I n- V - She Ue .- f It; is 1 f ! 1 'L a- ;fi. A CHANQE ABOUT THE PLACE1 bwth ad Ota slvawal don't atem just like it did fore "she went away. It's ail eo atill and lonesome not a word rrom aer an oay. Che eld mare whinnies atill when Ipla the atable door, . Sat, somehow, thine seem different aince she ain't here no more. Tinea creep np along the porch Jaat aa she trained 'em to; - - The flowers grow along the fence, just aa they nerd to do; The hoose is left Just aa it was, bat atHl It omi to-day, As If It wasn't just the place from which she went away. The ana still gets to peepln' m that win dow orer there Along to'rds breakfast time,' and there'a her high-backed rockin' chair; The creek's still flowin' where it flowed the water's cool snd clear Bat still, somehow. It ain't the place It was when she wss here. The hedge still fences in the lane, just as it did when she Would come, at dinner time, and call across the fields to me Bat where that steeple peeps above the aiu sue s sleepin now. And everything's got all turned 'round. It seems to me. somehow. j to the seafaring men In southern wa This doesn't seem like home no more, and tera. He is fond of the Gulf of Mexico often through the day I and spends his winters cruising along I get to thlnkin' 'tisn't her, but me that s Its shores. ?f wa .v .v un, "Sna11 I,le- tne sailor call It," And that I'm .rain' back, snd clad if.' nearly time to go. Chicago Times-Herald. ! a 1 NEWPORT IDYL , HE ballroom at the Caalno waa aglow with light and pulsing with j i rpv Ka.ii . , . . . a moment before supper. Standing near a door was a young man whose features were drawn and wuite, ana wnoee sei ups maae a pic- ture sadly out of place In that gay throng. His dark eyes followed a slim, graceful girl, with a crown of golden hair and tender, violet eyes, whose dark, long laahes lent them a pathetic look Just then. They seemed to be seeking for some "m wnoever mey sougnt was not found until the dancers had twice made the tour of the room. Then the two pairs or eyes met ror a second. Those or the girl bad a WlStfuL Questioning look; those of the man an expression of stem relinquishment The music ceased just then, and In the little ensuing flutter they lost sight of each other In the crowd. The man, with a sigh so deep as to be almost a groan, turned away, and, scarcely knowing how he reached there, found himself seated in an easy chair on the wide porch. He gave himself up to bitter reflections. "I must be crazy to come here to night I might In time have learned to forget her, but to see her again, so sweet and so far off. I could not ask her to marry me now on 'little or nothing a year.' She has been brought up to wealth and luxury. It Is part and par cel of her dally life, and I would be the moat brutal of brutes to ask her to ' share my poverty. Poor little Nellie! . She didn't look any too happy, either Well, Jim, If you are not a coward you will start now and go so far away that she will never bear of you again." Just at this stage of "Jim's" reflec tlona, several persons came along, and in their gay conversation Jim had no part. He half rose to go when he heard; his own name mentioned. In spite of! the old proverb about listeners, he re-; mained in his chair, which waa in deep shadow. "Poor Jim Alden! Did you see him? He stood by the door looking like the ghost at the feast. What a pity that he went on Wall street! He might have known better. He seemed to be par ticularly cut up when he saw Miss Bur ton dancing away and never even look-' lng at him." "I har that Miss Burton's engage ment to Lloyd Appleby is announced." "What, that old man! Well, he's roll ing in wealth." "She did not need to marry money." "The way.7f wmen arTpastTudrng I out1 The figure in the dark corner gilded ' away swiftly. He had borne all he 1 couid. He strode on down toward the Pouvt, scarcely knowing where he waa golnfc-, until with a sudden sense of a new pain he found that he was stand ing by the rocks where he had sat only two days before with Nellie. Then the hot sun blazed down and the . heat pulsated from the sand and sea ' below, and the rocks above, and then, I 3 too, there was not the knowledge that he had lost every dollar he had in the world. The long line of silver light laid across the water suddenly wavered and grew blurred and dim as his eyes filled, and a sob was wrung from the aching heart He remembered the dimpled fingers that had clasped the parasol, the odor of flowers at her breast and the clinging against his cheek of a few strands of golden hair tossed there by the wanton wind. He stood there, a black outline against the moonlit water beyond. Back at the Casino another little drama had been enacted. Nellie had seen more than her trained features " had shown, and she knew that unless she acted promptly she would have looked her last upon Jim. Suddenly Jim was more to her than all the world. All the other men and women in the world were effaced from her heart and mind as utterly as If they did not exist She must find Jim she must Out on the wide portico she flew, with her Aunt Elinor and Mr. Appleby be hind her. Jim was not there. With the prescience of love she knew where she should find him, and snatching a white scarf from her aunt's shoulders she said: "Aunt you and Mr. Appleby wait for use; I am going to find Jim." . "Nellie! Nellie! Tou will compromise yourself fatally " "I don't care; I love Jim!" "Nellie r But Nellie was gone. Mr. Appleby smiled as, under the cover of the shadow of a column, he said: "Let her go. Elinor. Nettle is right Jim Is worthy of any good woman." "But he is poor." "That be isn't I brought the news to him that he had Just inherited a bigger r ortune than he lost He doesn't know it yet and, Elinor, we can all be mar red together. Eh?" J "O Lloyd r "We've waited long enough, dear, I think." Nellie flew like a white angel down to the Point, ber sllpnarsgLfe touching the ground. Tea, there Jim. Was he about to commit suicide, as be stood there so rigidly still f NeUl . I hswv, sninng mt rnroooans; mux uj be- a miracle esT win power, a poirar such as to only riven to womankind.. - "Ifs a lovely errata. Mr. Aides, Isn't ' ttl- ah aalrL onUtr. "Nellie, little NeUler, said -Jim, in neb, a transport that It 1a lucky ha couldn't aee the and den color leap to NelBe's cheeks. "I bee partoa, Mia Burton. I forgot for a moment." "There la nothing to forgive." "Ah! Where 1 your aunt and Mr. .Applebyf asked Jim. stupidly. "I left them on the porch, settling the date of their wedding day." Boston Olooe. . I - I i ONE WONDER OF THE WORLD. Strange Pkenoaneaoa of Basalt Jala la the Onlf of Mexico. "A day' sail from New Orleans lies Snail Isle, a strange and lonely Island with a broad, low,. sandy beach that change color with every flow of the tide." aaya Y. Burne Zelleka of tha I Crescent City, who was at the Oxford Hotel recently. - y - I Mr. Zelleks 1 a man of wealth and leisure, whose chief delight la yachting, ' and the outlines of his stanch and hand some yacht, the Sea Gull, are familiar .""" lwo ""le Ion- coverea dj tbe warm waters of the trulf at hleh tide. It seems to bear a charmed exist ence. Other Islands larger and higher than It have been swept away by the heavy storms. Tet the little, low-lying Island is aa large to-day as it was fifty years ago, the old sailors tell me. "Its sands are of golden yellow color. J and when the rising tide spreads over the wide, shell strewn twnh tha HMA bite of earth glisten In the sunlight But when the tide ebb e war.i in ohe. 1 . , Ultulc w luai Buaute power wiueu Ilinvea tha wnrM a tn.rr.1n... takes place rh nHn im .. , If by magic. Men who see it for the flrst .lnie thelr the dreaming. As the tide recedes the pur ple deepens, and the once bright glit ,J! . . . . tering beach becomes dark as the royal robes of an empress. Old sailors who hare sailed round the world gaze at the beach in bewilderment They have never seen Its like before. It is a sight never to be forgotten; an astounding J spectacle which fills the hearts of the , timid with a superstitious dread of the unknown. Scientific men are startled at the Dhenoniena and KetHn tn nnnder over the cases of chemical changes of which they have heard and seen. "From the white deck of the Sea Gull I watched the beach chance color one winter afternoon. The splendor of the southern sun shone over sea and land. The sands of the Isle seemed more tru ly golden than any I bad ever seen be fore. The tide, which bad been at a standstill for a few moments, began to turn back to the ocean. Fascinated by the beauty of the beach with Its wav ing fringe of green leaved palms, I stood by the bowsprit gazing shore ward. Suddenly the color seemed to darken. Astonished, I glanced more keenly at the scene. Over the broad expanse of glimmering sand a purple wave was spreading. 'What can It be T 1 wondered. Richer and richer grew tne purple hue, and t realized that my e?es were uot deceiving. Beside me. smiling with satisfaction at my aston ishment stood our pilot Bob Allen. In answer to my basty question he ordered ! the gig lowered and silently stepped Into the boat. I followed and away we were swiftly rowed toward the shore. As we drew near I beheld upon the beach myriads of little crawling purple objects. Springing ashore as the boat touched sand 1 picked np one of the tiny spots of color. It was a snail. Wonderfully purple In hue and as large ss peanuts, the strange crnstaceons had colored the beach. When the tide falls' they Issue forth from the wet sand in ' search of food with remarkable rapidi 1 ty. The old adages about the slowness of snails would not apply to the purple ones on Snail Isle, lney nave elong ated bodies and can crawl almost as rapidly as small crabs. They are de licious tidbits when daintily cooked,1 and after the suggestion of Capt Allen we ate many of them. Their shells are fnUr.y beautiful when first secured. There are many beautiful islands along the gulf coast, but none has for me the attraction of Snail Isle. Den ve Times. Gen. Stark's Lost Mare. , In an old file of the Hartford Cour ant, of date Oct 7, 1777, Is an advertise ment sent to the paper by General Stark of Bennington fame, which show that military hero to have had an excellent command of language and much cause for Indignation. Twenty Dollars Reward. Stole from me the subscriber, from Walloomscock, iu the rime of action, the 16th of Au gust last a brown Mare, five years old, had a star In her forehead. Also a doe skin seated saddle, blue housing trlm'd with white, and a curbed bridle. It is earnestly requested of all committee of safety and others In authority, to ex ert themselves to recover said thief and mare, so that he may be brought to Jus tice and the mare brought to me; and the person, whoever he be, shall receive the above reward for both, and for the mare a lane one half of that sum. How scandalous, how disgraceful and ignominious must It appear to all friendly and generous souls to have such sly, artful, designing villains enter Into the field in the time of action In order to pillage, pilfer and plunder from their brethren when engaged In battle. JOHN STARK, B. D. O. Bennington, 11th Sept, 1777. Staked His All and Won. The coatless young man and his young woman companion meandered into one of the 8 well restaurants and sat down at a table. The young man had met the young woman when he had not ex pected to. That explained the absence of his coat. The waiter took their orders. Then he went over to the proprietor. Then the waiter returned. "Sorry, sah, but we can't serve shirt waist gen'lemen in the presence ob ladles, sab." The young man favored him with an Icy stare. So did the young woman. Then they started out, but the young man fell behind the young woman long enough to press the fourth part of a dollar into the waiter' band and whis per: "Your kindness and that of the pro prietor will never be forgotten." My lady friend Insinuated so strongly that she was hungry that I was actually forced to ask her to dine. I have not tot money enough to pay for the lm pl'jat kind of a lunch. If you had served as I woold bava had a fit I awaked my all and won. God Mesa your Indian, n polls Sua. Faithfulness 1 the soul of anndnsa ciiiLDiiEirfl ooiunn. DEPARTMENT FOR UTTLf : ' BOYS ANO QIRL& it WUI Xa tknja- bam of atvasw QmaUnt ActUae as Ma Seyiaa of ataavr Cat aad Canada CkMfta Barefooted ' boy and bena form a curious partnership la the making of a pair of line glove. Thousands of do ens of hens' eggs are used In curing the hide, and thousand of boy are em ployed to work the skin In clear watej by. treading on them for several hours. ays the Philadelphia Record. When a woman buy a pair of kid gloves she speaks of her purchase, a "kids." If the clerk who sold her the "kid" gloves knew the secrets of the glove-making business he might i prise his fair customer by telling her that those beautiful, soft, smooth-fit ting "kid" gloves came from the stom ach and shoulders of the S-weeks-old colt, whose neck waa slit on the plains of Russia, and whose tender hide was shipped, with huge bundles of other colts' hides, to France, where they were made up into "kid" gloves; or he might, with equal regard to the truth, tell her that those gloves In the other compart ment once darted from tree to tree In South America on the back of the ring tailed monkey. And If he made the round of the (tore and could distinguish one skin from another he could point out "kid" gloves made from the skins of kan garoos from Australia, lambs or sheep from Ohio or Spain or England, calves from India, muskrats from anywhere, musk oxen from China and other parts of Asia, rats, cats and Newfoundland puppies. But the Russian colt, the four- ! footed trom P,a,ns where i Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes of Siberia, where horses are raised by the thousand, supplies the skins which furnish the bulk of the dainty cover ings for my lady's bands. Tha Whlrllna- Pea. Stick a pin through the center of a pea, then obtain a straw, clay pipe- stem or anything with a small hole through It Now If the pin be Inserted In the tube and it be held straight up ward and blown through, the pin will leave the tube and circle rapidly around It the pea meanwhile remaining sta tionary in the air. Playtime In Italy. In Italy they have very few games, but the little Italian boys and girls ex cel you In one pastime that la model lug. A little Italian boy will pick up a clump of clay In the street and model you a horse, or dog, or cow In no time, and a more experienced boy will at 'jvour request speeauy reproduce tne llt- hands, or the herdboy blowing hi horn; in fact almost anything you like to ask him for. The favorite game both among boys and men seems to be one called "flashing fingers." Two men or boy place themselves opposite each other, and at the same Instant each throw out his right hand, with so many finger open, or so many shut or bent upon the palm, and each of the player, also at the same Instant cries out the number made by adding the number of his ad versary's open finger to hi own. If both cry right of course the throw counts for nothing. As a boy gains a point by hitting the right number, he marks It with a linger of his left hand, which hand Is kept motionless. Five points make the game, and when the thumb and four fingers of the left hand are extended, then the lucky owner of that band cuts a caper, nd cries, "Done I have conquered." The Italian people say that the very best actors of Italy come from Naples, and the reason they give Is that the people all speak In pantomime, even the children being too lazy to talk, so they make signs to each other Instead, rhc-re are no startling screeches that Make all the neighbors look; His playthings are all piled away. books bestrew the floor; But f have found a hair to-day. Deep-rooted, glistening and gray. That hid itself before. Since Willie goes to school, I hear No pounding on the stairs. Nor am I called to help my dear Make horses of the chairs; A sense of peace pervades the place, And I may be a fool To shed the tears thst stresk my face. But a boy is in my baby's place. Since Willie goes to school. -Chicago Times-Herald. Another Search for the"Mlaatne-Link." ' The German biologist Haeckcl, has been so captivated by the discovery of certain foesll remains In Java UTat he means to go out there himself and In stitute further Investigations, says the New York Tribune. The bones referred to were found by Dr. Dubois about six years ago, and were believed by the lat ter to belong to a species Intermediate between the highest apes and pre historic man; In fact the "missing nk." Dr. Dubois called this creature ':thecanthropus Erectus. . His opin ions have been received with favor by many scientific men. among them Prof. IlaeckeU who has never ceased to ad vocate the Importance of making further excavations in the district of lava where Dr. Dubois found the re al ains. Had Fee f later. It was Dot's first visit to the country, ind she was very much interested hi me pigs curly talis. At last an Idea tccurred to ber. "Auntie." she said, "does uncle put lgs tail In curl pacers every ntantl" "I dare any every great taveatlea. be fore It to finally hit upon," remarked a New Ortoaaa lawyer to a Timea-Demo-crat man, "ha been within a haxT reach of desena of bmb who were un aware bow near they stood to fortune. There to nethmc more aincnlar la fact than the way people can skate around some hog idea without seeing It . "I had an experience of that kind one myself. It occurred to me that a revolving bookcase would be a handy thing for office nee, and I bad on Darn to order. It proved several occasion I thought vageuly of having the device patented, but I dis missed the scheme as Hot worth while." Nearly two year afterward a more in telligent gentleman np in New England did what I wouldn't do, and to-day be la rolling In riches. . I have been obliged to buy one of his cases since, and I nev er hated to give np money so badly In my life. Several other instance In tb same line have come under my personal observation. "I have a friend, for instance, who stumbled upon the principle of the Bell telephone tongtbefore the war. He w at college at the time, and he and a fellow student actually went so far as to construct an experimental line, over half a mile long. They had It In suc cessful operation for several weeks, when It was discovered and destroyed by a cantankerous professor, and thus vanished what might have been one of the biggest fortunes In the world. The incident had almost faded from my friend's mind when Prof. Bell launched his Invention on the public. "Another gentleman, who was for merly a client of mine, anticipated the pneumatic tire years before somebody else patented it He Is fond of horses. and away back In the 70"s be had a light road cart made that waa almost the exact counterpart of the modern pneu matic sulky. The big, clumsy-Iooklog tires excited great merriment among bis friends. They dubbed them "sausage wheels,' and he has told me more than once that that foolish Joke waa tb thing that caused blm to abandon the experiment Pneumatic tire have since made half a dozen big syndicates rich. "Still another acquaintance figured out the exact mechanism of . the self binding reaper nearly ten years before the machine was covered by patents. Not being a farmer, be failed to appre ciate the Importance of the thing. It Impressed him aa being chimerical, and he pigeon-holed his drawings to gather dust until he awakened to the fact that he had fortune by the throat only to tec go again, his comment on the incl dent wouldn't sound well at a prayer meeting." HEALTH IN OLD AGE. low It May Beat Be Cared For and Preserved. Many reasons there are why we look pon the aged as having a slender hold ipon life, one that may be loosened by i slight shock of Injury or disease vblch. In the young or middle-aged. .vould serve only as a stimulus to the operative vital powers. This is a conservative belief, for It rami us to shield our loved ones, who, lave rougnt the ught from all Influ nces that might shorten their stay vith us. But we must not go too far n our solicitude, for Injury may be In dicted and life shortened by coddling be ohI, almost as surely ss by coddling :he young. The vital processes In the aged are slow, but they are still existent and ihey may be kept active by gentle oppo sition and stimulation, Just as tbey may 'e Increased In childhood and youth by ougber methods. Reaction Is feeble. It Is true and well hat It Is, for the weakened arteries vould with difficulty support the rapid ilood-stream and the bounding pulse hat follow the cold plunge or the spin in the wheel of the 20-year-old. But reaction Is there, and It must be exer cised up to the limit of safety. One of the dangerous places for the ld man Is the chimney-corner; ' Its .rarmth and Its restful quiet tempt him' o Inactivity,- and we let him rust away! here because we know no better. But ve ought to know better. Fresh air ind exercise In moderation, of course -are as essential to the man or woman jf 80 or 90 as to the child of 8 or 0.? - Cool sponging once a day is also a . aluable means of maintaining the tone f the body and of overcoming the Im pulse to sit still and muse. The old body needs to be warmly clad, for It is sensitive to cold and Is unable to manufacture Its own heat In. the tame measure ss the younger snd more rigorous organism. But with proper lothlng, warm but light there are few lays, even In winter, when the old man ' tr woman ought not to walk a mile In he open air and sit for two hours at 'east well wrapped up, In the sun by an pen window, or preferably In a shel tered nook out-of-doors. This Is a rule we should persuade our ild folks to adopt If they will follow t, their days will be brightened, - and vlll not be shortened. Youth's Com lanlon. " VAUDEVILLE AT KEITH'S. For enerpy. enthusiasm and excel lence in entertainment Keith's has no superior as a play house. It is really a pleasure to visit Keith s in that tbe bills offered each week are such that delight and in a majority of instances, educate. We use the word educate for it la the only one to use in stating that the sketches seen at this house each week really Instruct and teach a les son in one act aa what we often see. In other play houses, In three or four acis. conciseness in everything, but art ana attainment in that brevity wltbal is wnat maae Keith's theatres rise to the front rank in high class vaude ville circles. . - When a public theatre holds thronged audience In the gallery that ever manes me siigniest outbreak In the way of comment of any descrip tion, save that of enthusiasm in ap plause, that theatre can b pritiii. said to be refined and first-class in ev ery department of theatrical etlquitte And It la a salient feature of Keith's that the best people in Philadelphia visit and patronise this pretty play house during the twelve months of the year. Philadelphia Item. . . Charming Princess Lonise. There are many stories of the Prin cess Louise, and one in the Young Woman tells how a boy on the Bat moral estate, when asked which mem ber of the royal family he liked beef, said: "I think I like the Princess Louise best, because she's so jolly to talk to." Even Carlyle, we are told, found her fascinating, for, after meet ing her when she was about 2L the sage of Chelsea wrote of her to his sis ter, "Decidedly a very pretty young lady, and clever, too, as I found oul In talking to her afterward." West minster Gazette. Tbe- needle yen hunt far ta a aaf tack never pricks your Anger. Consider It a crime to Injure a broth er, even though he be unbrotherly.. . It Old Xs- ly aeerted that at one period of the world's history a great lea " moving down from the polar regions .a ...i aw North America a far Booth aa latlt 88. carrying with treat bee Mans-which 11 about on elope and hilltop to this day to prove It-and seratobtna; tb racoro scratching tb record Bsondueaand Ten thla ice can kindly melted and peaMj. This we tougfat la tb aohoola. to Ooabt it waa heresy; for science, when U takes up winh a theory, la dog- matte, and all geoJeglsto sua: -nenota, bow wonderful to oar knowledge; what secret w can wrest from the pastr After a while adenco rather ge np tb potox Ice cap theory and told down a new dogma that of a suets conti nental Ice sheet tor North America. The recent Investigation of officers of tb Osnadton geological prove that the scientists evolved their glacial theory out of a vivid imagina tion, it has been found that in north ern Alaska there to no evidence that that part of the country ever was cov ered by a glacier in fact conclusive evidence exists that It was not At the mouth of the McKenxle River to plenty of evidence of glacial action, and also that the glacier which left Its records came from the south. On the western shore of Hudson Bay are marks of a glacier which came from the west and on the eastern shores of one which came from the east East of the Cana dian Rockies la a long belt which shows no evidence of ever having been ex posed to glacial action. These and stnauar discoveries have put the geologist "all at sea," and they nan have evolved a new theory regard lng the amctol period. It is that one blsT glacier did not at one time cover all the North American continent but that several glaciers, moving, at differ ent times from different centers of dis tribution, made their way In different direction and left the glacial records which are now found. They have even given nsmiw to these glaciers, such as the "CordlUerah glacier." the "Labra dorian glacier" and the "Keewatln gla cier." Prof. Lawson, of the University of California, In writing on the subject In the International Monthly, says that as yet It cannot be said that the suc cession of these great glaciers In time has been established well enough to warrant an unqualified acceptance, but he seems to have little hesitation In ac cepting the theory of different glaciers moving from different points. Tosaasy Waa Big-lit. "What to bread chiefly used for. Tommy T" asked tbe teacher of a small pupil In the juvenile class. "To spread butter on," was the logi cal but unexpected reply. "Bow Awfallr Greedr." "How awfullygreedy you are!" said one little girl to another. "You took the biggest apple from the basket Just as I wss going to take It myself." Since Willie Goes to School. Since Willie goes to school, the dsys Are always full of peace. And In a hundred little ways 'The cares of life decrease; The halls are littered up no more With blocks and tops and traps; No marbles lie upon the floor. But are we happier than before? Ah, well perhaps perhaps! Since Willie goes to school, the eat Lies dosing In her nook Tm Cam Cold la Om n. Take Lsxstivb Bboho Qunmrs Tssun An arunrlBis rsfuad ttw money It II falls to ear, g. w. Gaova's atsnatara to oa MOh box. ass. The spirit of Independence Is not merely Jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of other. WsoffarOaa Hundred Doners Reward fo uiyeassof Catarrh thateaaant be eared by Hall's Catarrh Care. F. J. Chssst Ool, Piepa. Toledo, O. We, tbe nnderslB-ned, have known Y.J. Che uey tar the lt H years, and belleva him per. fectlr booonble n all i traa-'i wuoo ana -"t l' It able to earn Ml aav ahHM. tion aaeda by their flra. Wss aV Tbuax. Wholesale Drelsia, Toledo. Ohio. WALDiira, ZxsxAif afaavT, Wheteeale Droaaists, Toledo, Ohio. Hairs Catarrh Cnia la taken hlanull, nt. lag directly apon the blood and ra noons sar raoss of the system. Prior, Tio. per bottle. Sold brail Dnutists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family pills are the asst. 'The Ideal citizen ia the man who be. lleves that all men are brothers, and that the nation is merely an extension of his family. - rreys Vernaifnge Far Tears Has been the family mz-dlclne for worms. It cures. cta. At Uruggists and conn try stores, - Humidity is a divine veil which cov ers eur good deeds, and hides them from our eyes. Carter's Ink fs assd by millions, which is a sobs proof of nklinga, Its auamy. Bena lor rree booklet. "I address Carter's Ink Cov, Boston, Maae, His Theory. - A novel explanation of the cause of thunder showers was once given a so journer In a little Nova Scotia town by one of the Inhabitants. "Do you know what makes thunder T" the Nova Scotian Inquired of his guest "I've got a theory of my own, and I call it a pretty good one." i snouia uae to near it," wss the diplomatic reply. "Well." said tbe host, slowly, "my Idea this: Tou know we hear about the air circulating and circulating ail tbe time. My notion Is that the pure air rrom above comes down here In sum. mer, snd gets foul with aU the smoke and dirt and grease; and then the heat drive it np again Into the clouds, snd wnen it gets up there It's pressed on all round by the clouds coming together and It explodes! That's my theory, of course," he added, with becoming' mod esty, -oiner routs may have others." Sugar tn Germanr. In thirty years Germany, from being xye more man sev-sttstaining, has be come the largest sugar-exporting coun try. ; - . laateet Insurance Sobei "Insurance for bathers Is the newest enterprise In the Insurance line In En gland. ' Penny -In-the-slot machines are to. he erected at the popular bathlnc resorts. Dr. Bull's Cough Cams a coaarh er coM at ance. Syrup Canaasrs croup, broarliltli. alts ana "SUPPOSE I DIE" " We have helped the people to answer (bat question for half a century or more; to make provision for their survivors. . Ws do more: We assist men in mak ing provision for their old sge, when the money producing power is waning. Get our free booklet, "The How and The Why." it brushes cobwebs frem tbe brain. -KNN MUTUAL UFB INSUtANCB CO. - at - 2 TAP ,1 M 1 ' k . veaitn Al nair la 0 Iwjetlth indeed, to a s I woman. physical attraction is secondary tb it.' We have a boot, we will gladly send j you that tells just how to care for the hair, j If your hair is too thin or los ing its luster, get, ' Growth, becomes vigorous "and all dan druff is removed. It always restores color to gray or faded hair. Retain your youth ; don't look old before your time. SI. I An i "I hare need yoar Hair Vigor now for about tS years and I hare found It splendid and satisfactory la overy way. I believe I have recommended this Hsir Vigor to band reds of my friends, ana they all tell the suds story. It any body wants the best kind of a Hair Vigor I shall certainly recommend to them just as stronrly ss I can that they get a bottle of Avers BalrVteor." Mrs. H. B. Hamiltox, Nov. SS, UN. Norwich, if. V. It yea Soot obtain aU tbe beneflta yon desire from tbe ase of tbe visor, wrtta the Doctor aboatn. Add rex. Da. i. c. AVER, Low.ll.Wc. Small for lcaAge. Pat called as usual one morning at the Cow and Pall for his threepenny worth of whisky, when the following conversation ensued between the land lady and himself: Pat This be good whisky, mum. Lady Yes, Pat. Can you guess the age of It? Pat No, mum. landlady Well, it's thirty years old.' Pat (eyeing the threepennyworth) Oim a-thlnkin It be molghty small foi Its age, mum. London Spare Moments. The Baa rrosti iptloa for Chills and Feuats a bottls of Grove's TASTBLras I 'MM , T.ll I. tm .In.l. I . . . -..!.!. W BUU UU IU1U. UJ care as nay. rnce sua. The man who thinks himself Inferioi to his fellows, deserves to be, and gen- rally is. All goods are alike to Pctsim F&dblbss Dtbs, as tbey oolor all flbers at one boil- lug. Bold by all druggists. The secret of success in life Is for a man to be faithful to ail his duties and obligations. . Piso's Care s tbe best medicine we ever tued or sll snections ol tnroat sol lungs. wn. O. Endslkv. Vsnburen. Ind., i-'eb. 10 1HU0. Many people's knowledge is estimated by the number of books they nave read. Dyspepsia is the bane of the human system. Protect yoursen sKnn .i lavages by the use of Beeman's Pepsin Sum. Rnw within vour means, then you are sure to be able to pay in like propor tion. vi i.. aoothini Svrne toe chttdre ' .retains, aoftens tbe tumm.j a5' iica. alCy. pain. core, wind colic. 2Lk. a bottle Borrows of Mies Coroin. a. story Is being told in London of an amusing passage at aans between Miss Marie Corelll and ue scnooimisrress of a school Just acrots from the house where the authoress lad taken up resi dence. Part of tbe school exercises consulted In the stuy of music, and, agreeable though ttis proved to the school children, it jiovea particularly disagreeable to Miss Corelll, She there fore sent the follow ng note to ine schoolmistress: "Miss Corelll presents her compli ments to Miss ind begs that she will be good enough t arrange so that there may be no singug class between tbe hours of 10 and 1, these being Miss CorelU's working hours, when distrac tions are peculiarly dstastefuL" Tbe following camem reply: "Miss presenti her compliments to Miss Corelll and bers to state that If such a course were Iltely to prevent the writing of such books as The Sorrows of Satan' she would rejoice In arrang ing a singing prr-gram for evry day from 9 to 2." Only Two Method it Papers Profitable It came out In tbe .reports of the re cent Methodist conference that only two of the fifteen tfSclal journals of the church, publish! in different sec tions of tbe country under the common name of the Christian Advocate, bad been conducted at a profit Tbe net loss on tbe others $108,000 In foui years had been borne ont of the prof its of the publishing business known as the Book Concern. - Biggest Si nr a; eon. The largest sturgeon on record was caught In the Norfii Sea, It weighed B25 pounds, but tbe delight of the fish ermen was tempered by the fact that It did $750 worth of damage to the nets before It was given the coup de grace Richest M Minerals. The soil of Peru contains the larveat number of minerals of any known country. At Plura, In the north, ne- troleum and sulplar; silver, lead per and coal In th great mining basin of Cerro de Pasco in central Peru, and phosphate, quCksIlver, anrifrvn,. grounds and bortx at Arequlpa, in the south. At the present time the numbei of mines being worked Is 2,000 em ploying 70,000 wirkmen. ' ' Food of Jananean. The Japanese are not heavy meat consumers, snd Jet they are wonderful ly muscular. Japan consume , ; rice than any otter nation In the world. .ue rita. v pounas a person per year. I - - 1 1 I T f J 1 V L X XT jpmbUo liul In IsBehWrao. J (I I Ml&lgaa hole the title toover 500.- LO II nm IV noma ss4.m. . rr reuesBsyraaa. . ef nave a I M muarnnuence wkmi id. ii . i TttUMFKT CALL myan Hera a WaraJstst Ketoj T take two to make a quarrel. bat an may mend It 11 baits awn clothe Is always Impotent. Easy preaching eomea from bard preparation. - It la Impossible to pat off sin tlU you pat oa Christ A sincere is nine-ton the tight and 09 per cent sore. . ' The best heart purifier Is to be filled with thoughts of God. The lights of tbe world need focusing In the lens of Christ's love. nuuiwh tha flm la ertinsnilsbed In death, tb gold will remain. If home mean only fine furniture. children will mean only bitterness. It la nraJaoworthv to aWDtlw U the stsrs, but yon must also plan to drop on tbe earth. Tou must live a royal Ilf If you would hare the world believe you are the child of a king. tUiuoMas mar fnrnlsh yon a head light, but only the grace of God can help you make steam. Too many Christian workmen wear their overall on Sunday and their "best clothes" all the week. YOUNQ REFORMERS IN CHINA. Uer Hon I4e 1 the New and tlberaJ Generation. -Rama, have a tendency to say that the present troubles in China arose out of the missionary question. This ta an extremely narrow view, and it Indicates that the one who holds It knows noth ing back of what has occurred during the. naat year. The present troubles are the last efforts of the old Conserva tives to preserve the conditions wmco have existed in China for four thousand tears. "I have a number of friends smong the young scholars, first, second, third and fourth graduates. They are young men who have studied Engusn, ana who have started English schools. Their schools have been destroyed by tbe Conservatives, and for the past two rears they have been out of employ ment. All of them, so far as i mow, are. still pursuing the same line of study, confident that conservatism is a thing of the past, that reiorm must come, and when It does come they will be ready for It Such men are of the cIam of Minister Wu Ting-fang, io Feng-lo and Mr. Yu, Minister to France, who called upon me a few days before be sailed for France. During our con versation I alluded to the attempt he bad made to entertain some foreigners on New Year's Day, and to serve them with tea, coffee, wine and cakes. "The Conservatives of the Tsungl! Yemen would not allow you to enter tain the foreigners on New Year's Day s you wished," I said. 'No, he replied, 'but this thing will not continue. The world is rapidly slipping out from under these old men's feet There are not any strong men among tbe young Conservatives. They ire simply hangers-on, and when these few old Conservatives die, China can oaslly be reformed. "The wife of Mr. Yu is a Eurasian .vomao. Ills two daughters dress In European clothing when they go call- ng In Pekln." They converse freely In fapanese, Chinese, French and English, is do also his sons. On one occasion wm of the old Conservatives went to he Empress Dowager and said to her: 'Do you know that the man whom ou have had as Minister to Japan, and viiom you are about to appoint as Min ster to France has a foreign wife 7 " 'Has he any children r tbe old Dow ager asked In return. 'Yes, Indeed, he has grown sons and daughters.' Then It Is late In the day to report him to me. Why did yon not report him beroreT We cannot separate a msn from his wife and family even though she Is a "foreign devfl." " I. T. Headland, tn Alnslee's. Beetle's Eye a Camera. Thousand of years before the in ventive genius of men discovered the multifold mysteries of photography and worked out the problem of tbe lens the little beetle was carrying round with him a snap camera of the most unique ind Interesting character. This camera waa provided with at least 100 photo graphic lens, each perfect and In na ture's finest working fettle. AU know that the beetle bas the curi ous projecting eye very similar to the sort one sometimes sees In man hlm--elf. The eye is large and round, or almost so. It can hardly be called a perfect sphere, for it la slightly convex -n shape. Such Insects have eyea called compound, formed not of one lens, but of several hundreds, set side by side, like cells In a honeycomb. Dr. Allen, of England, the famous sci entist as well as physician, took the cornea of the eye of a beetle and em ployed It In place of the usual photo graphic lens of the camera used for making photographs of microscopic ob jects. A silhouette of a head was pasted on a pice of ground glass and a lamp placed behind It A photographic dry plate wss exposed to the light com ing through the beetle's eye from the silhouette and developed in the usual manner. The resulting multigraph waa circular and contained several hundred imng. s of the profile one. Indeed, for each facet of the eye. It seems reasonably clear that Insects form their Judg ments of distance from such multiple Images, depending upon the power of each facet to refract light rays. The nearer the object the greater would be the area covered by the Images on the retina. Cincinnati Enquirer. a2 5'Vt" very bird Ita food, but he does net throw It Into the nest A OAArl naalA e a. . . . everfbodv-a .TiJi J.lre " to take onu7ra?wVtT,0e mek'y' then ,oUow jS Speedy, Prompt and Sure " k. fl. ?UiC.,er' nver gripes and obtains better results V A3 than any laxattre known. I Its action Is marvelous. Its effect immediate. mt , --JS? Pnie7 Wl" Arf Dot r One-half aTary urugriat and general or the full nana. HnnysaUJaaos.. Seem C3 YCU FEEL UXE TH1SP Pen Picture for Women. "I 1? ," nervous, there is not a well Inch in my whole body. I ZZT weak at my stomach and have fon horribly. n?d palp,n- heart, and Iam loeln, esh. Thl, headache and backache nearly kfiu m. and yesterday 1 nearly had hvstar! of my bowels bearing down all the d Pin my groins and VsLf.10 'P' walk' or sit and I believe I am diseased all over no one ever suffered aa I do " This is a description of thousands of eases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's attention dally. An inflamed and ul eerated condition of the neck of the womb can produce all of these aymp. Mas. Jobs Williams. toms, and no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery wnen there is absolutely no need of it The subject of our por trait in thla sketch, Mrs. Williams of Englishtown, N.J., has been entirely cured of such illness and misery by t - r: 1.1 vi t- uy ui. x iiuimui b iccwuu; com pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass. No other medicine has such a record for absolute cures, and no other medi cine is "just as good." 'Women who want a cure snouia insist upon getting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound when they ask for it at a store. Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pink- ham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all your troubles. Her advice is free. Hie real worth of W. I- Ious;laa 3.00 and :UtO shoes compared with other uiafcee Is at.oo to S.OO. OurS-tGlltlCdirrl.lne cannot be equalled at anyprire. Overl.oOO, OOO eatlafled wearera. Ost stir ef W. I. Omit lit sjorei.su hum wiu sosltlmiy (utwaw two fttn of rdlun or i Wears the largest makers of men a 3 ' and SJ3-SO shoes In tbe world. We make and sell more S3 and 3JM ahoee than any two manufacturers In the 11. g The r Mtot... of W. L,. Doajrlaa. $3 M and t&AO ah oca for tjie. comfort, and wearia knowo everywhere throng-bout the world. They have to girm belter eatiaiac tioa than other makaa because too standard has always btcn paaead so high that th wearers expect mora for thtr .money BEST $3.50 SHOE BEST $3.00 SHOE. aaa tact can rt else w nere. I THEKKAsO.I mora YV. I. Jjuuflaa $3 and ft Jt 3 snd ttm thEt shoes are sold than any other Make AK THE HKnTi i sjur dealer aoould kaam them i wm five oa dealer rxcluatvw sale in each tows. Take m Msatitatct 1 Deist on ban or W. L Door, las shoes vith name and nt-ice stamped on bottoai If your dealer will nc ret then for yoa, send direct factory, eaclosinf; prire and tie. extra for camafs Stale kind of leather, stae. and width, aiain or can ina. Our shoes will reach yon. anywhere. Catalog r. Ee Va. JsTwJS Msasn, 48 1X80 FOR FIFTY YEARS! i MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP bas area ased or millions of motnen far tbelr children wblle Teetblns for orer rift? Years. It sootbts tn cbUd. eorteus toe nms. sllars all pain, cures wind col la and tne beat remcdjr for dtarrboea. Twenty-five Cents a Bott'. k s topped rati 1 'eminently Caree ki OR. RLIIE't RtaT i NERVE RESTORER rita oner ftrat oar s aaa. leJ ate bv Snail: irsalln anta I TRIAL. B4rTT.UK FRRB I WH ta wan sjaty Mnr.ee age eaty ea eeUry. j ss sna a ssii iwt, aeioeiy teaapsrary re iter, strati weresei jsaeei atei s. assrp'T. BPSataas. a) a. v I IBM " IUhmIh. DB BL. H. BLINK. L. '311 sswetnty, i area street, miiiimpaia. W00DR0FFE & BERNHEIMER Wholesale Florists 16CM LUDLOW ST., hone. 1-42-69 A. PHILA PATENTS!: 1 Mil A m ainsiienar a HOI T I I K arrrlal iW-s rutioii; " av ane nir,r..i am I tfu r-nia fM.b. IT. , tJl7-1cta Btmt. VVANll INC.TONi l. C BratU'l. oiBcfjsj; Chit ago, CleTflapd snd rvtn.n. TO SELF-SUPPORTING WW EN r'.trltie with yoor nwnlw dntlw ji '".f"" money br Dniu ol our uttv of MI7..1U TOR Wliwrn 8kI ror luUfani "J". fill! ufLRiiATflii. V f IT W. 13ta Ht- M.wV.,1, A Mure S 1L. rinnrniA ftanw., . .-a reli-f forHMIIIIId. MUUCn a rAollLLtS. Moid i.t Mt It .-.-. BcaF r.ai wi iUATieMOHlU lJtasV "rS"h6lTt,n- IsstesUuud. Use I uuiuo. poia or drninrlitu. lDODQV HEWDISCOVl taVlla "O sniek rll.lu4 'a aeoaettaniaHiaial.ua lOaaTa' DISCOVERT: i nnf wont -raw. a, a. a. esxaa'esosai iu a iuu.a Drearv. In the paresis ward a venerable old- man accosted us. "What a drearv world this would be. he fervently exclaimed, "If uils dlJ not rhyme with kiss, and kisses with Mrs.!" Then he wrung our hand and turned Upon Inquiry we learned that tli man bad been a humorous poet whorn the luxurious living Incldt-utal to nil calling had driven uiad.-Detrolt Joor uaL care constipation and biliousness so Ti'll!! SHOES $fc2, y . Jl ay UNION flADt Sf USE Iff awal CI ans XOars aV.i7r?"a'eaJA-V M It r,waaa2rr-J jp.aSaaMjaav llT5 U U C9 BUa.,oC0lHai 1 3jrrsiactvu war.lsaUiudlcatlna -Uauas.stty slue aTTnl " w.wi aoeojuieiy no aiscomtori as adu rMraos claWul on sxlalne- In the moraine. wholesale grocer ia tne world scU i mm., m, with I KLUt Kd Centre PsoeL r rVss at ANHOPit iti bmucd u Pltoa St.. N- 1 s if T i 1 I a ay w u atat a nil TT" 1 ifeywr' " rwi ' ' m .' ' nsafefaneaaanaawea
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