mi Water For City Street.
The ancient idea of flashing the sew
ers' and gutters of city streets with sea
water is being vigorously discussed in
many places. In England it has corns
into such favor that a proposition is
now put forward to supply the city of
London- with sea water. The watsr
would be taken from the sea at a spot
not far from Brighton remarkably free
from pollution. It would be pumped
into a reservoir of 10,000,000 gallons.
Thence it would be forced into another
reservoir, from which it would gravi
tate to London. The present oonsump-.
tion of water in London is 200,000,000
gallons a day, of which 40,000,000 gal
lons is used for municipal purposes.
This might be saved for domestic finr
- poses by the introduction of sea water.
The cost of the project is put at $2,250,
000, and the sea water would be sup
plied by meter for public purposes at a
fraction of the present cost of fresh wa
ter. One watering of the streets -with
sea water is said to be equal to two, or
even three, with fresh water. It pre
vents the decomposition of street refuse,
it is effective 'for flushing sewers, and
particularly valuable for the extinction
of fire. Of its value to health there is
no doubt, and it would be easy to sup
ply it to hospitals and to schools for
swimming baths.
Vegetable Properties.
It may be well to mention that an
eminent physician who has been inves
tigating the properties of the different
vegetables announces that a diet of
carrots ameliorates harshness of charac
ter and reduces nervous irritability.
Peas create fatty tissue and encourage
joyousness, 'while turnips have just the
opposite effect. Celery taken in excess
causes eye trouble, while cabbage is
beneficial in pulmonary ailments, and
lettuce aids as a sedative owing to the
opium contained in its milky juice,
which keeps the skin clear and fresh.
Bed beets are blood producing and will
add plumpness to the thinnest form,
providing they are boiled tender. New
York Journal : .
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enlarge itself to the bonds of humanity
as fast as people learn that in likeness
there is the only rest and comfort and
pleasure that men can know, and frater
nity will come as a result of the same
conviction. W. D. Howells in Century.
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NEW NORTHERN LANDS
Discoveries Made by the Jack
son Expedition. ;
STEANGE MEETING WITH NANSEN
The Carious Chance That Enabled the
Windward Commander to Restore
Is'ansen to Hie Friends.
Vardoe, Norway, Aug. ,17. The
oaptain of the Windward, the British
steamer which has jast returned from
Franz Josef Land after taking supplies
to the British north pole expedition
commanded by Jackson known as the
Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, filed
a telegraphio message here yesterday
describing the accidental meeting be
tween Jaokson and Dr. Nan sen, one of
the -most remarkable incidents in the
history of Arctio exploration:
"On June 17 1 met Dr. Nansen three
miles ont on a floe S. S. E. of Cape
Flora, and under most extraordinary
ciroumstanoes. He had wintered in a
rough hut within a mile or two of our
northern limit in 1895. and this spring
we unwittingly came within a few
miles of his winter quarters. '
Dr. Nansen left the Fram with one
oompanion, Lieutenant Sigard Soott
Hansen, a lieutenant in the Norwegian
navy, and director of the astronomical,
meteorological and magnetio observa
tions, and reached the latitude 86:14,
traveling northeast from where he left
the Fram, which was in 84 north, 102
east.
"Dr. Nansen expressed the greatest
surprise and the liveliest satisfaction
at meeting with us.
"You understand how greatly the
meeting affected me, and my pleasure
at the extraordinary obanoe which had
thrown it in my way to render him
service and restore him to his friends."
Jack'son then describes his own ex
perience in exploring the western parts
of Franz Josef Land, telling how he
has drawn extensive, acourate maps,
and has dioovered new regions, and add
ing: "When the Windward left, in 1895,
we went on a month's expedition to the
northwest in a little boat, the Mary
Harmsworth, and discovered a large
tract of land to the westward, of hither
to unknown limit, and a magnificent
headland composed of ice from its sum
mit to its foot, and having at its base
a huge, unapproachable rampart of
ioe. We named it Harmsworth cape,
and only approached the base of the
headland with the greatest difficulty,
owing to surging masses of heavy ice
and furious gales, during which our
boat was, upon several occasions, near
ly smashed to atoms. We landed on
the coast as often as possible, and as
cended the peaks and made numerous
geological and botanioal collections.
Far up Cambridge bay we discovered
another lofty ice headland, and named
it Cape Firth of Nansen.
"The spring has been phenomenally
mild. -Although we marched north a
great distance, using sixteen dogs and
a pony, we met, after a fortnight, open
water reaching from the face of a huge
glacier east to the precipitous end of
another large glacier west. Advanoe
by sleds was thus out off. We then
struok southwest down Markham
sound, and added greatly to our dis
coveries of ' 1895. But we were again
stopped by open water reaching entire
ly aoross the sound, so we turned west
ward and succeeded in exploring the.
entire western shores.
"Daring April terrifio snow storms,
coupled with rises in temperature, en
tirely - broke the ice and prevented
marching, but we took a number of
valuable photographs. Professor Mohn
says that the scientific results of Nan
sen's observations are magnificent,' and
numerous islands have been discov
ered." -'
BY USE OF POISON.
A Woman Killed Her Father, Mother
and Brother.
Mansfield, O., Aug. 17. Miss Celia
Rose, 24 years old, is in jail here,
charged with killing her father,
mother and brother with poison. Dan
iel Rose was a farmer, living near
Newville, O. He, his wife and son
died recently, within a few days of
each other. It is claimed that Celia
oonfessed to an acquaintance that she
poisoned them. Miss Rose was in love
with Guy Berry, a neighbor. Consider
ing her a - nuisance, he complained.
The girl's parents took her severly to
task, and the poisoning was the result.
, Petitioned to Break the Treaty.
San Jnan del Norte, Nicaragua,
Aug. 17. Senor Guerrero, late min
ister of war, has been instructed by a
committee oomposed of F. W. Pelas
and four other leading men of this city
to present a petition to President Zel
aya to abolish the free port of San Juan
del Norte (Grey town) and declare an
average duty on imports of 20 per cent
ad valorem. Pelas is the sole owner of
the only steamboats on Lake Nicaragua
and the San Juan river. The treaty
made at Managua in 1860 between Nic
aragua and Great Britain provides that
San Juan del Norte shall be a free port.
The British and German merchants in
the town have refused to sign the peti
tion. Extended to Pittsburg;. .
Cleveland, Aug. 17. The Brown
Company strike has been extended to
Pittsburg. The strikers learned a few
days ago that the Schaife Foundry &
Machine Company, of Pittsburg, was
doing work for the Brown Company,
and they sent a representative there.
He sent back word that he would prob
ably succeed in geting the pattern
makers, machinists and iron molders of
the Schaife Company to strike in sym
pathy. . .
Work or a Fiend.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 17. Rev. Gar
diner C. Tucker, one of Mobile's most
prominent Episcopal olergymen, who
came -today from Bates-wharf , on the
eastern shore, where his family has
been for the summer, reports that his
6-year-old ohild was taken from her
bed at midnight into the woods by a
man supposed to be white, who hor
ribly outraged her,' after whioh he
brought her back and deposited the
bleeding burden on the porch. Two
oounties are shocked by the news. Men
have left here heavily armed and with
dogs to scour the country for the fiend.
DOWN TO HARD PA.
Rough Experience of Miners Seeking
Gold 'in Alaska.
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 17.
The steamship City of Topeka arrived
this morning from Alaska with 185
passengers, forty of whom were minrrs
returning from Cook's inlet. -Nearly
all were men who had gone north to
seek fortunes in the fabled gold fields
of that country. The poor fellows all
returned as steerage passengers, and
tell hard stories of that country.
Among the passengers returning was
O. D. Fairbanks, of Adrian, Mioh., a
photographer, who went to Cook's in
letf or the purpose of taking panoramio
views of that country. He asserts that
not a single find of gold has been
struok in that . country, and that at
Sunrise City there are now 1,000 men
who are without money and have only
enough provisions to last a short time.
Fairbanks says that, unless the gov
ernment sends relief, many are des
tined to die of starvation in the near
future; that many men there mort
gaged their farms in the states, the re
sult of years of hard labor, to go north,
and are now offering to work in Cook's
inlet for 60 cents a' day and board, but
cannot get work. He says that the
Boston & Alaska Company and the
Alaska Gold Company had every claim
within 800 miles of Sunrise City staked
off before the ' common prospectors
reached the country, and absolutely
nothing remained. Upwards of 1,000
men have already left the Cook's inlet
country, and those who are remaining
are the ones who have not the means
to get away.
IDAHO BANK ROBBED.
Six Men Compelled to Stand Hope
lessly By.
Denver, Aug. 17. A special to the
Republican from Pooatello says: Word
is received from Montpelier, Idaho,
that about 3 o'clock this afternoon,
three masked men rode into town on
horsebaok, stopping in front of the
Bank of Montpelier. They dismounted
and compelled six men who were
standing in front of the bank to go in
side. Two of the desperadoes then
covered the men with revolvers, while
the third went behind the counter and
emptied all the cash in sight into three
saoks. The robbers then mounted their
horses and rode out of town.
Sheriff Davis organized a posse of
men, who are in pursuit of the robbers,
thirty minutes behind. It is thought
they are heading for Jackson Hole, and
if they are, their capture will be uncer
tain, as the Hole is known to be filled
with a desperate gang, who will resist
their capture. The bank officials re
fuse to disclose the amount secured,
but it is believed to be fully $10,000.
THE WEATHER RECORD. .
Seven to Ten Hundred Have Died of
Heat in Mew York.
New York, Aug. 14. This was the
eighth day of the hot weather. The
number of deaths in Greater New York
during the past week, as a result of
the torrid wave, is estimated at from
700 to 1,000. In many cases the heat
has been given the credit for causing
deaths that in reality are due to other
complications. . On the other, band,
m iny persons have doubtless perished
from unknown causes when an autopsy
would have shown "sunstroke" as the
cause of death. Since Monday over
100 bodies have been sent to the potter's
field from the morgue, and forty more
will be hurried away tomorrow morn
ing. Estimates of today range from
forty to one hundred for New York,
the total number of dead officially re
ported to 10:80 tonight amounting to
sixty-seven. The total number of pros
trations reported in New York city to
day was 250. The total deaths offi
cially reported in Brooklyn today was
twenty-five. The total deaths reported
from Jersey City and surrounding
towns during the day was about fifty.
DICKINSON TO RETIRE.
He Will Sever All Connections With the
Northern Pacific.
Taooma, Wash., Aug. 14. When
the reoeivership of the Northern Pacific
railway terminates, August 81, George
W. Dickinson, general manager under
Receiver Burleigh, and long previous
to that assistant general superintend
ent, will retire from all connection
with the road. This he admitted to
night. . He will retire of his own free
will, and will remain in Tacoma. It
is generally understood the position of
assistant general superintendent and
that of second vice-president, now held
by C. H. Presoott,will be consolidated,
and an Eastern man appointed. W.
G. Pearoe, now assistant to General
Manager Kendrick, may probably be
that man. " - -
Walking for a Husband.
Ligonier, Ind., Aug. 17. Miss Liz
zie Rensor, of Cass county, started
Wendnesday to walk to St. Louis,
where she is to meet B. A. Stenzel, of
Denver. The long . overland journey
Is to have its sequel in the marriage of
the couple. Miss Rensor is 2 5 years
old. Stenzel advertised in a matri
monial paper for a wife, and Miss Ren
sor was the successful applicant for his
affeotions. The novel agreement that
they should meet in St Louis was
made in lieu of Miss Rensor's inability
to go to Denver. She expects to be
assisted on her journey by persons en
route.
Big Hotel Burned.
New York, Aug. 17. The Manhan
sett hotel, at Shelter island, one of the
largest and most fashionable summer
hotels on Long Island coast, took fire
early today." The whole south side of
the hotel was burned, entailing a ' loss
of tioo.ooo-
Navasota, Tex., Aug. 17. A boiler
explosion occurred at Summerford's
sawmill, near here, today, killing
three men and fatally . injuring two
others. ' - 1 - - ; -
Killed in Runaway Accident. j
Santa Barbara, Cal., Aug. 17. ;
' Three men fatally hurt and four horses j
killed was tne result or. a terrible runa- j
way acoident at Naples this morning, j
The accident was caused by a broken j
brake on a steep grade. The horses 1
dashed down the hill and over the
bridge with fatal results. .
An ingenious man in Cobham, Eng
land, Invented a little engine, run by
kerosene oil, which propelled bis bi
cycle. He was fined fifteen shillings
for running a "looomotive" without a
lioense.
RAN INTO A TRUCK.
Hotsrmsn at Buffalo Makes a Distress
- - ing Blunder.
Buffalo, N., Y. Aug. 18. Early this
morning fire truck No. 6, with a crew
consisting of Lieutenant Hedden and
seven firemen, while responding to an
alarm, collided with a trolley car at the
corner of Woltz avenue and Sycamore
street. The truck was stretched aoross
the street-oar track when the trolley,
whioh was running at full speed,
struok it. Every fireman on the truck
was injured. - John F. Clark was
pinned under the wreck and crashed
to death, his lungs being perforated by
the round of a ladder. Fred Jackey
went under the truck and received con
cussion of the spine. He cannot re
cover. The others injured are: Lieu
tenant Hedden, hip bruised; Miohael
Rosenberger, left leg sprained and con
tusions; John W. Bcctatel, arm sprain
ed; Nicholas Noeller, hip bruised; Au
thony Mannard, bruised. The motor
oar was smashed to piece3, but the mo
torman secaped with but slight injur
ies. Both the mo tor man and oond actor
of the oar have been arrested. James
Cowan,- the motorman, says he heard
the fire gong but did not slow up, as
he thought he oould cross the street
ahead of the truck.
TORNADO IN ALABAMA.
Fifteen Persons Killed and Others More
or Less Injured.
Selma, Ala., Aug. 18. News was re
ceived here today from Augustine,
Perry county, fourteen miles from a
telegraph station, that a terrible and
most destructive tornado swept over
that place la&t evening, leveling every
thing in its path. Twelve negroes and
three . white people " were killed by
houses falling in on them, and ten
other persons were more or less injured.
Twenty-four horses and mules were
crushed to death by falling barns. The
tornado was followed by the heaviest
rain that has fallen in that section in
fifteen years. Creeks and branches
were oonverted into raging . ,rrants,
sweeping away cotton, corn and other
crops, causing heavy losses to planters
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.
This Was the Time the Desperadoes
Were Captured.
Detroit, Aug. 18. A special to the
Free Press from Charlotte, Mioh., says:
"A special stock train whioh went
east on the Chicago & Grand Trunk at
12:30 last night 'Was boarded by four
men at Bellevue, thirteen miles west
of here, all masked and heavily armed,
and at the point of their guns compelled
the two men in charge of the stock to
empty their pockets of all money, and
a number other articles of small value
The robbers escaped, but were all
captured by a posse this afternoon, and
lodged in jail here. They gave their
names as James O'Donnell, Frank
Wright, Ed Marlow and Frank Edison,
and ages from 18 to 22 years. -
! Durraut Saia to Hare Been Insane.
: San Francisco, Aug. 18. The latest
' theory in connection with Theodore
i Durrant is that he was insane at the
; time he committed the murders of
Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams,
: in the Emanuel Baptist church. Some
time previous to- the murders, he was
sick and oonfined to his room for six
weeks, being delirious part of this
period. His friends now say be had
not recovered from this attack at the
time he committed the murders. It is
still uncertain when the supreme court
will oonsider his appeal, which is now
.formally before that body. Dorrant's
attendants at the county jail ridicule
the idea of insanity.
Fearful Heat in Texas.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 18. The sun
went down last night upon a parched
and withered earth, the meroury regis
tering 105. It came up boiliDg hot
this morning, and at 10 o'clock reached
105. At 10:30 the mercury registered
108 degrees, the hottest weather on rec-
, ord for this seotion. "' Men panted like
' tired hounds from the chase, and
! sought in every way to avoid the intol
! erable heat. At 11 o'clock a little
shower of rain with a gust of wind
; came up, and gave the people relief,
j This was the closing day of the most
extraordinary heat period ever experi
enced in Texas.
The Nogales Raiders.
Washington, Aug. 18. The war de
partment has received dispatches from
General Wheaton, detailing the move
ments of the troops in pursuit of the
Indian raiders from Mexico. It is be
lieved that such disposition of the
troops has been made as will intercept
them, if they attempt to cross into
Mexico. The Indians are on foot and
are pursued by mounted troops. Mex
ican authorities will establish a garri
son at Nogales for the purpose of pre
venting further Indian raids.
Hotel Safe Robbed.
. Bridgeport, Conn,, Aug. 18. Three
or more cracksmen blew open the safe
in the Beachaide hotel at Greenfarm,
about 3 o'clock this morning, and got
away with about $1,200 in cash, $900
in checks and a quantity of jewelry,
the property of guests. A hundred and
fifty guests were awakened by the ex
plosion. The night watchman was
found lying in a stupor, evidently
caused by chloroform.
Loss of 100,000 by Fire.
Creokford, 111., Aug. 18 Fire gut-"
j ted the Woodruff block, on . Seventh
; street, early this morning, causing a
j loss of over $100,000. T. L. Goldman,
j who conducted a department store, is
! the principal loser, his loss being esti
1 mated at $55,000, with an insurance of
! $35,000. The loss on the building is
! 29.K Onfl n
$25,000. partly insured.
I Roughness is needless cause of dis
: content Severity breedeth fear, but
j roughness breedeth hate. .-.;'"
- Aged Couple Killed by an Engine.
New York, Aug. 18. Thaddeus K.
Martin, aged 50, and his wifo, aged
45, of Brooklyn, were struck by an en
gine of. the Prospeot Park & Coney
Island railroad while crossing the traok
last night and were instantly killed.
The engineer and oonduotorof the train
were arrested. " :
Mrs. Smith, wife of the Secretary of
the Interior, is quoted as having
grown weary of life in Washington,
and is anxious to return to her eld
home in Georgia.
HE WILL NAVIGATE SPACE.
A San Francisco Man Has Designed a
New Airship.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. Dr. C. A.
Smith is more enthusiastic than ever
over his flying machine since he re
ceived a telegram Wednesday from
Washington informing him that a
patent had been granted on his device
for sailing through the air. A com
pany was incorporated in this city last
Saturday to build Smith's airship,
navigating air vessels and carrying on
a general business in them. I. J. Tru
man, president of the Columbian bank,
and George T. Garden are among the
stockholders. The attorney for the
company is M. M. Estee.
These well-known men declare that
Smith's machine appears feasible as a j
mechanical proposition, and that it is ;
really a most ingenious solution of trie
difficult prob'erns that have faced the
scientific aeronaut. Smith himself
claims it will lift itself and additional
weight, and more than that, he can so
ootrol its flight as to practically imi
tate a bird on the wing. This means
that the airship oan be lifted from the
earth and depressed at the will' of the
engineer, who may also steer his vessel
hither and thither, describe circles re
gardless of the wind, and perform evo
lutions like a ship at sea.
It is still further claimed for this
wonderful invention that it can be
driven into the very teeth of the storm.
Indeed, if all that is claimed for it
proves true, the long-talked-of airship
will soon be an accomplished fact
The company intends to open a work
shop at once and begin the construc
tion of Dr. Smith's first airship. And
in the course of a few months, the ex
pectation of seeing the maohine arise
and float aloft will be very strong.
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
Will Be Held in Portland From Sep-
tember 19 to October 17.
The coming Oregon Industrial Expo
sition which opens in Portland Sep
tember 19 and closes October 17, prom
ises to be a pronounoed success. The
citizens of that enterprising city have
subscribed over f 1 0,000 to carry out
the plans, whioh are now being ar
ranged on a more elaborate scale than
ever before. It looks already as though
every available inoh of space alloted to
exhibits in the great building will be
occupied. A splendid military band
has been organized and will be under
the leadership of Mr. G. Oechsle, late
of Gilmore's celebrated band, and a
leader and composer of great ability.
The admission price has been fixed at
35 cents, and the same interest mani
fested in the Portland fair last year
will doubtless be muoh increased this
year on account of the overwhelming
success of the Exposition of 1895, when
the management in every respect kept
faith with the public and provided such
attractions as had never before been
seen on the coast -
DID IT ALONE.
Garrett, the . Enclnada Gold-Bar Bob
ber, Has Confessed.
San DiegopCaL, Aug. 14. Garret,
; the Enoinada gold-bar robber, has oon
fessed -to the Mexican officers. He
i says no one was implicated with him,
' and he opened the safe by a oombiha
f tion. He offered to show how it was
done, and was taken by the officials to
RiveraJl's office, where in a few seo
onds he opened two safes by the combi
nation. He says Pratt is not guilty,
and that on the night of the robbery,
he got Pratt drunk and robbed the safe
alone. When captured Garrett carried
firearms and a canteen with water,
enough to withstand a long siege.
The governor has sent out boats and
armed men to overhaul the schooner
Pekin, whioh took Garrett to Lower
California.
Counterfeiting Dollars.
. Washington, Aug. 17. The secret
service bureau of the treasury depart
ment has been requested to look into a
report of extensive counterfeiting of
United States silver dolars in one of
the Central American states. The in
fnrmatinn comes from a Mexican naner.
and was sent to the state department
by Minister Ransom. It states that in j
one of the Central American states a I
company has been organized by Ameri-
cans who have purchased the silver j
dollars of the state worth 47 oents, and ,
coined them into American dollars. It i
is said that 3,500,000 of these dollars
have been shipped into this country,
where they have passed at par. The
story is discredited at the treasury de
partment, and it is said it. would be
impossible to ship any considerable
number of coins into this country with
out the counterfeit being discovered.
If counterfeiting has been going on,
the guilty persons could be punished
under the treaties providing for such
crimes', whioh have been made with
nearly all countries.
Fusion Agreed TJpon.
Ellensburg.Wash., Aug. 17. Fusion
of the Populists, Democrats and free
silver men - who left the Republican
party has been effected in the state of
Washington, and the name of - the new
party will be the "People's party."
This was brought about tonight, when
the Populist convention deoided to al
low the Democrats to' nominate one
congressman, in addition to the other
officials allotted to them.
Minnesota Train-Wreck.
Kound House, Minn., Aug. 17. An
Eastern Minnesota freight ran into a J
Great Northern, engine, demolishing
both engines and killing M. Moore, a
Great Northern fireman. The blame
is supposed to rest with the Eastern
crew.'' ' . -
Whenever the invention admits of a
model the inventor is required to fur
nish it of a oonveninet size to show
properly and to the best advantage the
working of the device. ' .
Riot at Cleveland
Cleveland, O., Aug. 17. Three men
were shot and one badly bnrt in a con
flict ' whioh ooourred this evening be
tween a party of the Brown company
strikers and several non-union men,
who were going home from the works.
Two of the wounded men are non
unionists, the third is a striker and the
fourth a spectator. . None were neces
sarily fatally hurt
In India there is a speoies of butter
fly in whioh the male has the left wing
yellow and the right wing red. The
colors on the female are vies versa.
BT STEAMER, TRAlrf OB BOATT
Which of these have you selected as a mean
Of travel? No matter. Whichever it is recol
lect that for sea-sickness, disorders of the stom
ach, liver or bowels, engendered by rough lo
coniotion and bad food or woter, and for
mnlarla.1 troubles, Hos tetter's 8 torn hi h Bitters
U the most useful specific you can take with
you. It is Invaluable alto for rheumatism, kid
ney complaints and nerrous trouble.
The only gem in the world whioh
cannot be counterfeited is the opal
Its delicate tints defy imitation.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house. D. C.
Albright, .Mifflinburg, Pa .Dec. 11, '95.
There is more catarrh in this section of the
country than all other dii eases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many ri are doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and prescribi d local
remedies, and by constantly failing tocure wi tn
local treatment, pronounced it lurun'o'e.
Si-ieiioe has proven catarrh to be a constitution
al disease, and therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Ball's Catarrh Cure, roaitufuctured
by K. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, f liio, Is tlio oulv
constitutional cure on the market. It is taken
internally In doses from 10 drops to a teasiioon
fnl. It acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of tho system. They offer one hundrtd
dollars for any case it f-i.s to cure. Scud for
circulars and tf s'imoniala. Address,
F. J. :H ESEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by Dniggittu, loc.
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
FITS All fl s stopped free bv Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No rltssftertlefirot
day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and f2 00
trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,
WI Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A woman is the engraver of medals
in the royal mint at Stockholm,
Sweden, and has been for many years.
The births exceed the deaths through
out the world by over 1,500,000 a year
an average of three a minute.
It is said to be possible to draw
platinum wires so fine that two of them
twisted oould be inserted in the hollow
of a human hair.
The most effeotive way to capture a
whale is to spear it with an eleotrioal
harpoon, when it is onoe shocked into
unconsciousness.
Prominent citizens of Charlestown,
Mass., have urged that the Bunker Hill
Monument should be illuminated with
electricity.
A new globe, for all kinds of light,
inoreases the illuminating power ten
per cent It is grooved vertically in
side and horizontally outside.
The Board of Aldermen of Boston
passed an order the other day appropri
ating $301,000 for the ventilation and
sanitation of sohool houses, ;
Reports says that the penalty for
-carrying an election button in Canada
within eight days before an election is
a fine ol $100, or imprisonment, or
both.
The London census has been some
what of a disappointment to England,
inasmuch as the rate of growth has
slightly fallen off in the last five years.
Miss Agness Adams, of Whitman
College, won the highest honors at the
first annual oontest of the Intercollegi
ate Oratorial Association of Washing
no. s
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QUALITY; SIZE ; PRICE,
Gladness Gomes
ith a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
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rightly directed. There, is comfort in
the knowledge, that bo many forms of
eickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
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family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
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If in the enjoyment of good health,
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'If your dealer will not
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Samples showing labels and materials mailed free
"Home Dressmaking Made Easy." a new 72 Page
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