ALASKA'S GARDEN SPOT, The Climate of Coaks's Inlet Makes It a Veritable Sunitaer Land. Cook's Inlet has the best climate of all Alaska. The Russians called It "Summer Land." It runs in about 160 miles, between Kenai Peninsula and the Ohlgnle range. On the Kenal shore especially the land is well cultivated and cattle thrive. The Russians have had farms and pastures there since first they came to the country. Cook's Inlet is booming now. On Mill's Creek two men took out $1,500 in ten hours. That is as good as Klon dyke, but so far work Is only begin ning, and claims, as a rule, have only paid from SIOO a day up to $175 or S2OO when the miners found pay dirt. Be ing on the coast, which is warm all through the winter, and in a country long settled by whites, Cook's Inlet is an ideal spot compared to the interl* or. E. C. Sherman, of San Francisco, has started a scheme to make mining easy for the miner, and proposes to outfit a steamer in 'Frisco and to take up 100 men at SI,OOO apiece to the Inlet, where be will board them for a year and a half while they prospect the country round about. A. trail leads from Cook's Inlet over to Copper River, and curiosity will probably induce some of the gold hunt ers to venture in search of the copper mountain. Already Mr. Sherman has about half the number of men he wish es. The steamer has an accommoda tion for 120 passengers and is laden with machinery for both quartz and placer mining. "Marselllalae" Enthusiast. Nothing of the kind in this world can lie more impressive than the way in which an audience of 6,000 French rad icals receives that wonderful air, the "Marseillaise." I observed that the chorus of young men who led the sing iug never once looked at the notes, and few even had any. so familiar was it to all. There was a perfect hush in that vast audience, while the softer parts were sung; and no one joined even in the chorus at first, for every body was listening. The instant, how ever, that the strain closed, the ap plause broke like a tropical storm, and the clapping of hands was like the tak ing flight of a thousand doves all over the vast arena. Behind those twinkling hands the light dresses of the ladies and the blue blouses of workingmen seemed them selves to shimmer in the air; there was no coarse noise of pounding on the iloor or drumming on the seats, but there was a vast cry of "Bis! bis!" sent up from the whole multitude, demand ing a repetition. The moment the first verse was sung through for the second time, several thousand voices joined in the chorus; then the applause was re doubled, as if they had gathered new sympathy from one another; after which there was still one more great applauding gust, and then an -absolute quiet.—T. W. Higglnson in Atlanta Monthly. The Original Tobogganer. "The otter was the original tobog ganer, and his slide the first of its kind deliberately choseu. Whence came his information?" asks E. W. Sandys. "I know not. Turn, if you can, the leaves of Nature's wonderful volume, back to the opening chapter of animal life, for information upon this and countless other curious traits. Maybe the primal otter saw a cube of ice break from its parent glacier and go sliding down a polished path to the sea. He may have then tried the feat himself, under the notion that such sliding was rare good fun for otters— quien sabe? "Wherever the otter may have ob tained his idea of sliding, he has neith er lost it nor Improved upon it. He slides as his forbears did, for love of sliding, but he does not altogether depend upon snow and Ice. During summer earth-slides serve well enough, and these will surely be found on the banks of streams frequented by titters." Walking-Stick: Legacies. Walking sticks have frequently beeu left by will. Franklin bequeathed his favorite stick, with a gold handle shaped like a cap of liberty, to George Washington. The gold-headed cane used by Drs. Radcliffe, Mead and oth ers, whose arms are engraved upon it, was bequeathed by Baillle to the Col lege of Physicians. Napoleon's walk ing Btlck of tortoise shell was sold in London In 1823 for $l9O. Honore de Balzac had the mementos he received from various fair admirers, which consisted in part of precious stones, set in canes. Feminise Generalship. On one occasion the noted British officer Tarleton was speaking con temptuously of Colonel William Wash ington to a patriot lady. "Why," said Tarleton, "they tell me he is so ig norant that he cannot even write his name." Witb a meaning glance at rarleton's right hand, which Washing ton had wounded, the lady replied: "But nobody is better aware than you. Colonel Tarleton, that Colonel Washington knows how to make his mark." Nearly Killed by Wild Dogs. Wash Anyana Montezano, a farmer, relates a thrilling experience with fe rocious dogs on the mountain, near Huntsville, Ala. A band of wild dogs attacked him and came near taking his life. He was '.nrown to the ground by the animals, and was barely res cued by a friend with a gun. He lost a thumb and suatalned many lacera tions about the limbs and body. It is reported that a scholarship of $5,000 has been given to Mount Holy •jke Collegia by Miss Helen Gould CHARMED THE SAVAGE EYE. Utility Gftrmtnl of an Early Woman Settlor Tickled the Redskins' Admiration. "It was interesting to notice the way In which the Indiana looked upon ear ly settlers around here," said the Kansas City old-timer as he lapsed In to a reminiscent mood. "Bach white family as it arrived and set about the task of making a home in the great American desert was scrutinized and passed upon, favorably or otherwise, by these 'original inhabitants' venjr much as a newcomer nowadays is talked about and estimated by the good people of any little town in which he makes his appearance. To be sure, the Indiana' standards were a little bit peculiar, but they applied them in much the sam« spirit of egot ism that we do our own. "For example, when we started West my mother, who was pre-emin ently a sensible woman, who did and who refrained from doing things only on good and sufficient reason, soon saw that the long full skirts in vogue at the time had little to recommend them from an emigrant's point of view and adopted a garment consisting of a medium short skirt and substantial pantalettes, which she found quite suitable and persisted in wearing through several subsequent changes of fashion. Now, a few days after my father had completed the cabin which was our first home in Kansas a band of Indians from a neighboring camp called on us for purposes of inspec tion, as I have already said was their custom, and, incidentally, to trade for ! —or better, beg—any article among | our belongings which might strike | their fancy. My mother was, as usu al, dressed in her 'utility' garment and this soon caught the eyes of the Indians, who immediately, amid great jabbering of admiratiou, nominated her the "white squaw' and from that time on showed our household many marks of esteem —a preferment which had it? drawbacks." I£very«lay (»eoKraph,v. We are making geography as well as history rapidly these days. An at las a year old is away behind the times. The Alaska gold craze has made the old maps of that section al most valueless, and the indications are that China soon will be nothing but a piece of patchwork. But the newspaper to-day are the geograph ers, and accurate maps appear in their pages almost as soon as the telegraph brings news of changes. The youth ful mind has no difficulty in grasping these alterations because they are ac companied by movements which hold the interesi. The study is not of geographical topics heavy with the dust of ages, but of lands and people who attract atten tion because electricity keeps them practically at our doors. The news paper supplements the textbook, and the combination fills the youthful mind with more valuable knowledge of things geographical than it was possible for our ancestors to acquire. In competent hands the good newspa per is the best supplement to geogra phy ever issued, and the time is com ing when no instructor will fail to put it to r'aiiy use \Villtn Batlia on Sunday. Mr. Felix Mahoney, of Washing ton, tells of one hotel, in New Engr land, in which he stayed not long ago. In every room was a placard, and on it this: "Guests will please not bathe uu Sunday night, as the hot water :.i needet" for the wash Monday morn ing." UIIKI Hlonlng in Art Galleries. iti some of the European art gal: les the dust is removed from the paint ings and statuary by means of an air pump, a jet of air being thrown with great force against the article which needs dusting. mmm* CALLED. Holy brethren, cniled and chosen by (he sovereign Voice of might, See your high and holy calling out of darkness into light! Called according to Ills purpose and the riches of his love; Won to listrn by the leadlhg of the gentle heavenly Dove! Called to suffer with our Master, pa tiently to run his race; Called a blessing to inherit, called to holiness and grace; Called to fellowship with Jesus, by the ever-faithful One Called to his eternal glory, to the king dom of his Son. Whom he calleth he preserveth, and his glory they shall see; He is faithful that hath called you; he will do it, fear not ye! Therefore, holy brethren, onward! thus ye make your calling sure; For the prize of this high calling bravely to the end endure. —Frances Ridley HavergaL THE CHRISTIAN'S CALLING. Dy calling us into the fellowship of his Son, God guarantees to us the pos sibility of our entering into that fel lowship and of becoming fit for It. — Marcus Dod6, D. D. There is much said about the divine call, little said about the end of it. Why? Because no tongue, not even the divine tongue, will attempt to tell what is the outcome of a life that is led of God.—H. C. Mabie, D. D. When Jehovah addressed Elijah, was it through the stroug wind? Was the Lord in the earthquake or in the fire? Listen to the "still, small voice." It floats across the of:ean. The millions of India, China, Japan, and Africa are crying, "Come over and help us." Who are under more obligations togo than we—Robert P. Wi'der. Of Moses it is sa'd: "No man know eth his sepulchre," but every man knows his call. Did Amos pass away In peace? What were the closing scenes in the life of Ezekiel? Whal was the end of Jeremiah? The Bible does not tell us, but every one of those prophets has related with the utmost detail how at some time in his life a divine hand was laid upon him, and a divine voice was heard speaking to his soul. In short, tfce Bible places tre mendous emphasis on the fact that God does summon ses, and to devote heart and life to 1 doing of the lov ing will of God, i. Christlike service of your fellows—t. is is the way to ' make your calling and election sure." —President Hyde. Sectarian Strife la Civil War, "Not the least c? the perils of the Church of America to-day," says the New York Outlook, "is that threatened by the possible separation of liberalism and conservatism Into separate campe. If they are separate, they will be hos tile; and, instead of uniting their fore ces in a common war against vice and ignorance, will employ them in war against each other. Sectarian strife is civil war in the Church of Christ. The church must be at peace with itself If it is to conquer the world. We advise, then, the liberal 3 >iscopalian not to leave the church of his fathers and his love because sacred dotalisin appeal's to be dominating it; we advise him to stay in, unless he is put out, and preach a theology as broad and a lib erty as large as th c of Robertson and Maurice and Stanl' •• Brooks. We ad vise the Presbyter; 11 to remain in the church in which lc has been brought up, and preach tl freedom of faith for which his Pur an ancestors were willing to lay do> 1 their lives. Let every man, in the hurch wherein he was called, therein tide with God. Not abide to promote s .l'o and debate; not abide to assault tl opinions of others either within or • liout the church; but to build up nic H!in; inbering that tcnov.i»vlgc puffeth but love build 'lll up." Life is 100 short to wait until some ?reat thing can be done. Little deeds 3f kindness, little acts of charity done day by day as we go along through Ife, are far more important than one jingle deed, however great. CATHARTIC U radoccuto CURE CONSTIPATION asc a* 2 3_ ? • "Three from two you can't," eaya the schoolboy. Right! Three from two you can't, either in dol lars or dividends or sarsnparilki. It takes the best sarsaparilla root to make the best sarsaparilla ex tract. The best sarsaparilla comes from Honduras, C. A., and tho Dr. Ayer Co. practically controls the entire product. Yet others claim to be making "best" sarsnparilla. They must be making it out of the remainder left after subtracting three from two. But," tltree from two you can't." You can't make the best sarsaparilla without best root. You only get the best when you fici Ayer's Sarsaparilla which is made wholly from the best root imported from Honduras. ARCTIC DRIFT. Commodore Melville'* I'lari fur Airei'talu. inir Secret* 0/ the Frozen North. A novel plan has originated with Eu-- sineer-in-chief Melville of the navy 'or getting accurate information con :erning Arctic drifts at comparatively imall expense and without the sacrifice )f human life. He proposes launch ng in the highest attainable latitude lorth of Bering strait, east of where .he Jeannette entered the pack, about .00 heavy casks, with parabolic ends astened to them. In them will be ilaced numbers and records. Scieutl 1c societies have approved the scheme md will aid in carrying it out. Drifts if Arctic exploration parties and of vrecked vessels differ so greatly ard tplnions of drifts are so diverse that DKIFT CASK. his plan has been proposed iu order, 112 possible, to get reliable information in the subject. "My idea of a keg. for tho ordinary irift bottles used for current studies vould never do, is the kind measuring ibout two feet between head.-," said Joniniodore Melville. "I would build hem of thick, tough wood, thoroughly vatertight and heavily bound to re list crushing under the tons of ice they vould have to contend with, the solid jarabolic ends fitting firmly down upon he heads and stave ends to prevent letachment. The shape of float, lying vith its axis horizontal, is the best >ossible form to meet the icefloe con litions, for it would probably never be lipped in the rough-and-tumble ex lerience it would get. In ninety-nine :ases it would slip away safely from ixtraordinary pressures and remain ln act if it floated, as it would lie on olid ice. "With fifty or a hundred of these loats properly made and sealed the no.st difficult and important part of he scheme remains—their effective aunching on their journey. This must te done by a Government ship or by >ther trustworthy hands, "These details carefully observed, we ould then patiently await results, and it the end of four or five years we night begin to look for/our kegs be .woen the Spitzbergen and Greenland >r along the shores of both." Commodore Melville's proposition is jound to attract the attention of sci entific men on account of its simple, nexpensive and useful character and ts practicability, Alreudj funds have »een aßsurred for the requisite prelim inaries, and by next spring there is ittle doubt that at least one vessel •vlll start north to begin his great drift itudy. The Parmer in the l.liththooac. A farmer had secured an appoint ment as lightkeeper in a Maine coast lighthouse. The first night he went on duty he lighted up promptly at dusk and at 11 o'clock carefully extinguish ed the lamp. The next day, of course there was trouble, and when lie was taken to task, he replied that he sup posed 10 o'clock was late enough tc keep the light going, as lie thoughl that all honest men should be In bet' at that hour. Comething to know! Our very large line of Latest patterns of Wall Paper with ceilings and|border to[match. All full measurer ments and all white backs. \Elegant designs as low as $c per roll. Window Shades with roller fixtures, fringed and plain. Some as low as 10c; better, 25c,