.- ' J A. ambulance ship to n id wouml I'd uuil drowning men durliiK a llll III fllKilKi'HIIMIt In tliu latent Hildltlmi to the United Htntoa niivy, nud Nurseon i('iicial Ti-yon and Secretary flVrbert both believe they have lIpireB jiml Htiitcnicnlg bIiowIiik that kicIi a "croft would wivo tlio lives of AO per , cent, of the Injured In a conflict who wohhl probably die under present con ditions of service. fA the ainbulnnoe nhl) will hnve to JnI the target of Bhot and shell, those In charge will have to face death In ordei to save life, and rare couriiKe will necessarily be the reciulsito for olllcors and ntteniluntx. The vcsmcIh utilized for tlio service will hnve to lie swift atcnuici'H, of Rood ca pacity for sick room, and yet not so Urge ns to prevent iilc-k turning and raplil darting around among a Heel of vessels. It Is nn unwrltlen law of every civil ized nation that a wounded mini and the man who aids l.nu should both be protected, and It Is calculated that the crew of the nnibuliince ship will lie In mired the same treatment nccordc'1 the Red Cross brigade. In naval conflicts also has 'an extreme range of fourteen miles, tiring a shot weighing 1.HNI pounds and requiring IMO pounds of powder; but iUick-tlrlng guns are more depended upon at the present day than guns with such extreme length of range. Of quIck-Hrlng guns the most wonderful Is. perhaps,' the Maxim, which can lire as many as 000 shots a minute, and yet Is so light that a sol dier citii carry It strapped on his back, Krupp's l.'tO-ton gun and Armstrong's 111-ton proved too expensive, being un able to stand firing MO times, and their manufacture . lins practically been abandoned. The gun most favored, per haps, Is the twenty-two-ton Armstrong, which burls a solid shot for a distance of twelve miles. London News. They, Too, Catch the Influenza. Half the pianos of this country catch wmter colds exactly as wo do. They get hoarse, or have a cough, or a stiff uote, or some similar complaint which cannot be cured by home remedies, but which requires tedious and expensive doctoring. ' In order to prevent these .avoidable 'I; IX ACTION. 'A "7iro'i Tom Tort Knowledge aavei worry In many ways. A writer In the Chicago Record professes to know a man not t Chi cago man, but an Englishman whose well-known constitutional tardluotta once saved his wife from hours of the most terrible anxiety. At the time of the fair there was a ter rible lire In one of the bulldlngs-I think It was the cold storage. On the after noon of the lire the man he was an Englishman had an appointment on the top floor of the doomed building. The fire broke out, If I'm not mistaken, about . 2 o'clock. Id a abort time tbo building was partially destroyed and several lives had been lost. ' ' Some friends of the Englishman came to bis wife at tbo Victoria Hotel and broke gently to her the fact that tbe cold-storage place was lu ruins, ana that Harry had in appointment on tbe top floor that afternoon. ' "What time did the Ore break out?" she asked. They told her at 2 o'clock. "And for what hour was Harry's ap pointment?" ' ' Two o'clock, also. . "Ob, then I'm not In tbe least alarm ed!" she said, and serenely continued to knit About 5 o'clock Harry turned Bp,' having been delayed by tne difficulty. of getting transportation. He looked a little white. "By Jove, Dora," be re marked, "I bad a rihrrow shave this afternoon." She kissed bis placidly. "You were' to have been In the cold-storage build ing at 2 o'clock, dear, and you didn't get there till nearly 3. Wasn't that It?" He gave a wondering assent. 1 "What, a comfort it Is, Harry, that you're always late!" Then she resumed her knitting. , rORTUNE IN A HAIRPIN. A Happy Couple. Ono Coat 1 1,500 and la Worn by New York Olrl, Costly Imlrplrrk are fast becoming 'silr "' ' K.'imnbia wir the proper caper, and the girl who wears the most expensive one Is the envy of her many companions. These from Tribune, Greeley, Colorado. Among tbo many gooU people renid- hairpins cost any amount from $10 to in (if'l''y. Colon di, '(-'quire $15,000. Tho handsomest worn In this Mooro and Ins amiablo wifu aru tho ! country Is owned by a New York lady. mostly iiAinnx. p4 THE OCEAN AMBULANCE ' a great number of men are blown Into the water, and many uninjured men fall from the rigging into the ocean. It Is a curious fact that three-fifths of the sailors In the different navies cannot swim, rind therefore in many Instances to drop from the rigging or to be acci dentally forced overboard during a bat tle Is sometimes as sure death as to stop a bullet. The men on board the am bulance ship will bo looking for just such nccldents all the time, and boats' crews will be dispatched If such aid Is needed. During tbe last naval battle between the Austrian and Itallnn fleets 30 years ago, more than 400 men were drowned who could have easily been saved bad an ambulance ship been In attendance. It 'Is proposed that the new am bulance ships should 1e fitted up like . naval hospitals. Tbe ships will be con trolled by "a naval ainbulnuee associa tion for tbe treatment of sick and wounded at sea," and while the govern ment would exercise a parental guard ianship, the amlmlance ship would really be a ship of mercy. The spar deck, where there Is the greatest amount of air, will be devoted to the most seri ous cases, and additional wards' will be located lu the remaining decks of the vessel, while artlllcinl ventilation will be produced by means of a steam spray, extracting apparatus, as well as a steam fan blast that will pump In an adequate supply of fresh air. The percentage of recovery of Injured, men on board an ambulance ship prop erly equipped would be fully half greater than at present. In a man-of-war the sick ward Is always located In the bow, although naval authorities have protested against It for years, for owing'to the hawse holes this Is a part of the ship most likely to be flooded In case of heavy weather. It Is the "sea sick" quarter of the ship also. Of course. It would be absolutely Impos sible for an ambulance ship to care for nil the wounded during an engagement unless that engagement were simply be tween two vessels. The truth of this statement is shown by the fact that the ordinary battle ship, whose complement Is 500 men, will have, within a few minutes of the time action begins, thirty men killed and 10 wounded. Shot Fired Firteen Mile. From twelve to thirteen miles is the computed range of the most powerful guns now made, but the lomrest dis tance that a shot has been fired is a few yards over' fifteen miles, which was the range of Krupp's 130-ton steel pnn. firing a shot weighing 2,fiO0 jwnuds. The Ill-tun Armstrong gun; ailments a .piano should be kept in a moderately warm room, where the temperature Is even, say 00 or 70 de grees, the year round not cold one day and hot the next. The instrument should not, however, be too near the source of beat. It should be kept closed, nud covered with a felt cloth when not In use, particularly in frosty weather. Always place the piano against an Inside wall, and a little out from it. He Thought It Was a Fly. She wore her hat far down over her eyes. It was a very large hat and Its proudest decoration was-a bunch of bird paradise tall feathers. She came Into church with the mostdevout air Imaginable and knelt for a moment in silent prayer. The bald-headed man Just In front of her twitched uneasily. His head moved from side to side. He lifted one band and brought It smartly down on the top of his bald head and--the tips of my lady's bird of paradise feathers which had been tickling it. After that a very red-faced woman sat bolt upright in her pew, while a bald beaded man just In. front turned pur ple, and what lu any other place would hnve been a snicker ran through the congregation. Father's Domestic Headship. Dr. Charles II. Parkbnrst, D. D., In the Ladles' Home Journal, writes con cerning "The Father's Domestic Head ship:" While, perforce of ordinary. cir cumstances, tbe father's duties will hold him considerably apart from tbe con tacts of home l.fe, yet whatever suc cesses he may achieve outside will not atone for any failure on his part to re gard his home as the prime sphere) of his obligation and the point arounu which bis devotements will cluster In distinguished earnestness and constan cy. Whatever he may have achieved lu his art, trade, profession or other en gngemcnt, the man who stands at the bead of a household has been In the broad sense of the term a failure if h has not been a true husband and a wise; strong and devoted father. . It cannot be a successful home where th mother, looks after the children and the father looks after his business, r Tho,. most productive services rendered ire al ways personal, and any amount of ex ertlon expended outside in providing for the necessities of the homo will not take the place of that, tultlona.l mini ry which comes only by the directum! continuous contact of rather with child. However complete a wqman'nioy pe as a mother there are-qualities of charac ter which the father will commuulcatn to his children that the mother will be less able to do as well as less Intended to do. and cost $11,500. In length it Is Just fix Inches, while the upper, or orna nental part of It measures two Inch 'es across. It Is not a pronged affair, ilike the old-fashioned pins, but Is what ,11 yachtsman might call a single stick er. The great cost of this trinket Is due not only to the profusion of tho gems with which It is set, but nlso to their rare and brilliant quality. Tho upper purt of this hirsute adornment Is shaped like a lyre, with a single string across it. This string, the sides of the lyre, and tho bar, or pin proper, are all. of solid gold, and quite broad and heavy. The sides of the lyre nre studded with diamonds and rubles, the latter of a quality that makes them vie In value with their more sparkling neighbors. The string Is similarly In laid, and at each tip of the lyre Is a superb diamond set about with ru bies. In tho bottom part or bowl' of the lyre Is a golden jotus bud, with opening leaves, that reveal the largest and most valuable diamond of the or nament. The effect of the whole de sign Is heightened by two flexible strings of diamonds. Ingeniously con nected by delicate settings and threads of gold that run from the horns of the device to where the bar begins. , LAWYERS' CLUB HOUSE HnmlHOtne Structure. Krected by the Hur Aaanc'ntion of New York fit jr. The Bar Association of New York has built Itself a new home in that city. It Is very proud ot Its new home, and pardonably so,- for It Is not only use ful, but very pretty, too.' All the- big 1 lawyers' In Naw York participated In best known and the most nwcted. This happy couple wmo burn in West Killing, of YOrk, England, in 1820. In 18-18 they emigrated to this country ami fettled In Derby, Conn., where they resided for a number of years. While there Mr. Moore, who was highly respected by his neighbors, wus elected a member of tho state legislature in 1807. A reporter culled on them recently and was received cordially and in re sponse to his inquiries, Mrs. Moore said: "For four years I was miserable, hardly a week passed during tliut time but what I suffered from extreme lassi tude. Tlio least exertion fatigued mo. At times when I was sewing or read ing, I would bo trouMed with tingling sensations, liko tbe pricking of pins in hands, feet, arms and legs. Occasion ally I would suffer from profuse per spiration, the water fairly running from my face and hands. Then for days it would seem impossible for mo to enjoy a minnte of warmth. I would sit in a rocking chair alongside a roar ing fire in the stove wrapped up in blankets, yet while my face would be sororcbed, the rest of my bodj would bo chilled. 'Finally, despito my opposition, my I husband called in a physician, who attributed my ailment to rheumatism and prescribed for that complaint. A day or two afterwards lie changed his opinion, saying I was attacked with la grippe; also changed his medicine, but to no purpose. I was going from bad to worse. Tho tingling sensations were resumed. At times , I would be incapable of doing anything with my hands and ipy husband was fearful that I was suffering from partial paralysis. "One evening, while reading the New York Triubne, lie read to me a statement of a wonderful euro perfected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Ho and I had at times read similar testimoni als describing the great powers and virtuo of these pills. But this night in particular, I was impressed with .what he read and told him it wouldn't do any harm to try a box. Tho next morning he purchased a box of the Pink Pills and I commenced taking them according to directions, . three times a day. Within a week I felt better, and when I had finished that box TtltlFF AND TAXK8. Whatever the newjorder. Af. thing may be in tariff and taxes, business is already better, and there are sure signs of its being rapidly improved. Infirmities and ail ments are the tariff and taxes on physical strength. Lumbago , is a complaint that tuxes our bent endurance. It cripples and limits one for anything like active exer tion. It is a sudden backache, . but no matter how sudden, (St. Jacobs Oil is quick and sure enough in its prompt cure to break it up ami restore strength.:; -J a pay ing the taxes, on our health the best cur rency is the best remedy for paii), and its prompt use the surest wuy of getting back to business. ' All true internal parasites are blind, being very safe and without necessity for eyes. ' ' TO FAT A PENALTY FOR I DINING T. wn.Un. 1. I . V.1 V ..... Hn Ann vs .0 in, uri uniu. inn , in i c, nun man; mv compelled to do this after every meal. Dys pepsia, mat inexorable persecutor, never ceases to torment of Its own volition, and rarely yields to ordinary medication. But tranquility of tlie stomach is in store for those who pursue a course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Tbls One corrective also remedies ma larial and kidney complaints, rheumatism, constipation, biliousness and nervousness. . A codfish recently caught off Flam- borough Head, England, had inside it fifty-nine fish hooks. "CATAKUU CANNOT BK CUBED . HOME FOH TUB BAR ASSOCIATION. ' and he laughingly complied, saying, 'conceit is as bad as consumption, but even if you think they aru doing you some good tlicro is a great relief ex perienced." After that lie purchased for mo about n dozen more boxes, and for nearly two years I continued taking them. Tho result was I regained my strength, tho tingling In arms and legs, bands and feet ceased und tlio frequent sweats which I had been subject to left me.' In till truth, I am forced to state that the Pink Pills miulo a new woman of mo. That is," she laughing ly remarked, "as new us you can make a woman who is now in her 70th year." And in truth, Mrs. Moore's closing re. marks are well founded, for she is as hide and healthy looking as any woman could bo who has lived her great age. (Signed) ANNA MOOKK. bubseribed and sworn to before me, a notary public, this 2'M day of May, 1806.' My commission expires May 14th, 1U00. Milton A. Lyons, Notary Public. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will bo sent postpaid on receipt of price, B0 cents a box, or six boxes for $3.G0 (they arc, never sold in bulk, or by tlio 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Mcdiuinu Company, Scbenect tady, N. Y.j Water iu Wood. It has commonly been estimated that green wood, when cut dowu, contains about 45 per cent of Its weight In mots ture, but lu the forests of central Eu rope wood cut down lu winter Is said to hold more than 40 per cent of water at the end of the following summer. Kept for several years In a dry place, wood ' retains from 15 to 20 per cent of water, while that which has been thoroughly desiccated will, when exposed to air under ordinary clrcumstauces, absorb S per cent of water In tbe first three days, and will continue to absorb It un til It reaches from 14 to 10 per cent as a normal standard the amount fluctu- atlng above and below this standard according to the state of the atmos phere. It has been found that, by ex posing green wood to a temperature of 212 degrees, F., the loss of weight equal ed 45 per cent; and, further, on expos lug small prisms of wood one-balf Inch square and eight Inches long, cut out of billets that had been stored for two years, to the action of superheated steam for two hours, their loss of. welgbt was found to be from 15 to 45 per cent, Recording to Hie temperature of the ateiuu- SURE CURE for PILES Ittbinf ud BUod. gicedliifor rrolrn1lnt PIIm tlMal hhS pita RBMEor. """'"u " 1 ",'m '"" " uo OR. B0-8AN-K0'S PILE REMEO I asked my husband to get me another 'i'i.'t.r'ui'uosaSri; i r til FrM. r,lM . IIOSANkO, Hailfc. Pa. the formal opening of the building The newbullding is located at 42 West 44tn street and runs right .through the block to 43d street. The first floor. Is taken up with a long marble corrl dor, with reading-rooms, coatrooms and offices on either side. On the sec ond floor Is the assembly-room, decor ated In white and red. On this floor too, Is a large receptlon-rooin. The library and reference-room Is on the third floor. The interior of the build. lng Is richly decorated. With LOCAL APPLICATION'S, ai they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional din-use. and In orderto cure it you must lake internal remedies. Hall's' Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescritied by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a reKular nrcscrio- rtion. it is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful effects in curing Catarrh. Eend for testimonials, free. F. J . C H KN K Y A CO, Props., Toledo, O. Fold by drUKKists, price 74c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A street railroad opetatedlry gas en gines is being experimented with in London. i Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since l-xvj. J. K. Madison, 2409 41 ave., Chicago, III. Three copies of the Bible, written on leaves of the fan palm, are in the Brit ish muse tun. .... Told His Story in Ijatin. At the time sjf the peace Jubilee, Dr. C. IL Porter, of Boston, returned to his office one day, and found the slate In the hall covered with Latin words and signed O. W. Holmes. He Immediately got down his dictionary, add with much effort discovered that he had been to the peace jubilee, had soiled his boots so thoroughly with dirt that he did not like to go downtown In such a plight, and had stopped and asked Mr. Porter's servant for a footbrash that he might clean up bis boots; and he had dignified this rather menial perform ance by writing It all out In Latin and leaving It on the slate. Too Bad for I"cription. A costermouger. while trundline bis apple-laden cart down a London street. Schillings Best tea PTO- was run into by a coaching party. The ' . a costers cart got the worst of it, losing ccr gives your money back a wheel and Its ruddy freight being , , . . scattered all over tbe street. The driver J yOU aOIl V, like It of tbe coacb came back to settle for the Tt'c nt ihinrr c'i damage, and expected to come id for a 11 b O0C lmn5 10 Sa volley of choice cursing. But the cos- money back and another ter looked at his cart. looked at his an- ,. , , , pies, looked at the coach, and finally J thing tO CIO money back. out-GuVner, dere eyen't n, We Milwaukee has just adopted the Ber. 1 cer does it; and we pay him tillon svstem of measuring criminal, i Sini Cmasy " - - " I 4 baa rraocMca - 400 . The MenothcrnV A simple apparatus, called the "Me- notherm," has been devised, for ap plying steady and continuous heat to any part of tbe surface of the body, where It Is required, for medical pur poses. It consists of a flat rubber and connected to a small copper cylinder or heater by two rubber tubes, the whole being filled with water, and her metically sealed. In use, the cylinder is placed In a can of water over a lamp. The water In the cylinder Is thus heat ed and caused to circulate through the pad, the temperature being regulated by tbe height of the lamp flame. Queer Astronomical Facts. The speculative astronomers have given us some queer calculations and odd comparisons. One of tbe most curloUB of these Is one in which the rel-' ative size of the sun and some of the planet Is shown. They tell us that If the sun could be represented r by a globe two feet In diameter the earth would be represented, proportionately,' by a pea, Mars by a plnhead and Merv cury by a mustard seed. , Exactly Expressed It. "How did you sleep, Fred?" asked a gentleman of a friend who was "rough ing It" with him. 'Well," said Fred, who was new to that amusement, "I've had a quantity of Inferior sleep." j BLACKWELL'S' t t am a i t fer isf mfELtsDURHJl J'"".-, .nn NOOTHFO SEE? Mil .. i mrmTmWiir iw 1 1 i i i - Yon will flud one coapoa Inside each two nunc bag, ' and two coupons Inside each -four ottn'ce bag of Black- well's Durham. Buy baa; ot tills celebrated tobacco and read the coupon which glvea a list of valuable pru- enta and how to get them. REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker & Co. 's Breakfast Cocoa. Because it is absolutely pure. Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process In wnicn chemicals are used. . 3. Because beans of the finest quality are used. 4. Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the, beans. 5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent a cup. Be sure that you get tha genuine article made by WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established I7K0. t eeee I m Cheapest Power..... Rebuilt Gas and ...Gasoline' Engines. FOR. SALE CHEAP Hercules Gas ....Engine Works l ARANTEED ORDER. 405-7 Sansome Street San Francisco, Cal... WHEAT. . Wife If I thought a thing was wick ed, I'd die before I'd do It. Hu.iband So would I. Wife Huh! I think IpinC smoking cigars is a wicked, waste; an ! IWlO I Impious defilement. In fact. .' Husband Then, you should not smoke. Hand me a mateb, pleane. New fork Weekly." j.i f , i ' Australia is a, country .without or phans or an orpbilnngt;. Kvery waif U taken to a receiving hotijie, whore It Is . kept until a country -home la fouud ; for it. I Make moneT by iuc rvsHiul i)i'-iilatlon In i hicaxo. He bur ami sell "heat there mi niari(iiiN. Fortunes have been niade on a untitll hflfiuiMiig by Ira'liiiK in futures. Wnu (or mil ari ic-nlnrs. Best of nvererice given. f.ev ersl eart' experienre on the rineaKo Hoard nf 'I tsle, and s uiorouifh knowledge of (lie bus! Iie. Iioa li ink, lioiilclns k l o.. c lu uto Hoard of Trade hrokern. Cilices in Portland, Oregon, and hpokane, Wasb. for trivinr and J'mitlnr o! or Hilvr uf. m or h uMpti f r-vHrn M. I. FO V- -.KK, Hux i-ii HoiJtbiiiifUjii, Conn, H'FTl'ItK and t'l I, US enrerf ; no py until I cured: mud for Im-miIi. I'K. Manhkiki.d A RTKKriRUi, ksh Market t.( Hen FntiiciKu. F0R PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK of "Just Don't FmI Well," KS21IVH. PILLS are the One Thinf tense. Only On for a Dots. Wold by Vrugrmt at 25o. box '& Jsl B"le BM1..-4 frx. AiMroe ! Dr. (Moans Ked. Ca. Italia, Petalai EVERY HEN Haurhfxt id ePetaltima Incubators umm start 4 right, and U bilAr prop i cu vo gira profit abla rtm ni bAru tiiM iiiHihinei iiclauvfiiT mm ldor in tfrettMt numhat t TisoKrui Cble&jooa. incauaiora ironi 910 up. na inctjbator Oo.. Ptrtalnma, Cat. 7rmA -..'""' 'ti,,""r. Per till Lena. D R. J.L. 8 TE PH E N 8. LtBANO,ufJli; . 1 1 . cuts whist ejusi tut t r Vi l"kl feme. Tau Good, t'es 1 1 ' lA " l-a ef ' 1 1 tfmcsiiea lr-1 K. P. N. U. No. 68 l.'-B. F. N. C. No. 76J ' 1 ,.3 1 V4T I- t -I i t