The sultan of Turkey has Bottled that little claim of s:,,000, but ho docs not wish his action In our rase to be accepted as a precedent h other nations. The , eye of an educated person Is about the nardoHt worked member of the body, as it travels over an average of 2500 miles of printed matter in a lifetime. However, the pleasure given the mind Is a quid pro quo for the work performed by the eye. Berlin street boys will learn better manners If many suffer the fate of two lads who upset a bunt of the kaiser and then made scurrilous remarks bout It Though the oldest was only 16, they were sent to Jail for a month. The emperor's sense of humor is rudi mentary. , The medical crusnao ft pa I nut the mosquito Is marching on to the ex termination of the house fly. At pres ent mankind Is fortified behind screens and nettings against the attacks of both these enemies. OflVnsive meas ures agnlnst the small Macbeth have only JiFt begun, but every movement against tho one involves the destruc tion of the other. Statistics published by the telephone companies show that, more than 1800 farmers within a radius of 30 miles of tho city limits of Chicago have tele phones In their homes. This, includes only telephones In connection with regular exchanges, connecting with the country sents and other towns, niid all can be readied from Chicago. Be sides this showing, there are numerous country people who own their own telephones on private lines with neigh bors. An Influential movement hns been started In Italy with the object of bringing about prison reform. The punishment of solitary confinement hns existed In Italy for ten years, and the general opinion is that It is In finitely worse than death. Official fig ures show that of (very hundred con victs so punished 17 commit suicide and 19 go mad. Frrvlous to the aboli tion of capital punishment only 22 of every 100 murderers condemned were actually executed. Every device Invented for the pro tection of human lue Is welcomed by humanity, and the Inventors have, or at least should be given, a high plaeo upon tho roll of honor. Tho latest in vention In this line is named the "top ophone," and Is Intended for the pre vention of collisions at sea. The top ophone registers even slight sounds far outside the range of tho human ear, and by enabling fog horns to be heard at Immense distances, will greatly minimize, existing risks In thick weather. The necessity for Irrigation by gov ernment Is thus emphasized by Tro fessor Wiley, of tho United States agri cultural department: "It is evident that all the lands sultablo for agri culture In the United States have been taken up. Hence, the Increase In agri cultural production will no longer be secured, as heretofore, by extending the area under cultivation. The only extension of this kind, of any consider able magnitude, which the future gives promise of, Is In tho reclamation of the arid lands of our country. When, by the best engineering skill, all the available water of the arid regions Is placed under tribute and conducted over the areas where it can bo profit ably employed, we may see many mil lions of acres of very fertile soils added to the areas now available for agricul tural purposes." Thrift has become a world-wide habit All within tho last century, at the beginning whereof savings banks were unknown, all the nations have become Inoculated with Ben Franklin's gospel of economy, and today very nearly $9,000,000,000 are written on the avlngs bank books of Europe and America. Examining the details of this vast total of world-thrift, as re ported by the Swiss Journal of Sta tistics, the fact appears that while the American people lead the world In the total amount of their savings bank de posits $2,500,000,000, roundly stated yet Germany, France and Oreat Britain all lead ua in the number of their de positors. Eight In every 100 Amer icana have savings bank accounts, but 26 In every 100 Germans, 25 in every 100 Frenchmen and 22 In every 100 Britishers have them. Quite signifi cant Is the fact that little Switzerland leads all Europe in the general thrift of ber simple,, Industrious, republican people, nearly 42 In every 100 of whom have money In the savings banks, and the average amount due to them la $148 to each, which la" much higher than the average due to the British, German or French,' depositor. HABtT. The river enrves a rlmnnol to the hps. I'lie clinniicl holds the river in its wny. Ho Unlit enrves the course of Icstiny. We ure tomorrow whnt we will tmlnyl Harper's llmnnr. I LIONS and an AUTOMOBILE, i A South African Sketch. ST S. '. 1. SHI II AH. It Is greatly In favor of tho auto mobile in South Africa that It Is not subject to the fatal "horse Blckness," or to the ravages of the tsetse fly. As yet, however, horseless rarrlsges are not very numerous there. One of the first was brought Into the country by a young Fng'.lsh ranchman, named Al bert illil. In addition to Its tank a twenty-gallon can of gasoline or oil was trans ported, which for a time added materi ally to the weight of tho outfit. Hill himself, however, weighed not more than lit! pounds; and his entire out fit, excluding fuel, was kept down to less thnn 50 pounds. The young ranch man possessed tho nlmhlonoss which Is ono of the advantages of light weight, and this agility stood him In good stead, as will be fecn. There wero rivers and creeks to be crossed where thero wero no bridges. HilTs method In these exigencies wns to wade across In advance, and pull the automobile over with a line. A little after sunset one evening, while ho was passing beneath some mabolo trees, a leopard attempted to drop upon him, but miscalculated his speed and landed In the road behind. Tho animal was as much disgusted, either with Its 111 success, or with the gaseous odor of the machine, that It sneaked away without further effort to molest the ranchman. At another time, while ho was pass ing a swamp which the road skirted, a buffalo charged out niter him. For fifty yards It was nenrly a 'drawn race, when tho motor carriage showed the better speed and pulled away. These, however, were but unimpor tant Incidents, soon over; the real ad venture of the trip befell Hill after en tering Mashonaland. He was now in a tract of country which was remote from settlers' ranches. At a little past noon one day he was crossing a kind of grassy marsh. In the wet sea son such depressions are shallow lakes, the shores of which are marked by an Irregular fringe of m'pamo trees. The road was here merely a trail over the beaten-down grass, but there were I neither stones nor logs to obstruct the traveler; ana tne i.ittio ajhx, as miii called hli Bmall motor carriage, was puffing fcsrward at a fair rate of speed anC approaching the fringe of wood. Suddenly the underbrush Immediate ly ahead toemcd with antlored heads, and the next moment the solitary scout found himself in the midst of a herd of dulker-bok, not fleeing from him, but rushing upon him, running madly out into the open marsh. As many as 200 of the animals dashed bf him as he was passing through the thin fringe of trees. In his astonishment at this unex pected stnmpede, Hill did not, for the moment, reflect that the cause of It must be near nt hand; but the cause disclosed itself promptly. Not forty yards awny stood a number of largo lions thnt had evidently been stalking the dulker-bok. Ho had hardly taken in this startling sight, when he heard a tremendous roar a little way to the left, and saw another Hon even bigger than the others thnt had Just killed a buck, and was standing over its prey. There was no time to unstrap his carbine, no time for anything. The in stinct which prompts the locomotive driver, when ho sees a head-on col lision coming, to shut off and Jump, led Hill to give one convulsive shove at the steering lever and leap clear of the vehicle. His Idea was to get into the fringe of timber and climb a tree; but he had already passed most of tho trees. The nearest was a largo old trunk that had fallen partly over and lay at an angle of 45 degrees or less, Its top lodged In another smaller tree which had arrested its fall, and acted as a prop to hold It up. He made a dash for this Inclined tree, and ran up 15 or 20 feet to where a large brnnch rose certieally. Twisting his body nimbly around this branch. Hill glanced back to see what tho lions were doing. Luckily for him, they wero being en tertainod by the motor carriage. The machine was still going, and seemed fully to occupy their attention as a new and very dubious sort of game, Tho movements of the little automo bile u Bomewhat laughable. The hard shove to left which Hill had givon the steering" handle caused the machine to describe a vagrant circuit out on the veld beyond the trees. There were thorn bushes, thin, dry grass and numbers of stones in the open; but the Little AJax was accus tomed to such obstructions, and waddled its way merrily over them, de scribing a circle and coming round again, as If looking for its master and loath to leave him behind. The Hons were clearly mystified, alike from what they saw, heard and amelled. Tbey backed off and came round In the rear of the machine, eye ing It with doubt and dlsfator. When it turned they doubled to the rear of It again; and the big lion' with the buck, when he saw It coming In his direction, seized his prey in his mouth, and with an angry growl bounded off out of the track of the queer monstros ity. Then be stood up and roared again. Two of the other lion were not fully grown. Apparently they did not quite dare to spring upon the lifelike yet malodorous creature, but kept follow ing it, charging close up behind it at one moment, then falling back. The other larger lions or lionesses squatted at a distance In the grass and watched It. Stones and bushes were constantly deflecting the direction of the motor carriage; and before long It ran Into another larger bush, or clnmp of bushes, that brought It to a standstill, although It continued puffing and pushing at the obstruction. For some time the lions watched It, but grew listless or Indifferent to the performance, and went out toward the b!p.( U-ir.cr.cd Hen with tho buck. He was not disposed to divide with them, nnd greeted their approach with menacing growls. All four then squatted down to watch him with snarls and envious looks, and Hill now made the mistake of thinking that he might get down and possess himself of his carbine as he would have to go no more than 150 feet, and the Hons were now three times the, distance away. Ho fancied that tho gyrations of the automobile hnd caused them to for get him. if, indeed, they had ever really noticed Ms e'cjipe. But descending tho inclined tree trunk slowly proved a more difficult font than running up rapidly; when part way down he slipped and slid to the ground, making some noise. Re gaining his feet as nimbly as possible, ho glanced hastily toward the lions only to see, to his dismay, that ono of the two young ones had heard or seen him and was bounding toward him; also that the other three "ad started up and were about to follow. Nothing remained for it but to make a dash back up the slanting tree trunk. When about half-way up he nearly lost his foothold, and barely saved himself from tumbling back. The lion was close upon him. With an ugly growl it attempted to ascend the tree-trunk, nnd thrust up a paw with extended nails; but It lost Its footing and fell Into the dry grass be low. A moment later It dashed up the trunk ngain, but wns not agile enough to pass the obstructing upright branch, behind which Hill was sheltering him self. The lion clung, however, growling and snarling, with one paw clasped around the branch. Hill could have retreated further into tho top of the tree, but he feared that tho lion might work Its body around the branch and effect a lodgment In the top Itself. Ho had a strong pocket knife, and cutting a smaller limb for a club, struck the lion so stiff a blow with It that the ani mal, uttering a roar, fell to the ground. Infuriated by tho blow, the beast in stantly charged up a third time; but Hill had now secured a good hold with his left hand, and dealt such blows with his club at the brute's head and paws that again it leaped to the ground, roaring and snarling from baffled rage. Its outcries Incited tho others to make an attack; and amidst a horrible chorus of roars and growls, first ono, then another, and soon two or three at a time came charging up the tree-trunk. Only one, however, could approach the difficult point or passage around the upright branch; and whenever a paw was thrust about tho branch. Hill hammered It with the club so vigorously as nearly to crush it. Two of the Hons were already bleed ing at the nose, and all four appeared to have had enough of the effort to scale the tree-trunk; but they hnd be come wrought up to such a state of fury that Hill had little hope that they would leave the place that night. A fresh expedient presently suggest ed itself, however; Hill had matches in his pocket, and gathering wads of dryl bark or moss rrom the tree-trunk, ho Ignited them and then dropped them Into the dry grass under the tree. Soon a ring of fire and smoke began to spread. The four lions finally made off through the fringe of trees, and soon Hill saw the ono that had killed the duiker-bok bounding away with tho carcass In its mouth. Although far from certain thnt the liona would not return and attack him, Hill was forced to descend and run to the automobile before the fire reached it, lest there might be an explosion of his fuel tank and cartridges. The Little AJax was still puffing away at the obstructing bush, all ready to go on when released. Hill's first thought was of his rai'jine; but the flro wns close upon the machine, and after a nlnglo glance about him through the smoke, he backed out of the bush and went on at speed. The Hons did not pursue him. Youth's Companion. Instruction. This premonition of evil I strove to throw off with an affectation of gayety. I feigned' astonishment that anybody should charge the cooking schools with never having really taught us anything. "Why," protested I, "there Is now none, I daresay, who does not know he has a stomach!" "Truly!" cried the woman, my wife, her eyes aglow with earnestness. "And of course it was not until they had the people thUB well grounded in the ruulments that the cooking schools could proceed to teach what was at all transcendental!" Detroit Journal. Wealth aud Haulielarhood. The better off the men are the more unwilling they are to marry. The prin cipal men before the public now are Cecil Rhodes, Lord Kitchener and Mr. Arthur Balfour all mature bachelors of large means. The inelasticity of the marriage laws makes educated men calculate the odds against a reason ably comfortable life In the married' state. They have only to study their married neighbors to seethe odds are greatly against it. London Chronicle. FARM AND GARDEN. Clfiil the Roadside of Weed. Tt is perhaps not tho business of the farmer to keep the rondRldo clean by cutting down the weeds that grow on such places, but, as tho seeds of weeds are carried to long distances by the winds, the farmer who keeps the road side clenr of weeds will have fewer weeds on bis farm. Keep the Hay In the Rarn. A lnrgo proportion of tho hny nnd fodder produced on farms is stnrked, but hay stored In tho bnrn will keep In much better condition thnn when stored in stacks. It Is almost Impos sible to escape loss when It Is exposed in stocks. Damaged hny will be wasted by the animals, nnd there Is an additional loss In qnnllty by expos ure thnt may not occur In tho mow. It Is better to sell the hny that cannot be stored In the mow thnn to accept risk of the weather. . ,:. The from In Karsr. ' The question lias been discussed n to whether there Is n larger profit In eggs In winter than In summer. It Is not denied that In winter prices nre nt times very high, but It may happen that but few of the hens are then lny Intf, while tho expense of maintaining the non-layers ndds to the cost of the eggs. In the summer season eggs nre low, but ns the hens can then largely sustain themselves tho cost Is reduced. As tho fowls fornjre and pick up many nrtlcles of food that would be other wise wasted, It is really the onso that many farmers sell egfrs In summer that did not cost nnytiilng nt nil. An other fact Is that n latter proportion of tho hens lay In summer, nnd those thnt nre unproductive enn be made fat nnd sent to market at less cost than during nny oilier season of tho year. Ham. Shed nnd Poultry Ilonse. The cut shows an addition to the side of a bnrn covering a side door and affording n house for poultry nnd sn open shed for the poultry to scratch In during tho winter. It affords a chance also for cows to find protection during showers on summer night g when they nre confined In the stable rr.! op rnn bcilpiho. yard. If tho horse si nils aro ndjacent to the side door, the horse manure enn be thrown out Into this open shed for tho hens to scratch over, a little grain being thrown Into It. Tho barnyard fence enn be mndo fowl-tight as well as cow-tight, thus obviating the neces sity for a separate poultry yard. New England Homestead. Acre of Dandelion. Yield. "-1O0O. Tho dnndellon is but little grown In this country ns n vegetable, other than In some parts of New Euglnnd. Some of tho market gardeners In the vicin ity of Boston claim to have taken ns much as $1000 worth from nu acre. The variety known ns tho Improved French thick leaved Is the best nnd most generally known. It is not nt nil particular as to soil or situation In fact, It will thrive anywhere but the larger profits nre made In growing it on a heavy loam, with good tilth. The seed should be sown after May 1, but good results nre obtained when grown as a second crop, tho seed being sown as late ns August 1. Tho soil should bo finely prepared, ns the seeds uro very small, and the young plnnts becnuso of their dark color aro qulto Inconspicuous. K,w In drills one foot npart nnd cover thinly. Boll tho ground after sowing. In or der to seo where the vows nre a Utile lettuco seed should bo mixed wi.h If. say, two ounces to the acre. The lot tuco will plainly show tho rows. Cultivate In summer so thnt weeds will not grow. Upon tho approach of cold weather cover with nny coarse litter and reniovo sanio In early spring. One-quarter of a pound of seed is sulti clout for nn acre. ltural New Yorker. The ftnlanced nations. If silngo Is cheaper thnn dried corn and cheaper nnd belter than roots; if clover, soy beans and the peas and nil tho other possible leguminous crops aro ns valuable sources of protein as tho by-products of the mills and trusts, nnd they will balance the ration to the fullest requirements of tho good cow, and do it more cheaply than the feeds of commerce, theu why should they not grow on nil our farms? Then the balancing may bo done at home. Tasturage is hero, end it is well to maintain our balance. Tho cow Is In business for life. If you sturved or neglected her lust winter your good green grass of this spring is being charged back to tho winter's unbnl a nee. And tho spring's abundance of verdure should not delude us into any unbusinesslike reluxutlon of our solid tude and provision for the time when the grasses full and the tiles increase and multiply. We may reflect now when our cows nre enjoying tho ful ness of the spring thnt each one is eat ing about 100 pounds of grass, and that It is a well balanced ration; that It has about the suino food conatltu ents as 100 pounds of milk. This Is only so when tho grass Is at Its per fection; as it grows older it loses Its pulatoblllty as well as Its solubility, and the balauce Is lost. The cow se cures less than she bad In perfect pas tare grass, a decline In production Is Inevitable In spite of all the drafts she uckei qdou her reserve forces In her fe-';V. efforts to sustain tho balance, for the good cow loves her master. I have seen cows penned In a dusty pasture working awny nt the grass roofs, when Jnst over tho fence waved and fluttered rich green corn, fifteen tons to the acre, nil waiting to get rlpo and dry to be fed to tho cows the next winter for them to balance up on, nnd the owner thereof hnvo "no stock" In ft bnlsnced ration nnd no balanced ra tion In his stock. Surely feed de ferred mnkcth the milk fall. W. F. MeSparran, In National Stockman. i Iteantlfylnt the Farm Home. Farm life Is too often devoid of con. venlenees and smnll attractions which nre Inexpensive, and which add so greatly to tho comfort of those who prnctlcally spend their lives within the confines of the home acre. There is less of tho higher civilization In farm life thnn Is compatible with the' ability of the occupants to obtain.' There aro a dozen and ono things that might bo added to farm homos which' would enable ono to enjoy In its ful ness tho comfort and freedom of our surroundings. Tho average farmhouse hns at the rear, or side, from the kitchen what fe-JL-' V ',.' H I ' 1 itif!J- v'.V . t A RIMPI.K BI? APT rORCIt. may be called a stoop or porch, though usually consisting of n step or two lending from the door to the ground. The Illustration shows how a simple, i Inexpensive nnd shady porch may be made. If It Is considered too expen sive to hnve this structure permanent with a regulation battened or shingled roof, the framework only need bo erected, using for the roof a few yards of protecting cloth, such ns Is used for hotbeds. Ry stretching this tight nnd J nt about the same pitch as shown In tho Illustration It will shed water per fectly. A broad bench Is placed nt one end of this porch and a roomy tnblo nt tho other. Vines may bo plnnted in tho rich soli nt either end of tho porch nnd trained on cords or narrow wire netting up over tho roof. to provide nddltlonnl shndo. If tho structure is ninde pennnnent. hardy vines tho honeysuckles, Virginia creeper, nkehln aud clematis may bo planted ou one side nnd a climbing rose on the other. The first season climbing annuals may be used to se cure quick shade, using morning glory, climbing nasturtiums and the like. The good housewife will nssurcdly ap preciate such a convenience, which will enable her to do much of her work In tho fresh, cool air. Instead of In tho hot kitchen. Tho broad scat will be useful when vegetables nro to be pro pared or other work done which may be performed sitting. Such a covered porch Is Inexpensive, and may be niado by nny one bandy with tools. New York Trlbuuo. Ilalntinn of Salt to Dairying. Cows should bo salted regularly, or, better still, Bliould huvo constant ac cess to salt. The practice of salting them onco a week Is not a good one, as most cnttlo will lick a littlo salt every day If they can get It. Thus provided they will yield mora and better mill: than otherwise, nnd will iiIho malutulu a better degrco of health. As salt provokes thirst, the milch an imal should have as freo access to wnter ns to the sallun mineral, or tho latter will do her more harm than good. Speaking of salt leads mo to say that some failures In dairy butter nmkiiig I have noted cnine about by Kilting tho ciiUlo and tho butter out of tij Piimo barrel. In other words, coarse, Insolublo palt wns used for the butter, when only tho highest and most rcfiued grade should be employed. Salt that Is not so'.uole will not pcr mento the s'i'.isl:inuc of butter evenly, and thus rancidity may be Induced. Again, grains o? tn'.t lu butter always detract from Its appearance, nud nro Inimical to ovou flavor, from these causes tilone lowering Its market value. Let us say here that there aro to-day just as line grades of American dairy alt produced ns come from Eughind. Americnu milch cuttle fed on Amer ican grass produce butter suited with American salt that is tho peer of any on earth, and Is so conceded lu for eign markets. In attaining this result, however, ono must utilize tho best of every thing, thinking not thnt poor or cheap material can be Introduced with im punity to future quality. I know a dairyman once who, In a spasm of economy (?) sought to save fifty cents by purchasing a cheaper grudo of snlt thuu was his wont, and litter lost on his shipment of butter thereby $7. It was ono of the most effective les sons he could have been tnught in practical dairying, exemplifying aa It did that cheap material always pro duces cheap quality. When It comes to cheese making suit holds Just as Im portant a position as in other dairy Hues, I. e., that solubility and purity are highly necessnry. Tho relation of salt, be It under stood, to all phases of dairying Is a highly important one, and because this fact Is so little appreciated accounts for many dairy failures. George E. Newell, In American Cultivator. Inoculation hoi lowered fatal cases Id cholera from ten to two per cant. OTTO AND THE AUTO. lis strung hot fs.hion rosses M c',", WMT: .:"?.. .teed, but , now the s cedlrss tire. So Otto hoiigl t an auto, o as not to be tuition?. . ,. But the tliii wn autocratic, As well ss I utmnntie, And the niilnlwottldn t auto as it otjht to, so to s irak. Tfe thought to g t n suto operator for Ilia And flrnt he tried circus man and then he tried s Turk, . .. For he knew the cirriH man diovo fifty horsrs with success And if a man be shifty Knoupli to manage fifty. It's palpahln rnmmh ho ought to Man age one horse less. At for the Turk, 'tis also plain, deny it if yon enn, . . He ought to ran an nuto, since a i.irus an Ottoman. . , ,, 'Twas all no ue. so Otto moved to A.a Immn, purely, Tlin. he mitsht snv: "I m Otto, From Mobile, and my motto: "A Mobile Otto ought to run nn au.omo bile surely." Then Otto sought to auto on the ar.'.o ns he oiuht ti. But the auto sought to auto ns Otto never thought to. .... So Otto be got. hot, oh, very hot! ns he ought not to. 'And Otto snid: "This nuto ought ti nuto nnd it's got to." And Otto tnvqht t!ie auto, nnd tlie nuto it foualit Otto. Till the auto nl?o got too hot to n-.tto ai it ought t", And then, gmit frolt! t!m nuto tliot to heaven so did Otto Where Otto's nuto autos now as Otto's auto oiifiht to. Edmund Vance Cuoke, in the Sine; I HA. Mrs. Smith (looking at Ilat)-"HutI don't see any closets." Mr. Smith "Why, my dear, every room's n closet." Town and Country. ".Tabes don't seem to get nloli?:, does he?" "No, but I think he could make fnnnln' pny If he studied it ns hard as he does checkers."-Tuck. "I don't believe In parading my vir tues," said r.lythe. "No. I guess not," retorted Illggs. "It takes several to make a parade." Indluur.pnlls News. lie ordered n saddle of mutton, The wnitrr bromdit it. of course; Snid he niter tiying to curve it, " 'Tis the saddle, no doubt, of a horse. Chicago News. Sir Lucius OTrig?er "Tho glut!-'-mail I hnve the honor to ropreslnr, being near-sighted, Insists on standing three feet nearer his adversary tliau bis adversary to him." King. Her cheeks were of n rosy hue, Her hnir a golden sheen. Her oars were pink, her eves wero blue, And yet, despite nil this, lis true. With envy she was green. l'liiliidilpliin Record. Jimmy "Sny, wud yor llko to have long curls llko dnt Van Tassel kid?" Illllr "Not on yer life! Why. when he como out of swlmmlu' It would take two hours for his hnlr to dry." Chi cago News. Nell "Mr. Weston paid mo quite a compliment nt dinner last evening. Ho told me I nto llko n bird." Hello "Well, he's n good Judge. He runs nu istrleh farm, you know." Philadel phia Record. "Itrlggs must bo getting queer lu his fop story." "What's the proof ?" "Ho hnd his bare head out of bis ofllco window nt noon yesterday, nnd when I asked him what ho was doing, ho said ho couldn't afford n regular hair cut and was trying a singe." Cleve land rinln-Dcnler. "Johnny, here you nro nt breakfast witli your faco ttuwnMiod." "I know it, mnmma. I saw tho little things thnt live in wnter through papa's ml. eroseope last evening, nnd I'm not going to have them erawlln' all over my face with their funny Utile legs!" Modorn Society. Magistrate "I nm told that you hnvo already been convicted fourteen times on this snmo charge. Aren't you nshiiined to have to acknowledge to that?" Prisoner "No, Your Wor ship. I don't thluk no liimi ougliterbo ashamed of 'is con wlct Ions." Magis trate "Two mouths, without .tho op tion of a fine." Picl;-lIo-L'p. More Afraid or Woman Than ot Man. The driver was beating his horso un mercifully. Olio or two nieu remon strated ugalnst such cruelty, but ho paid uo attention to their appeals for mercy. Presently a woman hove In eight, and ho1 laid down his v. hlp nud assumed an air of innocence. "That's always tho way," said a by stander. "It Is queer how much uioro afraid thoso fellows nro of a woman thnn they aro of a man.- They treat our threats with contempt, nud seem not to bold us lu tho slightest dread, but Just let a woiuau happen along and they quiet dowu and becomo meek as putty. I suppose It la because the women really mean business, for it is a fact that two-thirds of tho com plaints turned into tho ofllco of the So ciety for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals nre furnished by them. This, of course, Is In accord with tho repu tation of tho sex for gentleness, but I really don't think It speaks very well for us men,"-Now York Sun. Thousands tu Win a 850 Cup, Yachting Is the most expensive sport In tho world. ) It costs more to wiu a mug ofi'ered tot a yacht race than to carry off a prise offered for compe tition In any other sport- Yachtsmen will spend thousands of dollars, nud tnkti endless trouble, to win a $."0 cup. No heavy stakes are raced for In yachting, and, in this country tho most successful yacht of the year will fall a long way abort of winning enough to pay ber expenses. Muusey's Mnga cine. Of Spain's iurfaee only thlrtyjcvcn per ceut. Is cultivated, twenty-six per cent bolng pnj sture aud forest, old the Kit wild and barren uiouutalu land. We nnfA 1,000 lepers. Investigations regarding tho num ber and histories of persons suffering from leprosy In this country are being conducted by persons connected with the surgeon general's office ai Wash ington. These Investigations, It la hoped, will furnlBh valuable statistic and will open the way tp learning the best possible method for checking the ipread ot the loathsome disease. They4 have awakened the Interest of hun drds of physicians In every State, especially In Louisiana and some west irn States, where the disease haa pread rapidly In recent years. The results of tbe Investigations have so far revealed that there are atx case In New York, six In Chicago and nearly 100 In New Orleans. Most of the persons reported to be suffering from leprosy were born In foreign coun tries. In the southern States the ma jority of the victims are Italians, and) In the western States Swedes. It Is estimated that there are 1.000 lepers In the United States, exclusive, of course, of the Hawaiian vU'.lms. Hard TasU ot Vnrm Among the Arabs of t'ppef Egypt tha youth who proposes to a girl must submit to a whipping at the hands ot her male relntlves; and, says a narra tor, "If he wishes to bo considered worth having, he must receive the chastisement, which is soiaotimes ex' ceedlngly severe, with an expression of enjoyment." Notwithstanding. It 14 the maiden herself who Imposes thf rnr make their lovers Btand at a slf" Distance from a clever suenr-thre and catch between the arm and every spear thrown at them. If youth "displays fear or falls to the spear, he Is Ignoml.ilously rejoi but If there be no fil.ichlng and spears are caught he is at once claimed an accepted lver." John Chlnamnn I' itching: On. Ahout a vear ago tho Hawaiian ernment attempted to burn up i plague-Infected buildings, and 1 doing set fire to local Chinatown sowing the seed of a crop of now ready for harvest'ng. A n, and a half was appropriated ti them, but they have rlready ex 15.000.000. and are still coming Is a new role for Jo'.in Chlnat annear In. but as a (1 'butant I to be denied that he shows con1 ble talent Employment of Eiurated Neeroe. Prof. Du Bols repo::s that one-hall of the 1,312 college-bred negroes heard from at this year's Atlanta University Conference are engaged in teaching; one-sixth are preaching, and one-sixth are "professional men," or are still studying. Six per cent are merchants, artisans or farmers. Pour per cent are employed by the government At lenst half a dozen scientists are now carefully studying ennlls. The reason, according to one) of them, la becaiiKO there littlo nnlmnls ro ex tra ordinarily sympathetic and Intelli gent. In ninny of the perfume factories of South Kurope only the purest olive oil Is used lu llxiiig the perfume of flowers. L. M.SNYDER, Practical Ilorse-Shoer and General Blacksmith,' Horse shoeing done in the neatest- mannef amI tiy tho littcMt Improved methods. He iKilrlng of nil kinds cureMlly and promptly dene, satisfaction Udahantskd. HORSE CLIPPING Have Just received a complete set of Ma ,-liino hurt clipper of latest style 'Ml puttora i ml nm prepared to do dipping, in the beat possible niHitiier at rtHo!iiIe rates. Jkckauast. ueurl'ltth, Kiijr uoldsvllle, Pa. EVERY WOMAN Sometimes needs a reliable monthly regulaUng niedicuia, DR. PEAL'S PENNYROYAL PUIS. Are prompt, safo and certain !n resulC Thmn Ae (lr, Peal's) uofer dlsappolut, . 1.00 par tooaV Tar sals by H. Alex. Btoka. f WrltN In DOUIJTjTRY itrv hawea ttoot.theteitolyttui. and have cured ftboutand of Cam of Nrvom U , luctt M Ltebility, builncts, bUepUtt peai and Varkoccl, Atrophy, &o Xhy dearth brain, itrencthtn the clrculatioa. .ak digtitlaa tttritct. and impart a Mtuthv vigor to the wl.ola balna. All drama and loitct ar caackod kJSk. rv w t-v Strong Again. 0trmaM4Mtiy. Unlcia patiaata ara oronarlv curad. lhfr coadi tioa ofttn worric them intoluanity, Coasuasp tior or Daath. MalUd laalid. Prica fti mi boat 6 boxatt with iroo-elad Leg I f utrmnte to cure off lefuud the aaoaey, 9i.oo. Send in tree boea. For sale by ft. Alex Stoke. HttrfrMira4. OS aorta. . auMHI. tkatok.l! rpownciTMrporoaiuwiiir. SMS'aowu louDitiau.s rmiiriaiiiiiilTilauti," rill. Fftlrvrt lml tvf aScr". Uvtor rTiT uwnu or tsars raAOTIcl.'J mitIm. Uoetrw. ahriM. I VC. A.GNOW&COJ MTINT LAWYCaa, C mOap.U.&NsMrtOffhw, VASHMUmm, l &N f I f j tf 1 V
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