The red deer of New Zealand are es timated to number between 4000 and COOO individuals, the offspring of two stags and six hinds that were turned out in 1808. Many cotton mills are now in opera tion in Bombay, and others will soon start. It is said that the whole yarn supply of India, and a great part of that of China and Japan, is furnished by Bombay mills. Coffee has been cultivated In Vene zuela only since 1879, and yet it is now that much-talked-of country's chief commercial product. About 200,- 000 acres are under cultivation. Agri culture is the leading industry of the country, at least one-fifth of the popu lation being engaged in it. The vomiting of fishes from vol canoes is no new experience, and it seems more startling than mysterious. M. J. Girardln explains that in the interval between two eruptions—often a century or more—the craters bccomo filled with flsh-stocked lakes, and the next eruption blows out the water and Its contents, t, California figs and grapes, nt low prices, have been flooding the London market, and the dark plums of the same State have met with so much favor that the English growers have actually let their fruit rot on the trees because it would r.ot pay them to corao In competition with the imported. The California fruit is packed so well that it reaches England in prime condition. The city of Los Angeles, Cal., was deprived of light and power for several hours recently In a singular way. The electric plant is situated in a canyon thirteen miles from the city, where it / Is operated by a rapid stream, and in vestigation showed that a bald eagle had become entangled in two of the wires in the canyon and short-circuited the current. Traffic was nt a standstill and lights were out, while fifty men searched for the cause of the trouble. In his balloon experiments, J. M. Bacon lins been able to see the sen bottom from a height of 500 feet, all waves seeming to be blotted out, with no apparent scattering of light from the surface. At 1000 feet or higher, all water, whether deep or not, seemed opaque. Photographs taken during tlv ascent on a clear day became gradually blurred until at 4000 feet good pictures were made impossible by'tho dust par ticles that reflected the sunshine, the definition over water being better than over land. 1 "Water of the Underworld. iT'he amount of water within the crust of the earth, says Professor Slichter, in a recent paper, is enor mous, amounting to 505,000 million million cubic yards. This vast accu mulation, }f placed upon the earth, would cover Its entire surface to a uniform depth of from 3000 to 3500 feet. This estimate is based upon the supposition that the average depth which waters can penetrate beneath the surface is six miles below the land and five below the ocean's floor. Experiments have shown that not only sands and gravels are porous, but rocks supposed to be solid aud com pact may be traversed by water, even so hard a rock as Montello granite, selected for the sarcophagus of Gen eral Grant on account of Its grant strength, shows a porosity of a quarter of one per centum. The most p: duet tve water-bearing rocks are found to bo > The great mass of ground water slowly percolates through sand and gravel deposits, sandstone and other porous material under a wide extent of territory. Though its motion carries it but a fraction of a mile in a year, this ground water is so wide: ;>read and often so accessible as to be of the greatest economic importance. Pleusnntrlcß of War. A reader has sent us the following story of General Viljoen, which, he says, Is absolutely true: While on the way to keep an apnoint men with the Boer General our cor respondent met a friend of his—an offi cer in the Scots Guards—who had seen service in South Africa. "By the way, I'm going to see an acquaintance of yours," he said to the t efiiccr; "General Viljoen." "Oh, he's no friend of mine," was the comment. "He once stole our con -1 voy, and we had to go on quarter rations for a fortnight." Later our correspondent told General Viljoen of his meeting with the officer and what the latter had said. The General laughed heartily nt the story. "Tell your friend," he said, "I did not steal his convoy. I only bor rowed it."—London Express. Taming the Tiger. A Cossack was recently hired at Moscow by the FrcncL Hon tamer I'ezon to clean the cages of his wild ibeasts. Being ignorant of the French language, understandings were ar ranged by means of gestures. The next morning the Tartar began ids new duties by entering, not the cage ' of a tame beast, as his master had l <ione, but that of an untamed tiger, Which lay asleep on the floor. The fierce animal awoke and fixed its eyes upon tho man, who calmly proceeded ito wet his large sponge, and, untcrri fied, to rub down the tiger. The ani mal, apparently delighted with the told water, showed no resistance, but rolled on its back and offered every part of its body to be washed. RENTING FROM_ WOMEN. An ObserTant Man Tells of Ills Ezper euces With Tlicin. "Speaking of the want column," said an observant man, "I noticed a peculiar thing in this connection a 'few' (thy s' ago, and there is a good bit of philos ophy behind It in these days when women are playing such a conspicuous part in the affairs of business. Some person, whether a man or woman I do not know, advertised for a small furnished cottage, and he tacked tills sentence on to the end of his adver tisement: 'Prefer to rent ffom a man.' "Here is a lesson for you. When I read that ad. I thought of a few little things which have happened to me during my own career as a renter. I do not like to say it, for fear of offend ing, and yet it is a fact that I have never been able to conduct satisfac tory rental relations with the female owner of a house. I might go further than this and say that I have never made any sort of satisfactory business deal with a woman. Plainly, tbe.v have all been blunt, flat failures, frequently ending In a perfect whirlwiiul of un pleasant loquacity, bordering on denun ciation, and in bad feeling generally. "They nre plausible renters. They make fine promises, but rarely keep them. In business women arc not re liable, so far as my experience goes. I do not mean to say that they are wicked and designing in these matters, idiey simply promise too much. I suppose It is because they talk too mfich. Speaking much while making a trade is unwise if you want the deal to stick. The short, categorical answer is the thing in business. But you can't hold a woman down to this rule. She is too fond of talking. One cannot talk all day without committing oneself in some way, but women do not seem to realize It. "Of course, there are some excep tions. But, looking at the thing in n general way, I am inclined to commend the wisdom of the man who put the sentence, 'prefer to rent from a man,' after his advertisement. He's right about It and evidently speaks by the card."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. WISE WORDS. The fairest without may be the foul est within. The big sword docs not make the brave soldier. The worker's pay may be the shirk er's punishment. Right ends arc never furthered by wrong agencies. Great sorrows expand the heart to receive great joys. Foes without arc less to be feared than faults within. No man becomes wise until he has of ten called himself a fool. Humility is the secret of the steady head on the giddy heights. To return good for evil is to make a flower bloom from a weed. When the evolution of history is held back it results In a revolution. To take the fuel of lust into the heart is to invite its fires to consume the life. Men are valued by others in about the inverse ratio of their own valua tion. Happiness depends not on the things the heart has, but 011 the heart that has the things. The first thing some people do when troubles fly into their lives is to clip their wings.—Ram's Horn. Decline of the Amateur. "The Decline of the Amateur" would be a good title for a paper for one of the magazines, says Black and White. Twenty years ago a girl who could sing a simple song simply, or could play a waltz or a drawing-room piece correctly, with a light touch, was re garded as an accomplished woman. A man who could occasionally make a thirty or forty break at billiards was looked upon as a fine player. The man or woman who could draw or paint a little bettor than boys and girls draw or paint who have been taught at school, was described as an artist. Now, however, the drawing-room song or piece, the occasional thirty or forty break at billiards—lengthened by the frequent assistance of fortune—and the home-made "artist" do not acquire any reputation. Most men and women nre supposed to be, and are, mw well grounded in the theory' of whatever they take up; they approach the matter from the professional side, 110 longer from that of the amateur. It is curious that as the standard all round has been so greatly raised there are so few who surpass their contemporaries suf ficiently to become permanently fam ous. The Difference. He was a man who was making SSO n week and was having luncheon with bis fiancee in an uptown restaurant. The lady ordered chicken salad, fol lowed by black coffee and wafers. The man, who could have ordered every thing on the bill and not felt a fiole in his pocketbook, had consomme aud Little Neck clams and drank water. The waiter got ten cents. A clerk who was kept busy earning his salary of $lB a week took his sweetheart to an expensive seaside re sort. It took twenty minutes to decide what they wanted to cat. Finally the order came, heaped high up on a large tray. At the lady's place the waiter depos ited roast beef, mashed potatoes, chicken croquettes with peas, a salad of lettuce aud tomatoes and a cup of coffee. The man, wondering how he could get a winter overcoat, ate a porter house steak with mushrooms, fried po tatoes, green corn and coffee. For dessert they had ice cream and fancy cakes, with more coffee. The ■waiter got a quarter.—New York Her ald. It was only recently that the Bra zilians found out the value of the halata tree as a producer of the gum that makes gutta-percha. They hare been in the habit of cutting it down for firewood and building material. It is said that the tree grows in such abund ance near Para and along the tribu taries of the Amazon for hundreds of miles that there is practically no limit to the supply. More sap is yielded by the balatn than by the rubber tree, but it is not so easily obtained. By the Hubon process, black pigment Is made by pumping acetylene Into steel cylinders to a pressure of about two atmospheres, aid tftfen packing an electric spark through the vessels, the gas being thus disassociated into its carbon and hydrogen. The hydrogen is collected for any convenient use; the carbon is ready for the market. Acety lene black is free from the oily impuri ties of ordinary lamp-black, and the demand is already so great that the first factory—now running in Switzer land—is likely to be followed by others in other countries. A snowfiake, like a hailstone, is formed on a particle of dust in the upper atmosphere. It begins its ca reer at the top of a cloud, many miles above the earth, and passes in its downward course through many at mospheric strata, differing in their temperature and the quantity of mois ture they contain. In a stratum of warmer air it catches moisture and when it enters a eold stratum below the moisture is frozen, and so the flake grows until it reaches the earth. In i thawing air. many flakes come to gether, forming larger ones. It is said that a cement for mending iron, which is strong enough to resist the blows of a sledge-hammer, may be made by a mixture of equal parts of sulphur and white lead, with about ono-slxth proportion of borax, the three being thoroughly incorporated so as to make a homogenous mass. When the composition is to be applied it is wet with strong sulphuric acid, and n thin layer of it is placed between the two pieces of iron, which are immedi ately pressed together. It will be per fectly dry in five days, all traecs ot the cement having disappeared, and the work having every look of weld ing. The gardens and fields of Yucatan are filled with vegetables and fruits almost unknown to the outside world. The forests and jungles also contain wild fruits, excellent even in their un cultivated state, which might he bred into valuable food products. One of the most important native Yucatan grains, ixim, called by the natives. "Grace of God." somewhat resembles the Indian corn of the United States. There are six native varieties culti vated. Xmic nal, the long-stalked, iarge-grnined variety is the most large ly planted. The seed is put into the ground in May and the plant is fully matured by January. Under the prim itive nature methods twenty or thirty bushels to the acre are raised. The following thermo-dynamlenl problem is stated and solved by t lie Engineer: " A hoy eals two ounces of ice. Let us see what is the approxi mately thermo-dynamie equivalent of the work he has made his interior do. assuming lie takes five minutes to eat it. In melting the ice he will require eighteen units to reduce it to water. To raise it in temperature to that of his inside he will require seven more units, or a total of twenty-five British thermal units. Taking the mechanical equivalent as 777 foot pounds, this will bo equal to 19,427) foot pounds. If the boy weighs 100 pounds he will have called upon his stomach to do as much heat work as would with a ma chine, having unit eflicieney, raise him 194 feet high, or a heat cxtracation equal to nearly an eighth of a horse power." A "Homing Instinct" Story. The Byron Itepuhlle relates a re markable dog story. The paper says that some seven or eight years ago Mr. Housouer, of Byron, who was then living at Galena, Ivan., made a trip through the territory on a hunting ex pedition, passing through tho neigh borhood of Mendon. His dog followed the wagon the entire journey, from Galena, being about 250 miles. When Mr. Housouer moved to Byron last winter he left the dog at his old home. About two months ago ho had the dog shipped to Byron from Kansas. He was a good hunting dog, and on a trip a couple of weeks ago near the salt plains became separated from his owner, who supposed he had returned home. On returning home he found the dog had not arrived, and just a week from that day received a letter from relatives at Galena, stating that the old dog had safely returned and seemed glad to get hack. He seemed discontented with Oklahoma life, and well remembered the road he passed over seven or eight years ago.—Kansas City Journal. His Famo Without Flaxr. Washington inspiring order and spirit Into troops hungry and in rags, stung by ingratitude but betraying no anger nnd ever ready to forgive; In defeat invincible, magnanimous in conquest, and never so sublime as on that day when he laid down his invincible sword and sought his noble retirement. Here indeed is a character to admire and revere; a life without a stain, a fame without a. flaw. Quando lnnerriea paaein!—Thackeray. ifjV&iiig 4*ie sick. ■' • ' Young mothers naturally feel anxious about the baby's bath. It is best to begin at six weeks to put the little one in the water, first folding a soft towel in the bot tom of the basin. Use only Ivory Soap, as many of the highly colored and perfumed aoaps are verj injurious to the tender skin of an infant.—Eleanor it. Parker. There are people who seem to think that poverty is no disgrace, as long as they can borrow from their neighbors. Deafueu Cannot ll Cured by local applications as they cannot reach t ae diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti tutional remedies. Deafnos£ is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous liniug of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is tho result, and unless tho inflam mation can be taken out and tills tube re stored to its normal ccndilien, bearing will be destroyed forevor. bine cases.out of ton arc caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surface. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any cose of Deafness (caused by cataxvh) that cannot be cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cir culars sent free. F.J.CHEN BY ACo.,Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. s Hall's Family Pills are the best. The most miserable creature in the world is a young girl getting over her first love affair. TO MMING GIRLS FREE MEDICAL ADVICE Every working girl who is not well is cordially invited to write to Mrs. Pinkhajoh Lynn, Mass., for advice; it is freely given, and has restored thousands to health. Hiss Paine's Experience. " I want to thank you for what you have done for me, and recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to all girls whose work keeps them standing- on their feet in the store. The doctor said I must stop work ; he did not seem to realize that a girl cannot afford to stop work ing. My back ached, my appetite was poor, I could not sleep, and menstrua tion was scanty and very painful. One day when suffering I commenced to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound, and found that it helped me. I continued its use, and soon found that my menstrual periods were free from pain and natural ; everyone is surprised at the change in me, and I am well, and cannot be too grateful for what you have done for me." Miss JANET PAINE, 530 West 125 th St., Now York City. SSOOO forfeit If original of about Ittter proving genuineness can not be produced. Take no substitute, for it is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable (Isronniiml t.lint cures. [Hamuns -.,1 WlZ^i RHEUMATIC PAIN SORENESS, SWELLING CAUSE: WATERPROOF IR ft OILED CLOTHING RAJ® Miff m black or ycllcw for ill kmfs j iTa " { \f/ / of wet work. On sole everywhere. \/J Look for the Jion of the Fish.mf A /\\W\\<Vl7 the Dime TOWcR on the button). / CATHAHTIC Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold In bulk. 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Thousands of the world's best people have found instant relief and speedy cure by the use of Cuticura Resolvent, Ointment and Soap in the most torturing and disfiguring of ITCHING, BURN ING, and SCALY HUMOURS, ECZEMAS, RASHES, ITCH INGS and INFLAMMATIONS. Thousands of Tired, Fretted Mothers, of Skin-Tortured and Disfigured Babies, of all ages and conditions, have certified to almost miraculous cures by the Cuticura Remedies when the best medical skill has failed to relieve, much less cure. Cuticura Treatment is local and constitutional—complete and perfect, pure, sweet and wholesome. Bathe the affected surfaces with Cuticura Soap and Hot Water to cleanse the skin of Crusts and Scales and Soften the Thickened Cuticle, dry without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Ointment freely to allay Itching, Irritation, and Inflammation, and Soothe and Heal, and lastly take Cuticura Resolvent to Cool and Cleanse the Blood, and put every function in a state of healthy activity. 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Doc: g fas ma horn and acl/t mc.i-o men's Goody a:' r Welt (Hand* | stowed Procoaa} any othoJ tnanvfacfuror In the vtrorltl. $25,000 REWARD wIU fco paid to anyone who f ' njt can dlsprovo this abatement. C :: v. W Because W. L. Douglas f 1&1 is the largest manufacturer ho can buy cheaper ami [. f ml tiro luco his sin'i-s at aPVr - / v' lower cost than other con- h* ■ corns, which enables him A ; " S| '' n'' '. '< '" ands3shoes tun worn ly t huiiHaiulsof men who have been paying • I and $5. not believing they could get a first-class .sh.oe for $,"..50 or s.'hoo. lie has convinced them that the stylo, fit, and wear of his $3.50 and $3.00 shoes is jus as good. Give them a trial and save monej Police I iHTfiuc- /IS9O Sales: KU.QOII.HHa.S* lu lfiu*tiics: tivoc Sale*: to.o* a gain ..f i n Four Venn. W. L. DOUGLAS S4.CO GILT EDGE LINE. Worth SG.OO Comparod with Other Makes. The best imported and American leathers. Hcul'i Patent Calf. Enamel, B <x Calf, Calf, Vlci Kid, Corona Colt, and Na'ionai Kangaroo. East Color Egrlrts Hanfinn • The have w. r.. Douglas uaunutl . name and price stamped on bottom. \\. I'.'. no v'iii; as^UKoi'itto S'fiiass. Capsicum Vaseline PUT LP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES. I A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any ; other pIH-t.-r, unit will not blister the most delicate 1 r, k , in - ' ,e ' B,n Hyingand curative qualities ot I tliis article r.re wonderful. It will slop the tooth* i sello in once and relieve headache and sciatica we recommend it as the lust and Mifest external I couiiter-iriitaii! known, ids as un external remedy for pains in 'he chest and stomach ami all rheu I niatic, neuralgic and gouty eoiiiphiints. A trial will ; prove what we claim for it. and it will be found to • on Invaluable in the household. Many people say It is tlie liest ot all your 1 re- orations." lrice, lft cents, at all druirgiats, or other dealers, or by sending this amount I o us in postugo stamps we will send you u tube by urn 11. No article should ho accented ty the public unless the same carries our laliel, ae otherwise it is no# 1 genuine. CteetaililifctngGo. 17 Slate Street. New York City. m Boat Cough Syrupy Taatee Good. Use
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