TO MY WATCH.
Tfttle watch, fast tic kin out
AU tba hour of pain and doubt.
All tbe tumult, toil, and atriie
fcfaJtmtf rfi our span of life:
All t be heart-wrung sighs and 1
iauiug i&eter wttn the year a.
As tbe peials drop and fade
frrom the bloom life's summer made.
Ah 1 what thoughts each other ehoes)
As I look upon your Je.
Every tick your motions give
Cue lick lus have I to live.
lld 1 realire Xhim thought.
M nh such solemn meaalos fraopht,
Vhen j-ouio new born joy drew nib
2a tue bapiv days gone bv,
Jt nd your aligbi hanle sll too slow
onui abo.;v your face did go? .
A h 1 1 Iium tr J v boars have passed,
vt ouid tuey were not now to fut I
Kever stopping in your flight,
Nerer pausing duy or nigbt ;
'ot a Uiuaieui s rest you crave
From tl:e c radio to tue grave,
Wilh a ueter-ceasmg motion,
bteutifaai as the tide of ocean;
t'ecimug evermore to hurry,
Yet without a moment's flurry;
Till our worn honrta almost rT
lbat you would a moment atay.
ATI tblnffa rest tbe clouds at noon,
And tbe Ifavtfs in eight of Juno;
A lid tba grirl-bealtduroil brain
Mheu bloep falls liku softest rain;
And lb star when day ewak.
And ibeil y ubeu iieHj er sbafces
Oleauis of gold from out tbu skies
Into wandering lover's ye,
" oa alone Fpved cn your way,
Never resting night or day.
Yet what joy thote bands bare brought 1
Golden dsys with rupture fraught;
Golden cays by auiilit fountain;
UvMen days on breezy mountain;
Days muds more divine by love
1 ban by ru'ii nitre from above,
Abl tuwso habit tbat to he sense
Bring iui-h jc- s and bear them hence;
Could we krtovr woat time conceals
'Naih tbobe little ticking a heels 1
Tf t when t ho o slight hands shall mark
Ibtt lasc boi.r wUjn all growa dark,
And shall Htui fC"p ticking on
AVUen eunh lit.. a irom me tn gone,
Little natch, u;rface thai1 be
brill a ii:imorv uwoet to me,
la .lugli diiiuer lifcht may thine
tn thfe it-iicd eyes of mluo,
I or your liHDds that never ce&9
Krftig at hut the perfect pence.
-Temple liar.
THE TALE OF A CRIME.
M. Theodore, chef de surete, sat it
hU cabinet deeply perplexed, Lis two
elbows on his desk, his head on hii
bands, lie was musing.
"And was It Rointf to last, this,
which had been goin on for so long a
while? And these assassins, were
they going to "end by beating hiui?
Where tliey going to compel him by
adverse public opinion to send in hit
resignation?
"I'arbleu! it looked so, and as il
they did it on purpose, passing the
word from one to another to force
him to get out of their way. Eight
assassinations, one after another!
Crimes of the worst calibre, witt
startling details, which peopled alike
with horrifying visions the sleep ol
the bureaucrat and the concierge.
Aud not an assassin, for ail their
6killful work, had they been able to
lay their ha'ids upon; they had tied,
every man of them; they had di.-ap.
peared, vanished pUT, like a pu:i of
air. Celerity, despatch, their motto,
and to go without leaving an address
behind them: l'rankly, it had begun
to pass the bounds of all reus m.
'And now, to top olf thesj eigh;
other crimes, there was still another,
a ninth one a murder like the,
others, accomplished the evening be
fore, under similar conditions, a
fern me galante with her throat cut,
five thousand francs' worth of jewels
none, and not a trace of the assas
siiis!" I'espite his robust philosophy, thai
hud long beeii tbe admiration aud
emulation of his century, 51. Theo
dore felt himself drifting into mel
ancholy and reflection, not uumixeJ
with anger.
.Niue murders, one after th
other; nine crimes without an author;
nonsense', impossible!" The chef de
eurete pulled himself t -gether, threw
lack his head like a war horse snif
fing battle, and the door opened.
It was his secretary who presented
himself, bearing a card in his lingers.
"A gentleman, monsieur, who in
sists upon seeing you. He declares,"
and the secretary smiled a little at
the absurdity of the idea, "he de
clares himself in a position to furn
ish you with detinite particulars re
garding the crime of ye.-terdaw"
Ah. the crime or yesterday!" The
Chief tiirn;l quickly. "Then bul
bim enter," said be, and while the
secretary regained the ante-room to
do his bidding, 51. Theodore cast his
eye upon t lie card before him.
Frederick 1 ouscal!" he read in i
half voi:e. "liouscal, liouscal; it
teems to me that I know that name
that I've heard it somewnere."
He scrawled a line upon a scrap o.
paper, arid banded it to the secre
tary, who returned at the moment
ushering i.i the visit -r who had
asked to sc.: him, dismissed him wilb
a word, aua ras ready for the mat
ler in band.
M. Theodore raised his eyes. To
fore him wai a man simply but
neatly clothed, and with a frank and
honest countenance, though veiled,
as by a cloud, with sadness. The
eyes were clew? and open, the mous
tache and goatee grey and pointed
In short, there wa-t something in his
manner, something in bis appear
ance of a militaire in retreat.
You have particulars to give me,
have you not, monsieur?" questioned
the chef de surete; "particulars, J
believe, of the crime of yesterday?"
I hope so, monsieur," simply re
ponded the visitor.
"Ah, hope so! You are not sure,
then?"
"It rests with you, M. le Chet
whether I am sure or not. All de
pends, in fact, upon an operation,
the means of which you alone ar
able to furnish me."
"Explain, if vou please,
"Ce:tainly, a:id at once, though
doubtless you have heard it often
spoken of, 51. le Chef; a certain scien
tific procedure which permits under
certain conditions, better even than
description can do it, a reproduction
or tne portrait ot the assassin. Briefly,
beho'd my meaning. You know, ol
course," he continued, "that the phe
nomenon called vision the ob eel
which we fcee throws or Torms upon a
screen in the eyeball itself-i-in plain
words, upon the retina of the eye
on image wh:ch remains there until
displaced by another. It has Iccn
iroved al-o that this image continuei
-ven after death. You recognize,
therefore, that if a person murdered,
has been struck from the front, and
in a light su'.liciently distinct for hire
to sec, the last thing upon which hii
eyes would be lixed, would, in al
probibiiity, be the face or form oi
the murderer. Naturally, the image
of that face or Azure would be thrown
upon tbe retina of the eye where, and
this is what I came to say it is not
only possible to re-find it, but also
possible to reproduce it. Ah, well,
monsieur, in tbe case which occupies
us "
The door of the cabinet opened
anew, and the secretary of 51. Theo
dore re-entered, holding in bis hand
a roll of papers, which be laid before
his chief, then turned and was gone
again as quickly as he bad come. 5L
Theodore lifted it up and ran bis eyi
"apidly over the contents.
"You are named Frederick Cong
eal, are you not, monsieur?" be de
manded, presently, addressing bit
visiifea
"Tea. M. le Cher, Frederick Bouf
Cal "
'Youraee?"
Fifty-eight years, M. le Chef."
Hum-m-m!" Mr.' Theodore rap
Idly twirled tbe sheets beside bim.
'Twenty-seven years!" be murmured,
as lr tulnlcing aloud. "So it was you
then, who was imprisoned two yean
ago, and condemned for enntumac;
and tbe theft of 1,000 florins?'
A sudden flush enpurpled thi eoun
tenance of the visitor.
No, monsieur," he responds! witl
in effort, in a dull voice; "no, t wai
uot I it was my son !" '
A n employe of the Credit Agricole,
was be not? And you aro Ignoran
jf what has become of bim?"
"Absolutely. It is fifteen months
that his mother and 1 have been
without news of bim. That child.
M. le Chef, that child ta been oui
sorrow and our shame. He ha?
broken our hearts, dishonored out
name "
His voice was choked. ITe war
silent, unable, evidently, to go on.
"Pardon me, monsieur," said the
Chet de Surete. "1 have re-opened I
painful wound; but, I listen to you
fou were saying "
Tbe man passed bis band across hit
brow and eyes to clear bis vision
iben resumed:
"I was saying, 5L le Chef, that le
tbe case which occupies us now the
reproduction of the assassin's portrait
should be entirely possible. The vic
tim was struck in the face, the direo
tion of the blow and form of thi
wound indicate it plainly. 5Ion
than this, it uust have been light
'nough to see the murderer, and witt
sufflcientclearness to have stamped hii
dkeness upon the retinal screen, foi
the papers assert that even in deatt
her eves were Died in a wide and
frightened stare. Thus, monsieur,
we rind ourselves in the presence of a
half-certainty; it is probable, it not
sure, that tbe eye of tbe corpse now
lying upon the slab of the morgue
ontains the exact reproduction ol
the likeness you seek. With youi
permission I will draw it from
.hem. "
"Draw it: but how?"
"Lty photography it is my busi
ness, 51. le Chet. And this matter,
. his subject I speak of I have studied
it long, and almost with passion, foi
1 hold it to be, in case of success, one
;f the most useful and beautiful ap
.jlicationsof modern science. I know
it can lie none. I have myself er,
iwri men-ted, and in one instance havd
reproduced the lineaments of thi
itivsiciau who had leaned above tbe
;cd of the dying."
The man spoke with animation
and whiie speaking his voice vibrated,
iiis eye burned, his whole counte
nance was illuminated, irradiated
'.vith the light of a legitimate pride.
!. Theodore regarded him, visibly
noved himself by this ardent couvio
ion.
'And you conclude " he ques
'jionc.l, after a moment's thought.
"I conclude but authorize me ti
ittcmpt the experiment on the.
voiuan assassinated yesterday, and I
ill tell you what I conclude. If
succeed it will be for us mv wife and
me a little glory, aud also a little
noney a ray of hope in our misery;
f 1 tail well, no matter wo are
jscd to misfortune. A failure more
r less need not be counted. In am
;ent, 51. le Chef, you lose nothing
n the experiment, but have the
dfaure ot an unhoped-for success.
Then s.j be it, monsieur," agreec
i he chef de surete. "Take your in
struments to the morgue to-morrow
it 10 o'clock. I will see that the
lerk is instructed. Later on 1 shall
myself be there. I have the honor,
nonsicur, to wish you good-morn
rig."
In t he obscure nook at tbe morgue
ivherc he had inclosed himself in aC'
o.vlance with the arrangement made
it the orlice of the surete, Frederick
i:ouscal, his body bent, his fact
lrawn, watched anxiously the result
f his last washing. The plate va
lu'ie before him in its lath ofijiiick
.ilver, iuto winch be had dropped il
i while ago with such fear aud iutin
le pre.auti -u.
.Seusiti.cd? Vitalized? At leas;
t should be, and ir the conditions ol
.he crime were such as he supposed
them, and the victim, before dying,
iad really seen her murderer's face,
t tie portrait of the assassin would U
there uuder that bed of gelatine ei
traine to melt away.
His throat closed as by a grip o.
Iron, the operator held himself im
movable, hearing only, with painful
distinctness, the gurgle of the watei
ts It dripped ui on the faces of the
lead in the adjoining chamber: thr
plunge of his blool as it throbbed anc
annuo. td through the arteries of hi
cart.
And at last the moment came tht
iiotnent that was to reveal to him
.11 or nothing. He rose that poor,
irembling photographer roso, I say,
ook it caretull by Its dripping
dges, that plate upon which bis fate
was hanging, half closed his eyes,
leld it to tbe single ray of light that
lltered through the yellowed pane,
:o stagger back with a groan of an.
:u sh, to let It crash into a thousand
nieces. His son! Good heavens! The
face of the murderer, the face of tbr
son!
Five minutes later, when Frederick
Houscal. the photographer, came from
us nook, and tbe chef de surete.
iwaiting bim with impatience, hur
ried to meet him, be saw immediately
by the pallor of bis face, by his som
bre eyes, that he bad nothing good
to announce to him.
"Weil," said he, "nothing?"
"No," responded Couscal, "noth
ng."
"Allons! no matter; try It a seconn
Jme; do it again."
"Impossible! the transparency ol
:he cornea is de&r- 'yed. I wished to
wash it, ana 1 burned it thropgh
mistake in tbe vIl'.s. I salute you,
Al. le Chef!" And Frederick Uousca'
turned 'away.
The next morning the cornnnssaire
if the quarter of Ternes, forwarding
to the prefecture his regular report,
beaded it with the following item:
'To-day at 10 o clock a summons
jn lu'J. Kue Caugicre. A call from
the concierge, suspicions of charcoal
fumes from tbe room of the lfous-:.-ils,
man and wife, bis locataire;.
The door, by my order, was forced.
Too late they were dead, both
of them, side by side upon the bed, a
brazier of lighted charcoal plainly in
dicating the manner of the death. A
ioublc suicide; poverty the cause.
'From Commissairo o'
Tcrncs, third, ICth d "
'Bab, these inventors," murmured
M. Theodore, as his secretary con
Sluded tbe readintr, "they are all
ilike, stupid and rash; though I,
too, on this occasion, have naught tc
boast ot But bow the dfuce," he
added, as the memory of that pale,
ad face rose up before him, "how
the deuce could 1 think of suicide fo
i cause so trifling as this?"
"A cause as trifling as this?"
Ah, my worthy chef de surete, it it
aot everything tnat is known in that
nerfecture of thine. The French.
RUNNING FOR BOYS.
Every Boy Can Become Bonner If Be
Tries.
Every American boy should learn t
uu. In Greece, in the days when men
md women took better care of their
Kidles than they ever have since, every
oy, and girl, too, was taught to run,
iuot as the American child is taught to
read. And as far as we can judge by
he statues tuey have left behind them,
here were very few hollow-chested,
spindle-legged boys among the Greeks,
flio Persian boy was taught to speak
he truth, run, ride and shoot the bow.
The English boy Is encouraged to run.
In fact, at some of tbe great English
public schools, boys of thirteen and
fourteen years of age, like Tom Brown
md East at Itugby, can cover six and
sight miles cross-country in the great
iare-and-houud runs. Every boy Is
turned out twiee a week, out of doors,
tud made to ruu, and till himself full of
pure fresh air and sunshine, and gain
more streugth and life than any amount
it weight-pulling or dumb-bell work
In stuffy gymnasiums would give bin!
See the result the English boys, as a
whole, are a stronger set than we
American boys. Every English school
!oy is to some extent an athlete. And
that is what American boys should be.
Not because football, baseball and ten
als are valuable in themselves, but for
the good they do In strengthening boys'
bodies.
By playing ball every day for noun
In the open air; by exercising his arms.
back and leg muscles in throwing, bat
ting, running and sliding; by going ta
bed early and giving up all bad habits
in preparation for the games, a boy
stores up strength, which he can draw
sn all his life long that is why every
boy should be an athlete. But not
fvery boy can play football or baseball.
Ho may not be heavy or strong enough;
he may never be able to acquire the
mack of catching or batting the ball.
Svery boy can become a runner. St
Nicholas.
Hunting the Giraffe.
The bush is horribly dense and
rhorny, and the tliorna are of such n
nature that the strongest cord breech-
rs can scarcely withstand their as
saults. The old giraffe bulls, with hides
nearly an inch thick, care for no thorn
In the forest, and plunge through the
armed thickets as though they wore
black currant bushes. There Is only
one thing to be done to forget the
sickle thorns and follow them. The
spurs go in, the gallnnt pony spring
forward, nuil the chase begins. It Is
truly headlong. Crash go the tall giants
their long necks rising and falling
rhythmically, their heads sometimes
bending low to escape a bough which
all but scrapes the withers.
It is wonderful how such monstrout
came can evade branches and tack this
way and that among the interruptions
and obstacles of the forest. It is a
tough gallop, indeed, but ill ten min
utes the hunter has driven his pony
right up to the Sail of the nearest bull,
and, from the saddle, has llred his shot.
He falls behind a little, then closes up
and iires again. Both bullets, planted
close to the root of the tail, have plow
id deep Into the short body of the
irinifi'e and done their work. The
1 alnted giant falters, sways, aud then
in a:i iustant tails clashing to the
earth, t arrying with him in his ruin a
iloiit sapliug.
l.irk chestnut of coats (almost black
iv i ;'ii age upon the hack), this old bull,
iiieasiirin nineteen feet from the hoof
t. the tii of the false horns, forms a
noble prize indeed. As he lies there in
the long yellow grass, he looks, sure
ly, the strangest of. all survivals of the
fauna of the Hark Ages; a priceless
and pathetic relic left to the modern
world by the ravages of time.
Ice Cream in Oklahoma.
When the recent storm was over iu
l'ina. Ukla., the late householders,
viewing the remains, were greatly sur
prised at finding upon the supposed
site of the grocery a lare and solid
mass of excellent ice cream in bulk,
melting rapidly nway under the sun.
but still good at heart. The explana
tion, after all, was simple. The light
ning stroke which destroyed the roof of
the building, and shattered every barrel
and bottle in the place, fused and melt
ed a dozen milk cans, releasing their
precious contents. Hirectly over the
cans, on the shelves, were a number of
paper bags of sugar, a sack of flour and
seven bottles of vanilla extract, whose
released contents fell iuto the muss.
Before the milk had time to flow away
It was buried up in such hailstones as
even Oklahoma never saw before, a
fall of two feet occurring lu almost nn
instant. The Ice balls mingled with the
contents of a dozen barrels of salt,
which had been standing about the
milk cans, produced ouch an Intense
cold that the mingled milk, vanilla, su
gar and flour were instantly solidified
on the surface, aud In half an hour be
came a solid mass to the core of excel
eut ice cream. New York Recorder.
A Coolinic Snldect.
The story of Arctic explorations Is,
mat earth uor sky nor ocean can have
a terror that will be allowed to bathe
man's fixed aud intense desire to know.
He Is determined to tear from the heurt
of this world Its every secret, and no
wave so tumultuous and no cloud so
black aud no Ice gulf so wide but he
will make his way. Amid all the loss
and distress, and cold and hunger, and
frightful danger aud awful death, man
has, year by year, worked at the solu
tion of the problem of the north. How
since Franklin's time has the map
grown. Gulfs, capes. Islands, conti
nents, have been traced. The blank
space around the end of the earth grows
smaller, perhaps tbe man lives who,
solitary and alone, shall stand where
never man stood before, to say, "This
U the pole." Kansas City Star.
Proper Position lor Sleep.
There are several theories of tri
proper position in sleep. Tho one
most commonly favored is that one
should sleep on tho right side, as di
gestion goes on in this position most
favorably. Other authorities say that
one should al-rays lie on tho back, but
there are excellent reasons why this
is not wise. The weight of the stomach
and its contents rests upon the spine,
which often affectR tho nerves. Borne
severe cases of insomnia have been
cured by the habit of sleeping on the
face. This is ensy to do and is tho
most comfortable position if one dis
penses with the pillow. One young
man who had exhausted all the skill
of the doctors fell into the habit ol
lying on his face, with his. right arm
under his head, which was turned
slightly to one side. By this change
Datnral rest soon came to him and he
entirely recovered. Chicago Herald.
An automatic nickel-in-the-slot rea
fanrnnt which disnenses with waiters
is said to have been opened in Berlin,
Sarin any.
THE WATERMELON NET.
Convenient Contrivance for Carrying
Home the Massive Fruit.
The Invention of the watermelon net
was due primarily to a change In the
shape of watermelons. Tears ago tbe
great majority of watermelons were
much longer than they were thick. Then
when a man carried home the water
melon which he had bought the dealer
took a turn around one end of It with a
stout cord, carried tho cord along to the
other end, and took another turn there,
and the connecting length of cord be
tween the loops served as a handle,
while the shape of the melon kept the
loops from slipping off. But with the
change of the melon to the shorter,
chubbier shape now prevailing this plan
was no longer possible, and so the net
came In six or eight years ago.
The watermelon nets are made of a
Jute twine called melon twine. They
are of one size. They are big enough
for any melon, and with a small melon
In a net It Is easy to take up the slack,
rhey are made altogether by baud, at
Mid times, by people accustomed to net
making. They are sold at wholesale at
$2 a hundred. The melon deuler used
to charge five cents for a net, but now
most dealers give tbe nets away.
Notwithstanding their bulk, many
melons are carried home by the pur
chaser. The surburban resident may
spot a particularly fine melon and take
It right along with bim In a net; a man
living in the city may do the same thing.
Whatever the circumstances under
which a man wants to take a melon
with htm, the net is a great conven
ience; It beats carrying the watermelon
under the arm out of sight
But whilo many melons are thus car
ried In the course of tho season, still
the great majority of watermelons are
tent home Just like other things, and so
after all the sale of watermelon nets
amounts to only a few thousand an
nually. New York Sun. ,
Speaking of Dreams.
"Speaking of dreams," said the quiet
man In the corner, "I had a peculiar
experience a few weeks ago which I
should call a coincidence, but the su
perstitious might say It was something
different I was very tired, and, going
to bed early, I fell into a troubled
sleep and dreamed that some one I did
not recognize brought me a pair of
black gloves."
"That was a bad dream," said one oi
the listeners.
"I was so Impressed In my sleep,"
continued the narrator, "by the glove
feature of my dream that I awakened,
and tried to banish the memory of It
from my mind. Falling asleep again I
dreamed the same thing over again, but
this time I recognized the bearer of
the gloves as my favorite niece, then
living in tho West In the morning I
related tho dream to my wife."
"And you heard of your niece's death
the next day?" asked tho listener
breathlessly. ,
Nothing of the kind. My wife at
once suggested a wedding as the out
come of my dream. 8 lie. said that
dreams always went by contraries,
and black gloves In a dream meant
wedding-cards and cake."
"Did yours turn out that way?"
"It did. In a few hours we recelveo
news of my daughter's marriage on
the duy before, a circumstance of which
we had not the slightest hint. As I
said. It was Just a coincidence, but
none the less a curious one."
"or a thought-wave who knows?"
murmured the man wtb a book uuder
his arm. Detroit Free Tress.
Whlttiet-'a Hlrtliplace.
In the town of Haverhill, Muss., near
he Merrlmac Itlver, not far from Sal
isbury Beach, and in a house built by
tils great-grandfather more than two
.euturies ago, John Greenleaf Whittier
was born on December 17, !So7. For
three generations before blui. the fum
lly had been connected with the Society
.if Friends; and all his life long Whit
tier retained the Quaker simplicity of
manner and attire. He began early to
do the chores of the household, and
a1s to aid his father in the work of the
farm.
The house was surrounded by woods,
and "a small brook, noisy enough as It
fou mod, rippled and laughed down its
rocky falls" by the garden-side, and
then wound Its way to a larger stream,
that "after doing Its duty at two or
threo saw or grist mills" (tbe clash of
which would be heard in still days
across the Intervening woodlands), ran
into the great river and was borne
along to the great sea. Thus, In early
boyhood Whittier had a chance to get
friendly mid familiar with the brooks
mid woods and rocky hills and all tho
other features of the New England
landscape. Ho helped to care for the
oxen and the horses, and he came to
know the wilder animals which also
Wed on tho farm. St Nicholas.
Made Three Attempts.
A young and well-dressed woman en
tered Charing Cross telegraph office the
itlier day and wrote out a dispatch to
bo sent to Manchester. She read It
jver, reflected for a moment aud then
Iropped It ou tho floor and wrote a sec
ud. This she also threw away, but
was satisfied with the third, and sent
t off. Tho three telegrams read: First
"Never let me hear from you again!"
Second "No one expects you to re
:urn!" Third "Come home dearest all
is forgiven!"
Use for Horse Chestnuts.
It Is popularly supposed that horse
hestnuts are very unwholesome. Ncv
irtheless In Turkey tbey aro roasted for
off ee, fermented for liquor and utilized
for horse medicine.
Don't tell all you know the first time
fou meet your friends; they will want
to see you so long as rou have left
lorcethlne untold.
Tbe One Venommn Bird.
But one spe-sies of venomous bird
is known to the student of ornitholo
gical oddities the Eoir N'Doob, or
"Bird of Death," a feathered pata-
dox ot Kcw Guinea. It is not a
large or formidable looking creatn ,
as one would naturally expect, being
scarcely as large as a common pijjcou,
but longer and of a more Blonder
build. It is of a gray, glossy collar,
without any special markings, except
the tail, which ends with a blood-red
tip. The bird is comparatively help
less, being able to fly but a few feet:
and can be caught without difficulty;
however, it is unnecessary tosay thai
its poisonous bite causes the native
Papuans to let it severely aUc. rea
sons bitten by the creature are Seized
by maddening pains, which rawidiy
extend to every part it tbe body. Loss
of sight, convulsions, and tockjaft-nie
i the other symptoms which follow in
rapid succession. The natives say
there is not a case on record of a sur
vival of tbe bite, there being no an
tidote, death always cnsnlng w'thin
the short space of two hours.
1 C In the Boein Bible tbe word rosin
' was substituted (or bain.
Impure Blood
Manifests itself in hives, pimples, loiIs
and other eruptions which disfigure the
face and causo pain and annoyance. By
purifying tho blood Hood's Sarsaparilla
completely cures these troubles and clears
the skin. Hood's sjarsapurilta over
comes thai tired, drowsy feeling so gen
eral at this season and gives strength.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the only true blood pnrlfler prominently in
the public eye to-duy. l;ixiry
i , , Dille Cure babituiil coii'titw
rlOOU S rlUS tlou. k-titx ceuu.
IMPROVED WATER MOTOR.
For Conveniently Utilizing the Current-Force
of Any Stream,
This useful device consists of a nura
bir of wheels fixed upon a commoi
shaft the width of the stream deter
mining how many wheels may be used.
On the sides of the wheels are gates
that swing outwardly to Increase the
resistance of the wheel, and conse
quently Its power. When the wheel Is
not In gear the gates close Into recesses
provided for them. The gates on one
SEW WA.TEB MOTOR.
side of a wheel are connected with
each other by chains, so that when
one swings open It pulls the next one
open.
Opposite to the gates are holes thai
prevent excessive suction and permit
the current to enter and assist In turn
ing the wheel, but the holes on the end
wheels have their outer sides partially
covered by deflectors. The motor Is
well adapted to being placed In a
stream where the force of the current
is tbe only power. It Is Illustrated and
described in the Scientific American.
TO WEIGH LETTERS.
A Broomstick, a Wuter Jar, and a Few
Mark the Only Requisite
A very good scale, for we-ighiug let
;ers may be made by anyone without
expense. Get the handle of a worn-out
broom and cut oil about 13 Inches of it.
rour water Into a wide-mouthed jar un
til It Is nearly full, and, having attach
ed a weight to one end of the stick and
tacked a square of cardboard to the
other, the latter to serve as a platform,
plunge the stick Into the water, as
shown In the cut
The weight should be heavy enough
to kicp about three-fourths of the stick
under water. Having done nil this, get
A HOME-MADE SCALE.
a half-ounce, an ounce and a two-ounce
weight (you may borrow them from
your druggist), and placing them, one
at a time, upon the platform of your
scale, carefully mark on the stick the
water level in each case.
ItaWi Thin f
Wa offer One Hundred Dollars TIewr.rd for
any rase of Catarrh thaLcaunot bucuied by
lhUTs Catarrh Cure.
F. J.C'hf.nkv & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cue.
riey for I he lust 15 years and believe biiu H-r-feetly
honorable in all biiHineas transaction:
and financially ablt to carry jut any obliga
tion made by their tlrm.
West Ac Tiiuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Wai.iio. Ki!n-ai & Marvin, Wholesale
KrtiKKista, Toledo, Ohio.
Hal ls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act
inic directly upon the biood ami mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, TV-, per bottle. ISold
by ail DruvtsUU. Testiutouiaiti free. '
X.lttl IMtTerenco.
"Oh. papa, there's hardly any dif
ference between -milk' and 'water' in
French, is there?"' "Very little
daughter; not any more than between
the articles themselves here la Amer
ica. "Truth.
Diocletian, the Roman Emperor
was born in slavery, and obtained his
freedom by service in the army.
A snow-white coin has been caught
in Livingston County, Kentucky.
dm m
Yes, it's ready i
OUR
NEW
flgyScnt by mail on
receipt of io cents in
postage stamps or
money.
JOHN P. LOVELL
Sal. o. 8. A cent for -STAB- AUTOMATIC PArEB FASTENER.
" Use tht Deans and Heaven will Give you the Blessing.
Ilever Raglsct a Useful Article Like
SAPQLIO
Cedar riank tiiili TOO Tears did.
Science and research have many
times been directed toward comput
Jng the longevity of natural wood,
but there are as many obstacles in
the way of a satisfactory conclusion
as there are species of wood. The
action of climate, water, minerals,
acids, contact with vegetable and
animal matter, atmospheric changes,
unnatural influences, all have their
effect -Fragments of vessels which
have been beneath the waves for hun
dreds of years have shown the tim-
l.ii-o l it nc firm nnd cnl Id n-i ivlipn
! placed in poiitioc, yet the state oi
.1 :.j ai. , :
Drcscrvataoii is uuu lu mu ucnou ui
the briny substances with which the
1( UU'l 11.1., -.'I- 1 c-.vu.bw .
the destroying influences.
But the life of a wood, cut off bf
storm or the act of man or beast
from the nutriment of the earth,
when that life and resistance to de.
cay is extended intocenturies, proves
wonderful to the most conservative
scientists. Instances are rare where
the wood, dead as far as connection
with the vital force of roots and
earth is concerned, and left exposed
to the action of climate and vege
table and animal matter, has failed
to succumb to decay within a cen
tury. In the office of the Tacinc Coast
Lumber Company in the Temple
Court Building in Chicago, Is a speci
men of wood remarkable for its
longevity and presenting a valuable
lesson in natural history It is a
small slab of fragrant cedar, compact
And unseamed, presenting tho ap
pearance or a carefullv seasoned pitce
ot wood. It is certainly well sea
soned, for it has formed part of a
piece of timber that has lain at the
mercy of wind and storm for a per' d
extending over at least 700 years,
What Is Electricity?
As far as the writer is able to un
derstand the matter now, electricity
is simply motion of the molecules of
the diii'erent substances which arc
the subjects of electrical action, Just
as heat, light and sound are, and the
only difference between these forces
is the rate of the motion. The mo
tion of sound, as we ail know, is com
paratively slow; that of heat and
light are very rapid. That of elec
tricity would appear to be somewhat
between tho slow motion of sound
End the rapid motion of those heat
waves whose motion is slowest. And
It would appear that the wonderful
sdaptability which electricity shows
(or every kind of work is due entirely
to ttie position which its rato of mo
tion occupies in the scale of the ener
jies. It would also appear that the
reason this wonderful agent laid dor
mant for .-o many ages and is even
now only partially developed is, very
largely at any rate, because we have
uo sense which responds to the par
ticular periods of vibration comprised
vitliin the electrical range.
Heat currents would be far more
:!llcleiit than electric currents if we
could make use of them as we do of
the latter; aud, as before remarked,
the reason electricity is such a useful
agent appears to be because its rate
3f vibration is sulliciently high to ad
mit of rapid transmission, yet not
jutticiently so to be destructive. It
3iily becomes destructive when it is
transformed into heat Electrical
'ieview.
Th-- Cure the t'auoe.
Mot fil Hi,' ili'i-oiiifoit in Iif4 cnuiin from the
l.iina. Ii. You'll ailmit Hint n illiout arKuuient.
The i.r-of i in vour n etouiarli.
A Kieut HiMiiy M-ruiiiiKlv lillerent diast-i
come from tlm common i-ac a dl-oril'rel
stoiuufh. CiMiilnif fr.mi one cmihp. It li liHtural
that th,-v should all w curei! by one medicine.
Kiimin Talmli' not onlv cure the diea.-e they
euro the can,-.
They are koo1 fur dvsvopia. biliou-ineea. head
:he. routfatlon, dizine and all trouble- ol
t'ie xtomucli, liver aud bowela. lrugght9 sell
theui.
Dr. Louis Tasteur has refused, on
patriotic grounds, a Germau decora
tion tendered hint in recognition of
his discoveries in the line of curing
hydrophobia by inoculation.
If loia are weak and worn out, or have that
tired 1,-elinir lluod'3 Sarsaparilla U just the
lut-dn-lne to restore your strength and give you
a good appetite. HiHds makes pure Moo.l.
l-'or a dhim-r pill and general family cathartic
we routideutly recommend Hood pilla.
Pan Francisco papers think that the
problem of transporting fruit to the
r.ast might lie solved without ice bv
using the chemical refrigerator, car
bon dioxide.
I ko's Cure eur.'.l me of a Thront and I-un?
trouble of tlirie vearV standing. E. t'nv, liuat
iugdon, ind., Nov. li is'ti.
Epidemics of typhoid fever have
lately been traced in Calcutta and
Uonibay, India, to. the use of water
cress winch grew in soil polluted by
sewerage.
It. KHmer't P w a Mr-T!ooT carei
all Kidney and llladder trouble!,
l'aniplct and Consultation irea.
i-aboraiory Binunauttoa, N. V.
Monazite, a rare mineral, which
neither melts or burns, is found in the
rich metallic heart of the Appalachian
Mountains that lie in North Carolina.
Mr. Wlnnlow's 5ooth1niT Syrap for rhnarea
teething, softens the gum, reduces inflamma
tion, ailais jialn. cures wind cottc 25c. a botU
The dome of the Palais de Justice
in Brussels, Belgium, is made of pa
pier mache and weighs sixteen tons.
An elegant bock for
your table and constant
reference. Send for it
NOW. It's New and
Nice. . ' . '
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There are Guns, Rifles, Pistols from
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You can see our LOVELL DIAMOND
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the Williams Typewriter you ought to
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Fair Sailing through life for the person
who keeps in health. With a torpid liver
ie fmpare blood that follows it, you
are an easy prey to all sorts of ailments.
That " usel-up " feelinir is the first warning
that your liver isn't doing-its work.
That is the time to take Dr. Pierce s Gold
en Medical Discovery. As an appetizinsr.
restorative tonic, to tepel disease and build
up the needed flesh and strength, there s
nothing to equal it. It rouses every organ
into healthful action, purifies and enriches
the blood, braces op the whole system, aud
restores ncaiui huu vigut.
CAP SHEAF OF FRAUD,
SCHEME OF JAMES ADDISON
REAVIS STAGGERS FICTION.
Most Astounding Land Grant Swindle
Ever Attempted The Hero Was a
6treet Car Conductor, and Bis Vif
Played tbe Role of Heiress.
i
Covered Two Continents.
Tho records of this country do no
furnish any Instance which even ap
proaches in audacity the gigantic
fraud which J as.
Addison Iteavis
attempted
against the gov
ernment. He
claimed that a
Lugo gruut oi
land in Arizona
and New Mesiico
a strip 2 2 5.
miles long and
75 wide was
ceded by the
J. A. BE a vis.
court of Spain a century aso to Iou
Miguel lie 1'erulLa de la Cordova. This
laud hud afterward passed Into the
power of the United Slates which h:id
never paid the heirs of Don Miguel
rtiything and Ueavis wanted Congress
to settle. The land in question is ex
ceedingly rich In minerals and ou It is
located some very Important towns.
A cash estimate of Its value would
niiike it worth $7.",(0i,lJ0), and this
sum. In ten yers, would be easily dou
bled. For twenty-live years Iteavis
labored to build up the claim. He went
to Mexico aud Spain and In his inves
tigations spent at least $rH.,ooi. He
forged grants, titles aud royal cedillas;
he manufactured parchments, royal
signatures and seals, he made spurious
decorations and orders, all of which
went to the establishment of Don Mig
uel de Peralta as the man to whom
Spanish royalty had granted tho land
In question.
While engaged In his work Ueavis
A'eut to New York and there Interest
ed some of the greatest legal lights iu
the country In his scheme. Among
these was the late Koscoe Coukliug.
Col. Iugersoll was another who believ
ed thoroughly In Ueavis' claim. Ou the
strength of these legal opinions Uea
vis managed to raise large sums of
money in New York from prominent
meu who were promised a share In
the land when Congress should have
granted the claim. Ueavis began to
live like a prince. He stayed at the
Hoffman House where he ran up a bill
of $lu,000; he spent large sums for fast
horses and he entertained his friends
in a truly royal style. During the time
he married and maintained his wife
was the lineal descendant of l'eralta
and thereby strengthened his claims to
the land in question.
Ueavis was unable to get his el aim
before Congress, but he succeeded in
having a law passed creating the Court
A l'rivate Land Claims to investigate
the alleged grants. Two clever New
York lawyers at once stt about prob
ing the truth of the Iteavis claim. At
first they believed there was some
thing at the bottom of it since all the
Jocuments produced by him were so
ipparently trustworthy, but a trip to
Spain and Mexico revealed what a
fraud the whole thing was. The law
yers handed in their report after
months of Investigation, aud It was
seen how baseless was Ueavis" claim.
June 12 last, in the little court room
it Santa Fe, N. M., James Addison
Ueavis was finally shown to be the
fraud he was and that his claims were
forgeries pure and simple. Ueavis
told the story of his life, the reasons
for the claim, and once more brought
forward Don Miguel de Peralta. Then
LAND CLAIMED BY JAMES A. BEAVtS.
.t was that the evidence of the attor
neys on the other side was brought for
ward. Don Miguel was shown never
to have even existed while the famous
Peralta land grant was proved to be a
myth. Moreover, Ueavis' wife, the
heir of Don Miguel, was shown to be
not a noble Spanish lady who
could trace her ancestry for 700 years
through the proudest blood of Spain,
but the daughter of a Missouri post
trader and a Digger Indian squaw.
Ueavis, it was revealed, was originally
a car driver who, ambitious above such
a station, had invented the whole
scheme.
The end was incvitabla Ueavis
was accused of fraud and conspiracy,
and now lies in jail at Santa Fe under
bonds of 510,000. He is an old raaD
now; the best years of his life were
given to rearing the fabric of fraud,
and now, as he lies there, friendless
and alone, wanting even the necessi
ties of life, his career speaks mora
plainly than any sermon of the futil
ity of ambition when founded on fraud
and wrong.
Mr. SbortweiRht (dealer In coal)
I want you to settle for that too of
coal you got a few days ago. A man
has to pay for what he gets In this
world. Customer You are right,
6lr. And when he buys coal he has
? n 1 MM
llorpblne Fiend an d Kever Tasted It
There goes a woman who is a
onflrmed morphine fiend, and yet
the never took a drop of the dur in
her life," reiu;irked a well-known
:hemist, jointing to a woman walk
ing down Chest') ut, street. "'o, she
joesn't inject it, cither, and yet her
lystetn is thoroughly saturated with
It. Stran;c? 2io, not so very, if you
inow the circumstances You see it
is this way: fcho is employed In a
large labratory, and her .special worlc
is weighing morpliiiio. She has been
joins this lor years and hasabsortied
the dru through the poren of the
skin. The more s!io perspires the
more freely she abso-bi the morphine.
During the week she is perfectly well,
but on Sunaay the reaction sets In,
and she says tdio never sleeps over
two hours on Sunday nights and la
perfectly wretched. In time her sys
tem will break down, and she will go
to pieces ju-t the same as in the cases
of confirmed opium or morphine
lends." Philadelphia ltecord.
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