phis, Tenn., it was ucvtu.j i- im
Southern newspapers, without excep
tion, are in a more prosperous condi
tion than they have been for several
years.
Tta Shrinkage of Cortlwosd.
Five cords of freshly-cut greon birch
wood weighed on February 27 14,33fl
pounds. The wood was piled out of
doors and on October 19 weighed 7148
pounds, a sliriuVage of more than one-half.
St. Jacobs
Ft. Jacons
Bt. Jacobs
8t. Jacobs
Oil cures
Oil cures
Oil euros
Oil cures
Oil cures
Rheumatism,
Neuralgia.
Lumbago.
Sciatica. .
Sprains.
Bruises.
Soreness.
Stiffness.
Iiuokaehe.
Muscular Aches.
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobb
St. Jacobs
8t. Jacobs
St. Jacobs
Oil cures
Oil cures
Oil curoj
Oil cures
Oil cures
WooJen leifs, neponllni? to statisticians,
are used by over 1,000,000 English-speaking
men.
Coughs Lead to Conmmiptioii.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the courIi at
once. Goto yourdruRgist to-day and get
a sample bottle tree. Sold in 25 and 50
oent bottles. Go at onco; delays are dan
Kerous. The largest ffult known is the Gulf ot
Mexico, which may almost be called a sea.
' Dr. Feth Arnold's Cmich Killer the beat ever
used in nir family. Thomas M. IU'ti.kk. Cor.
loth and Locust fats., Pliila.,l'a., Nov. 18l'T.
It Is estimated that there are 100,000
medical students in the United States.
Rheumatism
Is caused by aold In the blood. Hood's
Sarsaparllla neutralizes this acid and cures
the aches and pnins. Do not suffer any
longer when a remedy is at band. Take
the great medicine which has cured so many
others, and you may confidently expect it
will give you the relief you so much desire.
oodV parilla
Is Amerxa's Greatest Medicine. Price $1.
Prepared by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Pills cure sick headache. Sjo.
A Tertect Jobation.
On the occasion of a visit to his na
tive town by a member of Parliament,
one citizen, who had been prevented
from going to listen to the speech in
the town hall, asked another who had
been present how the distinguished
man had been received. "Did they
cheer him?" he asked. "Cheer him?"
said the other; "I should thiuk they
did. Why, they gave him a perfect
jobation!" This man must surely
have been related to the long-suffering
landlady who was compelled to put up
with some very noisy and unruly
lodgers, who were accustomed to make
the night hideous with their unseemly
revellings. She confided her woes to
a sympathetic friend: "There's no
putting a stop to it, drat 'em, and I
shall be 'aving the police down on my
'ouse soon. I know I shall. It's tho
same thing every night. As soon as I
gets into bed, they're up to all their
augeries!" Coruhill.
THEY WANT TO .TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.
Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Finkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. Lizzie Beveiu.y, 238 Merrimae
St., Lowell, Mass., writes:
" It affords me great pleasure to tell
mil suffering women of the benefit I have
received from taking Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound. I can hard
ly find words toexpress my gratitude for
what she has done for me. My trouble
was ulceration of the womb. I was un
der the doctor's care. Upon examina
tion he found fifteen very large ulcerj,
but he failed to do me good. I took sev
eral bottlesof Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound, also used the Sanative
IV ash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine saved my life, and 1 would
recommend it to all suffering women."
Mrs. Amos Trombleay, Ellenburgh
Ctr., N. Y.. writes:
"I took cold at the time my baby
was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks. Doctors did me no good. I
6urely thought I would die. I was al
so troubled with falling of the womb.
I could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times a day. One day a
lady came to see me aud told me of the
benefit she had derived from taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine, and ad
vised me to try it. I did so, and bad
taken only half a bottle before I was
able tc tit in a chair. After taking
three bottles I could do my own work.
I am now in perfect health.
R3 ga
t A.
V.J
"I auflVred tlie torture of the damned
with protruding piies brought on by constipa
tion with which I was afflicted for twenty
Jears. I ran across vour CASCARKTS in the
town of Nwell, la-, aud never found anything
to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from
pnes ana feel iika a new man.
C H. Kiitz, 1411 Jones St., Sioux City, la.
Pleaunt. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do
Uood, Kever sicken. Weaken, or liripe. Hc. ijc, one.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. .,
SuriUe ; Ctaat, Ckkxe, lealfMl. Tart. Sit
lin.Tfl R'P SoMand em run teed by all draf
HU'IU-DmU !!.. .., v t K Tobacco Habit
nmis free
mcnuativ Cund
I inanity Prevent by
KLINE 8REAT
h u w BERVE RESTORER
. .'itlTt nn for all NmrmmmM DUw. rut. kWvmr.
II
md St. Titus' lme. r U rr rvriasttil
fur r.t TreatiMndlM trial k-tttit
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Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Lt Principal Kx&mitir U 8. Pt-uttion Bureau,
)rlllll WIsX, UMULUaiUilKCUlUI, Alt AUlC
mis
UuHti wikftt Atl tibt talis.
i uukb brrup. Tastes Go.nl. Xjwt
in time. Hfi'd or drtipit.'..
jf&l CANDY
If CATHARTIC
H H II & .
Vn a heavy wi
soil, into which the tap root of the
pear will sink beneath all ordinary
fluctuations of temperature in the air
above. It is this even temperature
that saves pear trees on clay soils to a
great extent from the blight which is
so frequent where the soil is sandy or
gravelly. It is not, of course, an ab
solute preventive, but we have always
noticed that the pear trees whioh
lived longest and longest continued
productive were grown on clay soils.
Putting- Straw With Cornstalk.
Farmers who are puttiug into tho
barn or stack cornstalks which are too
damp to keep well can insure safety
by occasionally throwing a forkful of
dry grain straw in tho middle of the
stack or mow. This will absorb somo
of the moisture and preveut the stalks
from heating to excess. We always
liked to have the cornstalks go
through enough fermentation to soften
them, and if put up wbJle there is
still some sweet sap in the stalk, they
will do it. The cattle eat them more
readily, and they are also more nutri
tious. In a severe, cold winter, when
cornstalks have been repeatedly froz
en, all the juices are dried out of them
friul they are very poor feet, for any
kind of stock.
MoUtenlnc and Soaking Feeds.
Soaking grain feeds for cattlo aud
hogs is quite generally recommended
and the tests made by numerous ex
periment stations seem to support this
general opinion. In nearly every case
where pigs were experimented with
the animals ate more of the wet food
and made larger gains on it. It must
be admitted, however, that the addi
tional gain was usually due to the
larger amount of feed eaten and not
to its moist condition. The Kansas
station soaked shelled corn for fivo
steers until it began to soften. An
other lot of- five was fed dry corn.
Those given soaked feed ate 282 bush
els, while the others ate 290. Tho
first lot gained 164 pounds more than
the others, a difference of $25.50 in
favor soaking. From this the station
concludes that it pays to soak corn for
steers if this can be done for six cents
or less. Soaking wheat for pigs is
quite generally recommended.
Shelter For the Cattle.
One of the prime requisites for
handling cattle in any way is shelter;
a moderate expendituio in this direc
tion saves money.
An outlay of $100 will put up a shed
100 feet long aud of sufficient width
to accommodate 100 cattle on full feed
and furnish a dry place for sleeping iu
muddy weather.
It is as much of a mistake to turn
stockers into a stock field to shift for
themselves without shelter through
out the wiuter as to full feed cattlo in
a lot where there is little or no "wind
break," aud where snow, slush or mud
may be the resting place. A feed lot
knee deep in mud retards fattening,
makes work harder, loses waste to tho
hogs, and when finished, cattle shipped
to market from such surroundings
their killing qualities are often over
looked because of their hltliy condi
tion. Where Ked Clover Grows.
r,el clover grows best upon deep
and well-drained calcareous loams. It
is not so well adapted to the lighter
sandy soils, to heavy compact clays,
nor to gumbo prairie soils. Under
drainage and a plentiful supply of
rainfall during the season before flow
ering have a marked influence on the
yield. Ted clover is the standard
hay crop of the Northern and New
EnglaDd States, and is becoming
every year more widely cultivated in
the central prairie region. Iu the
South and in the Tacifio Coast and
Rocky Mountain States other crops
are more successful, and there red
clover is only grown in localities
where the soil conditions favor it.
The seed is usually sown with
grain from March to May or, when in
tended for a spring soiling crop, from
the middle of July to the first of Au
gust, without a nurse crop. Twenty
pounds of seed are required per acre.
The first crop of hay is ready to cut
in June. The second crop is gener
ally considered the best for seed, but
the condition which governs seed pro
duction is tho prevalence and abun
dance of bumblebees, upon which the
clover blossoms are dependent for
fertilization. The yield of seed per
acre varies from three to nine bushels
of sixty pounds. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
(Railing Asparagus Profitably.
There is no summer vegetable crop
more profitable than asparagus if the
plants have proper care. The plot
must be kept in a high state of rich
ness and cultivation, aud much of tho
important work in this direction may
be done now before winter sets in.
The first thiug to be done at this time
is to cut off the tops of the plants aud
clear the bed entirely of weeds, for
the weedy asparagus bed is the profit
less one. After this is thoroughly
done the bed should bo covered three
incties deep with coarse manure, which
will enrich the soil, and, what is more
important, keep out the frost. Thus
protected during the winter the plants
will be laying up strength and energy
for tho spring.
In early spring, as soon as the frost
is ont of the ground, the coarse man
ure should be removed and all of the
fine particles forked carefully in the
soil, being careful not to injure the
crown of the plant with the tine of the
fork. If the soil is not sufficiently
rich, add more fine manure and fork
it in all over the bed. This treatment
is inexpensive, bnt will result in heavy
crops and make a decided difference
in the sizo of the edible shoots. The
plan is after the practice of the most
successful asparagus growers of the
country. Atlanta Journal.
The Queer Locomotive.
Any veteran engineer will tell yon.
that locomotives have their likes and
dislikes; that they get sulky and
balky, and when they aro in finch
moods it is very difficult to get them
to do their work. Every engineer of
experience will toll you of instances
in which locomotives would not run
in the hands of certain engineers, but
when in chnrge of others, neither as
skillful nor experienced, would make
their time every trip.
I Yemporamea So Hopeful Slgaa From
England Drlaklnc Custoiaa Chancla
For tha Hatter Military Mel Admit
That Itoua la a Weakeaer of Armies.
Look not upon the wins
oen it is reo;
It sparkles to destroy.
Its power Is dread.
Taste not the rosy wine;
i uy lips were given
To speak of hope and lore,
Ot Ood aud heaven.
Let thy hands handle not ,
The accursed bowl;
It holds a poisoned draught,
To kill the soul.
A sweeter cup Is ours
Water so bright
God's prealous gift to man,
Spark-linn with delight.
Selected by Alexander S. Arnold.
Drink Habit Abroad.
Rev. J. T. Sutherland, who has made a
ttudy of the temperance question In several
foreign countries, finds some hopeful signs
In England. Here are a tew extracts from
bis deductions:
Increasing attention called to the evils
ot drink In England. Temperance societies
trowing steadily stronger and more numer
ous. One vigoroussoclety recently formed
(or the express purpose of waking up the
3Uurob.es. Temperance literature Increas
ing fast. Drinking customs cnangiug for
the better. Statesmen slowly waklug up
to see what a burden strong drink 1 to the.
kingdom, as a destroyer ot wealth aud a
crlppler of industry and what a menace as
a corrupter of politics and a producer of
jrime. Military men beginning to see tbitt
.Irink Is a great weakener of the army.
Total abstainers found to stand the severest
sampalgns where even moderate drinkers
break down. Medical men recognizing the
serious effects of drink upon the healttt of
the people. Laboring men learning to see
in It a foe to Industry. Children receiving
temperance teaching.
Nearly everywhere the native races ot
Africa brousht Into contact with Euro
peans 'are decaying. Investigations have
been made again and again as to the
causes. Always the answer is tbe same.
rue causes are vices introduced Dy Euro
peans, the most widely spreading and de
structive ot wblcli Is tbe drink habit.
In Francs and Germany a somewhat
larger proportion ot wine aud beer Is used
and relatively loss aistiuea uquor man in
Eugland. ami there Is not so much druuk-
onuess in sight. Out In both countries
drinking is even more universal than in
bngland.
The statistics Issued by the French Min
ister ot Justice for 1896 tells us that ot all
persons oonvtoted (or murder in Paris that
year nfty-three per cent, were oonilrmed
drunkards; of persons oonvtoted (or seri
ous offences against morals me same per
;ent, were oonilrmed drunkards; ot per
sons convicted of begging and vagabond
age seventy per cent, were oonilrmed
drunkards, and of persons convicted (or
crimes ot violence short ot murder ninety
per cent, were cennrmed drunkards.
Not only does wine-drinking hold Its
own, but tb4 appetite which it creates
leads steadily to the use ot stronger
liquors. The drinking of absinthe Is com
ing to be widely prevalent, and the use ot
distilled spirits has Increased 300 per cent.
In twenty-flve years.
Statistics regarding drunkenness are
very difficult to obtnlu In Germany, be
cause drunkenness Ii looked upon with so
great leniency and Is not usually clnssed
among crimes. Even the president of the
best known "temperance" society in Ger
many declares that a man may grit drunk
a great many times without being In the
least addicted to drink or In danger of be
coming so." Careful and conservative es
timates put the number of habitual drunk
ards at 400,000.
Ot tbe 2S.300 patients In the Insane
asylums ot Prussia In the year 1SS9, not
less than ton per cent, had delirium tre
mens. Economists are beginning to see that It
Germany could get rid o( the disadvantages
that come to her from tbe drink habit ot
her people It would give ber a tremendous
advantage In her Industrial competition
with other nations.
Soldiers who are habitual beer drinkers
are (ound to have only eighty or eigbty
flve per cent, of the endurance of soid'ers
who are total abstainers aud considerably
less mental quickness and precision. The
True Reform,
A Whlaky Drummer.
A whisky drummer, who has sold the
liquid damnation (or twenty-flve years
past, stood in the Globe Hotel the other
day and made a speech that ought to make
every temperance man shake hands with
himself. He said:
"In this section of the country the sale
o( whisky la decreasing every year. We
sell less and less of It wltb each succeeding
year. People have quit drinking. It is no
longer considered In good form to swill It.
A drunken man is a disgrace. A tippler
can not hold a job anywhere that Is re
spectable and progressive. The railroads
won't have him, neither will anyDoay else.
Tbe sentiment is getting stronger against
It all the time. The teacher, tbe preacher,
and the paper are all creating sentiment
against bard drinking. In twenty years
(rom now the whisky problem will have
solved Itself. Beer, soda-water, lemonade,
milk-sbake and other light beverages will
have crowded It out of tbe saloon and tbe
drugstore into the medicine chest ot the
doctor." Centra lia (Kan.) Courier.
A Poor Dinner.
The Montreal Witness prints this little
story ot a poor woman who recently went
to a saloon in search of ber husband:
Bbe (ound him there, and setting a cov
ered dish, which she had brought with her,
Upon tbe table, she said:
"Tbli
Inking that you are too busy to come
to dinner, I have brought you yours,"
home to
and departed.
With a laugh the man Invited his (riends
to dine with him; but on removing tbe
cover (rom tbe dish he (ound only a slip of
paper, on which waswritton:
"I hop you will enjoy your meal. It Is
fkw same as your family have at home."
Notes of the Crusade.
Wherever there's a drink there's danger.
It la essential to good milicary service
that the soldiers bs clear-headed, moral
and healthy, and their nervous systems
should not be weakened by alconollo
drinks. The army "canteen" Is an abom
ination, as welt as any other saloon. It
should go.
The proprietor? ot a manufactory, store
or printing office, employing a latge num
ber ot hands, would be considered very un
wise It they added a liquor saloon or beer
garden as an appendage to their establish
ments. Such places would demoralize the
men and impair their health and efficiency.
A saloon In a military camp is still worse.
The evidence multiplies that beer and
whisky undermined the strength of our
soldier boys and made them easy victims
of disease.
Tbe Presbyterian Synod o Illinois, in
session at Bloomington, passed a resolu
tion pledging the Presbyterian Church to
prohibit as the most effective plan for deal
ing with Intemperance.
The Christian and temperance people ot
this country must rise up and demand that
army and navy authorities prohibit anyone
(rom selling strong drink of any kind to
the soldiers and sailors In the service of the
United States. This Is the only way to
.break up the terrible drunkenness among
'our volunteer soldiers.
I Dr. Cuyler makes tbe sweeping assertion
'that all saloons, (rom tbe gilded ones to
the slummv ones, are norertv breeders.
scenes of plunder and robbery, and the
1 drinkers are puDilo impoverishes.
It Is no exaggeration to say that three
fourths of the saloonkeepers of Nuw York
State are in a state of Ununctal collapse.
. Tbev are kept above water only through
tbe backing and help tbey receive from the
brewers and wholesale liquor dealers.
By a unanimous vote tbe Judiciary Com
mittee bas recommended to the Chicago
City Council lor passage Alderman i ran
cis's ordinance prohibiting saloons (rom
being established In strictly residence dig.
trlcts. except a majority of the residents ot
i the block give consent. The measure also
'prohibits the establisbing of a saloon with
tines in lua world soon crack and go
to pieces if you wear them in the rain
and snow and slush. A pair of $3
shoes with rubbers will outwear a pair
of $12 shoes without rubbers. And
as for doctors' bills, a 60-cent pair of
rubbers would have saved many a
hundred dollar doctor's bill, to say
nothing of the disoomfort of being sick
and the danger of pneumonia or con
sumption or grip.
Ill-Tlnaert Dlaeuaalon.
In the story of the Indian mutiny,
by J.W. Scherer, the author describes
an Englishman, John Power, as
gifted with what may be called audacity
of courage. One night while the Eng
lish were encamped in a somewhat
warm locality, Tower, ScheriT and
Gregson, a miuister, went to visit the
posts on the extreme right.
Most of the way we skjrted along
the bank which had been thrown up,
and where, at short intervals, soldiers
were seated ready to start up and fir
if occasion should call. The walk
seemed safe aud quiet, but there were
occasional bright spaces lighted by
the shiniug moon, where one's figure
came out distinctly, and might have
formed a very good mark for anything
in 'the trees or buildings near.
Mr. Gregson, as a minister of relig
ion, and I, the father of a family,
thought it advisable to cross these
patches at double-quick, but nothing
would induce John Tower to accelerate
his saunter.
"What are you afraid of?" cried he.
"Oh!" said I, vaguely, wishing to
justify my action, "I do not care about
myself."
"Then please to say," continued my
imperturbable compauion, stopping in
one of the bright patches to dispute
the point, "for whose sake you do
run!"
It was a pertiuent question, but we
did not discuss it. Youth's Companion.
Delay flakes It Harder.
Mis-steps have made tho worst sprains,
but it is no mis-step to use St. Jacobs Oil.
It makes a cure by strengthening, soothing
and conquering the pain. Every hour's de
lay makes It harder to cure.
There are more than 1400 Islands In the
r-hllipplne group whioh Spain has ceded
to us.
Beauty Is Blood deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. CascareU, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body, llegin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c.2dc.50c.
During 1397 Nebraska marketed H0,
772,41)4 wortb of products.
What Do the Children Drink 1
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you triod the new (ood drink called
Gbain-O? It is delicious aud nourishing,
and takes tho place of coffee. Tlie more
Gbain-O you give the children the more
health you distribute through their sys
tems. Ukais-0 U made of pure grains,
and when proporly preparod tastes like
the cholee grades of coffee, but costs about
as much. All grocers sell it. 15o, and 25c.
The largest sea Is the Mediterranean. It
Is 2000 miles long.
Lane's Family .Tledlrlnr.
Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this Is necessary. Acts gently
on tbe liver and kidneys. Cures sick bead
aohe. Price 25 and 50c.
Nicaragua covers an area ot 49,500 square
miles.
llow'a Thlal
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
anr case o( Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure. , ,
K. J. Cheskv & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the underslttned. have known K.J. Che
ney (or the lust 15 years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and nuam-ially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their Arm.
West Tkuax, Wholesalo Drnggists,Toledo,
Ohio. , ,
Wai.dino, Kivaw Marvin, Wholesale
DniKKists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing directly upon the Wood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Tftc. per bottle, fcom Dy an urunxisis.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
China has never had a historian dealing
comprehensively with its literature.
Doa't Tobaec Spit tni Snake loir Life Awiy.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netlo. full of life, nerve and vicor, take No-To-Doe,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 11. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
V.nno Inland Rnnnrl (in the const of New
York, is the largest sound In the world.
(.rows Stubborn.
Any compluint becomes chronte by neg
lect, and rheumatism grows stubborn by
oot using St. Jacohs Oil, which Is Its sure
oure and conquers the pain promptly.
Every sufferer should use it.
Havana's street railway Is twenty-five
miles long.
To Cars Comtipatio Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or55o
Ii C C. C fail to care, drunrigu refund money
A good camel will travel one hundred
miles a day (or ten days.
Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothln? Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, c.a bottle
A standing army of 100,000 men will
mean one soldier to 750 Inhabitants.
Plso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine. Y. M. Abbott, 3S3 Hen-
eca St. Buffalo, N. Y.. M ay . 11H.
A whale of fifty tons exerts 145 horse
power In swimming twelve miles an hour.
No-To-Bao for Fifty Cenb
Guaranteed tobacco babit cure, makes weaa
meoBtrone. blood pure. 60c. (1. All druggist
Sir Moses Monteflore was nearly 101
years old when be died.
To Core a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Unlnlne Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it falls to cure. &c.
The Marquis of Butte's mansion, near
Rothesay, cost 110,000,000.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
10c, 25c If CC.C. fail. drturcistsrefund money.
American exports to Nicaragua are much
mora varied than imports from Nicaragua.
Protection Against Extreme Cold.
Professor C. . Lindeman, after
whom the great Alaskan lake was
named, says that while in that region
he wore silk underwear, or red flan
nels steeped in lard oil, and outside of
his woolen overalls of corduroy. "In
that dress," he adds, "I never euffered
from tbe cold."
There are, in India, eighty-one mis
sionaries who have served from thirty
to sixty -one years, the average term of
service being thirty-eight and one-
Jjalf years.
from Weymouth, l.ujjiiiU. ie ('.-: .
of caring for the swans averages over
$10,000 per year.
Sulrld by Alligator.
A favorite mode of suicide among
the African tribes who dwell near
Lake Nyassa is for a native to wade
into the lake and calmly wait for a
crocodile to open its mouth and swal
low him.
Throat and Klertrle Light.
The difference in the condition of
the throats of public speakers and Biug
ers since the introduction of the elec
tric light is most marked. They have
less irritation and less weariness dur
ing and after their performance. This
is accounted for on the theory that gas
and other flames dried out the atmos
phere aud consumed atmospherical
elements necessary to the best condi
tion of the organs. In addition to
this, the temperature is more even and
there is less dauger from air curreuts.
Where any great number of gas jets
are used, the air at the ceiling of the
room has the vitality totally burned
out of it, aud is heated to a very high
temperature. An opeu door or win
dow lettiug iu fresh air creates violent
agitation in the air, sometimes sets
gusts of air whirling through a room,
especially at tho somewhat raised por
tion, where the performors are situ
ated. A specialist in throat troubles
thiuks that what is known as singers'
tore throat may become less frequent
when eleotrio lights are universally
adopted.
He Had in Wrong Man.
Athletio parsons are not always
lucky iu their attempts to show their
prowess. While a strong curate in
the southeastern district, who can use
his fists when required, was makings
parochial visit he heard screams from
a side street and learned that a woman
had beeu assaulted. "Where is the
blackguard who did it?" he exclaimed;
and a polite little boy pointed out a
man who was turning a corner some
distance away. The curate promptly
ran after him, seized him by the coat
collar, and dragged him back to the
place of the assault, amid the ap
plause of a considerable crowd.
"Why, that ain't the party that did
it," said the lady, when the victim
was shown to her "that ain't my
husband. And, besides, what are
yon interferin with other people's af
fairs for?" Tho ourate apologized to
the inoffensive nmn he had seized, but
is threatened with an action for illegal
arrest. London Telegraph.
The Cxar n Hlelamlman!
An important discovery has been
made by a contributor to the new
uumber of the ' "Proceedings of the
Anglo-Russian Literary Sooiety." The
Romanovs the ruling family of Rus
sia derive their descent from Andrew
Campbell, a Scotsman. The Czar of
all the Russias is by descent a High
landman, and the McCalltitn More is
his tribal or clan chief. Andrew Camp
bell, the progenitor of the Romanovs,
found his way across the Continent
through Russia to Moscow, to the
Court of the Grand Duke Alexander
S'evsky, and his descendants rose to
high positions there. The Czar Ivan
Vasilievitch married a daughter of one
of these Moscow Campbells, and this
lady became known to history as the
Empress "Anastasia Romanovna." It
was from her brother Nikita that the
Romanovs descended. Further evi
dence, you see, in favor of the asser
tion that a Scotchman will be found
at the north pole when it is discovered.
Westminster Gazette,
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