Why marrleS my wife, why? Listen and I'll tell 70a; Not because she make good pie, Tho' sue cao, I tell 70a: Not because she's wondrous wise. Versed In Greek and Latin; Not because she likes to dress in fine silk or satin; Not because she rides a wheel, I still wear the bloomeraj Not because in kindliness All my crochets humors; Not because on politics She keeps always posted ; Not because she knows how I Like my meat when roasted; Not because of beauty rare, That is quickly over; Not because while she works hard I could live in clover; Not because she does possess Fortune that's Immense; Simply just because she's got Uood sound common sense. -Charles W. Hird, in Boston Post fHal Yes, that's tho title of my story. "Oh, we won't like that story at all," I think I hear you exclaim, but please begin It, and I think you will enjoy it. It's true, every word, and happened nineteen years ago in a country dis trict about thirty-five miles north of the city of San Diego. THE STORY. "Why, Miss Kate, I don't sea th school-house." "I think perhaps we're not near enough yet," answered Miss Kate, rath er doubtfully. "Oh, yes, we are. Don't you remem ber we could always see it when we reached this treeV" said the little boy again. "Well, Willie, I do believe you are right and that our own little school hou.xe has been either swallowed up or Mown away!'" exclaimed the young teacher, as she stopped suddenly in the path, gazing wifb a.Htoulwliiiieiit at the place where the building should Lave been. "We weft It all wight yes'day af noon, didn't we, Mith Kate?" "Yes. l'aisy dear, but It's gone now; let's go up to where It stood and see If we can discover what has become of It." So up the steep hill they climbed; when they arrived at the spot, which was really a very barren, unsheltered place, ihcy fuund that some mischief worker had been very busy during their absence. One of the walls of the building Iaj nt quite a distance, while the other three were plied on top of each other near at hand. The hills and knolls around were strewn with h medley of papers, clock, stoves, pencils, chalk, desks and hooka. Who or what had done the mischief? How could it have happened? After talking It over quite a while they decided it must have been a sud den squall of wind, purely local, which had played havoc with their little tem ple of learning while they had been soundly sleepinjr the night before. Dispatching one of the boys for the trustee who lived in the neighborhood. Miss Ka'e m.d the rest of the children went to work to gather up those of the f urnishings hlch had not beer, ruined. The Kcho.-.lina'nm felt pretty blue; the hot tens tilled her eyes as she bent over her task. What was she to do? Here he was far away from home. Ah, the thought of her mother, broth ers and sisters In that home, whom she was tiding so hard to help, and now she hud no k1 lhouse in which to teach! Was It not disheartening? It was a very lonely place; thinly set tied. The trustees had been paying Her high salary, and had even given her an extra amount for teaching on Satur days, because she was the very first Instructor wiio had been willing to re main during a whole term. Thiixhoi 'thoughts ran, her face grow ing more serious all the time. "It was a good thing it happened at night. Miss Kate," said one of the boys, trying to c!:cer her. Yes. r.eiiiiy." "Jusii shin!,, Mith Kate, If It had happ'u'd the day you forgotten to bwiug the key. and we all had to cwlmb In and out of the wiudo'! We'd been all hurled lindwy wen, wouldn't.we?" chimed in dear little Daisy Brownie. !.. here comes Mr. Case!" they shouted, running to meet the easy-going, good natnrcd man. W.-.H. I ilcelar'. Miss Kate," said he, pulling and blowing after his climb, "this Is too bad, recly! What are you B-goiiig to do? ' "Mr. Case, I think I'll pack my trunk and start for home to-morrow; I be lieve a steamer sails from San Diego for the north 10 morrow, does It not?" raid she. with trembling Up and flash ing eve. "Thar, tli.ar, not so fast. Of course I ran t say just what the other trustees of tlie de. si ri. t will want to do, but I swhii. we'd all hate to have you go. "1 gu ss I d better hitch up the old roan and jes' drive over and let Mr. Jon. s an 1 Mr. Sykes know 'bout this a -happeniir. and come sni tell you h!s on niii' what we decide to do. -.Vow. ynii go home, like a good girl, and .i' -1 make up your mind that we'll 1 . ' ! y.1.1 get ' IT f.r such a little fh'n2 n-; t!f sfhrH.Ihus's blowin down! Will we. young mis?" You li.-t your boots we won't," shout ed the I . ;. Thanking him for his encouraging wolds Mis Kale ami her fuilliful little iiock stai ie I for home a long walk of a n.iie mi I a half before her. it was in tin- lovely springtime of the year ::Ti.l the air was so full of the sc.ng.s of ! tr.is and the sweet fragrance of flowers that they soon recovered their goo.I s,-iriis and had not gone very far when they had to stop and have a good hearty laugh over the fun ny misfort line. One by one the boys and blrls bade their teacher good-by as they reached their homes, rushing with eagerness to tell tin- exciting news to their parents, w ho were tilled with wonder when they uw their children returniug from rhool so early in the dsy. During the evening Miss Kate re eel red the promised call from Mr. Case, who brought the welcome news that the srhoolhnuse was to be immediately rebuilt, that the trustees had deter mined to bu!M It much nearer her boarding place, In a pretty, Uttle sJwl tared ddju trntil It was ready, which ha thought would b io about a wmk, aha was to bold her classes In his front wsm. Again thanking him for bis kind ness and bidding- Mm "good-night." she want to bed with a Tory happy heart. The next day the children met with their teacher In Mr. Case's front room, and every day after that until the school building waa ready. Mr. Case's bouM, by to way, con sisted of two tiny rooms, the one In which the lessons were recited being the family sitting and bedroom. And worst of all, there waa a teething baby In the house, whose peevish cries often drowned the voice of teacher and pupils. My! how glad a day It waa when the little unpalnted schoolbouse waa ready for Its occupants once more, even though It bad no floor save the one rurnishad by Mother Earth even though Its stove and clock were warped and rusty and Its books and maps tat tered and torn. Then the kind trus tees had placed It In auch a pretty spot All during the days of the spring term the one little window and the door were thrown wide open to admit the sweet scents and the sounds of the tea son. Mocking-birds sang in the canyons close by. The little squirrels were wont to come and sit on the wood pile by the open loor. Humming-birds, oh, so brilliant, dart ed hither and thither, and the flowers were ao abundant and so gorgeous that the dell seemed to have been deluged with vari colored paint from the great pots of the giants on the mountain tops above. So you see, my dears. It was not such an ill wind, after all, that one night blew down the little country school bouse. Cade Sam's Menagerie, The sovereign power of the govern ment has won a victory in a legal con troversy which is officially labeled "tb United States vs. seventeen boxes of snakes and twenty-three monkeys." It was a peculiar case, and appears to have been the outcome of the Jealousy of a clique of importers of snakes and monkeys In New York toward a rival. The members of the clique made up their minds that they would not toler ate a new dealer, who might bec-oms a formidable competitor In the mar ket When they were called on as ex perts to fix valuations they namtd their estimates so high that the con signee of the snakes and monkeys could not afford to pay the duty assess ed. The goods were detained by th custom-house authorities and placed in bond. Government officials did not know how to take care of the goods. Knakes should have a bath every day, and these did not get proper treatment. The monkeys, too, were not well cared for. The result is that about all the reptiles are now dead, and the deci sion of the court is that the govern ment need not make good the large losj of the consignee. This may be good law, but wherein the Justice of It con sists it is impossible to se. Buffalo Express. COLOR LINE IN SOUTH AFRICA. It Is as Strongly brawn There as ia Any Fart of America. It rarely, if ever, happens that a na tive, whatever his rank, is received on any social occasion iuside a white bouse; indd, he wou.d seldom bo pi 1 uiltted, except as a domestic servant, to enter a private house at all. When Khama, the famous chief of the Ba Maugwato, a Christian, and a man of admittedly high character, who has ruled his people with singular wisdom and ability, was In Kuglund last au tumn, and was there entertained at lunch by the Duke.of Westminster and other persons of social eminence, the news excited general annoyance aud disgust among the whites in South Africa. A story was told me of a gar den party given by the wife of a lead ing white ecclesiastic, the appearance at which of a native clergyman led many of the white guests to withdraw in dudgeon. Once, when I was a guest at a mis sion station In Basutoland, I was ask ed by my host whether I had any ob jection to bis bringing in to the family meal the native pastor, who bad been preaching to the native congregation. When I expressed some surprise that he should think it necessary to ask, he explained that race feeling was so strong among the colonists that it would have been deemed improper and. In deed, insulting to make a white guest sit down at the same table with a black man, unless special permission bad first been given. Thus one may say that there Is no social Intercourse whatever between the races; their relations are purely those of business. Now and then the black man gets ahead of the white, but the la tier's pride of race re mains. I was told of a white who con descended to be hired to work by a Kafir, but stipulated that the Kafir should address him as "Boss." Of intermarriage there Is, of course, no question. It is not forbidden by law in the two British colonies, as It is in most, if not all, of the Southern States of America, but It is excessively rare; nor dors It appear that there are now other Irregular unions outside marriage, as there constantly were In the old days while slavery existed. In this respect the case of South Africa remarkably resembles that of the Southern States, where also there is now very little mixture of blood, though there was a great deal fifty years ago. Probably In both cases it Is better that the races should not mingle their blood; for the white race would be likely to lose more than the black race would gain. Century, Lost Sword Returned. Reno Tost, No. 0, O. A. R., was vis ited by the National Staff Association the other night in Armory Hall, at East Greenwich, Conn. The regular meet ing waa held with closed doors, after which an open meeting was beid, with a collation for guests. Speeches were called for by I'ost Commander Samuel F. Crompeon, and Dr. C. O. Ballou re sponded for the visitors to the post. The final address was delivered by Junior Vice Commander B. W. K. Al len. Mr. Allen touched upon the sub ject of war relics. One had come Into his hands a sword, whose scabbard showed hard knocks. It was recently forwarded to the commander by a relic collector of Washington. D. C. It was picked up on the field of Bull Run. and when the rust was removed from the blade the name of Lieutenant Stephen P. Arnold, Second Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry, was found Inscribed. Colonel Arnoid was present, but knew nothing of the recovery of his long-lost sword nntil it was laid in his hands b the speaker. Albany, N. Y., claims the honor of having made the first carriages man ufactured entire in thia country. Sev eral were built in the year 1814, and the event was duly noted at the time 49 an evidence of the spread of United States enterprise. TRUMPET CALLS. Saas'a Bora Swnnas a Warataat Mass so Usn UaraaeaaaaaV . THH devil works the hardest oa Snadav Wnen tba oat look Is not good try the upiook. - Whoever lias a bad hsbit baa a waster. We best serve ourselves when we best serve others. ' The man who baa no god to worship worships him self. A fault will attract mora attentlor to ua than a virtue. A prayer may b long, and yet not tsk the Lord for much. The man who haa the "big bead" often weara a small hat It la not the longest prayers that ire answered quickest The sermon falls that does not tell somebody that Ood Is love. The spots ws sea on others are near ly always on our own glasses. No man who Is trying to serve this Lord doubts that there Is a devlL Get In the habit of resting all yous weight on the Everlasting Arms. Every man..' -ho does wrong Is help ing to lead a army of boys astray. Wherever Jesus went, the devil took fains to send some scribes and Phar sees. There are people who never care for nuslc except when they play the first ddle. The man who Is doing the thing God aants blm to do Is engaged In a great work. The devil's presence in the heart Is if ten shown by what comes out of the mouth. The man who Is sure that there Is no pell will generally be found trying to (nake one. The man who works for the Lord by be day will never be satisfied with the pay he gets. The man who Is trying to hide be Jlnd a hypocrite now will not do It In the judgment. The man who Is willing to do God's will will not long lie kept In doubt about what is God's will. Some people talk much about what a lappy place heaven is, and do nothing o make their homes resemble It It will be time enough to talk about ;lviug up the Bible when we find kimething better to take Its place. When the devil knows that a man is tinder to his mule than he is to his wife he likes to hear him talk In church. Men do not have to commit all known rlnios to miss heaven. It Is lost by baring nothing heavenly In the heart It sometimes rakes a moderate drink er a long while to find out that the dev il's claws have been run through h'm. The people who go to sleep under the preaching, will be wide awake when they watch the preacher's prac tice. The Eskimo Character. We found the Inuults very quick-witted and intelligent; with unvarying irood nature and a keen appreciation of fun. they proved themselves compan ionable in spite of their uucleanlluess. Their skill manifested itself in many ways during these long excursions. 1 41 tor in the year It showed Itself, on one occasion, in a particularly interest ing way. Having found It necessary to cross a glacier on a hunting trip, our ' uiiiiits passed at the edge and hal loed to ascertain the direction of the echo. On the return a storm of snow ind fog had obliterated all landmarks, hut the Indians easily found the way by means of the ecSo. There waj always a charm In thelt strange melodies, and particularly at night, as they slowly rowed along the black waters among ghostly, beautiful icebergs, under the starless sky. Ana such melodies! They were like the sighing of the winds, low, contented, full-breathed, yet with an undertone of ladness. But at times their songs are rehement with Joy and action. Ccxt ;ury. An AotreM Salary. Sarah Bernbardfs salary Is SI. 500 a week. Yvette Gullbert received under kt recent contract $7,000 a week, and ?alve earns $1,200 for each of her ap pearances. Olga Nethersole earns $250 x week. What wltn his salary and per centage of the receipts John Drew uiakes in good times $."100 a week. A comietent leading man or woman, like Henry Miller or Herbert Kelcey, Viola Allen or Isabel Irving, can be had for $200 a week. The only player that has ever received, even in thia prodigal country, a salary equal to that of Bernhardt was Mnie. Modjeska. Edwin Booth, who knew nothing about the value of money, once engaged the Polish actress at a salary of $1,500 a week. Mr. Urau's contract with Gull bert lasted only two weeks, after which he returned to the cheap prices of Paris. Calve's contract lasted five months, but during that time she sings only twice or three times a week, after which she returns to the moderate sal aries of Kurope. Melba receives $1, 500 a night in thia country, but In Paris is content with $300 a performance. But Sarah Bernhardt's contract con tinues through summer and winter, and every Saturday night she pockets $1, 500. Taking one thing with another, the actress is better off than the sing ers. Averaging the entire Income of each performance, we should say that Calve earns $50,000 a year, Guilbert about $35,000, while Bernhardt Is sure of $78,000 annually for five years. Footlights. Oar Diplomatic Service. The diplomatic service has sometimes jeen assailed In Congress as a purely iruamental one; and while the evident necessity of maintaining the service Is iuch as ought to save It from the de ttructionists it is quite true that our diplomatic relations with some of the powers are more ceremonious than practical. But we must be equipped ind prepared for emergencies, and ev iry now and then, even at the small tut and most remote courts, there is 1 critical need of an American repre lentative to protect American citisens r American interests. Ladies Home "ournaL When a Western girl goes East, ehc returns with at least five new waya of sing ribbon. The new Connecticut forest map hows that over one-third of the state a given up to woods. The area of rood land has been increased by the growing up of what were one pasture and. The bicycle haa received the indorse nent of physicians as the best known orrective of tendencies to mental and tervous diseases. LAST IMPERIAL VICTORY. Rsselssa'S atettla Aaraiaat ttaa Allies at Draaaaaw On the 28th, as ba passed Baatsan.be learned that Oudlnot bad been defaatad at Luckau; but ha (are no bead to the report, and next day ba reached Dres den, at nine la the morning. An hour later the guard earns on, having per formed the almost incredible feat of aarcadag savanty-alx anUes ia tare days. Van lam me, with 40,000 men, had reached Plrna, a few miles above the city, and St Cyr was drawing In behind the temporary fortifications of Dresden. The head of Napoleon's defens ive bne was to ba kept at any cost. Tbe- neaiy, too, was at band, but they had no plan. In a council or war bald by theia the same morning there was a protracted debate, and finally Moreau's advice to advance in sevea columns was taken. Ha refused to "light against his. country," but explained that the French could never ba conquered In mass, and that If one assailing column ware crushed the rest could still pusr an. Thia long deliberation cost the allies their opportunity, for at feur In the afternoon, when they attacked, the mass of the French army had crossed the Elbe and completed the garrison of the city. For two hours the fighting waa fierce and stubborn; from tare different sides, Russians, Austrian and Prussians, each made substantial gains; at six Napoleon determined to throw In his guard. With fine prompt ness Mortier, with two divisions of the young guard, sallied forth against the Russians, and, fighting uutll midnight, drove them beyond the hamlet of Strte fen. St Cyr dislodged the Prussians and pushed them to Strebla, while Ney, with two divisions of the young guard, threw a portion of the Austriana Into Plauen, and Murat, with two divisions of Infantry and Latour-Maubourgs cav alry, cleared the auburb Frledrichatadt of the rest Napoleon, alert and ubiqui tous, then made his usual round, and knew when he retired to rest that with 70,000 men or boys be had repulsed 160, 000 of his foe. His Inspiriting personal work might be calculated aa worth 80, 000 of his opponents' beet men. That night both Marmont and Victor, with their corps, entered the city; and Van damme In the early dawn began to bombard Plrna, thus, drawing away forces from the allies to hold that out post The morning of the 27th opened In a tempest of wind and rain, a fact which Is considered as having been matt ad vantageous to the French, since it ena bled them to hide their movements, and Interfered with their enemy's guns and ammunition. In any case, the sec ond day's fighting was more disastrous to the allies than the first. At six both sides were arrayed. On the French right Victor and Latour-Maubourg; then Marmont; then the old guard, and Ney, with two divisions of the young guard; next St. Cyr, with Mortier on the left Opposite stood Russians, Prus sians and Austriana, In the same rela tive positions, on higher ground, encir cling the French all the way westward and around by the south to Plauen; be tween their center and left was reserv ed a gap for the Austrlans under Kle nau, who were coming up from Thar andt In the blinding storm, and were overdue. At seven began the artillery fire of the young guard, but before long it ceased for an instant, since the gun ners found the enemy's line too high for the elevation of their guns. "Con tinue, came swiftly the Emperor's or der; "we must occupy the attention tt the euemy on that spot" The ruse succeeded: at ten Murat dashed through the apparently unno ticed gap, and, turning westward to ward the Elbe, killed or captured ail who composed, the enemy's extreme left The garrison of Pirna stood firm until afternoon, and then retreated to ward Peterswald. Elsewhere there was continuous fighting, but the French merely held their own. Napoleon loung ed all day in a curious apathy before his camp-fire, his condition being ap parently due to the Incipient stages of a digestive disorder. Early In the after noon Schwarxeoberg heard of Murat's great charge, but he still held firm. When, however, the flight from Plrna was announced, he prepared to retreat, and at five his columns were slowly withdrawing from the conflict. By six Napoleon was aware that the conflict was over, and, mounting his horse, he trotted listlessly to the palace, his old gray overcoat and hood streaming witi rain. Century. Those Innocent Oradnatea, She I have been shut up In a board Aig school for such a long time that 1 hardly know what to do with my hands. He Let me hold them for you. Sensible Constance. Mr. Crlmsonbeak When Constance was younger she used to ride a wheel and I tell you she'd take nobody's duet. Mrs. Crlmsonbeak You don't say sol "Yes, but now she has reached the marrying age ahe'a willing to take al most anybody's." Yonkera Statesman, Perfectly Fiendish. Husband Don't you think yon are rather unreasonable to expect me to take you to a ball, stay awake until 4 o'clock and then get up at 8 to go to work? Wife I may be a little unreasonable, but it's perfectly brutal of you to men tion it Odds and Ends. A Freak.' "Blyklns ia the moat modest man I aver aawT said a friend of his. "What makes you think so?" "I never yet heard blm claim that the bicycle he rides la the best on the mar ket" Washington Star. Admiration. "What do you admire most iltout Snobbe's literary work 7" "The compensation he manages to get for it," replied the person who Is chron ically envious. Washington Star. So many men go through life looking as if their wives had caught them at it The devil would hare been whipped long ago If be bad not always been able to find something good to hid behind. Instead of praying for their daily bread some men tell the Lord ajtta4 kind of weather is needed to snake a wheat crop. Ramie cloth is used aa machine belting. (B M dlelaal value, mors skiiL ears, expanse, store wonderful auras aad more euraUve power fea Sarsaparilla Than In any other. Be sura to get only Hood's. Mood's Pill eurs bUiousness, ladigestloa. 0TJ11 BOYS AND GIRLS THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OP THE PAPER. Qnaiat Sayisura aad Cats Detauxe af taa Little Folks Kverjrwaare, Oatlaared ana Prlatad Bare far All Other Lit tle Oaas to Bead. Puaay Willow. The brook is brimmed with melted snow, The maple sap Is running. And on tba highest elm a crow His big black wings is sunning. A close green bud the May flower lies Upon its mossy pillow; And sweet and low the South Wind blows, Aad through the brown fields calling goes, "Come, Pnssy! Pussy Willow! Within your close brown wrapper atlrj Come out and ahow your ailver fur; "Come, Pussy! Pussy Willow!" doon red will bud the maple trees, The bluebirds will be singing, and yellow tassels in the breese Be from the poplars swinging; And rosy will the May flower lie Upon its moaay pillow. But you must come the first of all "Come, Puaay! Puasy Willow!" A fairy gift to children dear. The downy firstling of the year Come Pussy! Pussy Willow! Fas for His Dor. One day Bobby was eating grapes, and after come boy fashion, swallow ing skins, seeds and all. "Don't do that, Bobby," cried his mother, hastily. "You might get ap pendlcltus." She told the little boy something of the danger of swallowing seeds, and showed him how to separate the seeds from the pulp, so as to eat only the best part The lesson made a deep im pression on Bobby. A few days later he sat in the garden, watching his lit tle dog eating his dinner. Presideutly Fido began on a small bone, taking It Into his mouth with great appearance of delight Bobby jumped up in a great fright and pulled the bone away. "Fido, stop, stop!" he exclaimed. "Oo'll get 'pendiclUs!" Ten baby owls roosting or a line. One let go, and then there were nine. Nine baby owls swinging on a gate. One fell off, and then there were eight 1 . ut, Eight baby owls a good time bavin'. One burst hia little self, aud then there were seven. Seven baby owls all in a mix. One got out of it, and then there were six. Six baby owls in for a dive. One didn't coma up, and then there were five. live baby owls "sliding down our cellar door," One got mad, and then there were four. Four baby owls op in a tree. Bang! went a big gun, and then then were three. Three baby owls a-winkln' at you. One winked too hard, and then there were two. Two baby owls starting for a run. One got left behind, and then there wai one. One baby owl crooning all alone, 4.U old hawk gobbled him up, and ther there was none. Borne' Love for His Wife. "Burns haa been hotly assailed," writes Arthur Warren in presenting The Other Side of Robert Burns" In the Ladles' Home Journal, "because of his alleged indifference to bis wife (Jean Armour); but the fact ia he was ardently fond of her. Jean waa true to him, and hia true affection never really turned from her. Jean worship ped him literally worshiped him. And when we study her devoted life we must agree that there must have been much that waa admirable In the char acter ef a man who was adored by so true a woman. Burns biographers have paid too scanty attention to all this. There is no use In apologising for the defects of Bobble's life, but there Is luoh a thing aa insisting too heavily pan them. Too much haa been made in the thousand stories of Burns' life of the 'Highland Mary epi sode, and too little of what he really felt for Jean Armour, and of Jeaa'a In tense loyalty to him and devoted care f him. The real facta abeat Highland HW.MfjrtolMWeV IMj OVSr 1 'arise the one episode of Burns life .... .... . n . wtm wblcn is veuea in mystery. ran study the poet's life closely eneagb to see that the persecution which in the early days seemed to hopelessly eiiarate him from love drove blm to Highland Mary for solace, and that Mary'a eudden death idealised that Highland lassie in his memory. There waa not much more to It, and Jean sever troubled herself about It There oaa been a aad waste of popular sym pathy over Highland Mary. It loyal Jean our thoughts should turn. Burns' love for her and for his chOdrea was very great That Is a pleasing pits tore of him handed down by one who aw him 'alttlng in the summer evening at hia door with hia little daughter In bis arms, dangling her, and singing to ber, aad trying to elicit her mental fac ulties.' The little girl died In the au tumn of 1790, when her father's health waa faillng.- Tornseasa Klenhaaae as Death. There exists a email reptile of which elephants have a very peculiar dread, and against which neither their aagao l.y nor prowess can defend them. Tbii diminutive creature gets Into the trunk of the elephant and pursues Its eourst uutll it finally flxea la Its head, and by keeping him In constant agony, at length torments the stupendous anlma' to death. He Oot It. Tvir Vnn know that feller workln in shaft 17 who waa always klckln tor a raise? Mick Yes. Dick Well, he kicked over a can 01 dynamite to-day and got It Up-to Date. A man pursues bad luck oftener than bad luck pursues a man. Personal. AKY OVE who has be-n benefited by the nse of Dr. Williams' Fink Mil. wnl reclve Infor DiHiion ol mucti value and Interest by willing to Ptuk fiug, t. u. Box 15U-J, I'liila . I a. The Medical and Surgical Benorter records a number of remarkable cures of diphtheria with calomel rubbed up with sugar and placed dry on the tongue Dr. Flick considers this a specific for that disease. rv tl.00 worm lloomns Tloatms-Borax Soap nt' vnur fmi-r atiwl wtannera la IlobbiOII' Soap Mi s Co., Philadelphia, l a. They will send jou iree oi rnaiae, touge paiu, a Hurmiw rocket Dlctlunarv. 'MS .Ke, bound In clolli, proluaeiy illustrated. Oder good until Augtut 1st only. In 1894 there were 223,725 convic tions for crime in Ireland an increase of five per cent over 18lJ3. rnre Guitrnnteeti by 1K. J. IK. MATER, 1013 An li M. 1111 LA.. FA. frase atonce.no opera tion or delay Horn bustiies.. Consultation tree. imioienieuii 01 Dhysit-una, ladies and promt m tut citizeiiat. beuU tor circular. Office hour 4 A ftl. to 31. M. lu 13'J4 the United Slates exported cheese to the value of ouly $7,180,000 -a decrease in fourteen years of forty per cent Feed I he Nerve upon pure, rich blood and you 111 not be nervous. I ure blood comes by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla which is thus the greatest and best nerve tonic. Hood's Pills cure names, slr-k headache, in digestion, blliouaneu. All druggists. 15iC. Book agents are supposed to die an early and a violent death, but captain Q. E. D. Diamond is still at the dau gsrous trade in Sau Francisco, at the ae of 1UU. W. IT. Orimn, Jackson, MIehlean, writes t "Suifered with Catarrh tor nfteen rears. IlalTs Catarrh Cure cured ine." Sold by Drug gists, 7ac AmKrirn.fi wkmIiIi pirfPflii that ii Great Britain by 35 per cent, but the ratio per inhabitant is ie?s. We think l'io's Cure fur Consumption Is the onlT uirUiciue lor l oughs. Jl.ui hl-stHiKU, Sprlugtield. Ills.. Oct. 1, IS'.. A shne that ran Iia hauted hv moana of an apparatus attached to the sole ia among me latest curiosities at the Washington Patent Office. sire. Wlni6w's booming syrnp for children teething, soften the gum, reduces lndaatme tum. allays twin, cures wind col la Ma a bottle. A Chinese firm baa commenced the manufacture of wiae and champagne ou a large scale with the grapes of northern China, which are said to yield an excellent quality. Hitherto the grapes have been used only for eating. FITS stopped free by lit. Kl.lrs OasaT Kkkvb Hbctosib. So fits after first day's use ktarvelouscurea. 1 realise and f-U0 trial botlle tree. lir. Klme. 981 Aich su. I'blla., i a. fiArminv haa hesan trvintr her.l tn establish a colony in Africa, but so far only 700 have moved there, and 250 of them are omciais. Gladness Comes With better understanding' of the transient nature of the many phys ical ilia which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed. .There ia comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That ia why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfactions FI FTY Connty Rights, under letters patent No. 377 852. lor sale; Sou each; this Invention Is novelty which can be manufactured fur 7o. and retailed for 25 cents. 8. UKKBKRT GIJWY.609 7th street, N. WM Washington, . C. TELLS YOUR FORTUNE with pen picture of your future husband or wife. Send 10c silver, date of birth, to sstioioger. box 1772.Boston.Msus AGENTS HU3TLKR3; general local special tor an entirely new fluid automatic repairer for i.U'-ctur- In BICYCLE II RKj. . the WIZARD, Zjo67ih Ave.. New York City south ArmoAiniuiM. alMiaara at Zlastsabwa that Key m Kiaai Sslssssa-s It would seem that, at some far dis tant date, a peeple mere civilised than any ef the present Kafir tribes had penetrated la to the region we now call U..IU...I, ansl had maintained it- ! self there fer a considerable period. Re mains of fold-worUngs are found in many parts of that country, and even aa far aa tho southwestern part of Matabeleland remains which show that mining must hsve been carried on, y primitive methods, no doubt, but still apon a scale larger than we can well leem within the capabilities of the Kafir tribes aa we now see them. There are, moreover. In these regions, and usually not fsr from some old gold srerking. pieces of ancient building exe rated with a neatness and finish, aa well aa with an attempt at artistic ef fect, which are entirely absent from the rough walla, sometimes of loose stones, sometimes plastered with mud, which the Kafirs build to-day. These eld buildings are, with one ei lepttoa, bits ef waU Inclosing forts or residences. They are constructed of small blocks of the granite of the coun try, carefully trimmed to be of one elze, and are usually ornamented with a lmnle pattern, auch aa the so-called "herringbone" pattern. The one excep tion is to be found In the ruins of Zim babwe, In southern M ashonaland. Here a wall thirty feet high, and from six to twelve or fourteen feet thick. Incloses a large elliptical space, filled with other buildings, some of which apparently were Intended for the purposes of wor ship. There are no Inscriptions of any kind, and few objects, except eome , rudely carved heads of birds, to supply any Indication as to the ethnological affinities of the people who erected this building, or as to the nature of their warship. Buch Indications as we have, however, suggest that It was some form ef nature worship. Including the wor ship of the sun. We know from other sources (Including the Egyptian monu ments and the Old Testament) tnat there was from very esrly times a trade between the Red Sea and some part of East Africa; and aa we know also that the worship of natural forces and of the sun prevailed among the early Semites, the view that the builders of Zimbabwe were of Arab or some other Semitic stock. Is at least highly plausible. Two things are quite clear to everj jne who examines the ruins, and com pares them with the smaller fragments of ancient building already mentioned. Those who built Zimbabwe were a race much superior to the Bantu tribt-s, whose mud huts are now to be found not far from tbeste still strong and solid walla; and those other remains scatter- ed through the country were either the work of that same superior race, or, at any rate, were built in Imitation of their style and under the Influence they had left. But whether this race was driven out or peaceably withdrew, or became by degrees absorbed and lost lu the surrounding Bantu population, we hare no data for conjecture. If they came from Arabia they must have come more than twelve centuries ago, before the days of Mohammed; for they were evi dently not Mussulmans, and It Is Just aa easy to suppose that they came In the days of Solomon, fifteen centuries earlier. Century. Dan(er In Ezceea of Exercise. Housework, chores, gardening, walk ing, climbing, cycling, running, swim ming and many other sports give Just the kind of exercise that Is Indicated In certain conditions, due regard being bad to the physiological effects of vary ing dosage. Oertel has shown how the simple exercise of walking may be adapted to sufferers from cardiac de bility by prescribing the distance aud speed and the number and length of the rests on definite paths graduated according to their slope. Ills Interest ing and original work has not only given a new direction to the treatment of certain cardiac affections, but is destined to have an Important influ ence In establishing accuracy In the prescription of exercise. Whoever has studied the map of the enviroua of Relchenhall, Bavaria, prepared by Oretel for the application of hia meth od, will acquire a vivid Idea of what precision of dosing In exercise means. In this map the different patha suita ble for the work are marked in four different colors, to Indicate those that are nearly level, those slightly sloping, moderately sloping and steep, and fig ures are placed along each route to show the space that should be trav ersed In each quarter hour. The locality itself is prepared for its remedial use by placing benches for resting at suitable distances, and by marking on certain trees near the path circles, colored to correspond with the map, to indicate the difficulty of that particular section. By systematic prac tice on the easier paths the heart and system are progressively trained and strengthened. Intelligent analysis may do the same work for cycling, horseback riding, and many other fa miliar exercises. In this way the dosage ia practically reduced to a def inite number of kilogrammeters In a' given time, and a step has been taken In placing the prescription of exercise upon a scientific basis. Appleton's Science Moolbiz. Not a Financier. "Look here, said the city editor to the new reporter, "you allud.j lu this story to Mr. R ox well as a financier." "Why, he handles a great deal of money. "I don't care If he does. I don't want you to call him a financier. He hasn't any side whiskers." Washington Star There Is a certain kind of man that no amount of effort will ever make a man out of. ITVERY FARMER r CAN MAKE MORE MONEY lnn- H can mvk twic as much. Hi en sell ul Northern farm and pt twice as many acre for bta ! moner down her. We tell Improved farms for 9H tm W20 at-rr. Plenty of railroads four of them No droughts. Neither too hut nor too cold Uiuate jut riht . Northern farmers are coming vary week. If you are iuterestetl writs for FREE pamphlet and ask all the questions you want to. XI to pls-amrr to us to answer them. BOPTHERN HO.MKHEEKBR UND COMPANY, NwMrrvllle, Ten. .47 .ar n m mm m . aw' m raw BvwrytMiHK Mil Hw to ioin. tvauosia, -fueua wcinw Mai witn, wtnamiii Beat 7OO, fFW 11 M ii f i?V SsT V m 1 Is 1 Tat .""taaJ "A HaBdfol of Dirt May be a Honscral of Shama." Keep Tour House Clean With SAFLI TwOHEN DISC0UEAGED. GOOD AND SUFFICIENT REASONS FOR THE BLUES. Doctor Fall to ITaderstand Symptom Ihat Are Danger Signals. I a m.rM trait in woman's character is to place implicit confidence in her physician. A man must work entirely from the- ory in u treatment of female diseases, for unfor tunately facts based upon actual knowledge, belong to the female sex -alone. Many wo men who peri odically Buf fer with at tacks of diz ziness, extreme lassitude. "don't care or want-to-be-left-tlone feeling, do not at first realize that these are the infallible symptoms of womb trouble and the forerunners of great suffering. Soon they grow to feel that the doctor does not understand their case. Then they remember that "a woman best understands a woman's ills," and turn to Mrs. Pinkham. The following letter is but one post tive illustration of this fact : " Four years ago I began to suffer with great weak- ness of the genera tive organs. My womb was pro lapsed; I buffered with continual backache and all flit nthtfr nutria that accompany . that weakness. I tried doctor after doctor, bad operations. The final operation f after which 1 became a total wreck, was scraping of the womb. A friend, one day, recom mended to my husband your Com pound, lie bought me a bottle. The relief I experienced after taking it, was wonderful. I coutinued its use, and I am glad to say my recovery is a perfect surprise to everybody that Bldhu, 4940 San knows me." Mrs. B. Francisco Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Mr. P. T. Barry, who has general charge of the advertising contracts of the Chicago Newspaper Union, is compelled to pass a large portion of bis time In journeying to and fro in the interests he represents. Speak ing of Ripans Tubulee, Mr. Barry says that bo has carried them with him iu his satchel on all his trips, since he first became acquainted with their excellent qualities. He uaea four or Ave a week, being always particular to take one after a hearty or, more especially, after a hasty meal. He never requires more than one. Mr. Barry does not remember how he was first induced to moke trial of Ilipans Tabulae, but now he buys them ol the nearest druggist whenever his supply is exhausted. "They are specially convenient," Ma Carry says, "and a mighty nioe thing just what a man needs when traveling, if ho needs a medioine at all." ttlpana Tabules are sold by dm relate, or br mat If the iirlm (50 tenia a box) is aeut So The feifievf Chemical Compauy, No. 10 Suraoe st. Hew keck, eampls vial, lu oeauv STEADY We Par Casts Weeklr sad want man everr- wlisra to sell stask TU VRM i anlllima taat- II am wai mm J. proven "abeelnSeir beet." " flUfr Supxrb outfits, new system. WlMlf-uiaaa, Ms. Keokyft, 1U. FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has bem used by Mlll!es af Mathers for thrlr children whlis Teathlns toe ovar riftv u. " It soothaa aha AhIM sAna ck friiua, allays all pain, cares wind oollCL ana is the beat roniadV for dlanaeaa. Twenty-use Cents a II an lap ---------- - -- r rrr raranaaa a J QALESMEM WANTED ' lo canvass for tbe sale of Nursery Stock I Caaa advanced weekly- on all orders. Correspon dence Bollc'.tet.. Address O. W. Will TNKV . CO., Dansvllle, BT. V. A good local aRent wanted In every town. r'ARPLfcS1 CORN CREAM, onlv reliable and w p.-siilve cure kir ( orus. Kelieves all pain. All DruKgi!. 10 per box, or sent by mail on re ceipt ol price CAItPI.ES Si CO., 102 and 101 Fulton St, N. Y. P ENSIONS. PATENTS. CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON. D. C. Lata Frladpal STsnlasr 11. S. rsastoa Ssraas. Syia.ia.lai war. Uaajadloatias slaiauv atty. aUwa. OPIUM sad WniSTTT habits cared. Book seat saas. aw a. a. woomr, atlasta, aa. ;KAKKI.l!VrOI.I,ECiB, NEW ATHKSS. (. Total cosltisoayr Thoroutli. cheap. Catalog free K1DDER8 PA8TILLi5!l NoTsrensfseansaia ' Price SS cis So I OAss hymalL SaoweaaOs , 'h.rlaatwu. U. IN THE NORTH IN THE MIDDLE SOUTH. 1) 1 -UP CUT PRICES ON PUUPS7 tn laraner twlta is low. Who to Him P We navsreoeatedlTrefnaod and. therefore, defeated windmill combs. aod bavo, sine oo. reduced the cost of wina -power to one-siitn wbat it il We believe in low wires, hieh mdM and laree sales. No on ksawt the best pump er prices until he knows h. we make snort hand and ong power sirmce pumps, witn oest seanr less braaa rnhe crvlinder. lower than iron ones a2-Aix01ncnats2.il. 111 Toaraeaier uuv none other. Aermotor oriceaatrigl mrm mi ways. oest. 1 nrongn gratitude, and we are Torire ma sera, ami are uffMtt to me world has Riven at snore than bail oustness. we nave 20 brand twrasw Wnm fw alifulty aitMtnttd etvcalar
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