Zn Growing Shorter.
rjJl the exception of Um Franco
.1 war, the irate -war wWcfc
lL mo tloc tbe days of Nv
tu the Crimean war, wWcA
"uce mow than forty years ago
j kuttd about tiro yean. Tt cask
fa of Xapoleocof coune.nnbite tbsrj
eoas'.tVcred abort as compared
tome prevlou van la Europe,
f, certaliUy long as compared wttfa
Jrtus of the past few decades. A
movement tn the direction oi
I In tne pasi tew ctsaiurkea. -
Lwu iun.j-.v jam, iaai
the thirty-years' war la Et
ending" in peace of West
. i 1 M I . i
l641i to low, aiooouKn nostm-
vere no In progress all that time.
wart of tho Bpausb Succession,
t th Austrian Succession, the Swed-
C.K'Jsiian -war' the Seres
try war followed, averaging about
U ji" apiece. The Napoleonic cam
lLj covered nearly fifteen yeara
U, Crimean war lasted from 1854 td
W Iii war of t1 reholllon, la
U wintry, tho world saw the latest
Uf which extended orer four years ol
Vjne.
Sine I s"". UM iicucm nurouuc-
f j ihA modern system of railways
Ehis become a matter of a few
bi st most. In 1800 Prussia de
fined Austria In sovon weeks, Fro
defeated trance in about two
WiathJ. The war Decween uussia and
rter bejtnn m Apru, ia , aoa was
ltwtlca:ly fiulslicd by the close of that
far. Be ""ju bxiu ia-
tbjaa nuout midsummer, 1S94, and
ej in Mareli, 1SD3. The present wai
firfen Turkey and Greece seems to
practically ended la about foui
Iwiisfrom uie owureaic or lormai hoe-
Etlrt. It sewns w oe snown Dy expo-
tait tiat two Important civilized na-
taj la Uieso days of telegraph and
Cjltay cannot conduct wars for any
Wb of time unless the contending
Qtrles ore separated by the ocean
tiomc other natural barrier.
Lj Smokestack Escape Lightning
Statistics biiow mat or iu.uuu smoke-
acts only three are struck by light
ini each year, whllo of 10,000 church
pires lxty-seven, and of 10,000 wind
;3s eighty-nine nre struck by light-
1 1 1m v. i
j annually, au cuuvuvur uua uei'ij
tide to explain tms condition Dy the
set that the smoke discharged from
ie emokpstneks takes the electricity
symbll around tbe building along
3d distributes It In tho air, whereby
if wuree of attraction for the electrlo
irk of lightning Is not only dlmln-
lied, but almost disappears. This
let alM explains, It Is said, why peo
in the country kindle a largo firs
the fireplace when a thunderstorm
ipproachlug.
Only a Little Premutnre.
1 can't hear a suit that Isn't pend-
k" said a judge to a young lawyei
'm was seeking advice.
1 know It Isn't pending," replied the
tog man, in gome confusion, "but It
about to pend." The Green Bag.
Eliake Into Your Sboet
h.Ti'i Font. R it nnwdrr for the feet. It
Ert painful, nwolleu, mnartliiK fevt, nud ln
iintlv uk-H the HtiDff out of corDH nd bun
(u H'the (!rctet comfort discovery of
rme. AlU'U toot-ejie uiHKen UKfi-ni-li
or new i-hi fcul enxv. It is a certain
Iwlor bwcutinif, callous aul hot, tired, ach-
lirteu i rjr It lo-uay. Pom oy an oruKKinta
hhap stem's. Uv mail for Sic. in stnniug.
-ilpacknKP KRKE. Address, AUvutf. Ullu-
Few people are aware of the variety
foods shipped from the South to all
ms of the world. The steamer Geor
ia, of the Old Bay Line, plying on the
Iwsapeake Bay between Baltimore
i Norfolk, recently broucht Into
klttmore for shipment conHlfrnments
Southern Roods to Cape Town Africa
Wton, Jamaica, Shanghai, China,
i London. Encland. A nart of the
pnese consignment was cigarettes
n In North Carolina.
ritrrmnnpntlvcnred. Kn aijinrnnrvnna.
wtftrrllrstdny' use of Dr. Kline's Great
-rri nmiinivr. trial bottle and treatise free
ma. 11. Kmsk, LtdM 1H1 Arch KU.PUlla.,1'8.
Ilrt nunh. Wo.t Tnlc.tn njiln urn
Wl' Catarrh
a lor particulars, bold by liruintista, x.
There la a Claaa nf Vrnmla
"Mre Injured by the use of en-- 1U.
Frui.rehasJmrll inav ba knn
jiMeadTertisinRthat you may
Fnnown. Stop your adver
I triil n :n ,
jvit mil Hiinn npnnmn nn
ru galO.
l.-iuose who owe us for
Ms are requested to pay the
Prior to Auo-nat 1of 10OT
ill U l H--.- UJI, Jl
r collected accordini? to
ME18EB & MOYER
ku .
!...-. ..7. uuurcn
r u.miadieburgin Tranklin
- rtcontainmRloo acres, has
""".good house. Fruit and
' bundane or. t h
and lays on the sun
ZT0' l8rael Sbemorry,
ftti UjavKR8lTrj; Howard
r resident: Cnll era urifV,
-oob oi study leading to de
Iifti6.??' ;.a Preparatory
ttoT a refined
Jjchoolj Music School for
,?i 8nd Art Studio. For
ImVnaL '
horni a.8y BhaTe- genteel
i Z ?Lflr'onsorial work, it
Wi 1 4W
""wmmTarta Rn Ml
'Oat a "umif, op-
Office. GbtoSoln. .A
1 mm oy so
A GOSPEL MESSAGE.
A Srrmoa Dlrectad te the Great Army
r Mm and Women Employed
Cterke In the Varioaa OrcipatloM
Words of Advice aad Enoenraament.
Tut: "And a certain woman named
Lydla, a seller of purple, of tbe eity of
xuyaura, wniro wonnipea uoa, neara as,
whose heart the Lord opened." Acts zvi.:
14. "Senet thou a man diligent In Sis busi
ness? na FDan stand before Kings,
Proverbs nil., 29.
ine um passage iniroauces to yon
o.vuia, a luruuan mercnanteos. Her busi
ness is to deal in nurde clotha or ailka
hhe Is not a ciuclintr nonentitv. but a rtran.
tlcal woman, not ashamed to work for her
living. All the other women of Phlllppl
and Tbyatlra have been forgotten, but Ood
has made Immortal in onr text Lvdla, the
Christian saleswoman. The other text
shows you a man with head and hand and
heart and foot all busy toiling on up until
he gains a princely success. "Beest thou a
man diligent In his business? He shall
stand before kings."
Great encouragement in these two na.
sages lor men and women who will be hnsv.
but no solace for those who are waiting for
Koou iuck io snow mem, at tne foot of tbe
rainbow, a casket of burled gold. It Is
folly for anybody in this world to wait for
something to turn up. It will turn down
ine law ol thrift is as inexorable na the
law ol tne tides. Fortune, the magician,
may wave her wand in that direction until
eostles and palaces come, but she will after
a while Invert the samo wand, and all the
sptenaors win vanish into thin air.
There are certain styles of behavior
which lead to usefulness, honor and per
manent success, and there are certain
styles of behavior which lead to dtit, dis
honor and moral dcfuult. I would like to
Ore the ambition of young people. I have
no sympathy with thosewho would prepare
young ioiks ior we ny wnittllng down
their expectations. That man or woman
win be worth nothing to church or state
who begins life cowed down. The business
ot Christianity la not to quench but to dl
rect human ambition. Thereforo It Js that
I utter words of encouragemont to those
who nre occupied as clerks In thestores and
shops and banking houses ot the country.
They nro not nn exceptional eluss. They
belong to a great company of tens of thou
sands who are, in this country, amid cir
cumstances which will either make or break
them lor time und for eternity. Mnny of
these peoplo linvo already achieved a
i.nristinn manliness and a Christian wo-
innnuuess which will he their paKsnort to
any position. I have seen their trials. I
havo watched their perplexities. There
nre evils ubrond which need to be hunted
down and dragged out into tho noonday
light.
In tho first plneo, I counsel clerks to
remember that for the most part their
cieritslilp Is only a school from which thev
are, io u graduated. It takes nbout eight
years to get luto oho of tho learned profes
sions. It takes about eight years to get to
bo a merchant. Home of vou will be clerks
all your lives, but tho vast mnjorltv of
you are only in a transient position. After
awniiu, soni'j uecemnor day, the head men
of tho Arm will call yod into the back
office, and they will say to you: "Now, you
havo dons well by us, wo aro going to do
well by you. We Invito yon to have an In
terest in our concern." You will bow to
that edict very gracefully. Getting Into n
street car to go homo, an old comrade will
meet you and say, "What makes you look
so happy to-night?" "Oh," you will say,
"nothing, nothing." But in a fow tiavs
your namo will blossom on thesign. Either
fn tho store or bank whoro you are now,
or In some other store or bank, you will
take a higher position than that which you
now occupy. Ho I feel I am now address
ing people who will yet havo their hand
on tho world's commerce and you will turn
it this way or thut. Now clorks, but to be
bankers, importers, insurance compnny
directors, shippers, contractors, superin
tendents of railroads your voice mighty
"on 'Change" standing foremost in the
greut financial and religious enterprises
of the dny. For, though we who nro in
the profession muy, on the platform, plead
for tho phllunthroplus, after all, the mer
chants must come forward wjth their mil
lions to sustain tho movement.
lie thereforo patient and diligent In this
transient position. You nro now where
you enn learn things you can never lonrn
In aiiy other place. Whnt you consider
your disadvantages nro your "grand oppor
tunity. You see an affluent father somo
duy come down n prominent street with his
son who has just graduated from the uni
versity and establishing him in bus!
putting 50,000 of capital In tho store,
well, you aro envious. You say: "Oh, If I
only nad a chance liko that young manl If
I only had a father to put $50,000 In a
business for mo. then I would hnv soma
chance In tho world." Lo not envious.
Yotj have advantages over that young man
which he has not 6Ve"ryou. As well might
I come down to the docks when a vessel Is
about to sail for Valparaiso and sav, "Let
me Idiot this shin out to sea." "Whv. I
would sink erew and cargo before I got out
of the harbor simply because I know noth
ing about pilotage. Wealthy sea captains
put their sons before tho mast for tho
reason thnt they know it Is tho only
place where they can learn to be suc
cessful sailors. It is only under drill
that people get to understand pilotage and
navigation, and I want vou to ur.ilnrsraiiil
that It takes no more skill to conduct aves-
i sel out of harbor and across tho sen than to
' steer a commercial establishment clear of
DO the rocks. You see every day the folly of
to PeoJ'le B'"g into a business they know
,i nothing about. A man makes a fortune in
eVb one business, thinks there is another occa
f0r pntlon moro comfortable, goes Into it and
sinks all. Many of tho commercial cstnb
IrOilishincnts of our cities aro giving their
wo, clerks n mercantile education as thorough
as Yale or Harvard or 1'rlncetou nre giving
..sclentilla attainments to tho students ma
Utrleulnted. The reason there are so manv
Bcnm,'a foundering in business from year to
I wecuuao ineir earty mercanino eiiu-
v i cation was neglected. Ask tho men tn high
SUDeommerclal circles, and they will toll you
iL-.-they thank God for this severe discipline of
iueitller early elerkshln. You can afford to
ers endure the wilderness march if It is going
n-.-.to end in the vineyards and orchards of the
-'""promised land.
gain you sny, "Will the womanly clerks
in our stores nave promotion?" Yes. Time
Is coming when women will be as well paid
for their tni In ..,.,..,., t i 1
farnaro now paid for their toll. Time Is coming
tiney'ben womBU w"1 he allowed to do any-
tuiug una i-nu uu weu. it is only a little
y. while ago when women knew nothing of
ftonttelegrnphy, nnd they were kont out of a
my., greut mnuy commercial circles whero they
Ane are now welcome, and the time will go on
by h ""til the woman who at one counter in a.
store sells 6000 worth of goods in a year
"'twill get as high a salary as the man who
the at tnH other counter of the same store sells
, 5OO0 worth of goods. All honor to Lydln,
uu the Christian saleswoman,
varii The second counsel I have to give to
clerks Is that you seek out whnt are the
,T, lawful regulations of your establishment,
wag and then submit to them. . Every woll
tho i orJerel house has Its usages. In military
life, on flllln'a rleclr In nrimmprMnl Ufa
derr, t here must be order and discipline. Those
ron J peoplo who do not learn how to obey will
j 1 uev!r know now t0 command. I will tell
and you what young man will make ruin
out 6 ""nncal and moral. It Is the young man
B Who thriiata hta thumt, (ntn Mu rout nnit
Sh Bsays: "Nobody shall dictate to me. 1 am
and tF1 y own master. I will not submit to the
inff hefetabllsbment In which all the employes
under thorough discipline and tbe
tablisbment In which the employes
about as they choose is the difference
between success aad failure bet ween sapid
accumulation aad attar bankruptcy. Do
not come to tbs store tea minutes after the
time. Be there within two seconds and let
It ba two seconds before instead of two sec
onds after. Do not think anything too in
significant to do well. Do not ear, "It's
only Just ones." From the most Important
transaction in commerce down to the partic
ular style In which you tie a string around
a bundle ober orders. Do not get easily
disgusted. While others in the store may
lounge or fret or complain you go with
ready hands and cheerful face and eon
tented spirit to your work. When the bugle
sounos, ine goou soiaierasss no questions,
but shoulders his knapsack, Alls his canteen
and listens tor the command ot "March!"
Do not get the idea that your interests
and those ot your employer are antagonis
tic. His success will be your honor. His
embarrassment will be your dismay. Ex
pose none of the frailties of the Arm. Tell
no store secrets. Do not blab. Rebuff those
persons who come to And out from clerks
what ought never to be known outside the
store. Do not be among those vountr men
who take on a mysterious air when some
thing is sa'.d against the firm that employs
them, as much as to say, "I could tell you
something it I would, but I won't." Do not
be amorig those who imagine they can build
themoelves up by pulling somebody else
aown. lie not ashamed to be a subaltern.
Again, I counsel all clerks to compter the
trials of their particular position. One
great trial for clerks is the inconsideration
oi customers, mere are people who are
entirely polite everywhere else, but gruff
ana dictatorial ana contemptible when they
come into a store to buy anything. There
are thousands of men and women who go
from store to store to price things, without
any idea ot purchase. They aro not satis
fied until every roll of goods is brought
down and they have pointed out all the real
or imaginary defects. They try on all kluds
of kid gloves and stretch them out of shape,
and they put on all styles of
clonk and walk to the mirror to see
how they look, and then thev sail out
of tho store, saying, "I will not g take it to
day," which means, "I don't want it at all,"
leaving the clerk amid a wreck ot ribbons
and luces and cloths to smooth out a
thousand dollars' worth of goods not a
cent of which did that man or woman buy
or expect to buy. Now. I cnll that a dis
honesty on thi port of the customer. If "a
boy runs luto a store and takes a roll of
cloth off the counter and snenks out into
tho street, you nil Join in the cry pell-mell,
"Stop tblef!" When I see you go into n
store, not oxpocting to buy anything, but
to price things, stealing the time of tho
clerk and stealing the time of his employer,
I sny, too, "Stop thief 1"
If I were asked which clnss of persons
most needed the grace of God amid their
annoyances. I would say, "Dry goods
clerks." All the indignation of customers
nbout the high prices comes on tho elerk.
t or instance: a greo.r, war comes on. The
manufactories nro closed. Tho people go
off to bnttle. Tho price of goods runs up,
A customer comes into a store. Goods havo
gonetip. "Howmueh Is that worth?" "A dol
lar." "A dollar! Outrngeotis! A dollar!" Why
who Is to blame for tho fact that it has got
to be a dollur? Does tho indignation go
out to tho manufacturers on tho banks of
the Jlerrimno because they have closed up?
No. Does the Indignation go out toward
tho employer, who is at his country seat?
No. It comes ou the clerk. Ho got up the
war. He levied the taxes. Ilu puts up the
rents. Of course, tho clerk.
Then there are all the trials which come
to chirks from the treatment of Inconsider
ate employers. There nre professed Chris
tian men who hnvo no more regard for their
clerks than they have for tho scales on
which the sugars nre weighed. A clerk Is
no more than so much store furniture,. No
consideration for their rights or interests.
Not one word of encouragement from sun
rise to sunset, nor from January to Decem
ber. Hut when anything goes wrong -a
streak of dust on the counter or a box with
tho cover off thunder showers of scolding.
Men Imperious, capricious, cranky toward
their clerks their whole manner as much
as to say, "All the Interest I have In vou Is to
seo what I can get out of you." Then thero
aro all the trials of Incompetent wages, not
In such times as these, when if a man gets
halt a salary for his services he ought
to bo thankful, but I mean In prosper
ous times. Homo of you remember when
the war broke out and nil merchandise
went up, nud merchnnts were mndo mil
lionaires In six months by the simple rise
in the value of goods. Did tho clerks get
advantage of flint rise? Hometlmes, not
always. I saw estates gathered tn those
times over which the curse of God has hung
ever since. Tho cry of unpaid men nud
women in those stores reached tho Lord of
Hnbnoth, ami tho indignation ot God has
been around thoso establishments ever since,
nnsmug in tne ciiamicners. glowing from
the crimson upholstery, rumbling In tho
long roll of tho tenpln alley. Huoti men
may build up palaces of merchandise
heaven high, but nfter nwhllo a disaster
will come along and will put one hand ou
this pillar and another hand on thnt pillar
anu tnrow men uirwani until nown will
como tho whole structure, crushing the
worshipers as grapes uro mashed in the
winepress.
men there are boys ruined liv lack of
compensation. In how many prosperous
stores it has been for the last twenty years
that boys were given just enough "money
to teach them how to steal I Homo were
seized upon bv tho police. Tho vast
mnlority ot Instances wero not known.
The head of the llrm asked, "Whero Is
George now?" "Oh, he Isn't hero any
more." A lad might better Htnrve to death
on a blasted heath than tako one farthing
irom his employer. Woo be to that employer
who unnecessarily puts a temptutiou in a
boy's way. There have been greut establish
ments in these cities, building marble pa
laces, their owners dying worth millions and
millions and millions, who made a vast
amount of theirestate out of the blood and
muscle and nerve of half paid clerks. Huch
mcft mj well, I will not mention any name.
But I mean fftch who have gathered u o vnst
estates at tho exnenso of the people who
were ground under tueir licel. "Uh " say
such merchants, "If you don't like If hero,
then go nnd got a better plnwl" As much
as to say: "I've got you in my grip, nnd I
moan to hold you. You can t get any other
place."
Oh. what a contrast between those men
and Christian merchants who to-day aro
sympathetic with their clerks when they
pay tho salary, acting in this wny: "This
salary ti nt I give you is not all my interest
in you. You are an Immortal man; you are
an tmmortul woman. I am interested in
your present and your everlasting welfare.
want you to understand that If I am a
llttlo higher up in this store I am beside
you In Christian sympathy." Go back for
ty or lllfty years to Arthur Tappen's
store in New York, a man whoso worst
enemies never questioned his honesty.
Every morning be brought nil the
clerks and the accountants nud the
weighers luto a room for devotion.
They snng, they prayed, thoy exhorted.
un Monday morning the clerks were asked
where they bud attended church on the
previous day and what the sermons were
about, it must nnvo sounded strangely.
that voice of praise along the streets where
the devotees ot Mammon were counting
their golden beads. You say, Arthur Tap-
pen fulled. Yes. he was unfortunate, like a
great many good men, but I understand he
met all his obligations before ho left this
world, and know that he died in the pence
of the gospel and that bo is before the
throne of God to-day forever blessed. If
that bo falling, I wish you might all fail.
'mere are a great many young men and
young women who want a word of encour
agement Christian encouragement. One
smue ox good oneer would be worth more
to them to-morrow morning in their places
of business than a present of 915,000 ten
years hence. Oh, I remember the appre
hension and the tremor ot entering a pro
fession, l remember very well the man
who greeted me in the ecclesiastical court
with the tip ends of the long Angers of the
left band, and I remember the other man
who took my hand la both ot hit and said:
"Ood bless you, my brother. Yon have en
ter! a glorious profession. Da faithful to
God, aad He will sea you through."
Why. I feel this minute the thrill
of that handshaking, though the man
who gave me the Christian grip
hasbeea la heaven twenty years. There
are old men acre to-dav who can look back
to forty years Sjgo, when some one said a
kind word to them. Now, old men, pay
back what you got thou. It Is a great art
for old men to be able to encourage the
young. There are many young people In
our cities who have come from Inland
counties, from the granite hills of tbe
north, from the savannas of the south, from
the prairies ot the west. They are here to
get their fortune. They are In boarding
houses where everybody seems to he think
ing of himself. They want companionship,
and they want Christian encouragement.
Give it to them.
My word is to all clerks, Be mightier
than your temptations. A Hnndwlch
Islander usod to think when he slew an
enemy all the strength of that enemy came
into liis own right arm. And I have to tell
you that every misfortune you conquer is
so much added to your own moral power.
With omnipotence for a lever nnd the
throne of God for a fulcrum you can move
earth and heaven. While there are other
young men putting the cup of sin to their
ups you stoop down and drink out ot the
fountains of God, and you will rise up
strong to thrash the mountains. Tho
ancients used to think that pearls wero
fallen raindrops, which, touching the
surface of the sea, hardened Into gems,
then dropped to the bottom. I have to
tell you to-dav that storms of trial have
showered Imperishable pearls into ninny a
young man's lap. Oh, young man, while
you have goods to sell, remember von havo
a soul to save. In a hospital a Christian
captain, wronged a tew days before, get
delirious, and in tho midnight hour ho
sprang out on the floor of tho hospital,
thinking ho was in the battle, crying:
"Come on. boysl Forward! Charge!" Ah,
be was only battling tho specters of his
own brain! But it is no Imaginary conflict
Into which I call vou, young man, to-dav.
There are 10,000 spiritual foes that would
capture you. In tho name ot God, up and
at them!
After the last store has been closed, after
tho last bank lias gone down, after tho
shuffle of the quick feet on tho custom
nouso steps lias stopped, nrter tno long
line of merchantmen on the sea has taken
sail ot flame, after Washington nud New
York nnd London and Vienna have gone
down into tho grave where Thebes and
Babylon nnd Tyre lie buried, afterthe great
fire bells of tho judgment dny have tolled
at tho burning of a world -on thnt day all
tho affairs ot banking houses and stores will
como up for Inspection. Oh. whnt an open
ing of aoeount books! Hide by side tho
clerks and tho men who employ them.
very Involoo made nut, all tho
labels of goods, nil certificates
of stock all lists of prices all private
marks of tho llrm now explained so every
body can understand them. All tho maps
of cities that were nevor built, but In which
lots were sold all bargains, ull gougiugs.
nil snap Judgments, all falso entries, ull
adulteration of llipiors with coppers and
strychnine. All mixing of tens and sugars
and coffees nnd sirups, with cheaper mate
rial, all embezzlements of trust f'.'.lids.
All swindlers in coal and iron ami oil and
silver and stocks. On that day when tho
ities of this world aro smoking In the last
conflagration the trial will go on. nnd down
in nn avalanche of destruction will go those
who wronged mnnor woman, Insulted Ood
nud dolled the Judgment. Oh, that will bo
great day for you, honest Christian
clerk. No getting up early, or retiring
late, no walking around with wenry limbs,
tit n mansion in which to live and n realm
of light and lovo nnd joy over which to
hold everlasting dominion. Hoist him up
from glory to glory nnd from song to song
and from throne to throne, for while others
go down luto tho sea with their gold like a
millstone hanging to their neck, this one
shall come up the heights of amethyst and
alabaster, holding In his right hand tho
pearl of great price In a sparkling, glitter
ing, flaming casket.
OIL AND COAL IN ALASKA.
Knough to Supply the World Kuld to Have
liuen Found There.
A remarkable discovery is reported from
Alaska. Homo gold prospectors several
months ago ran across what seemed to he a
lake of oil. It was fed by luniiineniblo
springs, nnd the surrounding mountains
were full of ccnl. They brought samples to
Seattle, the tests proved it to ieof as high
grade as from Pennsylvania wells.
A local company was formed nnd experts
sent up. They hnvo returned ou tho
steamer Topoka, and their report hns mora
than borne out the lli"5t statements. It Is
said there Is enough oil nud coal in the re
gion to supply tho world. It Is close to the
ocean; In fact, the experts say that the oil
oozes out into the salt water. It Is said
that the Htniidard Oil Company hns already
made an offer for the property. The owners
huvu filed claims ou 8000 acres.
SOUTH LEA0S.
Stutement Showing Hallway Const ruction
in the I'lilted Htates This Veur.
Statistics of railway building prepared
for the first six months In IM'.li by tho Kail
way Ago show the South in tho lead. Out
of a total of G'J'i.Sli miles built, Louisiana
haslll miles. In commenting on Its tables,
the paper says: "It Is to be noted that rail
way building was practically suspended In
the Now Knglnnd nnd Middle States, and
tho work was chiefly confined to the South
ern States, where the ratio ot area nud
population to railway mileage still Con
tinues large." It is estimated that tho
whole year's record will show nn aggregato
of 1W0 or 2000 miles of new road.
Too Many Potatoes.
Harvesting Is on in tho potato patches
nlong the Kaw Valley bottoms between
Kansas City nud Lawrence, Kansas and tho
farmers say they cannot get enough help.
On every sidetrack In this potnto district
cars are loading for shipment nnd the llelds
are full of men, women and boys digging
nnd loading the tubers. Tho yield this
year has not been ns heavy as usual ou
account of tho dry weather, but the acre
ago is larger than last year and thero will
bo no famine.
Letters to Ite Legibly Mumped,
First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath
has given orders which will lessen tho
amount ot illegible stamping of mall bv
third and fourth-class postmasters. Much
complaint has been henrd from persons
unable to tell tho place at which a letter
was mailed because the stamping machine
used In mnrktug It was old nnd left only an
Illegible mark. In the future postmasters
will be obliged to see that letters are
stamped legibly.
Shipping 8tvl ltalls to India.
The British steamship City of Dundee
loaded 8300 tons of steel rails at the Mary
land Steel works. Sparrow's Point, for Cal
cutta, British India. The order is for 7000
tons, nud the other 3500 tons will bo loaded
In a few dnys in the British steamship West
minister. renosylvanla's Alien Tax Law.
Tho new alien tax law of Pennsylvania,
Imposing a tax of three cents a day on the
employers of aliens, hns resulted tn a great
tush for "first papers" In Philadelphia, '
Fall In Silver.
The Director ot the Mint has re-estlmated
the value of foreign sliver coins, nnd finds
that during the last throe mouths the aver
age prioe of silver has fallen value from
J0.646JS per five ounces to 10.G12S9.
Buaiaea YicisaHades.
The ajinals of commerce are not en
tirely without a spies of romance.
There Is a little rerrtbutlTe justice
that savors of the novelist's art In the
way tho spoiler Is sometimes spoiled In
business relations. In an article en
titled "Made In Japan," the Tall Mall
Gazette shows how nations have en
croached upon one another's business,
and reaped for a time a rich harvest,
only to see the same tactics employed
by a rival people, and be forced to
stand aside while the trade slipped
from their hands Into the keeping of
another nation.
In old times the Dutch, by Importing
Kngllsh clay, made a good profit out of
Imitations of Chinese ttoreelalu, and
presently the Dutch product became
world as Delft ware.
But the Dutchman was no moro se
cure In his profitable trade than had
been his predecessor, the Chinaman.
The English potters took to copying
the Dutch patterns, and sold their pot
tery much cheaper, nnd the north of
England Iwcame hoadtiunrters for the
Delft china.
Again, however, the spoiler hns been
spoiled. Of Inte the Juim
nose have
mado themselves musters of the art of
reproducing the patterns best liked lu
Englnnd, nnd have begun to encroach
on the domain loug monopolized by
tho English potter. The Japanese prod
uct la finer and stronger, nnd above
all cheaper than the best English
ware, nnd Japnn Is providing tho mar
kets with goods which were originally
a Chinese monopoly.
Dr. Webb's Locomotive Searchlight.
IVrsons who happened to be lu the
t'nion Station yard last night nliout
10:30 were struck with tho unusual
brilliancy of the place The reason for
this was thnt the private engine of Dr.
Seward Webb, the Nelmsciie, was In
the yard with a new searchlight on its
pilot, which threw a very powerful
light on the track nnd the objects with
in Its rnuge. The searchlight Is about
the size of the ordinary light carried
ou the pilots of locomotives, only it Is
many times more brilliant. The power
for the light Is genera toil In a small dy
namo oiMTated Independent of the
mocliaulsm of the engine. The engine
was In charge of Engineer Mi'l'iitblcii.
who was kept busy explaining the llglil
to a curious nnd Interested crowd of
railroad men. The engine was ordered
to Utlt-n, nnd left on Its run ut Hi:.'!0.
The light Is nble to allow tho engineer
to discern objects distinctly nt the dls
tance of a mile. Alhnny Argus,
After six years' suffering I was etiri'd bv PI
sn'st'ure. M Aitv Thomson, Uliio Ave.,
Alleghany, l'u., March 1st, lsttl.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup fori lilldrcn
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Thero Is a powder to be shnk'-u Into the
shoes culled Allen's l'oot-Kase. invented bv
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. V which
druggists and shoe dealers' say Is tho best
thing they have ever sold to cure sore ami
tender or aching feet. Some dealers claim
that it makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
It certainly will cure corns and bunions and
relieve Instantly sweating, hot or smarting
feet. It costs only a quarter, nnd the Invent
or will send a sample free to any address.
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