DR. I FLOWER, And His Congress of Phy sicians—Miracles in Medicine. jfltr. ' Monstrous Tumors rielt Away—The I .am* Throw Aside Their Crutches and Walk- Cancer, Consumption and Chronic Troubles Curedln a Mysterious rtanner. Our readers are well acquainted with the name- of pr. R. C. Flower of Boston. His miraculous eures of the most desperate and abandoned oases when given up as incurablo by leading physicians has caused the Inter- Oceaa of Chicago, Cincinnati Enquirer and York Tribune to say if miracles were ev6r performed, many of Dr. R. C. Flower's oures belong to that class of wondors. The Cincinnati Enquirer recently interviewed nu merous prominent people in nil sections of the country regarding Dr. Flower's treatment of patients. Here is what they say. They speak lor themselves. A Wonderful Cure. Wm. Mix, a prominent lawyer and wealthy gentleman of 1014 Third avenue, Louisville, Ky.: Dr. R. C. Flower of Boston, Mass., cured my wife several years ago of the most terrible and dangerous diseases woman can bo heir to. I consider Dr. Flower's cure of Mrs. Mix almost miraculous. I had spent thousands of dollars on prominent physicians in Louisville and New York without any help. After several months under tho best special ists of New York slie continued to grow worse, and I brought her home In the deepest despair. Under those conditions I took her to see Dr. Flower. He told her her trouble better than she could have told him, without asking a question. In it few months under Dr. Flowor's treatment she was entir<#v cured, and hns en.ioyed ever since the finest health. As a physician Dr. Flower leads the world, I believe. He Is a great man, his iuTlgm'ent is tho highest authority. As a man I)r. Flower is one of the most pleasing, en tertaining and cultured gentleman you ever met, and a man of tho highest integrity, riarasmus. Ilenrv D. Posey, 615 Chestnut street, Evansville, Ind., said : "I consider Dr. Flow er the greatest physician in all the world. I, don't believe there was ever such a doctor, and I doubt If there will - ever be unother, and I form my judgment from his work. "I was a living skoleton when I went to see Dr. Flower, over a year ago. I could not eat anything, not even milk, without great distress. I had wasted to a shadow; I had given up hope and was given up. I resolved, a$ a very last resort, to consult Dr. Flower, r (lid so. He told me all my trouble without asking a question. Then I know I was in the presence of a man who know his busi ness. 1 put myself under his care, and im proved immediately, and am a sound, well man today. You can say for me I believe he has no equal on earth." 112 Fibroid Tumor. . Mrs. James E. Smith of Corydon, Ind., said: When I went to see Dr. It. 0. Flower about a year ago I was suffering with a large ad vanced tumor. I had consulted aud been treated by all the best doctors in this section of tho country. They all advised an opera tion, and stated that "unless I hud one per formed I would live but a few weeks, and it was by no means certain that an operation would Dr. Flower told me my troubles, Ihelr origin and growth, without asking me a question. He stated that in his opinion at operation would prove fatal; on the other hand, he believed I could be successfully treated and cured without an operation. I placed myself under his treatment and be gau-to improve immediately; today lam a Well woman —no tumor, no pain, strong and happy. I wish every sick person knew of Dr. Flower. Paralysis and Tumor—A Miracle. Mrs. Wm. Deakyne of Sheridan, Ind., said': About a year ago I visited Dr. Flower. I was then helpless, in a paralyzed condition ; went on crutches whenever I wont out. A terrible tumor increased my already abnormal size rapidly. I measuredovertliree and a half feet around the waist and over four feet from hip to hip. The disease had settled in one limb, and I had nr. use of it; was also fast losing my eyesight. My nerves were shat tered and I had no memory. Not one of my trWncte ever thought I couid be helped. The physicians had given me up as incurable. Dr. Flower had told me my troubles without ask ing mo a question, or how they came upon me. I took a course of treatment under him, and, thank God, I am today a well woman. Look at me—tumor gone, natural in size, sight restored, memory good, nerves like iron, no crutches—l can walk for a mile and .not feel tired. Why, sir, I believe Dr. Flower to be the greatest man of this age. He is a "marvel! —a giant in his work. Several of my acquaintances he has cured in the same way. The peoplo in Sheridan sp«ak of this cure as wonderful and miraculous. ' Consumption. "I was a suffer or with consumption," said Mr*, John I>. Becker. 10:1 John street, Evans ville, Ind. "'lliad doctored with numerous physicians without relief. As a last resort (ahd the lady laughed as she added : 'Dr. Flower is always the last resort,') "I went to .see l)r. R. 0. Flower. He told me all nbout my troubles without asking mo to say a word. So pleased was I with the examination that I placed myself under his care, and began to improve immediately, and today am a well woman. Ten months ago 1 could do no work, could scarcely walk, spent my time lying down or in a rocking chair; now I can do any kind of work, walk as much as when I was a vouug girl. I cannot speak too highly of my physician," said this cultured and reilned woman. 'Dr. Flower is a great mun.an hon est, msdiil man. Ho is smart, quick anil keen and wonderfully fascinating. I don't think the sick have any cause to fear if under his care." Confirmed Invalid. Mrs. Josoph Cromwell, Xenla, 0., said: T was a helpless and confirmed invalid when I went to see Dr. It. C. Flower. I could not walk 100 feet without Hitting down. Be tides, I was a nervous wreck. He diagnosed my ease accurately, I began to improve imme diately uuder his treatment. Can now skip, run and do what I want. Am well, and think Dr. Flower a medical wonder. Chronic Stomach Trouble. Rev. -. W. Kmster.Dayton,O.,said :"I went to lee Dr. It.(.'.Flower as a last resort. He told me my troubles better than I could have told htm; he cured ni« of a dreadful stomach trouble and nervous exhaustion. I consider him the mint wonderful physician living," Sated Front a Fatal Operation. Jlrs. t\ 11. M Uintmr, of B.tllstou rtpa, N. Y.. snl't Itr, li. l". FioWer of Boston, . tired me of an enlarge,), fallen, inflamed and ul cered w . lib. An operation by numerous physician-- w.i-. the .>nly thln.r advised, with no hope held out of Its being successful. I had been given tip as Incurable, ami had given up ail hope* of ever Is'lng cured, wheu as a last resort my husband took ins to see Dr. H. I' Fl'Wer. 1w is tin I'r his treatment for a few months, b-.g.tn to bupi've immedi ately, and In a few months was cured. Ustlrliif. Mr*. Kltn Ml Ur (Wife "112 Mr MlUer, the mer-'li tn "l Itln •H tml. It. N V.. say* I li 11 l»« »■»> i great * i IT- r«r for yt-ar» with stunt alii lr< 'ttbie. Ilm t ' fit treated by the best j acpr.aua It' Mi w York, vthoali iu time gave MlW*k~n up ts i I .title. I' had treated »* for gastritis, tatarrU an 1 aucer uf stout aeh, fof n.! Wins ivs ep ia au i ...>itsu[ii|.it.in of sli.'itac!. ml >-.» I- As „ l*. res.il I eoUK.it* j i»r li i Ptuwer, alt I It* 1.5.1t my •as sil tm a lea m ml.. I *a. permanently eumt Mitnia I'ruattaliua. Mrs I t i. li a H . lt m, 111 tsl-r N V, i "I bad «'I id I'r tea ye*fs an. nf*.ui (o Uf. I. I Ci.'t"! Au glt -II up -ts initial.;* ny Fungus Stomach. Dr. Brooks, of Brooks A Evans, a promi nent dentist of Portland, Me., said : "I am an admirer of Dr_ R. C. Flower. I consider him the ablest phystoian of the ago. Why, Sir, he can toll a sick person bis disease with out knowing anything about bim or asking him a question, just as easy as he would read Ills name. He has most successfully treated and cured me of a very serious and danger ous internal trouble which threatened not only my immediate health, but life (fungus of the stomach.) I was almost incapacitated foi work, was wasting away and rapidly los ing my strength. Under his treatment I sprang Into health, have gained in strength and ilesh, and am now young again. Dr. Flower is to me a marvel, an unsolved wonder. He is the most fascinating and genial man you ever saw. He is quick and brilliant, and it makes one feel well and youui' to talk with him." The Worst of Blood Troubles. Mrs. A. (i. Thompson late of Fifth Avenue Hotel, New Y'ork,nowof ritts'leld,N. H.,?ays: Dr. R. C. Flower, of Boston, cured me over ton years ago of tho worst blood trouble man or woman ever had. It wns eating the ilesh rapidly from my bones. I suffered all the misery and torture of time every hour of my lifo. AH the leading physicians of New York anil Now England had treated my caso and all had given mo up as incurable. In this condition I applied to Dr. Flower, and in a few months was permanently cured, for in ten years I havo had no return of the trou ble." (Mrs. A. G. Thompson Is one of the best known women in New York an.l New Eng land,her husband being for over twenty years one of tho leading heads of the Fifth Ave nue Hotel.) . Throat and Lung Trouble. Rev. P. R. Dan'ey, fill W. Edmond street, Springlleld, 111., said; "Dr. R. C. Flower saved my life. He cured me of throat, lung aud heart trouble. I was a physical wreck and would soon have been in my gravo. I improved immediately under his treatment, and In a few months was permanently cured." Blood Poisoning. Mrs. Josephine Boardmnn. Norwich, Vt., said; "Before going toDr. Flower I had boon given up to die by several physicians, who pronounced my disease blood poisoning and cancer. "After a few mouths' treatment with Dr. Flower ara entirely cured. I was conilned to mj'bod for several years and almost paral yzed. Today lam perfectly well." Cancer of Breast and Neck. Mrs. lllrani Bond, Haverhill, Mass., (and wife of one of the largest shoo manufacturers in America), said ; "Dr. Flower cured mo In 1882 of cancer of breast and neck, also tumor of womb and left ovary. I had three opera tions performed, but in each case tho cancer returned more violent than before. I was pronouncod incurable by the leading physi cians of New England. In this condition 1 went to see Dr. It. C. Flower, of Boston. He cured mo, removing every trace of cancor, tumor and bad blood, and all this without the use of a knife, without pain or my losing a drop of blood. I was under Dr. Flower's treatment about twelve mouths. Me has cured many of my friends of similar dis eases." Oastrltis. Hon. J. Willard Rice of Boston, said ; "Dr. It. C. Flower cured rao of a gastric stomach trouble which threatonod not only my health, but my life, and that after the liest skill of New York and Boston had failed to give mo relief. Dr. Flower is one of the most able, learned and skilful physicians of this age, besides he is a most genial and fascinating man and as brilliant as a star." Stomach and Catarrh. J. 11. Tuoker, a prominent farmer of Leba non, Conn., said: "Dr. It. C. Flower has cured me of a most serious stomach and bowel trouble, together with aggravated chronic catarrh aud nervous prostration. I was in absolute despair wheu I visited Dr. Flower. I had been disappointed by doctors in their vain attompt to cure me. No sooner did I begin Dr. Flower's treatment than I be gan to improve; my cure seems miraculous. Look at me; I am ill the finest of health ; I owe it all to him. And that is not all. Dr. Flower told me my troubles when I visited him without asking men question, better than I eould have told him." Ilaiignant Tumor. Mrs. A. T. Longley. 801 Massaohusetts ave nue, N. E., Washington, D. C., said: Eight years ago D.\ It. C. Flower, of Boston, cured mo of malignant tumor of womb and ovary, nfter all kinds of treatment aud operations had failed. Ho stopped tho hemorrhages and removed those eating growths without pain and without the knife. Her husband, A. T. Longley, the superintendent of government seed department, said ho knew of other cures equally wonderful. A Rheumatic illracle. Mrs. J. B. Bhrier,Jr.,Bl Spring street, Cha rleston, 8. C., said : "I truly can say that by tho skill of Dr. Is. C. Flower, I escaped a most horrible death. I had had rheumatism for eight years,but lately it developed chalky joints. I was Informed after being treated by the leading physician of this city, that there was no cure for my disease, and that amidst great suffering I would gradually turn to stone. Besides ray continual suffer ing I was helpless, ha t but little use for any of my limbs.was sufferiug from Insomnia and nervous prostration. In other words, I was a lielplessi, ruined aud abandoned wreck. Iu this condition I was tal.en to ses Dr. R. C. Flower during ona of his visits to Savannah. Under his treatmout 1 began to improve im mediately, and today I can walk as fast and well as anyone; use my limbs freely; the swelling iu my joints lias disappeared; I sleop well; my nerves are strong, an I my euro is considered by all my irion ls as a miraculous escape from death. From Helplessness to Perfect Health. nutson Lee, the well-known insurance man of Charleston, S. C.. said ; "My oldest son was restored by Dr. 11. C. Flower from helplessness to tho perfect use of his limbs after the best physicians in our country had failed to give him the slightest relief." A Miracle. Mrs. J. D. Clark, of Jonesboro, Ga., said: "I had a supposed incurable spinal trouble, double curvature, besides other serious and almost fatal troubles, a woman helpless in braces and on crutch"-. The most prominent physician In Atlanta had treated me, the hospitals had had >n« for treatment, and they had all given me up as incurable. In this helpless, suffering and dying condition I was taken to Dr. Flower, when almost, as by magic, he restored me to perfect health. 1 don't pretend to say how he did it, but he did it." Cancer oi the Tongue. Mrs. F. A. Selling, Avenue L au l Twenty second street. (Ulvest.in, Tex., said : "When I llrst consulted Dr. It. (J. Flower of Boston, 1 was suffering from a terrible cancer »112 the tongue, and had given myself up to die, but in a few months lie entirely cured me. I am perfectly well today. Everybody who knew my condition look upon my cure as a miracle. Dr. Flower is the most won derful physician and wonderful man 1 ever knew. Go iuto his presence and you feel his power." Fungus Llvtr. Joel Huey, president of First National B.tnk of Corsletuia, 1 \u«. said : "Dr. It. I'. Flower is the most wonderful physician 1 ever knew. He cured meut a fungus cancer ous conditiou of the tont ich and liver nfter numerous physicians had failed to help uie aud 1 had been given up to die." The above te»tiiu. nla s are from many of the most prominent, wealthy and intluuiitial men and wotneu o| iliis country. They calm ly and deliberately say that I'r It. C. l'lowet cured them after they had been given up to die, and that !f it had not been for him they would have been in their graves. They rep resent itli kind-of I , ui.-ss, all professions, all positions til pr Hnii »«'•«, aud nearly ail sections of the 'llllti y. I tic testimony 01 one la the testimony of all. proving hi- al tauat supernatural p ii*hed a - ngtess or •tall of physician- titd l» ! • ating a physi cian lit every aa; in the union, i'liustt staff physicians are the most ssilUd an I aide m«i, (r«H|»fdies» of their thool I, T.ieSn »!*it physicians e*autlii. | nit. uu,;irrang» for their Ilealluaiit au 1 sen I a wrilleu diagnosis of B*. It caae t" him. li > that Minn it they Df ' 1 pa*,' !!." E v ...i'in. I 1 ',ul >e-"t4Ullnt*l si ttr. Ir l by sfctiiittt | lt>si< U.Il« who ar« la • 1 Ml !•••. it an I et. munl-ali n with Ibo |o -tor's » , . iu 112 !.»•»* spao fie-- »i-hii i. t w More I Itr li I THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. FEATURES OF ENGLAND'S GREAT SEA-BOU ND- FORTRESS. How Its Natural Strength Has Been Increased by Artificial Means- Two Big Ouns—Rock Galleries. OF all the modern fortresses in the world there is scarcely one so interesting as that of Gibraltar, which at this mo ment happens to be of peculiar inter est on account of its important role in the event of a war involving Morocco. The military element dominates the whole life of the place. With 5000 or 6000 troops—for Gibraltar is never without that number—the streets are alive with redcoats and bluecoats, the latter being the uniform of the artil lery. Everything goes by military rule. The hours of tho day are announced by gunfire. The morning gun gives the exact minute at which tho soldiers are to turn out of their beds, and the last evening gun the minute at which they are to turn in. It is necessary for the outsider to regard these sig nals, as the gates of the place are opened and shut at the firing of the g'fcis- If Gibraltar were merely a rook in the ocean its solitary grandeur would induce many a sight-seer to inspect rugged sides. But as it is at the same time the strongest fortress in the world the interest of the greater num ber of visitors is to see its defenses. Tho natural strength of its position has been multiplied by all the re sources of modern warfare, in the ad miration of which one is led for a mo- j ment to forget the "greatness thrust j upon it by nature," but only for a mo- j ment. Standing on the top of the rock, which is 1400 feet high, and looking down the cliff where the waves are dashing at its feet, fills a person with an awe that is indescribable, and one is loath to resume his tour of in spection. The rock is nearly three miles long and from one-half to three-quarters of a mile broad. On the eastern side the cliff is so tremendous that there is no possibility of scaling it, therefore the only approach must be by land from the north, or from the sea on the west ern side. As the latter lies along the bay and is at the lowest level, it is the most exposed to attack. The town lies here and could easily be ap- : proaehed by an enemy if it wore not for its artificial defenses. These con sist mainly of what is called the Line Wall, a tremendous mass of masonry, two miles long, relieved here anil I there by projecting bastions, with guns turned right and left, so as to sweep the face of the wall. Tho line defended is more than two miles long. Within the Line Wall, immediately fronting the bay, ara the casemates and barracks for the artillery that are to servo the guns. The casemates are designed to be absolutely bomb \ proof. Tlie walls are so thick as to re sist the impact of shot weighing hun -1 dreds of pounds. The enormous arches ! overhead are made to withstand the i weight and explosion of tho heaviest, shells. This Line Wall is armed with guns of the largest caliber. Some are mounted on the parapet above, but the greater part are in the oasemates ; below, so as to be near the level of the sea, and thus strike ships in the most vital part. Of course every one is anxious to see the two big guns, eaoh of which weighs 100 tons. But they are guarded with great care from the to > close inspection of strangers. They are so enormous that it is impossible | to describe them so r.s to convey an i idea of their immense proportions. The shot has to be lifted to the mouth i of these guus by machinery, and a | man could easily crawl into the bore. I It was feared that the explosion would do something terrible, but the Bound was nothing in proportion to the j size. Everyone was surprised an.l many dis-ippointed. Some of the sixty eight-pounders are as earsplitting as the 100-ton guus. One of these big guns is mounted within speaking dis tance of the house of the Major-Gen eral, which stands on the Liue Wall. In answer to an inquiry as to what they did at the time of tiring one of the ladies laughingly replied: "Oh, ! we don't mind it. \Ve take down the mirrors, lay away the china and glais, throw open the windows and let the explosion come." This gnu throws a ball weighing 2000 pounds over eight I miles. But these arc not all the defenses. There aro batteries in the rear of the j town, as well as in front. These eau be fired over the tops of tha houses, so that it' any enemy were to effect a landing he would have to fight his way at every step. As you climb the rock it fairly bristles with guns. You cau not turn to the right or to the left without sei-ing them; they are over your head aud under you, and point ing directly at you. Th<' most interesting feature of Gib raltar is tho rock galleries. It is owing to these that Gibraltar surpasses all other fortresses of Europe. They were begun more than a hundred years ago, during tho great siege. Although the French and Spanish had none of tho improved artillery of modern times, they managed to reach, with the Hinooth bore eannou and mortars every part of the rook ; aud even the I lock gnu, ou the very piunacle of Oibraltar, was twice dismounted. This convinced the Kuglish that their only «li< Iter would be in the bowel* of the earth, aud therefore work was begun to blast out the loutf galleries. These are all on the northern side of the rock, aud a* this is the side that looks toward Spam they are intended to repel any advait ies against the fortress from that quarter. At every do/.oti yards there ■» a large por*hole, aud at every hole heavy yitus are mounted ,ou carriages, by which ttiuy eau be swung round to any quarter. Die slut It ItuueoiM discharge of tll' -e 1 4Uit*>lts I* lerrtrte, as the eon mioi'iu tin walla of th< rook - tit a li gfe »ter than it they were rtr«- I tit tli. »} it air It t« not often that tin . i.i- It ,»i I, |j ~, »i r l!it t! I. t- (tilt I «,¥ 111 lllit year wheu lite Hrtttnti lion i.iar»g i I an l lou I, an 1 that i. 1i... tjuwd't blrlMa» l*h Hit a *iiii fro u iV» I pMi li . t ..it lit* Itltjli . t P nut o'til roi'k, ll'i t i, t in thu a»t, gn « list signal, •hi •!» tut n> llAlely rta tglil up 'y lb M led • .. .I't l lit- tli' , iiiiv those from the mountain side, and the mighty reverberations sweep around the bay, across the Mediterranean and far along the African shores. The noise is simply indescribable. Is Gibraltar really impregnable? is a question that has often been asked, and one that has evoked differences of opinion from those capable of judg ing. Englishmen who are most fa miliar with its defences say yes, and maintain with characteristic stubborn ness that Gibraltar could not be taken by all the powers of Europe combined. On the other hand, the Frenoh and German engineers claim that there is no fortress that cannot be battered down. The now inventions of war and the tremendous foroe which tho use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine gives to these new projectiles mako everything possible. The objeot of the fortress of Gibral tar is to command the passage into the Mediterranean. The arms of Gibraltar are a castlo and a key, to signify that it holds the key of the straits, and that no ship flying any other flag than that of England can enter or depart except by her per mission. But that power is already gone. The 100-ton gun of Gibraltar, even if aimed directly seaward, could not de stroy or stop a passing fleet. To Africa, opposite Gibraltar, it is four teen miles, a distance that no ord nance in existence can possibly reaoh. A fleet of ironclads, hugging the Africau coast, would be safe from English Are if it were strong enough to encounter the English fleet. It is her fleet in which England places her utmost reliance, not on the fortress, for the fortress alone could not bar the passage into the Mediterraueau. It would be a refuge in oase of disas ter where tho English ships could find protection under the guns of the fort. —New York Advertiser. SELECT SIFTINUS. Louis XVI was au abominable glut ton. The best brass band in Australia is composed of natives. North Carolina has but 3702 for eigners out of a population of 1,617,- 980. Camphor should not 1)3 placed next ta furs, as it will make the color lighter. Street bands are not permitted in Germany unless they accompany pro cessions. The central span of the St. Louis, (Mo.) bridge is 520 feet, the sido spans 515 feet each. In an Oregon town there is au octo geuarian who is an enthusiastic rider of the bicycle. In Vienna, Austria, the orgau grind ers are allowe I to play only between midday and sunset. An elephant is fifty or sixty years ia attaining maturity, aud will live a century and a half. If a snail's heil bi cut off and the animal placed in a cool, moist spot a new head will bo grown. In 1813 William Barton patented « 1 looomotivd that was provided with legs and feet behind to push the ma chine along the track. Charles Barrow, of Columbus, Ohio, tolls of au egg laid by a hen in his employ that measured seven and seveu-i>ighths iuehes in length. H. Pennel, of Wilkes, N. C., on his seventy-third birthday, recently cele brated, cut and shocked forty shocks of wheat from dinner time till night, and was still as fresh and active as a boy. A Maine man, a resident of Rook land, says he had suffered two years from the after effects of tho grip till he was struck by lightning the other day. Since then ho has felt himseli entirely well. A Kalamazoo (Mich.) health officer took a tramp suffering from smallpox to the jail, growled because tho jailer would not admit the prisoner and ; theu exhibited the patient to an ad miring crowd of citizens. Two safe-crackers entered a Brook | lyn store to operate on a safe that | made a great show from the street. They were so disappointed when they found that it was a wooden box painted up that they departed, leaving taeir instruments behind them. People in the middle ages believed in were-wolveu as well as witches. Were-wolves were supposed to be men who, while preserving thoir appear | auee as human beings, were yet tranc | formed into wolves, with au appe | tite which nothing but human flesh I would satisfy. Patrick O'Mahoney, of Oil City, ! Penn., threw a brink at a friend with the intention of knooking his head ! off. The friend escaped around the , corner of a street, but staugelj ! enough the missile, describing a para j Italic cure, /allowed after him and cut 1 oil one of his coat tails as (dean as« 1 whistle. Extensive Production of Capper. TiiiH oouutry produces more than half of the copper of the world. The metal cornea from the Like Superior region, from Montana au 1 from new mines in Arizona. Th Like Superior mines alone yield metallic copper in i large iptantities. There the stuff is : found in a ptir.i atite, nugjeti of it ! weighing hmitlrela of pounds. These leposits wnre worke I extensively by the In lians for centurion befuro Co lumbus. an I the copper they ob -1 tstiied wm distribute 1 widely by liar ttr. They left behind miny large masses of the uietal, because they coulti not break them into pieces, and '.vjre unable to carry th l ;u away bo l Uf. I'ho t'nited Hdltas c.ia turn out J.tWI ip mil Uof couper yearly. I'll i Million at Htitle, Montana, ara able alum t i pu ou tht market lo t,- I iiui.tW pouti U p,«r anuum, all uf it ibt titled fr tut a single a a til hill. (1/ • irs.% tho world* t'ou«iiiu|>ttou of this iiietsl t* WttttM Wt, The waste is v#rjr ureal. S» many mau are li I i it ia the iu''i l« ital 'ty ! o ih 4, tint kill* lb# Uarttvloa. • •'» I 1 imttudj lira** ait I in «!«> I iU4 aHi ♦. W *»li.w,jl"ii il-tt ngSWDMEH There are 2136 women architects in the United States. The number of women engaged in farming in the United States is 57,000. Queen Victoria has taken 447 prizes at English cattlo shows for products of her stock farm. Jean Ingelow spends a great part of the year in the south of France, where she lias a, cottage. Air tight trunks, it is well to re member, are best for seaside stopping and jaunting about. One of the brightest students of Smith College is ft Winnebago Indian girl from Nebraska. The management of tho Austrian prisons for women is in the hands of female religious orders. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer has been reappointed on the Massachusetts State Board of Education. Miss Mary A. Hanson was elected in Marblehead, Mass., on the School Board at tho town meeting. Rosa Bonheur, the groat French painter, was a dressmaker's apprentice when she ft girl of fifteen years. At West Brookfleld, Ohio, fourteeu women voted at the recent school elec tion, in spite of a pouring rain. Nothing is so destructive to the com plexion as a bad tempor. One must feel pleasant and kind to look so. Queen Victoria rules 11,475,057 square miles of the earth's territory and 378,725,857 of its population. One of the best authorities on or chids in the world is Miss Helen Gould, daughter of the late Jfty Gould. In tho time of Henry 11., of France, it was forbidden for any woman not a member of court circles to wear vel vet. Mrs. Helen D. Harford has been nominated for Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction on the Oregon Pro hibition ticket. The Woman's Suffragist Association of Colorado met in Denver yesterday and Mrs. Routt, wife of ex-Governor Routt, presided. Mrs. Martha Strickland, a lawyer of Detroit, Mieh., lectures on parlia mentary law to parlor classes of women in Chicago. Chicago has a Domestic Science As sociation, which proposes to build an institution whero women will be in structed in home duties. Miss Sibyl Sanderson, the American cantatice, lately appeared as Juliet in Paris, in a splendid violet gown em broidered with turquoises. The pensions of the Spanish royal family having been reduced, the In fanta Eulalia has been living most economically at Versailles, Paris. Mrs. Amanda Smith, uii Amerioan colored woman, is delivering temper ance lestures in Euglanl, under the auspices of Lady Henry Somerset. In 1364 the pointed hoods worn by the lalies often reashe 1 four feat above the he id, making tho lady's face appear about the center of the body. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the novelist, is frequently out of doors before six, returning to breakfast at eight. By nine she is at work with her pen. Marietta Holley maintains her popu larity. Her last book, "Samantha at the World's Fair," sold forty thousand eopies the first three weeks after its publication. liev. Eliza Tapper Wilkes, formerly pastor at Sioux Fall'', South Dakota, has gone to Oakland, Gil., to becomi the assistant pastor of the First Uni tarian Church. Miss Louisa Smith is om oT the tellers in the Merchants' National Bank of Middletown, Ohio. She ha? the reputation of being one of the best bank officers in the State. The well kn >wn traveler., Mrs. Bishop (Miss Isabella Bird) sailed re cently for Korea, where she will col lect material for a new book. Mrs. Bishop is over sixty years of age. Mirfs Abby Leach, A. M., Professor of Greek at Vassar College, has lately been elected a member of the Archie logical Institute of America. It was under Miss Leach's direction that the Greek play Antigone was produced last spring by Vassar students. Miss Julia Kemp West, of Rich mond, Staten Island, N. Y., lias just entered upon her duties us school commissioner. She has male Miss Nellie M. Ford her private secretary. They have long been associated in ex ecutive capacities in charitable organ izations". Mrs. Mary Ida Phares, of Trenton, N. •!., has been appointed notary pub lic by Governor Werts. She is a clerk in the otllce of Adjutant-General Stryker, and is the first woman to re ceive au appointment under the iaw passed making wouieu eligible as no taries. I>r. Kilmer'* hw»»f-llonT .'iirea nil Kidney aU'l RlmMrr trouble*. Pamphlet and CoiiMiltHlioii free. Laboratory Blnifhauiton. V V. Mrm-iits i Tetitt.) has n prosperous Italian colony. A I >< >•>». hi Tt lac Shvvn Nine tit Ilurvboilltil mill Tnr [ur ( llln I' u.I Inn In limp. C'nr> 111 i ill* 1 Inluuti % Iti'it ii 111w I •taavmlr »m»n Will li -eiil with rvery I silt la »112 I". W-nli'i Itrlain Irani) ( irt, i ir«l« r»»«t by mail, |n»it laid.lDi'ti \ititnifc*. Hii%»i«*, |iiirtnli>, S. Y. Ilnll'i t aiarrfc I am J* a r«ti»l it ill tonal in re."V. Karl's I Inter limit. 1 ll»- ur. il Hul I piirirtrr. Kltlt frvnltllMli aln I t I. .11 III"*". til I lit- ■ uinplvl That Tired Feeling I* «".»•«* I it* liii| on.Ulloii «l iff » I, t -hoiit*! in* wltlumt I** i Una r* Mitt !•» |M lull' M *4 * *t»M» Hood's 1 E %%%%%% jmH/Irt Cures %%%%% ,nl|.l| -mi. j > , li NH» l» tt I Ilaa4 • fill* »*<• ihU "<'* a. Highest of all in leavening strength.—Litest U.S.GOT.Pood Report. Royai ABSOLUTELY PURE Economy requires that in every receipt calling for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK. It Camo llaek to "Lovins Tom." "Do you know," said Mr. Man t< his friend the other evening at thq roof garden, "that the boys nt the club have a merry and most distressing 'iind' on me. I suppose it's oae of the j inevitable consequences of renouncing bachelorhood that a man lays himsell | open to attack from the most unsus- j pected quarters. "Now, loyal citizen as I am, I have j received a bitter blow from the United ' States Government. It stabbed me, using the Dead Letter Office as a dag ger. It waslikethis; Just a month ago at the club I wrote a letter to the girl lam going to marry. I had told only one or two of my intimate friends of the engagement, and we weren't going to announce it until fall. Well, as 1 was saying, I wrote to Alice Jevons that day at the club, and told her how fond 1 was of her. I loved her very hard that day, and I used some strong expressions: I suppose my heart ran away with my pen, so to speak. "To make a short story a little long- ' er, I sat down by the window to di rect the envelope. 1 got to gazing out I on the fleecy clouds floating across the blue depths of the sky, and thinking about her, as a man does, you know. Well, I suppose I directed the letter wrong. It never reached her. In stead of that, a mouth later, came a nasty-looking official envelope ad dressed to 'Loving Tom,' in care oi the club. The postoffice people hadn't been able to find the girl, so they tried to send the drivel back to the one who wrote it.and their only clew was the signature and the engraved letter head. "Well, nobody at the club could fancy who 'Loving Tom' was, so the ' House Committeee opened tlie envel- j ope. The tirst thing they saw was . 'Dearest Alice,' and the first sentence | was absolute insanity. Then they j recognized my writing and forebore ' to read further." Mr. Man stopped to wipe from his 1 brow the perspiration which sprang . forth at the thought of his mortiflca- : tion. "Well, there's just one thing i about it,"he added thoughtfully, j "I'll never again sign myself anything j but my full name, even if I live to be j a regular Methuselah and write to ! Mrs. Methuselah every day."—New i York Tribune. 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Syrup of Fiir* is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and #1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name. Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any .-ul.-tituic ii otiered, s \ M 1 - .11 What to do with Milk Pails! | \ Clean thorn with Pearline. You can't get t \ them so thoroughly s\v< <. i anil pure in any other way. Besides, it's easier lor you < l u ' c^er > "lore iconoini il. '1 "The box and barrel « ' :rn arc not I. >rj u \ lolmftch A I'earlme will c!<.»»> inv > or i! iy H I with i»v bid< dor.• £ Perhaps you think tlt.»t some of til imita tions nt Pearline tlut \ «1 I i u 1 to use in washing cloth< NA. vvrll HI vol Kkl t|j hurt tinware, certainly. I» i iv wnuUlu'l clean it, cither, half as II Pearline I < <n"l jtlay with the fire." 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