affection. Phila delphia Leader, The motto ot her choosing, we behove "For God and Home and Native Land," of her organization was not merely rhetorical, bhe was one of the cleverest thhiiurs ot her sex. Now York Press. Miss Willard was a genius In organization nnd administration. A tireless worker and a keen Judge of persons, she knew where to plaoe her trust and where to labor herself In the Held. Washington Btar. She took a part, and one ot far-roaohlng prominence nnd Importance, tn the world's affairs, yet was always a woman, never losing the tender grace, charm and delicacy which, after all, are the distinguishing traits of tho iex. Philadelphia North American, It Is not too much to say that, without the ability, good sense, steady fnirminded. noes and thorough devotion of Frances , AVillard that remarkable organization, the W. C. T. U., never could have attained to the position of Influence and power which It now holds. Boston Globe. The Cotutns; Man. The question ot drunkenness or sobriety in an employe Is year by year assuming greater importance, saysan exahongc. The more responsible requirements of these later times make a new phase In the tem perance question. Rapid transit and rapid pretty much everything annihilate time nnd space, and they have also ths liability to annihilate a great deal ot human life. Those who direct these things, they who are in immediate control, must have elenr heads, Bharp eyes nnd strong arms. There Is no place ot responsibility lu which a druukurd or tippler can by any moral rlghjt be put. In dleousslng this matter, a reeent writer says very pertinently, and speaking the sentiments of all thought ful persons: "The oonviotlon Is deepening, among employers and laborers equally, to dismiss Inebriety from the problem of em ployment, wages and labor. Eaoh side plainly sees the Injury the damage to all parties Imposed by the inebriate. Tlieday is coming and must soon oome, when so briety will stand 11 ret among tho titled qualification of lubor. So many men work among machines that drunkennees Is inconsistent with their own safety; so many work in places which Involve the safety of othors, where drunkenness can not possibly be tolerated. A drunken man may wreck a train simply because ho Is drunk. He may destroy property because he is drunk, and make a drunken blunder with machinery. Human liberty does not Include the privilege ot drunkenness In places where human life or property is at Btake or dependent upon the mistakes of an alcoholized brain. Drinking locomotive engineers, for instance, eertaluly are dan gerous men. No penalty can be too great or a eompany which knowingly employs drinking men In places wherheir respon sibility involves human life. In 'fact, all such men should be cured of their inebri ety or discharged, and no such person should be given employmentunless he has a clean bill of health Iu relation to lnet rl. ety." An Habitual Urniikard. The Wine add Spirit Gazette states that a new code is t come into operation in Ger many tn 1900, which "Inter alia" enacts the compulsory treatment of habitual drunk ards. The exact description given of an habitual drunkard Is: "He who, inconse quence of inebriety, cannot provide for his affairs, or brings himself or his family Into the danger of need, or endangers the safety of others." The code provides for his be ing placed under a curator, who will be empowered to place the Individual any where for treatment until discharged from curatorshlp by the court." The oolonlos are popularly supposed to produce novel ties lu leg'r,!dtiou, beeause of their freedom from muu;tof tbe restrictions which prevail In older countries; but here is u proposal which mi ht welj be accepted, even if it is "made 1l Germany." National Temper ance Advooute. Temperance of the Tartars. Here is a little bit of testimony as to the influence of strong drink In shortening lite, nnd of course lu Impairing the life by establishing diseased conditions, It may be, long, before the end. Official statistics show that while the mortality amongst tbe ltusslaus is forty per 1000, the rate amongst the Kazan Tartars, who are abstainers from Intoxicants Is only twenty-one per 1000. These Tartars, who live In Itussla, number 610,000. With the exception of their toeto tali.im they Jive under exactly the same conditions as the ltusslans. Granting the accuracy of the figures given it 1b to be sup posed that I he ltusslaew prefer "a short li e and a merry one!" The Truth m to College Boys. "The truth is," says the New York Sun, speakiug of temperuuee lu educational in stitutions, "that in our elimute aud uuder our social conditions it would be better for college boys to drink nothing at all In the way of alooholio beverages. They do not need them, and abstinence from the use of them would serve the Interests of the physical unl intellectual health of the youth." Temperance News and Notes. When reason rules the appetite obeys. When appetite commands the pocket pays. There Is no room for neutrality lu tho tlh'iit uguiust strong drluk. TDaele Common In Fnrope. While the code duello, in its san guinary character, is rapidly becom ing obsolete in the United Htates, it appears to be still in high favor on the other side of the Atlantic' In Ger many sonio" 4000 engagements are yearly fought on tho field of honor with sanguinary results. Most of these engagements take place in tho neighborhood of college towns. With in tbespace of twenty-fonr hours as many as twenty duels hsve occurred in the neighborhood of Jena. Next to Germany in allegiance to the code duello comes France. There are some 1200 duels fought annually in France, tho pnrtioipnuta being mainly oflloers in the French army. Italy comes next to Franca, with tome 275 duels annually. During the past ten years Italy has furnished 2750 duels. Austria, Htissia, Hpain nnd Great Britain rank next in the order named. Iu Great Britain the code has become almost as obsolete as iu the United States. Most of the duels fought on the European continent are fought with the sword, though pistols aud knives are nsed occasionally. New York Tribune. A Hint aoo Year Old. Mr. S. II. Waller sees the list or old relios in the possession of other men in the county and knocks em all clean out with a ring that has a history extend ing back over 300 years. The ring in question is a plain gold one, with the following ingraved inside: "John Waller, ob. rJeptem' 5th, 1754, A. E. 83, 6." Though the inscription in the ring only shows it to be 144 years old, yet Mr. Waller has documents in his possession which show that the ring was owned first by Sir Edmund Waller, the English poet, who was a rpyalist in England when Cromwell assumed the protectorate and was compelled to flee for his life, being an adherent of Charles I., who placed tho ring on his finger, from which three other rings were made, and of which that now in possession of Mr. S. H. Waller is one. Glasgow (Ky.) News. In a newly patented pair of pliers the jaws are semi-circular aud have notches cut at intervals to fit different sized nuts, so the pliers can be nsed as a wrench. joooooooooooooooooooc VERY MANY KNOW ST. JACOBS OIL SCIATICA Then all mast know how emplly and surely It t'URKM ALL PAIN, It II FT. AIATIC, NEfKALUK', OU . 1,1 .11 BAGIC. 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I do not thlnic I could have lived long if Mrs, Pink ham's inodicino had not helped me." Alaska Advice Kimp wy from m-hempm and lmnpon-tbl liil wlio know nlmohitely nothing about your wan in and for the wke of a few dollars tlior make ont of you will steer yon into certalu bonnes with Tvhnm tliry nrr In rnllnlnn. carry the lartfPMt ntook In Brattlo and liava foU thoiiHaiuts of Alaska OmnlH. KNOW pxartly what it want) and avorythlnff ts iaok9d by cx lu'rlriicril mm. We mall frw of chars cood map Mho win r the bMt route and a Hiipi'ly lint kWIhh the cowt and wrtjfht of avtlrlfta required for "uu man for one year." Addrem COOPER & LEVY," IOt ik ItMl First Aveuiir, Month, Dept.N, HRATTI.B, WAHHtNOTON. Ref.: DKTTKB H.irton A Co., Rankers, Neattle, Wash.: Finer National 1Ian, Chb-auo, 111.; West khn National Hank.V-w York Cltv FOR 14 CENTS wewilhtnr tnmerM. ami in ire,noO saw cne lmerH. anil rnc altar lFkg. Karl; Ktrly Hprinc Ttimln, l.. nay Kadtch, i 1 1 1 14 lltmarrk CuciimhAi. Oud Victoria Lattaoe. Ifo A " Kiondfka MW Uo Z " ainmtxt uiant n1on, IN) N Ur.lUant Flower Saeda, lfco TTtrtk 0 1 , far 14 eeeta. AbrtTa 10 pkra, worth H, we will mail yon free, together with oar It rent Plant and hd Catalogne upon receipt ol thla notloe a lac. p-taf. We invite yonr trade and know when yon once try HaUer'a feoeu viia win nernr fMHimrwiin ant them. PnlaHtal ll.A.I Vt-f aBbl.(JataloaloDeao. NaAO 1 JUHA A BiUIH IIED CO.. U fIDNI, WIS. M o49eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee PAT Watson E. Coleman, AUoniey-a'-T,-iw ami Boltrltor of J'atents. tul P St.. N. W . W.ilili.iilon U ' iiiKiirsi reierem-es in an pa parta of the country. Ladles Wanted. TO TltAVKLfor old eKtahllKhod hmie. lYniu ne position. 440 imr montb aud all expt'iiHee P.W.MKOLKIi fc Ot).. ttW Locim. Mt ., 1 hllailelbla. Garden & Flowtr with a world-wide reputation. Cfttalog fVre to mil HKIV.H J. 11. GREGOBT ASON.Sarkle haad.We!. and Liquor Habit cured tn IU to AO days, ho pay till cured. Ir. J. li.8tphne, lpt. A Lebanon. Ohio. PtNSIONS, FA 1 EN 1 55, CLAIMS" JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON. 0. ata sTrtaclpal xan.lar V. B. ruuin feveaa. 4 trre. la 1M ar. 15 aiuiicjeUa ahum, altj. eiaae. m iRrtrn . K.v,.i.nVM Th. n. c, A Rubber Mfg. Ce., mrr-NTTTrntTT Till PAPKIt WHEN HKPLV. JVl UVi X IKtn I Nil to a u v r NYNU-IO 3 ww Mil' nutria, ftu, llH IfllVa Best Cough til run. Taatee tiood. H.iUiC WULUL Ail tiVC Line -I In I !mo Ufilrt hv rinttl REIUO ...l p" of owu hai- vmhuhhv soniiiinip-. VHtlVIlKW so: ...... . ....... 8 i s O T V. A Aft "Sweetheart, Lot'. Kaks the Old Dream Trna," 2 Mid "AH Thing! Come in lima." a Tw lie autlfnl ronp by the author of "You'll J MlHS YODH MoTHKR t ltKN hHK'N COMF." ! fa cents eat-h, mailed to any autlrt sr. a T. II. KELI.KY,S4 Linmln Bt.. Jersey C Ity, N. j J atal 1
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