MARnnnr: ci stoms. irrrsT w lUTtnnn srors. BK0 ELEPMA'IT'3 FOOT, iNrri! err. i ! Cruel RuggesUoa To One Wna Jfjrf tSBElX WTr TO eOLLtfOTJ. i 'yfc'' ,f '"l,w,"",M"' ,l,'P" ! i"."."if'.ji1'ts i."i"'j vipr lury H.iil Jinny Curious nnU Inter, mdnj Orins. . TT l'ttl customs thnt hnvn com to lie a p;rt of the mnrrlPRff cere mony nave hnrl divert niid tnterrt tnt; origin. The ring hn.i r!ycil an lmronant pert. With the com "P. 5 In of Chris '.un ity !t a no lor.grr piired on the rlgbf forcfliiKer hut on the left third finger. The pr'cnt, or In tome canes the groom, first put It on the thumb, sayin. "In the name of the Father:" rt the tor finger, ndd'ng, "In tho oam of thi" Sol;" on t'ne tecoii An ger, contlnn ng. "in the naiiie of the Holy Ohoct;" then on tie third (In fer with "Amen" and there It re mained. The bridal ve'l originated In Dl b'e lirca and (ikiou until all tbe public seroTv.nnies were over, so H can res lily he understood how Ja cob u deceived Into marry4iig LtatT lust-mi of her sister Rachel. In the A nc'o-Haxori wedding cera rrcny a Hj.iare piece of veiling wna held over tie head of the bride to conceal ber erubirrEssirKint. In iho later B ! days, during the pcriol rninrpn the betrothal and the aet'dii. Ifn bride remained w.ih her ftVnils arj could comrriun loatu w'th ber oflinced only through "the trlet-d r.f the br'deRroom," as tnert'rined In John 111, 2X who also performed othor services for the froom. Thrawlrc; rhre orlslnnfJd In the ol.l Jct ih cirtom of handing to the purchaser of land 0.1 01 shoe as a to!;en of surrender or renunciation (Ee Ki;ib lv, 7). Tho br'de's fath er gave a rhoe to the husband or threw It nftpr b'm t sentry th.y cm renders A to hiia all authority over rhelr 'a tighter. Tlrowint; rice synibrjlfxaj fruit f'llneis and pler.ty from tls general disiribul.on over the wor'.d. Tifclr-g th- hurban-l's rftitne origi nated In r. -.mail tiuicj, 1 hough the eat ;s b'i! kini'vn. V.'be-o Julia :iurr e:l Po.r.ptfj- jrr name became Ju ia of Ton vty. Modera women on;it the "of" in the name. Delineator. !tahhi:e; Hoi In I'.inrk fAhorn. Tb "Merry WTow" hat has car ried a 1 Deloie it and been the foun dation Cer no et.i ol charming mod e's for 'J. ring end s'lmr.isr wear. The Jf.st wrj in e;eKu Is this design :n floe lii'k I'al:nn leghorn. The brim ro.'is si r.i'ly Ri the side, while tie top Is covered with waves of )!umes in varying shades oil cerise. ; What'ed the trimming used, -itlit in one 01 the chief points to ,oc gained, l'lucie aro arranged In pr-.at var fty. and while soft, wav ing effect are very niotlitb there la IN BLACK LEGHORN. Plso an incltnntior to sot them stif fly on end. Arranged at the back ender a clux of ribbon or fcunrh of bowers, so that they wave forward, tr ey mske a vtry pretty trimming. Winss of great sweep pointing sl.urply upward, a'brettea of great rosea or other flowjrs nodding high at fro..t or irldo, pirasant plumes, tojrah ffathers, Slc, exlend'ng to an sBtorTifhins point beyond the the l.at end hi ad lines- all bare grown rarall-iT. red yet. ns bas been said, tie re.nk ami file of the new bats are .ej:gi:tt:j and evury woman can snrr' Bad something be wrung pro vided so has the Us;e to know what L bccu..i,ng to her and Is not led way eolniy by ljva of the prevall iuj mode. . lon- Mw In New Houses. Why Is a new ir.mse mihealthfulT Tlat la a iur.oti that has ueeo ask ed by many nnii bueu answered by fw. Ard yet Uic reason Is t bvlous. In the construct on of Just one rue di.lm sl ed ras 't Is estimated thai ocr thlrrv. thsjiand gallons of water is usvtj. This a:cr doos rot evaporate as ia!(.t ly a It would in t'w air and !"-il.;ht. b.-t Mrs n ar thu surface of tnceurta un.'.n ti.e hji,s tad In the a'.!s of the veitur. Hence, the bourn is daiip. an J damp houses fos ter illness. A h.iuse that has been surd t,g for a year or so. is much dors cealtbful than a new one. f.;.ett Chrlr In ti-e World. Can1!. or, Mj., bvts 0 Its beicj the tr'it chaliiEa'ring coi-amunity In he wcr1-!, fid Is known popui'-r'y as "ClmirUnvn." E'jiievlr.g ia advertising its busi-.CM. it lias had set up near 'he railicad station "the biggest chair In the world," which stunds on a con 'rete ba"m in the midi'ie of the long 1 iwn a! msside the Eoston ft Maine vitlon platform. V-e cUjir weighs two hundred ro-0'i!!, r.rd ',1 live ord onchalf feet fi-are at the a:;o ar.U ta twelve feet t::h. To ir.ni.e tb's bit of furniture thfre was used six hundred feet of 1'imher. As a b't of town adwrtld'ng, as w.! I as en Indication of what's aninr cn!u the town, this chair is a win ner, and every one pjs.icg through tlsrdner is sure to toe it and to r icenifcer it The Truly licwurccful. Do rer- resourceful nan," trla Unrlo Bbea. "whtn ton e one It's u da hltn a leu 00 Is its jy wif dv sugar and O'.hsn flxln'a to make It tol-abl fisent to tka." aV Onsen Net Voik Shojts Onneil ly Io flrctlicrs Not Ilariiem. Two brotfcsrs, manufacturers by trade and utterly unnrqiiulntod wl'n the barbrlrg businenn, have cheficu bai'ber shops rs an investment for their surplus cavltal. Thoy mii;lit b.ivo put more money Into theli!-'rentier bugi.-.cBS or lnveatod In eto.''..s, miucn or what not, but leading ocr U13 businens TietJ 4n New York thoy declde4 that thoy could not do bettor than go Into barhertnit. The brothers now own nearly a dozen thops and employ about sixty barbers. Their business at first lay In tho loivutown buatneas district only, but not long ago they bought the good t, i 11 of a shop pretty well uptown. One of the barbers em ployed In the shop would have boea Riad to buy it, but the brothers out bid him. . . Each shop owned by these non professional, barbers htis a manager, himself a practical barber, who keeps fin eye on the buvlneua, and when the place Is crowded wields raior. or scissors blrcscLf. There is a general mar.o.ier who visits all the shops from time to time and keeps an eye upon accounts nnd receipts. Once a week the receipts anl checks from ail the shops are takoa to the Lead shop downtown, and there the whole week's bi'nlncss is put through a clearing honse prp ces s. On Saturday everybody Is paid 03 in each shop, and If the receipt In hand at any shop are not enough for tho purpose the deficit is mads up from the head shop, Two days re ceipts nro left In eich shop for the payment of weekly wages, and this is usually enough for the purpose, Wholesale bcrbcrlug pays protty well bccajDO tho ownor of a dozen shops can buy supplies at the lowest prices, and bavins p'.onty of capital is able toVct favcrebie rates in build '.utiS where the shot s are situated. Tbe dozen shop concern has also snctU'T advantLgo over the self-cm- pipyius barber with a single shop. ine success of the business as a whole la not dependent upon local conditions in any one part of IL city. All sorts of things happen to boost or depress trade' in an Individual shop, but the whole dozen do not sailer nt once. It is easy also when busluess slackens In one shop to transfer at least one barber from It to snothnr, where the man are rather too busy. If shops are near torjether It Is possible at a specially busy hour to call a barber from a nclirhborlnjt shop. ProntB ore not great In any one shop, for rents are high nnd tae barbers are well paid. The sho manager gets bettor wanes than the beiTitrs. The buclner.s grows In a uaiural end healthy fashion. When an opportunity occurs to buy out a shop in a reslon where the brothers nave none of their own they can m'ie the purchase without ouifcy of capital and without greatly iu-ii;iHins me cost of management. They have found it profitable to add a couple of drug stores to their list of enterprises. An Isolated People. How much remains to -be done bo fore we shall have 0. complete knowl- et'Ee of the Inhabitants of our littlo plcnet Is Indicated by the failure of Mr. Alnucou Skinner of the American i'useum of "Natural History to got inlo communication last summer with the Naskapl Indians of Labrador. IJo hid supposed that they could be reached by way of the west coast of Labrador, but found It to be impos sible. When driven by starvation In winter, they go to Nitchequdn, In the Interior, 6D days' journey by canoe from Rupert's House on East Main River. Otherwise they are confined to the Interior of Labrador proper, "held back on the east and north by the Eskimo, on the west by the Northern Cree, and on the south by the Moutagnais." Dangerous Cil Wells. The question of underground con nection of petroleum supplies bibs fair to be an important one to Mexl can and possibly Tesas owners of wells and land. At last accounts the Mexican Ban Goronimo field was la flames, end the fire was steadily spree -ling. It became volcano-like at lust, and In a irreat explosion biew off the ten cf a hill. How far it will ox tccd nnd what effect it will have on tho cilfroduclii? territory It undor mines are question .which ore being sailed with rot a ui.'-!o arlctr. When Waklna Up. Hero is a bit of lnforrratlon It will pny you to keep rody for refcreice, thench you will perhaps turn up your Lose at it at the first re-iding: "ilo.7 to wake up, and wake up fully and fi'-lctly! Most people prefer not to wnlic up in the morning that is, tbfy tt.luk of the pleasure there would lie In Just five minutes' more of sleep If only tUt alarm clock had not sound id Its vrarnii'tr. Of course you have io net up, and If there Is really any tiling that will m.ike the Job easier pud more pleasant you will want to know r.bout It. Doctors hive Ions Ci'O CG-ecd, that dullness 01 first aweien Ins In the morciuz Is duo to iluss'i--a c-rculation of tbe blood lu the brain. Tirin cau be quickly overcome by. man eaginj the neck In the neighborhood of the 1'isular vein, th'is stirring tbe blood to life and actiun. Rub your ne.-k well ou both sides and drowiii os will leive yox Try It." New York T.n ej. Austrian Bureancrary. Austrian bureaucracy; especially In matters counected with the collection of taxes, Is often extraor dinarily pedantic. In a large vlllt,e in lower Austria there died lr,t No vember a brick layer named Siephan Schmidt. A few days ago bis family received an official letter from the district tax office addressed to Mi rr S'sphan Schmidt and reading as fol lows: "Yon ara hereby officially notified that on sccouDt $j your dU taxei it 01 T m yt jiit $5," Cel. F.eoccveit Vill L.t Frlvllosed t T.- e a Celieloct Dicli. Whiio Coionol Rooeevclt Is 1 Afrl- en hn will have an opportunity of tast ing that iellc'nus di-:h, baf.ed ele phant's fent. The E'ophns Indicus or Elephis (I.oxorton) Africanus walks on his tocr, and the ballit of It's foot. Tho retil fnat ef tn t'.ephrnt extends up so.v.e distaaco from the ground. L'ye the "trotter" of ihe lJug the foot of tho elephant Is full of gluten, nnd Iho Ccsh, if properly baked, Is very tender, lastly; toucthiug between pnr't end chicken. From a freshly nliid eicpivtit Ilia foot Is cut off at the r.n'uio, nnd baked lu a bole In the ground which has previously been 'ica'.cd whh hot slopes. The hole m::rt bo red hot and a few heavy stof.ea left in the bottom. The foot lir.vin.t been put Into the hole, which is ruis J.i-t about big enough to re ceive It come natives line the hole wl'.h cicen leaves sand Is shoveled over it and "It li lelt to cook. One nv.jt not o In a hurry for his dinner. tViien taken out and the thick skin r.celed r.way a deliciouj morsel awaits the epicure. Our rational forests. Tho recent proclamations setting r.'Jo the Ocala National Forest In 'forth Dakota bring the number of ti.toa possessing such forests belong--X to the United States up to 20, if !??kn bo Included. Of these forests, .r'tartsRs has two, but all the others, -r::'. te ones in Florida and '.'1 Dakota, are In the Rocky Mo'.ia .' n or r&clfio coast states. It ia ex e.'.ed that tho Ocili Forest area, v'aleh covers 201,4-50 acres, will" be ;o:;:o densciy covored with the sand Jre, I.'j pii't of the area rl?es more ban 150 foot above sea-level. The ")a!:o'.a Forest Is In the Bad Lands re :!rn, a:id much Is expected from its nfi -.once, since North Dakota is the oa-:t forested ttate In tho Union. Vhe lew forest cove:"s 14,080 acres. Tho Co'unfeus Tree. In tho o-.itskirts of tho old city of j.'.u Dominto;- of the Dominican ro t;hlic. amors the shacks, dllapidaicd Iv cllingj and mans of debris that lit ers this section of the town bordering I s bay, starts a giant oak. The tree j r.iuca larger than fill- the treos ro md it; In trutii, it Is much larsor hr.n the averag trees of tho island, r.'i, for this reason, Is peculiar. But ho tree is Interesting, not nlone for '.3 bigness and its apparent ago, but .ociuso of the story attached to It fee big oak is railed the "Columbus ?rco," and the story is that Columbus led or nindo fr.U his ships by louj nwrevs to this troe when he ca-.e i'.o tho harlor on that mombrcble we!fi.li diy of Cr;o'jer, 1462. TITLED WOMEN'S ODD PETS.- A. Whits Elephant, Pelicans, a .Hyena and Pythons -Fondled. " " Many women of title in England aave straoje pets. The Duchess- of Marlborough has a collection of jaxelles and pelicans on Tbnnet 1st and, la . the -mouth of tbe Thames, Lady Warwick owns a whito elephant She also has several peacocks. One of these Is puro white. It is a con- firn-.ed hermit, never going near the other birds, and it is believed to be lOu years old. Ln-ly Constance Stew-art-KicV..?.rd6tu used to carry a snake tucked I1A0 the bodice of tier gown. Lady Cstten'uam and her daughter. Lady Mary Pepys, keeps marmosets. Lady Hopo hi.s tamed a hare so that :t comes to her call and follows her about i'.lio a dog- She calls the hare 'Mr. JuBglns." Miss Rose -Bough ton Lclsh of Rugby probably has - the strangest pet of all. It Is a hyena, tnd she bought it from an- Arab in Constantinople. Mrs. Arthur - Cado- i.-.n, one of tho leaders of tbe young er social set In London, keeps snake and pythons, and a photograph show her with a python colled around her waist, She also bas two lemurs. The Duchess of Roxeburghe, who was May Goelet of New York, has a herd of goats in which she takes great pride. Treatment of the Insane. . Thereafter attendants 1n New York insane asylums who strike and abuse patienu are to be prosecuted by tbe Commission In Lunacy on a charge of assault The commission finds that there Is no need of violence on the part of attendants in managing insane palleuts. . Restraint, of course, is necessary In some cases, but it can bo applied without Injury- to the patients. Tbe decision of the Lunacy Commission to discourage and punish needle-ssly harsh treatment of par sons whose mental condition renters their confinement In an asylum neces sity will bo gratifying to all humane citiiens, and especially to those who lr.-.ve fi lends among the inmates ol sc. h institutions. There is a fceilns of dread in the minds of thousands over the fear that their friends or re latives under restraint in asylums sh.ll be subjected to some form of abuse or deprivation. The odclais la charge of those lnslitulons should lo all they can to allay that feeling and Inspire confidence la tbe management of our state asylums. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Too Good a Story to Keep. This woman was 111, or thought she was, which came to the same thlLg. Accustomed to the ministrations o.' tho fumily physician, she sent out a liii'i-y cull, but the mtdlco co.ild Dot be ierated for the moment Ehe grew sick and sicker with evry minute, au-i as a laet resort, another medier.l nis was scat for, a stranger, but of hiii repute. Before he could respond, the family physician turned up aud cared for L.U' patient Ko was not told that rn other had been called in, and 'i:--4 the second man arrived, the ludy i so fluttered and nonplused by the faie poiiltion in which she found Lor self liiat she sunt don n word she was too 111 to tee tie pkysiciau would he ccuL'e l.er? He b.'.ppened to mention tbe strarr lucideut to the family physician, wi-C T b;n lie malit.am close reiatiout r.'ed a "Tv.:r:il Mhid." Dr. C. 11 renU'ii, of Chester, W. Va , tnys thnt drunkenness is the re sult of nut-i-ln:at' stton thst man's wretchenly cck-d food, fermenting In his stoirsci, brlngi on a very pr.luful asito-I;:;oxicatlon wherein the i su.Tercr turns f . r relief to alcohol. j It was M tie American Medical ; Asnrlnrfnn'a t-n-vent1on In t'htrsso that . Dr. Ccnton made this novel statement, and at one of the associa tion's dinner he said afterward: "To 9tspe tiie tortures cf auto intoxication meu should marry wo men of lulellls?nce. Then (heir food would be properly locked after, and with healthy stomachs they would shun drunkenness as ono shuns smallpox or any other hateful afflic tion. "But men worship beauty. They tnarTy for beauty. When a man mar ries a woman for her mind he is deemed 'eccentric, even fOoilBb. "A Chester lawyer married a young woman of xquislte rr.Uid a thin, big-he&'ied r.lrl In spectacles. He would never suffer ram onto In toxlcatlon, no doubt of that. A friend from the Hast was Intro-l.iccd to the lady cr.o n'ght, And later cn the brldetrooin tV.:l to Mm: " 'George, what do you think ft her?' "Ueorge pu'ed thoughtfully on bis cigar. " Well." be said, 'to tell you the truth, sue Isn t much to Jock at Is she?' "The husband's face fell. " 'Ah, but," he said eagerly, 'whit a tnlnd she has! externally, per haps, she isn't all thnt could bo de sired, but within si ! Oeorss, sua has a beautiful mind.' "George smiled. " 'Then have her turned.' he said." The Kt!:i of t'.ie Tall. "Harry, lovo," exclaimed lira. K no wall to hor husband, on Ms re turn one evening from the oilice, "1 have b-been dreadfully Ir.sulteJ!" "Insulted?" exclaimed harry, love. "By whom?" "Bby your nt-mother," answered the young wife, bursting ir.te tesrs. "My mother. Flora? Nonsense! She's miles away on her summer hol IJnys!" Flora dried her tears. "I'll tell you nil about It. Harry, love," she said. "A letter came to you this morning, addressed in jour mother's writing, so, of course, I I opened It." "Of course," repeated Harry, love iryly. "It It wr.a written to yon nil the way through. I: you understand?" "I unileri'.in-i. But whete doc he lnsclt to yo ! cotr.o In?" "It It cni. t- lit the p-p-po?ls?r!:t," rled the wi'e, bursting itiio frcih "oo;'s of briny. "It s said: "P-P-P-. I. D-iienr Flora, !-don't f-f.ill to .Tive this l-letter to Harry. I Tf-waat Mm to have it." N'o 8Ui::riPS lV.r Her. A we.l-knov.ti clubman of Boston was Married during the early Csis of Winter to a charming Woilesiey .tirl, who, of her many accomplish ments, la proudest of her cooking l iio husband returned late one after icon to Ills ho:ne In f!roo!:l!ne. lo liscover that bis wife was "a!i lirel out." "You look dreadfully fa igued, little one," came from hubby, 'n a sympathetic tone. "I am, was the reply. "You see, dear, I heard you say that you liked rabbit. So. arly this morning, I wen, to It narket to get you one. I meant to surprise you with a broiled rabbit for " nncr; but I'm afraid you'll have to ake something else. I've been bard at work on the rabbit all day, and I pvren't got it more than half picked." ' Suiting The Sitter. ' The fashionable duchess yawned and rose. . "That'll be all for to-day," she old the eminent R. A., who was en aged upon her portrait. "I'm tired o death." "And are you satisfied, so far?" quired the artist, showing her tb aif-completed canvas. "es," tbe duchess reflectively de ided; "all but the mouth. Pleas -abe it small and curved. I know It a a straight, long mouth, really. Just -s you hare drawn it, but In the por 12 it I want you, if you will, to make tiny. Will you?" "Certainly!" 'replied the willing rtlst suavely. "If your grace would wish it I'll leave it out altogether!" '.... Defined. "What sort of a table do they set t your boarding-house?" asked the oung man who was contemplating 1 change. "A table of waits and measures," replied his friend. "Tbe rst long and th latter short" Youth Is Cynical. "When T was your ag,' said the tern parent "I was accumulating nonoy of my owa." "Yes," answer id the graceless youth, "but don't you think the public waa easier then -!" it Is oii Keeping Ahead ef Nippjr. "Yes, Nipper's a good one." said Mason, trying to speak roolly of the bull-terriei at his heel. "My wife and I are awfully fond of hlra. but we don't make fools ol ourselves over hiia a some folks do orrr cos that are no a patch on Nipv-e-r." "He looks nil rixht." aid ltasd with as much warmlb as rotilii be ex pected from a roan whose interest is in tumblers and pointer. "He Is all r'ttht." corrected Masoa. with dignity. "Why. that fellow knows everything you ssy to him. In Cefnian and French as well as Kn'lsh. We've proved It again and again, and ouly last ulf,ht my wife said thtt If we wsntcd to keep anything from him we'd have to learn a new language. "I think," concluded Mason, grav ly, "that w shall tk up Espersnte when the evening get lojr,u V9f V6'! CPii,0ik The nnicloll Dlnmont froni(ly -Vl pcnlrd to Him, Recent nretiaeololeal resesrete fcare unearthed the fact that F;-ank Isboll, the second husemsu, gcncrnl utility cmn, and heavy swatter of tho wo:M' champion White 3'jx. orvci his titco In colletro. Issy't rcre, fair oid college days wcro sl.ort but cxtromcly exciting aud full Inc'uoi.t. Tito scene of Isboll's academic act ivities was Mi-.calor.ier coilc.TO. a Presbyterian insti'.ut'on In M:nnca poiis, filmi. The shmt time thi-t Isy spe-it within Its v,-.ills, tiro vol- j lotter days In the baseball history of j the place. The siicut cloisters of I tudy had no (harms for the errant . a'.helele, aud thobail ground wo.- 1 his real Joy. When Itbcll started his coliofe career he had been some' puntpkius In baseball at bis homo In line Lake. Minn. It Is related that upon his first appearance nt Maealenter he entered a class loom with a bucolic-looking carpet bag lu each hand, and Inquired the nearest way to the ball ground. The "Tall Pine," es ho was Immediately duh b:1 by Ills college friends, was shown the way to Ihe diamond. He exam ined the field closely, and stood at home plate looking off toward the outileld. "When f go. to bat," said th routitry youth, "It will be necessary to move those skylight In that building yonder." The sophisticated college men laughed at this n.ilve statement, and Informed tho newcomer that no on bad ever hit the ball anywhere near that same skylight. To the sar prlro of all, the Pine Lake pbenom smashed tho glass la his first game, and made the longest hit ever seen on the Mncalester grounds. Macaleeter's greatest rival In all lines of sport was Hi 'aline unlvor lty In St. Paul. This was a Metho dist school, and when the two got tojether there were some doings. The feeling botwecn the two schools wr.s exceedingly strong, ani often resulted in free-for-all fights during ,thc annual games. Isrv pitched but one game agaiuxt Hamliue, nnd the Methodists nvcr knew what had happened to the.i:. Bofore tiiiing his game tho "Tell Pine" cleaned up two Uamllne otii.i ents. Tho trouble e.me about tn the following manner: There was a Icnj, narrow alley' betweet two t,or miioiics at Maca'.csler. Whil3 pass ing down this lane on the way to the kail field t.o Uamllne players were drenched villi water turnel on the:.) iron) win. lows of one of th bu!l.',in;;d. Tb only Mxcaloster mm In !;,!. t was a s?:,o'.aiiy lnoking rf r?,' who v..3 itr.rie.iiately pou.-.ced u;on by tlio enpuiy. They vrer ab jut tu a.'.iniulater a series of tr.at uic.Hs to tl.e young follow when a loud cry of "Let me Bet at 'era" reus ov.t 011 the still afternoon air. ani th "Tall Pino," with his long -nrrj3 working like flails, -sprang Into the vuMst of tho excitement and pro ceeded to thnish the two men from Ilamlir.e. -' After disposing of the two young men In euiuisary fashion, lssy went Into the box and pitched Macalester to sn easy victory. Eoon after this gar.ie Charley Comlskcy heard -cf l3i:ell sill secure 1 him for his Kt. Patil Western leagjo team. Is-sy has remained with Comickey ever since then, wltb the exception of the short time he was with the West Bid team. Roy Patterson and Isbell are the only men who have been wltb the White Sox ever since their stirt in Chicago In 1900. IiOXDOX'8 WATKIt BI PPLY. Enongh In One Year to Float the Navies cf the World. . It has been calculated that If a cistern covering 8i0 acres and 245 feet high could be constructed and the water supply of London for on year turned into it the warship of all tb world' navies could rid at anchor there. The figure are given by Tit-Bits wblcb adds: "If wo sow dig a canal 100 feet wide across Europe, from the ex treme north to th couth, and empty our cls'crn into it we shall find that the water In our csnal, which la 2,400 miles long, will rise to a uni form height of ten feet Every drop of It la consumed by the inhabitant of Greater London within a year; while each man woman and child living to-day throughout the world could draw fifty gallons from It without exhausting its contents. "The mains through which .these hundreds of millions of tons of wat er flow for the uso of London are al most long enough to stretch a quar ter of the way around tbe earth at the equator, while It would take a locomotive, traveling at tho rate of sixty miles an hour, more then four days and nights to race from one nd of them to the other." Record Power Transmission. The record power transmission Is that of the Kern River plant In Southern California, where 25.009 horse-rower is sent 117 miles at a treasure of 85,000 volts. Extensions of this plant are contemplated which will increase the horse-power to 05, 0. Tradx Marks AH.o."'r-:tif a tketrh r nd OriM-sipd.in taiarf 1; ;. 0:1:1 a ..nr niiii.K r fr rl.-ltitw U.' ..(..'. 1 tc- hl ,f -KLV liMo, t'ltn.Piuiiira,. U ,i rk.'! oi.'ifiUt 'IiJ. ltainltHsnk m r'tteoLj ill (r.f. I1'.'.'. i'D'ii r ,ul (4ruri!it i..cuU. tS-'v!.. ti.r.-4uh -i.u a Co. iKlrr SclcuiiTi: Jltrricsit. n itv, i 1:0, i.in:a, in laio ".Lt-.1..;, .t nf .ftiUf l-'U'-ii,,J irt :ut , t-.t un-i'.ii, U. 41W.J lor n n ino flaw York Tribuna Farmer is the moit tlior auglily praciical, liclful, useful and cn tcrtuini ng, natioiiiil illustrat ed agricultural tfc family weekly in tho United States. it--v PjtilCID, ONS DOLLAR A YEAR Send your name for frco sample copy to Now York Tribune Farmer TRIBUNE BUItO Maw York ty. N. Y. PIKE COUNTY PRESS $l,50 A JOB PRINTIHC Letter Heads, Cards Posters, Statements BUI Iliads, Envelopes Circulars, Etc., Etc. NEATLY DONE . r-:.. .,. ;av . iE.tt.t. trva. fam--r-i All fxtaiu.-ii-, w n- "n. we oMnln pflTff HTS 11 ilM-l r-T.". " u,vH-I, M Vt Bj cvai'M, atid Drip ytMl to r.itwsU. FJ I 6end model, pbuto or vktiUh fnr FREE pert j tji r!ei4,lnlit-f. 7-jnf prtv-ilo SUR tj K FASSinq nrrcnrfiCE. r.r free utuj M I ) It-Hk f-ii l-v-Mfltfibtu ('.' wiite to J I Cllj ri, IJ. '. - .i-tHPf35 feni.lj.J(".'&-rBducit.Uo ,ir-riM(TC Tecs. l-mrt v t ci'iwcu. e r-iLHwu ttuio riiaa UocJ rei fireirom v; inn"" t rtL.d T .rdcL d.A i or dSo- ttl doerlo-l ftlca. Vt'e advice, if patentALls or P t. fi: oi j JdwM-s. (Jnr (a not d-ie ii.l Datint iuv-cr.-d, S f-rmX i t tm.:.ic in the U. S nd Igrein couaunett C&cnt rf.ee. ALJrcn, i ?4; '3v?sW :-'; mv I'liyeiolans havo long lenn Imikinp for a harmloHn liendncho cure. It '.ins boon produced by an nmioeiit '.iienilst of tbe Kittinnal liapltal. It is kno-n as Eromo-Pepkiw. Bcsilifs "nrink. every form of headnrbe nstaiitly, BrotiiO Pepsin is equally. ittd a promptly -vrbVaoloug In lironlo and acute i.inisitwtlon ami Ihe nervous diw)rders inoidput tbern o. It ia effcreacent and plnnsnnl to lake and msy be bad of all np Ir date draiKistH at tan conta a but tin. (. comes as a boon to mankind nn: vfomankind. For sole at C. O. Armstrong, Draggist. ;i)itif4rWOri-l'(Cr)ft40 NOTICE. Tbe ConiiiiissoiieM of I'ike Cnunty will bereaAer bold Ut-gulnr MwtiiigK the first Monday of each inn. bctwtw-n the hour of 9 a in and t p. in. ex?-pl iiHi lu tho mouth when Court uiii) be In gositlnn, an I then dining Onurl THKO. II. IJAKKK Oiiiiii'.I 'tioroCU'rk iso!ulelf Harmlest. Cures e h Spot BROMO-PEPSIN 'Xoi the Word lp.sln' njlOCCHEJDACHf, SLEEP'.tSSHtSS UUllLiO l'.0)CSTl0M 1 HiiiVCJSnLiS All UruscllU, lOo, 13a OOo. Kor tale by C. O: AusisTimso, Drugxl. W A NTS SUPPLIED 1 1 If you mint uutfi lina.U. Li'.I 1u hU, tctti bead-, rtitcm -ntx. vhow cjirds, prnra ai 1 irgc p"Htnri, snlnbllU. dlnriuM envt'lopirn trgs b i-itnuvs oftriU or J lt p-itillns evory d!rIptiou, don up hi tho Jrftit t-1 foi you In ft u Li-to-tlufr. Bud nrtlsllc mm Der cilri) e a. irrrt 7IIK PHIVT. J. G. CSmBFRLAirj rlouif s ft'id Lots nnd lost witLout Houv Dv.iiwrln tU kiudi of Property, Uoiary Public ALL BUSINESS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Office at Residence on Water Street. MUfoH, Pa. Doth F . thcrss popors ono year for only 1.85 you send your order and money to Tho PRESS Ml If ord, Pike County, Penn. YEAR arA'tiiHto c'!Vi Cflvrnr. , mmim a-rni-j; TfiAOt Mark, 'vwccpyrichts. Th'rtvonf re .Ti a vire pract!--.c. OHnlnniuito fi'rtJv and ?tpnt:slttlitv. Vvrltl fr.r tnok n 'rnu-: niri h-r-. CPE ON UW03V3f if 4i. WnAhinrtna n . Tincie Table ERIE, RAILROAD. f ol!il Pnllinnn liuns to Iluffaln, K'g srr Falls, Chnutuuqna l.ako, Clevolurl ihl4igonntl Ctnrinuntl. Tickets on snla, at Port .Tervli !n M .olnls lu the Weft nnd Southvrrj.1 hi bmra mtpu tlmn vliu other flnt-olass line. In effect June Slih, 1U08, rnaiKs Now I.sws ponr Jsavis as Follows; , KAS'l WAKU " 48, Dallr '.t 4 10 ' " o Daiir Kxpws a 40 " " 8ft, IjOohI Rxcepr Sunday.. 6 l'j " 44 HollditysonlT.... 16 80 ,. X.i. 8. Dntij KspwM.' O0lA.il. " 70S, Wsy SuuJhj Only 7 21 " " 41, Ixicnl PicpplSim a Hot T 8 " 80. Local Esceyt rimdy.. I0.SO " " 4. Dally Kxntrss,... I.Mrjt.- " 704. Huodsjf Only.:, " 8J " 84, Wny dully eic't dund'y t.tO ' S, Oilly Rril.-a t.... ... 4 M ' V. Way dally exo't Sund'y 85 " " 7Ui.LocM Sunday Only.... 7.15 " WESTWARD. M7. Oally KzprM....'v .. 1S8.M. " 45, lally a ix ' 17, Daily Milk Train .10a" ' I. Dully KxprN.; 11.81 "- " 11. For Ho'd ileE'pl Sou.. lS15f.il. " I, Ksntsst.hloairoliindal 6 83' " , DiUiy Eic. it Fniidny.. S 00 " S. Limited Dnllr KtprMs. 10 05 " Trains loavs rhnmtwrs strrct, New fork, fur Port Jervid on week days at KO, 7.15, - 9-16. 10 80 A. M., I.tu IJO, 4 30, 6 15, 7 15, 9 15 U 4r r. u. On Suuniys, 7. i. A, M 13 to. 1.16 T so. 9.15 p. M. H. L. SLAUSON. Tif.fi.-t Agi, It. jni.. ' M. W. Haw ley, Dlv'u PiiKSKr. Agent.. Cham hern SI. Sptntlou New Yoik Wil!i3m B.' Ka.i va.they M: 0 O.llji an I mill iui Kroi.l riin-iS lest noun H .me. MILKDIIO, For Sale or Kent 150 Hi refiiriji kiiovwiua VS'iirr.r Nrm tvtiiiniliu lu'iow ill 'fir I, Apply to John C Waimr oli'.fdnl ! The Mi If ord Livery Stable HOESE3. AITD CARRIAG to hi o vith or Without driv ers. HARFOItl) f-TKKF.T ' 0K-itt) lliineli-nil Li bran'. SOBIAS 17KLS0N Proprietor,
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