Strange Klondike Ofctflti. There is a picturesque side to this great Alaskan movement, and no city can bear stronger witness to that fact than can Seattle at present. The most interesting subject at this time relates to tbe various methods of trans portation needed to carry supplies down the Yukon River on the ice when tbe early rush to the Klondike begins. Boats being out of the question, ani mal and steam power are the two po tent agents to be relied npon. And the various forms in which this problem is to be tested constitute a distinct chapter of the story of the Klondike. The form of animal power most ready at band is, of course, the borse. Bnt the horse has proved a poor friend in Alaska, owing to the food problem. This has led to various experiments in the use of animals. Oxen, mules, goats and even elk are now at Ska gnay or beyond, to be used as pack animals. The handling of these ani mals about the water front has been one of tbe sights of Seattle during the last two months. Mules and oxen are common, bnt curiosity is excited at the sight of four or five goats being driven tandem, aud an elk, horns and all, trotting along a business street drawing a sled, looks like a picture from a Santa Clans book come to life. Bat the most interesting and the most nseful feature of the matter is the dog team. Nearly every outgoing steamer is carrying several dog teams, and tbe next three months will thoroughly de termine whether the dog is to become a recognized factor in the winter traf flo over the Yukon country or whether he is but an experiment to be made a makeshift nntil something better be discovered. Leslie's Weekly. That Settle It. With the bloem and beauty ot the season, Its balmy airs and delightful temperature, we (eel like living with new life, and are therefore often very careless In taking care of oursolves. It ts this forgotfjilness that lays us liable to attacks of rheumatism, the more liable because we think there is little danger of Its coming on, but rheumatism is an easy thing totake and sometimes a hard thing to get rid of unless we take the advice of others and learn that the best way pos sible Is to use St. Jacobs Oil. It has been used so long as a sure cure that this advice is given in good faith from the testimony of thousands. It is the Chinese custom to Inaugurate a business venture with a display of fire works. The Tf.nrist Sleeping Car Line operated bv the Southern Railway between aoliinetob and San Francisco without chanife, via New Orleans, ban proven so micceswf ul that it has , become necexKary to make a oenii-weekly ser vice, the Wet-tbonnd departure being on Wednesday and Saturday of earh week. This sleeper offers sleeping t ar facilities to persons holding first or second-class tickets, the berth rate being only $".00 f rom Washing ton to San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Port land, berth being large enough for occupancy by two people, if desired, without extracbarge. These Sleepers run through Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, and connect with siiuilai cars for Oregon. Information in regard thereto may be had from any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, from Mr. A. J. Postou, cien'l A gem, Sunset Tourist Excursions, 511 I'enn. Ave. N. W Washington, 1). C, or from Mr. W. A. Turk, . V. A, 1300 I'enn. Ave. N. W., Washington. Zadkiel Is now boasting that ho prophe sied all about tbe Chinese question. State op Ohio, Citv or Toledo, ( LlTAS COITNTV, ( Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the firm of K. .1. Cheney te Co.,doingbusineB8intlieCltyofToledo,County and State aforesaid, and that said tlnu will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catahhh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catahhh Ci'hb. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my t I presence, this tith day of Ikecember, sealV A. D. im. A. W. Glkason, ( 1 " iVDion PtiWic. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. , , , F. .1. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, "5c. IlaH'gFamiiy Pills are the best. The unexplored area of Canada Is 1,000, 000 square miles. To Cure A Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Oulnlne Tablets. All Druggist refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. It's 4408 miles from San Francisco to Daw son City In the Klondike. Piso s Cure for Consumption has no equal as a Cough mediclne.-F. M. A nnoTT, 3S3 Sen eca St, Buffalo, N. Y., May 9, 1W4. The first theatre in the United States was opened In 1752. No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak Ben strong, blood pure, toe, tl- All druggists. The first printing press In the United States was introduced in 1(129. Chew Star Tobacco The Best. Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. The vintage of France amounted to 711, 700,000 gallons in 18J7. Educate Tonr Uoweli With Cuicarats. .Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C, C. C, fail, druggists refund money. In 189" Ohio furnished almost 37,000 tons of grindstones. The flesh speedily reunites when obstinate sores are cleansed with Glenn's Sulnhur Soap. Hill's Hair A Whisker Dve, black or brown. 50c. A Hussian does not become of age until be is twenty-six. Spring Msdicine . A Good Blood Purifier a Neces sity Now Hood's Saraaparllla Unequalled for Making Rich, Red Blood The necessity for taking a good Spring Medicine to purify the blood and build up tbe system is based upon natural and un avoidable causes. In cold weather there has been less perspiration and Impedes have not passed out of the system as they should. Food has consisted largely of rich, fatty substances, and there has been less opportunity for outdoor exercise. Tbe result Is, tbe blood lu loaded with Im purities and these must be promptly ex pelled or health will be endangered. Hood's Sarsnparilla Is the best Spring Medicine because it is the. best blood purifier und tonic. It thoroughly purines be blood and gives vigor aud vitality. m a n Sarsa- KiAAsN iUUU O parilla Is America's Greatest Medicine, tl; six for 15. ttfind'c Pillc "re the favorite cathar- rruuu mia tl,.. ah druggists, acts. u EN AND WOMEN WANTED TO THAVI I, for old established house. Per manent iHtaitioii. eto tier umutii aud all ei- w.zi 2IKULKK ft Si Locust St., Mule. P tNSIONS.PATEN I 8. CLAIMS. JOHNW. MORRIS. WASHINGTON. D. a $ p ia 1m vat. li atAjuAutUat mttj. ataa T.iHii Ml; All ll CL llilC I Beat Cvuf h Syrup. TaMea Uuod. Cm in lime. N.ld hr dmrelpt. 1 -vr1 K1 3 HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. Plain Leinoa Taffy. When the . sugar lias reached the "crack" state, add the juice of a lemon and some lemon sirup and boil it nntil it changes color. Four ' into an oiled tin (sweet oil or butter), let it cool a little; tlun mark' into squares with the back of a knife. Lemon drops are made by dropping from a spoon on oiled tins. Other fruit juices may be used in the place of lemon, or the simp may be flavored with pepper mint or cinnamon. Cocoannt tally is made by adding warm cocoannt, sliced or grated, to the sirup. Slices of orange or any fruit or unts may be added; sometimes a tutti-frutti is made by adding tigs aud different kinds of fruit. The caudy is then cut iuto bars when cooling. Apples and Asparagus. Oregon apples have made an excel lent reputation this year with the Chicago people who are in the habit of using the best fruit. Just at pres ent the sorts most iu demaud for table use are the Roman beauties, which are as fine in quality as they are large aud beautiful in appearauce. The winesaps, which jn Oregon grow much larger than east of the Rockies and are more handsomely colored, are also an attractive favorite. Both sorts are selling at SI per peck. The lady apples, a strictly fancy table sort, also meet with more favor thau the eastern apples, both on accouut of quality and coloring. White asparagus from California is arriving iu bettet condition than the trade has ever be fore seen. It is almost as tender as butter, aud is quite palatable. Sales are made at 20 to 30 cents per bnnch. j The supply of California cauliflower is fast becoming exhausted. It is of flue quality and color, and sells at re tail at 10 to 23 cents per head. Cucumbers grown in northern hot houses are retailing at 20 to 25 cents each for the ordinary variety, and 30 to 40 cents for the long English seed less sort. California artichokes are in modorate request nt $2 to fj per dozen. Chicago Times-Herald. Pot Cheese. There are few more relishable coun try dishes than pot cheese; bnt only a minority of persons know how to make it to perfection. The milk is allowed to become too sour, or there is a trifling inustiness iu the flavor, or it is too dry aud chippy, or so wet that it is soggy and unpleasant to the taste. In its perfection it should be light, creamy, aud with just enough acid to give it a distinct character, but not enough to suggest sour stateness. The milk should be used as soon as it be comes curdled. If it must be accumu lated, it should be kept in a very cool place, and carefully covered. When a sufficient quautity is on hand, mix well and put in a warm place. Sweet skim milk may be added to that which is curdled, and if kept warm will soon beoome thick also. Then it should be plsced in a kettle, or suitable dish, and set in a pan of warm water on the back of the range; place a wire rack or an inverted pie-pnu under the kettle to keep the milk from scorching and sticking to the bottom of the kettle. Withiu a few minutes, usually, as soon as it begins to heat, the curd al whey will separate. Allow the Jrf to be come scalding hot, them Vuiove the dish from the fire, anvheu cool enough to handle, ponrnhe entire con tents into a bag or cloth, and hang it up to drain. When firm and dry enough to handle without dripping, work smooth with a spoon, and add a little butter or cream, salt, and a dust of pepper if desired, and serve with watercresses. New York Ledger, Household II Intl. Bits of iron will prevent water from becoming putrid. Sheet iron or iron trimmings are tb best. The offensive smell of water In vases of flowers would be avoided by putting a few small nails in the bottom of the vases. Clothespins need washing occasion ally to keep them at their best. A good plan is to drop them in the boiler after the clothes have been taken up, then pour the water off, rinse th pins aud dry thoroughly before putting away. Clothes lines should always be taker down after the weekly wash if possible, rolled up and placed iu a bag until next time. If the line is a pulley or s wire line and up to s'ay, wipe off care fully with a damp cloth each time be fore using. Salt preserves the teeth, keeping them white, the gums healthy, and the breath sweet. Put some in au irou shovel, place it over the fire, and when qnite Lot ponr into a thin bag. Apply to any part affected with neuralgia or intense pain. A teacher of laundry work tells her class that "if in ironing a shirt bosom yon find a little dirt, don't stop to wipe it off, until the whole shirt is finished. Then it will come off easily. The damp cloth, not wet, is yonr best friend when doing fine ironiug." One of the simplest aud most ef ficient menus of driving away rats is to set Panels ui ch.oruiu of li.ao around the places which they frequent. They do not eat the lime, but its fumes are very disagreeable to them and will result in their leaving the neigh borhood. The Honey Ree'a Poison. Dr. Joseph Zanger has investigated the chemical and toxic properties ot the honey bee's poison iu a most thorough manner. The author em ployed for his investigations twenty live thousand bees. The fresh poison is clear, like water, of au acid reaction, bitter taste, and of a fine aromatic odor.. On evaporating and drying nt a temperature of 100 degrees 0. (212 degrees F.) a gummy residue is left. It is soluble iu water; with alcohol it forms an (emulsionlike mixture. The aromatic odor is due to a volatile sub stance, which disappears on evapora tion, and is not .oisouous. The poi sonous constituent is not destroyed by short boiling, nor by drying and heat ing the residue to 212 F.t nor by the diluted acids of alkalies. Dr. Zauger has proved the existence of formic acid, but ho has also proved that that is not the poisonous principle. The latter is an organic base, soluble with diffi culty in water, but kept iu solution by au acid. On the healthy skin neither the bee poison nor a two per cent, solu tion of t he poisonous principle has any effect, but they act as powerful irri tants on the mucous membranes, American Druggist. A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. Seven Star of Ham Only One Fault, ot the Sail Story or a. Mis Whoso Croat Ability Did) Not Prevent Him From Landing la the Poorhou.se A Lesson. All the world's a tavern, And all the mon and women merely drinkers: They have their cocktails and their whisky straight, And one man in his tlmo drinks many quarts. His course being seven stages. At first a clear head. Sober and steadfast in all good resolves; And then tai morning bitters, with cherry red And slice of mellow pine, creeping like - snail rnwllllngly to work. And then the tippler, Sneaking back again, with a woeful story About pains Internal. Then a toper, Full of strange oaths and loaded to tile guard. Jealous la potting, soddeu, and quick to Imbibe, Reeking the bubbling repetition Even at tbe bottle's mouth. And then the drunkard. In grumbling belly with poor liquor lined, With eyes bleary and beard for days uncut. Full ot rash words and prone to quarreling; And so be plays bis part. The sixth stage shifts Into the grim and ragged roustabout, vuto carbuncles on nose and patch on bead, His shrunken face unshaved, while bar tc Lmr He beats his way; and his ouoe manly voice, Unhinged by sloth and thirst colossal, pleads And whimpers for a drink. Last scene of all. That ends this sad and shameful history. is oeasiiy siuiisiiucss ana toui oouvion Sans rum, sans beer, sans pipe, sans every thing. J. W. rostgate, In Chicago Tlmes-Uerald. Only On Fault. I was riding through a prettv countrt town named H , when I chanced to no tice a concourse ot people In the church- yarn, evidently encircling an open grave. It was a warm day, and I had ridden ten miles, so I drew rein uudcr some trees that arched the road, to allow the horse to oool and rest. Presently a villager came towards me an J I said, "There is a funeral to-day In your town?" "Yes Stephen. He was oue of the largest-hearted men lever knew. Wo all owed j soricthtug to Stephen. " ucu no uutiuu, iu a iuuq ui ir I r i , jib had only one fault." The light fell In pencil rays through the trees. I sat In sllence.enjoying the refresh ing coolness; The man resumed the subject: "He had great abilities, Stephen had. We sent him to the Legislature three times. They thought of nominating him for Gov ernor. But," ho added, sadly, "Stephen bad one fault," I made no answer. I was tired and watched the people slowly disperse. "A very generous man Stephen was. Al ways visited thesiok he was feeling when any one was lu trouble. The old people all liked him. Even the children used to fol low blin in tho streets." "A good man. Indeed," said I Indiffer ently. "Yes, he only had one fault" "What was that?" I asked. "Only Intemperance.' "Did it barm him?" "Yes, somewhat. He didn't seem to have any power to resist nt last. Hegot behind hand and had to mortgage his farm and finally had to sell It. His wife died on ac count ot the reverse; kind of crushed, dis appointed. Then his children, not having the right bringing up, turned out badly. His Intemperance seemed to mortify tbeni and take away their spirit. Ho had to leave politics; 'twouldn't do, you see. Then we had to set him aside from the church, and at Inst bis habits brought on paralysis, and we had to take him to the poorhouse. He died there, only forty-ilve. There were none of bis children at the funeral, l'oor man, be bad only one fault." Only one fault! The ship had only one leak, but it went down. Only one fault! Thetemplo had only one decaying pillar, hut It full. Only one fault! Homo gono, wife lost, family ruined, honor forfeited, sooial and religious privileges abandoned, broken health, poverty, paralysis and the poor house. One fault, only onel Sacred Heart Re view. Quite Difference. A correspondent of the Now York Sun, pointing outthe difference between a com munity woe-Vein the drink traffic is re pressed by law, backed by a strong public sentiment, aud ono within whose boun daries there is no such aversion to drink and drunkenness says: "I live for eight or nine months every year near a New York vlilnge of a population of say 8000. The other four months I live near a New Eng land village of about tbe same size. In the New York village there are twenty-odd saloons or bars; in the New England no saloons or bars. In this same New Eng land village the savings-bank has 1,100, 000 on deposit. It has a public library of 6000 volumes, splendidly boused, as ts its publio reading-room. It has a paid fire department, concreted streets and side walks, two large and elegant hotels In which, if any of your readers can find a bar or other evidences of liquor-selling, tbey are smarter than the wealthy and public-spirited citizens who are so known and determined In their support of the pro hibitory law that nobody dares run the risk of an attempted violation. This vil lage has its high school in one of the finest buildings in the country; Its Intermediate school in another elegant edifice, and its Frimary school and kindergarten beauti uily boused. It picks up in a carriage tbe smaller children and conveys them to and from school at the publio expense." "The writer then describes the New York village Iwlth its twenty-odd saloons, and states that It has no publie library or reading-room, no paid lire department, no con creted streets or sidewalks, and only one school building. A Powerful Sermon. A powerful sermon was preached tbe other day in a police station in Brooklyn. A woman of sixty years ot age was picked up In the street helplessly intoxicated, and taken to a police station. She was allowed to remain unconscious In a cell fcr five hours, when she was removed to a hospital, where she soon died. The woman was the widow of a hotel-keeper in Philadelphia, and bud been a hard drinker for twenty years, a frequent Inmuto ot the almshouse, and the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island. If that was not an eloquent temperance ser mon, we do not know what telling preach ing is. Independent. The Prealiyterlana and Temperance. Tbe new circular adopted at Pittsburg by the Permanent Temperance Committee of the Presbyterian General Assembly to be issued to tbe presbyteries, suggests to church courts that It Is tholr duty to "fore warn parents of tbe temptations that may beset their sons as tbey enter upon college life," but does not name or suggest any col lege In which those temptations seem to be more potent than in another. It does state that "the Presbyterian Church has long been teaching that temperance is total ab stinence from intoxicants not their mod erate use and that the traffic (lu intoxi cants), licensed or unlicensed, ts a curse to be constantly combated by every Christian citizen." Made Him Pay. Grace L.Dix, widow of Clarence Dlx, who was drowned in Hadawga Lake while under the influence of bard cider furnished by Albert Hotter, of Whitingham, Vt., has recovered 5000 da mages In the Windham County Court, under the prohibitory statute, which not only makes the seller of intoxicating liquor, but the owner of a building iu whieh il Is sold, liable for dam ages resulting from the sale. Teuiperanre Sew and Notes. The Uobaminednua are total abstainer, and are .seml-barbn:ous. When a laboring man undertakes to sup port a family and a saloon at tbe same time, the saloon will grow rlojj and tbo family grow poor. - Th Mocking Bird. Few persons in the south are aware of the fact thai the mocking bird is found only in the south. Mason and Dixon'a line is the north boundary line of his home, and it is seen in the north only in captivity. It ia by far the sweetest singer of the feathered tribe. Switzerland may rejoice in the tuneful linnets; la belle Frauce glory in her soft-throated orioles; the Medi terranean isles exnlt in their liquid voiced songsters; but onr dear south land excels them all in the possession of the heaven-voiced mockiug bird. I was told once of a young man who lost his mind because of the death of his betrothed a few months before their wedding day. The girl was not un like dozens of other girls of the Batno sommnnity, except that she had a gloriously rich voice ot peculiar sweet ness. During the weeks. of their be trothal the young man, an ardent lover of music, would insist at every visit on song after song. When she became ill and could sing no more for him he would wander out into the woods to listen to the birds. She died one day while he was away in the woods. It happened on that day he had been thrown into transports of delight with the sublime musio of a mocking bird. When the bird had ceased he wandered back to the home of his bethrothed, to learn that her spirit had departed during his absence. That was eleven years ago, yet that young man finds his love again when ever he hears the song of a mocking bird. He believes her spirit visited him that day in the woods in the form of the mocking bird that had sung so sweetly. Carrollton (Ala.) News. Most Remarkable Book. The most remarkable book, so far aa its appearance is concerned, is neither written nor printed. It is inthe Imperial Library of Paris, and the letters are cut out of tissue paper with a pair of scissors. A sheet of blue tissue, in which the letters are cut, is placed be tween two pages of white, and so the matter is read. It Will Pay. It will pay to carefully read .the descrip tive advertisement of Alabastlne appearing in this paper, explaining tha difference be tween tnose goods and kalsomlnes'. Con sumers should' bear in mind that Alabas tlne Is unlike all the various kalsomlnes sold on the market under different names. Alabastlne stands pre-eminent and alone as a durable wall coating, and all consumers In buying should see that the goods are in packages and properly labeled. Submarine Navigation. . Speaking of the Plunger, the new vessel now beiug built for the navy that will sail nnder the water as well as on top of it, Captain Royal B. Brad ford, of the navy, said the other day: "It is a mistake to suppose that Jules Yerne was the inventor of sub marine navigation. A 'man of the name of Bushnell, a graduate of Yale College end a resident of Connecticut, built a submarine boat that rendered practical service during the revolu tionary war. He was also the inven tor of the torpedo, and his achieve ments are described in a poem written 100 rears ago, entitled 'The Battle of the Kegs.' "One day while the British were occupying New York and t heir fleets were anchored in New York harbor, an army sergeant of the name of Lee got inside of Bushnell's submarine boat, which was built in the shape of a turtle, and navigated all around un der the water among the British ships. He propelled himself with paddle wheels that were worked by cranks with his feet, so that his arms were free. When he got in sight of the fleet he sunk his craft and worked along under water with the intention of attaching a clockwork to the hull of the flagship,-a tremendous'abig frigate, but when he got alongside the bottom he found she was copper sheathed. He did not have the proper toolu to cut the copper away, so he penetrated the sheathing, but struck a rivet or some other piece of iron, and had to give it np. When he got clear he let his boat rise to the surface of the water and paddled back to the patriot lines in safety. Chicago Record. PiCtail Peculiarities. "There are some curious things about the Chiuamen in this city that I have observed," said one of the con ductors the other day on the Pennsyl vania avenue street car line as the car stopped and two Chinamen got off. "They almost invariably take a car when they have any distance to go. I suppose that is on account of the pe culiar shoes they wear. Another thing that I have observed about them is that they always buy tickets. I have been on this line for a long time now, aud I have the first nickel to receive from a Chinaman yet. They travel as a rnle in company, generally two to gether. "They are great people for paying one another's fore. When I come around to collect fares both Chinamen put their hands iu their pockets as soon as they see me, and it is always a race between them to see who can hand the fare to me first. I have never known of a case where each Chiraman paid his own fare. They seem to take the greatest delight in offering this little courtesy to one an other. Watch and see if this is not tbe case when you see two of them get on a car together." Washington Post. Marina Development. A writer in the Engineering Maga zine says that during the last fifty years the size of steamships has been multiplied twenty-fold, the horse power employed to drive them has been mnltipled forty-fold and the speed with which they traverse the sea has been increased three-fold. ALABASTINE IS WHAT? Alabastlne Is a durable and natural coat Idh for sails and ceilings entirely different from fll kalsomln preparations, made ready for use in white or twelve beautiful tints by tbe simple addition ot water (lat est make being adapted to mix with cold water), put np In dry powder form, in 6 pound packages, with full dlreotlens en every package. WHAT ARB KAI.SOMINEST Elowlne art cheap temporary prep Woman and tha Wheal. From IKt fkixrttf, Dtlamirt, Ohio, The healthfulness ot bicycle riding for women Is still a disputed question between eminent physicians and health re formers. Used In moderation It su ly creates tor women a means ot out-door exercise, the benefit ot which all physiaiaus concede. Cstd to excess, like any other pastime, its effect ts likely to be dangerous. The experience of Miss Bertha Iteed, the seventeen-year-old daughter ot Mr. J. 11. Beed, 333 Lake St., Delaware, Ohio, may Sointamoral for parents who, like Mr. and m. Beed, have experienced some concern tot their daughters who are fond of wheel ing. In the fall ot "Mi Miss Bertha who had ridden a great deal, began to fail In an alarming manner. She grew steadily paler and thinner, and it appeared she was going Into consumption. Best and quiet did her a A absolutely no f good. A physl JviiA. clan found her pulse nt 104 -a very high rate. Thinking this may have been due to tempo rary nervous ness when be fihf llik W ell. lned her. be watched her closely, but her pulse continued at that rate tor two woeks. He was satisfied then, from herhteh pulse and steadily wasting condition that she was suffering from anamia or a -bloodless condition of the body. She became ex tremely weak, and could not stand the least noise or excitement. In this condition of affairs they were recommended by an old friend to. get some of that famous blood medicine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pale People. They did so, and almost from the first dose Bertha' began to Improve. She continued to take the pills aud was by means of those pills made entirely well, and more grateful people than ber parents cannot be found in the whole State ot Ohio. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved a boon to womankind. Acting directly on the blood and nerves, they restore the req uisite vitality to all parts ot the body; creating functional regularity and perfect harmony throughout the nervous system. The pallor of the cheeks is changed to the delicate blush ot health; the eyes brighten; the muscles grow elastic, ambition Is created and good health returns. Curiosities of the Bank of England. Some of the curiosities of the Bank of England are well worth describing. In the printing room a man sits at a little table, and every three seconds a machine hands him two complete five pound notes. If he sits there six hours he receives over seventy thou sand ponnds, and- iu 300 days over twenty millions in paper money I It is a strange dnty for a man to have to perform to sit at a table to receive from a machine twenty millions a year! The vaults where the gold is stored are still more curious. In the ante chamber to the gold king's throne room are a few men attired in almost medieval costume, commanded by a very modern persouage, who wears a frock coat and a silk hat. The latter, with the assistance of another, who is also sprucely dressed, unlocks the iron gates of the vault. Around the well white-washed collar are arrauged trolleys, upon each of which rest bars of pure gold to the amout of 80,000, the particular vault to which visitors are admitted containing two millions' worth of bullion. Through the thick wall can just be heard the confused murmur of the myriads above, who- are hurrying, working and worrying, eagerly endeavoring to obtntn some trifle of the treasure whicli rests so placidly on the trolleys. Has there ever yet been a millionaire miser who has built for his gold such a throne room? and did he sit there through the days thinking out the good and all the evil which these millions might be made to do? But millionaires are sel dom imaginative. In another vault every note which is retnrned is stored for five years, aud here is - kept one, for twenty-five pounds, which stayed away for a hun dred years. It has been calculated that during that period the loss on the note in interest amounted to over six thousand ponnds. London Truth. To Maka a Mirror. Iu a new process for silvering glass it is practicable to give a fine polish to the silver after it is spread on the glass. This is accomplished by means of two solutions jwhich must be pre pared with great care, inasmnch as delicacy of treatment is required. To a silver-nitrate solution is added, drop by drop, sufficient ammonia to redis solve the original precipitate, cantion being observed to avoid an excess. Afterward enough distilled water is added to make the liquid measure one liter. A second solution is prepared containing ten per cent, of formalde hyde. The mirror-maker selects his plate of glass, and after polishing it deftly with rouge and chamois skin, wipes it perfectly dry and clean. Then a rapid mixture is made of two parts of the silver nitrate solution, and one part of the formaldehyde solution, this mix ture being poured evenly en tbe glass. From ten to fifteen minutes will be re quired for this application to be com pleted, and then the plate may be washed with water and allowed to dry. In the production of an ordinary mirror the dull upper side is treated to a coat ing of varnish, but if the silver sido is the one to be used, as in optical in struments, the layer of silver is to be polished with fine ronge. The attempts to make mirrors of tin amalgam, ex perts say, have not yielded satisfactory results. New York Times. Convincing. "Now, my son," began the father, the next morning. "Never mind the lecture, pop; didn't you ever paint the town?" "Well, my boy, it's a great many years ago, at least fifty." "Fifty years, popl Don't yon think the town needed another coat?" Life of Telegraph Wires. Telegraph wires will last for forty years near the seashore. In the manu facturing districts the same wires will last only ten years, and some times less. arations manufactured from chalks, elays, wbitlng, etc., ara stuck on tbe wall with decaying animal glue. Alabastlne Is a ce ment, wbich goes tbrough a piocess of set ting, hardens with age, can be re-coated and re-decorated from time to time with out having to wash and scrape off Its aid coats before renewing. MUCH SICKNESS Particularly throat and lung difficulties wrongly attributed to other eai.e, li tun result of unsanitary conditions of walls and sellings. Think ot having bedrooms cov FUn. Multiply Rapidly. One of the proofs of the wonderful way in which fish will multiply nnder the proper conditions is given by the great increase of striped bass on the Paoifio coast. It is ouly a few years ago that this fine fish was totally un known on that coast. A fairly large shipment of adult fish was sent there from the East about Uu years ago aud distributed in the waters around Sao ramento and San Francisco. Since then the fish have increased so rap idly that they are a glut on the mar ket, and the regular price is only a little over five cents a pound. An example of the great increase is given in the tables prepared by the United States Fish Commission a few months ago. They show that in 1803 the fish dealers of San Francisco handled 80,703 pounds, and iu 1800 they handled 303,717 pounds, It is estimated that greater quanti ties of gold and silver have been sunk in the sea than are now iu circulation in the whole world. Beauty la Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Caacarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keen it clean, by stilling up the lazy liver and driving all im purits from the body. Hcgin todnv to banisli pimples, boils, blotches, blarkds, and that sickly bilious complexion b( Vig exion bf Vig ents. Av g ,ll)c,23c ym.(cm, ucuuiy lor ien renis, gists, sausiacuon guaranteed The proportion of blind people In the world is 800 to every 1,000,000. . Why Surfer Like Job When St. Anthony' Ointment will heal all sores, new or old, or money refunded, Ml cents per box, all dniKsista or St. Anthony M'f'g Co., Lhltatto, 111. Two-thirds of tbe ships ot Great Britain are built on the Clyde. Boat Tokaers Spit ta4 RnoU Toir Lift Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bao, the wonderworker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, too or II. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York. Erupp has over 20,000 guns of large cali bre for the armies ot Europe. Fits permanently cured. Nofltsornervous ness after first dayls use of Dr. Kline's Orest Nerve Restorer, f i trial bottle and treatise free Dh. R. H. Ki.ink. Ltd., Wl Arch St.Phlla..Pa. To Cnro Constipation Forever. .Take Cascareta Cnndv Cathartic lOoorWo. If C C. C fall to euro, druggists refund money. A farmer in Dickinson County, Kansas, realized 5000 from his apple crop last fall. The finest garnets In tbo world are found in New Mexico. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, rediiresinnumtuit tion, allays pain, cares wind colio,2Sc.a bottle. Glasgow has 1,00.1,000 people and but 494 doctors. fjS CANDY 006 asSBhag. DRUGGISTS Z'.TSnrn,T "V" 7 T,n UK' WMITKHAI.L'B KHKUHATIO I'PHR. The em-eat ad the" M sYdTdImi1!! fSKK ou mentlua of till, publication. IMS PH. WHITKMAIX HSUKl JIINK ZllH Bend. iSdlloi ..... - .-w-. "pi-- we-v -re- sw Ask any disinterested and be will ARE THE They are absolutely uniform have the added satisfaction of Columbia cheaper than you. the advertised price. Beval Gear , . 5125 Celumliia Chiin Wheals, . 75 Ve.ettes, S48 and S35 POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Court. Catalogue fret froai aiy Ctlmbia dealer, r j Bail far tie 2-ceit lUna. PA ! TSMLLSiCEWS CALCIMO FRESCO TINTS FOR DECORATING WILLS 1NQ CEILINGS r j p--o grocer or paint dealor and do yonr This material is made on scientific principles by machinery and milled in twenty-four tints and is superior to any concoction of Glue and Whit iag that can possibly be made by hand. To be mixed with Cold Water. fcaTKEXD FOR SAMPLE COLOR CAUDS and if you cannot purchase this material from your local dealers let us know and we will put you in the way of obtaining it. THE KIIRALO CO., NEW BRIGHTON, S. I., NEW YORK " Better Werk Wisely Than Work Hard." Great Efforts are Unnscjssary in Heuso Cleaning if ysu Use SAPO ered with layers of molding flour paste to feed vermin, with paper to bide them and to absorb the moisture of respiration, and an animal glue culture ground on Its face for disease germs; this having strong color? added, like a colored shirt, to bide the dirt; then tbink of "the nasty practice" of repeating this papering, without remov ing the old, and a number of times, at that, as many do. Then think of a room coated with pure, porous, permanent Alabastlne, which Is retlnted with but little trouble or expense, and is purifying nnd sweet-smelling and tills cracks, Wall paper free NO WOIIAN IS EXEMPT. Regularity is a matter of importance in every woman'a life. Much pain lav however, endured In the belief that It ia necessary and not alarming, when in truth it ia all wrong and indicate derangement that may cause serious trouble. Excessive monthly pain Itself will unsettle the nerves and make women old before their time. The foundation of woman's health Is a perfectly normal and regular per formance of nature's function. The statement wo priut from Miss Gkr Tkudb Sixes, of Eldred, Pa., Is echoed in every city, town and hamlet in this country. Head what she says: "Dear Mrs. Piskham: I feel lik'o a new person since following your ad vice, and think it is my duty to let the publio know the good your remedies have done me. My troubles were pain ful menstruation and leucorrhora. I was nervous and had spells of being conf u'h1. Before using your remedies I never had any faith in patent medi cines. I now wish to say that I never had anything do me so much good for painful menstruation as Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound; also would say that your Sanativo Wash has cured me ot leucorrhoea, I hope these few words may help suffering women." The present Mrs. Plnkham's -experience in treating female ills Is unparal leled, for years she worked sldo by aide with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women during a single year. All suffering women aro invited to write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., for advice about their health. SEND FCR A BICYCLE Ulthtln-Vt M4.1,I4U4. . GREAT CLCARINO BALI of tl snd If modda. kMt makM, t.T to SIS. Aral e flppnx-aJ irtfsowj m tt jMiymmf. Free mom f wheel to our airnita. wiltcforour aew also "How to Fsra a Tttryrtf' and mk money. irMi il i hi r.KM wnina rrftns tt moiieit iiniiy unopwni-nj, ! it ftca. W anaertnaa Awheel," a wnlTfnlr book at art, t'ltil. lur itnup wall Uuy luk K. F. IKA1 CV l,F. COMPANY, ( blrago. PATENTS Vstson E.Oolemsn, Atlorney-at-Lsw and Solicitor of Patents, IMS St., N. W., Vhlni(lon. 1. C. Hlgheatrefernces in all psrls of tho country. OPIUM and Liquor Habit cured in IO to 80 days. No pay till cured, llr. J. L. Stephens, Dept. A, Lauaaon, Ohla. ? FCTRIfl railway ami Huhtlng; anpertnten- '"V itenl anil elertrii lauilenireixiaKtons THA.CTION, 17 Droadway. Ilrmiklyn, N. Y. Nt Mm, t,l ..4 l-UMna. S'ttow, :. Kiihbar Mtg. Ca., Tomoo. ul': wiafia MENTIONriVK'.'illi- mechanical expert tell you BEST in quality and finish. You knowing no one can buy a We sell for one price only Hartferi Bicycles, $58 of llftl fi!Hn from your own kal- UnlaiUilil v somlaine. would be dearer than Alabastlne If cost o removing paper is considered. TO DEALERS. Do not buy a law suit or an Injunction with cheap kalsomines, which are all imi tations of Alabastlne. Dealers assume the rink of a suit for damages by selling aa in fringement. Alabastlne Company own the right, covered by letters patent, to maka aud sell wall coatings adapted to be mixed with cold water. Alabastlne Co.. Qraud, Baplds, Mich. vim "Si aeaa. 1"Ireiaer f & .gnoa i'n a' i I
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