tii Hit Milk
ft'i s lad Old world when the nta don't sbide.
Bat there ain't no om repinln';
there bright, iweet spot, when the roses
twine.
An love when the tun ain't ihlnln'.
An the wind mmj blow.
An' the frosts mar kill;
It'a the beet old world
In the country still
Irs scold, cold world when the ailrer'l rods,
But there ain't no use bewallln';
Thceaj ran high, but the ihlpe eall on
An' in sailors alog with the aallln'.
An' the wlndi may blow.
An' the llgbtln' kill;
It's the beet old world
In the country till t
T. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
A MISPLACED SWITCH.
1 am not at all superstitious; 1
don't believe In the signification ol
dreams, warnings, premonitions, boi
tokens. To be sure, when I was vsrj
young, it a wont to startle m
somewhat ..hen old Aunt Sooktt
Smart use. to come over to borrow i
"drawln" ot tea of my mother, and
before going stand with ber band on
the door latch while she told about
the "oorpse lights that old Deacon
Jlnipsoa seen on his harness a few
nights atore be fell oJTn a load of bay
an' Drake bis neck," or 'that lilt
Ellet might 'a' knowed ber little
Aleck wasn't goto' to live long, fui
the very night he was tojk sick tbej
come three short knocks at the bed
room winder, an' a terrible groania'
noise: an', of course, the little fellet
didn't live but three days after that
Just a day for each knock.
Increasing years ana a aisposition
tr. innnlra lr.tr t.h cause nf snv mvs.
rniunri.i.miHnhiul mnrh
bCllUUa UUI'lb V ' My Muww uaaw ....
. a, tw i .ii.i..
to ao wiiu uispeiiiug mo bukui im
pressions male on a childish mini,
and I repeat that 1 am totally free
from ah suDsrstition along the llnei
of which I have spoken. Ubtwlth
standing my skepticism In this di
rection, I must allow that strange
things sometimes happen, things
which might be explained by those
who have made the mysterious work
ings of the human mind a close
study, but which leve the ordinary
mortal In a maze of doubt as to horn
and why these things can be so.
Itefore giving an account of tbi
strangest event of my life, 1 wish it
to be understood that 1 am not writ
ing a "story," bulam giving a strict
ly ac urate account of a psychological
mystery, the key to which i nava
never vet found. During the suiu-
....... . . .
mer or 1S4 l was nigni. ciern in tna - .
car record office of the B. & II. Kail-1 aliened that he Is a native everywhere,
road Company at Wolstina Junction. ! Mr. Waterton says that he belongs to
the terminal point of the road, and -Great Britain; at any rate, that he was
where it delivers its passengers and a familiar citizen there before the ad
freight over to the safe keeping ol ( vent of the brown rat which, he in
tne great trunk 1 nes The office li 'forms us, came Into the Islands from
situated at the end of the imnient Germany along with the House of Han-
freight yard, and a mile below th-i
Juncton proper. A little way bacH
of the o.l. ce and at the end ot .u le
a sharp incline Is the roundhouse
with its accompanying turntable la
frunt The roundhouse track Is con
nected with the main track by a
6 witch a little below the oilice anj
as thev diverge and run either side
nf the tiiiilriintf. it is left standing in .
. . i i ii a .!.
wuat is caneu :u raurwu yanauiu,
Mine was a rather lonesome JoN
In tuo-e days there was no night
iti., -,.r
legion. 1 was night clerK, night
yard matter and all-around night
caretaker, with nothing to break the
monotony or the long hour of dark -
ne-is except the occasional coming in
of a freight train, or the arrival oi
departure of the ulght expresses, ol
which there were two, Nos. :i; anl
8K, the latter coming in and the
former going out at Z o"clock a. nu
It was the custom f the crew of a
5 to run their engine out at 1.4".,
cross the main track, run around
their coaches, which lay on the op
posite side of the yard, couple on and
back their train up to the junction
where, on a siding, they awaited the
coming of No. ufl be'ore they could
go out the K & II. being a single
track road. It was the duty of .No.
hnp Mt'pmaster to see that all
switches were left right, and as lie!
was known to be a careful man, no
questions were ever asked as to
wuether or not this duty bad been
verformed.
Une still, hot night In August J
heard the engine of No, 35 come out
of the bouse, stop at the water plug
for a few mii.utes, cross over the
main and perhaps a dozen other
tracks to the c .ach tracks, and a few
minutes later I bade Conductor Stew
art good-night after be had stopped
at my open window for a moment tc
f reet me. I listened vaguely to the
aborcd breathing of the engine as
she backed her train up the ratbei
heavy grade to the junction, and then
looked at the little nickel clock on
my (.-!:. It was 1:43: In a little
more than ten minutes I would bear
the dull i ;..r of 3d as she ran
across the river tridge a mile below.
A moment later the mellow glare oi
tier heaillight would light up the long
rows of freight cars st.mdiDg In the
yard, the engineer wou!d blow a Ion?
whistle, and I would wave my Ian
tern over my bad as a signal that
all was right, then he would give twe
short toots of recognition and the
lung line of coaches and sleeper
would flash by and I would lay thr
twitches for the outgoing No. 35.
As 1 looked at ray clock tha
thought struck me, "Suppose that
the baggagemaster bad forgotten to
close the switch on the main, what
then? Why, nothing could save 3d
going straight into the turntable
pit. and I shuddered when 1 thought
of the terrible possibilities ot such ar
c ident
Something within me said, "G
and Fee if the switch Is right"
"Go: Go: Go:" shrieked the voice.
I glanced at the clock once mors
as I drew a fresh report sheet toward
me; it was 1:'5, and I listened foi
the sound of No. 3 crossing th
iriver, but heard it not.
"1'he switch is wrong," urged th
siysteriDus voice.
"Can't be that it's wrong," 1
argued, this t me aloud; "Vatsy!
never yet failed to close that swit;-l
nixl he's closed it to-night, without a
doubt"
Ji's wrong to niht," said my tor
mentor, "it Isn't far; go and see la
Yourself."'
i w:i z-.tUng: very nervous, ana
wr.eu toe clock told the houi
of i', a coid sweat broke out upon me.
The tra;n was now overdue, and st.ll
I sat there, pretend ng to make out
hii interchange report, but in rcalitj
lrin to fiht oJ by stubbornnesi
the s'iT:i.:lliin that kept constant!)
clamoring for me to go to the switch.
The clock han is wiiitfcd to 2:04; there
wvc as yet no indications of the ap
proach of No 3'i, but I could stand
it no longer. I strcd my lanteri
and run to tha switch.
Iu was wide open.
I closed tho switch In feverish
nsate just as the still air broke into
a hollow i oar as Train 3ti struck the
river bridge; another minute and 1
as waving my lantern in an "all
rVhi." signal, heard the pleasant
loot toot of recognition and knew
by the -io-iad that the engineer haJ
given net a Botch or to more pre
paratory to rushing up the tr ale.
1 her was the ware of a f rieodlj
hand from the cab window as th
tra n rattled over the switches. 1
stood still and watched the red lights
on the bind car as iong as I could
see them, and tben tottered weaalj
into the office and sat down to thin)
of what might have been.
My story is told. Whether th
forewarning given that night cornet
under the head of presentiment, pro
monition, coincidence, or mere acci
dent. I know not: I have given fa is
my readers may form theories fa
themselves. Will Templer, In Far
and Home.
WATS IN A CITY
fha sfrobably Outnumber tha In4
habitants Five to Oae.
A curious friend asks' us a curiam
u action -uow many rata are were in
Newark T We really don't know, and,
we don t know anybody who does,
know, but we should say that, upon a
moderate estimate, there are at least
500,000, If la were possible fer any
rltlsen, male or female, old or young,
to take Into on view the entire rat pop
ulation within the city limits, that citl
ten would be appalled. We don't often
tee the rascally little animal, and we
don't like him when we do see him,
and, apparently be doesn't like us when
he sees us, but he is everywhere in the
sewers, in the house drains, between
the walls, between our floors and ceil
ings rats burrow uuder our buildings
and in our gardens. They are above
I us, beside us, and below us.
Wherever the human is. there the
'rat- anA Via la In tnnu Athnr nl
rat is: and be is In some other places
! where the human Isn't It is said that,
formerly, in some of the Islands of the
Pacific, be was the only Inhabitant
But speaking generally, the rat asso
ciates himself with human civilization
be travels from country to country In
ships, and It is not unlikely that he
takes occasional trips on the railways.
Some of the old romancers say that he
Is a great swimmer, and that multi
tudes of them have been known to
cross rivers to find fresh pastures upon
which to depredate.
There are black rats and brown rats.
The brown rat la said to be a native of
the East Indies or of Tersia. and at
least one naturalist is of opinion that
the black rat is a native of North
. I America. But there is a difference of
rtitlnlnn nn tha sliK1rt ? nnjl It llAfl hefU
over, lie immediately muae war upou
the black rat with tremendous effects,
although black rats are still found iu
some- British localities,
j St Pierre says that the dog is a
friend and the cat a courtier that ths
dug is attached to the person and ths
cat to the house of his master. But the
rat is neither a friend nor a courtier, ha
1S
for
himself, first last and all tin
lm0
He cares nothing either for th
'"af te,r,or hl T' 1" 'in
f'h him w h tof ffj "
toils not neither does he spin; every-
thing he gets from the man whoso hous,
or -rounds he occupies he steals, and
J"et n manages to live well; he is al
1 ays fat and sleek and usually has t
large family.
j It takes a great deal of food to feet
the rats of Newark; and how so larK
a papulation manages to keep alive ant
In such good condition is past all under
; standing. The rat ts not very particu
i lar as to his food, it is true, and if hi
Is very hungry he will fill himself will
Iron filings, if he enn get nothing els
aud when he is dry and can get ni
water will drink beer or whisky, ani
will get as drunk as a lord. Store thai
once, to our cetraln knowledge, he hat
depleted our ink well. They are grpal
scavengers; they keep us free from a
good deal of vermin that might other
wise baffle us, and occasionally they eiil
each other. It Is aald that they onoe at
! a bishop. Doubtless, this was a bail
I blshep and a mean man, and It la fail
to the rata to say that his reputatior
j wae of that description.
Occasionally a rat is domesticated,
and. In fact, is a handsom animal. Il
la said by ene well acquainted with hlio
that a close acquaintance dispels out
antipathy. This gentleman says thai
"their sharp and handsome beads, theli
bright eyes, their Intelligent looks, theli
sleek skins, are the very reverse of re
pulsive," and thst "there is a posltir
attracHeo in the beautiful manner is
which they sit licking their paws and
washing their faces, an occupation lu
which they pass a considerable part oi
their time." This may all be very true,
and. probably is; but our office cat Is e
very useful animal, all the same.
And we remark that next to silver,
the Important question now agttatini
the Iroquois Club and the police of Chi
cago la this: If it takes seven cats seres
minutes to kill seven rats, how manj
cats will It take to kill 100 rats In M
minutes? There are wide divergence!
of opinion on the subject; when as
agreement la reached our readers shall
be promptly Informed. Newark Advev
tlser.
While He Slept.
Archibald Clarke, a farmer llvlnj
near Grump, Ky., is without doubt th
most remarkable somnambulist is
Kentucky. He actually during th
past summer cultivated four acres of
land while asleep.
-' For a long time Mr. Clarke suspectetj
his neighbors of stealing into his true
patches after night and doing the work,
but anally one night, while nailing
some boards on his backyard fence,
he struck bis thumb wtth a hatchet and
awoke, thus realising for the first tim
that he had been working In his sleep,
Among other thing that he has don
iwhile In the somnambulism state wai
to lay a worm fence for a distance ol
COO yards. One night he fell asleep,
KhraklDg that he would rise early on
the following day and cut a small ditch
jto drain a pond. But great was hii
surprise when the next morning ht
found that the pond had been ditched
during the night
On one occasion he got up shortly
after he had fallen asleep and putting
several pounds of butter in a basket
took It to a near-by grocery and traded
It fer coffee and sugar. For s long
tkne he we a lose to account for ths
missing butter. Neither did he know
wbea.ee came the coffee and sugar.
However, since realizing that he is a
confirmed somnambulist he ha ques
tioned the grocer, who recollected the
eccurronoe necause or Mr. ciarkef
strange behavior at the time.
Mr, Clarke lived alone, bat eloce he
hag discovered bit condition baa en
gaged the services of a yranf negro,
who take care that hi employer does
opt f et out of (h how during hi
op. CiaoJnnet! Enquirer.
A Foeelbllltr.
"Last night I dreamed 3hat I died.
What do you suppeso waked mo WOT
"Waa U the heatrUfo,
Jn chilly days the maiden grieve
Though dressed in garments newf
Ihe can't display her silk walsfs
sleeves '
And heavy Jacket's, too. ''
"He said I was his life's sunshine.'
1 guess you will find that all nioon-
ihlne." Boston Courier.
"Professor, how does the hair-cut
silt your' "The hair Is altogether too
(tiort a little longer, please." File
ende Blaetter.
i "What would you do, miss. If I should
ittempt to give you a kiss?" "I should
(rtaluly set my face against It sir."
Ichuiond Dispatch.
"Toll me. guide, why so few people
kseenil that magnificent mountain."
'Because no one has ever fallen off it" I
t-Flicgende Blaetter.
It may be weakness," said the dying
(litor, "but I can't help but feel gra te
ll to this town." "What for?" "For
fe enough to leave It" Atlanta Con
itution. "That whisky Is fifteen years old. I
now it because I've had it that Ions
fiyself." The Colonel By Jove! sir,
ou must be a man of phenomenal self-
mtroL Life.
"Now that we are married, Penelope,
tnd have nothing to conceal from each
nlier, how " "I'm 29. George. How
mien did you give ths preacher?"
fhlcago Tribune.
I Tommy Paw, why is It the good die
oung? Mr. Flggs They don't die
roung because they are good, but they
itay good because they die young. In
dianapolis Journal.
lie (waxing serious) Do you believe
ki the truth of the saying, "Man pro-
loses; Uod disposes?' She (archly)
t depends upon whom man proposes
(. Brooklyn Life.
yh. Peary, please now settle down.
While you with life are blest;
And give yourself, the world at large.
And poor north pole a rest
Boston Courier.
Slobbs Jenkins told me Miss rtea
funstreet was an old flame of yours,
i'.lobbs An old flame? Iuipossililei
lVhy impossible?" "She's from Bos
lun." Philadelphia Record.
"Oh, boy, I'll give you a dollar to
latch my canary bird." "He's Just
(aught ma'am." "Where where is
(lie precious pet?" "Black cat up the
load's got 'lm." Chicago Record.
"I reckon," said Mrs. Corntossel,
that tllese politicians ssys a good
liany things they're sorry for." "Yes,"
(eplled her husband, "an' a good many
liore thet they orter be." Washington
liar. !
"It's a cold dsy when I get left," sn!d
Pie pawn broker, as he hung up the
iio overcoat on which he had advanced
1 1. "It's the other way with me," aptly
marked the overcoat New York '
Herald. - j
"Do you think," be asked, "that your :
father would consider my suit favor-
ildy?" "Really, Herbert," the mer- ,
;hant's daughter replied, "I couldn't j
ay. Did you ony it at lis store r
U'ashlngton Star.
Oh. legislators, while you strive
To remedy our Ills,
If you would keep us all alive,
Tass some ten-dollar bills!
-Atlanta Constitution. -
"Did you like the matinee?" said
Mabel to Blanche. "No. I couldn't
foe the stags." "Tour seat was well
jjward the front, wasn't It?" "Yes;
iat a foot-ball player aat directly in
front of me." Judge.
A. "When I aee you I always think
If the proverb: 'To whom Qod gives
a office, to him he gives understand-
ig.' " B. "But I have no officer A.
Well, don't you aee how that fits?"
fUegende Blaetter.
Husband "I bave mad all aorta of
iacrlflcei fer you. Now, what did you
ver giro up for mer Wife "What
lid I ever give up for you? Well, I
lever! Why, I gave up half-a-dozen
If the nicest young men In town."
Kew York Weekly.
"Years ago," said Mr. Barnes Termer,
he eminent tragedian, "I started out
K be the architect of my own fortunes,
tut in the school of experience I have
earned that a successful architect
flight to be able to draw good houses." j
-Indianapolis Journal.
The black-bearded pirate, with a
tnlfe between bis teeth, boarded the
tassenger ship. "Throw up your
lands!" be shouted. The paasenger
tanging over the rail smiled feebly.
'I thing I did. not lesa than an hour
iga," be said, gaspingly. -Cincinnati
tnqulrer.
"Are u tnese young men anxious to
peoome surgeons?" asked the visitor.
They are," replied the lecturer upon
nrgery, "But how can so many ex
act to make a living r "Easily, sir;
wUy," answered the lecturer. "Think
t the a feat of the present bicycle
rase." Chicago Evening Post
In reply to the cry for assistance, the
irofeesor amldT "If I could help you. 1
ouldn't help helping you.
t, i. ,
, cannot help yen that I .oaaaet help
efualag to help you." And the men-
llcant darted around the Corner, with
error In hta eyes and orlea of "Help!
n hia mouth. Boston Transorlot
Changes Made Her Rich.
About forty years ago a poor colored
woman with a family of children be
came the owner of a piece of ground
in what was then the open country.
Other transactions were completed
that made the cost of the land remain
ing in possession of the woman seventy-five
cents. She managed to get a
cabin built upon her ground, and by
raising vegetables and other honest
industry, she made a living for herself
and children.
As the city grew, her piece of land
increased in value, and im time she was
able to sell lots to aa amount that put
her in easy circumstances. But she
still retained possession of a large part
of her original purohaae.
' That ground now extends through
from Bpriag street to Broadway, and
it is safe to say is worth at least $1000
per front foot am each street
The cabin in whieh this woman lived
with her faasily disappeared long since,
but if . minded she could hare a
palace in place of it Los Angeles
(CeL) Herald.
ruffled doeaa't
A cat with Ha for
CHINAMAN kNW &NG.LISM.
A Oeaiee for Xxpreuloa KqaaltaHis
Scientific equipment.
At the business ports of China It la
customary for the Europeans to issue
wuat is called an "express"; Lei spe-,
ctal bill printed and delivered quickly,
by hand, announcing the arrival of
any special goods, etu, as a means ofj
advertisement Our friend John China-
man, at Canton, not to be outdone in
il .s style, Issued the following epistle
nn an "express" last month, and which
is highly amusing:
FOR SALE.
Best Peppermint OH Made from Its Real
ly Leafs.
Can be Curable for the Sicknesses
Male, Female or Boy.
of
Diisy Use to put or wipe few drops on
the forehead, bothaides under eyebrows
noseholes and bothaides the back of ears,
, Fever Wipe on the forehead and nose
boles. Fit Wipe most to the noseholes, an
Jrink few drops mixed with tea.
! Giddy Wipe bothsides of forehead an
roseholes.
, Gout or Goutswollon Wipe bothsldei
tf forehead, noseholes and much to th
roast.
Headache Wipe on the forehead an
noseholes. Believe ns.
CIIOY TUOONG SUNG,
ni-pin Gate, outside Brass Smith Itond,
Canton. Tid-Bits.
Had to Walt His Turn.
In the days of General Sam Houston
fluellng was much more common thaa
Viow.
After removing to Texas Gen. Hou
I ton happened to give offense to a polit
ical opponent who felt bis honor dis
figured to such an extent that he sent
a challenge to Houston. The bearer of
the challenge was received with courtly
civility. He hauded the written chal
I lenge to Gen. Houston, who read it, and
taking up his pen wrote something
I across the back of the folded paper and
placed it In a pigeonhole of his desk.
lie t hen went on to entertain the bear
! er of the challenge with the pleasant
conversation for which he was noted.
After a time the man began to grow Im
patient and reminding the General of
the challenge asked him if he was going
i to reply.
I I "Oh, yes," eald Houston, "I am going
ko reply."
"Well, aro you going to accept the
rhnlleuge of my friend?"
"CVrt.ilnly I will accept it"
I "Will you fix the date for to-morrow?"
! "No. not to-morrow."
"Next day?"
"No, nor the next day either."
"Well, will you fix a date?"
"No. I am not able to fix a date. Ton
saw me number your friend's note; it
Is No. 49. There are forty-eight other
blanked scoundrels ahead of your
I friend and I must take them In turn.
As soon as I have killed them off I will
attend to your friend; but he will have
to wait until his turn comes."
The bearer of tho challenge bowed
himself out: but of course his friend's
turn never came, and it is not probable
that he was anxious for it to cotne.-
Kiioxvilie Journal.
TY0MAF3 ENEMY.
PERITONITIS
SK1.IMIH
VICTIMS.
SPAltm IT
Vli-nIt Pom Sh U Itut a Wroek- Thr
aiciatia Mxvii f.nnj- llel rowrlM
Tlie Kfrlenr of a Haltl
mor Woman.
From Oio IforaM, Ba'timnre. MA.
Mrs. J. P. Grovn, a mrrll laly with
rrin lehil.lr.Ml. llvs 417 Plnknny TUefl,
Unltimom. She would eailly pass for a
wo;nnn of half bur age, and owes her pmsont
Mate of roo 1 health and prnhaMy her llfo to
the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. A Vrrall
reporter culled at the house a few days bro
arid was inrormod that Mrs. Grove had gone
out for a wailt and would soon le back. Ths
iwribe was ushered into tho parlor to await
her arrival. The room gave every evidence
ot reftaonaent and the euro and attention of
a poo I housewife. Choice books lay around
(rivin? proof of the Intelligence of the family,
nn.l the walla were df"ornted with many rare
articles of virtu and bric-a-brac from South
j America, Jupnn, and other countri. When
' Mrs. Grove was announced the reporter was
a-touisbed to find her nuch a ynunij looking
and henlthy woman. She in well educated.and
; is a fluent talker and Interesting to listen to.
j Bhe, however, declined at first to apeak of
the result she ha I experienced from taking
, the rink Pills as. she said, she did not Ilka
j to have her name anpear In print in any way.
-'However," she added, after some little hesi
tation, "the pills did me so mach good that
I might he doing wronir by not lettini? some
other sufferer know what they did for me."
,- Then she said, -'Dr. Williams" Pink P11U are
i certainly all ho proprietors represent them
: to he. I never had such relief from any
other medicine. A short time ago I had an
attack of peritonitis which left me in such a
pros! rate-1 and nervous condition that I de
spaired of recovery. I could neither Bleep,
ent or read with any decree of peace or sat
lulnction. nnd life was absolutely a burden.
Ifaving heard that others had been enred ol
the sametroublesbyPr. WUIiams Pink Pills,
I secured several boxes and beiran to take
Ihem. As if'hymacrlol at once began to
improve. Thev cured me, and now I hsvs
no svmptomsof nervousness or of the disease
wh ich so prost rated me. Now that's enough,"
Paid Mrs. Orova, in reply to another ques
tion. She walked to the door as lightly ss a
vonne rirl and, with a pleasant good morn
ins to the reporter, disappeared within the
portals of her happy borne with a llttlo
grandehiM climrrnir to her skirts.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a eon
dense.! form, all the elements necessary to
pive new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. Pink Pills are sold
by all dealers, or will be sent poet paid on
receipt of price (50 cents a box, or six boxej
for f 2. 50 they are never sold In bulk or bj
100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medieuw
Company, Schenectady, N. T.
Ancient Vesicle in Boston Harbor.
There are at present in this port taJt-
,n car wrca or tna "'"XT ,
mt AtSargent's wharf Is the schoon-
er iLirH.ui. . ;i I . jauicb v".
Calais, Me. This craft which Is sixty,
four tons register. Is 60 feet in length,
22 feet beam, and about 7 feet depth of
hold, and was built at Blddeford. Me.,
In 1813. She is now owned in Calais.
The oldest of the trio Is the schooner
Polly, now loading at Commercial
wharf for her home port, Rockland,
Me., where her owner and master. Cap
tain McFarland resides. The Tolly was
built In Amesbury In ISO.", and Is 61
feet long, 13 feet wide, and fi feet deep,
having a net tonnage capacity of 40
tons. During the war of 1SI2 this little
craft attacked and captured a British
brig off Castlne, Me.
At the same wharf lies another
schooner even smaller than the Polly.
Her name Is the Julia Ann. and she -is,
owned by her commander, Capt Lcrlng
Rand, of Winter Harbor, Me. She was
built at Gloucester in 1810. The Julia
Ann has a tonnage of 20 tons, her
length la M feet breadth 15 feet, anq
depth of bold a little over 0 feet All
three of these ancient craft are in exj
eellent seaworthy condition, and bid
fair for many years yet to defy the1
storms of old ocean. Boston Herald.
With the Ooctotw
Doctor Have you followed my ad
vice In regard to eating plain food
I ana Keeping quieb sb uume.- rsuent
' That's all I've been able to do
'since you sen. In your bilL Yal
f Bsooid. ...... I
- . ia n. a I a
For Building Up
There is no medicine like Hood's Sarsa
parilla, because it lays a solid founda
tion in mating
pure, rich blood.
"Weak lungs
affected my health
for two year. The
least cold troubled
me greatly. 1 read
about Hood's Bar
saparilla in the
newspaper and af
ter one bottle I
lull a ormt ImhI ha tr. Sinoe taking
six bottles I don't think there ie any
building np medicine that equals
Hood's Sarsapar 11a. It has effected a
wonderful change in my health." Mae.
A. Lambrecht, Franklin, N. Y.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only '
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye tl;6 for 15
Hnnd't DIHe are tatelee, mild, effeo
I lOOU rlllS tlva. AUdrazsUta. 25o
e
British Army Regulation.
Just before he retired, the old Duke
of Cambridge, who, while a sort of
martinet. Is not particular about his
appearance, found out that some of the
rank and file of the British army were
wasting their substance on hair oil and
burling tonga. He forbade It To the
old Duke of Cambridge's critical eye
It waa evident that the dry rot of ef
feminate luxury bad set In among the
Inmatee of the barrack rooms. The
younger men not only curled their hair
pnd anointed It liberally with oil, which
of itself must take up a good deal of
time properly belonging to their most
gracious sovereign, but the curls were
allowed to stray a half Inch and even
more In front of the forage caps, which,
of course, la conducive to all manner
of unmllltary excesses. Kloreover, the
forage capa themselves were. In too
many cases, cocked at an angle, for no
other purpose, apparently, than to give
the curls a good show. A general order
baa now been Issued calling attention
to the queen's regulations, which pre
scribe the manner In which the bair
shall be worn by private soldiers and
the way forage caps should be kept on
the bead. The order does not specify
the exact punishment for contumacy,
but doubtless this is also provided for
by the queen's regulations, which, in
deed, regulate everything In the British
army, to the number of buttons on the
tunics and the material of the shoe
laces. Fortunately no such dry rot
1 has yet affected the few soldiers that go
by the name of the United States army.
jThey are a tough, rugged lot Phila
delphia Times.
I Novel Swimming Match.
A novel swimming match between
man and horse took place in Santa
! Barbara, witnessed byjl throng of peo
ple. C. R. Diver, the Superintendent or
the local street car service, entered his
beautiful black saddle mare agnlntit
Dick Jenkins, an expert swimmer, who
is said to have held Ore State record for
four years, and also has the navy record
at Mare Island. The course coverod
was from the beach to a raft altout 100
yards out and return. From the start
the mare, which was ridden by her
owner, was seen to have the advantage.
She reacbed the raft lully flfty feet In
advance of Jenkins, who abandoned
the contest there. Santa Barbara dis
ua'ch to San Francisco Call.
ISO Viewers. tllOO.
The reader of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least onu dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stilus, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive enre known to tha
mediCAl fraternity. Catarrh being a oonstitn
tioaal disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood an l mucoua sur
faree of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength, by building- np the constitution
and assisting nature In doing- its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In its curative
iwwers, that they offer Oue Hundred Do.lara
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. J. Chkmev & Co.,Tolodo, O.
Etr-soia or urusaisu. too.
Eggs Are SatedT In Parts.
In Paris markets the eggs are all
Jated. and one paya according to their
freshness, so that It is possible to be
rertain of newly laid eggs, or if It be
accessary to be economical then yester
lay's eggs or day before'a are taken at
i slight reduction.
Avoid Pnearaonla, diphtheria and typhoid
fever, by keeping ths b'ood pure, the appetite
good and the bodily health vigorous by the use
of Hood's Sanaparllla.
Hood's Pills act easily and yet promptly.
No peace was ever won from fate by
subterfuge.
More diseases are produced by using brown
sop than by anything else. Why run such ter
rible ruKS wneu tw Know tnat i-iubiius'"1".
hv DohblDa' Soan Mrs- Co.. Phlla.. ts abso
lutely pure. V our grocer has it or wUl get it for
you.
The unaffected of every country
nearly resemble each other.
I believe Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my hoy's life last summer. Mas. alxis Douo-
ss. Ienoy, Alien., ucu w, -vs.
I love prudence very little if It is not
moral.
Ifeffllcted with fore eyes Sse Dr. Isaao Thomp
son's Evs-watat. Sruggtsta seU at 25e. per bottle
Circus Rings.
In various waya the circus of ths
f re sent day differs from that of ths
iast but the ring remains unchanged)
t la always forty-two feet nine lnchei
In diameter. Go where you will, search
the world fpom China to Peru, with
d verging trips to the frosty Caucaaui
and the desert of Sahara, and Beyer a
circus will yon find without ft ring
forty-two feet nine Inches In dlatpeter.
There Is a reason for this faji salable
uniformity. Circus riders and drew
horses are nomadic) wherevef . thelf
wanderings bring tbem, they mom find
the ring alwaya the same, elae the Hilt
be disturbed In their performance, If
not really rendered Incapable. Train
ed to the forty-two feet nine Inch ring,
the horse and his rider have grown
used, worn, one might Bay, to the exact
ungle of declivity toward the center
of the ring which the radlua of twenty
one feet. and a given speed produce.
The mound on the circumference of
the ring alwaya baa on the Inside a
level, so to apeak, of earth, at the same
angle aa that Into which radlua and
speed throw the driver. As for speed,
that, after the horse has gone round
two or three times and to warmed to
Ma work, la the ama through tho act
In fact, strap generally holds his
head so thsj be cannot get beroed a
certain pace. a3-
The rlsxasaster snsns bis whip, (he
clown shouti, the band plays loader
and louder; but ths horse knows Just
he w much Hals empty show means, and
jogs on at the atCme old pace, until, with
through s, tlssTOpAlloaa,
7
A NEW IN0U4VTAY.
fba tnltivation of Cork to Bo xsttro
duced Horo.
The Department of Agriculture U to
loon issue a Bulletin on m
,-ork. It wlU advocate the culture or
jork trees In this country, urging that
forest of this species of oak oould D ,
Mtahllahml with e-reax Droflt In the
Southern State. Statistics show that
12,000.000 of cork la Imported Into the
United States annually. It Is steadily
now
Increasing In value, fetching
eleven time the price that wae paid
for It to 1780. The soil of California la
particularly well adapted to the cork
oak, which grows there with greater
rapidity than in JDurope, Already about
1,000 of the tree have been planted la
the San Gabriel ralley. The University
of California baa distributed several
bushels of the acorns, which, by the
way, are Tory good to eat taatlng like
chestnuts.
The variety of uses to which cork la
put la extraordinary. To tho Algerian
It is as great a necessity as the agave
to tho Mexican or palm to the Arab.
From II ho makes boats, furniture. Mid.
dies, shoes, horseshoes and even cloth
ing. Other employments for the materi
al In southern Europe are for roofing,
palls, clothea, window lights, plates,
tubs, drinking vessels, rellgloua images,
fences and coffins. The waste cork from
the cutting of bottle-stoppers Is utilized
for filling cushions and mattresses and
In the manufacture of cork-dust bricks.
A very fine kind of pasteboard la made
from cork, the substance being mixed
with paper pulp and pressed to squeeze
out the water. Cork waste la also used
' for making life-boats, buoys, linoleum,
Inner aoles for shoes, artificial lega and
arms, "cork coraets," and many other
articles In which lightness and elas
ticity are required.
I The ancient Greeks and Romans were
familiar with many of the uses to
which cork is put at the present time.
They knew that the cork tree produced
a new bark after the old had been de
. ....
t richer! Kmnlovmenta ror It were re -
stricted, however, until the seventeenth
century, when the development of glass
manufacture and the widespread use of
bottles made It a necessity. By the end
J of the eighteenth century the tree waa j
I largely cultivated; cora lorests were
I rented, and workshops were establish-!
! ed for the cutting of cork. The cultlva- j
. tlon of the cork oak began In Spain and
' ,1 Y1 J 1 J
. exieuueu meoce uiio ruriuai niiu
France. There are at present In the
world 3,500,000 acres of cork forests,
more than half of this area being in
France, Algiers and Tunis. This does
not Include the forests of Morocco
which are still unexplored.
Though of modern origin, the cork
Industry has attained immense Import
ance. In the last half century the pro
duction baa more than doubled. About
$8,000,000 worth of prepared cork, rep
resenting 5S7.000 hundredweight, war
sold last year. Portugal occupies the
first place as a producer, while tho Unl-,
ted States, England and Germany are
the principal consumers. Spain exports
vast quantities of manufactured cork
for bottles. In this industry, as well
as In the quality of the product she sur
passes all other countries. The world
consumes annually 7,000,000.000 cut'
corks. The sizes and forms of these art j
regulated according to 150 models.
Champagne corks consume the bulk
of the finest cork that reaches the mar
ket. They cost a cent apiece wholesale.
This Is because they have to be cut by
hand. Ordinary cork that Is Intended
to be cut by machinery is first softened
by steam, so that it may not take the !
. I. 1 I n , '
elites ou iue rvtuiviug auivtrs. vvr
thus treated does well enough for com
mon purposes, but It toss lost Its elas
ticity and oes not make stoppers tight
enough for champagne. The cutting
of cork by band is a trade requiring
much skill and long experience. Ths
knives employed are so quickly dulled
that they have to bo sharpened con
stantly by the cork cutter as he works.
The great champagne houses often en
gage the entire output of cork-cutting
establishments in Spain and Portugal.
In these countries the business occupies
whole villages. Agents from the fac
tories and export firms of Seville and
Lisbon go through the villages each
year. Buying up enormous quantities
of ut corka of all sizes and qualities.
They are sorted In the cities and done
up In bales for exportation.
Corks v. y so much In quality that
the price runs all the way from two
cents to $5 a gross. Much of the finest
bark is turned Into stoppers for medi
cine bottles.
Cork trees are raised from seed usual,
ly, the large and sweet acorns produc
ing the biggest trees and the finest cork.
Small and Bitter scorns produce coarse
and inferior trees. The bark product
of a full-grown tree Is about eighteen
pounds, worth five cents a pound. Ths
cork of commerce Is not a natural prod
uct of the tree, but an abnormal devel
opment of the bark under certain treat
ment Natural cork la useless for pur
poses of manufacture, being too coarse,
Sometimes it Is so woody and dense
that it will not float The wild cork,
or outer layer of the natural bark, Is re
moved when the tree reaches a diam
eter of six Inches or so, leaving the in
terior denser and softer cork layer. Th
latter Is called "lard," or "mother cork,"
and from It the cork of commerce de
velops. While the tree Is in sap, thers
Is no difficulty In removing the cork,
care being taken not to Injure the lnnei
layer, which, if hurt would not product
any more cork In that spot When ths
tree is not more than two feet in cir
cumference, a single vertical cut
made and the cork Is taken off In a sin
gle piece, called a "cannon." From big
Ber trees It Is removed In slabs.
IN OLDEN TIMES
People overlooked the importance
of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action, but now
that it is generally known that Syrup
of Figs will permanently cure habitual
constipation, well informed people will
not buy other laxatives, wnicn act ior
a time, but finally injure the system.
The Important Para.
A young typewriter had Just been,
Mt hv a nromment lawyer. She had
never done regular work before, and
was somewhat nervous.
The lawyer settled bimseix dock in
his chair and began dictating from
mind a brief. He had pegged away
about five minutes, when the girl stop
ped, with a horrified look on her face.
"What s ths matter r assea the lave
yer.
"Wonld you mind saying that all tt
again?" the girl asked, with eyes fuD
of tears. , . .
"WhvT
1 foreot to put any naner la ths
ehme."yrcnae Post,
Yro6t lAoade? tomeS to Grief,
The proof reader of tha Hambnrrav
ftachrlchten. Bismarck's nmn Ha
been sentenced to four weeks Impris
onment ana a nne of loo marks as "tho
Chief propagator" of a falsa renor thai
ooeMffjeooooo
Queer names.
"J2i wkno of flh, SL
nd mascle, and emmnjemaD7
lOOuuuuuwuuuuuuuuu
He Embodied Justice.
The late chief Justice of Victoria,
mrinbotham. waa known
UVVtW -e
i ..Knn that Australian colony for
hta 8trong and peculiar qualities. WhUe
ba UTed his eccentrlcltiea amused the
nntbJnkiBg public, but now that he Is
I fle4C, pie that even his odd-
est actions were prompted by an un
usually high sense of honor. One I
his biographers aaya:
"He had the unusual habit, whether
on the bench or In private life, of putr
ting himself In the place of the man
before him; of trying to look at things
from his point of riew. In bearing a
case, be forced himself to to It with
the eyea of both plaintiff and defend
ant Hence the almost unerring Juetlct
of his declslona."
Once at a Urge dinner parry a naval
officer was describing bow his ship had
been overrun with rata, and how he
hud called In a rascal of a rat catcher,
! who had pretended to rid the vessel of
the vermin.
"But," added the officer, "there were
nearly as many at the end of the next
voyage. I believe be left a few that he
might have another Job when we came
Into port"
"Oh, nor exclaimed the chief Jus
tice, In a pained voice. "Don't say
that!"
"He thinks now," said some one who
knew him well, "that he Is the rat
catcher!" which no doubt was the case.
His almost childish unselfishness and
his enthusiastic eagerness In peace
making commanded a remarkable af-
fectlon and homage from even worldly
-1 ..
. uuamcM uiu.
On one occasion he exhausted all his
logic and powers of persuasion to rec
oncile two of hia friends who were ob
stinately resolved on going to law.
Finding his labor of no avail, the
chief Justice suddenly led one of them
apart, and throwing his arm over the
man's shoulder, said:
"John, what would the Master have
done if He had been In your case?"
There was no lawsuit
One of his political opponents sums
up the life of this great Jurist by say
ing: "It was the best gift that God ever
made to Australia."
Tr. Kilmer's Bwmp-Root earn
sll Kidney and bladder trouhlet,
amplet and Consultation trej.
laboratory lilngliauilou. N. Y.
We can do more good by being good
than in any other way.
Mr. "Win. low's Soothing Pyrnp for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays ain, cures wind colic. &c a bouid.
Necessity reforms the poor, an sa
tiety the rich.
FITS stopped free oy tin. KI-nrR'S eRAt
Nkhvk Rkhtohkh. No uta after lirst day's ne.
Marvelous curs. Treatise and $-.00 trial hot.
tin true. Uv. Kline. !H1 Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa.
When one has come to seek the
honor that comes from Uod only, he
will take the withholding of the honor
that comoB from men very quietly.
me dreatef t nedical Discovery
of trie Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery,
flONALD KEKVEOr, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Hcs discovered In one of our common
pasture weeds s remedy that enrea every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrotals
down to a common pimple.
He has tried It In over eleven hundred
eases, and never failed except in two case
(both thunder humor). Ha has now in
his possession over twe hundred certifi
cates of its value, all within twenty miles
of Boston. Bend posts! card for book.
A. benefit Is always experienced from the
first bottle, and a perfect cure Is warranted
When ths right quantity 1s taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes,
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them ; the asms with the Liver
or Bowels. This Is caused by the duots
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it Bead ths label.
If the stomach Is fool or bilious It wlD
cause squeamish feelings at first
Mo ohange of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best yon can get, and enough of It
Dose, one tablespoonfal la water at bed-
Sold by all DrouUta.
CIGAR SALESMAN.
WANTED Cigar Salesman. Good salary and
expenses. Kew plan. BiKcesl maurptneuts.
nertonre unnecessary. Samples furnlhed. Keply
with stamp. II. L. MlinhaRDT 4 Co. Chicago, 111
Timely Warning.
The great success of the chocolate preparations of
the house of Walter Baker & Co. (established
in 1780) has led
many misleading
of their name, labels, and wrappers, waiter
Baker St Co. are the oldest and largest manu
facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and
Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are
used in their manufactures.
Consumers should ask for, and be sure that
they get, the genuine Walter Baker t Co.'s goods.
WALTER BAKER
DORCHESTER, MASS.
You Will Realize that "Tbey Live Well Who Line
Cleanly," if You Use
SAPOLIO
for resisting disease thin people, nerveless, delicate ! (
The food for all such men, women, or children is Scott s
Emulsion. The hypophosphites combined with the cii
will tone up the system, give the blood new life, improve
the appetite and help digestion. The sign of new life v'1
be a fattening and reddening, which brings with it strength,
comfort and good-nature.
Scott Bowne, New York, ah omsxute .
00000ft
Twist" " A Jam
"Eaw Spots'
Jacobs Oil.
Artinciai ivory is now
condensed gkirn milk.
made to
Try
Them All,
Every
Tom,
Dick
and Harry's
Buckwheat.
THEN
TRY
ojADWAY'S
u PILLS
Cure
Sick Headache,
Biliousness,
Constipation,
Piles
AND
All Liver Disorders.
RAILWAY'S PI I.I. S nrp jmr'r vetabli
mild and reliable- Cause rcrft.'i-t h:tlia, com
plete absorption and bealtUlu. reu-a.arity.
25 cts. a box. At Drngijistd. or bv mail. "Book
of Advice" free by mail.
KADU AV V C O.,
K 0. liox 3; New Yobi
CALIFORNIA FARMS.
Practical farmer, attention! ('iir i-rii-esentjli
you to buy su ill c lent acrvtigc to make a gil to
come bv general tanning want: waning in
ore nurds to prow. Choicest laud UJttb.esidt.
lit 1 Is nnd sma 1 valley, gtu: ctiuiee pHiireitni,
$J0. W e can give vou tracts affording tiie propor
tional amount of each kind yuu n-;re. 1-wp
fertile coil; water; railroad: g "1 c--iumuaitj;
very eay terms. For further luiurmn t km address
GRANT A H&.K.EU, bauta Jtaibara. Lai.
?Q A DAY SURE.,
REM)
U J inj tt Kin , .W yrn bow
in kc ' a 3v; alr-ulu'riy Kim- warm,
ni-h tit w.rk aiid u.it li ).'U Ire
wuik In (he J.-Mliry ii.-r- t.o fin
(al u yon r tlr-K n-1 ill tin
the buflritm fully, rein-m r rP
svita War pr-'h: r j i r-v- rr .
W- rk: a'lUfflv Fur wrlia al as.
iwi a,r, vt-iitun, a nanus.
ASTHMA
? POPHAM'S ASTHMA SPlW
Gives reliff In flTst minus.
ITS mini;
jisicktr'
Bwx f"-n
I'rupjri-t!. One Bvx nt poatpajjil
f.,- tlFLITlrlsl Onlil Ml
.-s A.idrs thus, i-iirnia. ruiLA.. ii.
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THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE, (be rrenl demo
cratic newspaper of tlie west, will lv sent I
days a wM)k one year for S3. No B'ibscrlptlon (il
this ratn less than one year. Samples free. THS
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aMDtanussas. Hand far atroauar. utAbtt.vA.H.loPJL
to the placing on the market
and unscrupulous imitations
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' KJ Best Couitu byrup. Tau.t?s Vn
the food for a!! such.
Hovy ;p&ny palo
folk
v r---
here arc i Peopic who
have, the win, but no power
to bring out their vitality;
people who swin like
a pendulum between
strength and weakness
so that one day's wo?'
causes six days' sickness!
Fr.n1r- who have no life