Nothing Wasted in Paris. A duty of primary importance is dis charged by the ragpickers of Paris. Working at night, busy under the gas light with hoop and pannier, the value of what they collect is estimated at SIO,OOO a day. Assuredly one-half of the world docs not know how the other half lives, says a Paris correspondent. Of course, the conditions of Paris life are exceptional. The population is very closely packed; the tall houses are crammed with inhabitants, there are no gardens, as with us—there are but the houses and the streets. The Parisians have away of emptying all kinds of lumber and refuse into the streets, and then the ragpickers gather in their harvest. A use is found for everything, and metamorphosis never cease. Rags go to make paper; broken glass is pounded, and serves as the coat ing for sand or emery paper; bones, after a process of cleaning and cutting to make nail brushes, tooth brushes and fancy buttons: little wisps of women's hair are carefully unraveled and do duty for false hair by and by. Men's hair, collected outside the bar bers' shops, serves for filters; bits .of sponge arc cut up and used for spirit lamps; bits of bread are carbonized and made into tooth powder; sardine boxes are cut up into tin soldiers or into sock ets for candlesticks. A silk hat has a whole chapter of adventure in store for it. Chinese Expected Disas'crThis Year. Though professing to know nothing beyond the domain of sense, the China man is really an extravagant in the supernatural, writes Sir Robert Hart in the Cosmopolitan. Times and seasons, too, have their meanings for him. In 1898 the eclipse of the sun on the Chi nese New Year's Day foreboded calam ity, especially to the empire, and in Sep tember that year the empress dowager usurped the government; then, as chance would have it. this year, 1900, is one in which the intercalary month for the Chinese year is the eighth, and an eighth intercalary month always means mis fortune. When such a month last oc curred, that year the Emperor Tung Chili died, and accordingly the popular mind was on the outlook for catastrophe in IQOO, and perhaps the people were morbidly willing to assist folk-lore to fulfill its own prophecy. Art and Letters Hobnob Together. Literature and art often shake hands. Mr. Dll Maurier got more fame from "Trilby" than from Punch, and the late William Page seemed to take more pleasure in the "Sonnets" of Shakes peare, which he would quote by the hour, or as long as he would find lis teners, then in painting his "Head of Christ," the principal characteristic of which was that it expressed very much more humanity than divinity.—New York Herald. A Marvelous ('nrc. The Garflold Headache Powders ce made from herbs; they euro headaches and are guaranteed harmless anil effective, By-Products From Peat. After many years of experimental la bor and at a heavy cost a company i f Oldenburg, in Germany, lias succeeded in producing from peat a coke the ex pense of getting which is entirely cov ered by the value of the by-products, such as peat tar. mcthylic alcohol and other residues. It is now proposed by the English company which has acquir ed the patent to do the same in this country.—London Daily Mail. The Best Prescription for Chills n<l Fever Is 11 bottle of 1 GItOVE'B TASTELESS CDII.L TONIC. It Is simply iron anil quinine In a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price GOo. Dresden is to have, in 1903, a "city exhibition," at which all German towns of over 25,000 inhabitants arc to be represented. PUTNAM FADELESS DYE produces the fnsi est and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Bold by all druggists. A scientist says the weight of the air which encircles the earth is equal to that of 581.000 cubes of copper, each 1.09.* yards square. tom. Protect yourself ngnlnst Its ravage! by the use of Bootuuii'a Pepsin Gum. Two men in Middlesboro, Ky., one minus the right foot and the other the left, economize by buying one pair oi shoes. Makes Hair Grow Perhaps your mother had thin hair, but that is no reason why you must go through life with half-starved hair. If you want long, thick hair, feed it. Feed it with Ayer's Flair Vigor, the only genuine hair food you can buy. r Your hair will grow thick and long, and will be soft and glossy. Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color to gray hair; it keeps the scalp clean and healthy, and stops falling of the hair. Ono dollar a bottle. If your druggist cannot supply you, send us ji.oo and we will express a bottle to you, all charges prepaid. He sure and give us your nearest express office. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. Send for our beautiful illustrated book on The Hair. Free. D T Bllll'S nU^hrMt^ an C d Ur iun^ wr* I ■ AA ■ ■ troubles. People praise Cough Syrup Quick, sure results. Refuse substitutes. Get Dr. Bull's Cough Syiup. iThompson's Eye Water 1 OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. Ah Exception Art vs. Business Dupli cates Avoided—Between Friends—After the Defalcation Vengeful DIBCOUK* aging Discovery— Helpful Child. Etc. A fool and his money soon parted? That may be the general rule, But what of the grasping old miser? j He's surely one kind of a fool. —Catholic Standard and Times. Art vs. Business. | —That author sued me." I "What for?" i "He claims that his portrait I painted made the sale of his books fall off." Duplicities Avoided. I He—"This is the third letter of re fusal I have received from you." She—"What are you complaining of? No two of them are alike."—lndian apolis Journal. Between Friends. ' Mao—"What do you think he did when I refused him?" 1 Florence—"Oh, I can't Imagine! lie was certainly too dignified to dance a ; jig or anything like that!"— Puck. After tile Defalcation. ! "I understand," said the reporter, "that the defaulter's method was very simple." ! "Very!" said the bank official, with a sigh. "He just took the money!"— I Puck. Vengeful. ! Snarley—"ls he a vengeful man?" l'ow—"Vengeful? I should.say yes. He wrote me a letter regarding the ten I owe him, and there was two cents due on the letter."—Syracuse Herald. Discouraging Discovery. • "I understand she loved him at first." "Yes, that was before." "Before what?" "Before she found out that she had mistaken him for his rich cousin."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Helpful Child. Caller—"My! what a big girl you'ro getting to be. You'll soon be able to help your mother about the house." Ethel —"Oh, I do that already. When ever she says, 'For goodness' sake, get out of my way,' I do it." Not Quito Successful. j "And I suppose you call yourself a ■ successful newspaper man?" said the editor, with a curl of the lip. I "Well, hardly," said the writer. "I haven't been paid for the last three j weeks' work yet." Yonlters States man. A Disagreeable Characteristic* Katharine—"l detest that Mr. Tif fington." j Margaret—"Why, Katharine?" i Katharine—"Oh, he's the kind of ! man who always calls when you are ! expecting somebody else who doesn't j come."—Life. Might Bo a Good Thing. Squeesieks— "Now, my son takes after his father. As the twig is bent so is the tree inclined." i Phil Ossifer—"Yes, It would be a good thing if a few twigs I know had j had their baeks broken at the start off."—Ohio State Journal. A- The Main Thing. ! Mr. Wanterby—"Nonsense! Why ! should we have burglar alarms in the house? We have nothing worth steal ing." Mrs. Wanterby—"l know, dear, but It will make the neighbors thiuk we have."—Philadelphia Press. Evident. ! She—"l wonder if there ever was such a person as the foolkiller?" ] He "Don't ask such nonsensical questions. How do you suppose I know?" She (sweetly)—"Of course, dear, I | know you never met him."—PhllndeD j phla Record. 1118 Great Need. Beggar—"You very kindly gave me a) [ pair of your trousers yesterday, sir) j and now I have something else to asls | for." j Corpulent Benefactor—"Well, what) is it?" j Beggar—"A square meal, so that I ] can wear them."—Tit-Bits. Battler Olfflvnlt For Him. | Jones—"l am never at a loss in cons ! versation." I His Fair Hostess—"But, surely, Mrj Jones, there must be some subjects | you don't understand. What do you I do then?" I Jones—"Do, then—l say nothing, am< | look Intelligent."—Punch. Scientific Research* Jester —"Old Squeezlt has agreed ! that after his death his body shall he ! turned over to the university, in the I interests of science." | Jimson—"lnterest of science?" I Jester—"Yes, all Squeezit's relatives | have insisted that he has no heart; the I doctors are going to find out." —Ohio I State Journal. Tenclilnga Kid. "Papa," said Sammy Suaggs, "this story says that the mutineers were put In irons." "Yes, Sammy." "But, papa?" "Well, Sammy?" "Why do they iron prisoners?" "To take the starch out of them Sammy."—Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele graph. FAMILY WEICHINC MACHINE. Almost a (TniTorsal ami E*snntial l'lece of DaiuHHtiii Furniture. In every household to-day there are baliies or banting women or dyapeptio members, and the modern scientific physician draws his sage conclusions as much from his patients' pounds as from their temperature. in conse quence the most wonderful machines have been developed to meet this need Of determining human weight to the smallest fraction of an ounce. Among the wedding presents of a summer bride was a remarkable look ing object that puzzled considerably those who were asked In to view the gifts until the bride herself explained that it was a new and improved fam ily weighing machine. The frame of the affair was made of highly polished mahogany, and the top of the plat form, supported by four graceful legs, was cushioned and covered with royal fed leather. In one side of the cush ion were notched and numbered bars of silver, and with this went a leather bound book and a series of little num bered weights, made also of silver. The whole thing was a puzzle till some intelligent person recognized the apparatus as an elegant family weigh ing machine, so exquisite in its ad justment that every fraction of a pound coitld be estimated, and in the book were printed, first, explanations as to the use of the appliance, and then carefully ruled blank pages were arranged for the registry of the avor dupois. Assuredly the arrangement was lux urious, for to ascertain one's weight it was only necessary to sit on the fine leather cushion, adjust the bal ance and slip into place the silver ounce and pound disks. In a few mo ments the dial would register 133 pounds 5 3-13 ounces. It would then be necessary to register this, the date and style ol' clothing in the book of weights, and in from three to five days another experience on the royal red cushion would show to a nicety whether a sixteenth of an ounce had been lost or gained. The fore word in the book tells how to experiment to ascertain normal weight, how the weight of a healthy person fluctuates within the limits of the normal and when loss of flesh Is a danger signal, at what rate abnormal flesh should be lost aud what rate in fants and growing children should gaiu it. As a rule the weighing machine is kept in the bathroom, and mothers are instructed to put their children on the scales every morning, keep a close record of tlio Aava nations and once in three weeks turn the tables of weights over to the family doctor, who will draw precious Inferences therefrom. This is all in line with a now theory that it is flesh that tells whether one is well or ill more truthfully even than eolor or appetite or ill feelings, and the makers of scales have appreciated the bearing of this new gospel on their trade. Some of the machines tliey make are in the form of graceful chairs, up holstered in blue or white leather, to match the bathroom decorations, and some are artistic studies iu walnut and tapestry for the ornamentation of tlio hallway, the machinery being concealed ns far as possible or made so highly ornamental that the. ugly Iron scales of yore have been trans formed into a valuable and effective piece of household furniture.—Fanny Enders, in the Chicago Record. The Stars and Stripes nt Acre. A good American had been making Borne soul-stirring remarks about the glorious Star Spangled Banner when an Englishman who is pretty well Americanized told a little story apro pos. "Yes," lie said, "the Star Spangled Banner is a good thing, and you don'l have to push it along, either. It does its own pushing, and the way you—l almost said 'us'—Americans glory in it, regardless of conditions and circum stances, makes any man feel good. I remember once to have seen it ap plauded uproariously on a peculiar oe casion. It happened thirty-five years ago, when the British flag wasn't ae popular in the United States as it now is, and a party of us Englishmen were nt a theatre in New York, consider ably further down town than theatres are now to be found on Broadway The play was Kichnrd 1., and if you re member—there is a scene in tlio play where Richard, after putting his foes to flight iu terrific style, mounts the walls of Acre and plants the British colors there. Evidently the manage ment knew the temper of the audience and felt that even under such eireum stances the British fing would not De a good thing, so what did they do but give Richnrd tlio Star Spangled Ban ner, and, by all the gods, he took il with him in tlio charge and planted h on Acre's walls. It was ridiculous: of course, and we Englishmen laughed but the audience took it quite as the correct thing, and the way the people stormed and shouted and clapped wn* enough to have made Richard turn over in his grave. Historically it war l away off, dramatically it was open to criticism, but patriotically it was a howling success."—Washington Star. Starved Out of a Tight Place. Three weeks ago a fine ewe disap peared from the flock of James Carli, nearer Lower Alloway, and although search was made no trace of the miss ing sheep could be found. Yesterday it emerged from tinner the barn as "thin as a herring." The poor sheep had evidently crawled under the build iug to escape the flies, and had become fastened until it shrank sufficiently from starvation to allow It to escape.— Philadelphia Times. wn'-v umfrvr* I r How to Sweep nil Invalid'* linom. We all know how untidy a sick room becomes and how annoying the dust of the sweeping is to the patient. "To remedy this" said a trained and capa ble nurse recently, "I put a little ammonia in a pail of warm water and with my mop wrung dry as possible go all over tho carpet first. This takes up all the dust and much of the loose dirt. A broom will take what is too largo to adhere to the mop and raise no dust. With my dust cloth well sprinkled I go over the furniture and the room is fairly clean."—United States Health Report. Saving Step, In the Kitchen. It is no wonder that the old-fash ioned house-keeper was generally a person old before her time, and worn with the mere details of household drudgery, that is, if she attended to the real details of housework, as she often did. Large roomy kitchens are pleasant and they used to be the rule. But even so slight a course of reason ing will show how much time and energy were wasted in those same kitchens just because of the many steps they necessitated, to say noth ing of the energy required in keeping them clean. The wise housekeeper nowadays knows that it is the sav ing of steps back and forth across tho kitchen floor that she can save her own strength. Salt and pepper, for instance, should always be at hand when one is preparing any dish on the stove, and therefore a little shelf should find place on the wall near the stove, on which may repose a dish of salt and a pepper box. Kitchen utensils should always be placed where they may be reached with the least trouble when they are wanted. If you are likely to want the same seasoning at the cook table that you need when at the stove, it is a simple matter to have an extra set even in the same room. Necessary t Onoil Tea Making. In England and Ireland, where tea brewing is an art, the cosey Is con sidered of as great importance as the pot itself, and brides are sure to re ceive one or more in handsomely em broidered cloths, silk or velvets among their wedding gifts. But in this coun try, where the beverage is held in less esteem, the families who appreciate the cosey's use are few. Aside from its pretty appearance, the cosey is a practical adjuct to the tea table. Im prisoning as It does the aroma of the brew and keeps the pot and its con tents at a high temperature. The fashions in the shape, texture and decoration of coseys are divers, but the one which will fit the greatest number Of pots is made in two sections. Each piece is a perfect semicircle, and the two are stiched together along the rounding edge. A style pretty on any table is made of black cloth, embroidered all over in Japan gold. The seam is concealed by a lacing of gold cord, loops and tassels of tho same furnishing a handle at the top. With a Dresden set white satin can be embroidered with tiny flowers and buds in natural colorings. For this the simulated lacings should be of pale rose and sage green, and the lining in pale rose. Fancy brocades In bright or dull colorings are also effective, but should harmonize with the general colorings of the table. .jMkflvUSZffo Lj) Cheesestraws.—One cup of flour, one cup of grated cheese, half a cup of butter, water enough to make into a dry crust. Into the Hour put one half teaspoonful of baking powder and a little salt, and, if one likes, a pinch of red pepper. Roll, not too thin. Cut iu straws and bake a light Drown. Cauliflower Pickle.—Clean, pick off the leaves and tear the flowers apart; stand in strong brine two days; then drain and steam ten minutes; put in jars while hot, with whole black peppers, allspice and stick cinnamon; mix a tablespoonful of mustard (dry) to a quart of vinegar; pour over flowers while hot; seal. Salmon Molds. —One pound of salmon, three eggs well beaten, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one half cup of milk, two-thirds cup of bread crumbs, four cucumber pickles chopped fine, salt and pepper (save the liquid from the can of salmon for the lemon sauce). Mix all the in gredients well, put in cups and steam thirty minutes. Creole Kedgeree.—Cook on finely chopped green pepper in one tahle spoonful of butter for three minutes; add four tablespoonfuls of stock, one cupful of flaked fish, cooked and freed from skin and bones, one cup ful of boiled rice, one hard-boiled egg cut fine anil one-half teaspoonful of salt. Cook five minutes and serve on buttered toast. Cream Puffs.—Rub three cupfuls of flour and one cupful of butter to gether until smooth, then stir into one pint of boiling water. After it has cooled, stir in five well-beaten eggs; drop the dough in small balls in a buttered tin at a little distance from each ether and bake twenty minutes. Cut partly open and fill with sweet enod whipped cream. fHE DISCOVERER OF lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The Great Woman's Remedy for Woman's Ills. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles or such hosts of grateful friends. Do not be persuaded that any other medicine is just as good. Any dealer who asks you to buy something else when you go into his store purposely to buy Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, has no interest in your case. He is merely trying to sell you some thing on which he can make a larger profit. He does not care whether you get well or not, so long as he can make a little more money out of your sickness. If he wished you well he would without hesitation hand you the medicine you ask for, and which he knows is the best, woman's medicine in the world. Follow the record of this medicine, and remember that these thousands of cures of women whose letters are constantly printed in this paper were not brought about by " something else," but by Lydia E. Pinkham's V&getahfe Gvntfcjuad, Tho Groat Woman's Romody tor Woman's 131s. Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want —a cure. Moral Stick to the medicine that you know is Best. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health more than a million women, you cannot well say without trying it, " I do not believe it will help me." If you are ill, do not hesitate to get a bot tle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice. It is free and helpful. m ffro W 1 1 is the Batno prood, old-fashioned modirlno that has aired the live* of little Ei wr Cr vr -l5 children for the past yearn. It ie a medicine made to cure. It has n<-\ r ■ W% PC- W C® been known to fail. Letters like the loreproin* are comin- to ns .-onatuntly ■ ■ * D from all parte of the country. It your child is sick, cot u bottle ut !• It lIV \S VERMIFUGE:;;.:::;::: TEASO# Railways use lip over 2.000,000 ton of steel a year, almost half the world': product. Deafiicfl* Can not Rc Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. I) afnossis caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous liningof tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in fl uued you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless tho inflam - mation can ho taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever. Nino cases out of ten are oaused by catarrh, which isnothing hutau in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv case of Deaf nes- (caused by catarrh) that can not lie cured by Mail's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold hv Druggists, 75c Hall's Family Pills are the bust. Nearly 75,000 tons of corks arc need ed for the bottled beer and aerated wat ers consumed annually in Britain. Rest For the Bowels, No matter what alls you, headache to a cancer, you will never got well until your bowels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CARCAHETS Candy Cathartic, the geuuine, put up iu metal boxes, every tab let lias C.O.C. stumped on it. Beware of imitations. Chicago rules that noisy cows and chickens arc no longer to be tolerated in the residence parts of the city. Thi; Garfield Headache Powdcii Cure. Tho formula for these powders io tho same as proscribed for year* by a piomi:\?~t physi cian in his private pructice. On the island of Alaska, 50 miles west of Juneau, a large deposit of gypsum has been disco red. To rM n Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE RIIOMO QUININE TABLETS. All druggl-t* refund the m .ney if it falls to enre. E. W. Guovit's signature is on each box. i!6o. July is a month of thunderstorms in Hungary, l.asi July 33 persons and 286 sheep were kiiled bv lightning. Piao', Cure la the beat medlolne we ever need for nil nffentiona of throat and lu-ga.—Wit, 0. BNDHLEY, Vanbaren, lad., Feb. 10, 1900. Forty-five alligators in a Milwaukee bow died cf pneumonia one day rcccnt- B 6 Platesof Soop, 10c. I j A 10 - ct - can ° f Tifc'jy's Premier 1 SOUP makes six plates of the best 9 soup you ever tasted. If there was away to make soup H better, we would learn it but I there isn't. Oxtail Mullagatawny | Turtle Mock Turtle ■ Chicken Chicken Gumbo H Tomato Vegetable ' Ready-Madc Soups. One can will make you a convert. I J Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago B Write a nostnl for our free book, "Mow to B Make Good Tilings to Eat." H FREE ELECTRIC GELT OFFER L. FR E E WEAR I Nil S I ; AL M 0 ST' NOTHTNQ' With moHtall other treatment*. Cure* whou .11 other eleo. trio holt., n|ppliu.irm and remP.Hr. fall. (JUICK CURE for moro tliant onlltucnts. ONLYHI'ttECI.'IIIt for all rT*ou* dlneaHt'B. wouknoHHtm anil disorders. For coinpiott BEARS. ROEBUCK & CoTc'hicagol P. N. U. 1, 1001. DR. SHAFER Br \ L Jlin l ' rln * t-Piinllst < w atef Kk 1 Doctor) can detect andexplain f> -rr m i the most complicated cbronlo V* disease by the urine; If curable, if / treat it successfully by mall. |V I Send 4 cents for mailingcas for urine Consultation. nnal ul ,n( S report anu book £*. CHATEs'IT Ave. 1,,6H -- -Jb irst Floor, Pittsburg, i'a. DROPSY -3 Uoou of testimonial* nn<l II) Jay*' trnntraenl i'roc. Dr. H. H. QUEEN B SONS, box U. A'.lauta. Q
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