Anti-Rlienmatic Potatoes.
Corporal Tanner, of the Algiers pre j
dnct, sat out In front of the stnttoD I
the other night In his shirt sleeves and |
took In the glorious breeze that came I
down Morgan street In all Its glory. It |
has been a rure occurrence to see the
Corporal In negligee attire. He has been
suffering terribly from rheumatism,
and throughout the summer has worn
his heavy woolen coat, even when the
humidity would woo It from him. When
fate had him transferred to Algiers an
Irish lady living over there told him of
the virtues of the imtnto. She gave him
two small "prathies" to carry In his
trousers pockets, and he swears that
he at once felt the rheumatism sneak
ing from his bones. In a few nights it
was all gone. The potatoes have begun
to get as hard as a rock, and Corporal
"Bill" swears he will carry them
through life.—Chicago News.
ITS WORST FORM
All Symptom* of Catarrh Have Disap
peared Sitice Taking Hood's.
"My daughter has had catarrh in its,
Worst form since she was four years old.
She obtained only temporary relief from
medicines until she began taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla. Since using this medicine
tho disagreeable symptoms of the disease
have entirely disappeared." M. W. Sllsby,
Hartland. N. Y. Remember
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
llflAfl'c Dillc as>ist Digestion and cure
■IDUII 5 rlliS Constipation. 26 cents.
What Children Fear.
President G. Stanley Hall of Clark
University has been collecting facts
concerning the fears of children. The
fears of children, he says, are gener
ally created by parents and servants
He found that 1,701 children had 6,-
450 fears, the leading ones being the
fear of lightning and thunder, reptiles
strangers, the dark, deatfy, domestic
animals, disease, wild animals, water, j
ghosts, Insects, rata and mice, robbers,
high winds, etc.
A few of these fears are rational. Ir
New Jersey no children were found to
be afraid of high winds, but in the
West that fear naturally leads all oth
erR. At Trenton, however, sixty-twc
children were found who dreaded the
end of the world, n fear created entire
ly by adult teaching. His tabulation
shows what education can do In this '
respect.
No child was found to be afraid of
the devil. Two hundred years ago and
less that fear would have led all the
rest. Few were found who were
afraid of ghosts, a fear that would
have stood high on the list not long
ago. The fear of robbers and of wild j
animals Is a survival, though robbers I
have not disappeared as completely as
the wild animals.
Forty-six New Jersey children were '
afraid of being burned alive, a mon
strous thing to Inculcate in the child
mind Fear will always be one of the
strongest influences In human life, but
at least It Is possible by teaching wlial
real danger consists of to eradicate i
groundless fears.—Chicago Tribune. j
Klondike Trademarks.
The Klondike craze has had Its effect i
on the Patent Office, as has been shown i
by the application for trademarks ,
bearing tho word. Two or three patents
have been applied for for objects av hlcli I
might be better suited for the gold
fields there than elsewhere, but the i
chief clerk refuses t<> t-ll of them.
When a girl does not look with favor |
upon a young man's suit he should :
transfer his patronage to another j
tailor.
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE. ■%—
Heat, sense of tenderness and swelling of a part,, BbBBSL^
are all indications that there is need of instant repair HM.
—the stitch in time. Where these symptoms exist on KMC* V. >*//;***>• ; P
the left or the right side of the womb, disease of the
ovary is setting- in, and soon there will be, if there Kb/]ljfflj fOßaJok
is not already established, a discharge, trifling at Wv/
first, but later copious and irritating. Soon, also,
there will be felt dull, dragging pains radiating from
Do not, my sister, let your malady go so far, but ) 11^
those of you who are already suffering in this / / JF
way should begin at once a course of treatment j* jn
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable C ompound. J ,
It will restore the organs to their normal eon- / \
In this connection Mrs. E. L. Mvekr. Quak-/ j I
ake, Pa., says: 44 My ovaries were badly dis-j M
eased, and for almost a year I suffered with se- • *
verc burning pains which were almost unendurable, and a dull, heavy pain h
the lower portion of my back. If standing 1 was most relieved with my foot
resting on a stool or chair. The doctor told me I would have to take my
bed and keep quiet. I had not used half a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound before it worked wonders with me. I now owe my health
to the Compound. To those who are suffering from diseases peculiar to wo
men, I would say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is just what
they need."
Mrs. Pinkham wishes to befriend you, and if you will write her at Lynn,
Mass., telling her just how you feel, she will give you the very best advice
free of charge. Think what a privilege it is to be able to write to a woman
who is learned in all these matters, and willing to advise you without charge.
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"Forbid a Fool a Thing and that ha will do."
Don't Use
SAPOLIO
|t Vegetable Sicilian jk
MairßeneweM
It b a renerver, because
RsSfTjf it makes new again*
S Old hair is made new t YJj-fj
the gray changed to the
nXjul color of youth. \ffJr
SIOO Reward. SHOO.
The readers of this paper will he pleased to
le&ru that there is at leasi one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally. acting dn-ectly upon the blood and mu
cous* surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. Chknky & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
There la a Class of People
Wlio are Injured by the use of coffee. Re
cently there has been placed in all the grocer/
stores a new preparation called Orain-O.mado
of pure grains, tuat takes tho place of coffee.
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
It does not cost over one-quarter us much.
Children may drink it with great benefit. 15
cts. and 25 cts. per packago. Try it. Ask for
liraiu-O.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Creat
None Restorer. 32 trial bottle and treatise free
Da. It. H. Kline. Ltd.. 921 Arch St..Phila..Pa.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums,reducing inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 26c.a bottle.
Origin of "Blue Blood."
The origin of the term "blue blood"
Is most suggestive. After the black
Moors were driven out of Spain the
i aristocracy of Spain was held to con-
I Hist of those who traced their lineage
j back to the time before the Moorish
conquest. These people were whiter
than those who had been mixed with
Moorish blood. The veins upon their
white hands were blue, while the blood
of the masses, contaminated by the
Moorisli infusion, showed black upon
their hands and faces. So the white
Spaniards of the old race came to de
| dare that their blood was "blue,"
while that of the common people was
black. The phrase passed 1o France,
where It had no such significance, and
was,ln fact, quite arbitrary, and thence
It came to England and America.
Caring for the Teeth.
j Do not eat, or do not feed your chll
| dren on, white bread, which Is deficient
' in phosphates, and causes the teeth to
I crumble. A little hard food requiring
! thorough mastication should be taken
at every meal. The teeth should be
brushed both night and morning. Avoid
sweets. Drink at least two quarts of
I water a day—a glass the first thing in
the morning, another the last thing be
; fore going to bed, the remaining quau
| tity between meals. Consult a good
dentist about every six months.—La
I dies' Home Journal.
Around the World on a Wheel.
Miss Annie Londonderry, the Ameri
can woman who has made a tour of
; the world on her bicycle, is now writ
ing an account of her experiences. She
j was unattended, and it required twe
I years and two months for her to make
the trip.
It is a rare man who commends; men
Like to tell how it should have been
I doue.
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Protect Trees"With Pino Tar.
To keep rabbits from injuring fruit
trees mix pine tar and grease equal
parts, rvarm and apply with a cheap
paint brush to the lower two feet of
the tree trunks.
I)o Hlolch Eat Vegetables?
I have insisted that the mole is a
vegetarian, eating se?d corn, roots of
plants, as of asparagus, sweet pota
toes, common potatoes, carrots, tur
nips and other plants, but those
chiefly. I have tested the contents of
the stomachs of a great manj' moles
caught in traps, and in every case
found starch in them, and on some
occasions have detected the actual
starch grains by the use of the mi
croscope. Iu 110 single case have I
found any animal matter, as the re
mains of grubs or worms, but the
vegetable matter has been found in all
examined without exception. This is
direct proof, while the French experi
menters have only such weak evi
dence as that the moles refused to eat
vegetable matter when in confine
ment.
Within a few days past I have made
a test. A mole was caught by hand as
he was pushing his way through a bed
of sweet potatoes, which had been bur
rowed through and through by the
pests. A barrel was sunk over two
hills of the row which had not so far
been eaten into. The mole was put
inside the barrel and kept a prisoner
for three days. When taken out he
had eaten every potato in the hill ex
cept the shells of some of them, and
in his Htomach was found the undi
gested pulp of his last meal. In the
attempt to escape he had burrowed
completely arouud the barrel, but hail
not gone deep enough to succeed.
Doubtless he might have doue so had
he been left longer in his prison. I
have found the dead moles in their
burrows on my lawn, where they had
died after a meal of poisoned corn.
It is the safest way to handle the
baits by means of a small-bladed
knife or pincers which have been bur
ied in the earth for a few hours, and
not to touch the bait with tho bands.
This animal is sly and wary, and like
the ground hog, another wretched
beast, will hear a footstep a long dis
tance and then lie quiet for a long
time waiting for the noise of the re
turning steps boforo it will make a
move.—H. S., in Country Gentleman.
Stacking- Hay Properly.
The accompanying sketch shows the
form of a stack that will best turn
water. A pole extends up through
the centre of the stack and a bit of
canvas or duck over the apex will as
sist in turning rain, paxticularly until
Jk
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WATER-PROOF STACK.
the hay is well settled. Light cords
extending down on all sides to pins
driven in the ground, will aid iu keep
ing the top of the stack from being
blown off. The stack should grow
gradually larger until the edge of the
"roof" is reached. Select a knoll for
a foundation, or put down hoards to
keep the moisture from soaking up
into the hay.—New England Home
stead.
A Remarkable Potato Crop.
The potato crop on the Cornell Uni
versity farm at Ithaca, N. Y., for 1897
is attracting very wide attention, be
cause of its high excelleuce at a time
when rot and blight are general
throughout the Atlantic Coast States.
The yield at the University, 011 indif
ferent, gravelly and loamy soil, which
has had no fertilizer for four years, is
800 bushels per acre, absolutely freo
from rot. The cost of tlie crop per
acre, liberally estimnted, is aboutf-UO,
in tho following itoms:
Seven cultivations (c, r .50 SB.CO
Four sprayings Ca> 1.00 4.00
Sixteen bushels 5eed...... 8.00
Flowing and planting.. . 3.00
Total ; . 418.00
The only item which is liable to
much increase is the cost of seed, the
seed in this case having been bought
vben potatoes were cheap. Now the
net price for the crop is sixty cents
per bushel, or 8180 an acre, leaving
8100 profit on each acre of the crop.
The la lid is of a kin'd ordinarily pur
chasable at about $;51) on acre for farm
purposes. It is well within the truth
to say that this crop (and others be
fore it) shows that with scientific
knowledge o potato'crop can lie pro
duced worth more than three times the
purchase value of the land it is raised
ou. ...
The important points in this suc
cessful potato culture are stated by tho
College of Agriculture to be: (1) prop
er fitting of the land; (2) proper plant
ing; (3) proper and sufficient cultiva
tion; (4) proper spraying. The last is
a specific against potato blight oiul po
tato rot. In raising this enormous
crop, the college neglected fertilizers,
and did not select laud best suited to
potato culture. Elsewhere on the farm,
these factors being added, the record
breaking yield of 380 bushels to the
acre has been reached. It should be
added that the potatoes are of uni
formly marketable quality, with no
waste. The average yield in this
State this year is estimated at not
more than sixty-five bushels to the
acre, and the largest average yield the
State has ever known was 120 bushels.
The prevention of blight and subse
quent rot by spraying with Bordeaux
mixture is an idea which is already
being taken up by farmers. The
usual method of using it, however, is
to wait until the blight appears, and
then spray. It is then too late. At the
university the potatoes are repeatedly
sprayed while green and healthy, and
the blight never appears. The report
of this amazing crop at Cornell, to
gether with the generally poor crop in
the State, has led to a great demand
for a recent bulletin of the experiment
station treating of potato culture and
the prevention of blight and rot, and
thousands of copies are being mailed
weekly to fanners.—New York Post.
New Deatroyer of Fruit Crops.
Reinforcements to the seventeen
year locusts, the gypsy moth, the
browntail moth and all the rest of the
busy army of fruit destroyers are to
be found in vast quantities in the
"Sau Jose scale." The San Jose
scale takes its name, not from the lo
cality to which it contines its depre
dations, but to the one in which it
first appeared. Since it made its de
but in California it has shown an im-
SAN JOSH SCALE.
partial fondness for every part of the
Union. Florida has not been too
warm for it, and Massachusetts has
pleased. New Jersey has not es
caped, and the Pacific coast as far as
British Columbia has appealed to it.
The scale, though appearing only
recently, has evidently spent several
cons in preparing to descend upon
the world. It is a microscopic insect
which pierces the green bark of the
tree with its proboscis and sucks the
sap. It has, doubtless with an eye
to this ago of germicide solutions,
rendered spraying an infested tree
useless, because it has a scaly cover
ing which remains on the bark of the
tree or the skin of the fruit, aud which
acts as an armor against such weap
ons as washes. Fruit infested by the
scale is unmarketable.
Farm and fiardati Not en.
Don't let the beats ami squashes stay
out too long.
Drainage will greatly increase the
value of wet ground.
The silo will enable the farmer to
keep more cows profitably.
Spare the harrow in the early stages
of corn growth aud spoil the crop.
The hired man should be a gentle
man among tbe children in the house.
The tomato trellises will last much
longer if giveu shelter during the win
ter.
In sections outside the corn belt corn
can often bo profitably grown for tha
silo.
When the surface hakes after a rain,
a light harrow should be used, whether
the crop is up or not.
Hay caps are a good investment.
They will in a wet season pay for
themselves very quickly.
Hailstorms are likely anywhere, and
insurance against them is as necessary
as insurance against fire.
Divide up the farm among the grown
boys, if it is large enough to make sev
eral reasonably sized farms, and en
courage each to get a home of his own.
Do you allow smoking in the barn?
If you do, increase your insurance.
That may not be exactly honest, but
when a man tries to burn his barn the
matter of honesty will not probably
worry him.
Large pieces of old sod form the very
best winter protective material when
obtainable. These heaped about the
roses will protect the most tender from
severe freezing, and they come out in
the spring. in splendid order. It is
just us good used about any other hall
hardy plant.
In gathering fruits remember that
all fruits are best when allowed to ripeD
oh the tree or vine, excepting pears.
Nearly all varieties of this fruit may be
gathered while still green and put in a
dry, cool place to mellow. All fruit
should be examined often, as decay id
rapidly communicated.
Hoot from the kitchen chimney, espe
eially from'a wood fire, is invaluable
in cultivation of flowers. Rich in am
monia it stimulates and deepens the
color of flowers. Used as nu insecti
cide it is equally eft'ective in destroy
ing and removing the pest on account
of the creosote contained in it. Soot
from hard ooal exclusively is of leas
value, still it is worth saviug.
j OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
Livelier Clients—lle'i O. K Wlit Was
Sle Meant For?— Somewhat Mixed-
No Need—Debris Crop All Right— HI"
Idea—A Natural Query, Etc.* Etc
The poet starved for years and years;
His lay 9 wore all of lovo and hope;
But now no hunger pang ho fears-
He sings of liver pills and soap.
—Chicago Record.
lie's O. K.
Flabson—"How are you getting
along, Bogglesby?"
Bogglesby—"Oh, walking, riding
and biking."—Roxbury Gazotte.
Rubious.
"Did papa accede to your request
for money, Henry?" she asked.
"Well," said he, "he told me I was
welcome to all I could get from him."
—New York Journal.
What Was She Meant For?
Miss Charmyuge—"Don't you think
I was meant for a business woman?"
Jack Hustler—"No, I don't. I
think you were meant for a business
man."—Brooklyn Life.
III H Idea.
Aunt Abby (at the museum) —"And
ain't that critter got any arms?"
Uncle Ezra—"Of course he has.
They call him the armless wonder
'cause it's a wonder where he keeps his
arms."
A Natural Query.
"Life was all a blank before I mar
ried you, Rudolph," said the Chicago
bride to her latest husband.
"How many blanks have you drawn,
denr?" was the natural question which
Rudolph put to her.
Debris Crop All Right/
"They say the peanut crop will be
short this year."
"Well, the peanut crop may be
short, but I'll wager there will be pea
nut shells all over creation just as
usual."—Detroit Free Press.
Romewliat Mixed.
Boy—"Papa, where's Atoms?"
Papa—"Athens, you mean, my
child."
Boy—"No, papa; Atoms—the place
where people are blown to."
Answer postponed.—Tit-Bits.
Increasing the Census.
"Those St. Louis people are making
a great fuss over that one-pound baby
that was born there the other day."
"They have a right to. It counts
just as much in the census as if it
weighed a ton."—Chicago Tribune.
Mean Thing.
Miss Chatter—"l knew you would
be here to-day to see sister."
Mr. Cuddler—"lntuition?"
Miss Chatter—"No; observation.
You always appear on the same day
that Ethel refuses onions at dinner."
—Judge.
Visitor—"l presume your daughter
plays the piano?"
Mrs. Neuvoricbe (proudly)—"No,
indeed. Dear Ethel doesn't have to.
Her pa is rich enough to buy her one
of those pianos which plays itself."—
Harper's Bazar.
Adaptability.*
"So you asked her if she could bo
happy without money?"
"I did."
"Was her auswer encouraging?"
"Not exactly. She said she was
sure she could; that she had always
preferred buying things on credit."—
Washington Star.
Not Painless.
Victim—"No charge, see."
Dentist—"Did it hurt?"
Victim—"You bet!"
Dentist—"Fifty cents, please."
Victim—"But your notice says no
charge for extracting without pain."
Dentist—"Ah, but you admitted
that it hurt!"— New York Journal.
Too Much Knjoyinent.
"You didn't stay long out in the
country."
"No; our dog enjoyed it so much
that we had to come home."
"Your dog enjoyed it? What did
he do?"
"Killed twenty-seven chickens the
first day we were there."—Chicago
Record.
More Like the Foot.
Canvasser —"You are the head of
the house, I presume?"
Dixmyth—"Your presumption is
quite natural, but you've got another
guess coming."
Canvasser—"Beg pardon, but I
don't quite catch your drift?"
Dixmyth—"Well, I have to foot the
bills, and as my wife says I'm always
kicking you can draw your own con
clusions."—Chicago News.
Subtle KeuHoninK.
"Do you see the man and the wom
an?"
"Yes; I see the man and the wom
an."
"Do you think they are married?"
"No; they are not married."
"Why do you think they are not
married?"
"Because he has asked her if she
objects to smoking, and she has replied
that she loves the smell of smoke."—
Cleveland Leader.
Veterinary Surgery Not For Women.
Women may not be veterinary sur
geons in London. The Royal College
of Veterinary Surgeons has refused to
admit a lady to examination, asserting
that all its charters and its rules were
drawn out 011 the assumption that men
alone would seek qualification, and
that, therefore, it would unduly strain
the statutes to admit women. It it>
said that the lady thus repulsed iu
tenda to appeal to tho law courts.
Air Photography.
I The experiments to be made by the
i United States Weather Bureau in air
photography are expected to throw
light on many phenomena but little
understood at present. Little is now
known about the way in which the at
mospheric currents run. The nature
of a hurricane, such as sometimes
runs up the Atlantic coast from the
West Indies at this season, is compre
hended in a general way, but mystery
envelops the working mechanism of
the storm. No one can say how a
whirling tornado plucks a chicken
clean, drives a piece of timber through
a mau and carries a bilby a mile un
hurt. In order to ascertain how the
air flows over houses, mountains and
through bridges, a little model of each
will bo placed before a camera and an
imitation breeze directed against it
and its movements photographed. Tho
manner of photographing air currents
has recently been worked out by Pro
fessor E. Mack, of Vienna. The dis
covery is, however, due to Fizeau and
Foucault, two Frenchmen.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Kiggest Policeman on Earth.
The biggest polceman in the United
States is on the St. Louis force of
peace-preservers. He is new to tho
business, and his name is John Gib
son. He towers above the average
man like Chang, the Chinese giant,
and if he so chooses ho can carry ten
ordinary men to the station.
Gibson is six feet six inches in
height and weighs 255 pounds. His
arm outstretched measures two feet
7£*inclies; the biceps 15£ inches. His
hand is 8h inches in length from the
wrist, and his wrist measures ten
inches. He is twenty-six years old.
He wears a 7j} hat, and in lifting on a
scale several years ago raised the
point to 1500 pounds.
Gibson says that he has never prac
tised much in athletics since he was a
hoy, but when a lad he could outrun
any of the boys on the surrounding
farms, and he says that even to-dav
he can make a good record for a largo
man.
Perfume From Living Plants.
Captain Smee has discovered a
method of gathering the scent of flow-
I ers as the plant is growing. He takes
a glass funnel and heats the 'thin end
over a spirit lamp. He then draws i
out the stem to a line point. This ac
complished, the funnel is filled with
ice and placed on a retort stand, the
pointed end being placed in a small
glass bottle, without touching it. After
this the stand and the funnel are placed
in a greenhouse among the flowers
. whoso odors it' is desired to collect.
Gradually the vapor rises from the
I flowers, and, in meeting the colder
j surface of the funnel, condenses i'lto
I drops on the outside of the glass.
From the point of condensation ijfc
trickles down until it drops into tho
bottle. In a surprisingly short time '
a large amount of perfume is collected,
and it is claimed that ninety per cent,
of tho contents of the bottle is per
fume; the rest is water. Strange to
say, this essence of the flower needs
to bo adulterated with spirits of wine.
Otherwise it would become sour and j
useless.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tho Gulf Poarl Fisheries.
The value of the pearl industry last <
year on the coast of the Gulf of Lower \
California amounted to $350,000; this, j
says tho New York Sun, besides the j
exportation of some 5000 tons of mus- '
sel shells, the value of which was esti- ;
mated at $1,250,000. The pearl fish- j
ing, with appurtenances, forms the en- I
tire occupation of tho native popula- j
tion, and La Paz, which is the capital 1
for this trade in the peninsula, exists
exclusively upon this industry. Until
a few years ago only native divers
were employed, and the greatest depth
to which they would dive was thirty- i
five feet. But upon the introduction j
of the diving apparatus a depth of 180 ]
feet was accomplished, and, while 1
formerly the best divers could not re
main longer than two minutes under
water, a diver thinks nothing of stay
ing two hours at a depth of 100 feet,
although at a still greater depth the
stay is necessarily shortened.
Professional Scarecrows.
A great many people may fill the
role of scarecrow unintentionally, but
to adopt it as a profession is quite an
other matter.
While the Anglo-Egyptian expe
dition is making its way up the Nile
and doing battle with Mahdist hordes,
the troops as they go up from Cairo
to join tho men at the front, see long
stretches of grain fields, and, dotting
the fields and raised above them, are
tall, muscular forms, almost naked.
These are the stone-throwers, who
guard the fields from the ravages of
the birds, and were it not for them tho
crops would be entirely ruined.
Teeth Affect Eyesight.
When n boy, eleven years old, re
tired a few nights since his eyes were
as usual. In the morning the pupils
were dilated, fixed, not influenced by
light. He could not distinguish light
from darkness. No cause for the con
dition oould be found until the teeth
were examined, when it was seen that
they were crowded and wedged
together. Two permanent and four
temporary teeth were extracted. The
same night he could distinguish light
from darkness, the next day objects,
and in a few days his eyes were in a
normal condition. He had no other
treatment.
Diameter of n Fog.
The captain of a big Atlantic liner,
after many calculations, has come to
the conclusion that the general size of
a fog in the Atlautiu is about thirty
miles in diameter.
A Pipe That Cost £400,000.
The pipe smoked by the Shah of
Persia on state occasious is set with
diamonds, emeralds and rubies. It is
paid to have cost s±oo,ooo.
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Imported Velvet Carpet, 89c.
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A novel proposition was made not
long ago to the Receivers of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad. The B. & O.
has a branch running from what is
known as Alexandria Junction, near
Washington, to Shepherd's on the Po
tomac River, where a car ferry is oper
ated in connection with the lines lead
ing south from the Capitol. A professor
of an eastern college desired to lease
this short stretch of track for the pur
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tical railroad work. In his letter h
explained that he thought there was a
wide field for bright and energetic boys
Who could be thoroughly well grounded
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ELIZA K. PA UKER.
T am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungn
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Odd Pretexts for Duels.
Tt's easy to find an excuse for a duel
If one is looking for trouble. One hun
dred and twenty years ago, says a
Writer In the Pittsburg Dispatch, two
British officers serving in the army iu
America found cause for a fight in a
discussion as to tho proper method of
eating corn. One contended that it
should bo enten from the cob; the oth
er that it should be cut oft' onto the
plate. One of the contestants lost his
Sight arm as the result, and it Is prob
able that the manner of eating corn did
not concern him much thereafter.
There have been many other duels,
founded 011 equally foolish pretexts.
Oue man lost his life in a dispute as to
what was trumps in a card game; .an
other because he was refused admis
sion to a club of pigeon shooters. Gener
al Barry was challenged because he
declined some wine on account of ill
ness. and another British officer wan
called out because he asked his op
ponent to pass him a goblet at the din
ing table.
If some women were to east theii
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