MOST LITTLE BA BI ESDI E, eitlier from bowel troubles or from diseases which they contract because they a*e iu a weak and feeble condition from bowel troubles. Mothers who are seeking the ideal and proper medicine to give their little ones for constipation, diarrhoea, colic and simple fevers will find LAXAKOLA the great family remedy. It is the best and most effective laxative for children. BEST l>ccause it is safe and made entirely of harmless ingredients. BKBT because it is non-irritating and never gripes or causes pain or irritation. BEST because it is sure and never fails. BEST because " Children like it and axkjor it " 1 It is a dangerous thing to give little babies violent remedies that rack and rend their little bodies. DON'T Do IT— give them LAXAKOLA. A few drops can be given with safety to very young babies, and will often relieve colic by expelling the wnul and gas that cause it, and it also will check simple fevers, break up colds and clear the coated tongue. Great relief is experienced when administered to young children suffering from diarrho-a. accompanied witli white or green evacuations, from the fact that LAXAKOLA neutralizes the acidity of the bowels and carries out the cause of fermentation, aids digestion, relieves restlessness, assists nature and induces sleep. LAXAKOLA !t j s a nn '' ' pmH >' \ n use < <>n , ore. At druggists, sv .and s • or send for free sample to THE LAXAKuLA CO., 13a Nassau Street, N. Y.. or 356 Dearborn Street, Chicago. liiMOot* itnil X Uh.vh. A writer In The American X Ray Journal tells of some unusual experi ments upon insects with Roentgen rays. A box was. made, half of wood and half of sheet lead. In the wooden half a number of larvae of flies, bees, bee tles and other insects were placed, and tlie box was then put In the field of the X rays. The insect colony at once be came greatly excited, ant/ after crawl ing to and fro finally emigrated to a worm to the leaden half of the box, where the rays could not penetrate. The experiment was repeated many times and always with the same result, A similar experiment was tried with the blind larvae of a certain species of beetle. A number of them were placed in an open cigar box, which also con tained a metal box with an opening. No sooner were the rays turned on than the Insects showed signs of dis tress. Their uneasiness increased, and In a little while they all sought refuge in the metal box. As the larvae In the second experiment were entirely sight less their perception of the rays must take place through the nerves of the skin. Getting n Dny Off. A certain government officer was noted for being a hard taskmaster to those who were under him, the serv ants in his own establishment being no exception. His valet was expected to he 011 duty 305 fiill days In the year. Being detailed to accompany a scien tific expedition 011 an extended cruise, the officer unbent a little in communi cating the news to his personal attend ant. "Well, James," he said, "how would you like to go with me around the world V" "Do wo go from east to west, sir?" asked the valet. "Yes." "We lose a day in going that way, don't wo7" "We do." "Well, sir, I'd like it first rate. It would give me one day off." Ills master was so pleased with the aptness of the retort that he gave him a week off to prepare for the trip.-- You Hi's Companion. Tlc American Soldier. That West Point is the best military school in (lie world is conceded by all impartial critics. Its methods trans form the average raw youth into the honorable, refilled and highly educated officer of our army, lie is pre-eminent ly taught the "habit of command," which, as n rule, he uses without any of the arrogance shown by officers of some of the armies of Europe, notably that of Germany, lie is made to realize that lie commands men who are as sen sitive as they are brave mul who ap preciate and r": pcet a character com bining generosity, kindness, firmness and, above ail else, physical and moral courage. These traits of character are careful ly cultivated at West Point, with a re sult that, besides having the best en listed personnel, we have ill the P nlted Slates army, without question or doubt, the host trained and most capable gen tlemen as officers. Army and Navy Journal. II nI flutter In the World. The butter of Denmark Is considered mpctlvr to that of all other countries. It brtngs the highest price In fancy markets and can lie found all over the world in shops where luxuries are sold. In South America, South Africa, in the East and West Indies, in India, Egypt and In tropical countries gener ally it Is used by epicures, who pay if I a pound for it in tins of one, two and three pounds' weight. No other coun try has been able to produce butter that will stand changes of climate so well. Refrigerator ships are now found on nearly all the big steamship routes, and they can carry perishables as long and as far as necessary, but butter shipped by the ordinary cargo steamer usually melts and remains In a liquid Ftnto as long as it is exposed to the tropic heat. When it passes into the tomuci-iiUk zone fignlfi. It hard oiks, and the change usually spoils It for the I taste, entirely destroying the flavor and j leaving It like ordinary grease or oil. I The Danes, however, produce a butter which will endure this ordeal without affecting its flavor or sweetness, and they are the only people of whom this ! may be said.—Chicago Ilerald. "Do Chovpln." "Spoakln 'bout partnerships," said , Moses, with a solemn shake of the | head—"speakin 'bout partnerships wid j a white man, I'ze Had one an don't want no mo'. One time Kurnol Daw- > fon dun cuius obor to my cabin wid a bland smile 011 his face an shakes bands wid me an says: "'Moses, let's yo' an me go into part- i nersliip In de wood bizncss. Yo's a ; powerful hand to chop, an I'ze a pow- : erful hand to sell cord wood.' "Tears like a mighty good thlng.to me, an I goes at it an cuts 30 cords of j wood. Bhneby I goes down to do Uur- j pel fur my sheer ol> de money, an lie ( smiles an shakes hands an says: " 'l'ze got it all figgered out, Moses, j 111 de fust place, I purvided de timber. In de next place, I purvided de ax. j Den I sent my mewls to draw de wood, I an I spent my time to sell it. Dut j 'pears to take in de hull oh de case.' " 'But whar does de clioppiu cum In?' I says. "'De choppin?' Oh, dat was cxer- I else an don't count!" —New York Sun. | The Destructive Prjolsc. Seeing that an ordinary porpoise Is from live to six feet in length and will j require some 500 ordinary mackerel or I their equivalent per week to keep it in , fair condition —and there cannot be less ; than from 20,000 to 30,000 of those creatures living In British and Irish waters—the drain upon the shoals of mackerel living 111 these seas from this , source alone must he enormous, for if j these creatures only feed on them one half of the year about 400.000.u00 1 mackerel must be destroyed without j man or beast receiving any equivalent. These animals are not easily taken in | hand, being so intelligent and active. | 1 believe I am safe In saying there were extensive Us bevies carried 011 for j them in the sixteenth century at St. ! Mawos nml. Fowey, Cornwall, and in most of the narrow harbors of Britain, their flesh being highly valued by the gentry in those days, but now nothing of tlieni is appropriated to man's use In England.-—Contemporary Review. How SponKCH Are Holil. When offered for sale in tlie local market in the Bahamas, sponges are j I either piled up loose or made into ' I strands or heads of from two to ten I sponges each. The best sponges are usually made iuto strings of from eight to ten sponges each. Others are generally sold in lots not strung. The buyer, however, is not guided in his j purchase by the number of sponges on ' a string, but by what a certain lot will weigh, and the weight Is never given. \ but the buyer must estimate it; hence j practical is needed hi the j purchasing of sponges. IIIn Cork Lorn. "Along about 1890," said a veteran physician, "I amputated the legs of a j man who was blown up in a holler ex ; plosion and helped him procure a couple of cork substitutes. As soon as | he was able to he about he went flsli ! ing, fell in and was rescued just in the . i nick of time. lie was laid up for sev -1 oral weeks and then sued ine for dam ages." "But why?" "The cork legs stood him on Ids head in the water." Detroit Free Press. A Co mo of Overcrowd!our. | "I don't see why I keep on getting j so much fatter. I only cat two meals | a day." "I know, my love. But you shouldn't I insist upon crowding your breakfast I and luncheon Into one meal, and your ! dinner and a late /.supper into the ' other."—-Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1 Watch the date ou your paper. PLANCHETTE. It was after dinner, and they were Bitting over the coffee discussing spirit ualism. Mrs. Melville being an earnest believer in the second sight displayed, as she averred, by the plaucbette. She bad been repeating its wonders to then) in her most convincing manner. "Well, I think it's all rot," drawled George Logie. "It's not," said Mrs. Melville quickly; "is it, Jim?" Her husband, a large,,good tempered but annoyingly placid man, looked up from his paper. "I don't know, my dear," he said, cautiously. "I dare say there's some- , thing In It, you know." And he re- i sumcd his paper. They all laughed ex cept Mrs. Melville, who said pettishly: "Jim, you are too absurdly cautious for anything. But you believe in it, Billy, don't you?" she continued, turning to the man sitting near her. "My dear lady, they say seeing is be lieving. I have never seen—ergo, I can not believe." Mrs. Melville stretched out her hand to the bell. "Mary." as the maid opened the door, "bring a tray and a glass, please." "Here's the tray," Interrupted Billy. "Where will you have It, Mrs. MelvilleV Ilere?" as she put it ou a small table, j "Yes, that will do; upside down, please. Thanks. Anil the glass?" "George lias it," said Billy. "1 was just making sure It was empty, Mrs. Melville," replied George : in answer to her look. "Very well. Let's begin. Who will I try with me? Will you, Billy?" "I should lie charmed," be answered, "if you will show me the way." "Oli, it's easy enough," said Mrs. Mel- j ville. "You see—why, we haven't got the letters!" "The post Isn't in yet," remarked George. "Really," said Mrs. Melville, "your i witticisms are most terribly wearying, George." "Y'es." assented Billy. "Y'ou might give us a rest. Can I help you?" he said to Mrs. Melville, who was rum maging In her desk for the letters. "No, thanks; I've got them. Now, you see, we put them rouud the tables— BO." And in a most impressive silence she solemnly placed the letters rouud the edge of the tray. "There! "Now-that's doue," she said at last. "Billy." she went on, "sit down there , anil put your fingers on the glass as 1 do." And she sat down opposite bim. "Well?" inquired George. "Will some oue please ask a ques tion?" said Mrs. Melville In a solemn voice. Nobody volunteered any remark. "Jim," she continued, raising her voice. "Eh?" "Ask the glass a question." "Oh, all right." He put down Ids paper and sauntered over to the table. "What sort of question?" be said. "Oh, anything! Only be quick." "Well—ei— which horse will win the Eclipse stakes? That do?" "Weil," said George, "if the glass can tell us that, it's cleverer than most people." "You must keep quiet, George," said Mrs. Melville wearily, "or how can we do anything?" „ Amid a breathless silence the glass moved jerkily about the tray aud tiually stopped at 2. "There's no horse entered that begins with 2," said George cheerfully. "But perhaps," demurred Mrs. Mel ville, slightly abashed by the failure, "this glass doesn't know about racing." "Try a champagne glass," suggested George. "They are usually to be found at races." "My good George," said Mrs. Mel ville, who wus evidently annoyed by his skepticism, "if you will persist in being funny, how can you expect us to do a serious thing like this?" "I don't know, I'm sure," answered George. "Look here, George," said Jim, "do keep quiet and give the wife a chance. Let's try again. Look here. Will it rain tomorrow?" Very slowly the glass approaches ¥, hesitates, aud then edges toward N.. "English weather seems to perplex it," said Jim. "Ah!" as the glass stops at N, "now we're getting ou. Good!" The glass rushes across and stops ' at T. "Hello!" cried George. "Something I wrong there. It doesn't seem to work, somehow, does It, Jim?" 1 "No," admitted Jim, reluctantly; "It certainly doesn't as yet." "How can you expect It to predict the weather?" said Mrs. Melville, angrily.- "Do ask It something sensible. You try, George." j "Me?" said George. "Oh, nil right. 'Who's the cleverest person in the room?'" j The glass stops at J. "That's Jim," Bald Billy. ■ The glass moves on to O. I "At last." sighed George, "it's found a vowel." "And another," as the glass stops at E. "Why, it's actually made j n word—'Joe.'" "There!" said Mrs. Melville, trium phantly. "Splendid," said Billy. "But. by the way," asked Jim, "Is there anybody called Joe in the room?" "No," answered Billy, ruefully; "I never thought of that." "Never mind," said Jim; "It's made a word, at any rute. Try the sur name." The glass goes In quick succession to D. J. T. K. D. "Apparently a Ilus- I shin," murmured George. "Oh. I give It up!" said Mrs. Mel ville, pettishly. "It's Impossible to do things unless people believe In tbern."— King. Making Steel Knlls. I The rail mill presents many pictures | tlwit appeal strongly to lovers of the ! picturesque. Under ordinary circum stances the great strands of iron, each half us long as a city block, slide back and forth smoothly enough between the rolls that are stretching them and pressing them into t lie required shape, but a tiny obstacle may at any moment turn one of those cables of lire off the beaten track and twist it into a hope less tangle or wind it like a squirming snake around some unfortunate work man. When the rolling process has been completed, the piece of iron slides along to the groat buzzsaws, which cut it up into the 30 foot rails known to the rail way traveler. Every time the whirring circular saw clips off one of those lengths, sparks radiate in every direc tion, as though the biggest pyrotecb uical ptnwheel ever devised had been suddenly set in motion. When tlie rail has been cooled and holes have been drilled in it, it is ready to start for any part of the world. The evolution of bars or beams or sheets from the big steel slabs is gain ed by tlie same general method of pro cedure. Jt is the size add shape of the grooves in the rolls which determine tlie form to be ultimately assumed by the steel in their clutches.—Ceuttiry Magazine. Abnolnte Zero. By "absolute zero" is meant the low est temperature compatible with heat that point of temperature, in fact, at which a body would be wholly depriv ed of heat and at which the particles whose motion constitutes heat would be at rest. This temperature is sup posed to be about 274 degrees C. or 401 degrees F. The term "heat" is here used in its scientific sense, for as men use the word in everyday language its signifi cance depends on the temperature of the human body. Men call "warm" everything with a temperature higher than their own and "cold" all those objects which have less heat than they. In reality, however, tlie coldest body known to man is far from being utter ly without heat. Ice, for example, has heat, only in a degree so much below man's temperature that one can scarce ly imagine it to be anything but "cold," a term which actually implies a com paratively low degree of heat. Accordingly the zero of thermometers Is only a conventional point marking a certain degree of heat. There seems to be a point, however, where heat ceases absolutely, and this point it is which is known in chemistry as the "absolute zero." Modern Man'a Great Appetite. Custom seems to have decreed that three "square" meals a day should be the allowance for the citizen of the United States and Canada, and it was looked upon as being as fixed as the laws of the Medes and Persians, but an up town restaurant man states that a great number of New Yorkers are 110 longer satisfied with the regulation three meals a day. Four meals are now asked for, breakfast, lunch, din ner and supper. The last is 110 doubt superfluous for those who can and do make three hearty meals out of the others, but there must be many who will learn with pleasure that it is no longer incumbent upon them to go "supperless to their bed." The Idea that indigestion may be caused by the introduction of the fourth meal is ab surd.— Scottish American. A l'lornl liiMcriptlon. At one time I was pastor of a village where there was a German undertaker who was always anxious to please. Be cause of his zeal in this direction and his habit of so often getting things ; backward he was the butt of a good I many jokes and furnished others many a hearty laugh. One day a customer of his asked liiin to telegraph the florist in a nearby city to send a floral design representing "Gales Ajar." lie hurried to the phone and, calling up the florist, said ho wished a floral design. The florist asked what kind. lie was puz zled, but not defeated, and after some delay said: "Oh, yes; now 1 got him! | lloaven wide open; that's what they want!"—Homiletlc Review. Make n Banana Feel Itself. A trick which works 011 a simple principle is to make a banana peel it i self. To do tills all that is wanted is a bottle, a ripe banana and a bit of paper wet Willi alcohol. Light the paper and 1 drop it into this bottle. When the air in the bottle Is well heated, set the ba j nana on end on top and let It do tho I rest Itself. As the air on the Inside cools off and contracts the outside proe | sure pushes the banana down into the bottle uutiA it has drawn Itself out of its skin. CHCR of Animnla. The roar of a lion can be heard far ther than the sound of any other living creature. Next comes the cry of a hyena, and then the hoot of the owl. : After these the panther and the jackal. The donkey can be heard 50 times far : tlier than the horse and the cat ten times farther than the dog. Strange as it may seem, the cry of a hare can be ; heard farther than that of either the cat or the dog. When the Atlantic Was Bridged. I According to the distinguished French j anthropologists Gabriel and Adrlen de Mortillet there was a junction between Europe and America byway ol the British Isles, the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland in what is known as the | Chellean epoch, which is supposed to have ended 150,000 or IGO.OOO yeaia | ago.—Baltimore Sun. Replaced Tliem. Mistress—Why, Bridget, what on I earth are you doiug with ull the broken dishes 011 the shelf? j Bridget—Sure, mum. yez tow Id me j Ol wur to replace every oue Oi broke. pi jij I Shoes for | J Fall Wear! Jj p| Very large stocks of the latest style [®] rJj Fall Shoes have just been received. a| La We invite inspection from the most Lj) critical, knowing that the goods we ISj G now have to offer you are the peer of pE* I® anything sold elsewhere at the same [§3| Wj price. We carry complete lines of all [3j ® grades of Men's, Women's, Youths' Si and Children's Shoes. S I L ' Hats for 1 Fall Wear! § Our Hat department is stocked with Hj the latest from the large factories, in- |Ej eluding the season's make of the cele- [®[ brated Hawes hat. Boys' and Cliil- fSJ dren's Hats and Caps in endless variety. S || U liderwear w and Hosiery! I pi . el rjn \ oil make no mistake when you de- I pend upon us for good goods in a!=j G Underwear and Hosiery. We also [G have ready our stock of Fall Shirts, (jSI [ip Neckwear, etc. Complete lines of all jgjl roj reliable makes of Overalls and Jackets. S| I McMEWAMIN'S I l Hat, Shoe and Gents' Furnishing Store, ES S© Sontlx Centre Street. [ilWl", a rftLi ® si rfUJidflM'* Win RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEIIIGII VALLEY RAILROAD, j , June 2, 1901. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. LEAVE FEE ELAN I). 0 12 11 in for Wcatherly, Munch Chunk. 1 Allentown, Bethlehem, Euston, Pliila dolphin and New York. 7 34 a in for Sandy Bun, White Haven, Wilkes- Bar re. rittston and Sera n ton. 8 15 a m for Hazleton, Weatherly, Munch | Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Delano and ' Pot is ville. 9 30 a 111 for Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah aud Mt. Carmel. 11 42 a 111 for Wcatherly, Muueh Chunk, Al leutown, Bethlehem, Euston, Phila delphia, New York, Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. C'urmol. 1151a 111 for White Haven, Wilkos-IJarre. Soranton and the West. 4 44 pin for Weatherly, Mauoh Chunk, Al lentown, Bethlehem. Eaaton, Philadel phia, New York, Huzleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenundoah, Mt. Curinel and Pottsville. 6 35 P ni for Sandy Bun, White Haven, NVilkes-liarre, Scrautom and all point* West. 7 20 p m for Hazleton. ARRIVE AT FREELAND. 7 34 a m from Pottsville, Delano and Haz leton. . . 9 12 a in lrora New York, Philadelphia, Fas ton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Muueh Chunk, Weatherly, Hazleton, Mahunoy City, Shenandoah and Mt. Carmel 9 30 am from Soranton, Wilkes-Burre and White Haven. 1 1 51 a 111 from Pottsville, Mt, Carmel, Shen andoah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazleton. ... 12 48P ni from New York, Philadelphia. Euston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauoh Chunk and Weatherly. 4 44 P ni from Soranton, Wilkes-Bar re and White Haven. 6 35 p 111 from New York, Philadelphia. Euston, Bethlehem Allentown. Munch Chunk, Weatherly, Mr. Carmel, Shenan doah, Mahunoy City, Delano and Hazle ton. 7 29 j' m from Soranton, Wilkes-Burre and White Haven. For further information inquire of Ticket Agents. ROLLINII. WlLßUß,General Superintendent. 20 Cortlandt st reet. New York City CHAS. S. LEE, General Passenger Agent, 2d Cortlandt Street, New York City. I G. J. GILDEDY, Division Superintendent. Hazleton, Pa. 'TMIE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND ! X SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect March 10, 1001. Trains leave Drifton for Joddo, Eckley, llazh Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Boad, Roan 1 and Hazleton Junction at 000 a ni, dull) I I except Sunday; HIM!7 Of am,2 38 p m, SundHj J Trains leave Drifton for Harwood,Cranberry. , Tomhickeii and Deri tiger at 000 a in, dail) except Sunday; and 707 a in, 238p m, Sun ' drains luavo Drifton for Oneida Junotion. , Mai-wood lload, Humboldt Koad, Oneida and . I ■ lieppton at is