BERLIN SMOKE FREE. The German Capital Has Demonstrat ed that Smoke Nuisance is Curable. Ono of the cleanest cities in the world, so far as "goot and smoke are concerned, is Berlin, Germany. Al though a busy manufacturing citfc', it is of the cleanest and best kept in Europe. The smokless condition of —Berlin is ascribed to three facts. The "preponderant use of coke and briquetts, which are practically smokeless; the skillful scientific con struction of boiler furnaces and * chimneys, and. finally, the high stan dard of skill that is taught and en forced among firemen who stoke fur naces with coal for steam and manu facturing purposes. Before a man can assume such a chargo he must to taught the theory and practice of economical, scientific firing by which the coal is distributed in such a man ner and quantity over the grate sur face as to securo the most perfect combustion of its volatile elements. The Silesian coal used in Berlin In most largo steam plants and fac tories is rich <in bitumen and would i "♦.lik below inanv of the bituminous coals of the United States, and yet the long, dense, trailing clouds of smoke from mill and factory chim- which are so familiar a sight / in many American cities are rarely seen in that section of Germany, where the indiscriminate £}Toveting of a raw bituminous coal into the steam and other furnaces is con sidered an ignorant and wasteful pro ceeding. Grafting Vegetables. Experiments in grafting Vege tables made by M. L. Daniel, of the faculty of sciences of Rcnncs, France, shows that it is possible to graft to gether almost any two varities of the same species or two of widely differ ent families. The graft is often pro foundly modified, it being /possible to obtain entirely new types by this pro cess. Among his slucces-sful grafts wero tomato and eggplant. Colorado Peas. . The bods of peas In Colorado some- Mimes indude as many as 2,000 acres, and there is one bed exceeding in size 2,500 acres. •The Proof of tlio Padding Lloi In tk Eating." The doctors are dumbfounded, the drug gists astonished, and the people excited and joyful over the wonderful cures and .tremendous sales of the great remedy, St. Jacobs Oil. Every case of Rheumatism— some of many years' standing—has given ;way to this powerful remedy. Thousands of certificates like the following can be fur nished as to its value: George Scleyer, Publisher of the Chilton, iW is., "N'olksbote," used .St. Jacobs Oil for "almost unbearable pains in the back, iwhich had completely prostrated him."- A lew applications cured nim entirely. Mrs. Fred. Eberle, Bellaire. 0., was for long time severely troubled with Rheu matism. St. Jacobs Oil instantly relieved und entirely cured her. Rev. Dr. 13. Pick, of Rochester, N. Y., Buffered so intensely from Rheumatic pain.s that he was unable to prcacli. Scv fjjkl applications from a bottle of St. Jwcobs Oil "relieved him." F. Racider, Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Two applications of Sfc* Jacobs Oil cured me of great and long-continued pain in my foot." Messrs. C. L. Brundagc and Son, Drug- S*3ts, Muskegon, Mich., write:—"St Jacobs il has a wonderful sale. Wo sold eight Ibottles at retail yesterday. This will give you some idea of now well it is liked in this gection." Mr. Louis Hinkel, of East Popstcn, Kill, IN. Y., says:—"l call St. Jacobs Oil the best liniment I ever used. It cured me of Rheumatism and pain in the back." Herman Rittner, Manchester, N. H.:— "I have tried St. Jacobs Oil and found it excellent. All those who have purchased it speak of it as 'simply incomparable.' " Geo. G. Erfilc, Palestine. 111.:—"I was in bed suffering from a swollen leg. I used St. Jacobs Oil; its effect was wonderful. The following day 1 attended to my busi ness again." Dr. Otto Fuls, Reading, 0., writes: "The sale of St. Jacobs Oil is constantly increasing; it is praised by everybody, and never fails to give entire satisfaction. In almost every school in the Mikado's empire it is the custom one day in the au to take the pupils out rabbit hunting. YCoaghedl " 1 bad a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and I grew very thin. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and was quickly cured. R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn. Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the above have taught us what Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will do. We know it's the great est cough remedy ever made. And you will say so, too, after you try it. There's cure ineverydrop. j Tfcreo shea: 25c., 50c., 51. All drnfgtats. Consult your doetor. If ho aaya take it. then do uo ho tays. If ho tolls you not to toko it, thon don't tako it. Ho knows. Loovo it with him. Wo are willing. j J. C. AY Kit CO.. Lowell. Mate. CATHASTIC Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold In balk. Beware of ttae dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." nnA ncV NEW DISCOVERY; *M* UK KJ I quick roltof end curt* worn 'A*' Book of testimonial* and lO dnya' treatment Vre, Or. U. H. aaasa'a ion, leiß, Atlanta, Qa q Boat Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. ÜBOgj and ® © © © /\dv©n.ture. Hear Keeps Hunters Up a Tree. TIM DOLAN, of Sierra County, In company with Charles York, n well-known San Fran cisco man, who Is visiting Sierra County, Nevada, wont out In the hills to round up his cattle, and arriv ing at the summit of a ridge just west of the City of Six, Dolau left his horse aud made a descent into a deep ravine on foot, hoping to discover some lost cattle. The country there Is covered with n deep growth of underbrush and close scrutiny is necessary to avoid over looking the animals. Hearing a noise in the brush not far away, Dolau worked Ids way through the bushes in that direction, aud suddenly came upon an immense grizzly bear. Dolan had frequently encountered animals of this species and was not at all discon certed. He threw up hi* bauds aud yelled at the bear, expecting as usual that he would take fright and de camp. Bruin gave an ugly growl and made for Tim, and the latter made for the nearest tree, which fortunately was only a short distance away, but even so, had it not been for Tim's dog, who distracted the bear's attention for a moment by attacking him in the rear, Dolan would never have reached shel ter. Tim was barely out of the bear's reach when the animal stood on his hind legs and readied up toward him. The bear made no effort to climb, being kept occupied most of the time in de fending himself against the attacks of the plucky canine. Meantime York had remained further up the hill, awaiting Tim's return. He finally heard Dolan's call, and leaving his horse, rushed down the hill. Arriv ing on the scene he found himself, to his consternation, face to face with the bear, and two seconds later he, too, was roosting in a neighboring tree, narrowly escaping capture by the fierce animal, which now trans ferred its attention from Dolan to York, the dog continuing his attacks in the meantime. York was wonder ing how long his San Francisco job would wait for hiui, as he only had six weeks' vacation. At length, however, the hear appar ently became disgusted and took to the brush, disappearing over a low ridge near by. About the time the two men concluded it was safe to get down the bear came back. These tactics ho repeated several times, and it was not until he had been gone some time that Dolan anil York dared to come oif their perch. When they did so, after having been in the trees over an hour, they lost uo time in getting to their horses aud thence out of the neighbor hood. Locked Up In u Cell. "Speaking of newspaper men and the methods they sometimes adopt to get ahead of their adversaries," said an old reporter In the New Orleans Times- Democrat, "reminds me of an effort I made once to get ahead of nu after noon contemporary. It was a dismal failure, which wJll hereinafter appear. I was doing the police work for an afternoon paper. The police had ar rested one of tile most notorious crooks of the country, hut bad put bis name on the secret docket in order to put him through the 'sweating' process before making any public statement of the matter. The thing was tipped off to me. I had to get the story in a quiet way in order to allay suspicion as to the source of my information, and there was hut one way to do this, and that was to get into the body of the prison aud talk to the man. I had to slip in unawares, so I watched for a chance. I got in unobserved. I thought I could slip in mid slip out before the turnkey locked the door. But to my utter astonishment the turukey went out before I got through and locked me in. It was about the noon hour. I could not yell after I had gotten the story, because the police did not know I was in there. I waited, thinking the turnkey would return and give me a chance to get out. The hours slipped by. My paper was telephoning everywhere in an effort to find me. I had not been seen anywhere except at the police station, and the officers at that institution said I had left there early in the morning. It was 0 o'clock in the evening when I got out of jail. I was awfully sore, but couldn't say anything, of course. It was a bit of good luck for mo that my afternoon competitors did not get the story. But It was In the morning papers all right, and what was worse for me, one ol' the papers had a long story about my ex perience under tljp rather catchy head, 'A Scooper Scooped.' " Hypnotizes Alligators. "Speaking of catching alligators re minds me of a rather unique charac ter in this section of the country," said a man who has spent the greater part of his life in these parts, "for he has the power of hypnotism devel oped to an abnormal degree. lie has the power of hypnotizing alligators, and, in fact, never uses any other means in catching the wary saurian. How he does it 110 living man knows except.himself. Animals are very sus ceptible to this Influence, and in many instances it is n comparatively easy thing to hypnotize animals. Take the trained animals, for instance, we find in the circus and on the vaudeville stage In these latter days. It is sim ply a case of hypnotism. It is the power of suggestion. I suppose it is the same thing in the case of an alli gator. "The troubling part of the thing is bow on earth a man can command the attention of the saurian long enough to put liim Mutter the spell. Tlie old man I have In mind can do it just th same, and lie seems to he rather proud of the fact. He is in the habil of telling his friends that it is alto gether a matter of the eyes. It de pends on how ho looks at the alligator. 'Of course, I have to get in close range,' he says, 'else I could have no influence on the alligator.' "Besides, my experience has taught me that the alligator's visual range Is not very extensive. He can only see a short distance, but he can see suffi ciently well to enable him to be in fluenced If you go about it in the right way. I am not well enough posted to pass on the merits of the old man's explanation. But from what I know of him and from what others have told me about their experience, he is able to catch alligators without resorting to tlie methods usually employed by | alligator hunters. "When he once gets them under his influence, catching them is a com paratively easy matter. lie throws a net around them, and it is sufficiently strong to hold tliein until he can pull them in. He never fails in his work when he can get in close enough range and the fact has convinced me that there is something in the old man's claim that he has the power of hyp notizing alligators. At any rate, he can catch them, and he doesn't use babies for bait either."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Hugged n Rml Bear. Peter Brown, of Liberty, Pa., while deer hunting on the opening day of the season, discovered a bear's tracks In the soft margin of Briar Swamp and sent his dog into the swamp to rout the bear out. The bear came out not ten rods from the hunter. Brown shot and killed It. He was surprised when he went up to look at it. It was a bear, all right, but not like o-ny bear that had ever been seen or heard of before in the hemlock belt. Its fur was almost as deep a red as that of the red fox. Its legs were much longer and thinner than those of the native Pennsylvania black bear, and Its nose was of greater length and quite sharp. The bear was smaller than the native bear, but evidently full-grown. A lumberman from I'etosky, Mich., who is working in the hemlock woods, says that from the description of this bear It is undoubtedly one of a variety known in Michigan as a cranberry bear, which has its habitat in the marshes of that State. llow and why it should be in north ern Pennsylvania, where there are no cranberry marshes, remains to be ex plained. Boy Bravo In Fnc© of Death. Nerve and fortitude that won the admiration of all those about him were displayed by a seven-year-old boy who was run over and fatally injured by a Long Island Railroad train in Brooklyn. The lad, "Jiinmie" llandazzo, who lived with his parents at 11107 Pacific street, was on his way to school with several playmates when he attempted to cross the railroad tracks in front of an approaching train at Classon and Atlantic avenues. He was struck and the engine and forward car passed over him, both of his legs being cut off at the knees. The little fellow was conscious when picked up, and, despite his terrible injuries, did not even whimper. "Jim mie" still held to his school books. "Please don't lose them," he pleaded as one of the men took the books gently from him. "Don't tell mamma I got hurt," he said again to the ambulance surgeon who was called from St. Mnry's Hos pital. The boy died in the hospital several hours later. —New York Times. A Companion to tho Itllml. The person who is blind loses much of the beautiful in life through the affliction. There is one woman, how ever, whose home is in this city, and who, having means, linds away to satisfy her taste for a knowledge of all that is going on. This she accom plishes with the help of a companion of the' same sex, hut much younger (the woipan is herself seventy-seven years old), who takes her from place to place, explaining everything. Thus an afternoon at an art exhibi tion results in both coming away with an excellent idea of the most notable canvases. Tlie architecture of the various now buildings is described at length; the bindings and Illustrations of late hooks are laid before the mind of the afflicted one with much circum stance. Even the now operatic and dramatic events are attended with great regu larity, and the costumes, forms and faces of tlie performers are described in the fullest detail; the scenery and properties are tile subject of comment, and the people in the audience furnish material for discussion between tho nets. In traveling, tho companion is tho same faithful painter of pictures for the sightless eyes of her employer, and every feature that goes to give that variety which seems a necessary splcc tp living Is brought out with the utmost particularity.—New York Mail and Express. A Senrjirinc Squirrel. The steamship Rouisdale, which ar rived light from Boston, has on board a small animal, tho species of which Is seldom seen on shipboard. The ani mal is a common gray squirrel, such ns is seen in' Druid Hill Park. The little fellow was shipped at Vera Cruz, Mexico, about six months ago, and has since proven himself to lie a splendid sailor. In lieu of a forest, the frisky little chap disports himself nmong the rigging of the big steamship. He is on friendly terms with everybody, and often perches himself on the shoul ders of the sailors as they walk about the decks.—Baltimore American. Plants That Cough. Man has not a monoply of cough ing. Before there was a vertebrate on tho earth, while man was in pro cess of evolution through tlie vege table world, etada tussiens—that is what botanists call him, wbilo we know him as "the coughing bean"— coughed and blew dust out of his lungs. Recently botanists have been giving special attention to this bean, and tell interesting things about it. It is a native of warm and moist tropical countries, and objects most emphatically to dust. When dust settles on the branching pores in tho leaves of the plant and choke them a gas accumulates inside, and when it gains sufficient pressure there coracs an explosion with a sound ex actly like coughing, and the dust is blown from its lodgment. And, more strange still, the plant gets red in the face through the effort. An Electric Tree. There -are a peculiar tree in the forests of Central India which has most curious characteristics. The leaves of the tree are of a highly sensitive nature, and so full of elec tricity that -whatever touches one of them receives an electric shock. It has a very singular effect upon a magnetic needle, and will Influence it at a distance of even 70 feet. The electrical strength of tho tree varies according to the time of day, it be ing strongest at midday and weakest at midnight. In wet weather its power disappears altogether. Birds never approach the tree, nor have Insects evjer been seen upon it. The Composition of Electricity. The latcist word on electricity is to the effect that it is a material sub stance. Its unit, the electron, forms an infinitesimal part of the atom of any element, and when split off it produces a stress in tho other similar to that due to a negatively electrified body. The severing of tho electron from Its atom is the generation of electricity. The remainder of the atom acts at* a positively charged body, but it is not certainly known whether the positive electron—sup posedly to be about 10 times as heavy as the negative—really exists. Women Doctors in Paris. A statistician has discovered that Paris has now 57 women doctors out of a total of 3.60P practitioners. Com pared witlh this country the propor tion is small, but none the less shows a rapid disappearance of a strong prejudice. Twenty years ago Pari3 had only se\<en wom<|n physioiianS. Every year a large number of dip lomas are given to women graduates Uy the medical faculties of Paris and Montpelier, but French women are in the minority, the greater number of candidates being Russian aud Rou manians. Three hundred and sixty pick pockets are known by the Japanese police at Tolcio. Two hundred of the thieves do their pilfering in trains. SIOO Krwaril. WIOO. Tho renders of this paper will bo pleased to Jenrn that there is at least 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 positivo cure now known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's OatarrhCure Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ng the foundation of tho 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 euro. Send for list of testimonials. Address P. J. CHENEY A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Tills arc the l est. A woman's age is emphasized by her ef forts to appear young. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world. Seo their liberal offer in advertise ment in another column of this paper. Laugh, and tlie world laughs with you; but not at your own jokes. FlTSnermanontly oured.No fits or nflrvoin nessafter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerveltestorer.s2trial bottle and treatUefroa Dr.it. H.KLINE. Ltd., 931 Arab St., Phila.,Pa. All women may be jewels, but a great deal depends upon the setting. Mrs.Winslow'sSoothing Syrup for children teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion,allays pain,cures wind oolio. 25c. a bottle The only opening the pessimist expects is that supplied by the gravedigger. Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. The man who he can generally finds that some one will do the rest. Plso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of M aoough cure.—J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Mian., Jaa. 6, ISOJ The first ton of anthracite was delivered in Pbiladelnhia a century ago. SISTERS OF CHARITY Use Pe=ru=na For Coughs, Colds, Grip and In every country of the civilized world Sisters of Charity are known. Not only do they minister to the spiritual and in tellectual needs of the charges committed to their care, but they also minister to their bodily needs. With so many children to take care of and to protect from climate and disease these wise and prudent Sisters have found v Peruna a never failing safeguard. Dr. Ilartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over the United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., read as follows: J>r. S. 11. Ilartman, Columbus. Ohio: Dear Sir:—"ss7*o young girl who used tho Peruna was suffering from laryngitis, ami loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory. She found great relief, ami after further use of the medi cine we hope to be able to say she is entirely cured. 9) — Sisters of Charity. The young girl was under the care of the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna for ca tarrh of tho throat, with good results, us the above letter testifies. Send to the Peruna Medicine Co., Co lumbus, Ohio, for a free book written by Dr. Ilartman. INDUCEMENTS FOR ALASKA. j Want Law to Open Up to Farmers and Stockrangers. The settlement of Alaska has be-1 come a matter of general interest to, American land-seekem Thousands* j of Americans are buying Western! lands in Canada, wQiero the climate! is more severe than in many parts I of our groat territory in the North-1 west. General Greedy and Secretary j Wilson, of the Department of Agri-1 culture, have reported favorably on the agricultural and pastoral possi bilities of Alaska, and the people of the territory will urge Congress, at! the approaching session, to pass a; law to open the region to farmers and stockrangers. A bill has been drafted for this purpose and placed in the hands of a committee of Alas kans. It embodies tho chief features j of the Oregon Donation Act of 1850 and does not apply to mineral claims. A donation of 320 acres is proposed for an unmarried man, or of 640' acre 9 for a married man and his | wife, if American citizens, 'after a residence upon the land and its culti vation for two years. Whether the dand shall be an absolute donation or not is of less Importance than tho definite opening of the territory to settlers. The great tide of American adventurous manhood always run ning westward is more likely to bo attracted to Alaska than to any semi tropical possession. This fact is proved by the heavy movement of Americans to British America rather than to our new possessions or to tho Southern states. The managers of four Northwest ern railroads are leaguing together to stimulate sugar beet cultivation. It requires $500,000 to equip a good factory. The following letter is from Congressman Mcekiaon, of Napoleon, Ohio: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen: "I have used several £ and feel greatly j J ' benefited thereby * WTTMTI * mjy catarrh J Kjf # feel encouraged to j * fully eradicate a £ ♦ years' standing.*' i Barld Meetlnacm. \ —David Meekison. Dr. Ilartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in the United otatca, was the first man to formulate Pe- I runa. It was through his genius and persc ! vcrance that it was introduced to the medi cal profession of this country. If you do not derive prompt and satisfac tory results from the use of Peruna write j at once to Dr. Ilartman, giving a full state ment of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratia. Address Dr. Ilartman, President of The I Ilartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio. My skin was sallow, I had a bad taste in my mouth in the morning and my breath was offensive at times and occasionally I had a bad headache. By the use of Ripans Tabules I am now in a condition to attend to my daily duties, my appetite is excellent and my diges tion much improved. At druggists. I'he Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, tiO cents, contains a supply for a year. Capsicum Vaseline PUT UP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES. A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or ant other i ln-t r, and will n Ili ter the nnst delieata skin. Tho pnin ail;i.\i:iirand curative M"lities of this article are wonderful. It will iffi.p the tooth ache u: once and relieve h-ndadie and sciatica. Wo recommend It as tlie host and -ufost external counter-irritHii' known, also ~s an external remedy for pain* in the cheat and stomach mid all rheu matic, n-uraUic mid (touty comi lulnts. A trn.i will prove wh it we claim for it. mid it will be found '-J invaluable iu the household. Many people say Price,' 1 cents?at^nli'dnu-Li's s.^."'other d'vVrs or by so idlnir this amount to us In postage-taim -i wo will send you a tube by mail No article should be invented by the public nn>s yenuine° CIUT our 1,8 otherwise it is u t 17 State Street, New York City. VIRGINIAS®^
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