Wher« Men Do the Wmhinf. The washing in Egypt is usually clone by the men. The Egyptian washermen stand on banks of the Nile and slap the wet olothes with a noise like the shot of a pistol on the smooth stones at the edge of the run ning water, cad suoh women as wash pound the dirt out of their olothes in She samo way. tint Come, First Serveft, Don't say that you couldn't get the valuable presents offered with "Red Cross" and "Hubinger's Best" laundry •itarcb; your groeer has them for you; ask him for a coupon book, wliloh will enable you to get ono large 10s. pack iige ot "Bed Gross" starch, one large 10c. package ot "Hubinger's Best" «tarcb, with the premiums, two beauti ful Shakespeare panels, printed Iu twelve beautiful colors, or one Twen tieth Century Olrl calendar, all for sa. A Iteinarkable Well. The deepest well in England is found at Hamilton, in Hampshire. It stretches three hundred and fifty feet below the surface of the earth. About half way down this well shaft is a sub way, three miles in length, which leads to the sea coast. 44 A Thread Every Day Makes a Skein in a Year." One smalt disease germ carried by the blood through the system •will convert a healthy human body to a condition of in validism. Do not o Address Rector Street Itook Store, X.V. . ity. BHT Cures a Coug-h or Cold at I" I Conquers Croup without fall. IQI In Is the best for Bronchitis, Grippe, mm Ho*-seness, Whooping-Coufjh. aud M U for the cure of Consumption. rj f/jl Mothers praise it. Doctors prescribe it 1171 MA. Small doses; quick, sure results. feu Wonderful Pearl Hanks. Pearls will be more plenty, but possibly no cheaper, if the British syndicate in New Caledonia accom plishes what it expects. Some twelve janks of large extent have been dis jovered along the eastern coast of New Caledonia and adjaceut islands by the aid of a submarine apparatus which can descend 600 feet below the surface. By this machine large banks of hitherto unreachable banks >f shells have been reached. One of these banks is four miles long and 100 pards wide at a depth of 150 feet. Pearls one pound in weight and up ward are being found. Large num sers of pearls are sometimes found in i single shell. Some of these pearl: tre valued at SIOO to SGOO each. Ex< sert divers from Tahiti are to b« brought to these beds and the indus Iry energetically developed.—Phila delphia Record. A Million Woman have boon relieved oi female troubles by Mrs. Plnkham's advloe and medlolne. 1 The letters of a few are printed regularly In this paper. If any one doubts tho offlolenoy and saoredly confidential oharaoter of Mrsm Plnkham's methods, wrlto for a book she has rooontly published whloh oontalns letters from tho mayor of Lynn, tho post» master, and others of her olty who have made oare fullnvestigation, and who verify all of Mrs. Pink ham's statements and olalms. I The Plnkham olalms are swooping• Investigate them. THIRTY YEARS OF OURES nighV in the spruce. Calm stars above, fresh earth beneath, Aud in miil-air a woven wreath Ot loosely interlacing tlr* Reaching to where the night wind stirs; Hires creep near, a wood-owl's (light Crosses the circle of eamp-flre light; Steps on the moss tell where a doe Is leading her fawn to the lake below: And laying there I seemod as near To the forest's heart as its own red deer; And I felt the fellowship of the wood, And every whisper I understood. —Frauds Sterne Palmer, Harper's Weekly. j Ellen's Fault. [ i BY W. X. £ "I wish to look at fans—party fans, if you please," Ellen Purple swept into the fancy store, her gray silk suit rustling softly, the long, wine-colore I, willow plume drooping over the briui of her hat,anil her dark, briliiaut eyes sparkling with health, good humor and exercise. She was a pretty brunette, with black eye brows, long lashes and the cream tinted skin which is like velvet, so soft, fiue-graiued an.l clearly colored. What a contrast to her was the fragile girl, standing behind the counter iu her shabby de beige dress with a dyed ribbon bow at her tliroat aud a frill of mended lace encircliug her slender neck. But this world offers us contrasts at every step. "Do you wish white or colored?" the latter asked. "Oh, I don't know. Pink, I sup pose," Ellen Purple answered, after a : second of two of consideration on the momentous question. "Pink is my color." The pale shop-girl reached down a box of daintily-deeorate.l trinkets, smelling of sandal-woo 1, edged with tinted swausdown aud inlaid with pearl and ivory—aud, as she stood respect fully awaiting the young customer's decision, a paroxysm of coughing shook her slender frame. Miss Keturali Purple, Ellen's mai den aunt, looks at her with ey93 of j kindly pity. "My dear," said she, "you have a 1 very bad cough." The girl smiled sadly. "I have had it this long time," said I she. "i'ou ought togo home aud nurse j yourself up, instead of standing he e in all these draughts," counseled Miss Purple, who had a cheery, dictatorial way with her, like oue iu authority. "Yes, I suppose so," said the girl. "But we are very poor, and my wages are all my mother and I have to live upoii, and—" "Oh, auntie! look here, what a beauty!" cried out* Ellen, sud lenly. ■ "White, watered satin, covered with point lace, and the sweetest pearl sticks. What is the price of this oue?" . turning to the shop-girl. The giil g'auced at the label. "Twenty-five dollars," answered she. Ellen's couuteunuce fell. "Oh, I can never afford that," said she. "Twelve is alt I have to pay. I ; must content myself with something less elegant. Show me other styles please." As she spoke she closed the fan so suddeuly that one of the sticks slip ped out of place ami tore a jagged rent through the exquisite point luce stretched across it. Ellen stared guiltily, aud, glancing around to make sure that no oue was looking at her, replaced it in its box. "It was only an accident," she told herself, ami the shop-girl brought a new box of faus for her inspection; "I am uot to blame. No one can ex pect me to pay for a $25 fan destroyed by accident—aud besides, they should make these things stronger." And pushing away the large box she turned her atteution to the new faus, aud final'*' settled upon a pretty j rose-eolore.l article, edged with Span- ' ish blonde, which came nearer the sum she had appropriated for her fan. j "Well," said Aunt Keturali, "are you suited?" "At last, auntie!" "Then let's go," said the old lady, "or I never shall get au opportunity to buy my furnitnrii, chintz antl uu- j bleached muslin. Fans and lace poc- I ket handkerchiefs and pink sashes are all very well, but they're of no use iu a housekeeping point of view' No use at all!" Ellen Purple went to the party iu a ! dress of rose-colored silk, with au overdress of Swiss nuisliu, and the prettiest of sashes, looped artistically over it—and she was very happy. Ah, 1 indeed, why should she not be? Only 18; the petted darling of au old bachelor uncle and maiden aunt, with a face that satisfied her girl-heart every timo she looked into the glass, I and a suuny, happy temperment that was worth more than a fortune, in that it learned her to sea the bright side of "human nature and sip the sweets from life's cup, regardless of its bitter dregs. And, moreover, Guy ! Middleton danced three times with her, and carried oft oue of the buff ! rosebuds from the ball bouquet Uiicle i Simeon had presented her, vowing ho would keep it for ever and ever. "Of coarse np one knows what these promises ainount to," laughed Ellen, as she told Aunt Keturali, who was sitting up in a prodigious flaunel dressing gown au£ her hair in a por cupine state of curl papers, to hear her niece's report of the ball festivi- I ties, "but they are very nice at the i time. And he is so agreeable, auntie." ! Aunt Keturah smiled aud patted ; Ellen's lovely flushed cheek and sent her to bed. "(let your beauty sleep, ray love," i said she. "It dou't hurt a tough old pine knot like me to keep vigil all j night—that's oue of the numberless j advan'ages of being old and tough— j b l it don't agree ritli peach-blossom I complexions and eyes like ha;cel stars." The next morning Aunt Keturah aud Ellen went shopping again, iu the snug little claret-colored coupe which Aunt Keturah hired ly the month from a neighboring livery stable. "I need sewing silk," said Aunt Keturah, "and you're always want ing Java canvas or worsted, or some such fol-de-rols, aud the good fresh air won't do either of us any harm, I'll go bail!" ".Let's goto Leigh & Balcombe's," suggested Ellen. "They always have the prettiest and newest shades of everything there?" 'Tm sure I am not particular where we go," said Aunt Keturah. They chunced togo to the self same counter where,hardly more than a week ago, they had purchased the rose-colored fan, and a pert miss, with a profusion of mock jewelry, came forward to wait upon them and receive orders. "You're not the girl that belongs here," said Aunt Keturah, bluntly. "The pale girl that coughed so. Where is she?" The pert miss tossed her head. "Oh," said she, "you meau Eliza Lowe! She's gone." "Goue!" Aunt Keturah laid down the spool of silk she was examining. "I hope she's not ill. That cough sounded to me exactly like csnsu ■ p tiou." "I don't know whether she is ill 01 not," said she. "But it wasn't on account of ill health she left. She was disi barged for tearing a lace fan —a point lace, over white satin, worth $25. She was compelled to pay the full value besides. Mr. Balcombe is very particular about such things." Ellen Purple colored deeply. "But are they quite certain that she did tear it?" asked Ellen. "Oh, she denied it, of course," said the girl. "They always do. But she was responsible for the goods under her charge, of course—aud if she didn't tear it who did? That's the question." "1 can tell you," said Ellen Purple, quietly; "I did." "You, miss!" The girl looked at Elleu as if she thought her partially insane. Aunt Keturah was almost equally amazed. "My dear child," said she "I don't thiuk you kuow what you are say iug." "Yes, I do," said Ellen, peremp torily. t-he has allowed herself through lack of moral courage, to fall into an error whoso consequences were more serious than she had imagined, aud she was determined to redress it as far as possible, "I was lookiug at that fau a week ago," she weut on,"and through my careless ness in shutting it one of the sticks tore the lace. Where is Mr. Bal combo? I must explain matters to him. If anyone should pay the 825 it is I. Aud Miss Lowe must haV'e her place again." "ignite impossible,miss—the latter, I mean, "said the pert girl. "Her place is filled. There is always plenty of girls glad to get in here." Ellen wrung her hands. "Oh, auntie!" said she, "what shall I do? How shall I undo the mischief I have wrought?" Aunt Keturah turned to the shop girl. "Can't yon give me her address?" said she. "We can at Jeast go aud seo her." And the upshot of the interview was that Eliza Lowe was engaged as seam stress aud companion to comfortable Aunt Keturah at a salary that seemed truly legal to her. Mr. Balcombe sent a stiff note of apology, inclosing a check for S'2s, which WHS duly made good by Miss Purple—and Eliza thought the millennium was at baud. And Ellen Purple carried the point lace fan, skillfully mended by an old woman who made such needle-lore her business, at her wedding with Mr. Middleton. Were l)ece|>tlve. You read of such things, but the person encountering them in the ex periences of real life is the rare excep tion. He was good to look upon, this straight, slender little chap in a frock overcoat, white pearl buttous at the back, knickerbockers, an astrakan cap that looked like lamb's wool, ruddy face of pink aud white, jaunty tie and walking gloves that attracted atten tion to long slender hands. He was goingdown Coss at an easy, swinging gait, lifting his hat to an old gentleman just as Pitcher street was approached. Up from the Clay school came a great "push" of noisy hilari ous boys, a healthy and promising lot of youngsters. "Look at the dude," shouted oue of them. That was enough aud there was soon a manifest disposition to whip our little gentleman just because he looked and acted the part. Wheu he was surrounded he showed t .vo rows of perfect teeth in a good-na tured smile and said pleasant things to the boys, but they were stirred by the mob spirit. He tried to move ou, aud o.ue of them struck at him. This time he let out a cheery laugh aud chucked his assailant tuider the chin in a carressing sort of way, for he was several inches shorter. But when oue of the larger boys, with a noisy voice and manner, opened hostilities, it was different. Four of the mob were down before you could count 10, the little gentleman handed his handkerchief to the smallest oue, who bal been accidentally hurt, pulled his gloves straight, weut smilingly down the street and never looked lack.—Detroit Free Press. A Bargain. May—How on earth did you come to accept him? Fay—Oh, he looked so cheap wheu he proposed 1 couldn't help taking him!— Philadelphia Press. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The reason why the Great Salt Lake in Utah is growing smaller, according to Professor James E. Talmage, is that the volume of water from its fonr trib utary rivers is being moro and more diverted by irrigation. According to some observations made by Mr. J. W. Post, chief engineer to the Netherlands state railways, rails made of soft steel are apt to be more durable than those of harder material. At the beginning the hard steel rnilß are less subject to wear than the soft ones, but the latter are apparently toughened to a marked degree by the cold rolling effect of the passing trains, so that in later years tbey actually show lens wear than the rails of harder steel. Among the glaciers found in the Rocky mountains is Grasshopper glac ier, which derives its name from the enormous quantity of grasshopper remains that are found on aud in the glacier. Periodically the grasshoppers take their flight southward, und must cross the mountains. Their favorite route seems to be across the wide glacier, aud in the passage scores of thousands of them succumb to the rigor of cold aud wind, fall helpless upon the snow, and are linally en tombed in the ice. A serious pest has appeared within the last few years iu the cotton fields of the South. It is spreading with great rapidity, and threatens to ruin the industry, if it cannot be success fully combated. The disease is a fun gus which attacks the roots, causing the plant to wither and die. It is most destructive in the vicinity of Charleston, S. C., and on the islands adjacent to the coast. The depart ment of agriculture has appointed William A. Orton, a botanical expert, to investigate the matter, and it is hoped that a practical way of eradicat ing the pest will be devised. Dr. Finsen of Copenhagen Den mark, who is investigating the effect of light in the treatment of diseases and who has made many wonderful cures in the treatment of skin affection 1 -, now reports that certain kinds of bald ness, which are caused by bacteria, are readily cured by submitting the bald head to the influence of the rays of the blue end of the spectrum. A beam of sunlight, or electric light, is filtered through a hollow glass lens filled with copper sulphate solution, which allows only the cold blue rays to pass through, aud this light when focused on the diseased skin kills auy diseased bacteria present, oven though under the surface. A peculiar industry of the Island of Procida is the manufacture of fine silk threads from the stomachs of silk worms. The worm, just before the time of its metamorphosis, is cut open, and the membrane of the Ntoinach is carefully removed and pickled by a secret process. Holding one end in the teeth and drawing the other with the hands, the work people then work the tissue into threads of considera ble length. The threads aro prized for strength and flexibility, and find a market iu Northern Italy at about sls a pound. They are used for fishing tackle, brushes, etc. Production is expensive, as the worms must be taken at the time of their greatest value for silk making, and the various opera tions demand much labor by skilled hands. MINERS AND MORPHINE. A Neiu-esarv Cimtoin Wlilch I* Not Pie is ant to < ontemplnte. "When I was in the northwest dur ing last October," said a gentleman with some money invested in mines, "I employed a prospector togo out into the mountaius looking for prop erties which had been recommended to me. One day he was to have gone from our camp over into a very rough and rocky district, but wheu eveuiug came he reported that he hadn't made the trip." " 'Why not?' I inquired. " 'Because I didn't have my mor phine with me,'he responded in a very matter of fact manner. " 'Morphine?' said I in astonish ment, 'what has that got to do with it? You are not a morphine fiend, are yoti?' " 'Not as much of a one as you are a tenderfoot,' he laughed, and pro ceeded to inform me that every pros pector who knew his business always carried with him enough morphine to kill a man easily, and that he did so in order to eud himself quickly in case of an accident which would dis able him far away from assistance. There were many instances of pros pectors falling over cliffs aud crippling themselves, or breaking a leg in a hole among the rocks, or renderiug them selves helpless iu some other way,aud death was sure to follow by starvation or freezing, or in some sections by being devoured by wolves or other wild animals. Iu order to prevent such a horrible death as any of these, the prospector simplified matters by always carrying a little packet of mor phine, which not only quieted the pain of the hurt he had sustained, but put him to sleep pleasautly to wake no more ou earth. It struck me at first as uncanny, not to say wicked, but I got over that feeliug after a nar row escape or two, and I carried my little tin box just like a veteran would."—Washington Star. Blight Invention of n Woman, A Michigan woman has designed a combined dinner pail and lantern, having a separate compartment in one eud to hold a lamp, with a light of glass in the front, the cover being provided with a liquid containing chamber, with a draft hole through oua end to allow the heat to oass oft There are many white soaps, each represented to be just as good as the Ivory; they are not, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for Ivory, Soap and insist upon getting it. COPYRIGHT 1800 BY THE PROCTER * OA MB US CO. CINCINNATI PIMPLES "My wife bad pimples on ber facts but she has been taking CASCAKETB and tbey have all disappeared. I had been troubled with constipation for some time, but after tak ing the nrst Cascaret I have had no trouble with this aliment. We cannot speak too high ly of Casoarets." Fred Wautman. 6708 Oermantown Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. g P J CATHARTIC huraMew TRADE MAAN Pleasant. Palatable, l'otent. Taste Good. Po Good, Never Sicken. Weuken. or Gripe. 10c, 26c, £ miles. The injury sustained by the animal is also far less serious from a fall upon wood than upon asphalt or upon gran ite.—New York Herald. Familiar Dreams Classified. A writer in Longman's Magazine gives the following classifications of familiar dreams: (1.) The falling dream—you are falling over a precipice or down the stairs. (2.) The flying dream—the dream that you can fly. (3.) The dream of more or less in adequate toilet—that you are not property clothed. (4.) The dream of not being able to get away from some beast, or injur ious person or thing, that is pursuing you. (5.) The dream of being drawn ir resistibly to some dangerous plaoe, ouch as a fire. (6.) The dream that some darling wish has been gratified. (7.) The dream of being about togo on a journey, and being unable to get your things into your trunk, etc. "It soaroely needs to be observed," heoontinues, "that the great major ity of the classes in whioh we have pat dreams are of the kind that would be desoribed as bad dreams rather than good." Our Stock of Harbors. Complaint, is loud in the English newspapers that in the Samoan settle ment the United States have been permitted to secure Pago-Pago—"one of the very finest harbors in the world." This complaint reminds students of geography that the United States al ready own pretty nearly all "the very finest harbors in the world," and also many of secondary quality which iu Europe would be ranked in the first class. The geographers catalogue just eighteen first-class natural harbors iu the world that "lie in the path of commerce"—harbors having free en trance, an adequate water depth, abundant anchorage area, land-locked protection and easy access to the shores. Of these eighteen first-class harbors the United States own fifteen —namely, Portland, Me.; New York, Norfolk, Delaware Bay and River, Chesapeake Bay, Albemarle Sonnd, Long Island Sound, Newport, Port Royal, S. C.; Fernandina, Pensacola, Key West, _ West San Fran cisco and Pligot's Sound. Of good harbors that do not fulfil all the "first-class" conditions we have many which will some day be made the equals of Havre, Liverpool, Cher bourg and Bremerliaven.—New York World. __ Phrases That Do Not Fit. • Lots of men's phrases sound as if they kept them iu labeled pigeon holes and had pulled out the wrong ones. I TThd a Ba Cough "1 had a bad cough for six weeks and could not ind any relief whatever. 1 read what a wonderful remedy Ayer's Cherry Pectoral was for coughs and 1 bought a bottle. Before 1 had taken a quarter of it my cough had entirely left me."—L. Hawn, Newington, Ont., May 3.1899. Quickly Cures Colds Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis which pulls down your general health and deprives you of sleep; or they end in genuine consump tion with all its uncertain results. Don't wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral just as soon as you begin to cough. A few doses will cure you then. But it cures old colds, too, only it takes a little more time. We refer to such diseases as bron chitis, asthma, whooping-cough, consumption, and hard winter coughs. IMMMSHMMMBMaH If you've Just taken cold a 25 cent bot tle is all you'll need. For harder cases a 6o cent Dottle is better. 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