► AI A JAPANESE HOTEL
TAKIXO THK MHOBS OFF TO M
THROUGH RUN norms.
WhM the Hostelry I* hike sad Rmt
It* Door* and Window ar* Had*.
The Dinner Chopatlck*, Bat Ne
Knlvee and Fork*—A Position Show.
Ing Hripect.
• We come to the front'of a hotel, a long 1
two-storied building, but are Immedi
ately at a loss as to where the entrance
Is, for all the lower floor —front, sides,
and rear—ls open, there not being a sin
gle evidence of either door or window
anywhere.
A number of rosy-cheeked, blue-eyed
girls are smiling and ourtscylng to us,
and we make bold to smile In return, and
to say "Ohelo," the usual Japanese salu
tation, says a writer in the New York
"Dispatch."
No one walks about a Japanese houso
with shoes on, for the floors are covered '
with several thicknesses of fine matting
laid down In regular rectangles about six ■
feet long by three feet wide, and you j
cannot imagine how soft and easy they
are to walk on. We take off our shoes,
and are permitted to go uil through the '
house,
The framework and floors of this house
ure of pine, which has been stained and
polished. The two floors aro shut off
from the outside, and also divided into
numerous apartments by wooden lattice
work screens, neatly covered with white
rice paper, and mado to slide in grooves
In such a manner as to thoroughly open
the entire bouse. With this arrangc
• ment doors and windows are uneces
sary.
When all the screens are closed, to go
from one room to another, wo simply
slide one of the intervening screens
aside. If we only want to look out of
doors we slide back a little of the wall,
but if we want to go out we slide back an
entire screen. A very simple arrange
ment' but one which is not at all conduc
tive to comfort in cold weather.
A few of the kakemons hang on the side
screens, but there 1b no other furniture
in these rooms. We seat ourselves in the
"part facing the garden, and by means of
a pocket dictionary succeed in ordering
dinner, three neat looking nesans having
taken it upon themselves to wait on us.
They did not hesitate to shew us where
our dinner was being cooked, but we (gin
not begin to describe how neat and clean
we found everything to be.
After a while they bring each of us a
lacqueer tray, on which is a lacqueer
bowl containing hot water, in which is a
moss of fish, seaweed and shrimps, an
other bowl containing sweet cakes and a
dish of daikon—a large kind of radish,
which sometimes attains a length of
several feet, and of which the Japs are
. very fond. Unfortunately it smells very
much like rotten eggs, and we cannot
bring ourselves to oat it. With all this
each one of us is given a pair of chop
sticks, and how the young nesans do
laugh over our awkward efforts to use
the:::. Knives and forks are unknown
luxuries to these people.
Several courses follow this one, cou
si-ting of eggs, fried flsli, spinach, sweet
yotaioes, and chickens boiled in hot
water, and finally a large lacquer box of
rice, from which we All small laoquer
bowls to eat from. After this a cup of
v simply hot water, poured into tiny cups,
in which were a few tea leaves, and our
.dinner is a thing of the pust. How the
uesans did enjoy our frantic struggle*
with our chop-sticks during oach course,
and how pleasant and smiling they were
during our entire stay we find difficulty
in expressing.
When not engaged in bringing the vari
ous courses, or In watting, upon us, they
remained seated on the matting floor in
the customary Japanese position of re
spect, that is—with the knees and toes
touching the floor and the body resting
on the heels, a rather painful position l'or
a foreigner.
The World'* Tullent Chimney.
' The tallest chimney in the country is
the new stack of the Clark Thread com
pany, at Kearnov, near .Newark, N. J.
it is a circular shaft 335 feet high and
2b 1-2 feet In diameter at the base: This
chimney cost $30,000 and contains 1,097, -
000 bricks, It was finished in Septem
ber last, but Its supremacy among
American chimnoys will be brief, for one
is now being erected for the Fall River
iron works company, in Fall River, Mass..
that will be 340 feet high and 30 feet in
diameter a* the base. Chicago's highest
chimney ii 330 foot tall.
American chimneys, however, are mere
pigmies beside some of the tall Scotch
and Knglish stacks. The great Townsend
stack ai Glasgow, the tallest in the
world, is 154 feet high and 32 feet in di
ameter at the base. Teunani .*• Co., of
Gla-gnw, nave a chimney 135 1-2 feet by
40, and the mills of Dob.*on ,v Harlow,
Bolion, England, have an octagonal
Stack 367 1-2 feet high and 38 foot 10
inches in diameter at the bottom.—l'li.la
delphia Record-
English In.unity tttntlntlrs.
In the forty-third annual report of the
commissioners In lunacy, j\ist issued, it
is stated that there aro 84,349 insane per
sons under restraint. Of these, 7,070
were of the private class. 75,t!32 were
' paupers, and 728 w-Tc criminals. The
commissioners believe that during re
cent years medical men have become in
creasingly unwilling to certify to the in
sanity of persons requiring treatment,
in consequence of the results of recent
litigation connected with litis part of
their duties.
Th" causes of insanity aro set forth in
a table covering 120,478 cases. The.-"
arc very diverse. Titus 9,sfii per on*
lost tiled reason from domest ciio
8.000 from adverse u,- on oh nee- ',' x
from overwork and lion . 1 it.-i
religious excitement, and .. t
in'• : rauce. Toe influence , ,:
* wit* it eoriiin.ed ill 28,00 i.-a . ttlHl •••:-
g. I itn. defect ill 5,881. —L".i ...n : tu.nl
. at*'
CtiUJoriilaii 11(1(1 Spring*.
The mud springs or volcanoes of Cali
fornia :i.: in the southern par: of lie
stuc, n. te- volley of 'hi' .'d a river.
The c tin try itcio is jii .n -. i . , i alka
line tie-cr '( 14 it I- -lip;.: : tint' ttlo
land was once submcrg-d i,y the sea.
The nt'.d s, rings or >o . utoe- oie in a
1 -trculu. area of about half a-, acre, do-
I pressed several feet below the -111 • t:-
j ins land, nub -apposed to be : i.e bed of a
i sail <Mke left by the lot-- a!ing gulf. Here
I there are numerous lit 1 le coves, three or
four fee: in height, of soft earth, from
f which ttic-e ha cou-tt discharge of
J carboni- and !i;, dro-ulphui-to ,*"id gas.
These i ves after a time sink into the
ear! I: ami ones aro thrown up. The
sum vol uoei are very hot, their tem
i peraruic -landing at 125 degrees F. in
the eumm--- time.
I One | a: of alum with two parts of
' gl'-e-ir.e, rubbed on the feet at night
will cure excessive perspiration oi those
member*. A light open soek may be
worn. In tlie morning the feet should
be washed wiiit Vq Id water.
j
THE OMR AW VUAOVM.
] A TurlMe Dbww whkh BulHrd MH
Ml Skill During Tbrre Centuries.
The Great Plague, whieh attaoked
Europe at intervals during the flftMnth,
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
was a vtry oontaglous kind of malignant
fever, probably nearly akin to what is
now known as typhus, and was charac
terised by swellings of the lymphatlo
glands, purple spots, and carbuaoles. It
was a popular belief that persons who
had survived one attack of the disease
! were not liable to another; but that this
was quite groundless is proved by well
authenticated cases of Individuals taking
the infection several times.
The first signs of pestilence were shiv
ering, sickness, giddiness and pains in
the loins, accompanied by a feeling of
intense weariness; in the second stags
the tongue became dry and brown, the
gums, teeth and lips were covered with a
dark fur, and livid patches and dark j
stripes made their appearance on the
i skin. In fatal cases the pulse gradually ,
I sank, the surface of the body became j
clammy, and coma or low delirium set
j in, death usually occurring within five j
or six days of the first seizure.
This disease has always been conflnod
| to temperate regions, and has beon most
fatal in summer and autumn, especially
| during itio month of September. Thut |
I it Is largely due to dirty liebitsand bad j
sanitary arrangements is evident from
j the fact" that its greatest ravages were iu
I close, ill-drained towns; as sanitation
| has progressed the plague has receded. |
| Its last and most fatal outbreak in Eng
| laud was in 1665, when London suffered
so severely that business was practically
at a stand-still. Every street, and in
some cases every house in the street,
was attacked, and more than '20,000 died
in the month of September alone, while
the total loss cannot have boon far short
i of 100,000 persons. For such large nut
j bers ordinary burial was impossible, a:
! the dead had to be carted aw ay coflinles. i
aud thrown into vast pits dug beyond :
the then existing walls.
Iu 1720 the plague destroyed nearly
ltd if the population of Marseilles, and !
seventy years later It raged with groat |
virulence in Russia and Poland. Since j
that date, however. It has never vi*lted j
Western Europe, though it still appears i
in Greoce and Turkey, and occasionally |
In Russia. —Exchango.
The Black Dcalli.
! This disease is believed to have origi
i natcd in China, and took it* namo from
the black spots which usually a| pea-ed
on the person of the sufferer, i'lu
spots were symptomatic of putrid ••-
composition, and their upper ranee \ as
nearly always a fatal sign. Beginning
with inflammatory boils ami i -.nuor , the
black death produced stupor, mental af
fection, and palsy of tiie tongue, I lie met
generally becoming black, a* if suffused
with blood. The characloi istic of the
disease were burning, unslakable thirst,
pains in tho chest, spitting of blood, and
fetid breath.
This pestilence attacked Europe iu a
mild form in 1342 and may bo i raced as
moving in the wake of the numerous j
caravan routes from the east, . qu-eudiiig
from the north coast of Lie Black sea to ;
Constantinople, aud thence i•• Italy, it i
radiated from there by man.. j ue.over i
the whole o4 Europe. When <or it a; - I
poured it committed such leartul ravage*
us materially to check the increase o.
population; in China the death*
from, this disease were estimated a'.
$13,000,000, and the rest of tlie oast lost
nearly 24,000,000, while a mode, ate cu.
culattou puts the loss at lot),till.) liilm
tunts each; and Paiis, Florence,and Not.
wich half that number up.* e.
It caused so serious a d. cr -aso of po
tation in England for a time as to - ■ e.c
u great dearth of workmen .ad m • r*
auct iu consequence n . r,-e .
| wages. I'tofessor T'lio -.d . oge *, >. 1.0
i has investigated tho e • n0... ic bearings o.
I this disease very tin i-o.igu.y, stii-os tia
! tho working classes were at no time o
. | w ll off in England a* during tlie jn-rl.■ .
I which immediately folio von tin) iuva„e*
I of the black death in no fourteenth cen
-1 t .ry. It is never kno-.vn to have inane
j its appearance since '.hen. —Chamber -
JournuL
I'ruliTgroiiml Water in Australia.
The future of Australia for tho next
thirty years will rest with tiie eugim-uis.
j Tne recent discoveries of underground
j l-ivorsin the most arid portion* oi mo
| continent have given hose words a
; greater significance. The difficult; of
- Australia lias alway* been the four that
i th-- land will not support a lame popula
' ! tion. These discoveries of water dispel
i Vila- fear.
it now appears that the volumes of
' I r :n which tall about once in fivo years
1 over tho greater part of tiie Australian
' i continent, covering with floods the plains
which oi iotir years previously ha.o not
\ known .ure moisture tl.an might be
given in En-mind by a goo i fall of dew,
fin . ilie.i way through t.e porous soil
, into channel -um chamot-is beneath the
' surfaco, where, i a depth of one or two
' thou-and ft— , toe -~i ov.de uu inexhaust
ioie store o.'.ihe most precious commod
ity kin i•• n to me Au-tralian squatter.
It is impo—thin to say at present how
'lie i, e of these underground supplies of
t water may hang" the face of the Austra
lian conliuen:. The overflow from one
j bore at a pa e called Kerribree, lias al
ready ni n eiiuunel of seveial lee', in
i-p.ii through tho sand, and now forms
a | • -.ntneiil river of several miles in
lengtii ,ii what ti ed to be uu absolutely
win vi'luss country. It is only to bo ex
pected that us mo.e water is brought to
the surface the cloud* will take up more
i moisture by' u-aporatlon aud the lamlall
will i -n c. Then, with regular rain
tali . : - im xiuiustible tanks all . creeks,
even tin- AUHiraliati squatter might begin
in tie contented.—Mocmillaii's Magazine.
!•-( jiuiu-ill 1 limiting.
A writer in the Bo*.on "Budget" wlt-
1 u lit 1 • street scene theotlier day,
which i* a worthy commentary upon Sen
• ca's iioiilo saying, "Man is born fur mu
tual assistance." The best kind of a
friend is one tli t encourages our good
immilse •:
Two unkempt newsboys were on tlieir
way toward tiie newspaper center to be
gin their afternoon's work, when, paus
ing beside the box which is placed iu
in of a clothing house, one of them
■ ! to his companion "Say, Billy, let's
put soiiiethiii' in the box for the Johns
town sufferers."
"I'd like ter," was the response, "but
I'm afraid if I don't have luck I'll get
whaled when I go home 'ithout the
money."
"No, you won't, neither," was the re
ply, "if you get busted I'll set yer up."
Upon this the two gamins stealthily de
o*ited their mite and resumed their
, oiirse toward the scene of their after
noon's labors.
Mtli- Wouldn't Have Time.
Wife, to husband as they aro about to
start on a summer excursion—Will I
- have time to run across the street to
mother's to bid her good-bye?
, Husband consulting his watoh —l'm
afraid not, dear. The carriage will be
here for us in an hour and a half sharp,—
Boston Courier.
OTTO A PILLAR OF FIRE.
A MIXING EXPERT FACES MUfV WO
EARN SI,OOO.
William H. Mnrvlu'i Hasardans At
tempt to Remove the Caps of a Bars*
lag Oaa Well—Covered with Aibeetoi
and Wet Clothe, He Hueeeede, hat
Suffers Terribly In the Effort.
Some few days ago the Buthvaa, On
tario, gas well was eet afire, It Is sup
posed, by some disgruntled laborer. The
cap over the top of the pipe was so fixed
that the escaping gas rushed out directly
toward the ground and made safe ap
proach Impossible. The roar could be
hoard in Klngevllle, throe miles away.
Local mechanism found it Impossible
to remove the cap. The heat was sim
ply unendurable and grew worse every
day. Gas experts from Ohio were called
to the scene, but they, too, gave It up.
The ground around the well beoame
baked and when workmen tried to cool
It with a stream from a fire engine the
| water went up In a cloud of steam before
'lt had fairly struck tho ground. All ldoa
of cooling off tho ground was given up.
j The owners of the well offered SI,OOO to
i any ono who would remove the cap.
| William H. Marvin, a mining expert,
. who had some acquaintance with natural
I gas, undertook the Job. He tried several
schemes for removing the cap by aid of
a long lever, but they all failed, for the
I reason that his lever would melt away
: under the fierce heat as soon as he got it j
near enough to work. Ho determined to
go near the well himself and cut off
! the cap. It looked like cortain death for
! any one to approach the well, and even
the owner advisod Marvin to give up tho
idea. He made a suit of asbestos that
was unique in Its way, It was his pur- |
j pose to go right up to the well, through j
I the gas flame, and place a oold ohisel
I against the pipe while his assistant
i pounded on the chisel until the cap gave
way.
j Iho first attempt was a signal failure.
I Marvin only reached the flame, when he
: retreuted. He had worn a heavy pair of
| cowhide boots, covered with wet cloths,
aud before he got to the flame the cloth
hml dried and burned away, and his
j boots were half burned off. So great
w as Ills hurry to escape that he dropped
I bis cutting contrivance and was dismayed
| to see it get red hot before Ills eyes. For
; his next trial he wore a pair of rubber j
boots and inside these thrust his feet
wound in dampened rags. Outside the
! boots he put a heavy covering of asbes
' tos. His coat of asbestos was cone shape,
f Hisurms stuck out through two holes in
! the cone and were wound in several
j thicknesses of wot cloth, which was cov
! ered with a heavy coating of asbestos.
{ His routrivance for cutting the pipe eon-
I sisted of a long and very sharp chisel,
! fastened at right angles to an iron staff.
I In approaching tlie well he slid the cone 1
along tho ground, scelughls way through '■
! a glass set in the front. His assistant was I
! roiied like iiiinself and carried a long iron
bar, on which was fastened a small far- J
| rier's hummer. Two hundred people saw ;
i tie- during men make this approach to j
j the llame, and as Marvin disappeared In ;
Its circle a shudder swept over the on- j
1 lookers. There were not a half dozen in j
1 tho crowd that oxpected to see Marvin j
come out alive, but in a seoond that j
gi Lined like an age they saw the edge of j
tin- cnisel resting up nguiust the pipe, .
just below tho cap. Almost breathlessly j
tney watched the assistant make a stroke
at the chisel in a clumsy kind of away. ■
He did not hit it. The second trial was \
1 more successful; he hit the chisel 1
1 squarely but lightly. The cone in the j
1 I:ng of lire wavered and a ciy of "He's ;
I In.rued to death" went up 011 all sides. 1
i The cone moved again, tho chisel foil and j
|" tin: ; cople could seo that Marvin was j
; coming out.
Everybody thought that ho had given j
up in sheer despair, but not so. He had j
( come out of the lire to get rest aud air. 1
Ho was nearly suffocated. When iho !
cono was lifted off Marvin, for he was
; 100 weak to lift, it off himself, he was a
i sight to behold. His lace was scarlet
and his eyes preluded like door Luobs.
I He was half roasted and it took him two
! hours to recover. Then he pluokily do- I
| termined to try it again. His cone was j
i thoroughly wet and he flxod up another j
chisel, saying, as the eone was put over
| him, that ho would succeed or never ]
' come out alive.
The crowd cheered him aud then
watched him approach certain success of
death. Again the hammer and chisel
! were brought Into play, and little by lit
tle the people could seo that the man's
skill and pluck would win. All at once
tlie loar of the well changed to a shrill
! whistle, and tho cap was blown 100 feet
upward, while Marvin's cone stood at
the foot of the pipe motionless. It wus
1 some minutes before it moved and the
people thought again that In- had per
ished in his attempt. His assistant was
badly burned and had to bo taken to the
hole! for as islnnoo. When Marvin's
, cone began 10 move the people sent up a
! tromenoouß shout aud the more venture
some ran .is far as they could on the hot
i gin 1d to reach him. He was taken out
and iixived, badly scorched, but not
| bun otherwise.
Marvin had earned his SI,OOO. He put
a contrivance 011 tho pipe to shut off the
flow of gas. ah ! liow i til lb van Is quiet
1 from the deafening roar. Marvin's cap
is shaped like the letter T, and was
| placed on the p-pe after three trial*. The
company est : a'o that over 11,000 (FX)
feet of gas lias neon consumed eacli day.
Marvin said tlull it was the nearest to
deal h ho ever expected to bo until his
time came. "Every breath," he said,
"seemed to burn like fire, and twice I
nearly fainted. My mouth was so
parclied that I could not oven moisten
my lips with my tongue. The suffering
was dreadful and I would not pass
through the experience again for fifty
times SI,OOO, This time, however, X was
: bound to win. Despite my.cmi-rlng, my
| body is bli.-lercd in several places and
i my hands and arms am one mass or
burns. My e-'t are burn • 1 us if I had
1 them in the •:
V lh.l, -1. > .lei 1,, ~ 1 - 1
1 ..... ~
Atanelec n in Poland .•• other day
a young 1 •->• -idate tried a nintimuvre
1 which ill.llll • -. -I-imml to si.i-ci-cd for its
j ingettuii - Nim y ail 1 lie pi-asunts were
' against h.m, and problem was how
| to prevent lliem iroui voting. The intor
! val is very short between the time
! when they leave off work uud the closing
| of the polls, so that at the last half hour
j a gieal crowd was waiting,' Suddenly
i there was a cry of "Are" and a rattling
| of engines, llut the ruse did notsucceed,
j the stolid countrymen first waiting to
! record their vote, and then hurrying oil
I to discuss the uuflagration.
AUtfudf Holatfit.
, "No, Mr. Jones, I cannot be your
| wife'"
| j "But you'll be a sister to me, promise
j me that."
"It Is unnecessary. Your brother pro
\ ' poaed to me last week aud I promised to
. | be his sister. 1 have been your sister
for a week."—Boston Courier.
JM4M. HA4M, SAM.
to iy la Hag SliMag, flat a
■•althy Hmlnaia ai inf.
A prominent rag dealer says when
baaineae Is so bad that tlie dealer can
Hardly make both ends meet, God only
kaows how the plckors manage to get
along. And the life they lead la some
thing terrible. Theirs In one continual
striving to get enough to keep body and
soul together. No man will remain at
picking rags unless he be a drunken bum
oc too old to do any manual labor. The
majority of the rag pickers are the poor
Jews who land in this oountry by the
hundieds annually. They are the only
class of people that oan live on what
they earn by buying and selling rags.
These people can live on ten or fifteen
cents a day. Their homes are on the top
floors of crowded tenements. Here they
are crowded together like aojmany swine.
He has been to the rag aid paper busi
ness all his life, and Is thoroughly conver
sant with the life of a rag picker. Several
years ago thoy were able to make any
where from $lO to S2O a week. Then rags
were selling for 2 and 3 cents a pound.
This has been cut down so that the rag
picker la glad to get sixty or seventy
cents a hnndrod. Many of the plckors
have given up their trade, or profession,
as some of them are pleased to term
their employment, and taken to the road
—tramping.
The rag picker to earn five or six dollnrs
a week must travel a considerable dis
tance and trudge from morning till night
I and tho peddlers, those who have horses
j and wagons inak very little more. If
they make any big money it is by buying
stolen goods or during the months of
April and May when the business receives
quite a boom. During house cleaning
time the rag pickers are frequently given
j the rubbish for hauling It away. People
| are glad to get their places cleaned up
! and tlielr rag-bags emptied. Since tho
iutroduotlon of natural gas, the rag busi
ness has increased.
The pickers in the elty do little trad
ing, as their customers aro not so easily
duped as the country people, and they do
not have to quibblo over a cent or two,
a good many rags aro sent Into the city
from the country grocery stores, most of
which are taken in exohange for goods.
This class of rags finds a ready sale. The
profits aro not large, but they aro usually
so well assorted that there Is little or no
expense attached In the dealer handling
them. The business Is not what It used
i to be, but there is still a little margin |in
buying and selling. It Is not the cleanest
business In the world, but, notwithstand
ing alt the talk, it is about as healthy an
occupation as one can engage in. — N. Y-
Dispatch.
The Plain Princess of Walea.
The Princess Louise Is the plainest of
the three daughters of the Prince of
Wales, and that is saying a good deal;
also, if one can judge of her mental
qualities by her expression, she Is a ro
! markably stupid young lady. Bhoi* dull
j and heavy looking, with looae, thick lips
1 and usually goes about with her mouth
! open in a vacant kind of way, She ap
! peared recently at the Grand Opera in
1 Paris with her two sisters and mother.
; All four ladles were dressed in white, the
| three girls in simple but tasteful toilets
■of white surah, and the Princess of
I Wales in white satin trimmed in luce,
| and positively the charming mother
j looked scarcely older than her daughters
j and infinitely prettier. The Princess
1 Maud, tho youngest of the throe girls.
I has a bright, animated countenance, uud
! is much more attractive than her sisters.
S She is the favorite sister of her younger
| brother, Prince George, whom she re-
I sembles In cliaraoter and disposition.
She Is a spirite d girl with a will of her
i own, and when the time comes for the
| bestowing of her hand siio will have some
| thing to say. undoubtedly, concerning
the choice of her bridegroom. In tho days
j before the princesses had been intro
' duced into society she was the only ono
; of the three who used to fight vigerou-.lv,
; though vainly, against the peculiarly
hideous garments, the cotton gowns and
bearskin cape and such like elegancies,
which tho Princess of Walos used to in
flict upon her daughters. The second
duuglitor, the Princess Victoria, is plain
aud stupid-looking liko her older sister.
&5.50 for Writing a Successful \ov 1,
The average novel does not pay the
i author for his trouble, and often does
| not cover the typewriter's bill. I know
j of two recent novels says n writer in the
j "Boston Journal," upon whioh each of
! the authors spent the best part of a year
in wriling and revising. Both novels
| are, according to the popular acceptance
| of the term, successful—that is, they
j have been widely written about, para
| graphed in the press from one end of the
I country to, another. English editions
i have been printed of each, and to every
| literary person the names of both novols
'■ and authors are thoroughly familiar.
Now, what have tho authors received
j in hard cash for their year's work? I
! will toll you exactly : Of one 1,700 copios
were sold. No royalty was paid upon
the first thousand to cover manufacture,
I etc., and upon the remaining 700 copies
I tho author received the regular 10 per
I cent. The book sold for st. The net
revenue to tho author was. therefore,
S7O. His typewriter's bill vas $61.50.
Net profit, $8.50, and the hook has
stopped selling. The other author was
a trifle more fortunate in that his novel
reached u sale of 2,000, ull but five cop
tes. Like tho first, lie received a 10 per
cent, royalty only after the fir6t 1,000
copies. lhifor unately, he bought so
many copies of his own book for friends,
tliut when his publisher's statement
came it shotvod a credit In his favor of
ju-t $30.50. Had ho typewritten his man
uscript the novel would have thrown hiui
into debt.
Went Virginia's Samson.
j Mat Kramer of Putnam county, who is
; supposeil by men who know him to be iho
! strongest man in tho civilized world, is
' ttracting attention of the sporting Vlr
; cles far and near. One of his recent feats
' ! in which almost superhuman strength is
' j called into account was the following:
: He raised, apparently with the greatest
ease, a huge pedestal, weighing 1,300
pounds, and held it aloft above his head
for several seconds,
i Mr. Kramer is over six feet in height,
i and tips the beam at 285 pounds. It has
I been frequently asserted by papers in
• section of tho state that ho has exhibited
• deeds of strength that would make the
i renowned Australian giant turn green
! with envy.
r There are men who will stake SI,OOO
r that lie Is the strongest human being hi
: existence today.
J Marriage a Failure.
j The marriage-rate appears to lie on
tho decline throughout Europe. In Eng
land and Wales barlvlws now marry ata
mean age of 20.3 years, and spinsters at
84.6 year", the age at marriage exhibiting
r a ten lenry ti> increase The average
number of births to a marriage Is for
9 England and Wales about I 1-2, the aver
age for Duly being 5.45. Prussia 4.92,
Austria 5,53, aud France 3.42. In Eng
' land ami Wales the average duration ol
r married life lias been computed at about
twenty-seven years.—Exchange,
MESSRS. PROCTER & GAMBLE, Cw
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unnecessary, as it certainly is unsolicited, yet I take great pleasure in
testifying to the excellence of your IVORY SOAP, and thanking you for
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It has entirely supplanted the use of Castile and other fine soaps in my
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A good test I find for the purity of a soap is to try it with a brush for
cleansing the teeth, and the taste of the Ivory so used is perfectly sweet
and clean.
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ihey ARE NOT, but like ail counterfeits, Uck the peculiar and remarkable qualities
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