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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
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