In many places of Greece a cream colored water jug or jar ir, made which is so porous that when filled with water the moisture keeps continually exuding to the outside and there evap orating, which wonderfully cools tho contents, especially when the vessel stands in a draft. These cheap "water coolers" arc used by everybody, rich and poor, and great numbers of them ere manufactured and sold every year. Ladles Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for tho feet. It makes tight ornow shoos easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweat ing, achiug feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At uli druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FUEE by mail. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. More aluminium than ever is being used for the caps of fruit jars for all classes ot goods. J. 8. Tnrker, Fredonia, N.Y., says: "Shall not call on you for tho 9100 reward, for I be hove Hall's Catarrh Cure will euro any case of catarrh. Was very bad." Write him for particulars. Hold by Druggists, 4 750. When a fellow has.no bank account to draw on it doesn't do him much good to draw on his imagination. FITS permanently cured.No fits ornorvous neos after ilrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerveßestorer.s2trial bottle and treatlsefree Dr. R.H. KLINE, Ltd., 981 ArchSt.,Phlla.,l'a. A man never forgets how good he is to others. Mrs. Winslow's Scotbing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle A man may know his own mind and not know very much at that. Plso's Cure for Consumption Is an Infallible medicine for coughs uud colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The fellow who borrows fifty cents is extent to do things by halves. HWIIH Mil WISH 111, ——II Your Hair LWIUiI >. TaaßgKm ÜBMiIMOTm "Two years ago my hair was falling out badly. 1 purchased s bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and soon my hair stopped coming out." Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, 111. 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 with Ayer's Hair Vigor, and make it rich, dark, and heavy. SI.OO a bottle. All druggists. If your druggist cannot supply you, send us one dollar and we will express you a bottle, lie suro and give tho name of your nearest express office. Address, l. C. A YER CO., Lowell, Mass. Cross? Poor man! He can't help it. It's his liver. He needs a liver pill. Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use Buckingham's Dye SOcts. of druggists or R. P. Hall & Co., Nashua, N. H. S3&S3A9 SHOESBf W. L. Douglas shoos are the stan dard of the world. This is the reason W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $3.00 and $3.00 shoes than any other two manufacturers. W. L. DOUCLAS $4 SHOES CANNOT BE EXCELLED. !"•... II,IOB,B2OIIKSSIL 12,340,000 Best Imported and American leathersHeyl's Patent Calf. Enamel, Box Calf, Calf, Vlcl Kid, Corona Colt, Nat. Kangaroo. Fast Color Eyelet* used, f notion I The Renuine have W. L. DOUGLAS* L-uiiuuii : name and price stamped on bottom. Shoes hp mail, 25c. extra. Illus. Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS SIO,OOOY p e e . s R. / .Agents Want d—f argent real estate firm in the world is establishing agencies throughout the (United States for the sale of its New * ork ity prop erties on instalments of $6 to $lO per mouth, carry ing u lit© insurance. 1 Re-ides an enormous local business the outside demand for an opportunity to share in the growth of the Imperial City of the World line been so great the past year and a half that we hare sold nearly $3,000,000 worth of property from Alaska to Bouth Africa. Our agents are making from SI,OOO to 1J6.U00 * conducted as honestly and conserve likely as ours is capable of as great development us the National Life Insurance Company with lullnite- Jy greater ease, with u compensation live times as Eeat and the opportunity for en rgetic. honest, in- Uigent and responsible men to build up a pertua *jnt business f"r theuis dves and share in the subse quent growth which is sure to come to us. We waut Ho representative who Is not willing to work ener getically, or who lias not sufficient capital to visit liew York to sen our property and he taught the most effective method of doing business; to all who meet these requitemsuts and can give references as to probity we will make moßt liberal terms, spend- Egmore money tn instruction and equipment for e work than their New York trip has cost. Address WOOD, HARMON & CO., fcfpt. Y-i, 256 Broadway, New York City. I <6>ET I fB*ELM?CIS. I .iff ' Mm i E i A Hero in the LifivSaving Service. THE heroic fight of W. W. Glcs ser alone against u terrific, driving sea on the shore of Lake Erie ancl his successful rescue of a man given up for lost, a deed that won him a gold medal, stands first in the records of the United States I Life-Saving Service of brave deeds done last year. | Tale after tale of courage and hard ship, as dramatic as anything in fiction are told in this report, but (llesser's i splendid achievement stands as the greatest. The hero is the keeper of the Buffalo station. A gale was sweeping across the harbor of Buffalo one afternoon. Two large scows with several men aboard broke from their moorings un der the' tremendous strain of lashing seas and were drifting steadily toward the breakers. A life-boat was launched with Gles ser in command. Nearing the point of danger, the boat was driven before the wind just outside the line of surf. Anchor was dropped and it. was in tended to slack away till the scows, which were now in the breakers, could bo given assistance. Bur tin? anchor dragged, a big wave snapped the haw ser ami another upset the boat. All the occupants were thrown out and had a hard swim in the pounding seas for u t]nartor of a mile to reach the land. " There they heard that a man who had been on one of the scows was in a perilous position among some old piles standing nearly a third of a mile from which iJlossoi' then was. Mounting his engine Glesser. with his crew, rode to a spot opposite. The half-drowned man was clinging to the slippery plies -1(10 or r00 feet from shore, the seas constantly breaking over him. The*use of the boat was impractica ble, and the situation of the unfortu nate man was such that he must perish 1 unless aid should reach him. There was little time for deliberation, and G lesser, in spite of all protests, quickly resolved to try to swiin out with a lino. He called upon Siufman Green land to accompany him. They were warned by experienced men that they could not live to accomplish it, hut with solemn resolve Glesser replied: "Wait until Ave try; the man cannot come to us; wo will try to get to him." Then, making one end of the lino fast about his arm, ho dashed into the surging waters, accompanied by Green land. The two had not proceeded far when they were thrown back upon the beach. Again they set out, but when about fifty yards on the way a particu larly heavy sea hurled Greenland against an old pile and then swept him back to land, considerably injured, so that lie had to give up tbv attempt. But Glesser was undaunted by the loss of his companion and bravely per sisted. He was repeatedly driven ashore, but gradually gained ground until he reached a pile standing about sixty yards from shore. There ho rested for a few moments. This was the only pause he made dur ing the entire operution of rescue, which consumed three-quarters of an hour. After recovering his breath -Glesser renewed the battle, and although se verely buffeted about and driven back sometimes 100 feet or more, he kept up a stout heart, diving under the worst breakers. At length, getting sufficiently near, Glesser threw to the man the end of the line, instructing him to make it fast about his body and then to let go his bold of the piling and drop into the water. He had only sufficient strength, however, to secure the line about his wrist, and before he could leap the waves and fouled the bight of the line among the piling. Glesser was thrown nearly 100 feet away. To the people on the shore it seemed as though both must certainly perish. Glesser still persisted, regain ing his lost ground, and at the end of fifteen minutes of dangerous work cleared the snarl. Then upon his sig nal the man let go of the piles, while scores of persons at the other end of the line pulled him with a rush to the beach, where he was picked up uncon scious. Then Glesser struck out for the land, which lie reached without aid, but so exhausted that lie could not stand. Not till then was it found that he was con siderably injured by a floating tele graph pole, which had passed over him two or three times, inflicting heavy blows upon his back. New York World. Hie Deed of Wilson MYFleld. From the records-of the Royal Hu mane Society a writer in McClure's Magazine draws the story of an ob scure negro seaman whose brave deed was discovered and honored by two of the great nations of tlie earth. One tropical night the schooner Dolphin rested almost motionless off the Cay man rocks in Nicaragua. Crew and passengers, some twenty In all, were asleep about the deck, for it was too hot to go below. Then came such a squall as comes only In those southern seas. The sails, all set, furnished am ple leverage. Within ten seconds the Dolphin was bottom up, her passengers and crew struggling in the water. Wilson McFleld, a negro and a sub ject of Great Britain, was the first to come to the surface. All his twenty seven years of Jife ho had known those waters, ami lie swam like a fish. He soon succeeded In climbing upon the bottom of tlie vessel. Then lie shouted to the others, and one by one pulled up five of the crew. Fortunately tlie squall was soon over, although the sea was high. After they had drifted two hours the men beard strange sounds, like pounding within the vessel. Some thought they heard voices. The more superstitious were afraid. The night dragged on, and by daylight the sounds had grown fainter. Tlie crew concluded that men were im prisoned within the boat, but none could devise away to save tlicm. Then the negro proposed to dive under and Into the ship. They assured liim he would never get out again, but carry ing between liis teeth one end of a rope that had been dragging from the vessel JtcFleld dived, passed under the gun wale and rose in the hatch. It was pitch dark, and the interior of tlie vessel was full of the floating cargo, but lie kept on steadily. Finally, concluding that he had reached the cabin, he rose, and in an instant his head was above water. Yet so foul was the air and so narrow the space between the water and the ship's bot tom that he could hardly breathe. lie could see 110 one, but he heard the knocking again and called out. Then came voices, l'aint but familiar. Swimming in tlie direction of the sound he found two men braced against the cabin sides and holding their heads above water. One was a young rubber cutter, named Mallitz, the other a native Spanish-Xicaraguan called Oliaudo. Both were punic cirickcn. and Mi-Field was obliged to threaten them with instant dcatli if they did not. obey him. He fastened the rope round Mallitz and gave the signal to puii. Mr-Field dived into the water along with his inau. In ids fright Mallitz entangled himself in tlie hatchway, and precious time was lost in freeing him. Al'uen they reached the surface Mallitz tvns unconscious and Mr-Field more dead than alive. They pulled Mallitz aboard, but Alc- Fielrl would uot follow. As soon as the rope was free he took it In his teeth anil went under, found the hatch and entered the cabin. Obnurlo was al most uncontrollable with fear and ex haustion, but Ale Field finally secured him with tlie rope, and gave tlie signal lo pull up. This time the trip was made without accident, and both men were drawn on hoard. All the men were saved. The l.'nitod States Government awarded McFielrl a medal and S3O in gold, and the Royal Humane Society of Great Britain gave Itini a silver medal. Ilcsevt Ills lira!li Trap. J. P. Fay lias returned to Sail Ber nardino, Cnl„ from a trip across tlie Colorado with news of the death of J. A. Adams, Deputy County Surveyor of San Bernardino County, and n grand sou of John Brown, Abolitionist. "We were out on tlie desert prospect ing for gold," said Mr. Fay. "An In dian whom we iiad employed to show us where to find water on the desert caught liis foot in the stirrup while mounting his horse and fell on liis back. Tlie horse started to run, drag ging the Indian by one foot. "As the ground was covered by jagged rocks the Indian would have been killed had not Air. Adams run up and seized tlie liorse by the bit. The animal, wild with fright, reared and plunged. Mr. Adams was twice thrown upon the rocks, anil once tlie horse's hoof struck him, hut lie still gripped tlie bit until my companions and I succeeded in releasing the Indian, "After all the danger was over Adams sat down upon a rock and be gan laughing, and when asked if he was hurt replied: 'Oh, no; I'm only a little tired, but I guess you will have to help mo set this arm.' "AYe then started for Yuma, Adams riding some twenty-five miles that af ternoon and never once complaining, though we could see by his drawn feat ures that he was suffering intense pain. "At dusk we camped for the night, anil within an hour tlie man was deli rious and raving like a maniac. Some time during the night lie left camp. As soon as we discovered that lie had gone we made every effort to find film, but eould not do much until daylight, when we found ids tracks in the sand. "AA'e followed tlie tracks all that day and until about 9 o'clock the next day, when we came to a hard, rocky place at the foot of some rock hills. Hero Ave lost the trail, and try as wc might we could not find it again. "For three days we searched the hills, but not a trace of the man eould we discover, though we well knew that somewhere within a radius of twenty or thirty miles lay the body of one of tlie bravest men that ever lost liis life in that great death trap—tlie Colorado Desert." Ail venture IVltti Itattlcsnokos. Fred Harris, an express messenger on tlie Illinois Central, had an expe rience which lie does not care to re peat. He was on train No. 22. and just after leaving. Centralia, 111., settled back into his chair and dropped into a doze. Ho was awakened shortly by a tickling under Ids chin, anil drowsily opened his eyes to discovered the coils of an enormous snake lying across his breast, its restless head waving under ids chin. It is hardly necessary to state that Mr. Harris made all former records for instantaneous and lightning moves in that ear look like six counter felt nickels. He also awoke to the fact that Willie one snake Is bad, several are worse in a geometrical proportion, and lie was soon on a pile of baggage sur veying a den of rattlesnakes. The rep tiles were a consignment from Tampa, Fla„ to Chicago, and had made their escape while Air. Harris slept. It takes tlie constant labor of 00,000 people to make matches for the world. Why Not? If Bet bedecks herself with geme, bestirs herself when bid, And feels benumbed when very old —be- wails her lot when chid, Why shouldn't she bedress herself with garments, and befeed Herself with food, and feel beglad a nice book to beread? —Life. Digging For It, "When a man is working hard why do they say lie is digging away?" "Because, my boy, lie is alter tlie root of nil evil, ami how else can lie reach it?"— Chicago Post. Severe Measures. flu? S "Can't you slop your little brother from crying?" "No. I've been er punchin' liim fer dor lust five minutes, and he won't stop."—New Y'ork Journal. Extremes Meet. "AVere you positive enough when you told the old man you intended to marry his daughter?" "Yes, but he was negative."—Cincin nati Commercial-Tribune. All Epigram. "Is there any difference between 'eco nomical' and 'stingy?'" "Oh, yes. People call an economical man stingy, and a stingy man calls himselfeconomical."—New York AA'orld. A Practical Conclusion. "Did your investigation of volcanic phenomenon lead to any practical con clusion?" "It did," anstvered the popular scien tist. "What was it?" "A cheek from a magazine."—WaslP ington Star. A Doubtful Compliment. Misti'ess—"NOAV, Jane, there is no use of further argument as to how this dish should be prepared, but our ideas on the subject are so different that it is evident one or the other of us is crazy." Jane—"True for you, ma'am, an' it's not the likes of me as would be afther sayin' tlie likes of you would have no more sinse than to keep a crazy cook." —Chicago News. Tlie Six O'clock Illnn.r, The G o'clock dinner is not a mere fad; anyway, not extremely mere. The (i o'clock dinner obliterates tlie appetite for breakfast. But for tlie O o'clock dinner there would probably be 'but a meagre demand for breakfast foods, and that which is now a great industry, employing many hands and advertising liberally, would hardly ex ist. The 0 o'clock dinner kills a man soon er or later; usually not until after lie lias amassed a fortune, yet before he lias bad time to queer liis wife and daughters socially with liis chin whisk ers and bad grammar. The 0 o'clock dinner keeps one awake ■nights, thus nearly doubling tlie num ber of Ids business hours.—Puck. Shucked Hlin Into It. Kitty—"So you managed to get Fred to propose at last? How did you bring it about?" Bertha—"l borrowed Mamie's engage ment ring nnd had it on the third linger of my left hand when Fred called last evening." Kitty—"And wlint did lie sny?" Bertha—"He saw it tlie moment he got into the room. He looked as though lie'd go through the floor. Finally lie mustered up courage to ask if it was an engagement ring, and I said 'Yes.' That was no lie, you know. It was an engagement ling—Mamie's, you know." Kitty—"And then?" Bertiia "Then lie gasped and I thought lie would faint. But the up shot of it was he proposed."—Boston Transcript. Unpleasant. (Aunt Harriet bus lived in fenr nnd trembling since AVillio had a white rat given liim as a birthday present. He lias just lost it). AA'illie—"Don't move, aunt, the beg gar's under bete somewhere."—Moon shine. VENTILATING COAL MINES. The Presence of Fire Damp Add 3 to the Cost. In Great Britain the coal lies at very great depths. In America a shaft of 200 feet is considered fairly deep, while one of 200 yards in England is but a shallow pit, and some few workings are nearly 4,000 feet deep. The result of this is that the cost of hauling the coal out and the pumping of large quantities of water from great depths make coal mining very expensive in Great Britain. A drift mine is more cheaply ventilated than a shaft one, and the mines are much more fiery in England than they are in America. The presence of fire damp in British mines greatly impedes the rapidity of working and adds to the cost in many ways. There are many stringent reg ulations to he carried out with a view to tlie prevention of explosions, which nevertheless, occur only too frequent ly, and when they do they are usually ola very serious nature, causing large loss of life and property. Frequently several months elapse before the mines are in complete working order again after such an accident. The cost ot this loss of life and property naturally is veiy great. Centenary of Trousers. Most people will bo surprised to hear that trousers, as at present worn by the male portion of humanity, have just celebrated' their centenary, but, according to fashion, such is undoubt edly the case. They "came in" on ac count of the high living prevalent in England a hundred years ago. This produced a good deal of gout, whose twlnings the tight-fitting costume in use at that period made unbearable. Hcncce the invention of the wider form of garment, which soon became popular, and was ndopted by many : royal personages at home and abroad. Among the "dandies" of the period. ; however, the new stylo was regarded ; with contempt, , and when Alniack's self was once refused admission be sort the great Duke of Wellington hira sell was once refused admission be cause he presented himself in trousers instead of the (for that time) orthodox nether garments. So far lias their rway now extended that they threaten to supplant even the Scottish kilt. The 8010 and the Bayonet. The chief of ordnance has ordered 100 liolos as a tentative substitute for the regulation army bayonet. The bolo of the Philippines and the machete of Cuba are essentiallly the same, and have been used with such deadly effect that troops operating against guerrilla fcrces armed with them were, on the whole, less afraid of the indifferently ; handled riffles with which a part of the I enemy were supplied. The lance is al- ! most out of date as a cavalry weapon, ! the saber is in disfavor, and now the bayonet is under investigation. The j bolo is a cutting as well as a thrust ing weapon; it is serviceable for troops j in seach of kindling and is handy in j the camp kitchen; it is useful for in- | trenching. The Ghurkas and other j British troops are armed with a sim ilar weapon. Berlin's Horseflesh Steaks Fopular. The consumption of horseflesh among the poorer classes of Berlin has been steadily growing from year to year. There exists a private establishment in the Greifswalder street where 13,000 j horses, to the value of £ 125,000, were j slaughtered last year for the purpose i ot being turned into steaks and sau sages. Thd Berlin Town Council is : now considering the advisability of constructing additional buildings at the place where the public slaughter house is situated. They will provide accommodation for many hundreds of l orscs at a time which are destined to find an inglorious death at the hands of the city butchers. An Owlish Belligerent. East year a pair of large brown owls had a nest in a wood, close down to the shore on Mllford Haven, with a road passing through it. On several occasions the cock bird violently at- Hacked dogs pasing through the wood. This year the male bird has has not only attacked dogs, but has several times flown down most viciously in daylight at people walking along the load. He lore a hoy's car, and his last performance was to knock a man down with the suddenness of his swoop and injure his face so badly that it is feared he will lose his eye. The bird has since been shot. Titled Clergymen. By the accession of the new Earl of Chichester G British secular peerages are now held by clergymen. They are Ihe Marquis of Normanby, the Earls of Chichester, Devon and Strafford, Baron Ponsonby, who is also Irish Earl of Bcssborough, and Baron Scarsdale, the father of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India Another Irish peer, Viscount Moles north, is also a clergyman. The Earl of Devon, 97 years of age, is the second eldest peer in England. ' Found in Arctic Ice. The steamer Centennial, which ar rived at Port Townsend, Wash., from Nome, Alaska, reported that on June 17 a whaling ship had sighted in the ice pack 80 miles north of Cape Prince of Wales the steamer Portland, which j was blown into the Arctic ocean with 144 persons on board. The revenue cutter Thetis was standing by the Port land and would bring her in safely. Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold In bulk! Bevrare of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." I [g |i ; KIDNEY TROUBLES. Mrs. lonise M. Gibson Saji That This Fatal Disease is Easily Cared by Lydia E. Fiiikham's Vegetablo Com pound. 14 DEAR MRS. PINK HAM : I felt very discouraged two years ago, I had suf fered so long with kidney troubles and other complications, und had taken so much medicino without relief that I began to think there was no hope for me. Life looked so good to me, but what is life without health ? I wanted to be well. QIB3OS. I "Lydia E. Plnkham's Vege table Compound cured mc and made ! mo well, and that is why I gladly | write you this, and gladly thank you; I six bottles was all I took, together with your Pills. My headafche and | backache and kidney trouble went, ' never to return ; the burning sensation ! I had left altogether; my general ; health was so improved I felt as young ' and light and happy as at twenty." —MRS. Lorisre Oinson, 4813 Langley Ave., Chicago, 111.— $3000 forfeit If above testimonial Is not genuine. If you feel that there, is anything at all unusual or puzzling about your case, or if you wish confidential advice of the most experienced, write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and you will be advised free of charge. Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound has cured and is curing thousands of coses of female trouble. Good Things to Eat From Libby'a famous hjalonlc kltcheno, where purity prevails. All meats used ia LIBBY'S Natural Flavor Food Products are U.S. Government Inspected. The ho)eome neee and KoodneMßof every article is preserved in Its preparation lor your convenience, in the handy key-oneninir cans. A supply on your pHntry shelves ennhlsH you to hnvo nlwnyn nt hand the essentials to the very best men In. The little book. "How to Miiko Good Things to Eat," tells nil about them sent free. Lihby's Atius of the World, mailed free for 1U cents postage. LIBUY, MCNEILL & LIBBY, CHICAGO. ALABASTINE The Only Durable Wall Coating Wall Paper is unsanitary. Kal somines are temporary, rot, rub of! a.id scale. ALABASTINE is a pure, permanent and artistic wall coating, ready for the brush by mixing in cold water. For sale by paint dealers everywhere. ! Buy in packages and beware of worthless j imitations. ALABASTINE COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. I use Ripans Tabules for periodic headaches, always with quick relief. Only last evening a lady asked me what I thought good for pain in the stomach from eating rich food, and 1 gave her a Ripans Tabule. To-day she tells me she has bought a package, the one I gave her helped her so much. At druggists. I The Five-Cent packet is enough for an/ ordinary occasion. The family bottla 60 cents, contains a si:ii>ly for a year. nDAPQY NEW DISCOVERY; iv M ftjf IV VtaX B C 3 I quick rollof and carta worat ram. boo* of toitunomal* and 10 da vi' troatmont Free. Dr. I. H. GUEXN 6 SONS. Box B. Atlanta. Ua. P. N. U. 28, 'OS. 3>iHiuoivil war, l.>u|jtulii utiuaeluluio,atU a'uee
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