-v-r act liu
Ul) uei ur
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Trouble Makes Ton Miserable.
everybody whs reads the news
sure to know of the wonderful
cures matte by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
It Is the great medi
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
, i scientific research by
Dr. Kilmer, me emi
nent kidney and blad
der specialist, and Is
illy successful in promptly curing
ok, kidney, bladder, uric, acid trou
Brieht's Disease, which is the worst
kidney trouble.
ilmcr's Swamp-Root Is not rec-
.1.1 If ..... u J
rdtor every iniiiK uui 11 yuu nave iwu-
A Permaaeat In-
One of the most noticeable thing
In American life during the Inst two
or three years baa
been the la rue in-
vealateal. crfuge ( the num
ber of college students. For the
country at large those years have
been prosperous ones; for some parts
of the country unusually prosperous;
and therefore a larger number of par
ents And themselves nli'.e to give their
sons and daughters the advantage of
a liberal education. It is exceeding
ly pleasant, aays Youth's Companion,
in ttnrl iinimipi it v 1 h 1 1 s r e ft i-t i li - lt-
i . J l J1J l . . J " S
HsfvjJ Dr. Kilmer, the eml- geif a, promptly and as generally in
the higher life as in the mere ma
terial well-being with which the
years of fatness are more commonly
associated. It shows how persistent
is the American faith in education
ami how eager American parents are,
rr or bladder trouble It will be found whan the conditions of life grow
remedy you need. It has been tested j temporarily easier, to give their chil-
mr,ntr the helolesstoo ooor to Dur- ' '
lief and has provea so successtui in "-." "".
that a special arrangement has , ber of college students increasing,
bv which all readers ot this paper ! hut the nronnrtlon of those who nnv
e not already tried it, may have a .... . ....,
bottle sent free by mail, also a book ; . . . , ,
U... .imn.Wnrtt -an.i hnu. Irt trmvu, III 1 . sei I , Blluni mm in. .....ii
if you have kidney or bladder trouble. of an academic training is coming
riting mention reading this generous more and more to be perceived. Hut
this paper and . fATr' I if the Increase in the number of
stress to gariaszs ,-.
mum nin online; j i i i , n - iini... i.-.
cheerful news, the decrease during a
inn carries some
thing of pathos with it. A grown
man may contract Ins living expenses
in hard times, and yet, when lu-i-ness
improves, le little the worse for
his temporary economy; but for the
boy or girl who is kept away from
college the loss is complete, The
golden moment passes forever. Vet
even those who have had to face this
disappointment s-1 1 1 1 1 1 not despair.
The colleges nil hold out both hands
to worthy and determined students;
und fur those to whom four year-, of
st inly are impossible, there are -f-clnl
courses, "university extrusion"
lectures ami home study opportuni
ties unknown u generation ago.
UUI
N. Y. The
fifty cent and rtomn of awiunp-rtoot period of depr
NJSTLVAIA KAIUIUAU.
i a. r :..i. ix;,
Iu effect Nov. 25, 1000.
mi. I STATIONS, I Kl-TwAlin
H A M P N i
.i; Bunbury a) Sue
"7 Beltitaicrove Junction 809 4 .'ii
hellnsorove 9041 4 4P
Pawling x.vi 4.
:,i Krearuer n 4 at
7 Metier I tr ijh
: MiildUburg H to IS
M Benfer ai 4 w
lit Beavertown s ii 4 n7
ii Adnmsbum SSI 4 '.;
y, Haulm MillH " 18 8afl
mi Met lure snT 3 49
la Wagnsi 7 'i7 a 89
Rbtndle Ml 8fl
-.I l'nlutervillc 7 it aid)
tl Maftland 7 8 -.'4
.w bewirtown T88 818
87 Lewlstown (Main Street. 7 33 8 11
10 liewlstowa Junction, N' ir
leavHs Suobury t in, ar-
,f J,.I, rnimmii -. IR ,, ,,,
Novel use is made i. Wisconsin of n
law which requires that at hast live
sSelinaiiTovefltOOri. m.. arrives days elapse between the issuing ol a
BUOOUl v o i.i p in. marriage license ami wie pcriorniuig
leave LeWlittOWn Junction t nf n,. mnrrinirp eeremnnv. The nor-
. m i:i n in. I in ii m.lSOn 111 .' -'.Mi in. 7 "i . r ., ...i...
i iii tor A 1 1 iiiiiii, I 1 1 1 sluiru ii "1 Mm1 W i.t , - ' -" "r
L , i .....i ii, .i ......... uii-. i I I a- lav I .- r t t.
Ill I II I "Ii" I nil IfMUIUKHIU DINnw -' t'tilli III.- o 11 s . : - I o CI I hi 1 1
1 88. 8 10 D m For rhllAuelttlila mil x.. .
sin. !i :i i in, 1 on ; 4 M Hint 1114 i 01 ncr siaies on marriage 11.111.a1n1 in
that particular the law is working
well. Itut it is regarded as a nuisance
by the residents, lee i of licenses
issued are open to pub! i ; i t ion,
and arc daily scrutinized bj represen
tatives of lirms dealing in household
wares. Then, for the intervening live
days the marrying parties are besieged
to leave their orders for furniture and
the like, on the installment plan or
otherwise.
ant: 11 id a hi ik n n ltivisiuii.
AMI
!Tlli:UN' I'ENTKAt. RAILWAY
WESTWARD,
I iiv,.: s ii igTOVa June: Inn dully lor
ul W -r.
in, I J 5S i in,
ai p in s inaay 8 ss a m,
inr ii ii .in una .i'ni 1 aiiHiiiumnu
tor Beltelunte ISrtaand Oaoandalirua
lor Loan Haven. Tyrone ami the Weai .
i tor BellefualeKaie Tyrone mi Oanao
datsaa
tor aegovo Hint I'.linlni
lor W illl.i msn.,1 1
I il a "i fur llufl ilo vU Kniinn nun
i.i : . mill i i i n i t im.ii
tor Iiock Huven ana H 63 u m lor Wl
in
A Worcester (Mass.) family, accord
ing to a story from that city, owns
a large setter dog, which was re-
, 9Mm200aod 9 48pm lor wimos- cently sent to the photographer's to
have his picture taken, No matter
how much persuasion they used, he
simply refused to nose under any cir
cumstances, am! they had to take him
home again. He was well scolded for his
obstinacy, and appeared to be duly
II. ll .1.11,
lo 10 ii iii, m ii in, 5 4"i n in lor Shmno-
iiv i i . i in lor W b. iumi
BAST WARD,
TmIiih lesvd Sellnngrore Junotloa
h in, dull v urnvlnii at I'lnl i delDhlH
111 Nrw Viirk fi .'ill II ill ll.iltlliliirii 8 11 o in
iiiKtmi 4 Ui ii in
li til it.lllv iirrli Intr hi IMiil:iil,.li,ht:i
III .,l'n I IMl. .1 ..( 11 III 1 1 I I I , 1 1 . . r i Mi In I 1 11, I I I . 1 I I I . ,l, I I ill . S 1.1 I I I" , , 1 1 I 1 1
lllili.ll 111 it, ,, 1,1 . . .
bu, ...illy srrlvli.tf at Philadelphia uo "i,s " 1 u,n "" u '"' "enl
.r.ius aim) laavt Hunbury t Krawueu on ine uoor uniii ne was
smiisiiyamvinirati'blladelilhlasaiani ,,.!.,,;, t,.,i Bnr1 ti,,. .ai ..taii.. n
llnrc 'j.li ;l 111 W ii.. 11 ' iron, TJi. Nmw , I .' "
'Mam Weekdays. 10 38 a m Sunday, the photographer had made the ex
i' to week days arnvlna st Phlladelnbia
in. new nru ' 1:1 n m .inn,,,., m. wn.uii-.
Wasbiogton 1 00 p m,
r. arriving si rouaae pnia t,.i,h i,,,,,.i, ., ,.; ,, - t
m. Ne Vnr u m ,. ,., 11. .1 r...,: John Lunch, a pioneer citien of
......... ..,,.. .iiucon couniv. .Mo., s re nor ei iv a
uii alto leave sunbury at 9 no a mend sn , , ,
Bl p us, i..r UarrtabuiKi PhlladelDbla and local exchange to lie suing the tow n
mure I - . .... . ...
, . "i '-a 1 mill lor ill lilies ii .egc. o
I It. W II III. !'... I
DIITCIIINSON ien'l Maiisver. have been receiieil while in the cala
boose at that place last August, lie
was arrested for some trivial pniisn
I7 1.1 .. 1 .... '
li nations with the P08T. The he had for cellmates mi active and
quoted are Very low. I exceedingly inuignanl hive of bees.
'he New York Tri-Weekly Tri- Jbt ' in8ec,ts "ffarde a. ,, :-
11 .1., I .1 f 1 11 1 11 ' tru.ler and stung linn severely .luring
mi'i 1., i- .11 I.I.IH'llll 'ir 1 I IS I , II H' .... . ..
... . n ' 1 Ins six hours ot eon Ii in -incut .
Pi wiu 111 advance, only $1.75.
.... in i.tokiv i piiDllsnea Blondav. m,. ...,i.,.,t .... . i:..; .. .. ..... :
no,, , rnuiy, ri-jn-aes il noire
piuincd of more than any other, for it
requires a stamp upon every little nos
t rum or medicinal preparation made by
a private formula. There are .. j
men having these formulae in the Unit
ed States, and almost i very one of Ihcm
sells his own hair oil or tooth pow
der or specific of some sort, upon
which he hns to pay a tax equivalent
to uliout one-fourth of his profits.
URINATION WITH THE POST.
Ill t LT
111 ti . .t I.. :i " .
I lie New York Weekly Tril
the Middleburg Post, one scar,
' in ndvunoe, only $1.25
The W'eeV Trthnna ( ,,i.i ,-h...l ....
ihurwlay, and Kive- i,n Important news
..r..i. ine Hio-t relmiile
i . .iikei reports, unesoellsd aerioultnral
"HirtllnMit. Mllnhla ....,.,..1 !..
' " ion. .-iili'i laini lie mi-
i. in I lie i,i,,. i i, , i .i. ., f..-
!li' I'lilin. r,.ii...l u. ...... ! r.. m
1.. . . . . . niioiiiiiii hi ii
iy llillllT f..r L.r I ..111 !- c ,,
"n iiuwer. it in a eoiumon laiiacy, says a scion-
leNeW York Tri-Weekly World tiflc authority, thai impure water he-
till' li.l, 11, .1....... !...., i .t.tlt...,l
,HlfU 1 . 1 , I lilt' yCiir, Dinoo.ui oi ,1 . 1- li I i ii I , I 1 1 I ' oi
.11! oegrees. One or the curious facts
about bacteria is that while a single
ray of sunshine w ill extinguish I he
life of innumerable hordes, and while
ii. .i q
II 111 ...111,., I .. k 1 I ' -
'W lllll C 1 . ' I I.
Tim M-Weakly World OomM three
men n week, ih iill.-.i -ul. h... i-
Mmi ot the en.iutry and wel. worth
n fractical Fanner, one year, " 3 ,noutra" " ' tern-
the Mill. 11.. I,.. r... !..... i pcruture uround them will have the
.online 1 .-!, une year, . ., , , . ,
;,, , r,. ' ,, f, J ! same effect, they are absolutely uu-
'a" Vl.UU. DOtO OI: iir.l h nnv ,1 ,f ,.,.1.1
above papers and the Practical I Z
Dler lettr Uock and Ap:ricu!- An oriffiual device for evading the
-Minaiiae lor 1U00, paid in prohibitory law was recently im-
eartheu by plumbers in u house in
llutland, Vt. The liquor, stored in a
secret nook, was conveyed by hidden
pipes to a radiator in one of the prin
cipal rooms of the house. A small
faucet attached to the radiator wus
the means by which the liquid wus
drawn off for use.
ance, only $1.05
The Practical ie.,.- i .. .
?W puhli,Ued, iMued weekly.
u.as vtae. Tin- vi.il- k.i,
J paass in which .., uV..Ti T
"JT P.rk'?.or boolr slone In SO cmer.
' ie lesr Book torouly 81.85. enta.
One of the best American exhibits at
the Paris exposition was the American
- , , eirl. And as she is
Auirrleam Olrle la
a prize herself, of
Parle. . .
course she drew a
rizr, as she always does. In fact , some
Df her drew several prizes, or hud the
apportunity to do so. A Paris corre
spondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch
writes: "Already, as u result of chunoe
tequuintance among the employes of
Ihf exposition, many w eddings have oc
curred. The Kigaro reports 15 more
iii.ii riages since the closing .hi .mg the
i mployes. The closing of t he show cer
toiuly interrupted many romances.
l'here was a legion of pretty red-head-
ed typewriters employed by an Amer
ican desk company, ull of whom re
teived munv uttentions. Kose Merrill
wai certainly the most universally
courted young woman. She received
liT proposals, emanating from men of
14 nationalities."
An Irrigation company in Nebraska
was sued by u farmer who proved
thai a canal dug1 by the company had
decreased the Hon of water at hi
place. The canal furnished water lor
irrigation purposes, I he trial court
held that he should be granted an
injunction forbidding the further up
propriatiou of WUtcr, and on appeal
the supreme ' court sustained this
view. The court held, according to
.in old ICnglish law, that the pro
prietor oi a river bunk Is entitled to
bave the stream tl.iw through his
land. Undiminished in quantity and
unimpaired in ujuulily,
ll if sometimes will to be reminded
that our ways arc as puzzling to the
arii Utal as his are to us. A young lu
ll, se physiciun In Cleveland, who has u
number of American pal ii nls, reci in
told some friends of a case which hi
had last summer. "Young girl come
to mi' w ith much sunburned neck." he
laid. "I say: 'You get this out bath
ing?' She say: 'So, I get it wealing
luce yoke. What you prescribe?' I
my: 'Cloth yoke,' and she look of
fended and go away. 1 dou't See wh.
American girl very funny."
A young western attorney was re
centlj asked why he had so strenuous
ly defended a woman whu cuuid not
pay him. "I can never forget," he re
plied, "that she lived at the end of Uiy
long paper route When 1 WUS a strug
gling college boy. More than once in
winter ber kind heurl prompted her to
rise very early lo have a cup of hut
coffee ready for her newsboy, fearing
list he might perish with the cold."
Such acts defy com UK rclttl "repay
ment" as much as mother-love or sister
Influence,
An ingenious automobllist of Y i 1
loughby, ii.. who operates an electric
vehicle, has rigged up a connection be
tween his stable ami his burn by means
of w hich be can, immediately the pow
er is turned off at the trolley station
for the night (his lighting current
comes from the railway wires), switch
his automobile storage battery into
use, thus furnishing a current for
lighting purposes for the remainder of
the night.
The state supreme court of Ohio has
affirmed the constitutionality of the
act authorizing county commissioners
to regulate the width of wagon tires
according lo the loads carried. Acting
under it s provisions the prosecuting a t
lorney of Wyandot county sued u vlo
lator. The court of common pi.as.ii
dared th act unconstitutional, bul
this decision was oi, rruh'd it. the su
preme court,
Among ih. papers read at a recent
convention of American ornitholo
gists in Cambridge, Mass., a few days
ago, according to a local exchange,
was a most interesting little thing
on "The Pterylosis of I'odargus, with
Notes on the I'terylogrupby of the
Cupriuiulgldae."
OsOaOaflafiTf ff A TO Blighting
Disease of
Heredity.
In many respects Scrofula and Coniumnt ion are alike ; they develop from the same gf n-
cm iiujci, wui arc uereuuary ami uepenuent upon an impure ana nn
povished blond sunplv. In consumption the disease fastens itself unm
the lungs ; in Scrofula the glands of the neck and throat swell and suppurate, causing Ugly runuing sores;
m cjc. aic luueiuru ami weaa ; inere is an almost continual discharge tmni the ears, the limbs swell,
bones ache, and white swelling in frequently a result, causing the diseased bones to work out through
the skin, producing indescribable pam and suffering. Cuttinu iwir a sore or diseaiad aland does i
f 3 KVSSf JiHb gd i the blood 11 poisoned. The old scrofulous taint which has probably come dowu thfw..gb several
'JmBBMy' generations lias polluted eicrv drop of blood.
Scrofula requires vigorous, persistent treatment. The blood must be brought back to a healthy
condition before the terrible disease can lie stopped in its work of destruction. Mercury, potnsh null
other poisonous minerals Usually given in such cases do more harm than good ; tuev rum the digestion
ictc me Rjatmu in a worse cnuuiiion man Delore.
S. S. S. ia the only medicine that can reach deep seated blood troubles like Scrofula. It goes down to the very roots of
the disease and forces every vestige of poison out of the blood. S. S. S. is the only purelv vegetable blood purifier known.
The roots and herbs from which it is made contain wonderful blood purifying properties, which no poison, however powerful, can
Oil laC" T1IF mmmm rinvai long resist. 8. S. S. stimulstes and purifies the blood, increases the
If KL Mm ML CHILD RKLNm "I'l1". the digestion awl restores health and strength to the
. enfeebled bodv. If von have reason to tlunk you have Scrofula, or
vour child has inherited any blood taint, don't wait for it to develop, but begin at once the use of S. S. S. It'is a hue tonic and the
best blood puntier and blood builder known, as it contains no poisonous minerals. S. S. S. is pre-euiinently a irmedy for
W hen at lUiiKhter wsa an Infant shehaa a severe eaaenf Scrofula f,.r which she was Under the COS-
auatearcof physiciaos for mora tfcaa two years. Bhe was worse at the end of that time howevct sad
we almost despaired of her life. A few bottles ol Iwlft'i BpeciAc cured her eompleleh s it seem'e.l lo
ri'tirect I,, the cause of the trouble. I do not believe it has an equal for stubborn caseaof blood diaeaatl
winch are beyond the power of oilier nwalled blood remedlei 8 1. BSOOES, Montlcello, Ga.
Our medical department is in charge of experienced physicians who have made
Scrotula and other blood diseases a life study. rite them about your case, or any one
you are interested in. Your letter will receive prompt and careful attention! We make
no ciiarge whatever for thu. Address, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA. LA.
There seems to be prevailing at pres
ent a sort of satiety of civilization.
Our Mode,. nv-which is lewlinK in
all the departments
,,f life to a tern-
pornry reversal of the moral progress
made during the past century, says
Prof, tioldwin Smith, in Atlantic. The
revived love of war is not un isolated
phenomenon. Half a century ago prize
fighting was under the ban of decent
society. In Knglund, lit least, no gen
tleman would have owned that he had
been present at a prize light. Only by
one or two newspapers were prize
tights reported; and these, at Kton,
where there wna no dislike of sport,
but the great object was to train gen
tlemen, it was strictly forbidden to
take. Now columns of the most re
spectable journals are tilled with re
ports of prize lihis in all their Buvnge
details, and women have begun to at
tend tin m. 'ih.- tendency shows itself
also in the popularity of so violent a
game as football, which formerly was
played in England by adults only
among the roughs, mostly in the north
"f Kllglnnd. The present ideal is the
"strenuous life;" that is, the life of
combativeneaa and aggression . That
life which has produced, for example,
the United States, with ull their Indus
t ry, their com me re, their wealth, their
science, their Invention, their litera
ture, their laws, their social and po
litical order, being pact Ac, is not
strenuous, and falls short of the ideal.
Prot I l I ii h for Her
oid Km-
An Atchison (Kan.) girl is prepar
ing for her "keep" in old age, reports
the Globe of that
t o w n. She has
girl from other
towns visit, her, and they can stay
as long as they desire. The Atchison
girl gives parties for her visitors
and wis that they have good times
generally, before a girl hales she
must sign a contract which provides
that the visitor, party of the second
part, shall permit her hostess, party
uf the Hrsl part, to lisit party of the
second part at any time during the
I old age of party of the second part,
i remaining ns long as did the party
of the lecond part. All these visits
the Atchison girl records in n booh,
and she already has enough to her
1 credit to keep her several years.
When the Atchison girl gets old she
will take her account book under her
arm and go collecting. If anyone
should forget ami moke objection!
i the Atchison girl will show the con
I Irncl and l. t the kicker pay up or
i lu.i herself liable for u damage suit.
There are now 38 forest reservations
In this country, embracing an ares of
10,772,129 acres, in 13 different states
d territories.
The Illinois Audubon society is about
to checkmate t he milliners by securing
un amendment to the game laws that
shall make it an nil', use, with p. nnlties,
l ur anyone to possess any part of ten
wild birds now protected by the law.
Some of the milliners have contended
that a part of a bird was not u bird.
Success tells about a Davenport
(In.) boy who went to New York
to solicit a position to travel fur a
Wholesale house. He went live limes
to one establishment, and every time
was told that they did not want to
engage him. He tried to prevail on
them to allow him to make a trial
trip, but to no avail. Finally, he pro
posed to buy a small stock of goods;
this was business, and they were
ready lo sell. He then went on the
""" "" ''is. own account, und made
The town of Ruxton, in Monroe
county, la., has j ii s : been born in con
nect ion with the opt ning of new coal
fields tin-re. Sugar City, Col., is an
other civic Infant, having been recent
ly established to accommodate work
ers iii an immense new sugar refinery
at thai place.
Twenty-four hading women of
Adrian, Mich., have formed themselves
into a military company mid will re
ceive weekly instruction in drill from
u veteran soldier. Mrs. John Qobagan,
wife of the county elerk, has been
elected captain.
The wife of Bishop Mlllapsugh sent
an old party gown to a rummage sale
In Topeka the other day, and while
ihowlng the dress to a customer the
clerk found in its folds a valuable pearl
omument lost ten years ago.
A woman has built a house with her
own hands near Fountain Ferry l'urk,
Ind. It is a one-story wooden structure
of four rooms, with u stone foundation.
A Missouri weather prophet who
reads the future in the leaves of trees
aays this will be one of the mildest
winters ever known on " wntinent.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
-Benson's Plaster is Pain's Master.)
In the days of 'wild cat' money in th
West, th Ames shovels wero used as cur
rency. They were as Stable as gold ) their
price did not vary a oent in twenty years.
The vory name of Oliver Amos Sl Sou, was
a synonym for honesty. It was curreut all
over the world.
On the same principlo Benson's Porous
Plaster is the universal standard external
remedy. To say it is n ' 'good" plaster does
not describe it ; it in the hunt piiuiblt plotter.
For every disease in which an external rem
edy is available, llnnson's Plaster is used
almost its a matter of coursa.
lieusou's Plaster quickly relieves and
i cures wliere other modes of treatment ar
either exusperutiugly slow or have n good
' effect whatever. Coughs, oolds, lumbago,
uiney irouuie, rnenmatism, lame back,
etc., are at one lienefited and soon cured.
Capsicum, Strengthening and Belladonna
plustsrs have none of the curative virtues
of Benson's. More than 6,000 physicians
and druggists have commended Benson's
Plaster as a remedy in which the public
may have implicit confidence; while, in a
comparative test with other plasters, Ben
son'a has received fifty-flu highest award:
Beware of substitutes and cheap imitations.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre.
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of S5o. each.
Seebury A Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N.I.
money; s,,, when the firm saw that
he meant business, (hey were ready
to employ him, and he is now
wealthy, being a member of the firm.
Mot a buy iii ii hundred would have
had his persistence, after a n fusnl,
There is nothing like courage or
faith as an aid to success. Another
member of thai firm had only ii
cents when he reached New York, to
seek his fortune.
Xew York state is as large as Kng
land. Belgium, Switzerland, Holland,
Portugal, Turkey . Itoumniila, Bulgaria.
Servla, Greece und Palestine could be
sit down comfortably within the bor
ders of Texas. Tin- i w Unglnnd
states would harbor the British Ishs.
Montana is equal to Japan, Spam is
no longer than I tali ami NeViidn, and
Qermanj contains approximately the
same nil III hi r id' Mpiai'i mill s us Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois u
gethl r. Italy and I he Philippine is
Intids are equal to Arixoun, and Penn
alyvnnin mutches i aim. Five of the
i. lid. He western states, Minnesota,
Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas and Mi iri
.in.l the territory of Oklahoma, are us
huge iis Kg v pt.
Miss Clara lllirton, head of the I.'. d
Cross society, has placed with a firm al
Kltfrell, N. C. an order for 1,(100,000
strawberry plants. These plants will
b. distributed among the fruit grow
ers of T.-xas who suffered so severely
from the gri al Si pi. nib. r storm, This
is probably next to the largest order
for strawberry plants ever placed in
the south, the aotiie firm having before
booked u single order of I.sihi.ihxj,
A New York pawnbroker asserts
that his business always improves just
before a presidential election, owing to
the fact that many so-called "sports"
pledge th.ir personal effects toward
the close of the campaign ill order to
raise money to bit on the result,
Nearly lo.OOO lolls of pi, into starch
are turned out mintiully In thla coun
try. The potatoes used for starch are
the small and injur, d ones of the crop.
Sixty bushels of t hem yield a barrel of
atarch.
Awerlefl tsuonu
tli Nations,
The American quail Imported into
Swed. ii some linn ago seem to thrive
and increase in number. It remains to
be Seen, however, whether the bild
san stand the long winters there,
In the half century during which
Admiral Uichborn has been connected
wiiii s ii 1 1 i ii ii i . 1 1 n :r
and naval con
struction the
changes have been even greater than
those expressed in his interesting
paragraph. The other day, says the
Saturday Kvening Post, Sir Uobcrl
Giffen, who ns the statistician to the
British board of trade occupies n most
authoritative and responsible posi
tion, showed the greatness of this
country in a way whicl r own
mathematicians could not surprise,
Of course i,. sin... I up as far as pos
sible for his own liatliou, lie pointed
out the fact that while the United
States and the I nited Kingdom had
tog-ether only 20,000,000 of people 100
years ago, they have now more than
130,000,000 without including, be it
remembered, the various tribes ami
nationalities under British or Amer
ican protection, sir llobert then pro
ceeded to say that the United States
has u larger European population
than the British empire, and that it
is the most powerful State in the
world, so far as population and re
sources are concerned. lie added
that, while Russia has a much larger
population, the inferiority of the
units is so great that the preemi
nence of the United States is not to
be questioned. He placed the great
world powers i;i the following order:
The United States, Great Britain,
Russia and Germany, with Franco a
doubtful fifth.
when he thought of the dreary and
monotonous existence the inhabitants
must lead during much of the yeu r, lie
asked a native if t In pi ople did not find
it desperately dull in winter. "Dull?"
In- repeated. "Welt, 1 gmss noil We
have good times at experience meet
ings." "What kind of expel nee meet
ings?" asked the astonished Stranger.
"About summer h aulers," was the
answer. "We meet two or three times
a week during tin- winter and ti ll our
different experiences with summer
boarders. Guess you wouldn't call our
winters dull if you wire tin re!"
Public sentiment will generally ap
prove the action of the New "lurk
sheriff who recently arrested a "lady
cyclist." She was trying to cover
. 3,000 miles in quicker time than that
distance had ever In en ridden before,
and when the sheriff interfered had
already covered 0 miles in less
than 12 days. She was in such a.
pitiable condition that people living
near the scene of her riding nindo
com pla i i: t . 1 1 ma v nol be neei i ry
to regard such a pei i u .;- a criminal,
but nnv. me who knows no better
than to impose such a Btruin i ; on
her own health, if nol upon her life,
is be t ter tflt .n custody than out of it .
There is talk of pit ling down the
old courthouse at Odel, la., and "1 ti
de" Billy Smith intends thai when
the tearing down -had begin h- will
'be there, The old relic was bllill in
I 1858 and under L'uclc Billy's direc
tions a gallon of rye whUky was
Bculed up and deposited In t'le corner
stone. Billy is determined thai If
there is but one drink left of the 4
1 year-old rye he will have it,
The president Usually i-suis his
Thanksgiving day proclamation just
before the November elect ioUS, In that
way, fays Youth's Companion, he saves
himself from the shafts of tin jokers.
Were it issued after election, a presi
dent's attitude of thankfulness would
be ascribed lo his own party' victory,
' if it had achieved victory, If defeated
he would be licensed of "whistling to
keep his courage up."
The pastor of an eastern church
state.! recently that certain teachers
in his Sunday school wire paid lor
their services. According lo the pas
: tor the prime requisite of a cupubla
I teacher is the ability to tell stories.
That is the form In which moral les
. mns can best be conveyed, And good
! story tellers, he concludes, arc always
w.ii thy of their hire".
A dove-colored mouse wandered into
a trap belonging t" Mrs. M. K. Mar
shall, uf Brownwood, Tex. Ju - he
was about to drown 'he captive 1: be
gun to sing like a canary. N w the
hiiiL;inL.r mouse has a neat brass cage,
and the neighbor- frequent ;. call to
hear it sing, which it does hour ufter
hour.
Odd requests are constantly received
by congressmen from their constitu
ents. Hut thereon few which surpass
this: "Dear Sir: Please send me somu
vol.. uies of memorial ad Iresses. There
is nothing I read with so much pleas
ure as the obituaries of congressmen.
Y'rs truly. ."
The summer boarder, it appears, may
be useful to hi lurdlord in other ways
than In putting money in his pocket.
A late comer to a certain seaside re
sort, whose permanent residents are
only 60 In number and whose communi
cation with the gay world during the
winter is not close, was filled with pity
It is said there are al. iul 20,000 n
sumptivea in New York city, A phy
elan says that the majority of the peo
ple living in ten. -in i i.ik had tub. i
culosts in some form.
The census shows that, tin re are
1,400,000 more farmers in the L nited
States lhau there were iu ISIHJ.
l Hie It . n it. r i .in .
She What, sleeping!
He Excuse me, darling; but I be
gan counting the minutes until I
should hear the rustle of your tiny
feet among the fsJicn leaves, a 1 - ,1
She Well? '
Be Anl, yon know, counting h1
ways sends me to sleep. Brooklyn
Life. 1
The Ilnmnrlst.
ifisa rjykcrmeudows That Mr. .
Hempstead with whom you have
been talking ia a professional humor- '
ist. IJ
Miss Bensonhurst (yawning) WeU,,
he certainly cannot be accused of '
talking shop! Brooklyn Eagle. j
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