rrr '" ' " ! : -" ii . - ,).. .. .1 .- i aaaaaaaaa ., n 1 f- . y - ... . : y v.--: . - --r-;-; -- . .. . . - -. ... . ... . ,. - .-.-:..,... . - - y. . , y : - 'x - ---saaaaaaaaaaaamammaamaaaaaamaa l' 1 I i RAILROAD THROUGH THE FARM. There'i that Mack abomeriiation, that big locomotive there, If moke-tail like a pirut flag, a-waTin' through the air; Am' I must set twelve -Banes a y, an' never rata my am, An' aee thet gret black moaster t a- anortia' thronsh my faraa. My father" fara, any mwlui1! tana I come of Pilgrim stock M 7 great-great-gTeot'rreat-rratiflair'i farm way back to Plymouth Kock; Way back in the sixteen hundreds it was in our family name, An' no man dared to trctpasa till that tootin' railroad came. I sez, "You can't go through this farm. you hear it flat an' plain!" An" th;n they blabbed about the riajht of "eminunt domain." "Who's Eminunt Domain?" sez I; "I want you folks to see Thet on this farm there ain't no man so eminunt cz me." An' w'en their prangs begun to dig I went out with a gun, An they rushed me off to prison till their wretched work wuz done. "If I can't purtcet my farm," sez I, "w'y, th'-n, it's my idee You'd better sht-t off callin' this 'the conn- try of the free.' ' There, there, ye henr it toot agin an' break the peaceful cslm, I tell ye, you black monster, you're no business on my farm! An' men ride by in stovepipe hats, an' women loll iu silk. An lookiu' in my barnyard, say, "See thet old rodder milk!" Git off my farm, you Fturk-np doodo, who M?t in there an' erin, I own th:s farm, railroad an all, an' 1 will fence it in! Ping-d'mjr, toot toot, you black ol' fiend, you'll liml w'en you come bark, An' o!' rail ft-m-e, without no bars, built straight across the track. An' then yon srnr k-np doods inside, you Pullman upjier rrust. Will know this nxlger'll hold his farm an' let the raiirond bust. You'll find this railroad all fenced in 't won't do no nrod to talk If you want to git to Boston, w'y jest take yer lais an' walk. Sam Walter Toss. DANGEROUS WOMAN HAT a splendid figure that lady has; I wish we could get a glimpse of her face. If it match es her form, she must be a superb- y I iVJ ly uoatrarui worn-f)i':-'f an." I remarked y V-.'-V' '""V'H to Tom Poole, my 7& tt l -iWN detective friend. " She Is proli ably plain enough In features." re s p o u ded Poole. "Wonen nre not -iven to hide their faces ko coinjili ii-ly when they are worth looking at. But, as you say. I should like a look at hers, for special reasons." "Ah! And pray what are they?" "Well, knowing Unit you can be trust ed, I will tell you. Complaints of rob beries of pause". gers' luggage from rail way platforms have been so frequent of late that I have been detailed for the Kpeclal duty of capturing the thieves. And from inquiries I have made. I have reason to believe that one of those thieves Is a woman." When we turned back she had disap pe-ured. Poole ieoped into the ladies' waiting rooms, but she had evidently left the station. "I verily b lieve that woman 'spot ted' me. In spi.e of my get-up," said the dotective in a vexed tone. "I must try mother rob'." Several weeks passed, and Poole had not seen the lady. I hud twitted him with his want of success in Identifying thehandsonielady with the luggage rvb beries, and he took my banter very coolly. A few evenings afterward I was at Euston, seeing off a frieud who had been staying with me for a few days. The train hud just left, and I was go ing away by the n;aln entrance, when a hansom drove up at full spued, and Its occupant, a tali young lady, got quickly out." "You're too late, miss; the Scotch ex press has gone," said a porter. "O, heavens, what shall I do?" And the lady covered her fuce with he' bands and sobbed bitterly. "Can I be of any service to you?" 1 asked. !jhe raised her veil and looked at me with what I thought were the loveliest, uaost glorious eyes I had ever seen eyes large, melting and of a beautiful blue. "I will trust you, sir, for I like your face. I started from Paris last night. Blr, en route for Edinburgh. At Dover this evening I discovered that I had lost my purse, but as I was booked through, and had my route ticket la my glove, that would not have mattered much if I had caught the train that has Just gone. I am a stranger in I.ou don, and I have no money. What am I to do? The cabman took pity on mc at Victoria and brought me here." "Come wiili me. My landlady wil' put yon up; she Is a good soul, and has tw o daughters of her own. Do not hes ltate; I cannot think of your going tc a hotel." I handed her Into the hansom, on thf top of which were two large lea the! trunks, and handsomely remunerated the generous cabman on our arrival at my lodglru's in Kensington. My l:i::lialy and her daughters re ceived their unexpected gue.-t with ev ery appearance of cordiality. During supper Miss Evelyn Da'.rymple, as ph. styled herself, briefly narrated her his tory, telling us that she wos an orphan had lx'en oo:.(;.a:i:o-i to a lady living ii; Faris, 1 nt that, not '.ii.itig that city, sh: wa.s going to Hdir.bui'S in a similar ca pacity. No reply came to the telegram w. pent, and Miss 1 ulrymple seemed In r. hurry to go away. A: I Sarah Gribb! ' the younger of the two :-'!rls, would ro be h'!eu.l!y to the ttruiger, notwPh ctatuling her-mother's ri monstrances. "Her gentb-e.-s is nothing but art mother: her amiability is assumed. Yo: nre blind to her real character; she is : compound of cunning and selfishness." said Sarah. The rtlst'e of a dress outside the do... nifiht .' -mI.'s sharp cans, and sti'l ie'i iy opening ti'e door, she found Mi Dalrymplo standing there. With . Hash of withering S'-orn Sarah confront coed her. Is It necessary to stand with you car to the keyhole, listening to our -!. ersa lion?" site asked. Surely you cannot mean it, !; :-.rali? You do not know what en.; thinu-s you r.re saying'. I!ut I will leavt I have no wish to create discord In twecn a mother and daughter." After her departure I learned th she had sold her traveling minus I, ri.a.Mn r.rt Un AVOllCA t i I ' I f tl. were far too large for her small ward iV'jy robe, which she nk wy It ftM toiie bag. I resolved never again to play tbe knight erruit IB raeb a fash ion te strange damack In dtotraaa. "Would yen like te aee bw the men bers" of the BweIl mb' eajey them selves?" aoked Tem Pvolc B evening some two utouthi altar my adventure with the blue-eyed orpbas. "Tbere la a ball and suppe te-olfbt t raise fnnda for the defense of that aooondrel Bat eon, who nearly killed one f out men when caught coiDffittxiog a burglary, ai you will remember." The Janitor at the door demurred at first, and mildly declared that we bad no right of entrance, the affair going ou upntairs being quite a private one, but Tom Poolo declared that If any far ther delay took place In opening tbe door he would raid the place. Tbal threat was effectual, for possibly some of the gayly d -eased men and women had property in their possession foi which they would have found It diffi cult to account, "Do you see any one you recognise?" be whispered. "Xo," I replied, pnraled. "The lady whose figure you admired at St. rancras," he went on; "nee, there she Is, with her face turned to the girl behind her." I looked In the direction Indicated, and was more puzzled than ever. Tb girl possessed the splendid form of th veiled lady we had seen at St. Pan eras, and her balr was of the reddy gold that was so much affected some time ago by the- ladles; In all other re spects she was exactly like Miss EvelyB Dalrymple, the glorious blue eyes, es pecially. Hut Evelyn's hair was dark browl when I took her home with me to Mrs. Cribble's, hence my bewilderment. But as the girl turned In our direction, and I had a clear view of her face, my doubts vanished. Sarah Gribble bad been right; the orphan was a fraud. Ttather more than a year afterward 1 happened to be at the central station, Manchester, seeing a chum off to South Wales by the 10:.10 express. The train had Just gone when a cab dashed np, and a lady alighted. It needed only a glance to satisfy me that Evelyn Dal rymple bad again turned up, and evi dently In her old character, for on the cab were two trunks and a large port-ma-jteau. Before she could fix upon a train that would enable ber to get away with her booty, I had hurriedly told a railway eoi'stable what I knew of the lady, and she was arrested. At the sessions a string of convictions were proved against her, and the ap posing glances of her beautiful blue eyes were powerless to Induce the re corder to "give her another chance." '"You are a dangorsus woman, and society uiu.-t be rid of you for a consid erable period. Ten years' penal servi tude." Black Art at the Dinner Table. Although the culinary art ha9 In tht last twenty years made rapid strides, still there is a certain sameness about dinner parties which, to the habitual liner-out, comes bnt little short of dull monotony, snys the London Sun. Now ami again, however, one comes across a hostess whose Imagination, or eccen tricity, is the means of providing a meal for her guests upon lines othet than those upon which the ordinarj dinner is given. Such a one was lady who lived In tbe neighborhood ol Kensington, and who every year gav what she termed a memorial dinner, on- the anniversary of her husband'l ilenth. The room In which the dinner wai uiven whs draped for tne occasion In mauve and black, no othr colors being visible. The tablecloth was likewise of mauve silk, while the only floral dec orations In use were violets. The lady Eiiests arrayed In either Mack or mauve dresses! the footmen were dressed in black plush breeches, mauve silk stockings and black coats. On dinner being announced the hostess took the bend of the table, but on either side of her. seated upon two stools, sat two black poodle dogs, excellently clipped after the approved French fashion, and with mnuve-colred ribbon bows on their heads. These two dogs had been Si-eat pets of the lady's husband dur Ins his lifetime, and it was for this rea son that they were allowed a seat ntnotig the gnosis at the dinner-table. The menu was remarkable for the ab sence of any color In the viands, save mative, the nst being either black or white. Thus the soup was white, like wise Dsh and entrees. As regards same, the lady got over the dlnicnlty, or at least met It half way, by provid ing black-cock. The sweets were mnunve-colored or white, while at the ei:d of the dinner black coffee wa served. Cateh'nR a Shark. A thrilling hunt for a man-eating shark took place In the harbor of Key West last week and came very near re sulting fatally for those engaged. The shark was first seen BWlmming in shallow waters, and three boys start ed oat in a rowboat to capture It. They were armed only with a small barpoon. They managed to get close to the shark without attracting attention, and plant ed the harpoon securely in Its back. The b'g Ush plunged forward when It felt the it on, s.bJ In a moment the boat was spinning through the water like an express train. Several attempts were made to loosen the rope, but In vain. Meanwhile they hesitated to cut the rope, 'for fear they might lose tbe shark. The boat was towed in this fashion more than an hour. At times the shark would turn so suddenly as to greatly mlaugcr the boat, though keeping all the time in comparatively snaiiow wai- er. The boys bcgRn to shout for help, and t yacht was sent to them. Just, as the yacht came alongside the shark made l dive for the boat and tore a big hole in the side. As the boat fllled tne yacnt ime up and took off tbe boys, and the shark was killed with a rifle. It meas ured 15 feet In length. New York World. Saw a Tr'iin for the First Time. conntrv bov who was brought UD O .1 A .A ii a remote region oi rcniiiiu uu o,v, v, - --- aslon to accompany his father to a "That was all right" . iilage near which a branch line of rail-! "No, It wasn't; he turned out to be a v. ay passes. The morning after his ar- .nan I didn't know, so we knocked rival, when sauntering In the garden , ?ach other down and got Into court." hind the house in which they were'Roston Journal. : virz. be beheld with wondering eyes i train go by. For a moment he re ..allied staring at It with astonishment, -ml then running into the house, he iid: "Fayther, farther, come cot! 'here's a blacksuiiddy shop ran off wi' row of bouses, and It's awa' doon by he back o' the town." Thrilling. He That must be a very Intereat'nj txiok you are reading. ci,rvh ii-. xrfnilv orlHnl Thi erolne chances her gown six time be first chapter. Sawing wood and carrying np coal - ar e Industries. SINGULAR STATEMENT. from Mrs. Bank to lira. Pinkhom. The following- letter to Mrs. rink bam from Mrs. M. Rank, No. 2,354 East Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., is a remarkable statement of re lief from otter discouragement. She says: " I never can find words with which to thank yon for what Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. " Some years ago I had womb trouble and doctored for a long time, not see ing any improvement. At times I would feel well enough, and other times was miserable. So it went on until last October, I felt something terrible creeping over me, I knew not what, but kept getting worse. I can hardly explain my feelings at that time. . I was so depressed in spirits that I did not wish to live, although I had everything to live for. Had hys teria, was very nervous; could not sleep and was not se to be left alone. " Indeed, I thought I would lose my mind. No one knows what I endured. " 1 continued this way until the last of February, when I saw in a paper a testimonial of a lady whose case was similar to mine, and who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. I determined to try it, and felt better after the first dose. I continued taking it, and to-day am a well woman, and can say from my heart, 'Thank God for such a medi cine.'" Mrs. Pinkham invites all suffering women to write to her at Lynn, Mass., for advice. All such letters are seen and answered by women only. FIGHTING BOB EVANS. Jow He DUclptined American Bine Jackets Who Had Deserted. "Fighting Bob" Evans Is something ,f a disciplinarian, as the following 1n tident shows: Once on the Mediterranean Station be jras temporarily In command of his iblp when French gendarmes brought i board a large number of American luejackets who had deserted. It waa !he custom on such occasions for each jluejncket, as soon as he was released m the deck of the vessel, to turn and jammer the countenance of the gen larme until he was pulled away. This iort of thing had a tendency to make Ihe gendarmes afraid to bring In uc- tertei!, and Evans determined to stop t. In the presence of the gendarmes md their captives he announced his de dslon. The first bluejacket was re eased, and promptly knocked his gen iarme flat Evans picked up the gen Iarme's sword and struck down the ladlor. Exactly the same performance ivas gone through with as each of the iort six bluejackets was unshackled, rhe eighth permitted his gendarme to ;o in peace. The seven men who had eon cut down all escaped with their lves. Evans said that they owed their reservation to a merciful Lord, who turned the edge of the French pol! co nan's an sword. The seven Injured nen were Invited to make charge Wjalnst Evans, but they said they lidn't want to. As they put It thenv elves: "They guessed they bad run np tgalnot something they didn't know inytblng about." f HE CUBAN WATER MONKEY. tne Mast Be an Kxpert to Drink from It Gracefully. The Cubans have a domestic tonsil ailed a "water monkey" that is to Iks bund in houses, hotels and offices. Tbe xperlenced Cuban drinks without ouchlng It to his lips. He holds It two r three inches from bin mouth, Into PRIXKrXQ FItOM A WATER MONK II. vhlcb a tiny stream of water pours. Gradually and slowly he lifts the tnon :ey away from him until It Is almost ,t arm's length, the water continuing o flow from the monkey down bis hroat. When bis thirst baa been sat sfied be returns the monkey toward lis mouth, then suddenly tips It up, butting off the stream. He Tiptoes Now. "What a quiet man your husband la Mrs. Rizley. and It's surprising, too. gfore oe was married he was one of noisiest young men I ever knew How did you break him of It 7" " didn't break him of It. The baby i ii it. It didn't take him long to learn j ;le vniue 0f silence after little Alfred ; ;auie Expenalve Mirth. "Cheery words cost nothing " "That's where you are way off. 1 laid two cheery words yesterday and :hey cost me $17." "How did that happen T Well, I slapped a big man on the t. ...!, nnt.l TTolln rttrl " Miller Which Is right, "stop and blnk" or "stop to think?" Smith Stop to think," to be sure. You might tasily stop to think while you were alklng, but as to stopping and actually :hlnking, that Is another matter. In tlanapolla Journal. Jones, the tailor, Is Informed that one if his clients has suddenly gone Insane. Oh. the poor fellow, bnt he'U pay my Mil at least, won't be?" "Oh, he Isn't ' julte Insane enough for thatr-Oan- ola. Platonic love la a aort of prologue to the real thlnf. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN TEREST TO THEM. Something that Will Interest the Jn Venile Member of Every Household Quaint Actions and Brlsbt Suyinc f llany Cute and Cunning Children. Boys In tbe Country. Country boys read with Interest these words of Major General Nelson A. Mlfes, the famous Indian fighter: "I lived as a farm boy the happiest years of my life. I think such a life laid the foundation for my healthy constitu tion, its simplicity and purity having a great influence upon my after success, greater than anything else. It taught me habits of Industry and economy, and Its freedom and independence caus ed me to acquire the habit of self-rell-ance." Where the Old Money Goes. In the United States Bureau of En graving and Frlnting at Washington hundreds of thousands of dollars in torn and soiled bills are destroyed each day. The money comes from banks iu all parts of the country, is counted by an expert. Is then cut In two, lecg.h wlse, and each half Is recounted by different persons. The money Is then reduced to a pulp by disintegrating chemicals, the bills being thrown into a Urge revolving cylinder partially filled with the chemicals. This process Is called maceration, and the pulp so obtained Is pressed Into sheets resem bling white cardlioard and Is then sold for about $40 per ton. In this manner the government pays the expense of maceration. The doors to the macera tion rooms are carefully guarded and can be entered only by three officials who have keys. Where Baft la Found. Pretty soon the boys will be digging for bait, and If they are not posted they niiiy find their search fruitless, or, bait less, rather. Angle worms may be found In any moist, mucky soli, where sod or trees or bushes are growing, but you must dig around the roots, the banks of a river or lake being capital places for tbe search. Best to capture frogs, search for them In the marsh grass not far from grassy ponds; but hunt early In the morning or at dusk In the evening. when the dew is heavy. You can usually find crayfish In clay sell that Is moist, where they dig holes resembling snake boles, aud can be tempted out by a chunk of raw meat, which you may tie to a long piece of string and drop Into the hole. When you feel a tug at the string, slowly pull the meat out and the crab will follow. Fat white grubs, the best of all spring bait, may be found In quantities in de cayed logs and stumps, or in that por tion of the barnyard compost pile whicb lies next to the side of the barn. OatricVs Odd Trap. The oddest predicament in which an ostrich ever found itself lately befell one of the huge birds belong. ns to a South African farmer. This ostrich stole and bolted while steaming hot a big dumpling. Tbe bird's regret was Immediate and visible. In his struggle to get rid of the fiery thing within him Mr. Ostrich twisted his supple neck around one of his legs nnd succeeded In tying It In a knot. It required three men and half an hour's time to extri cate the bird from Its self-made trap. "GrowingUp" In Japan. In St. Nicholas there Is a paper on The Little Japanese at Home," by Ida Tlgner Ilodnett. Miss Hod net t snys, in describing the "growing up" of a boy: When ho Is three years old, he begins to wear the obi, a girdle, three Inches wide, which confines the kimono, a loose sort of garment, and the main port of the Japanese national dress, for both children and grown people. The putting on of the obi Is the occasion of another family feast; and a very Im portant garment it Is, for It corresponds to pockets in an American boy's first trousers. The front part of the kimono, above the obi. Is also used as a pocket; and the long, wide sleeves, sewed up at the lower end, make two very big ones. When fifteen ytnrs old, the boy be comes of age, and a third family fes tival occurs. Another name Is given him, and bis hair Is allowed to grow all over tho bead, like a man's. Pre vious to this time the head is shaved so as to allow the balr to grow only In spots or tufts, tbe place of the tufts varying up to the age of ten. when the rowu only Is shaved. At this festival eelebrattng his majority the manner of friends and relatives changes toward him, and while the day before he was still addressed as a child, now he Is ad dressed In the ceremonious forms re quired by Japanese etiquette. The title of respect, san. Is henceforth affixed to his name, even by those nearest and dearest. These titles, san, sama, al ways follow the name, and are never nrenxed as with our "Mr." For exam pie, a boy whose name is Klyosbl will be called Klyosbi-san. In his responses to the kind speeches made to him, tbe boy shows that he understands the new honors that have come upon him, anr that be Is now ready to apply him self to the serious business of life. It used to be a great thing to be born x samurai (sah-moor-rl) boy baby in lapan. The samurai were soldiers and scholars, and were entirely apart from and above the ordinary people. They could not engage In any business, nor ?ould they marry Into another class. Phis has all been changed siiue the Japanese revolution of 1SG7-08. The people are now divided into two large classes the helmin (ha-meen), or com moners, the shlzoku (sbee-zo-koo), or gentry and all have equal rights under the law. The average boy's success In life depends upon his own abilities, and the use he makes of the teaching he may have. The first thing the samurai baby needed after he waa pnt In his nurse's arms waa a sword. Rather a queer thins for aby to have, bnt then this baby waa a samurai! No matter If tbe tiny hand could not grasp the handle, his anrae carried It for blin; and when tte opl becajso a put of, Up dres. Hit BOMKWn AT TWISTED. An Anelen Cnntmn. rrof Hepublican Travtier, ArkanraM Oil", Kan. Pilgrimages to aorne shrine f to eure the disease known as 8t. Vitus' .lance are uo loi or male. The "oJ?'" way of treating t.il i afUlotlon la wltlila reach of every uouseUold, a to B iown by the experience of Karl A. Wagner, the rloea-year-old sou of George Warner, Ol 615 9th St., Arkansas City, Kan. Xtte fath er tells the story as follows: "Over a year ago," he says, "Karl was taken with St. Vitas' dance and continued to grow worse daring Ave months he was under a physician's care. His tongue be came paralysed and we could not under stand a word he said. He became very thin, lost the use ot his right leg and seemed doomed to become a hopeless in valid. We had about given np hope when Dr. Williams' Pink rills for Pale People were reoommended to my wile by a lady whose daughter had been cared ot simi lar affliction by tbe pills. "I boueht a box ot I thmm at onoe and in noticed a change for tbe better in Karl's con dition. I was so well iileased that bought more of them, and when he had taken five boxes the disease dis appeared. A lionet lncaluL "That was six months ago and there baa been no return ol tbe disease. The care was effectual mad perinauent, and I feel satisfied that no other me Heine could have pro duced so marvolous a result. We feel re joiced over the restoration of our son, and cannot help but feel that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pule People are the most ra marknble medicine on the market." No discovery ot modern times has proved such a blessin.f to man kind aa Dr. Will iams' Pink l'tlls for Pale Teople. Acting directly on the Mood and nervea, invigor ating tbe body, regulating the functions, they restore the strength and health In the exhausted patient when every effort of the physician proves unavailing. These pills are sold in boxes at 60 cents a box or six boxes for 92. BO, and may bo had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. sword was fastened to It and hung by his aide. To be sure. It was a wooden sword, but what of that? It was the badge of his rank, and must go wher ever he did all dny long, and when he went to bed It was laid close by. "The sword Is the soul of the samurai" Is nn old Japanese saying, and It was thus parly fastened to his side that he might become used to grasping It from in fancy. When our young samurai reached the tige of seven. It was a day of great re loicing. At the family festival two real metal swords were fastened to the obi, one on each side. The edges, however, were blunt, and accidents were further guarded against by having the swords so fastened in their sheaths that the young swordsman could not draw them out. These were now his constant com panions until, at the age of fifteen, the weapons handed down in his family took place. Juvenile Joke. Little Mamie was trying to write with a dull lead pencil that her mother bad given her, but meeting with poor success she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, the wood has slipped down over the lead and the marks won't come out!" Eddie's father wus a Jeweler and sometimes the little fellow got business mixed up with Indian stories and Sun day school lessons. One Sunday morn ing he surprised his mother by asking: "Say, mamma, what tribe was It that made gold-plated calves the Israelites or the Choctaw s 7" Harry, aged 5, had been to Sunday school, and upon his return home he ti led to tell his mamma about the les son: "And you know, mamma," said he. 'Lot's wife was awful meddlesome. and when God told her to mind her own business she got fresh and didn't mind, so God put ber In a sack of salt. Dorothy had heard some one singing that classical production, the "LitUe Alabama Coon," on the street. Present ly she same to her mother and asked: ".Mamma, what does 'swat' mean?" What do you think that it means?" Well, I don't know, mamma; but I s'pose that 'swat' Is colored for spank!" "Auntie" was writing to her son far away, and wanted to leu nun aoout killing a turkey, but wasn't sure how to spell the word. Itessie (the children were in the kitchen) was mixed up also and couldn't tell her. but Preston, who can't talk plain, came to the rescue by saying: "Auntie, Just tell him 'we tilled a dobler,' nnd that will be all right." Queer Fishing Custom '. A few years ago the fishermen ot Fregton, Lancashire, used to go fish ing on Sunday, the same as on othet days. A clergyman of the town preach ed against Sabbath desecration, and prayed that they might catch no fish. And they did not! But they found out how to make his prayers of no avail. The fislienneu used to make a little eftipy of the parson iu rags, and put the small "guy" up their chimneys. While his reverence was slowly smok ed and consumed, the fish bit like ev erything! Tbe fishermen of the Isle of Man always feel safe from storm and disaster If they have a dead wren od board. They have a tradition that at one time an evil spirit baunted tbe her ring pack and was always attended by storms. The spirit assumed many forms, and at last it took the shape of a wren and flew away. Since then If they have a dead wren with them they feel certain that all will be safe and snug. On the Norfolk coast they think that fleas and fish come together. An old fisherman near Cromer was heard to say: "Times Is that you might look In my flannel shirt and see scarce a flea, and then there ain't but a few herrings; but times there are when my shirt's alive with 'em, and then there's sartln to be a sight o' fish." Flannel-shlrted anglers, please note! To Can Constipation Forever. Take Carareti Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to cure, drugguu refund money I.ions can neither bo tamed nor trained .iy those who know. You may pare their cliiws and pull thoir eye-tcoth and ter rorize tliem to a certain extent, if you liegm when they are cues, iut their in tiate fierceness and lust for blood remain. f nre Guaranteed tT DR. J. H. MITER, toil AKC'll ST- 1H1LA, FA. Kaaa at once; no eraUon or delay tium bntmeaa, Cooaulialloa liec. Kndonement of physiclaui, ladle anil imminent ciuzetu. Menu tor cucuiac umc4 LouraU A. a ml F. M. Rats havo for years been a pest In Paris lint never more so than now. They teem everywhere, ana nre sani lo Issue thousands from drains, while in oni!vi: c iistricts they wour the streets in h,it!e: affording lino sport to the policemen, win spit them on sword-bayonets. Fits permanently cured. No fits or ner-Tous-nem after flrnt day's use of Ir. Kline's Great Nerve ltestorer, $2 trial bottle and treatise free. DK. B. 11. KLINE, Ltd., 9S1 Arch St., Phila, Pa. 5Tn some parts of China the young wom en wear their hair in a long single plait, with which is intertwined a bright scarlet thread, mm style oi ornnmeutiition de notes that the young lady is marriage able. ."emc, ""tat au. tut ra.s.6. BeatCooKb Syrup. Taste Uood. U f 1 1 II L" IU ..1 I. , . . -T in uiur. rwna oy ornavnta, '-a" -a.siaa in DEBTS Of THE WORLD. Tot.1 Approximate. 1 5.830,000,000 Interest, 220,000,000 The debts of the world approximate 5,8:10,000,000. It was estimated Just twenty years ago that the eighteen largest national debts amounted in the aggregate to 4,553,000,000. A sum of 197,000,000 waa allowed for the nu merous minor borrowers; and this brought the total Indebtedness to about 4,750,000,000, which means that there has been an Increase In tbe two de cades of as much as 1,080,000,000. There have been a few noteworthy de creasesthus, the debt of Great Brit ain baa gone down from 780,000,000 in 1878 to 645.000,000; that on tbe United States from 440,000,000 to 240.000, iwh). and that of Germany from 200, i :;xt,000 to 85,000,000. But the great majority of the old borrowera have een true to human weakness, ana nave increased their obligations; while a host of smaller peoples have appeared upon the scene.- France, an easy first in regard to the aggregate, is also first In regard to the Increase, for whereas Its debt in 1876 was the equivalent of 900,000,000, last year It was equal to 1.280,000.000-a rise of 380,000,000. Austria-Hungary Is second to France In this particular with nn Increase of 222,400,000; Russia Is third with an Increase of 160,000,000; and Italy fourth with an Increase of 124,000,000. The fluctuations in the principal debts in tbe periods under discussion are shown In the following table, from which the millions (000,000) are omitted: 187". 1(00. Inc. Dec 000 fl.ZMO 380 ... THO 645 1J 440 240 101 WH M4 124 .... . RS2 605 224 376 35S 22 840 5o0 1G0 .... 200 85 .... H5 135 170 86 .... ; 130 125 .,. 5 62 121 B 80 93 1 75 0f it 6 143 79 83 23 40 40 215 1 .... 80 i ns .... 80 63 33 .... France (treat Britain . .. l uitwl States .. Italy A afltrla-Hungary Kputn Rui-sla ......... Germany 2UO Turkey India llruzll Netherlands .... Egypt Portugal Mexico Auxtralasla Belgium .. .. Cauada ........ Totals .. Net Increase ...M.D53 5,STS 1,333 COS .K2."S.O0O.000 The order of importance of twepty years ago has naturally not been main tained. Austria-Hungary (the upoclal debts of each nnd the common debt of both) has gone up from fifth to third; Italy Is still fourth, Russia is fifth In stead of seventh and Australasia Is eighth Instead of sixteenth. Canada, though Its Indebtedness has Increased very materially, now ranks after Ar gentina, with 74,000,000, and is only Just nhcad of Japan, with 60,000,000. Mexico, it may be well to observe, would not show creditably, as the mere figures indicate, If we went into de tails of the way In which the reduction of debt has been effected. Among the minor countries whose debts are inter esting are miscellaneous British pos sessions, with 47,0(H),0 W; Roninanla, with a similar total; Greece, with 33, 000,000; Sweden and Norway, 25,000, 000; Uruguay, with 22,000,000; Servia, with 15,000,000, and Denmark, with 11,500.000. The obligations of the nations whicb are not Included In the above list amount approximately to 452,000,000, which, added to the sum stated In the table, brings the world's total to 5, Kt0,000,000. On this enormous amount of money something like 220,000,000 is paid annually in the way of Interest Twenty years ago the estimated pay ment In this direction was 200,000.000 and the Increase of over 1,000,0(X),000 is attributable to the growing cheap ness of money, whereby all nations of good credit may secure loans on far more favorable terms than In 1876. As may readily be Imagined, France pays out the largest sum annually in Interest, and the average runs to about 1 per head of the population, against 12s. in Great Britain, 15s. in Italy, 13s. In Austria-Hungary, 13s. In Spain, Is. Od. in the I'nlted States and Is. 4d, Germany. rail Mall Gazette. jp i ) Mtil&ke Into Vonr Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease. a powder for the feet. It enres painful, swollen. norvous, smarting foot ana instantly takes tuo sting ont or corns and bunions. It's tho greatest comfort dis covery of tho age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tlsht or new shoos fee! easy. It Is a certain cure for swentiug, rnllons and hot, tired. miigret-t. Tru it to-tlnu. Sold bv all druir- Sists and shoo stores, 25c. Trial package VliEE. Address Allou S.Olinsted.La Boy.N.X. Owing t t' e prejudice of t'ie Chinese g i list i nilron-N.gre t diffn-nlty hns been ex ei-ieneel in the Invuie out if the line lietween Peking and Hankow. Branty la Illood Deep Clean Mood means a clean skin. No lieautv without it.Cascarets.Condv Cathar tic clean your blood and keen it clean.by stirring np the lazy liver and driving all impurities from the body, llecin to-day to banish pimples, boi Is." blotches, black heads, nnd that sickly bilious complexion by taking Carcarets lieauty for ten cents. All ornccists, atlsructioon guaranteed. 10c, ?5c. 50c. In old times card playing was regarded is essentially a Christian pastime, and a t:itute of Henry VII. forbids card play ng save during the Christian holidays. FT. VITrS' PANCE, BPAPU8 and all nerv ens diseases permanently cured by the use of !r. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for 1 ltKE fl.00 trial bottle and treatise to Or. B. B. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch Street. Phlla Pa. luring the siege of Tarls no fewer than 22.000.000 letters sailed out of the city in the 54 balloons dispatched between tho l'Jth ot September, 170, and the 28th of January, 1871. foa't Tobacco f pit a ad Smoke Toar Life Away To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take N'o-Tu-llae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All drureisU. 50c or tl. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. 'Address 6ter ling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. A pair of scales, much like those of tho modern pharmacists, is among the ob jects discovered this year in excavations about 30 miles from Thebes, and recently exhibited in London. To Cure m, Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Qelnine Tablets. Druggists refund money If it fails tocure. Al The term "infantry"soldiers originated with the Spanish, and wag first applied to the military force employed by an infante, or young Prince of Spain, to res cue his father from the Moors. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tbe gums, reducing InUainnia tloh, allays pain, cures wind colic, 2oc. a bottle Wales is the richest part of Great Britain in mineral wealth. England pro duces annually, about 2 to each acre, Scotland a linle less than 2, but the pro duct of Wales amounts to over 4 per acre. Kdacate Vonr Howele With rascarata. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever 0c, 23c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money A shepherd at Chambory, Savoy, em pioys a nurse, insieaa ot a dog to keep the herd tocether. The horse understands tv. "rdera given him and carries them out ar inieuigentiy as tho best-trained dog. ant free. Klondike Map From Gold Commission's official survey. Ad dress Gardner At Co., Colorado Springs, Colo. It la aald that every thread of aphfcr'. web to made np of about 5.000 separate ftbera. If a pomd of thta thread were rcqnrreu rt WOUK1 occupy 28,000 spider a full year to fnrtdsdi M. Eret7 ma think he U strictly flr8t gggggegggyyirwaof n . . . I No amount of argument can convince the experienced, honest grocer that any other soap will give his customers such general satisfaction as Ivory Soap. He knows that they prefer Ivory Soap to new kinds, of unknown quality. Ivory Soap will sell because the people want it, the other soaps may look like Ivory, but his customers want the real thing they may buy a new soap once to try it, but they come back again and again for Ivory Soap, and they insist on having it. THE HOECAKE. Why Doea the Wheat Bread Crowd Ont the Corn 't Most middle-aged persons remember t well when cornbread was served upon nearly all tables In the South and est at least twice a day. Sometimes it ap peared In the form of "boecake" or "batter bread," and again in "pones." It was par excellence the bread of the negro, and every man who served In the Confederate army was also full graduate In tbe use of It. Now the Jarkles eschew it where wheat bread is to be obtained, and upon the tables of thousands of Southern and Western whites it never appears at all, while others continue to use it only for din- oer. Now, why Is this? Surely corn meal is as It ever was. Those who sincerely, but probably mistakenly, believe that "water-ground" meal is better than the product of mills turned by steam can always find a supply of that in most cities, and it is common enough In the country. There Is no trouble about the meal; but we doubt whether the art of cooking it has been preserved. The high-toned colored damsels who are turned out by our public schools are not tbe adepts that our old Aunt Dinahs and Aunt Peggys were. No self-respecting pan of dough would be conjur ed into shape by such unskilled hands. And then we may seriously doubt whether cornbread can be cooked In a ttove as well as in an open fireplace. The Indians laid their dough cakes between layers of forest leaves, or up on the bard ground, and cooked them In the hot ashes. Hence "ashcake," a very luscious product, indeed, when one has whetted his appetite for It by a long day's bunting. The boecake was so called because ;t was originally baked upon a hoe that ever-ready and useful instrument of nirriculture, which Is to be found np n every plantation. But later on, cook ing utensils were manufactured whici took the place of the humble hoe. So, too, shingles were used whereupon to place the dough while it went through tbe process of becoming a well-done ashcake. Richmond Dispatch. Baser to Oblisre. "No, madam," said Meandering Mike, "I'm sorry, but it's ag'ln my principles I can't uplit no wood." "Well," she answered, "there will be a load of coal here this afternoon, and " "I'm sorry ag'ln, bnt I can'r carry no eoaU But I'll tell you what I will do. I'll compromise. Ef you've got a gaa stove I'll turn on the gas fur ye." Washington Star. Ho-To-Bae For Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, tl. All druggists. In "New Orleans practically the whole of the street railway system has been con verted during the past three years from mtilo hanlnen to eloctrio traction. Out of 170 miles of road 163 miles are now oper ated electrically. J. C. Simpson, Marqoea. W. Vav, aayat " Hull's Ciiturrh Cure cored me of a very bad case of catarrh." Druiraiats sell it. Too. In Nagasaki, Japan, there is a fire works maker who manufactures pyrotech nic birds of great size that, when ex ploded, sail in a lifelike manner through ti-e air, and perform movements exactly like those of living birds. PI bo's Our la a wonderful Cough medldne - Mrs. W. Pickbrt. Van Siclen and Blak Avoa Brooklyn. N. Y Oct. 26. Its. From the famous Florence district in Idaho conies the news of one of the most stupendous mining undertakings ever conceived in the Northwest. It is the construction of an immense tunnel, four miles in length, to tap tho entire Floren ence deposit. TO- PUBLISHERSand PRINTERS Tbe Gentral Newspaper Union, Ltd 6i4 CHESTNUT ST.. Philadelphia. Furnishes Machine Composition In. English ana German. FOR NEWSPAPERS. BOOKS. MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS, ETC .-'f 0 h,otEn&To;. Una and Half Tone work, and in Colors, Quickly at Reasonable Rates U Fool's Haste is Nae Speed." DotVi Hurry the Work Unless You Use SAPOLIO - -i n i ,rtfgggf?f?ftflBggtr6tf(?4gall TRUMPET CALLS. Ram's Horn Pounds a Warning No to tbe Unredeemed. INIQUITY builds Its own jail. Atheism Is the zero of hope. Truth Is the weapon of hon esty. When money Is king, misery is queen. We cannot trust hi a God thut's unjust. God's cause is not benefited by telling lies. A man without principle never be Mines a martyr. Loss of first love is the first mark of apostasy. Prayer meeting talk is not a sure cri terion of piety. Prejudice is the chain of error hold ing its deluded devotee fast. Camp meeting religion is too ofteD scamp meeting religion. Preaching for oratorical fame Is not tbe kind of preaching God blesses. Daniel was in training for his lion's den experience, a good many years. Boston has a society of direct descen dants of passengers on the nienioral.ln trip of the Mayllower to Plymouth. It has already 118 memliers, and neurly 110 ' other persons have lecn authorized to . file their proofs of eligibility to nicni ' liership. I have been nulns CASCAKETS for Insomnia, with which 1 have been afllicted for over twenty years, and I can say that Cuscorets have riven me more reliet than any other reme dy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recom mend them to my friends as being all they are represented." Thos. Gillard, Elgin, HL CANDY jf apT CATHARTIC yd vwaoc asajin sraaarrtato mil L J. l j sit. at Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Ootid. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. Hie. ie. SOo. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... t,rllt Wm4j Csaaaar, JTalcar, Vaatrval, iw Tarfc. Sit Mfl.Tfs.Rlft So,1 nd ffiiaranteod by all dnir- Wl U-DAW gUU to ClBt: Tobacco Habit. fcO 10M FOR FIFTY YEARS 1 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has bee used by mUttona of mothers for tbelr chlldfeA while f eettlof for over Fifty Yean. Itiootke tbe child, (oftena the gum, allays aU blo. cure wind ooUo, aad la the best reauar tor aiarrnoea. wcBiy.ave Cents a Battle. THE BEST PLACE TO BUY Fine Sfaaftntf Canaries, Moctlvi Birds, ! Taltln Pmrrot and all otner Fancy I'.leona, GOLDFISH and Globe. Tha largest and beat selected stock of first' class Goods at low prices; send fott ata lotuea. Birds can be delivered to all parts safely by express. H. W. VtH LB, l Markat St., M. ath St, allaaaipala. Pa. AGENTS wanted everywhere, either sex-The Zarema diamond; experts puzzled to detect fr..in genuine; expense nominal; liberal comniiion to agents. Catalogue and sample trine or stuii i free on application. If. It. SHOCK A CO., 74 State at., Chicago. laal9laf I Washillglon, lt.4 . ? Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pnalon bureau. 3 jralalaat wax, UadJudluaUugclaauia, aiu oujcu. and Uquor Habit cured la 10 to SO days. No pay till cured. Ir. J. I-Stephcna, Dept. A. Lebanon, Ohla. Ptintln2 la Bias'; ISOMA -te I. I t',- i WaYHia
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