General Debility
IHj In and out thr ti thai hwllnt at
WMtnee thl imIn burton of It wit.
Food dor not trnttbn.
Sleep (toot not rfrh.
It t hr l to do, hard to bear, what
should be ur. vlUlll jr I on tt abb, and
the whole atira auffrri.
Pur thl wmtnum Uk
Hood's Sarsaparllta
It vitalise the blood, tlra vliror and ton
to alt th onnm mil runctlima, and It
positively uueuualled for all run-duwu or
ilebllltaUKl condition.
KuuuVTti.1 ttt l"t1wUutt. It cult,
TW thaWhol Story.
Miatres (to servant about to leave)
Mary, what kind uf reference shall
I write for you?
MaryOh, nay 1 stayed with yon
tori months; that'll do.
tnclutivt.
She No, I fti never marry you.
All our family is opposed to you,
He Hut you are not
She I mid all our family.
Art and Nature
Mint Prude Yes; our choral
society is going to present comic
opera, but 1 won't take part. They
expect mc to wear tights, but I could
not do that.
Mim Sharp Why not? You
might got thorn padded, you know.
A. Fin Mtmory,
"Brown must have bad memory;
he ha owed me I0 for two year."
"You are mistaken ; he has a very
good memory ; he always goes across
he street in passing your othoe."
Mothers will find Mrs. WlnsloWs Sooth
is 8rrup the beat remedy to use lor their
illvlren during lb teethlug period.
No Gnat Lou.
Innkeeper (after wagon toad of hunt
ers has dearted) Silas, did you tind
room in their wagon for them six cases
of beer and the can o' whisky?
Silas Yes, got everything in er
gash all hemlick! I forgot to put
in their guns!
"What, ye dtul-vnmiued oh, well
they'll never miss 'em.
Th Char get.
Willie IX teacher told us to lie
prepared tomorrow to tell what meter
the "Charge of the Light Brigade"
is in.
Pa That's easy. Gas meter, of
course.
FITO Feraanratlr Cum). No flu er nanouMMai
1 1 1 W tl.r rlrM .!' it 'if tr. K Ilea', llraal Nm
Rcprr. Sond tm r H K K J.00 t. i.l tvttl. ail uo
kw.lia.ILU Ku,U4..wiavhst..PbUtlJilkl,
Tht Sam Old Cry.
"I wonder what Eve said when she
found she had to leave tho Garden of
Eden," said Mr..Grumpin's wife.
"It was just about what all women
say wluti they are starting on a jour
ney. She complained that she didn't
have a thing to wear."
EfOactly.
"What are you doing there?" cried
the farm dog as he observed the heft
in the coal bin.
"Oh, I thought this was a good
time to lay in coal," cackled the hen.
Tht Financier.
Gaul Say, lend mo $10, will you?
I'll give it back t you today. I want
it to decide a bet.
klose Air right. Jlere you are.
What wus the bet?
Gaul Smitliera bet me f 10 that I
could not borrow f 10 from you.
Reaiurlag.
Old Gentleman (to railway porter)
Porter, the rain is dripping in from
the lamp hole all over my clothes.
Porter (reassuringly) No, sir; it's
quite watertight, I assure you. That's
only the oil leaking."
Secretary of Confederate Navy.
Col. James G. Milner, who died re
cently at Milford, 0., was once secre
tary of the navy lor the confederacy,
He died very poor, yet before the war
was one of the richest men in the
South.
Unneciurv.
Teacher Now, Tommy Blinkins,
if you had two apples and wanted to
give Johnny Frecklenose one, you
would tell him to take tho larger one,
wouldn't you?
Tommy Naw.
Teacher Why not?
Tommy Wouldn't have tor. He'd
take it anyway.
LADIES WAMTEO
By sn old reliable Srm to do Hattenber, Embroid
ery and all kinds of Fancy Work for ua at home.
Htpariy work and good pay. ale tdy or lelalirp honra.
For Information ai-nd mump to I'arlalan Needle
work Co., M Dearborn St., Chicago. 111.
Hai Other Namei.
Churoh Did you know that Styles
has a name for his automobile?
Gotham No; what is it?
"Why, he calls it Madcap Violet."
"Well, that isn't what he called it
when it broke down ten miles from
any habitation."
Culinary.
"There are only two kinds of
cooks."
"For instance?"
"Those that can't cook and will
cook and those, that can cook and
won't." . ,
and OLD
PEOPLE
Bad Circulation Is the cause of moat of the Ills that come with old age. With
advancing years there is a decline of strength and vigor the machinery of the
body moves with less speed and accuracy. Because of the weak and irregular
action of the heart the blood moves more slowly, becomes impure and loses much
of its life-sustaining properties, and muscles, tissues and nerves literally starve for
lack of nourishment. A sluggish and polluted circulation is followed by a long
train of bodily ailments. Cola feet, chilly sensations up and down the spine, poor
appetite and digestion, soreness of the muscles, rheumatic pains, hard and fissured
skin, face sores, chronic running ulcers on the lower limbs and other parts of the
body these and many other diseases peculiar to old people are due to a lack of
healthy blood and imperfect circulation. Restoration to health must come through
the building up and purification of the blood, thus adding strength and tone to
the vital organs and quick, healthy action to the circulation.
S. 8. S. being strictly a vegetable blood remedy and the best tonic, makes it
the most valuable and efficacious of all medicine for old people. It is free from all
mineral ingredients, and mild and pleasant in its action. It cures blood disease
of every character, even those inherited or contracted in early life. As the system
gets under the influence of S. 8. S. there is a marked improvement in the general
health, and as richer and purer blood begins to circulate through the body the
appetite improves, and there is a softness and elasticity about the skin that you
have not noticed for years ; sores begin to heal, pains in muscles and joints grad
ually cease, and you find that it is possible to be happy and healthy even in old age.
Our medical department is in charge of physicians who make a study of blood
and skin diseases. If you would like to have their opinion and advice in your
case, write them all about it and you shall receive such information and advice a
you want This will cost you nothing. Others have found our medical depart
ment of great benefit to them their cure being much more rapid as the result of
some special directions received from our physicians.
Don't be your own doctor when you can get medical advice free. Book on
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed to all who desire it.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA. OA.
PANADA'S NiW S4 BILLS.
The DeaaUUa tUalllaWd by tht Vt
tie of I ha A net-Ira Lock.
Uncle San la not usually partial to
Canadian money, but our new four-dot
lar bill will bare bis best wishes for u
udurlug circulation. On Ita hottest
fae It bean a Battering picture of the
lock on bli Bault canal. Being person
age who takes doUar-and-centa view
of things, h will perceive that this
vtguette on a Douilulon note is some
thing more than a rotupllmeut to his
progresalreneM. It Is, Indeed, an offer'
lug of very lubetantlal service to him,
Our big neighbor knows well the value
of a free advertisement, and where
could he get a better one except In
first elaaa newspaper that goes Into the
botuea of all the people? Our elrculat
Ing medium, especially In the dnnonv
luatloua that are most In demand, la a
capital advertising medium. Tbt Amer
ican canal at Bault Hts, Marl la beau
tifully displayed en tbe considerable
Issue of tour-dollar bills our finance de
partment has just let loose. Who would
travel by the Canadlau canal after tbe
Canadian Government gave aueb a cer
tificate at to the superiority of the
American lock? It la true, our own
canal la a grand work, one of the won
dent of engineering science, but the
Government fancies that one on tbe
other aide of the river more. Aa these
four-dollar notea pass from band to
band, the wistful gaxe'of those who
part wltb them will rest on the Aniert
can lock the gateway through which
the Government would direct their
travels. Since they came Into office
the Canadian ministers have tried to
forget their old disparaging language
about our cauala, and have lately
soken very favorably of these. . But
money talks. A picture of our Rault
canal, or of some other great 1'anadlan
work or scene, should occupy the place
glveu up to the American canal. This
foreign canal lock depicted on our four-
dollar bill la a humiliation to ua. That
picture la a record of blundering or
something worse that will never be
t forgotten. Specimens of these four
I dollar bills will be preserved wherever
there la a collection of monetary curl
osltlee. The people of Sattlt Ste. Mnrle
j are deeply offended at the Government
for Its selection of the America canal
aa tbe object most worthy of depletion
on Its new Issue. Toronto Mall and
Express.
A rortv.ua lu Ha (lite A way.
A noted philanthropist haa decided to
give awav hit fortune to eliarillra and mi
doubt much itiHHt will lie accomplished
There Is anot Iter t'eiicv that haa elo '
eiiliiitliatieil tmirll ifiMttl. Iiamelv. lltlfttat
ter's Stomach itinera, the mulleins will)
fifty years of euro back of it. It prommee
appetite. Insures digestion, cilrri rivapen
sia, riilata the liver and keetw the
bowels riulr, also prevents belcliliiit,
heartburn or ttstiilencv. Don't full to try
II, but be tun and yet the gr'iulue.
They Milt No Chants.
"A woman was arrested in New
York for sleeping on the grass."
"I didn't suppose the New York
police farmed out tho grass privileges,
too.
Wholtuli Troubles'
"Father," said tho smalt loy,
"what is polygamy?"
The old gentleman mado euro that
his wife was listening before he
answered.
"Polygamy," he said, "is the twine
given to the method ol actimring
trouble by wholesale."
Prohibited.
He Darling, a single kiss from
those lips would intoxicate tne.
She But this is a prohibition town.
Her Silence Explained.
This is the way he wrote to her:
"Molly I have not had a line from
for three weeks. Have you thrown mo
over?"
And this is the way she answered
him :
"Jlion Hain't you hearn tell that
I am on a Bick bod, whero 1 am slowly
a-dyin', an' can't write a line to save
my life, you fool you?
Cold Comfort.
Nervous Passenger Captain, what
would bo the result if this bout should
strike an ice berg.
Captain It would probably shiver
its timlicrs.
Ungrateful.
"They say the Missouri razor
is an ungrateful scamp."
"How so?"
"He cuts his best friends."
but
Kick Headache (Jtilrkly Cored.
Indigestion, bad atomach, coiiitliiallnti, alrk
headache. That's the program. Naxl program
Caai-arels t'sndy Oiltliarliit, lixiatu relief.
Oriigglit), toe, i'c,
Hit Father Alio Drives.
First Boy Your folks ain't as rich
as ours. My father and mother go
driving every day.
Second Boy My father drives every
day, too.
First Boy I don't believe it. What
does ho drive?
Second Boy Nails.
Too Anxioui,
"I seo they are embalming pet dogs
now," ho said.
"Oh, isn't that lovey, " she ex
claimed. "That's what I'll have
done to Fido. "
"Just the thing," he returned, sud
denly growing enthusiastic himself.
"Give him to mo and I'll have it
done today."
ODD HOTELS OP JAPAN
THtYARCVKRYDIFFCRENfFROM
THOSE OF AMERICA,
oast arprlaea Thar Coataia for tbt
Ueeldeatat Traveler-Meals Served la
Uutata1 ttoeme, bat Hatha sad Waab-
lag Cenvanlaitcee Are Public
The native Inns of Japan offer sur
prises to flie Occidental traveler. Tbe
Inn building la of Japauese architec
ture, of two stories, and generally
rambling, for a house which has bveu
at all prosperous will have had addl
lion made from time to time to ac
commodate the Increased patronage.
The front door I In the day tluia mere
ly a panel wltb paper windows, which
Is pushed aside to admit guests. Mine
host standa smiling lit the aperture,
and If It la winter a large brasler la
placed lit the midst of the llrst apart
went, which would correspond to the
otnee or exchange of one of our hotels
The brasler contains small stick of
charcoal, aud glvea forth little heat
Heveral newly arrived Japanese trev
elers will generally bo sitting about It
oil cushion on the floor, chatting and
running their bauds over the tiny bla
Before entering you must sit down on
the step and take your shoos off, no
matter how cold the weather, for the
"ttttaui!" (mate) of a Japanese luu and
the polished floor are kept a luttua
culately clean aa a private house. When
the shoos are off and delivered to an
attendant, a little "amah," or yinld.
leads yoji through the room on which
the front door opens, along psasagea
aud by several twlat and turiia, aud
along corrldora, possibly up a flight of
atiilrs, to the room which Is assigned
to you. It la entirely empty of any
furniture, At on aide I a tiny data,
or wooden platform, on which may be
a enrved stand, perhaps of teak wood,
and on It a vaae wltb some plum bio
soma or green boughs, arranged ac
cording to the Japanese conventional
style of riower at-rangeuieiit. The ouly
other ornamentation In the room will
consist of a "kakemono" or two, with
picture or writing on them, Theae
are the hanglug scroll that take the
place In Japan that our framed pic
tures do with us.
The wall of the room are finished
In a soft greeu or brown, aud the wood-
work Is left the uaturnl color, First of
all the "amah" brings out some flat
cushions for the guest to sit ou; then
she brings a "blbncbl" from down
stair, and put In It lighted coals aud
some fresh stick uf charcoal. The
next thing Is ten, and this Is daintily
served lu little cups on brons itauda,
aud wltb It some delicious cake of
beau paste, or elae wafers which fair
ly melt In your mouth. Now, If you
have arrived late, cornea the queitlon
of super. The meals In these Inns
are always served In your apartuieut.
There I no such thing a a geueral
dtulug room, lu this or lu a private
house.
There will be another long pause.
during which the room may be slightly
warmed by the heat from the brasler,
but wtieu supper la brought and the
screen Is thrust aside by the little maid
the cold cornea rushing lu again. The
Japanese pay no attention to cold air
aud draughts, even In the dead of win
ter. The maid kneels In the doorway
when she open the acrecu, for It would
not be considered etiquette for any one
to enter a room atandlng. Tbe meal la
placed on a tiny wooden staud, often
beautifully lacquered, one stand for
each person, and all tbe coune are
placet! ou It together In beautiful little
dishes. Nothing la ever served with
more exquisite taste In the moat luxu
rious American hotel than In the poor
est Japanese hostelry, Just aa the most
poverty-stricken Japanese ofteu live In
more aesthetic surroundings than many
of our rich people.
When It becomes dark tbe room la
lit by a square paper lantern on a high
wooden stand. By the light the Japa
nese read and aew In the evenings,
though they are gradually Importing
and using many of our kerosene lamps.
which give a better light. At bedtlmo
the "amah" goes to a sort of clothe
press or chest of drawers set In the
side of the wall, and produces the bed,
which I simply a aerie of soft quilts
called "futons," aud which are laid ou
tho floor, one on top of the other, Down
coverings are placed over these, and lu
between the sleeper crawls. Sheets nud
pillows such a we use must be brought
by the guest who requires them.
While the guests at a Japanese Inn
eat In the seclusion of their rooms, the
bath and washing arrangements are
public, and here one may encounter.
any of the other guests of the house of
either sex while performing one's ablu
tions. To say tho least, this Is ex
tremely awkward, but It Is according
to Japanese custom, and tbe same thing
Is found In tbe private Japanese
houses.
GETTING TO A FIRE,
The American Fire Department.1 Bplan-
did Uoraea 01111 Their Training.
F. S. Dellenbaugh writes an article
for St. Nicholas on "The Quick Horse,"
devoted to the training of horses for
the American Are department. Mr.
Delleubaugh says: When a fire breaks
out In America, It Is necessary to reach
It at once. Tho telegraph was brought
Into service In sending the alarm. In
Munich some years ago the method In
vogue was to bang out a red flag by day
and a red lantern by night from the top
of one of the Frauenklrche towers, on
the side In the direction of the fire; but
In America such a system would have
resulted In the destruction of the whole
town. The telegraph Is the only thing
for us,
But It Is not enough to know Immedi
ately tbe exact location of a Are; it la
also necessary to reach It Immediately.
The steam fire-engine was a splendid
machine, with steam always up and
everything In readiness for Instant de
parture, but how' to secure this instant
departure was a question. Horses were
kept standing In their stalls with the
harness on, but this was not quick
enough. Each second's delay meant
loss of life or possible millions of prop
erty destroyed. So the first swinging
harness was Invented: a harness con
trived In such a way that, while al
ways attached to the englno or other
apparatus, It could be made to drop In
stantly on the horse's back and fasten
there. Thla seemed to solve the ques
tion, but there remained one more step,
and this was the training of tbe quick
horse. Not only must the englue and
the harness and the meti and the hornes
be ready, but the horses must be lu tho
harness at once the operation must be
as nearly luntantaueotiM as human In
genuity and brute Intelligence together
could contrive. In every llre-euglne
bouse In the United States to-day,
therefore, we may see and admire the
"quick" horse, sleek-limbed, elear-eyod.
with an alert, Intelligent air, stundlug
not far from the aachlu of which be ti
the moving power.
The casual v 11 tor saunter In. lie
thluks tbe life of h nreniau la a quiet
and easy one, Judging from the appear
auce of the quarter. All la serene. The
machine are Immaculate lu initialled
bra and red paint Home of Ihe meu
r reading, other are playing a game
' checker.
btiildeuly there la a tinkling aomm
where, aud .the stroke of a gong. A
suati, a cllck-and through the wldeH
opeu door the various machine fly,
one after another, until the visitor
view In astonishment an rmpty bouse.
It la Ilk maglc-a wonderful "transfor
mation sceue." lie gaxe up aud down
tbe atreet but the galloping procession
baa vaulahed aa If It were a dream.
The quick horse haa done hi duty,
aud once more exhibited the (tower of
organisation and training. Within the
tliuti required by the Bremen of Urn old
en time to throw open the engine-house
door, the complicated machines of to
day are throwing water on tbe flame,
and the brave flremeu, having scaled
the building with the agility of aero
bata, are dealing well-considered blow
against the fir foe.
In almost every city there I a prac
tice drill at least once a day In the
engine houses, aud the visitor may
have an op'iNirtunlty of Inspecting the
admirable development of the Amer
ican fire syat-iin aud the flue horses so
splendidly trained, And he may also
have an opportunity at the aam time
of lamenting that other branches of
our public service are not conducted
with equal efficiency.
INDIAN WORDS AND NAMES.
Chaoa la f pallia: thai Have Marred
Tbalr Maanlna,
Commenting on the changea which
have been made lu the orthography of
Indian name and the expressed be
lief that historians and literary people
have surrendered their right and duty
to malutalu theae verbal relic lu their
purity, the Montgomery (Ala.) Adver
tiser says: Tbe statement Is true,
more the pity. A the Indiana have
no written language, their local nanua
were acquired by the white by aottiid
ouly, aud often by Illiterate white
who had little knowledge of the art
of ipelllug and writing. For thla rea
son there la little uniformity lu the
orthography of Indian proM-r names.
Kven the work of Intelligent scholars
la oieti to the same objections. The
vocabularies of Indlau words In Ala
bama prepared by Hcboolcraft, Galla
tin, Co in 1 we, Wright, Adair. Bertram
and others all differ lu spelling, and
ofteu lu pronunciation, ao much o
that aometlmea It la difficult to recog
nise a uame wbeu It goea through so
many change.
The vartoua Indian dialect were the
most expressive of any lu the world,
Every uame waa significant, whether
It was of an animate or Inanimate ob
ject and the nam given plainly 1ml!
cated Us meaning. Unfortunately the
sound aa well aa tbe orthography and
expression of many of our Indlau
name have been sacrificed lu the ef
fort to simplify the words and to make
them couform to our system of sh-II
Ing and writing the Kngllsli laugunge.
The general government, too, or the
PoatorDce Department, has ancrlllced
much of tbe euphony and meaning of
our Indian name In order to bring
about simplicity and uniformity. It
baa aecomnllshed thla end. but lis
done It at the expense of meaning.
Many nature of postottlce lu Alabama
have no significance as now spelled,
but aa they were originally written any
one familiar wltb Indian words would
know Just what wa meant to be ex
pressed.
However, we must admit that Indian
word have not undergone more
changea or modification thiiti have
many of th word taken from the
European or other old world languages
and dlalecta. The people of the Unit
ed States and the government Itself are
formulating something like a language
of our own, and If the change carries
with It a total hiding of the original
algnlflcanee of many words. It must be
accepted as one of the results of the
march of progress. But we must be
permitted to express regret that so
many of our native names have been
Improved entirely away from their
originals.
Jefferson at Seventy-two.
'In Florida, where Ponce de Leon
failed to discover the Fountain of Per
petual Youth, Joseph Jefferson seems
to have found It," declare James H.
Metcalfe, In the Ladles' Home Journal.
"He Is a picturesque figure. Ills ruddy
cheeks and bright eyea give the He to
hi T'J years. He Is slender, but tiot
wltb tbe leanness of age. His hair,
mostly black, streaked only here and
there wltb gray, and In length showing
a wholesome contempt for the flue art
of tbe barber, blows about lu the
breexe. His fingers are as quick and
deft at knotting a Hue or adjusting a
sinker as those of a boy on the banks
of a stream, and he enters Into every
detail with boyish enjoyment. His
fishing he alternates with landscape
painting, writing and the rare of plants.
In none of these pursuits docs he claim
professional skill, but he brings to
them something more than professional
xest. Mr, Jefferson Is a very abstemi
ous man. in eating, as in otber things
except occupation In the open air he
evidently believes In moderatlou as a
means to well living aud long living.
He did not Join In our after-luncheon
smoke, stating that if be had not given
up tobacco a good many years ago he
felt sure that he would not be with us
now. Whatever the secret of his long
and useful life, It la safe to say that
every one of bis countless friends and
admirers would be glad to lengthen It
by a fulfillment of his own Rip's fa
vorite benedlctlou: 'Here's his health
and hi family', and may they live
long and prosper.' "
Large Antler.
The biggest pair of elk antlers In the
world Is said to be that which hang
In Head Keeper Mauley's office In the
lion bouse at the Philadelphia zoo. In
height the antlers are above five feet,
and the distance between the main
horns at the widest part of the loop Is
four feet six Inches. At their base the
antlers are fourteen Inches in diameter.
"Undoubtedly," naturalists say, "these
are as big and heavy and perfect a pair
of horns as ever grew." The elk that
carried the huge antlers was sent from
the West to the Academy of Naturtiil
Sciences. The skeleton excelled in
weight and size any that had ever been
seen there. I.
Sure to Be Ha IK
Wife There's a burglar down cellar,
Henry,
Husband Well, my dear, we ought
to be thankful tliut we are upstairs,
Wife But he'll come tip here.
Husband Then we'll go downVellar,
my aeur. surety, a ten-room house
ought to be big enough to hold three
people without crowding. Detroit 1'ree
Press.
STRANG! TREES TO LOOK AT.
Heat ! raauatla tabes by tbe
rraab f tbe wi.
. Wlldwood, th resort on th Jersey
coast w here th oeroiuouy of ctlug
flower upou tbe tea on Memorial day,
lu memory of uaval heroes, wa Inaug
urated, haa a good reasou for It uame.
It la located upon an Island, which la
separated from th mainland by Urasay
Mound. I'or about two miles a grove of
trees, perhsp Ihe moat remarkable lu
Ihe world, fringes tbe sound. The place
take Ita uame from the trees, which
have been shriveled and distorted lino
alt kind of faniastlc ahape by the
gules which swept over It from th At
lantic for centuries. Th coast I com
pletely exposed to th full sweep of the
southeast aud northeast norm, which
lu the wluter rag for several day at a
lime,
Home of tho trunk of the tree have
twisted Into numerals, letters of the al
phabet ami weird form, which give
the grove the reputation of being haunt
ed among aome of the negro servaut
and Ignorant while people who live In
the locality.
one tree, which muat lie fully 50 yean
old, ha been bent over uutll It forma
the figure H, looking at It from on aide,
while from another point of view It la
a uerfwt oval, Krotn the lower left
baud corner project a branch which
startllugly resemble a'siiske's head
with I be tongue at liking out
Two of the largest tree slsrted to
grow up from the ground, then changed
theli minds ami bent downward, shap
ing their trunk Into tbe form of the
letter W. HUH another tree bat grown
lu the form of the letter N, two trunka
atartlng from th same root below
ground and a third growing from one
to Ihe other In a diagonal direction.
Another consist of two trunks ruunlng
straight up aud parallel to each other.
At no less than Ave different point
branches or atub have grown from
one trunk Into the other, formlug a sort
of natural ladder, for a distance of 30
foot from Ihe ground.
The warm southeaster have brought
nourishment to Wlldwood, and vlue
and plant grow luxuriantly. Home of
the graiH'vluea are uf mammoth alxe
ami, trailing along th ground, have
run up luto tree aud expanded until
they aopui like Imtueuse boa constrict
ors, Kveu the upper branches of tbe
tree have lioen twisted Into curlou
hnpea, aud a uumbcr have been cut
out lu the fortu of different article.
Three of them are almost exactly the
shape of a triangle, a harp aud pitcher.
In walking through the grov ou can
scarcely (lml a tree which baa not soma
odd form about It. A large holly can
be aeeu which really consists of two
trunk twisted about each other. Each
truuk I fully a foot In thickness, and
It Is supposed that when young two
slips were blown arouud In thl way
nml have gradually grown together.
The spiral separation ran be traced
from the roots fully forty feet from
Ihe ground.-Philadelphia Hecord.
GREAT WEATHER SHARPS.
Udan-Tloi ftallor on tha Oalf of
Siealro War K apart.
"The greatest weather sharps In the
world," said a citizen, who takes an
Interest lu meteorology, especially of
the giHiselHine brand, "were the old
time sen captains lu the gulf and coast
trade. Kquull smelling was a necessary
part of their business, for, as you prob
ably know, the biggest dirty weather
factory In the universe Is the Carlbbeau
.1 There are no such things as times
id seasons down there, aud what'a
oiultig next Is a matter of pure chance.
It may lie a dead calm and It may be a
rip-roaring hurricane, so the men who
cruised in those water before we bad
any signal service to help them out had
to keep continually on the alert, aud
It's no wonder that tome of them ac
quired a skill that seemed next door
to supernatural.
"It became a sort of Instinct, a sec
ond nature, with them, and they
couldn't tell how they did It them
selves. They would predict change
before they were even hinted at In the
glass; they would anticipate the very
caprice of the wind, and many a time
they saved their ship and their skins
by quick, sharp order which for the
moment appeared to be nothing short
of preposterous. Of course It was all
a matter of minute observation, a good
deal of which was no doubt uncon
scious. They had learned by long ex
perience to read meaning In the differ
ent form of clouds and the way the
cloud strata ly lu tbe upper air; the
water waa an open book to them, aud
they would detect a hundred and one
small atmospheric phenomena Invisible
to tho ordinary observer.
"I was on the ship of one of these
famous old weather prophet years ago
on a voyage to Havana. We were Just
entering the harbor when the captain,
who had been moody and distraught
for aeveral hours, suddenly called the
mate and ordered him to get anchored
as quickly as possible and make every
thing fast for a hurricane. The mate
made a mild protest. 'The glass Is
pretty steady, sir,' he said. 'Never
mind,' said tho captain, 'It's a-comln'
all the same!'"-New Orleans Times
Democrat, Insect Pests.
Few countries have suffered more
the Introduction of Insect pests than
the Hawaiian Islands. Tbe two chief
products of these Islands are sugar and
coffee, while a considerable amount of
fruit la also grown. Along with the
Imported trees came their insect ene
mies, notably the scale Insect and tbe
aphis. In the course of time these
Increased so prodigiously that they
threatened to destroy the Industries of
the country. Man Is doomed to a con
stant struggle against nature, and he
Is often compelled, so to speak, to tight
her with her own weapons. So It wa
In this case. The trees were being de
stroyed by Insects; remedy: Import
more Insects. 80 In 1800 a certain
ladybird (Vedalla cnrdlnalls) was Bent
over from Australia, It became com
pletely naturalized, and Increased pro
digiously, feeding on the scale Insects,
which It soon reduced In numbers, un
til they became comparatively scarce.
But there were other Insect plagues
aphides and others of different orders.
The government therefore employed a
naturalist to import more Insects.
These were brought from Australia,
and many of them have established
themselves and done good service. Oue
of the most useful Is a ladybird which
feeds on the aphides, which had seri
ously attacked the sugar canes. It has
dope' such good work that there la
every prospect of the canes being
speedily cured. Chambers' Journal,
Kaffirs in Natal.
Kaffirs own nine-tenths of the 12,000,-
0M) ac
res of Natal.
. ,
When a preacher talks loud enough
to be beard two blocks, that Is bis way
f giving hU yell.
Some people, when they work, don't
dp anything.
VJkzi lo
Ovcrlifo?
A dull, throbbing pain, aeoompanla4
by mdm of tenderness and heat low
down in th aidn, with an oeeaalonal
ahootlug pain, ludleate Inflammation.
On examination It will be found that
the region of pain ahowa aotne (wall
ing. This I the Aral atag of of arltla.
Inflammation of th ovary, If th roof
of your houae leaks, my slater, yon have
It flsed at oooei why not pay the same
eneel
1 10 your own buoy 7
You need not, you ought not to let
yourself go, when one of yoar own MS
bold out the helping band to jroo, and
wilt advise you without money and
without price. Mrs. plnkham'e labora
tory la at Lynn. Maaa. Writ a- letter
there tailing all your eymptoma and
get the benefit of the greatest experi
ence In treating female Ilia.
" I waa anfftring to auoh an extent
from ovarian trouble that my phyal
nlan thought an operation would b
neceaaary.
"Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Com
pound having been rwoommended to
an, I decidftd to try It. After aalng
several bottle I found that I was
eared. My entire ytm waa toned
up, and I suffered no more with my
ovaries." Ma. Ann Asros.Troy. Ma
A Boy si s Frnctr.
A national fencing coniK-tition
lias just taken place at Bologna, and
the cliatnpiiinsliip wo won by Hignor
Ataillio Motifurrito. This tiiaitre
d 'arnica is only 12 years old. He
fought the most celebrated Italian
fencers and beat them all.
Contwctkul and Cloriii.
The first clocks manufactured in
this country were by Kli Terry at Ply
mouth, ("(inn., in l"'.i:l. The mitiitt
fact tiro soon became extensive, and
I'onnecticut wiMsIcn clocks were, fam
ous all over the country.
A Chilly Petition,
"Deacon HnifT seems to have a very
cold teiiieranii!iit."
"Ye; he proved for rain once and
it hailed.''
Snufftd Out.
Friend What became of your poem
called "Light, Beautiful Light?"
Poet (sadly) The editor turned it
down,
Shifted tht Ripotiilbilltv.
Deacon Elderberry My dear Mrs,
Crabtree, if ouly half tho money sjient
in millinery were devoted to the
church!
Mm, I'riibtroe Oh, my! But the
milliners won't reduce their prices.
ForgiU Whcrt th Plac Is.
Small Harry had hist hi pencil,
his mother told him he should
have a place for everything aud keep
everything in its place.
"I do, mamma," replied the little
b'llow, "but sometime I forget whero
the place is."
Holtl'i fchool.
At Mmitn Park, Han Ma ten Countv, Cal., with
Ita Ix-atitllHl, aumitimtlnita, pertec! rlnnate.
rarrtul aitimrvianui, ftiorotiKh ttiHtrut'tlmi,
(miteli-l laiioratorlea, and Kymnaaiuni, i-aillc
maintains Ita inallion in tin- from ranki at
chnola lor twva nn lha Tactile Coast. Ira ti.
Hutu, To. D.,Vrluclial.
. Hazarding an Aniwtr,
A ioet in the New York Press lie
gins some pathetic verses in this ques
tioning style:
"Why should I weep at the barri
cade? Why Bhould I weep at the bar?"
A Rebuke.
"You don't export to lie famous?"
said the pugilist.
"I hud entertained ambitiinns in
that direction," said tho young au
thor, "But you don't do anything but
write."
"It is my wriftng that I depend
Oil."
"Nonsense! The idea of a man ex
pecting to get famous by sitting down
and wiggling his tingers over a piece
of paper all day! It's absurd!"
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PORTLAND, OREGON,
Slight Uniun.
Bcttha Fred Hart i going
marry Bessie Light.
to
Ktltth ou don t mean it!
mercy' sake, what could lie
seen in Iter?
Bertha That's what I say.
you know, 1 suspect bo must
courted her over the telephone.
For
have
Do
have
And Now Look si Him.
"Se that niagnata over there?"
"Ye. What of him "
"Well, 20 years ago that man ar
rived In New York with only a million
dollars in his pockets."
Eaiy to Sat.
Brigliam I saw you and your wife
at tho new restaurant lust evening.
Buriiliam How did you know it
was my wife?
Brigliam I heard you say "(luess
we'd Ix-tter have some roast U-ef."
French Banki Cleculate Gold.
The Bank of France coiiim1s cus
tomer checking otit money to accept
at least one-fifth in gold coin.
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tt-Ht-hera, who employ modem methods and
understand boye. Illustrated catalnnue.
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Where do You
Sell. Your Hides? Tnr z.
W(i alwayi par the !llht Price.
Ohmm, I Masthk f Oo,
1 76 Front St., cor. Oak, Portland, Or.
Perfection of W all Plaater, will not fall off, vn
a H-assie ocrtir v) in eiirauuim water pipe.
snit u roar sdarMS and n-eeire t-irouiar
hotting what othera have Kaiitt-d hyth no of
Utid Pleeti-r.
THE ADAMANT OO.,
root of Hih street, fmHImml, Or .
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t-oniitrit-a, Also negotiates mar.
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tion!. No better terms or fai-llltiae
than we offer obtainable any
where. Payment of our feel
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allowed. Write fur pamphlet, ,
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Foot of Morrteoa Street,
I Can give yon tb best bar (rain la
Hnyijifa. rtowi, Boiler and Engine,
1 WiiiiUnilt and Pomp anl General
' Machinery. See as before baying.
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S5".'5m5 PENSION
BICKFOKO. Wathlnaiea, 0. C. tber will re.
reive quick reullea. B. Mh N. H. Vol.. Staff
Willi ( orpa. rroaecutlnff claim, slur IMS,
Summer Resolution
TAKK
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Kooicy Cure
Sure relief fiom liquor, opium and tobaoe
habit. Send lor parlloulara te
Inlir littltatf.
Moved to 40 Wllllaaa
Ae., taat Mde.
A
la beat tin to enr ratarrb,
Hroiu-hltla and ('oiiaiinipiion.
Our rvmedtr fa miaratileed, $1.
P. O. Bat 1S.
W. H. SMITH I CO.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Tht Proper Plan.
Landowner (to trrfiiHrtor) Don't
you we tliut sipn: "No Fixliing in
those grounds?"
Trvar ptisner I ain't (lulling in the
ground. I'm lihinj in the water.
Of Count.
"What did the lawyer sny when
you explained your ' case to him?"
united Mrs. Baxter.
"He saitl it was feen-iblo," replied
Mr. Baxter.
1'ibd'i t'tir c-Hlincit lie ton luiflilv anokeu
of aa a cotiirh curr. J. W. O'ltair. 322
Tliinl Ave., N., Miiiiteapolis. Minn., Jan.
e, rmi.
The Secret Billot.
First Tramp Blent if I like dis
here eocrrt ballot." A limn shouldn't
lie HHlutmed to let it Ih known what
he votes for.
Second Truni No, tic only t'ing
dnt ought to be kept secret is do price
lie gets for his vote.
Makina I In Ihe Park.
"Somebody calls attention to .the
fact Unit every new war ship is the
queen of the navy."
"I rather think that the transport
that turned over the other dny is the
joker.'
Hit Choice.
Kind Old Man (to tramp) Now,
why don't you learn a trade?
Tramp Well, I would, sir, if I
knew of one better than this.
A Suptrior Baby.
Proud Father Jenkins told me to
day that their baby coos so loud that
you can hear it all over the house.
Proud Mother I hope, Harry, that
you didn't forget to tell him that ours
cries so loud that it can lie heard all
over the block; if he doesn't believe
it he can ask the neighbors.
DESTFOI.T.II
BOWELS
Kfom hfcTen't a reitular, healthy moreinent of ItM
weU Terj day. you're sick, or wilt be. Kmp you.
bowels open, aud be well. Kurce, Id tbe shape ol
violent physte or pill poison, is dangerous. Tb
f.moothpsi, easiest, most perfect way of keeping tbs
mw ais clear aud clean Is to take
..Pleasant, PalatKfia, Potent. Taate Good. Do Good,
Never Hloken. Weali.-.,orUrlpe. lOe. 80c WrlH
for free aarople. aud booaetoo health. A6dreee
Starilaa awd; laaptaj, Cakei aaalnal, lafk. saa
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN
"- --ET-a
MARRIED A QERMAN UEUTENAN t
' ' " .
When M1ps McGrew of Denver, Colo.,
was traveling abroad, she was Intro
duced to Lieut. Alexander Scbonberg
of the Royal Reserves of Germany. Up
to that time she had been thoroughly
American. She bad asserted that
American girls should select American
MRS. ALEXANDER SCBONHCB0.
husbands. All her Yankee ideas west ,
glimmering In the face of that flaxen
haired soldier. They were married re
cently, and will live In Dresden. Sh
la the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wil
liam Anderson McGrew, They are
wealthy and prominent.
liUKtS WntKt ALL tLtt rAILS.
Beat Cough Byrup.
syrup. Taste
in time. Hold by drugnlRts.
J7ftyl CANDY
ft Hf CATHARTIC
vaAOiatAaa awewrnifo ft
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