THE HAPPY 119. -Their breezes bear the orange scent. Abont their groves tbe wild drone. The sunshine girds their saeias. Con tent Baa mad them utterly Her own. ' But tar tbey He an, far . r r Beyond the tossing bar. Beneath the sonnet, and alone. The hmg lagoons are lapsed in eabn. The shadowa are ringed with aarfaa sheen; The shadows slant from palm to pthn, ' Bat dim tbey lie ah, dim ' Upon the utmost behn -t Of sea and sunset, fairly seen. Within thine eyes I aase, and there The chart is plain. Ah. Sweetheart, be My pilot while the winds are fair. Come, then. Beloved, sail with me. . For near they draw ah. near. 44 clear tkey anow ah, cisas. Beneath the sunset on the sea. -Pall Mall Gasette. HttttfttMMI m. w s DI." I W1 I Yf5? ERE we are at the old willow. Jm What do you say to coming to anchor for a bit?" be remarked, bringing the Canadian close in to the bank. "That Is Just what one finds so Im possible in life coming to anchor, I mean," she said, dabbling ber left hand In the water. "Look here, DI," he Jerked out pres ently, "what is the good of beating abont the bush? There's something wrong, and you are worrying yourself about it, and I am going to make you tell me everything. Tou used to tell me everything once, DI, without invita tion," he added, with an attempt at raillery that was chiefly pathetic. "Don't be a duffer, Hugh," she ob served. "May I not be sententious now and then without being forced to ex plain that I mean nothing at all? Now, will you please amuse me? It Is a shame to waste an afternoon like this." "Of course it Is." he echoed. "You see, dear, all the gods and the fairest of mortals meaning your delightful self seem to be conspiring for my hap piness; when the gods behave In this odd kind of way we are told to distrust them. First of all. I have you have had you quite fast, since the days when I robbed orchards, and you, like a sec- ond Eve, ate the apples; then I have secured two firsts and a reasonable chance of a fellowship; lastly, a most commendable maiden aunt sees fit to die and endow me with the wealth that perishes. It is too much, you know, Di. not a doubt of it; the stagey thing to bappen is for me to lose you. and there by make dust and ashes of all my other possessions." "Do you know." he recommenced presently, "I cau't for the life of me. help feeling sentimental, and gray, and awfully sorry for myself, when I think mat lamnnage is over ana aone witn. i Look at that bit of Clare there, gazing j out upon King's with such a genial j eye; then there is the willow above us. and the bridge from which one used to j listen to the nightingales, and-and the I r eu Buusns one nns seen, ana we cn eery lire. All gone, lm, forever and forever.' "AH gone," she echoed In a voice that was almost tragic by comparison with , the balf-fllppancy of his. "Staying up here indefinitely as a don la not the same thing." he went on. "The glamour wears thin, and one slip--Into formula In place of feelings, and acquires nncauiiy views of women. You have met Roberts often lately, haven't you? He Is only Just 30, and yet be has settled Into bis groove as If be were 110. As a coach be Is marvelous, and I have every admiration for the way In which he has pn!led me through, but but I should have liked to ex hibit the genuine Roberts to you. DI; you would have been edified, I think. I never met a man who could so effect ually turn his blind eye to the good qualities of women." "Ah!" murmured the girl. "Let us go down the river again," she said after a pause. "I have something to say to you, Hugh, and It will be easier If we are In motion." "I have often wondered what would happen to Roberts If he met his destiny written large," he mused audibly. "It would knock him clean out of time, I fancy, should he lose. That Is the worst of these men who go on In smil ing indifference to amatory dangers: they are pulled up with a horrid Jerk. Dou't you think Infant vaccination with lave lymph Is to be advocated? Yon don't take it half as badly in that case." "Oh, Hugh, why will you be so so frivolous?" pleaded the girl, something between amusement and desperation In her voice. "Can't help It Di, for the life of me: I was born so, you know." "I am going to tell you a story, Hugh," she went on with more com posure, "and you shall give me your verdict on It Don't stop; I can't bear to remain still. The story Is abont a woman and a man of whom the woman was very fond so fond that she had promised, almost before she grew up, that she would marry him. She did not know that love meant something else, until until she came up to Cambridge one May week. Hugh, please don't i'ook at me In that way; It is only a story. Well, she met some one very often, more often than she bad a right to do, during that week; she did not realize the end to which they were drifting she was merely interested In drawing a grave, book-hardened man out,st his shell: being rather willful, lie could not be confronted with a solid nail of Ice and not wish to thaw it." The man's face was the colfTr of damp parchment "Go on." he said as she halted In the telling. "She succeeded. Hugh. It all came about on the night of a certain college ail, beneath an old willow the same under which we anchored not long ago. The wall of Ico uicl'ed suddenly en nasae, and the rush of water carried both of them away. It was then that the woman learned the added elcmcat which converted fondness Into love; it was then that she lost sight of honor and allowed the man to kiss ber." "I AM GOIXQ TO TELL TOP A STORY." "Good Gedf She bad not dreamed that Hagl would take It like this. Sorry, very sorry, she expected him to tie, but not anguished. 8 be bed grows up with him, and tragedy always seems oat of place' with people who have become dovetailed into our lire by common places. "Hugh, you most not think I gavt yon up," she said, wttb the sllry strug gle of a sheep that sees the slaughter house door before it "I told him al meet at once that I was bound to yon, and I shall not break my promise. Only I bad to confess, because It would not bare been right to conceal It from yon." They were close In to the left bask of the river, and a step was aadtble -on the pathway. Beth looked op. Both turned their eyes from the tank to each other, and a light broke In on Hugh. That's Roberts, the man who pulled me through so well," he observed, cha otically. "Would you like to land. D1T - "No, ne!" she cried. . But the canoe was already brought to, and he had leaped on shore. Me chanically she took the hand be trld out to ber; mechanically she responded to the confused greeting of Eustace Roberts, classical coach and father of unnumbered firsts. One among the last-born of bis offspring seemed to be somewhat Intoxicated this afternoon perhaps the heat had been too much for him. "You're a decent old sort, Roberts." be remarked, hilariously slapping hi precentor on the back, "and I congrat ulate you. Should never have expected It. Sly dogs, you cynical beggars. Don't mind me enjoy this kind of thing, you know. Good-by. good-by; I must be off. No good missing Hall, you see. for the sake of being de trop." Before they could stop him be wa well out in the middle of the river and paddling hard In the direction ef King's. "Poor chapt" muttered Roberts. "Poor chap?' said the girl. "Is that all you can find to say appropriate to the occasion?" "Yes; the rest is away behind, shut up beyoud the reach of words." be re sponded, gravely. Had His Share. Recently a medical man told this tale at a professional banquet "Not long since," said the doctor. ";i member of the medical profession died, and in due time approached the gates of the beautiful land. He was. of course, accosted by St. Feter. " 'What Is your name? asked the aged doorkeeper. " 'Sam Jones.' was the reply. " 'What was your business while on earth r " I was a doctor.' " 'Oh. a physician, eh? " 'Yes. sir.' " 'Made out your own bills, I sup pose?' " "Yes, sir. " 'Collected 'em yourself?" " 'Why why yes, sir.' stammered the wondering shade of the physician. "And then St Peter threw wide the portals and said: 'Go right in. my friend; If you've done that you've had punishment enough.' " Colorado Springs Facts. BOOK AGENT IN HARD LUCK. His Recipe for the Benefit of Drowning Men Did Not Work. "I'm through," said the book agent wearily. "I've notified the house that they may no longer expect me to risk my life handling their goods. For the last thirty days I have been touring the State with a universal compendium of knowledge, containing first aids for the wounded, treatment for snake bites, bow to bring a drowned man to, and a thousand and one other things that every man should know, bound In calf and sold at a price within the reach of all. I traveled on my wheel. anA that enabled me not only to work tne amall towns, but the surrounding country as well. One day 1 chanced to , UI)0n an ol(1 farmer. I tried to Ret hlm interested In the great work (hat I that I was handling, but without suc cess until I showed him the chapter on drowning; then I saw that 1 had him. There was a small lake near where the boys went swimming and the old man lived in fear that some one would get drowned. "Well, when I showed blm how full; the book treated the subject 1 made a sale. It was a hot day, so I acepted an Invitation from the old man's sons to go in swimming with them. 1 was hardly in the water when I was seized with a cramp. I shipped a good deal of water, but I managed to reach the shore without much trouble, although I was greatly exhausted. While 1 was gasping for breath the old man came running up with the book that I bad sold him. Finding the chapter on drowning be read the directions to his sons and told them to go ahead. Be fore I knew what was going to happen I was seized' by two of bis husky sons and bung up by the heels and pounded on the back until all the breath was knocked out of me. Then I was rolled over a barrel and pounded again; then a bellows was Jammed down my throat and I was pumped so full of wind that 1 thought I would burst. They tried every fool Idea that was in the book, and It was only owing to a sound con stitution that I lived through it. I'm through! I can't afford to take the chances that are In the business." New York Telegraph. Great French Disasters. Twenty-five thousand French prison ers were taken by the German troops at the battle of Sedan, in the Franco-German war, on the 31st of August J870, while on the following day, as the re sult of the German victory, over 83,000 French soldiers surrendered, together with 70 mitrailleuses, 400 field pieces, and ISA fortress guns. About 14,000 French wounded were found lying on the battlefield, and about 3.000 escaped Into Belgium and laid down their arms. On the 27 tb of October, In the same and ' suffering several' defeats in the I neighborhood of Metz, surrendered with bis army. Including Marshals Canrobert and Le Boeuf, OG generals, about 6,000 officers, and 173,000 men, including the Imperial Guard: 40) pieces of artillery, and 53 eagles o; standards. Characteristic of Twain. Last year, in Vienna, 8. L. Clement j (Mark Twain) sat talking with a Scotch barrister named Guthrie. "Do you ever smoke?" asked Mr. Clemens of Mr. Guthrie. "Yes, Mr. Clemens," replied Mr. Guthrie, "when I am in bad company." "You are a lawyer, aren't you, Mr. Guthrie V "Yes. I am." "Ah," said Mr. Clemens, "you must be a . heavy n;oker." Philadelphia Post If am honest man la the aoMest work f God It might be policy to heap aa eye n the self -made man CHILDREN'S COLTJim. DEPARTMENT - FOR LITTLE . boy AND GIRLS. states; that. Will Interest the J milt Meatbeee mt Reenr Ha snald Quia Aetlaas aaa Brick aartaaja efltaar Catena Bessie, Bessie, cease quickly, ' and bring kttty wttb yen," called Aaat Ella up the stairs. ' "' "What fee, AwrUeT" was the answer, as Bessie came running down. She held a pretty Utile tabby kitten ef lree months old In her baby anna. "Ooek aays there la n mouse back of the tttcben, dear," replied Auntie, as she lifted the little girt off the last step of the stairs. "A live meuser cried Bessie, trot ting down the passage after ber Aun tie. "Wby, hasn't It nu sway? It will be kitty's first mouse, won't It, Auntie?" "Yea. and I think tt win be mousle's first kitty, toe. Cook says tt is a very little one," said Auntie. Opening a doer at the end ef the pas sage, Bessie ran Into the kitchen, "Where is the mousie, oeokT she sked. "I've brought kttty." "tie very quiet, Bessie." said eook as she led the way to the little yard back of the kitchen. "He'll come out again In a minute If you wait" Bessie put down the kitten, who. never having seen a mouse before, sat down on the steps wondering wby he I I Mr WHAT A. FUKJT I.1TTLB THINO ! was awakened from his cozy nap on Bessie's soft bed. Very soon the dear est tiniest tlmldest gray mouse Bes sie bad ever seen ran out from under kbe gate, and looked round with his bright black eyes. He didnot seem a bit afraid of kitty, but ran up to blm and held up his little nose for a kiss. Ls kitty was not very big. no doubt mousie thought it was his mother. "Kitty thinks. 'What a funny little 'tiling.' " said Bessie in a whisper, as Ihe bent down and smelt It. Mousie gave a little jump, and ran away as fast as he could go. Then kitty sprang after him. "Oh! he will kill the poor little mousie," cried Bessie, jumping up from her chair. "No, he won't Look, dear! He's gonef' said Auntie. And sure enough, at that moment Master Mousie reached his hole under the fence, and ran into It with a squeak of Joy. Bessie picked up the kitten. "Poor kitty! don't be disappointed! Never mind if you have lost him. I'll give you a nice dinner Instead." Then she added, as she ran upstairs, "You're a very good little kitty to let mousie run home and not kill him." Jnst a Little Boy. There is a boy in our town, (And he is wondrous wise). Who. when the rain conies pouring down And clouds o'erspread the skies. Says, "I'll just smile the best 1 can. No matter how it pours; And we'll have sunshine in the house If it does rain out of doors." When naughty words swarm through hi brain. And clamor to be said. He shuts his teeth together tight And says, "I'll kill you dead. Unless you will be sweet and kind. -And good and full of fun; Von can't came out until you are No, not a single one!" He thinks when he's a grown-up man. With wise and sober face. He'll do some wondrous deed to make This earth a brighter place: But nothing in this whole wide world Can give more lasting Joy, Dr make more solid sunshine. Than jnst a little boy. Philadelphia Times. I'nnch and Judy Are Great Favorite. Paris' old-fashioned theaters still have Punch and Judy shows. The au dience are models of attention. The children sit serious or lightly laughing, following with delighted eyes the evo lutions of the notary,-the gendarme. Pierrot Mother Berllngu, and the oth ers that take the places of the charac ters onr own young people know. The theaters are In the open air. All through the fall Into early winter th-bare-legged little folk come to them, rosy-faced and hardy, ruder the bare branches of the horse chestnut trees of the Champs Elysees they spin their tops when It Is all but freezing. The play Is a much longer one than Is given here, and there Is always a wheezy old accordion to furnish the music, but Mr. Punch fights bis wsy through It all and meets with the same end at last. A Bs.br Sandow. There Is a r ne-months-old baby In Chicago which is a wonder. For the first four weeks after it came to this world It was like any other baby, jus: a soft little kicking bundle of hunger. Then his papa, who Is Mr. A. A. Stagg the teacher of athletics In the Chicas University, took the little Stagg In ban and started In to make a baby Sandov out of hlm. First he exercised the tin; arms and legs every day. and the bah; cooed and laughed and thought It grea fun. And he was hungrier than eve: The baby'a papa would roll blm an tumble him, pull blm and wool him an haul hlm and maul him till the friend of Mr. Stagg were afraid he would hu. the little fellow. But Mr. Stagg kite Just how to handle r bundle of hnm muscies. be they ever so tiny, and now that the baby Is 9 months old It can do things that very few little ones a year and a half old can do, and It Is better ?n tronftr ,n eTer moM babies. It has never had a sick day. This baby athlete will raise bis body straight up from a lying position with out using his arms, will raise his body, by the leg muscles alone, from a crouch ing position to an upright one several times In succession, will arch his back like a wrestler, and will stand up on his papa's hands and balance himself like a bareback rider. His papa has made hlm a i,tUe trapeze, to which Baby Stagg hangs while he Is swung roughly about and draws himself up by the strong muscles hi bis little arm like an eld performer. Every baby In the block Is being trained la athletic now and they are an hungry all tb time. Why It Waa Bedtime. "Bobby, yon must go to bed now." "Bnt, ma, It Isn't timer "Tee, It Is; yonr Uncle Robert and your father are going to tell what bad boys they nsed to be st school." life at tbe longest Is but the begin ulna of Bfe the vestibule of eternity. mm. Jim jw vk oiaiuujri-1 RAM'S HORN BLASTS. aTaralaar Notes Gallia taw Waaeas O V E elucidates deeds 4 alone make - lira devotion. ..- God te a biding -place, bnt not from duty. When God Is tn the heart, It can- be small. True learning is Intensive rather than extensive. Christ's only monument Is In regen erate mankind. God Is better to as than our best thoughts for others. The pains of age are the pleasures of rout'j grown perfect Mountains of difficulty always appear iteeper at a distance. The Joy that does not strengthen Is lot the joy of the Lord. God approves those who seek Christ's ife, but not as Herod did. - Our drifting dreams furnish ne fit ting for the reality of the rapids. What we lack is not more talents but nore purpose with those we have. The rich and the poor meet together nly at the feet of the young Child. To plan without God Is to design a ressel without thought of the ocean. When Christ says "Sell all thou hast" He himself Is 'ready to pay the best jrlce for It The most fascinating of all the devil's a its are fixed with feathers and fool funes9 Instead of food. A Philanthropic D sappolntaaent. A woman newsiaper reporter, who s now a well-known author, once called ipon Miss Grace Dodge, the millionaire i-gauizer and head of the New York tVorking Girls' Clubs, who Is also the tuthorof "A Bundle of Letters to Busy Jil ls." The servant looked sympatheti cally at the reporter, invited her Into :he house., took away her wet rubbers uid shoes and brought dry ones, an act vhicb filled the visitor's heart with Joy. Theu she brought a cup of tea and some Iscult. After a long wait Miss Dodge came n.. "Are you a reporter?" she asked the lews gatherer. "Yes? lam very sorry ,-ou should have come up here this ainy day to we me. You know I never nke about my plans for publication, mt we can have just as nice a time alklng about books and pictures, ft'on't you have another cup of tea? Uust yon be going? I am very sorry. (Yait a minute and have the coachman Irive you to your office or your home. ?oiue up some day when we can have ptore time and I'll tell you all about the n orking girls' clubs, but of course you iron't print any of it" The reporter rode home, but she lidn't call again at least not on bnsl less. Philadelphia Post A Bag Fall or Breath. " The "pneumatophor," an Austrian In dention for enabling miners, firemen, tc to breathe when surrounded by ifter damp, smoke or noxious fumes tf any kind, consists of an air tight ublKT bag containing a steel bottle of Hire oxygen at a pressure of 100 liters, md a metal protected glass bottle con fining a 25 per cent solution of caus ic soda. The oxygen can be admitted y a hand screw into the bag and Irawn into the mouth through a rub Mr tube, the nose being closed by a Hp. The turn of another handscrew reaks the glass bottle, allowing the a untie soda to flow out and be nbsorb il by a knitted network In the bag o absorb the carbonic acid exhaled, sl owing the oxygen to be rebreatbed. he apparatus being capable of furnish n K oxygen enough to last from thirty o ninety minutes, as has been attested y numerous experiments. am Past So and Not a Gray Hair " I hive used Ayer's Hair Visor for great many yeirt, and although I am past eighty years of age, yet I nave not gray nair in my iead. Ceo. Yel lott.Towson, ML, Aug. 3, 1899. Have You Lost It? Wc mean all that rich, dark color your hair vsed to have. But there is no need of mourn ing over it, for you can ind it again. Ayer ' Hair Vigof always re stores color to gray hair. Wc know exactly what we are say ing when we use that word "always." It makes the hair grow heavy and long, too: takes out every hit of dandruf, and Stops fall ing of the hair. Keep it- on your dressing table and use it every aay. ti.M a Mot. au Write the Doctor I f too do not ob tain all t be benefi ts yoa deair from the naa of the Vizor, write the 1 we tor about it. He will tell yoa just the right thing to do, and will aend yoa hia book on the Hair and Scalp if yoa reqaert it. Address, Dr. J. C. Avkx, Lowell, Mass. ' aaVr-sfaa BajsBaBBfc'BmvBayaB f Df.TnTnren.2o M UIHIUUOaDbl. !vCLOVER MUX A. SALSLB IUI CSU LA TltSlH. IS. A. C 1 1ST k TO M-atk nr' mrm womu VEm WKh mmmy wmmmm Cam monthly muffmrUg I mm groat thmt thmy mrm for daym pmmltlvmly immmmm, mini thm mmmt tt-&mm4 mt' fortm of ordlmmry trmmt- 4 mrm ummvmKmgm LyeU E. hakham's VlSstsHi mrommtly tm tSm Umf of tltmsm wommm. Thm Imttmrm from wmmmm ourmd by H mrmvmm thlm. Thlm pmpmr la oommtmmtly mrlnt Inm: thmmm Thm mdvlom mfKSrm. Ptmk- hmm should also ourod by ovory womaa. Thlm ooatm moth- 19 7i BOOK AUEMS WANTED FOR a naMt atf fcimi nlltoi boofc mr aabltaM, Pulpit Echoes ltwU iaauttekittrTvf biiiiy kr Brv.raAs. r. Scares Them to Death. An Ingenious gentleman has devised an Instrument which he thinks will be of great assistance to white soldiers in their combats with native tribes. It is a big wooden tube, with a piece of per forated raw hide stretched over the opening; when blown it makes a noise which can be compared with nothing on earth, and Is calculated to make the savage anxious to depart for the happy bunting ground, or whatever may be his Idea of a future existence, without further delay. t iTAtirv low, debilitated or exbaosted cured 13 PL..X'i1'I''9i''otml,'? Taaic Pass fl ,,H."ljT"lJor treatment. Dr Kline. I.U.. Ml arch St.. railadeletiia. MmbAkI lSTl. It is the bounty of Nature that we live, but of philosophy that we live well; which is. In truth, a greater bene fit than life Itself. RUPTURE Cute Guaranteed by rR j 1015 ARCH ST.. PMlLAt' no operation or delay trout bu B. MAVm FA. KaMat once" lion iree. Mndonementa of ilijejsiaiin. cad prominent citizens, aend tar sucaatr veaanita- MKlie I.CUI.K A. Jt. loir. One of the highest eminences upon which we may stand in thia life is to be able to look back upon a long life well spent. leMra. WinrtoW, Soothing Syrup for children tinning, softens the auras, rcducine inflamma- on, all .ys pain, cures wind colic. 2k. a bottle. My dear boy. If you would win in life's game, be honest and urgent; this pair of cards will beat fours of any other kind. Plan's Cmr tor Consumption ts an A Vo. 1 Asthma rnediclns. YV.K. Wiu i.m Antioch. Ilia, April U. 1MH. 1 RECOLLECTIONS OF MOODY. He Was a Man Who Insisted on Havinac Thinga Done. In action -I. e., in the thick at a great religious campaign, be was something of a martinet. I remember a little scene between him and the able secre tary and manager of his London com mittee, Robert Paton. It was 11 o'clock on a Saturday morning. Mr. Moody bad suddenly changed the plan of cam paign for the following week and he wanted fresh tickets ready In time to distribute to bis 5,000 workers who would assemble early the next (Sunday) morning at the 7 o'clock workers meeting. "Paton," said he. Informing him of hia change of plan, "I want 50,000 tickets (handing him copy) ready for the workers meeting; to-morrow morning." "Impossible!" said Paton. "Wby Impossible?" asked Moody. "Why," replied Paton, "this Is Satur day and 11 o'clock. All the printing establishments close dawn work at noon to-day, and, even If tbey did not, 50.000 tickets could not be prepared in half a day." They argued the point a few minutes and then Moody turned upon his heel with the remark: "Paton, it must be done." Mr. Paton looked blankly for a moment at the huge re treating figure and then went out of the room like a shot and in two minutea he was in a cab tearing down to the print ing establishment. I do not know bow it waa managed, but the 50,000 tickets were distributed the next morning to bis 5,000 workers.' Thus it ever was with Moody. Once In a critical time, during the early building operations up here, Mr. Marshall, his general super intendent, said that It was absolutely necessary before the end of the week that a large sum of money be had. That afternoon Mr. Moody took train for New York. He came back the next day with the money. He did not borrow it Moody, of all men I ever knew, could do things, and he did them. As I heard one of his close friends only yesterday s.iy: "He always got there." "And Abraham went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan he came." That was characteristic of Mr. Moody. What he went forth to ac complish, that be accomplished. Geo. F. Pentecost, In the Independent. Strance Money. Chocolate is still nsed as money in certain parts of the Interior of South America, as also are cocoannts and eggs. According to Prescott the money of tbe Aztecs consisted of quills fnll of gold dust and bags of chocolate grains. Before the introduction of coined mon- I ey into Greece, skewers or spikes of .iron and copper were nsed, six being a drachm or handful. The small, hard shell known as the cowrie Is still nsed in parts of India and Africa In place of coin. Whales' teeth are nsed by the Fijians. red feathers by some of the South Sea Islanders and salt In parts of Abyssinia. In parts of India cakes of tea ind In China pieces of silk pass as currency. Oxen still form tbe circu lating medium among many of tbe Zulns and Kaffirs. , Lack Is the lasy man's logic. QAPT. 8LOCUM AND OOIPAUU Tanks Skipper Tails tUmtrmmtermmV Pi asldeaa taa WerVdte Bonnd. In the Century. CapL Slocnai tells of the SprayMurriTal at Cape Town, and oC a vtolt to Pretoria, where he met PresMeat Kroger, to whom be said he wan sailing around the world. This statement Oom Paul flatly contradict, sd. - - I traveled the country over, from Slm mi Town to Pretoria, being accorded byl colonial government a free rail road pass over all the land. The trip from Cape Town to Klmberley, Johan nesburg and Pretoria was a pleasant one. At the last-named place 1 met Mr. Kroger, the Transvaal V His excellency received me cordially eaetrgh; but my friend. Judge Beyers, the gentleman who presented me, by mentioning IncidentsUy that I was on a royage around the world, unwitting ly gave great offense to the venerable statesman, which we both regretted deeply. Mr. Kruger corrected the Judge rather sharply, reminding him that the world, is flat. "Tou don't mean round the world." said the president; "It ia Impossible! You mean In the world. Impossible!" he said, "impossible r and not another word did he utter either to the Judge or me. The Judge looked at me, and I looked at the Judge, who should hare known bis ground, so to speak, and Mr. Kruger glowered st us both. My friend the Judge seemed em barrassed. I was delighted, for In those days I wss fond of fun. and the Inci dent pleased me more than anything else that could have happened. It was a nugget of Information quarried out of Oom Paul, some of whose sayings are famous. Of the English be said. "They took first my coat and then my , trousers." He also said. "Dynamite is the corner stone of the South African Republic." Only unthinking people call President Kruger dull. Soon after my arrival at the cape, Mr. Krugers friend. Col. Saunderson, M. P., who had arrived from Durban some time before. Invited me to New lands Vineyard, where I met many agreeable people. Ilia excellency Sir Alfred Mllner, the governor, . found time to come aboard with a party. Tbe governor found a seat on a box In my cabin; Miss Muriel sat on a keg, antl Lady Saunderson sat by tbe skipper at tbe wheel, while the colonel, with his kodak, away In tbe dinghy, took snap shots of the sloop and her distinguished visitors. Dr. David Gill, astronomer royal, who was of the party. Invited me the next day to tbe famous Cape Observatory. An hour with Dr. Gill was an hour among tbe stars. His dis coveries In stellar photography are well known. He showed me' the great as tronomical clock of. the observatory. and I showed blm the tin clock on the Spray, and we went over the subject of standard time at sea. and how It was found from the deck of tbe little sloop without the aid of a clock of any kind.-. Later It was advertised that Dr. GUI would preside at a talk about tbe voyage of the Spray; that alone secur ed for me a full house. Tbe ball was packed, and many were not able to get In. This success brought me sufficient money for all my needs In port and for the homeward voyage. Acceptable J I shonld say so; thev nil av the sum, too, when they get them. Who Is there that would refuse such works of srt when they esn get them for almost nothing. Ask your eroeer for a eonnon book, which will ennMn yon tn get one large loo. pack age of "Red Cross" starch, one Inrgo Ms. packaee of "Hnhlnger's Best" stareh, with the premium, two Shakesneara panels, printed la twelve besntlfnl color, as nat ural ss life, or one Twentieth Cnntnrv OM calendar, the finest of Its kind ever printed, all for 5o.' SplTers Am Gluttons. Commenting on the amount which u spider actually consumed during twenty-four hours. Sir J. Lubbock says: "At a similar rate of consumption a man weighing 160 pounds will require a a-bole fat deer for breakfast, a steer and five sheep for dinner, and for sup per two bullocks, eight sheep and four bogs, and Just before retiring nearly four barrels of fresh tish." Practice. "Tbe burglar," said the citizen, "lighted parlor matches all about the house, but evidently he knew bow to strike tbeni without making a noise, for we are all light sleepers, and none of ns awoke." "Ahr said the detective. "Evidently a married man." Indianapolis Press. a ami' as ' is Business men find that the profuse quick lather of Ivory Soap readily removes the dust and grime of the office. Ivory Soap is so pure that it can be used as often as necessiry, without causing chapping or roughness. IT FLOATS. lieVir.oKT ass sv wt mioote a smsis oo. cwcm.mii Tbe Highest Tower. The highest tower In the world presently to be built as one of tbe great attractions of Buffalo during tbe Pan-American Exhibition, which Is to be held in that city In 1901. It is to be 1.152 feet high and 400 feet square at the base, and will be a much more or namental building than the EifXe' Tower. It will be served by no fewer than thirty-three electric elevators, sixteen of which will run only to the first landing, 225 feet above the level of the ground. The whole journey from the bottom to the top will necessitate four changes of elevators, and will take a!Mtit six minutes, while the elevators will have a carrying capacity of 10,000 an hour. The estimated cost of this tower, which will be built ol steel, is $800,000, or about twice as much as that of the Eiffel Tower. ' Eating and Wrleht- It has been seriously asserted by many people that we are naturally lighter after a meal, aud tbey have even gone the length of explaining this by the amount of gas that Is developed from the food Average observations, however, show that we lose three pounds and six ounces between night and morning; that we gain one pound and twelve ounces by breakfast; that we 'again lose about fourteen ounces before lunch; that lunch puts on an average of one pound; that we ngaiu lose during the afternoon an average of ten ounces; but that an ordinary dinner to healthy persons adds two pounds and two ounces to their weight. Stats nr Ohio, Citt or Tounto, I Leo as Coostt. f Frakk J. Cbkkbt makes oath that he Is too s nior partner of the firm of F. J. im stT v I o.. doing- boat neas In the City of Toledo, Connty and state aforesaid, and that said arm will ir the sum of OS a huxuhid dolum for each and every ease of catarrh that cannot be tun by the use of H alj.'s catarrh uhb. Frame J, fagNgv. Sworn to before me and subecrihAd In n 1 - I presenoe, this 6th day of December, ( . iV.rfaii iuUie. H All's Catarrh Cure la taken Intern-Jly, and tctAdir ctly on the blood and mucous surfaces tt she system. Send for teatimoniale, free. F. J. Hs.net A t on Toledo. C- S. ld by DruzTirts, 7e. Hall'a r amify PiUa are the beet. Bridge Burned with Electricity. A novel method of destroying a wood en bridge nas recently been tried with complete success. Weighted wires are placed across certain beams and heated by means of electricity; tbe wires bnrn their way through the wood, aided by the weights, and the bridge fails. Latest In Rosea. The latest thing In roses is in tbe pos session of an East Anglian ros?-growcr. who, in bis catalogue, says that Its aame la Kruger, and that It requires a warm position and much disbudding. What If it la midnight? Every stroke of the clock bring inornln.H!e. Gomplete External and Infernal Treatment m Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTICURA Oint ment (50c.). to instantly allay itching, irri tation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (50c), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET If: en fufflcient to cure the most torturing, sfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humors, 2i!Llof hair, when all other remedies fail. aawseal. rotna B. a o. Cosr, pp, Bostoa. Has tb Curs Spit Humon. tne. I " I 1 f I Nfmfflis Their Sew Fam . 4 " bis Mabel," said VTIIIIo. wl tad Mtwi npple. "let's play Anm luI Evr. You be Eve and I 11 le Atlnui. "All right," said MnU-l. "How d.. play it?" "Well." said Willie, "you jtrst try t, make me eat your arplt, aud 1 11 s.i 'no,' but after a while l'ti tin It." Truth daesn't riQUire any varnish; but a lie Ihnt slir.u-s tbe uod ts a very weak device. COUCH SYRUP Cures Orsm end WSj&splay- Cough TJnexceDpd SarOoaewwnuvw. Ciree ' jc, sate mailt. ceu";iitnt. Malzer's Baas Sires Klca ttust itltl rrr-r-a fun A Catalog trlta. FARM He. SEEDS lalur'a Sw4 srWrrint t frmion. r MaklM Lather. E-TroT-Ha.. Astonlabr d the antl 1 b crowtac ZaUbusbela Bii riMats: J flm-ier, MiahlooU. Wis., 173 ba. barlrr: ii.dH.I-fjo, Ued Wine. Miaa.. b crowinc "A'tin-D. a:ier so ra ter mrra. if doabt, write tben. We ih u gain 1 XkJ.OOO new easterners, hence will send on trial IO DOLLARS WORTH FOR IOc SO ptta of rare ferns serliTal Basb, the 3 eared Lri npeif , producing wwn. ioo i aay i parr acre a Ira re otu aud barley. Hr' rune iuFTima Um Krwatawt ft Mm am earth; Saltmr saps o M. ItprUlK 1 Deal, HC. iDClUdlUK ictfa Plant. Fruit auJ S-M Caiai... t. Iiitia.l about Salter's (.rvat MIIMoa Hollar l'stat0 all IIWI 11 tut 10c. postage ; posititelr worth 110 to fetastarl relate pi.iua biti. aaa ap- P1aaa aPW U pkcs earliest wntt- dt. with M-JJJa 214 AS. '., lOe. to Salter. AC- FOR FIFTY YEARS: J MRS. WSNSLOW'S i SOOTHING SYRUP "wa mlllltMM of mo.r frr tlirtrc&fttimwMIe Thlnx for over Fifty m II soqukm me ti,Ui, nns A TPitm-iisT puln. cures wlu-l col, aud 9 j pi"i. ;ure voi4 I n-sjedy for alurrh e. . Tweaty-fiva Cants a Botle. a 'ceieteteii How to Gat Offica SiTRrKSn? the OoverrTiment office Training School Winiiir ton, ii C. enra eligible. Positions PexaMnent. CASTERS ENK Buy it of your storekeep.-r. p-'-rsrji isiiemivri'ttTAni,F.Ts. r,- lj "-'--' tlvfrief, nv4r i is. Hainrlf1 AJOfj.il ltfTtorWfg.4 Book Nlori-, S. V. t lt. fNQA nC V NEW DISCOVERY; RivM LriVr O T Quick re.tvf :nil curct ttomcaHS. Book 1 te-titnoniftta nn l lO day&' treatment Free. Dr. H. H. GREEN S tO . Hot II, Aft-intn, Ga. DR. ARNOLD'S COUGH ! tSIi .onJFh" C"ld.. KILLER 3
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