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afford temporary relief, but S. B, S. is absolutely
the only remedy which completely cures it.
Horofula isonu of the most obstinate, deep-seated
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There never was a time In the history
of tills country when public attention
was directed more earnestly to the dan
vers to lifefroMtconilagrutiona. Speedj
means of exit from buildings; and fin
escapes that can !' easily used are
seen to be necessary. Many lires nn
the result of criminal neglect. The
Boston commissioners report that In
1,'i'M fires in that city t)7 were caused
by kerosene lamps and (".,". by electric
wires. Only one lire In ;1S extended tc
other buildings. Fire departments of
ate have been more successful iu con
fining the damage to the original build
ing than in Raiiif,' the lives of (hose
hose rescue depends upon the prompt
est action.
This from the Minneapolis Messenger
"poet" Is not so far wrongl "When dad
has worn his trousers out they pass to
Drother John, then mother trims them
round nlMiut and William puts theinou.
When William's lops too long have
grown, the trousers fall to bide 'cm, so
Walter claims them for his own, and
hides himself Inside 'cm. Next Sam's
fat letfs they close Invest, nnd when
they won't stretch tighter, they're
turned and shortened up Tor me the
writer. Ma works them into caps and
rugs, when 1 have burst the stitches;
at doomsday we shall see, perhaps, the
last of dad's old breeches."
A dinner was recently given to three
devoted men about to explore Central
Africa, in the middle of the speech
making then- stood up a little man with
blue glasses, whom the chairman thus
introduced to the company 1 "This
young man Is a doctor, whose consti
tution was made for the murderous cli
mate of equatorial Africa. lie will be
attached to this party of enthusiustic
explorers, and his duty will be to bring
back their scientific papers nnd also de
tolled notes on the diameter nnd pe
culiarities of the disease of which one
gloriously died."
A tramp applied for a meal at the
Forler house in Niles, Mich., a few days
ago and promised the landlady, Airs.
C harles Whitstone, he would beat car
pets In payment. After the meal was
finished the tramp refused to do the
work, ami started away. Mrs. Whit
stone grabbed a potato masher and
broke it to pieces over his head. The
fellow cried for mercy, mid pounded
carjetK for two hours, w hile the plucky
woman stood guard over him. The
tramp must have thought it easier to
beat carpets than to leul a wurllk'c
woman with her fararlte weapon.
Seven years ajfo a young Irishman
Started to this country with $1,S0U,
w hich was stolen from bltn on tho ship,
and he could not send baek for his
sweetheart. He went to Anderson,
Ind to w ork, and some time later the
prl follow ed on her own hook, and got
work as a domestic. Beoently she be
came heir to 180,000, ami now they are
married and have let Up " lino establish
ment. The duke of Veragua, whose finances
were already in exceedingly rocky con
dition when he visited this country
some years ago and was honored far
beyond his merits because he posed as
descendant of Columbus, Is now "Hat
broke." His annuity of $20,000 from the
Cuban government has naturally dis
appeared in the course of recent events.
A West l'hil'elphia young woman,
on the ground of economy, induced her
betrothed to waive the formality of an
engagement ring nnd to give her the
money, $100, instead. After they had
been married six mouths she informed
him that Mho had Invested the money in
a life membership in a woman's suf
frage society.
The National Disrusr.
The breakdown in American life
comes from worry, and worry has el
roost come to be a national disease,
very truly observes the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal. If an Americau has
no money he worries himself into a
state of mind, und when be gsta any
money he worries himself to death for
fear he will lose it. Us worries at his
work because he Is afraid he will uot
accomplish what he is given to do. lie
worries about his meals; they are not
on times or they may disagree with
him, or they may be costing him too
much, if he pays for u thing in advuuee
he Is afraid it will not coma up to the
specifications, and if he gets it on credit
he is afraid that he will uot be able
to pay for It when tho bill comes tu.
lie is ufraid to leave his money In the
house lest it he stolen. He is afraid to
carry It with him lest somebody should
borrow it from him. He is nfndd to
put it in bank lest the bank should
fall. And so he worries about it. He
worries about his business, w hether It
Is going smoothly or not. He worries
about his family, ubout the education
of his children and the progress they
are making. He worries about the nu
tlon, about congress, about the two
great political parties, about the na
tional conventions, about the guberna
torial elections, about the tariff and
financial questions, about the initiative
and referendum, about the abstract
right of secession, about the resolutions
of "OS, about the decadence of politic.-,
about civil service reform, about the fu
ture of his party, about sanitation, the
water and gas questions, the paving of
streets, the street ear systt m, the class
of plays at the theaters, the nomina
tion for mayor and the election of
school visitor In the 'Steenth civil dis
trict, lie cither sleeps too much or he
sleeps too little. He has an idea that
life Is a conspiracy, and that he must
preserve eternal vigilance or the con
spirators will get hiin. lie lives m
much on his nerves that he gets angry
on slight provocation, and thus wastes
more tissue. The true secret of health
and life and success Is cheerfulness.
The man who does his appointed task
without being fussy will live a good
deal longer. "Don't worry" and "don't
be afraid" are two very good rules to
observe. The American people must
learn these rules by heart and put th :n
into practice If they wish to live long
and prosper.
In a recent symposium on how to gri
rich the millionaires Interviewed give
a diversity of opinions. One says "the
best way to become wealthy is not to
talk too much during business hours,"
a plea for reticence in deciding on
plans. Another suggestion Is "make
yourself agreeable to your obnoxious
customer." A third advises five things:
"Push, squareness, clear-headedness,
economy and rigid adherence to the
rule of not overworking." Mrs. Hetty
(Ireen gives It as a lesson of her experi
ence that "I'or a woman to be success
ful one of the most Important things
she must do Is to learn to mind her own
business." These rales may not produce
the desired result, but their sponsors
think they would have failed without
them.
In a paper on longevity printed In the
Lancet, Dr. Alnslee Hollis comes to the
conclusions! (lj That the primary
factor in n long life consists tu uu in
herited durability; the vital machinery
is wound up to go for u given period,
and but for accidents or in spite of
them it win go tin the time appointed.
C2) That nn Important part of the pri
mary inheritance is good digestive ami
nutritive power. (.'!) Thut temperance
is necessary iu the use of the nutritive
functions both In eating und In drink
ing, and In regard to all kinds of food
and drink. (4) That an energetic tem
perament and active habits conduce to
longevity.
In investigating epidemics of typhoid
fever it Is found thut sewer gas, as well
as impure water, is u uuuso of the dis
ease. Looking to the drains is the itn
porUint rule. It Is neglected or im
perfect drainage that contumiuutcs
water. Outbreaks of typhoid hove been
repeatedly traced to houses known to
bo filled with sewer gus.
Killers, drivers and wheelmen arc com
bining to secure a good road reaching
across the continent, and It Is suggested
that each state selected for Uie route
would be willing to construct its sec
tion. Long carriage outings would be
encouraged, as well as transcontinental
bicycle spins.
A pinu log 81 feet long is qutta an un
usual sight to the people of East Titls
ton. Me., but such a one was taken from
W'liltetleld to Harrison Hunt's landing
recently. The log was about H feet
in diameter at the largest end and w us u
beauty.
A snow shoveler in Chlcopee, Mass..
recently received seven cents for live
days' work, tho city taking occasion to
deduct what was due it for poll taxes,
with interest, it Is suld that about $500
was collected by the. city in this way.
In Illinois a decree was obtained be
cause u long-suffering husband com
plained that "during the past year the
defendant struck the plaintiff repeat
edly with pokers, flatlrons and other
hard substances. "
An insurance journal reporta that
marine underwriters paid $12,000,000
la losses on the sea laa jeasv
Sclenttflo Farming.
James Wilson, secretory of agrlcu
tare in President McKlnley's cabinet,
has written for a New York paper
about tke "New Farmer." He says he
is tho result of a revolutiou in agri
cultural methods and has already ar
rived. Port of Mr. Wilson's urticle de
clares: "A new era is coming for the
farmers of the United States, and those
of New York aud the Mississippi valley
la particular. It will be the new-faall-loned
farmer who will bring it about,
lie is the Moses of modem agriculture.
I The farmer of the future must be a
I practical scientist. '1 lie man w ho does
I not understand the science of the soil
j bus no business on the farm. If a boy
. vAiuts to bo a farmer it is just us neees
! sary that he take a course iu an ugri-
eulturai college as it is to the boy who
wants to be a lawyer, a doctor, a preuch
! er. to have a university education.
1 There is no Iciwon as goud as an object
, lessou. The duiry farmer of the United
States ii going to bo a great factor iu
, the future. 1 will tell you why. lic
euuse we have learned the secret of
I Denmark's butter und cheese keeping
I so well In tropical climates. The farm
ers of New York state am! those of the
' Mississippi valley make as good butter
us is produced anywhere. Denmark
makes good butter. We send our but
ter to China, und It cannot compete
w ith the butter from Ilea:'. ark. Why?
Ueuuusu It won't keep, There iu splen
did market iu the orient, hut we are
shut out of It practically because our
hutver Aiil not stand exportation to
that sort of climate. I sent u man to
1 Denmark to find out about it. He
learned that the Danish dairymen fed
their cattle food that cuutuiuud the
same substances us the waste of our
beet sugar factories nitrogenous prod
ucts. Now. then, all we huve to do iu
this country to make halter just as
good in the tropics as that of Denmark's
is to raise tho sugar beet and feed the
waste of the factories to our cows. 1
sent a man to the steppes of ltussiu lo
calise I heard there was a grass there
that mouths of winter could not kill.
I got it, experimented with It here an. 1
found that what I beard was right.
I I will Htand all sorts of winter w euther,
mul yet be In a condition that OS quick
as moisture strikes it it will grow like 1
weed. That is not a particularly scien
tific fact, hut It shows the beneficial re
sults of investigation for the farmer In
almost any direction. The new-fash-loned
tanner, the scientific farmer, ;
must study the feeding' of cattle. Not J
a pound of cotton seed was fed to the
400,000 cuttle we raised last year, ul- '
though the south raised 000,000 tons of
it. That cotton seed was mostly wasted
or made fertilizer."
Much comment has been made, ami
Justly, upon the literary merit of the
letters the Kansas volunteers write
home. Many hundreds of these, says
an exchange Of that state, have lieen
printed In loeal newspapers; and we ilo
' not remember to have seen one that
was not well worth printing ami read
ing. Tho amount of natural, but U--turesque
writing, minute description
showing acute observation, the power
of separating the Interesting from the
commonplace In the natural features
of the country and social characteris
tics of the people, the correct and facile
use of language, are really remarkable
hi young men who for the mont part
have only had a primary education and
have been employed since lu occupa
tions not specially calculated to develop
literary expression.
The United States does not propose
to annex Cuba, but some of its gallant
soldiers arc doing a good deal in that
line on their own account. The Miami
(l'la.) Bepubllcan thus sums up the
lovo affairs of the Twenty-third Kan
sas: "Five of the Kansas Citys (Kan.)
boys married Cuban wives and brought
them home. They all have either a
small lemon or orange grove, while one
of the Pittsburgh (Kan.) boys captured
a dusky maiden who has a COO-ucre OOf
; fee plantation. Sixteen others married
1 Cuban girls, but they drew blanks, and
when the troops came homo they left
them to shuffle for themselves."
The Philadelphia Medical Journal
vigorously denounces laws denying
work to penitentiary prisoners. "To
deprive men of their liberty," It says,
"and then to keep them Innurcd In en
forced Idleness from month to month
and year to year Is to jeopardize body,
mind and soul, uud is a thing that no
civilized state has a right to do under
any pretext whatever." In the Eastern
penitentiary of Pennsylvania only ten
per cent, of the prisoners are sj lowed
to work.
A Denlson (Tox.) man recently Bold
throe blooded chickens for$l?.0, und the
editor of the Denlson Review threatens
to (jult the newspaper business and go
to raising chickens, ne udds: "If we
were sure of a good market wo would
quit setting type and go to setting
hens."
The state auditor of North Carolina
. says that the report from Columbus
: county does not show that any mar-
ringe licenses were issued there during
! 1S98. The population of Columbus
i county in 1890 was 11,829 white and
' 0,027 black; total, 17,856.
In Indiana man played ghoat to scare
a crowd of youngsters, and his widow
says the will be careful the next time
ass! to Bissrrr a fool.
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