EE SO A AEE EH Si, PERSIAN GEMS MORE COSTLY. : Fine Turquoise Stones -rom the Mines ef Niahapoor Are Becoming Scareer and Dearer. he turquoise gems, the finest exam e8 of which are produced from the mines of Nishapoor, are, probably from Pome change in the fashion of the west becoming dearer in price and in Teheran ang Leighborhoua, more diffie cult to find. According to Vice Consul General Tyler, ai Teheran, says the Washington Star, much of the value of the stone depends on is shape, the ob- long being considered the most appro- priate; on its freedom from spots or dis- coloration, however small in size; on its age, when the color has settled down into its final hye (not the superficial variations or Sympathetic changes, but its really permanent shade); but more than all on its actual color, whether fresh from the hands of the lapidary or sedate from long wear. Choice, taste and fashion largely determine the pref- erence of one shade or another, but the lig Jenn, oF the cloudless sapphire v SEs Shien is the highest quality of the Persian gulf, which or a long time past an im- of the export trade, have 0 the last few years, risen Mr. Tyler says he does this means that the sup- ly diminished, but rather nd has increased out of en thousand dollars for a ultless pearls is not at the considered at all excessive, EVERY «3” WAS STOLEN. Censequently This Publication Was in Great Distress and Compelled to Lisp Out Its laeasn., “We are thorry to thay,” explained the editor of a weekly paper in Texas, “that our eompothing-room wath entered latht night by thome unknown thcoun- drel, who thtole every eth in the ethtab- lithment and thucceeded in making hith ethcape undetected. “It hath been impothible of courthe to procure a new thupply of etheth fn time for thith iththue, and we are thuth compelled to go to preth in a thitu@tion motht embarrathing and dithtrething; but we thee no other courthe to purthue than to make the betht thtagger we can to get along with- out the mithing letter, and we therefore print the ‘Newth’ on time regardleth of the loth thuthtained. “The motive of the mitherable mith- ereant ith unknown to uth, but doubtleth wath revenge for thome thuppothed in- thult. ‘It ly never be thaid that the petty thpite gf the thmall-thouled villain hath dithableg the ‘Newth.” If thith meetth the eyejiof the detethiable ratheal, we ure him that he underethti- ethourceth of a firtht-clath hen he thinkth he can op&lethly by breaking into the alphabet. “We take occathion to thay to him, furthermore, that before next Thurth- day we will have three timeth ath many etheth ath he thtole.” FREE SMOKES FOR SINNERS. Tebaceo Used in Prisons Does Not Pay a Gevernment Revenue Tax—A Recent Ruling. Convicts serving terms in the various ' prisons of the country have one privilege people outside the walls do not enjoy. The commissioner of internal revenue hzs decided that it is permissible for state prisons to manufacture tobaceo or eigars for its own inmates without pay. ing license. The commissioner says: “I would say that upon eareful consid- eration of the question involved, it is held that a charitable or other institu- tion conducted hg the state and under with its own operatives, to manufacture tobacco, other tobaceo product clusivelyfwithin the state Institution. “The tobacco must, however, be manu- factured within the limits of the state institution, and no portion of it be re moved therefrom. If any portion of such manufactured tobacco is found out- side of the limits of the institution, it will be liable to seizure and forfeiture, the same as any other unstamped manu- factured tobacco which might be found upon the market.” — fast Request of a Dying Millionaire Obeyed by His Mourning Children. A millionaire had died. There had been great apparent grief among those who had been most substantiaily re membered. And some rtal-for-surere. gret among those who had expected to, and hadn't got a dollar, relates the Baltimore American. "The funera! was over. The million aire’s sons hod gathered for confer ence. Among the pet plans of the old man's declisiug days was a magnificent palace, dn wnose style of construe tion he had disagreed with every otaer member of the family. “You will remember,” said the eldest son, choking back his emotion wonder= fully well, “that it was the last request that we carry out every plan he had made regarding the new house. “Yes,” they groaned in chorus. “Well, I have arranged that it be done.” Thereupon he piled all the plans of Ms father's architect into a large wastebasket and bore them trinmph- antly out to the rubbish bin in the back alley. “I may say truthfully that it is a pleasure to carry out the plans, even though we disagreed in their forming, replied the young man as he returned with the empty bask t. British Miimunla.® In his “British Mammals,” Sir Hag Johnson's new book, that wri that man “is the commonest & our islands at the present d . doubtful exception of ¢he fleld mouse; and exce mouse, the brown man is probably gn GUN-MAKING IN CHINA Every Form of Munition of War, from Rifles to Heavy Artillery, Made by Natives. A correspondent of the Lahore Civi] and Military Gazette visited one of the | Chinese arsenals and thus put down his impressions: “Finally we were taken, { among other places, to the great Chi- nese arsenal some way beyond treaty limits, where every form of munition ot war, from rifles to 45-ton guns, was be- ing made. We wandered through a wilderness of factories, covering acres of ground, and were shown the whole process of manufacture. And there were powder factories and other insti- tutions not far away which we had no time to visit. That was, perhaps, the most significant experience of all. You may have seen gun factories before, but have you seen a place turning out great guns by the dozen, and machine guns by the hundred, perfect in design and construction, run, from coolie to head mandarin, entirely by Chinese, and with only a couple of Englishmen en- gaged solely in consultative supervision? Have you seen a roomful of Chinese draughtsmen and designers in pigtails and blue gowns solemnly, stolidly a..u assiduously getting out the drawings for a new gun? It is a sight that furnishes food for thought. And as you leave you ask yourself the question: ‘If these men can make guns, why may they not work them some day!” ” Curious Savage Custom, Maj. Powell-Cotton, who recently ex- plored a part of central Africa never be- completely naked, clothed. I secured some photographs of a tribesman and his two wives hoe- ing the family plot. One of these shows a curious fdshion of skin decoration in vogue among the womenfolk. It is a raised pattern wrought on the body when they are young. Small incisions, geometrically arranged, are made in the skin and into these ashes are inserted. The wounds heal in permanent raised lumps.” We Take More Than Half. The United States uses more than five-eighths of the diamond output of the world. In two years the total ad- vance on small stones has been 20 per cent., and on large stones 25 per cent TROLLEY TRAVELER’S TRIALS Talked to His Employer, Who Hap- pened to Be a Stockholder in Company Owning Line. “Oh, fudge!” said the five-miles-away- from-civilization city resident the other morning as he was soundly berat- ed by his “boss” for reaching the of- fice tem minutes late, according to the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. “It wag due to four coal wagons in the street and a country firemen’s parade block- ing the cars on the route!” he added, with a tone of resignation as he saw in fancy 37 cents docked from his weekly wages. “How can a man make time when every old cart, wagon and I-am-afraid- to-run-the-car-faster policy of the mo- torman interferes with quick locomo- tion?” the trolley rider informed his aforesaid boss, with just a trace of in- dignation in his tone. ‘When you want to make time you have to be a clock maker or a watch maker,” the broken-hearted rider added, “for I de- elare trolley riders can never calculate they will ever reach their office at a given time unless they stop down town at a hotel and then walk to the office. Why, surface locomotion is getting fierce,” the rider went on, getting red in the face, “and what is more, I firmly believe that if a bucket of water were put on the platforms of some of our trolley cars in the winter time it would be a solid chunk before the lumbering thing went 20 squares!” The trolley rider told his boss go much about trolley sars that he got “fired” for his boss had stock in the company. Rabbits, which have been the pest of Australia and New Zealand for many years, have now become a source of large revenue. Frozen rabbits to the valuc of over $805,000 were exported from Vic- toria, New Zealand, last year, in addi: ton to $70,000 warth of preserved ial bits. This business is daily increasing. Now that the trapping industry is such an important one, employing as it does PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH. WHAT SHWILKEY BUMBLESOCK HAS TO SAY THIS WEEK. Vschrei der gaeya macht. hat feel achting gevva tzoo wos der Joe im kup. Derno, aw, der Joe is en olter bachelor; won ar mul heiert waerdt ar ferleicht ows finna doe ae frawgae-noonk | the cat. But they know he is there just is fer en mon, oen ebmuls mae os gae- Nee-mondt Eudlich Der Bill Leisey hut part’y agreed mit Ar hut aw g’'maent mer kent | [f a brakeman knows his business he nix bessars froaga os der mon tzoo sei foon hald dootsendt udder mae weiver, Were on Another Floor of the Howse. the rats overran my place. gan to get searce. fact In itself. considerable distance. Else the rats at my place would not have known of the cat's presence under the circumstances. I'm quite sure that they have never seen the same, and they have been awfully cautious since his arrival.” Der Hen Fate hut g’'maent es moos | ®etired Cemductor Tells How the tzimlich shry sei en halb dootsendt ud- der Hae weiver tzoo hovva; dos ar glawbt ar date soe en laeya enjoya; dos won mer meed date waerra foon aeny, kent mer onperry gae; dos won aeny on base date waer TIE ee rrr a fr nerry gae dos net weesht oon base waer; | Wheels. dos won aeny net yoospt doo date wos mer hovva wet, kent mer en onnery | Ma sitting next to the conductor. finna dos en blesseer drin nemma date es tzo0 doo fer aem; dos mit der aent ud- der der onner kent mer en harliches lae- va hovva'yohr ei oon yohr ows. hut ar ovver doch admit dos es letz oon gindtlich waer soe tzooo laeva, oon dos | denly stops revolving and the momen- om ondt es der hesht waeg is yoosht ae | tum of the train carries it along the fraw tzoo hoeva. Thing Is Done by Inexperienced Brakemen. “Flat wheel,” growled the old retired sonductor as the trolley car in which he sat went thumping along at 12 miles an breicht mer | hour, shaking the passengers uncom- fortably at every revolution of the “What makes flat wheels?” asked the “Darn fools,” said the conductor. “It's this way; if a man doesn’t know how to stop his car he makes a flat wheel. On the steam roads some brakemen flatten a wheel every time they put on a brake. When the wheel sud- wheel slides along the track and a flat is started. Next stop makes it worse, and so it goes until the wheel is no good. need never make a flat wheel unless he has to suddenly avoid an accident, If RATS KNEW CAT WAS ABOUT. But They Never Saw the Cat and “I have observed recently a rather curious thing with respect to the relg- tionship between cats and rats, and it has led to a rather interesting reflec- tion,” said a man who takes much inter- est in animal life, to a New Orleans Times-Democrat reporter. “For awhile At night there was no such thing as quiet around the house. They would scamper across the floor, bump up and down the steps and cut all kinds of capers. Wae ge- cured a cat, and from the very time the cat appeared on the place the rats be- “There is nothing curious about this But to my personal knowledge the rats have never seen the cat. The cat has remained on one floor and the rats on another. There has been Der Joe Keever hut g’argned dos won | no chasing and no conflict between them. en karl mae os ae fraw garn het setar es | NOW, I want to know how the rats know recht hoyva se (zoo greeya won ar kon: | the cat is on the place. dos ar nix letzes drtn sate, oon kon net fershtay fer wos es folk in general so en the more interesting reflection: How far can a rat detect the presence of a cat by the sense of smell? Evidently at “The inquiry has caused me to indulge aboddich won se ot goot g’noddured waerra. ‘Der wisst, boova,” hut der Bill g’sawt, “dos dale menner en fer wecksling gleicha don oon won oun mit sce feel weiver kenta se en ferwecksling hovva olly dawg im yohr.” Der pit Zink, der Frank Grauer, der John Traley, oon dale onnery hen agreed mit wos der Hen oon der Bill g’sawt hen. Der Jeck Kachel hut ovver onnersht gae denkt oof de Mormon question.— Der Jeck hut g'sawt: “Deer karis denka yoosht foon da weltlicha blessear dos tzoo hovva waer wit soe feel weiver; denka net we letz oon immoral os es is soe en laeva zoo feera; denka net dos es gaeya olly de g’selzy foom londt ie, oon denka net dos es oonrecht oon en ghoudt ie soe gae nonka tzoo hovya os deer het.” Der Sam Ryder hut aw en pawr word'a nei grickt. Ar hut g’sawt; “Deer kurls denka net draw dos woe soe feel weiver sin, es aw feel kinner gebi; gook on der Bresident Smith, foon da Mormon kat- rich, dar gae-testified hut dos ar finr wei- ver hut oon der dawdy foon tzway-oon fartsich kinner is--aen-oon-tz vonsich maed oon aen oon-tzwonsich boova; we daeta deer karls gleicha soe en familya tzoo feedera oon bae-glaeda? Wei es drte mae geld nemma fer yoosht schpring bonnets kawfa fer de weiver oon maed os ennich aens foon eich fer- deent 1n a gohr; deer het yaeders soe feel vs deer doo kent ier ae fraw oon a pawr kinner wennich ondtlich tzoo ar- nawra, luss ollue en halb dootsendt wei- ver oon fartsich udder mae kinner.” Cured His Mother of Rheumatism. “My wother has been a sufferer for many years with rheumatism,” says W H. Howard, of Husband, Pa. “At times several thousand hands, and is largely effective in keeping the ralbit pest in check, ‘the chances are that the meth- ods of compulsory suppression now en- forced on landholders will at least be moderated by the government. The rabbits in Australia and New Zealand were originally shipped from England, and it is almost impyossible to keep them out of the cattle ranches. Fences have been built around these vast stations with a wire netting sunk 18 inches below the surface to prevent the rabbits from getting inside, but as soon as grass becomes short on the outside, “Mr. Bunnie” will burrow un- der the wire netting and eat up the grass on the inside. : Rabbits in this country rarely burrow, but are to be found in stumps of trees and under fallen timber. In and about Chicago, where land is divided for build- ing purposes, rabbits make their homes under the wooden sidewalks, and can be easily turned out by a good dog. Such, however, is not the habit of the Australian pest, 014 Stone Chimney Stands as a Re- minder That English Once Held City of Detroit, As we enter the suburbs of Niagara Falls, writes Eben P. Dorr, in Four- Track News, on the left, now nestling amongst huge brick factories, is the pic- turesque stone chimney known as “Fort Schlosser.” . This oid stack, which has been spared in the march of improve- ments, has weathered many seasons since its capacious flue drew the sparks from Joncaire’s hearth in the days of the French occupation, Standingat the ! head of the old portage around the falls, the Joncaire house was a landmark of she was unabte to move at all; whiie at all times walking was painfal. I pre- sented her with a bottle of Chamberlains Pain Balm and after a few applications she decided it wus the. most wonderful pain reiiever she had ever tried; in fact, she is never without it now and is at al timues able to walk. An occasional ap- pheation of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with.” For sale by J.8. Carmany Florin Pa., and all Mount Joy druggists. Don’t Spend Time Trying to clean your dirty hands with soap, sand and pumice, but use KLEENO because K LEENO will clean your dirty hands quicker and better than soap, and will not leave an unpleasant odor on them like tur soaps and the large variety of cheap soaps made from poisonous an- mal fat which close the pores of the skin, causing bluck-heads aud various skin diseares, KLEENO contains no cand or pumice stone like tar soape,which roughen the skin. KLE INO is a deli- cately perfumed powder composed only of harmless ingredients and is guaran: teed not to injure the most tender skin, KLEENO 18 put up in fine powder form in 4-ounce tin boxes, the lids of which sprinkled on the hands or on wet towel for washing the face, Try it once and you will use it all the tiwe. Price, 10¢ per box. For sale at Yoffe & Gaflin Brothers’ Department Store. A — present for a friend. Ouly BUC u year. the frontier. Several buildings (h, been located here. The chimney, centuries In the environment of ataract. The Engligh, in 176 stockade here, and nag { importance in the early settlement of sub- stantial limestone masonry, rem ns a mute witness of the onward g eep of civilization, and the.vast changes of two - The i undersigned having eans, after suffering for several De rein affection, and that dread umption ere! the means of To he prescription they don’t flatten. of Capps, Ala. System. FESSOR SHBG HORBOTER are perforated so that it can easily be OSTERCOCUS for man or beast, scratches, 7 JLLETIN would make a nice I'he BUI1 LI A onic tog of galls oF Boren. 0.CONSUMPTIVES. days treatm been restored to health not benefited, Also Bua EE. 8 nto to make known So his rs oure. or f )a i it, he will cheerfully send (free of Sharks) & he keeps his wheels turning slowly they Now these fellows on the trolleys take no care at all, and every other car in some places has a flat wheel.” > Whooping Cough. “In the spring of 1901 my children had whooping cough,” says Mrs. D. W. Capps “I used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with the most satisfac- tory results. I think this is the best remedy I have ever seen cough. ” World’s Fair at St. Louis. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition will open at St, Louis April 30, and will be in perfect condition on that date. The Peun- sylvania Railroad Company will run the first low-rate coach excursion East to the World’s Fair on May 10, affording residents of the Eastern section an opportunity to see the great Exposition in all the glory of its pristine freshness, Tickets will be sold from all principal stations on the Peunsylvania Railroad The fare from New York will be " $20; from Philadelphia, $18.50, with pro- Bread, Cakes, Buus, &e. portionate rates, approximating one cent per mile, from other points. These tickets will be good going only on special coach trains to be run on May 10, and returning in coaches of regular trains leaving St. Louis not later than May 19. We desire to inform the public that we have harvested 1,500 TONS Pure ¢ ¢ » Spring Water Crystal ICE which we will serve to the public at very moderate prices. We Run a Wagon Through Florin Daly and would say if you want pure ice, clear from dirt and grass, we can supply it. Our solicitor will call on you in the near future, We also have for sale, the finest kind of BUILDING STONE. All Kinds of Hauling. J. N. Stauffer & Bro. Mount Joy, Penna. GGG OS HSN The Most Complete Line of Veterinary Mec- icings in the World, HOME TREATMENT FOR HORSES and CATTLE A SURE CURE FOR COLIC. Cough, Cold and Fever Drops for man or beast. Good for family use. Will break a cold in less than a day. WONDER LINIMEN T-=W onderful heal Grand thing for Piles, VETERINARY CARBONEGUS DISIN- FECTANT