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.
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