TH SOLOISTS WIFEi fle tfltrtlUmMlf for the land he tared. Bat wait shall we say of hrt Hi gar t Us country soldier's life; Twes dear by tar to the soldier's wife. AM honor te-dsy to bar! Ha west to the war while Ala blood was hot, Bat what shall we say of her? Ha aaw for himself through the battle' ftfttne hero's reward on the scroll of fame What honor Is due to her? Ha offered himself, bat his wife did more All honor to-day to herl For dearer than life was the gift she gaye In firing the life she would die to save; What honor is doe to her? He rare op his life at his country's call. Bat what shall we say of her? He offered himself as a sacrifice. But she is the one who pays the price) All honor we owe to her. Ntw fork Sun. A OASTLE IN SPAIN. BS. GRAND I court Bevington had planned It all out In her mind from the first meet lng, when they would Instantly fall In love with each other, to the wedding bells and flowers and music There waa only one drawback to this delightful "chateau en Espagne," and that tremendous obstacle was Miss Beatrice Orandcourt Bevington, the alternate Joy and despair of her grand mother's heart. "It Is no use arguing or commanding or persuading," said Mrs. Bevington to hersalf with a sigh. "If she won't, siie won't, so it is Just so much breath wast ed to try either way." Now the plain facts of the case are these. Mrs. Bevington had that morn ing received a letter from an old friend a friend whom she had not seen for years. In fact, since she was 20 and he 25. Can you guess why? A misunder standing, a girl's hasty action, a man's wounded pride, and a parting. Forty five years had elapsed, and now he bad written to say that his grandson was visiting in the neighborhood and would be honored by permission to call. His grandson! She could hardly realize that now he was old, nearly 70, in fact; to her he had always appeared as in days of yore. You. of course, can fathom Mrs. Bev Ington's plana that these two young persons should marry. After all, what could be nicer? she thought. And per haps that would in a measure make up for her own lost happiness; for though these memories were nearly half a cen tury old, Mrs. Bevington thought still with a sigh and a misty tear of what "might have been." And Beatrice, her darling, dearer even than her own children had been, with her haughty, Impulsive, loving spirit, whose life was like an April day, smiles and tears would her life also be spoilt by hasty action, which tendency she Inherited from her grandmother and father? After a great deal of thought Mrs. Bevington came to the wise conclusion that "least said, soonest mended," and therefore determined to say nothing whatever to Beatrice, either about the expected guest, his grandfather, or her own wishes, hopes and fears. The long-expected day came at last, and the guest waa to arrive In time for dlnnwr. Beatrice looked in amazement at her grandmother as she anxiously asked her what she Intended to wear that evening, what flowers she pre ferred and wouldn't she do her hair up In her favorite way? "Is any one coming, grandma?" asked Beatrice, little thinking of the plan that was being hatched by that stately, dig nified lady. "Mrs. Whitby and the doctor," replied Mrs. Bevington, feeling a guilty qualm as she hid the fact that she expected also another guest. "But you know. Hear, It seems to me that lately you have not been so particular about com ing early to dress for dinner, and have therefore had to hurry." Beatrice blushed and looked rather frignteaed. The afternoon dragged wearily away rh heat was so intense as to make walking or driving an Impossibility, and Mrs. Bevington had not the liking for the woods possessed by Beatrice, who had disappeared after lunch, and would not be seen until after dinner time. As it grew cooler Mrs. Bevington walked slowly down to the forest road, thinking to meet Beatrice on her way home; but her courage soon gave out, ind he sat down to rest on the pretty little seat that had been put up for Beatrice, and which she called her bawer. Aa she sat there resting and dream lag, the clear, dulcet tones of Beatrice's voice struck her ear, with the accom paniment of a man's voice which sound sd altogether strange to her. "One of the child's friends," thought her grandmother with an indulgent .mile. Beatrice was a great favorite with the superior sex. She rose from her seat as the speak ers approached her retreat and leisure ly advanced to meet them; but, to her horror and amazement, instead of see ing some familiar form, she saw a tall, handsome stranger actually catch her own granddaughter, Miss Beatrice Gramleourt Bevington, In his arms and kiss her in a way that made Mrs. Bev ington feel, in 6plt of her anger. Indig nation and dlsgu9t, what the boys call "ehokey." "Good-by, my darling," he whispered ,n a caressing tone. "I shall see you thl evpTiivz." "At wnat ome snan l expect your- asked Beatrice. "Any time between 7 and 10," he re plied, and with more ear easing words and sweet looks they parted, he going back through the WoO8 and she re turning home. Mrs. Bevington sat down, feeling quite faint Waa thta how her castle in Spain was to end to burst like a bubble In the air? She sighed, and a sad, sad look came over het face as she thought of another broken dream. She sat there for an hour or more, and then arose and walked slowly home. "I'm a silly old woman," she thought to herself aa she mounted the stairs to her room, after Inquiring in the hall If Miss Beatrice had returned, "to hare laid such plana. Arranged marriage rarely are happy, so perhaps It is all for the best." Whan Mrs. Bsvlnglon walked lute the drawing room to receive her ex pected gneata no one would hve guessed that a small rragedy bad hap pened not two short hours ago. She was dressed as usual, la black, with a touch of rare old lace at the neek and sleeves, while her b&ottful wHfct hadr, piled nigh ap on her stnftety lead, frame bar sweet face like a hale. X-Si r fi "nT!rS nonnced the butler aa he threw opei the door. Mrs. Bevington advanced to greei him, looked, gasped, then looked again; and for once forgot her composure. Sh sa nk almost fainting on a chair beside her, while Jack Trenholm franticallj ing the bell for a servant and fanned her with bis handkerchief. "What la the matter, grandma r SINGULAR STATEMENT. From Mrs. Bank to Mrs. Pint-hum. The following letter to Mrs. Pink ham from Mrs. M. Rank, No. .4,354 East Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., is a remarkable statement of re lief from utter discouragement. She says: " I never can find words with which to thank you 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 seeing- 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 1 did not wish to live, although I had everything to live for. Had hys teria, was very nervous;" could not sleep and was not safe to bo left alone. " Indeed, I thought I would lose my mind, iso 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. I'inkham's Veget ble Compound. I determined to try it, and felt better after the first dose. I continued taking it, and to-day am a wen 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. asked Beatrice, hastily entering the loom. j On perceiving the figure bending ovei jher grandmother she started. Mrs. Bevington looked at Jack and tried to speak, while he and Beatrice both ap peared guilty. "You should have told her more care fully," said Beatrice, looking a little reproachfully at Jack as she spoke. Her grandmother was dear to her. "I have told her nothing," replied ha "Why, my dear girl, I have only Just arrived." Both looked more guilty and puzzled than ever. What could be the matter? "Are you the grandson of my old friend, John Trenholm?" asked Mrs. Bevington, faintly. "Yes," replied Jack. "Was It you I saw kissing Beatrice this afternoon?" This question was decidedly embar rassing. Jack colored, while Beatrice looked ready to cry. Jack braced him self tip for the final struggle. "Yes, Mrs. Bevington, It was. I have a confession to make to both you and Beatrice, who, until this moment never knew that I in any way knew of you. When my grandfather learned that I was coming Into this neighborhood he asked me to call on you, and also Inti mated thai if I fell in love with Beat rice he would have no objection. He said he thought In that way to atone for the past." Mrs. Bevington sighed, and a teat crept down her face; he had not quite forgotten her .then. "But I was not quite willing," contin ued Jack, "to marry a girl under cir cumstances so auspicious, therefore de termined to come quietly, Incognito, in fart, and see for myself if I cared for her. and what was Infinitely more nec essary, if she could learn to care for me. I came, saw and she conquered. Beatrice never knew until to-night who I really was, although I have known her for two weeks, and so she loves me for myself alone. And now I ask your forgiveness, Mrs. Bevington, for my bold stroke for happiness; la It granted?" Do I need to tell yon her answer TK Waverley Magazine. THE WA8P AS AN ENGINEER. Bit of Insect Cleverness That Won Praise from Army Man. Several members of the United States engineer corps were Interested witness es of a feat of Insect engineering near the road on which they were working. One of their number found a blue ground wasp dragging along the ground a dead swamp spider one-quarter the size of a full-grown tarantula. Wheth er the wasp killed the spider or found It dead is a question beyond solution. He was having a hard time dragging his prey along, and presently left it to go proRpectlng for his abode. The dis coverer of the wasp called his compan ions, and one of them in coming stepped upon the wasp's groundhole, crushing down some blades of dried grass across it. This caused no little trouble to the Insect, who, upon locating the hole, nipped away at the obstructing stalks with his strong mandibles until he had cleared a passage. Then he went back and sized up the spider, walking around the big body and surveying it from all sides. "He's reckoning that the hole Isn't big enough," said one of the engineers. That's all right; he'll fix it," said another, as the Insect went back and commenced vigorously widening the en trance to his domicile. Again he returned to the spider, seized it and dragged it to within a foot of the orifice. To the spectators It was evident that more work would have to be done before the spider could be dragged In. This struck the wasp, too, for again be ran around the body, ex amining tt carefully, and returned to the hole to take measurements. He went to digging a second time. Having dug for two minutes he brought his prey up to the edge of the hole, nipped out a piece of dirt here, cut away a grass stem there, and after fifteen min utes of hard and skillful labor disap peared underground, dragging the spider after him, doubtless to form the piece de resistance In a winter store bouse. The engineers then resumed their work, exchanging comments of admiration. Revived on the Dissecting Table, A soldier dead for three days wa. about to be dissected at the Algiers military hospital when be woke nj and, before the doctsrs recovered from I their surprise, got off the dissecans, ! table and walked Into the next room I where he wrote down soma words ot. a piece atf paper to make sure that bs ( was alive and awake. The doctors say i ke has compisiaty seas vend Irani , we will have peace. " - Will have peace from PAIN and r ITTT nDTVO rVVrTTlilC jn..liVSiiti2i O UVllUJJJ.ll. DEPARTMENT FOR UTTLf MVS AND GIRLS, something that Wilt Interest the Jn vealle Mam ben of Every Household Qaalat Actions and Bright Bajrin af Many Cats and Canning Children, A. Serloae Qaeatlon. A kitten went a-walking One morning in July, And idly fell a-talkin With a great big butterfly. The kitten's tone was airy. The butterfly would scoff; When there came along a fairy Who whisked his wings right off.' And then for it is wTitten - Fairies can do such things Upon the startled kitten She stuck the yellow wings. The kitten felt a quiver. She rose into the air. Then flew down to the river To view her image there. With fear her heart was smitten. And she began to cry, "Am I a batter-kitten? Or just a kitten-fly?" St. Nicholas. Tree-Cllmblng FUk. Of all land-frequenting fish, by far the most famous is the so-called climb ing perch of India, which not only vrd Its bodily out of the water, but even rllnihs trees by means of special spines, near the head and tail, so arranged as to stick into the bark, and enable it to wriggle Its way up awkwardly, some thing after the same fashion as the "looping" of caterpillars. The tree climber is a small, scaly fish, seldom more than seven Inches long; but It has developed a special breathing appar atus to enable It to keep up the slock of oxygen on its terrestrial excursions, which may be regarded as to some ex tent the exact converse of the means employed by divers to supply them selves with air under water. Just above the gills, which form, of course. Us natural hereditary breathing appar atus, the climbing perch has invented a new and wholly original water cham ber, containing within it a frilled, bony organ, which enables It to extract oxy gen from the stored up water during the course of its aerial peregrinations. While on shore it picks up small In sects, worms and grubs; but It also has vegetarian tastes of its own, and does not despise fruits and berries. The In- d'an Jugglers tame the climbing perch es, and carry them about with them as part of their stock In trade; their abil ity to live for a long time out of water makes them useful confederates In many small tricks which seem very wonderful to people accustomed to be lieve that fish die almost at once when taken out of their native element. People Who Live in Trees. Of all the Islands of the south seat, New Guinea is in some respects the most peculiar. With Its towns built on the water, its native castles In the rees and its strange native inhabitants. who have been steadily dying out since the advent of the white man. It Is an interesting bit of the world. The na tives are gifted with such remarkable powers that they can see into distances far beyond the vision of the white man; they can track the wild beast by signs that the white man cannot learn; they can find food and drink In deserts where white men would perish of thirst and starvation. The accompanying picture represents one of the treehouses built by natives )f the Island. Among the savage tribes are warriors who are known as the 'head hunters." The aerial houses are built as refuges from the head hunt ers. When the cry Is raised that the head hunters are coming the feeble md the women flee to the tree huts tnd the able men arm for the fight. Sweetheart's Surprise. It wouldn't have happened if Sweet heart hadn't been, of all the little wom en, the very most Inquisitive. So mam ma said, and mamma knew. Sweetheart was continually introduc ing her small, blunt nose into every thinginto mamma's cologne bottles and Aunt Mary's cranberry pies, and even into Crested Ned's cage to investi gate his seed cup. There were so many, many things In Sweetheart's world to examine and look Into and to smell of. It kept her very busy and got her Into all sorts of scrapes; but the very funniest and really the most se rious, too, happened one day down at the beach. They were all "clamming." Quite a pile of the big, ugly fellows lay near Sweetheart when she sat down to rest. "I wish I knew what the rest of him was like," she thought, as a long, black neck issued Inquiringly from one of thq shells; "I'm going to peek In and see. I shouldn't be s'prised ;f he waa homely all over." She leaned over and peered down at the slippery shell. Of course the clam drew In his head quickly, but he loft his front door wide open. In went Sweetheart's nose, with ber twe bright, Inquisitive eyes just - behind, when snap! the front door shut on the poor little nose. It was dreadful; but afterward, when the front door had Pn again, and the poor little nose ad bea anointed with vaseliue and cuddled comfortably, how Sweetheart faughed at the funny photograph papa f'rew of her with a big clam on hei moss: ' "l 8-w I wn't 1 'quls'tlve any nore, though," she said. Farm. Field Fireside. swa the Mentha of iuw tax. TBEETOP BOMB. lif-WBst'f aha aWsrance aiy - sr,r Jsjf IW vs a CURE by using 'tween lectrlclty and fightnlnT? Little Brother Yon don't hare to pay nothln' j for lightnln'. ' Little Birdie (nestling np to him J Tell me how rich yon axe, wul youl j Mr. Dashing (good humorediy) I hard ' ly know myself. Why do yon ask? Little Birdie Well, slater said ahe'd give a dollar to know, and I thought 1 might get It "Nellie, dear," said the' Indulgent father to his 4-year-old daughter, "If yon like your new dolly you ought to come and put your arms about my neck and give me a real nice kiss." Nellie compiled; but as she did so she re marked: "Oh, papa, I does deat spoil you dweadful!" Scottish School Inspector (examining class): "Now, my little man, tell me what five and one make." No answer. Inspector Suppose I gave you five rab bits and then another rabbit, bow many rabbits would you have? Boy Seven. Inspector Seven! How do yon make that out? Boy I've got a rabbit o' ma a In at home. "Papa," said 5-year-old Willie, "I want you to give me 5 cents." "What do you want It for. Willie?" asked hia father. "I want to buy a toy mon key," was the answer. "Oh," said the father, "you're monkey enough; we don't need another one in the house." "Well, said the little schemer, "then give me 5 cents to buy the ' monkey some peanuts." Teacher Now, children, we all know what the word posterity means, do we not? Pupils Yes, ma'am. Teacher Well, then, write a sentence containing the word. Teacher (five minutes later) Now, Johnnie, you may read yours. Johnnie I am sorry for the klda of pos terity that will have to learn this war out of a book; we have a regular snap. A little London girl, visiting friends In the conntrv. was sent to a neiahbor's for milk. The neighbor's cow had ' June 10 the German bark Hedwlg left ceased to give milk for the time and the port of Maracaibo for Mexico. La there was none to be had. "There Is no j ter In the same day she encountered milk to-day," said the little girl on her ; heavy squalls, and, as she was In bal return. "No milk." said the aunt, I last, drifted toward the Goajlra coast "what is the matter?" "She didn't tell ' and came on the shoals of the old en me what was the matter," was the re- j trance to Maracaibo, the Parjana, ply, "but I s'pose the cow ain't laying ' about twelve miles from Fort San Car- now." TO PUT OUT FIRES. New Extinguisher Which Is Sold to Be Something of n Novelty. This fire extinguisher belongs to thai class in which a tank or reservoir it partially filled with a solution of sodium bicarbonate, into which are precipitated the contents of a bottle containing sul phurlc acid, the resulting gas being nsed to extinguish the fire, says the Scientific American. Fig. 1 shows the tank pro vided with the usual discharge pipe, having a nozzle of any desired construc tion. The tank is provided with a screw closure having a circular wall covered by a screw cap. Secured to the lower side of the closure and projecting into the tank Is a yoke, shown in detail in Fig. 2. A glass bottle containing sul- phurlc rcld Is held by this yoke so that the cork presses against the cover. Within the cover a lever Is fulcruined and connected by means of a rod with a lever having at Its free end a hammer like formation adapted to bear against the bottom of the bottle. The latter lever Is fnlcrumed on an arm carrying i pan, the perforated bottom of which lies Just above the solution of sodium bicarbonate. ' When It Is desired to use the extin guisher, the screw-cap Is removed, and the lever pressed downwardly. This operation causes the hammer to be forc ibly driven against the bottom of the .Kittle, thus breaking the glass and caus ing the sulphuric acid to fall upon the pan, whereby the acid is sprayed into the soda solution. The resulting gas Is :ben used to extinguish the fire. In Fig. 3 we have shown a modifica tion In which the operating lever In closed within the cover Is formed In two sections. These sections may be loubled on each other or they may be XKW FIBS EXTINGUISH. R. xtended to the position shown by dot ted lines. Instead of being screwed In i--, - - - e . o j means of this construction 'the cover nay be quickly displaced and the lever extended for operation. New Way to Make Ice. A modest chemist, living in Los An geles, Cal., has discovered a salts which may kill all existing methods of supply ing Ice. A thimbleful Is hermetically sealed In a nickel-silver receptacle about three-eighths of an Inch in diam eter and two Inches long, which the soldier may carry by the dozen In his haversack. It weighs about aa much as a cartridge. Dropped Into a canteen of water, it converts the contents into ice in an incredibly short time. A larger one will freeze a bucket of San tiago (or any other) water, and a still larger a tub. As the salts do not come In contact with the water, the latter remains unpolluted. A lawyer control ling the discovery Is now In New York, in correspondence with the Sec retary of War, and his hopes are high that it will be adopted by the army. New Tork Tress. Bees In Warfare. Two Instances are recorded In which oees have been used as weapons of de fense in war. When the Roman Gen eral Lucullus was warring against Mlthridatea and sent a force against the city of Themiscyra, the. besieged threw down on the invaders myriads of swarms of bees. These at once began an attack which resulted in the raising of the siege. The Insects were also once used with equal success tn England. Chester was besieged by Danes and Norwegians, but Its Saxon defenders threwdownon them the beehives of the town, and the alege was soon raised. We are wllKag to hear two aidas of a story, But the trouble Is that story these daya baa eight c Btm to It. Money brings happiness ta seme because ot tae Internet mm A Wettest at Prom the MountaUetr, WaUuUla, S. The remorse of a guilty stomach Is what a large majority of the peoole are suffering with to-day. Dyspepsia Is a cberaotertetie American disease and It is frequently stated that "we are a nation oi ayspepues.--Imnroner food, harried eating, mental worry, exhaustion any ot tbess produce a took of vitality la the system, by causing the blood to lose Its life-sustaining ele ments. The Mood, is the vital eleafsat In oar lives and shoaM be carefully aorta red. Restore tt to Its proper condition, dys pepsia will vanish and good healtrt iouow. For example, in the aoaaty of Pembina, North Dakota, a few miles from Wain alia, Malta Mr. Karneat Balder: a man of stad ias Integrity, whose veraolty cannot he doubted. He says: The Doctors Dieagreed. "1 became seriously III three years ago. The doctor gave me medicine for Indiges tion, bat I oontlnaed to become worse. 1 had several Dhysloians at Intervals who gave me some relief, bat the disease would return with all Its accustomed seventy. "I read la the newspapers artloles re garding the wonderful curative powers of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and Anally concluded to try the pills. Five months ago I bought six boxes. The first box nave me much relief, and after using four boxes I was eared." These pills are recognised everywhere as a speoino tor anwaaes oi me diooo. ana nerves. For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other diseases Ion supposed inour- able, they have proved their efficacy la thousands of cases MODERN PIRACY. A German Tassel Cnptnred by Kara' cniho Ben Bobbers. Most people would laugh or look wise when one suggested piracy In these lat ter days of the nineteenth century, but this fact Is attested by Consul Pluma 1 cher. at Maracaibo. He states that on I los. The next day ane was surrounaea by Indians, under charge of Rudeclndo Gonzales, a half-breed, known as "Cachlmbo." The captain of the Hedwlg was not fallowed to go to the fort for assistance. but was driven, together with bis crew, out of the vessel by force. They walk ed to the town of Sinamalca, a few miles from Parjana, and hired a boat to convey them to Maracaibo, where they made their declaration before the German consul. The consul states that this Is, to his personal knowledge, the fourth case of piracy committed on large foreign sail ing vessels close to Fort San Carlos. None of the vessels had a gun or rifle on board. Had the master of the Hedwlg been provided with a signal gun or fire arms, he could have easily kept hla ves- gel until relief was sent from Fort San Carlos, the authorities In charge or which had not the slightest knowledge of what was occurring close to them. The consul believes that It would be prudent, for sailing vessels bound for this port to be provided with breech loading rifles and ammunition, as well as with a signal gun. From the deck of a vessel, protected by the woodwork of the railing, a crew should be able to withstand assaults until assistance could be rendered. Philadelphia Rec ord. WHAT THE LAW OECIDE8. The resignation of an attorney with out consent or privilege- of the court is held. In re Thompson (Or.), 40 L. R. A. 194, to be ineffectual to preclude his disbarment, when proceedings therefor are then pending. The law of the testator's domicile held la Lowndes vs. Cooch (Md.), 40 L. R. A. 880 to govern the lapsing of a legacy ot stock In a bank of another State In which the legatee resides, al though a statute of the latter State. If applicable, would prevent the lapsing. The matrimonial domicile of a wife who Is Justified by ber husband's cru elty in leaving him Is held. In Atherton vs. Atherton (N. Y.), 40 L. R. A. 281, to be changed by her removal to another State, so as to prevent Jurisdiction over her on constructive service in a di vorce suit In the State where the hus band resides. The right of administrators to aue upon a covenant to pay rent to their In testate, which is appended to a lease made by him, is sustained. In Walsh va Packard (Mass.), 40 L. R. A. 821, al though his heirs are the only persons who would suffer substantial damages by his failure to pay It With this case is an extensive note on the right to rents upon a lease ot inbee tale's property. A State statute requiring intersecting railroads to put In a connecting switch to facilitate the Interchange of cars Is held, in Jacobson va. W., M. A P. R. R. Co. (Minn.), 40 L. R. A. 889, to be valid, although the business to be exchanged is Interstate commerce. Atneriosn Goods In Uruguay. The business of meat extraction in Uruguay paid last year a dividend of 20 per cent The gold production of the republic was only $38,505. The Germans have made great Inroads upon Uruguayan trade, driving out English competitors. Their goods are not so durable as the English manufactures are, In fact of distinctly poorer qual ity but they have studied the demand! of the market and met tt, while the Britishers) are too conservative to change. The Germans, however, win be forced to prove the quality ot their goods in order to hold their own. In cotton goods the United States la mak ing satisfactory advances. This year has seen the largest Importation of ag riculture machinery yet recorded in Uruguay. The consul at Montevideo says: "Our machines have won their places on the market by sheer merit beine more serviceable, lighter, lean lia ble to breakage, and better suited for the purpose Intended. Intelligent agents have done excellent work in this line, and the machines will do their own talking In the harvest fields of the -republic In 1898. Aa long aa the quality Is maintained oar exports wul Increase In thaae lines at the expense of those of foreign make soma of which ar rank counterfeits of American goods Chicago Times-Herald. r V, SEIZED BY AH OCTOPUS. nSrfarhtfml Kx eerie noa mt a Mas Off . the New Onlnan Coast. The greatest enemy the divers had to fear In the waters of New Guinea was the dreaded octopus, whoae presence occasioned far greater panic than the appearance of a mere shark. These loathsome monsters would sometimes come and throw their horrible tentacles over the side of the frail craft from which the divers were working, and actually tasten on to the men them selves, dragging them out Into the wa ter. At other times octopuses have been known to attack the divera down below, and hold them relentlessly under water until Ufa was extinct. One of oar own men had a terribly narrow es cape from one of these fearful crea tures. I must explain, however, that aach evening, when the divera returned from pearl fishing, they roped all their little skiffs together and let them lie astern of the schooner. Well, one night the wind rose and rain fell hear Uy, with the result that next morning all the little boats were found more or less waterlogged. Some of the Malays were told off to go and bale them out. While thev were at work one of the men saw a mysterious-looking, black object In the aea, which so attracted hia curiosity that he dived overboard to find out what R was. He had Pareiy reached the water, however, when an Immense octopus rose into view, and at once made for the terrified man, who Instantly saw his danger, and with great presence of mind promptly turned and scrambled back Into the boat The terrible creature waa after him, however, and to the horror of the on lookers It extended Its great flexible tentacles, enveloped the entire boat, man and all, and then dragged the whole down under the crystal sea. The diver's horrified comrades rushed to hia assistance, and an attempt was made to kill the octopus with a harpoon, but without success. Several of his more resourceful companions then dived into the water with a big net made of rope, which they took right underneath the octopus, entangling the creature and Its living prey. The next step was to drag up both man and octopus Into the whaleboat and, this done, the unfortu nate Malay was at length seized by his lega and dragged by aheer force out of the frightful embrace, more dead than alive. However, we soon revived him by putting him in a very hot bath, the water being at auch a temperature as actually to blister hla skin. It Is most remarkable that the man was not al together drowned, aa he had been held under water by the tentacles of the octopus for rather more than two min utes. But like all the Malays of our party, this mas carried a knife, which he used to vary good purpose on the monster's body when first it dragged him under the water. These repeated stabs caused the creature to keep roll ing about on the surface. The unhappy man was in this wsy enabled to get an occasional breath of air, otherwise he must infallibly have been drowned. The octopus bad an oval body, and was provided with an extraordinary num ber of tentacles six very large ones ana many smaller ones of varying sizes It was a horrible-looking creature, with flat slimy body, yellowish-white In color, with black spots and a hideous cavity of a mouth, without teeth. It Is the tentacles of the creature that are so dreaded, on account of the immense sucking power which they possess. Af ter this incident the divera always took a tomahawk with them on their expedi tions. In order to lop off the tentacles of any octopus that might try to attack tbem. World Wide Magazine. A Bad Break. Medico How is It you failed to be come an ambulance surgeon? Sawbones In the examination I was rooiiah enough to tell how to distin guish a drunken man from one with a iracturea skull. ruck. Hsws Thta We oiler One Hnndred Doll ir Rewaid for iv ea e of Catarrh that eannw b b.- oared sy Catarrh Cuie. F. J. Chshbt Co., Pi oos.. Tola We, ths onderalsned, have knowalW.Caie- sv or tns la t IS rears, and believe aja aew or the la 1 15 rears, and believe him i si tlv honoTHble In all Imslness trenaacttoat nd financial! r able to cam en saw nln, too m de by their Ann. A rir Sk Tao ax, Wholesale fti sails . Ttlilrt. Oh a. 'ValOiso, KissaS) A MAavrn, Drnsctsta. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken la'ernally, net- ng llr ctly upon the blood and mttoons sar Mees of th system. Prion, Toe. per bottle. 8oU yaUD.nssista. Testimonial! free. HaU's t amily Pills are the best. what Is often called Indolence Is the unconscious consciousness of In capacity. nttneate Tear Boweli wltn Caaeareta, Candy Cathartic, core ennttlpaton forever 10c., 2Sc. If C.C.C. fall, druggist' rrfund money. All wish to possess knowledge, but ew, comparatively speaking, are will ing to pay the price. VI t cent. Everybody knows that Dobbins Kleotrio Soap Is the best In the world, and for 33 years It has sold at the highest price, its price Is now S cents, same as common brown soap. Kan full sise and quail ty.Onlor of grocer. A.dl Everything without tells the Indi vidual that he Is nothing. Every thing within persuades him that he Is everything. f ta't Tssacce Spit a as Saokt Tsar Ufa Away To quit tsbmceo eaiily and fersrer, be stag netle, fall sf life, serve ana rigor, take Ns-Te-Eac, the wsader-vsrker, that stakes weak mi (trout- All aroawlits. Me. er $1. Care eaaraa tted. Booklet and Maple free. AddreM Bter llrs Bcaiedr Ca., Ckicaxs ar New Tork. Nothing more completely baffles one who Is full of trick and duplicity than straightforward and simple in tegrity in another. Cure Guaranteed br OR J. B. MAYBH-leis ARCH ST., PHILa.. PA. Kate at nnre; no nperariiia or delay from bilsloen. Consultation nee. aaaormrarais oi pny-icis ii. ladles an I prominent cttlsenS. Send for circular. Oma hours 9 A.M. to IP. M. What right have we to pry into the secrets of others? True or false, the tale that is gabbled to us, what con cern is it of ours. Dr. 8eth A rnold's Cough Killer knocks DAHaAsn.u 444 Panto Ave- tjeias. Jpns uahoanklu 444 Fargo Ave. Duumue, M. a AHf. IT, 18ML c a bottle. It is the mind that makes the body 1 Ich: and as the sun breaks ihntn.i. I rich; and as the sun breaks through tne aaraest clouds, so bonor oeereth in ids meauesi naoit. Me Te-Bae Fer rifts- Cents. Guaranteed tobaeoa habit enra nita men strung, blood par. Sic, 1. All druggists. One of the best things, and at the same time the most difficult to do, is to be humble. After phyeiclana bad nred by Piso's Cure. sanusort. Pa, Nov. at 1 Jftven sae nn. I was hum Eaino, WO- A small rain lays a great kind word may often quell a of bitter feeling. dust, a tumult - To Care A Cold la One Day. Take Laxative Bronto Quinine Tablets, a Drosgists refund money tt it falls to core, &. Self-preservation is the first law ol nature, and In many cases seems to be the only one. CMS vlml2ius?5kS inoney. It dean apt weary you much to trave. m jy ZVzr xam Pnoa of a There are frauds in soaps as well as other filings. Sometimes a grocer will offer you a substitute for Ivory Soap, because his profits are and the purchaser are losers in this transaction. The dealer ultimately loses the customer, and the customer suffers from the mischief of the substitute. A person accustomed to Ivory Soap will not be satisfied with any other. Ask for Ivory Soap and insist upon getting it. A WORD OF WARNING Than are many white sosps. sach represented to DC " Just at rood ths ' Ivory ';" ttwy ARE NOT. but Ilk all counttrfcltt. lack the peculiar an J tsnirlriMl irai'" " I '" Ask for " Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting It Sa)HSi, rn MHyiMMIallB WffWnwuMMWaaMW TRUMPET CALLS. tern Bounds a WarnlnsT Koto totaa Unredeemed. GREED has no ro spect for law. Faith Is the mother of Cour age. Error always stubs Its toes on a fact Satan Is contin u a 1 1 y watching and preying. Sentiments may change, but truth does not The most notable man is not able to save souls. The preacher will not reap wheat if he sows sand. If God gives you a talent don't wear It for a bangle. God's mercies to David made bim merciful to Saul. A man may know the time card and yet miss the train. Man magnifies his miseries and mini mises bis mercies. The man who does not feed on the Word will faint by the way. The mill-wheel may make the noise, but the water does the work. The smaller a man's heart the big ger a dollar looks In his eyea. If God could make the solar system. He could also stop the machine. Ane proaigai sou naa to wna swmo to realize the value of bis home. ... , , , . . It 18 easier to walk this rough roao. when we can see Hla footprints. The dews of morning are angela tears for the deeds of the night Yon cannot "train np" a child by '-.eeplng down all of his aspirations. Too many want to have the victor's crown without the soldier's wounds. Jealousy Is the dynamite that it blasting too many wedlocks nowadays. How much la a rose better than a thistle, It K gives neither perfume nor flowers. Whan a man'a citJsenahrp la In heav en, ho will use tt to make this world heavenly. It la often tbe heat of anger that In cubates the chickens that come home to roost. The rich man whose grounds brought forth plentifully didn't believe In for eign missions. The promises are precious because they are notes payable af the bank of Eternal Credit The Sunday excursion Christian breaks the commandments and throws I the pieces In the paths of others i When the devil la asked to pay tot j running churches, he will likely pnt In a claim for a share of the results. There are too many people who are ready to act as baby carriages to carry the offspring of the "father of lies.' Talk about "looking for opportuni ties of doing good!" Wo may aa well talk about looking for fire-wood in a forest or for water during a flood. The world is full of such opportunities. Beanty Is Bis Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beanty without It. Casoarets, Candy Cathartlo clean your blood and kosp it clean, by ilrrtng up the leir liver and driving all Imparities from tha body. Becin to-day to banlsti pimples, bolls, blotches blackheads, and that sickly bllloni complexion by taking CacareM-oeauty for ten cents. All druggists, satlslactlon suaran teed, lCc. 26c.. 50c. The man who figures on marrying an heiress often finds he isn't well up In mathematics. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children eatslng, softens the gums, reducing Inflamma tion, auays pain, cores wind colic. 2Sc a bottle. Don't tell little lies; talk about thon. sands and tens of thousands, and ha. come known as a statistician. A farmer aaya the most difficult tr.in. he ever tried to raise was a mortgage. uramuae is the music nt v when it, cords are sJ Orily Way Out. "Whv " . 'l,,V u"","e the court. "did j juur mter The defendant's hii t. breast Mi an "We were both opposed to divorce " he faItercd.-Detroit Tribune. ' Knew Ha Dntx. - Tom I shouldn't think you'd natron ise those 5nt barber-shop. wh y know the union is In favor of the Z cent shops. let them go over me face oncel-Kox. bury Gazette. The character that IS DOsitlvn hD. ... uniicuity i speakine n ,., T." APOL1 larger m the substitute. Afraid of Mice, I've seen women traveling with all sorts of things, bird cages, pet cats. Ice boxes, and goodness knows what else, but never, till last Thursday evening, did I see a woman whose impedimenta Included a mouse trap. She was an elderly woman, and, I am quite sure, she was not a marrying woman. She was going to the Virginia mountains, and she had the drawing room of a sleeping car. The porter was helping her stow away her belongings. "Put that mouse trap under the berth," she commanded, and her voice had the ring of one accustomed to com mand. "You 'spectlng to catch anything 7" grinned the porter. "Expecting!" she snapped. "I've al ready caught two mice In sleeping cars In the last eight years. I don't propose to be mutilated by the creatures while I sleep. Put the trap where I tell you and mind your own business." And only think of anybody, a mere defenseless woman anyway, daring enough to say "mind your own busi ness" to a sleeping car porter, and yet afraid of a mere mouse! Washington Post All knowledge begins In doubt, and much of it ends there. ,Ik. mmlam CAHARBTi for I Insomnia, with which 1 ha been afflicted for over twenty years, and I can say that Cascareta j hare given me more relief than any other rem. y I have ever tried. 1 fcbau certainly 1 mend them u represented." mend them to my friends as being all they an thus, uiluio, Kigia, ill. CANDY f Wnmasw AinArTic s CATHARTIC Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Oood. Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Grips. 10cTK Ms. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... - "J Cmrmmj, ni Mml, Mrm Imk. M nw in i-i-.,. .. '- -.,h.r., hBj7 -CHILDBIRTH- can be mads painless, safe, sore and easy by natac MITCH ELL A COMPOUND. Jfas. T. K. Uta. Carbondals. Pa, writes: I think II i" the grandest medicine in ths world for women. I was rick only a very ehort time, did not bavsanv ""L""1. Uo5 JT Stri 1J months old Is healthy and ragaed. I sine Its raises ?T. .T'.T." "..M7 mother sleo seed ItanZ thinks it a splendid medicine. Address: PH. J. H. DTK MB P. INST.. Banalo, W. T. 1TTS1 . STOPPED FREtr irwiwaaeatiyCaref M. Kuan's SMr SERVE RESTORER ii i, mmdm.Tm Dm. K.rm'wK.r,.iaias !!TL?i- Traetis. end M trul bottle free ts mseasaw, SWj gjhU uhmouh wen reoelTel. Scad I Dr. Kiln. LI4, B.U.TSO laeiltswetMeeleliie.Sll AiaSBt-rsllaileleliH.re. , FREE CtW VsTT sTtfl Ot VaPOntUa Mma polled RoTd-flUW oiitalra Ptxiiisui rat niMDona nng, MMia KOia pauiorn. tor twlUnw 10 psvrknM GARFIELD PURS f BPS IN GUM amoif friends a Cmtsl ft rMV-ksurSL pi-iMf. n si mat- eve. mall mm. When old sxnd money; we wttl mall ring; tVw can IH1 It fnm frennliic dlnmnrw). I'nsold mai taken back. OAitFiEI.P ui'M CO., Pep. j, MtarKUte, I a. fTENSIOrJIlnfr?. I Ivraln laalwaj, l,ilA-Tl..t,1.illnil a-flm FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP kfttQ nied br amtotttcf Both era for thai CMUltmnmiinmTmtAiAmm-- mm-Z m "PATENTS- atcnaa. fcET .ormsy instnlmeai.V0WLE8 anorns.v avj ntoadsny. a. X. S awr3tf. ls Tsf tar - . T . - . AllealsyBe. Tt-M A NH - ,i tne Bersnen. Mrs. Ray Why did you pray wo ear. uestly for rain to-day. rector? a sTm in Rector Special request Mrs. Ray From the farmers? Rector Oh, no; from some of the are. nue belles who Just got In their new Importation of Parisian hosiery. Ex change. favorite. Manager-I think we'd better di charge the t-enductor of car No 185. Superintendeut-What lg the mattei with him? w Manager There t senger complained of him in alx it uuu'"m ne to collecting an tt,. 'ininnnniMin litb r