TRIAL BY FIRE.
HERE are colonels and majors
Fand generals and some old cap-
tains who hold that Isabel Hamp
den, was the most attractive woman
who ever graced the frontier, and in
their time most women seemed attrac
tive because of their scarcity.
"'"She had been brought up in garrisons
and large cities, and by the time she
was 22 she knew the world rather well.
Moreover, she knew men not girls and
women, but men.
Because she had been allowed to live
In posts during most of what should
have been her boarding-school days,
and because she was pleasant to look
upon and converse with at an age
when most girls are Impossible, men
had fallen In love with her rretty
much ever since she could remember.
It was said that she had refused all
the bachelors in .' the frontier regi
ments. This was not far from the
truth.
A woman who had married one of
the rejected ones said that refusing
was a habit Miss Hampden had form
ed, and that it began to look as if she
might never break herself of it.
In the nature of things this was re
peated to the girl. Her good temper
was one of her charms. "It Is so much
beter a habit than accepting them all,"
she argned, sweetly. Nevertheless, she
wondered If there were not some truth
mingled with the malice.
But Lieut. Loring was the last victim
of her practice. He proposed to her,
unfortunately for himself, just nfter
she had met young Ardsley.
"I thought this morning that maybe
I would marry you," said Miss Hamp
den. "But I've changed my mind, some
way."
"Weren't you just a trifle prompt in
determining my intentions?" he asked.
"Has the event proved me wrong?"
she returned.
He lost his temper. "You are spoiled,"
he said.
"If you knew how often I have heard
that! Yet I do not think I am. I am
simply sincere, and you are a little too
vain, all of you, to grasp the difference.
I like you awfully well no, now, don't
misunderstand me. I don't love you.
And you are too nice a fellow to be
married to a girl who only likes you.
No," she repeated, "I do not think I'm
spoiled. I have been so placed that
men were making love to me at an age
when other girls were playing with
dolls. It's partly because I am pretty
and partly, largely, because there are
so few women out here. When I have
been in the East I haven't made much
DON T BE A GOOSE, JACK.
of a sensation. I've grown a bit hard
ened, perhaps. Custom has dulled the
edge which was fearfully keen and
cutting, at first of being told that I
am breaking a heart. But, though I
am only 22. I've lived to see dozens of
you marry and be happy. You'll do the
same."
"O, no, I shall not," moaned Loring.
! "O, yes, you will, Jack. And I shan't
mind. Now I've promised to dance this
with the new Mr. Ardsley, and If we
stay out here any longer every one will
guess what has happened."
"They'll know when they see me."
1 "Don't be a goose, Jack. It's only the
heart that is trying to take itself seri
ously that exhibits the pain."
"Don't discuss a subject you know
nothing about. You have no heart."
As Miss Hampden walked off with
Ardsley, she knew that Loring was
wrong; that this tall boy, fresh from
West Point, as new in experience of
the world as the brass buttons on his
blouse, was the man she was going to
love. He would love her, of course. It
Is to be feared that it did not enter her
head that he might not. She saw a
ring.
"Is that your class ring?" she said.
. "Yes," he told her.
! "May I see It?"
He gave it to her, arid while she ex
amined It he sat and admired her. Miss
Hampden raised her eyes and met his.
She smiled, but it was like no smile she
had ever bestowed on a man before. He
looked at her very gravely, and her
hand closed tightly over the ring. In a
moment she was studying it again,
i "I like this. It's unusual," she said.
I "I am glad you think so, as I con
ceived the design." He expected to be
told that he was clever.
"Indeed!" was all she said, and that
Indifferently.
"How cool! I rather thought you'd
express surprise, ami give me some
credit. You are not addicted to flattery,
It would seem."
"I am not. But I don't think it would
have been flatering to be surprised that
you have done It. It struck me as be
ing quite the thing you would naturally
do."
"That is very pretty."
"It is perfectly true."
It happened, oddly enough, that Ards
ley chanced not to have heard of Miss
Hampden's reputation by the next
night. He was rudely awakened to a
knowledge of it.
There were private theatricals In the
hop room, and Miss Hampden was the
leading lady. Now the suitor was quite
recovered, and he meant to play a joke
on those in the audience who were not
and there were some eight or ten,
three of them married. lie proposed to
the heroine In nicely read lines, and
was rejected by her with a perfection
that spoke her practice. So the audi
ence that; and it laughed.
When the laugh had subsided, the
hero arose from his knees. He walked
to the footlights and sighed.
"Ah! well," he said, "I have one
crumb of comfort. I am not the only
man In this place who is in the same
fix."
The astounded Ardsley looked about
him, and he picked out the entire num
ber by tfieir faces. Miss Hampden
dropped her head in her hands and
a.uj l with the rest.
Between the acts, Ardsley made In
quiries and learned the truth. He was
bitten with a desire to obtain the un
attainable, and ho was not one to dolly,
lie went behind the scenes.
"Whom are you going home with,
Miss Hampden?"
"I fear no one will take me after the
light Mr. Graves has put me in."
"May I do so?"
She nodded, and Ardsley went back
to his seat.
"So you have refused the entire
army ?" he asked, as they walked home.
"Not quite."
"The entire department?"
"Well, a fair percentage of It," she
admitted.
"Are you going to refuse me?"
"I can't say until you are offered."
"I offer myself now."
"And I accept you now."
"Good enough! Will you announce
our engagement to-night at supper?"
"At the risk of being adjudged insane
yes."
"Put on this ring until I can get you
;
mmm u -,V BE - vjfc
mmm
mam
SOBBING AS IF HER HEART WERE UT
TERLY BROKEN.
another. It will fit your middle finger.
Now I am in earnest."
"So am I," she said.
They were very much in earnest, the
event proved; and the garrison derived
unmixed pleasure from the total, un
conditional, obvious surrender of Miss
Hampden. She was as open in her in
fatuation as she had always been "in
everything else. And Ardsley was
equally infatuated.
He took back the class ring and gave
her a diamond which cost him three
months' pay. They were altogether
happy. So, just a fortnight before the
day arranged for their wedding, the
gods demanded the first payment on
their loan.
Ardsley was ordered off on a scout.
Miss Hampden clung to Ardsley and
cried like a lVttle girl, and did not be
have in the least like a woman who had
seen countless scouts. And she let him
go to the wars remembering her stand
ing with her arm against the wall and
her head upon her arm. sobbing as if
her heart were utterly broken.
Ardsley did not come back from the
scout. He was in a fight on what
should have been his wedding diay.
Others were killed and their bodies
were recovered and buried, but Ards
ley's body was never found.
There was a tale that a fire had been
seen on the battlefield the night after
the encounter, and in the midst of the
fire a tree with a form which might
have been that of a man against it.
There were Indians grouped around it.
Miss Hampden never heard the story.
She never even guessed at what had
happened until 1 twenty years after
ward. She was the superb and spiritless
wife of a mighty general, and she, was
accompanying her husband on a tour
of Inspection In the West. They were
at an agency one day, and were visiting
the tepees. It was the agency of the In
dians that young Ardsley had fought
two decades before; and the General's
wife was nerring herself not to show
that she remembered this.
The General was examining the trin
kets that hung on a string around the
neck of a half-blind squaw.
"Here is a West Point class ring!" he
exclaimed.
His wife repeated her words of twen
ty years past.
"May I see it?" she asked, coolly.
She took it In her hands and turned it
about. She could make out the design,
though it seemed to have passed
through some heat that had melted it.
There was no doubt In her mind.
Neverthelss, she looked inside. The
heat had not affected It there, and the
initials were quite plain even yet.
"D. A.," she said; "it was David
' MAV I SEE IT?" SUE ASKED COOLLY.
Ardsley's ring. The fire did not touch
the letters. I understand now why
they never could tell me which was his
grave."
The General broke the string and
picked up the class ring from among
the scattered baubles. The squaw was
chattering and whining and clawing
around on the earth. The General held
the ring out to his wife. She raised the
dark eyes that had been so bright and
happy the last time It had been held
out to her.
"Can I have it?" she asked.
The General put It in her hand, and
the hand closed over It.
"Thank you," she said. Utica Globe.
A M. tter of Doubt.
The facetious man ambled gingerly
over the icy pave.
"These are times that try men's
soles," he called to a passing friend. He
threw a heavy emphasis on the "soles,"
and the friend smiled.
At that moment the punster's feet
flew from under him, and he came
down with a resounding thwack.
"I see," said the passing friend, with
much gravity, "that the exact seat of
the soul is still a matter of doubt."
Cleveland Plato Dealer.
WILL MEASURE DEW.
Little Attachment for the Wind Gauge
at Weather Bureaus.
Hereafter the gentle dew cannot de
scend at night nor a flake of snow fall
without being registered on the Minne
apolis weather station rain gauge. Will
lam Carlisle, a member of Weather Ob
server Outram's staff, has just perfect
ed a little adjunct to the rain gauge
registration machinery, which will
hereafter make it possible to register
absolutely so small a precipitation as a
thousandth of an inch. In fact the
minuteness of its registration is only
limited by the delicacy of the scale
maker's art.
Mr. Carlisle has frequently noticed
that short and gentle, but perfectly ap
preciable rainfalls have occurred with
out showing any registration. On the
other hand ho has noted that slight reg
istrations are sometimes made when
there is no moisture falling. The regis
tration is effected by means of an elec
trical connection between the scales of
the exposed rain gauge and a graphic
representation device in the office be
low. The rain gauge jar rests on one
arm of a pair of delicately balanced
scales. Bain falling in the jar disturbs
the balance, the jar side settles and
thereby closes an electrical circuit
which causes the registering device to
record a certain amount of rain. At
the same time the balance is automatic
ally restored. Mr. Carlisle ascertain
ed that at times the pressure exerted
on the bottom of the jar by wind eddies
had exactly the same effect as the
weight of the rain. It was obvious that
what was needed was a device that
would distinguish between wind and
rain.
After much experimentation Mr. Car
lisle hit upon the scheme of introduc
ing in the electrical circuit some addi
tional clock work, the effect of which
is to delay the graphic register five sec
onds. That is to say that if a certain
amount of rain is caught by the gauge
receptacle It will be five seconds be
fore it is recorded. If the pressure ex
erted on the scales was really that
made by collected water it would still
remain at the end of that period. If
on the other hand the disturbance of
the scales was momentary and due to
wind pressure, they would regain their
equilibrium during the five seconds and
no record would be made. The ma
chine can be adjusted to any length of
time.
Mr. Carlisle's attention is now attach
ed to the official rain gauge and works
admirably. It Is probable that the in
vention will be applied to all govern
ment rain gauges. Minneapolis Jour
nal. Give the Stupid Boy a Chance.
Here is a lesson and perhaps encour
agement for parents who have a stupid
boy, for no doubt there are a few stu
pid boys in the world, even amid the
lights of this closing century. It is
said that when Isaac Barrow, one of
the greatest of English preachers, was
a boy, his father thought him very stu
pid, and used to say if it pleased God
to take from him any of his children
he hoped it would be Isaac. But Isaac
was not taken; he grew to be one of
the greatest preachers of England, a
professor in the University of Cam
bridge and a teacher of Sir Isaac New
ton. It Is well to remember that a boy
is not necessarily stupid because he is
pronounced stupid. He may be stupid
ly jucTg'jd. The fire of intellect may
kindle slowly; It may seem to be smol
dering under a heap of ashes, hopeless
ly suppressed. Genius does not always
shoot up like a skyrocket. It may come
like the rising of the sun to meridian
splendor, slowly, steadily. Do not be
discouraged by the apparent stupidity
of the boy or girl. Give him or her a
fair chance. The first movements of
the great sea-going vessel are apparent
ly awkward and hesitating, as she tries
to turn to get out of the harbor. But
watch her graceful, splendid move
ments as she plows the ocean or weath
ers the storm.
Moreover, a stupid Judgment of a boy
is damaging to him. To call him a
dunce, a blockhead, an idiot, is very
unwise as well as unkind. It may dis
courage him, may for a long time para
lyze his efforts, may even permanently
affect his character. Give the stupid
boy a chance, and it will be known ere
long whether he is really or only ap
parently stupid. Baptist Courier.
The First Watch in the World.
At first the watch was about the size
of a dessert plate. It had weights, and
was used as a "pocket clock." The
earliest known use of the modern name
occurs in the record of 1552, which
mentions that Edward I. had "one
larum, or watch of Iron, the case being
likewise of Iron gilt, with two plum
mets of lead."
The first watch may readily be sup
posed to have been of rude execution.
The first great improvement the sun
stitution of springs for weights was in
1500. The earliest springs were not
coiled, but only straight pieces of steel.
Early watches had only one hand, and,
being wound up twice a day, they could
not be expected to keep the time nearer
than within fifteen or twenty minutes
In twelve hours. The dials were of sil
ver and brass; the cases had no crys
tals, but opened at the back and front,
and were four or five inches in diame
ter. A plain watch cost more than
$1,500, and after one was ordered it
took a year of slow, laborious effort to
make it. Saturday Evening Post.
Doctor Barrow and Lord Rochester.
Among other instances of Dr. Isaac
Barrow's wit, the following set-to be
tween him nnd the profligate Loid
Rochester is related, in which the doc
tor certainly bad the best of it: These
two gentlemen meeting one day at
court, while Barrow was king's chap
lain in ordinary, Rochester, thinking to
banter him, accosted him with a flip
pant air and a low, formal bow, say
ing, "Doctor, I am yours to my shoe
tie." Barrow, perceiving his drift, re
turned the salute with, "My Lord, Hi a:n
yours to the ground." Rochester, Im
proving on this, quickly returned it
with, "Doctor, I am yours to the cen
ter;" which was as smartly followed
up by Barrow with "My Lord, I am
yours to the antipodes." Upon which
Rochester, piqued at being foiled by
one he called "a musty old piece of di
vinity," exclaimed, "Doctor, I am yours
to the lowest pit of the nether world;"
upon which Barrow, turning on his
heel, archly replied, "There, my Loid,
I leave you."
Pithy Appeal.
A certain reverend gentleman in Lon
don, having to preach a charity sermon,
said nothing on the subject until the
sermon was ended. He then told the
congregation that this was a mere mat
ter of business, and as such he would
talk of it. They knew as well as he
that they had certain poor to provide
for, who looked to their purses. He
then read the text, "He that giveth to
the poor lendeth to the Lord," and add
ed, "If you approve of the security,
down with your money."
The pleasure In receiving a letter
lasts no longer than It takes to break
the seal. After that, comes the worry
of answering it. - -
Bural Mail Delivery and Good Roads.
There is prospect that the national
government may get behind the good
roads movement in a peculiarly effec
tive way. If the price of free mail de
livery to the farmers is to be the con
struction and maintenance of macada
mized country highways it is believed
that the thrifty agriculturists will not
hesitate to pay it.
If the experiments In free rural mail
delivery to be Inaugurated by the pos
tal department are a success, they will
establish a basis of co-operation and
reciprocity between the government
and the farmers that will lead to a
general movement in the building of
Interurban highways all over the coun
try. With the view of testing the efficien
cy of different styles of roadbed Post
master General Gary has authorized
the opening of routes for free rural
mail delivery through portions of New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, which em
brace macadamized, gravel, clay and
jommon dirt roads. The routes are In
tended to be experimental, and will
show relatively upon what character of
roads the best results can be obtained
in the way of prompt and efficient ser
vice. There Is little doubt that free mail
delivery is just as practicable in many
of our more thickly populated rural
communities as it is in England. The
continuance of the service, if success
ful, should be dependent upon the prop
er maintenance of the roads. If the
farmer wants his mail delivered at his
door he must contribute his share to
the building of passable highways.
Chicago Times-Herald.
To Vote for Free Roads.
The people of Jefferson County, Ken
tucky, are asking for an election to de
ride on the question of free turnpikes,
which may be secured in the following
way:
The roads can be either leased, glvec
to the public, or purchased. The magis
trates and the county Judge are the
officials to appoint appraisers to value
the respective roads; these appraisers
must be residents and property owners
m the road to be valued by them.
Bonds may be Issued for the purchase
jf the roads at the price agreed on by
the appraisers. These bonds will be
spread over a term of thirty years.
All taxes, which cannot exceed 25
:ents on each $100 worth of taxable
property, must be used to keep the
roads turnpike, gravel and all others
in good repair; to pay interest on the
bonds issued, and to provide a sinking
fund for the redemption of the bonds.
Why Business Is Stagnated.
"The worst drawback of this section
jf country," says the Clifton (111.)
Comet, "at the present time, is the ex
ceedingly bad roads we must contend
(vith at wet seasons of the year. As
iias been the case the past few days,
farmers cannot market their products,
ind on this account they do little buy
ing of the merchants, and business is
stagnated at the very season when it
should be the liveliest of any season of
the year."
Keep the Mud Off.
They are making an effort to keep
mud off the new macadam roads in
Pennsylvania by paving for fifty feet
Dr more each side road or lane that
joins the stone roads. Mud soon rolls
Dff wagon wheels when they strike a
hard surface, and the intention is to
have wagons get rid of It before the
main roads are reached. L. A. W. Bul
letin. Early Bclieis About the Great Lakes
W. S. Harwood writes of "The Great
Lakes" in St. Nicholas. The author
says: All that region to the north of
the lakes and immediately skirting
them from Quebec to Lake NIpigon, and
around to and beyond old Fort William,
was tha exploring ground of the
French. It was their new country the
place where they were to found a
mighty empire, their "Nova Prancia,"
or New France. The French explorers
and the French priests believed, and
their belief was strengthened and sup
ported by the tales of the Indians, that
away beyond the Kitichl Gummi, or
Big Lake our present Superior there
was a vast salt sea. It is hardly possi
ble in these days to understand how lit
tle they knew of that region. They
talked about a northwest passage to
Cathay; and they not only talked about
It, but they wrote learned and laborious
tieatises, and spoiled many valuable
reams of paper, and made very many
amusing volumes. In their efforts to
prove that just beyond the. head of Lake
Superior there was a great and short
river, whose mighty course led to a
mighty sea, which was certainly not
more than 1,500 miles from Japan.
Tell Reporters the Truth.
In his address at the New Orleans
Press club recently Cardinal Gibbons
said:
"If I had one piece of advice to give
a public man more than another it is,
be frank with the reporter. It has
been my privilege and pleasure to come
in contact with and to know a great
number of reporters. I have steadfast
ly adopted a policy of absolute frank
ness with them, and I have yet to have
a confidence betrayed. They have
never proved themselves unworthy of
the estimate I placed on them as gen-
tlemen. It is the public man who con
j ceals, whose very act of concealment is
'perceived by the reporters (for In the
i very nature of their business they must
i be quick to perceive), it is this very
concealment which induces the reporter
to further conduct his Investigation
and often to get wrong what, had he
been In the confidences of the man
whose manner provoked investigation,
he would have understood and written
Intelligently about And it is in this
very manner that much of the com
plaint against the reporter originates.
Tell the reporters the absolute truth.
Never deceive them." Baltimore Sun.
Long Fast of a Hog.
A hog belonging to Fred Hancer was
shut in under a driveway during a
heavy snowstorm, and when Mr. Han
cer missed his porkship he made a
search of his own premises and made
inquiries of his neighbors, but was un
able to learn anything as to what be
came of the host. Twenty-two days a-
! ter the storm Mr. Hancer heard the
muffled grunting of a hog under the
driveway, and, shoveling away the
snow, found the missing hog. The hog
was very thin, but after light feeding
it became as lively as the other hogs,
which had been well fed during Its
long faat. Merrill (Iowa) Record.
This getting married is like renting a
door for the purpose of keeping a wolf
from it.
Love may laugh at locksmiths, but it
never giggles at the plumber.
Blood
Is Life
Pure Blood
Is Health.
Without blood circulating through your
veins you could not live. Without pure blood
you cannot be well. If you have salt rheum,
scrofula sores, pimples, bolls or any kind of
humor, your blood Is not pure. If you take
Flood's Sarsaparilla It will make your blood
pure and promptly relieve all these troubles.
"I wish to add my praise for the merits
of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has cured me
of a lung trouble and fluttering of the
heart, and since I began taking it my
weight has increased twenty pounds, and
I can now enjoy my meals and eat with
comfort. I recommend Hood's Sarsapa
rilla as the best medicine that it is possible
to find." C. W. Carey, Prineville, Or.
Hood's8 parilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Sold by all
druggists. $1; six for $5. Get only Hood's.
Hrrwl'c Dillc ar the only pills to take
,luuu s with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
ANIMALS AS MODELS.
Some of the Experiences of an Artist in
Sketching From Life.
"Leaves from the Sketch Book of an
Animal Artist," is an article by Mere
dith Nugent in the St. Nicholas. Mr.
Nugent says: There was an elephant
in the Jardin-des-Planets that would
not pose unless he were paid for it, and
paid in advance. Then he took pay
ment in buns and pie, but if these were
not forthcoming, he would deliberately
walk to the farther end of the enclosure
and turn his back. The only way to
get a drawing of this big fellow was to
engage some one to feed him mean
while. In the same gardens I saw an
unusually interesting sight one morn
ing. A little sunbear with a large
marrow bone in his shaggy paws was
resorting to all sorts of bear devices to
get the sweet marrow. Suddenly he
lay down on his back, placed one end
of the bone in his jaws, and with his
hind paws tipped the other end of the
bone so high up that the choice morsel
slipped into his mouth. If the animal
could only have understood the shouts
of approval that greeted this perform
ance, I think it would have turned his
head. In one of the sketches you will
see how this feat was accomplished. As
a rule I find the models very good na
tured. True, they keep a sharp eye on
me for the first few days, but after
that are generally quite friendly. Of
course, there are eome parts of the
business they do not like. The oriole
never was happy when I held him in
my hand for close inspection, but a
beautiful cat which rebelled when I
fir6t placed her in a bird cage to keep
her in front of me grew so fond of
being there, and after I finished my
drawings she cried and cried to be put
back into the cage. Intense curiosity
is the great chaiacteristic of animals
when in the studio. They are as much
interested in you and the surroundings
as yon are in them. This is especially
the case with birds. Leave the studio
but a few minutes, and these two
legged fellows are bopping into every
thing. Of course they inspect the
paper on which you have been draw
ing, and the paints, and the brushes,
and occasionally vary these proceedings
by taking a bath in the water bowl.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
The twentieth century will begin on Jan. 1st,
1901, and end with 2000. People did not begin
to reckon time from A. D. 1, but waited until
about the 550th year of the Christian era. Peo
ple who begin to take the great health restora
tive, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, immediately
after the first outbreak of dyspepsia, malaria,
rheumatism, constipation, nervousness or kid
ney trouble will date their cure immediate'y
from them.
Draughting compasses are being
made with a flexible rubber suction
cup of one end to fasten to the paper
and hold the instrument while the
circle is being drawn.
In the spring cleanse your system by
using Dr. Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier.
Bad Roads Are Costliest.
When once the fact gets firmly estab
lished in the minds of the farmers of
the United States that it is more ex
pensive to maintain bad roads than to
make and keep in condition good roads
they willatake active interest in the
question and an era of road building
will begin which will add to tlieir
wealth, prosperity and comfort, and
benefit the country at large as much
as has the laying of railroad tracks and
the advance of the steam locomotive.
Let those engaged in agriculture study
such figures as those recently issued by
the supervisor of New York, wherein he
shows that it costs half as much to
haul produoe three miles by wagon as
it costs to haul it 600 miles on the rail
road. The supervisor figures out that
with a system of good macadam roads
the farmers would save an amount
each year equal to the interest on from
$10 to $30 an acre, according to the
crop raised, and would increase the
value of their land either to sell or
bold by a like amount.
Police as Shark Catchers.
Among the multifarous duties which
demand the attention of the Calcutta
police the capture ol sharks in the
Hoogbly finds a place. During the
past 30 years rewards have been paid
for the destruction of these marine
maneaters, and recently the Bengal
government laid down a scale for these
payments. N. Y. Sun.
It is stated that 55 English towns and
cities are now burning their garbage
and solid refuse, using an average of
about 10 furnaces eaoh. Steam is gen
erated and used for electric lighting and
other purposes.
For many years Theodore S. Parvin,
of Cedar Rapids, la., has been gathering
works on masonry, and now has a col
lection of them numbering over 30,000
volumes.
Spain's Underground River.
The Guadiana, a Spanish river, after
flowing for 30 miles overhead, vanishes
underground, and for the next 30 miles
pursues its course as an underground
river, only appearing at intervals in
the shape of lakelets, the ogos or eyes
of the Guadiana as they are called.
This is the largest underground river
which has been fully traced.
ALABASTI
ALABASTINE IS WHAT?
Alabastine Is a durable and natural coating
lor walls and ceilings entirely different from
all kalsomine preparations, made ready for use
In white or twelve beautiful tints by the simple
addition of water (latest make being adapted
to mix with cold water) put np in dry powder
form, in 6 pound packages, with full directions
on every package.
WHAT ABB HALSOMINES ?
Kalsomlnes are cheap temporary preparations
Baouiactured from chalks, ajlay a. whiting, etc.,
Little Africa a Wan.
Little Africa, a lithe, petite dancer,
sprang into popularity at Detroit a few
weeks ago, and through a shrewd man
ager, became a drawing card at private
"dinners" given by the "nice'' young
men. Two weeks ago the Detroit light
guard gave a "smoker," and one of the
attractions was the mysterious Little
Africa
The Seeley dinner dance was repro
duced in all its interesting details.
The little "wiggler" was recalled
again and again, and each time re
sponded with a new movement.
Glasses clinked to her honor, she was
showered with bouquets and coins, and
every effort was made to discover her
identity. Since that two "quiet" stag
parties have been given by Detroit
select young men, and Little Africa,
the clever little dancer, as nearly cos
tumed a la Eve as was consistent with
proper entertainments, has been idol
ized. Society was scandalized, and Little
Africa supplanted many a sweetheart
in the affections of some fast young
men. Her admirers have been search
ing the city to do her homage, and the
scandalized members have been
searching for her to make her trouble.
It has now been discovered that the
dancer was Frank Brue&ser, a well
known costumer, who has been having
fun at the expense of his friends.
Bruesser's form has a remarkable re
semblance to that of a woman.
A CHEAP TRICK.
To manufacture a cheap kalsomine sinok
on the wall with glue, claiming it to iSfhe
"same thing" or "just as good" as the
d'irahlit Alabastine, or to buy and sell such
good3 on such representations would seetn
a cheap trick. Some resort to it. To be
safe, buy Albastine only in packages and
properly labeled.
One of the heaviest locomotives of
ordinary pattern ever made is now
running over the Great Northern rail
road. It weighs 95 tons, exclusive of
the tender.
SlOO REWARD SIOO.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
Jearu that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Hail's Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the founda
tion of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 73c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A treacherous wretch in Flemington,
N. J., entered the stable of Solomon
Gale and poured nitric acid upon the
eyes and ears of a valuable horse.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov
ery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a
certain cure forchilblains, sweating, damn,
callous and hot, tired aching feet. We
have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try
it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail "for 25c. in stamps. Tria
package FREE. Address Allen S. Olm
sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Indications multiply that the gold
fields of Alaska will turn out to be
richer than those of the Klondike
region.
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Vriv?" is mude from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drivs" have the manufac
turer's name lithograp'hed on every can.
"Sammy Snaggs," asked the teacher,
"what part of speech is the word 'male
diction?' "Noun," replied Sammy.
"What gender?" "Masculine gender."
"Indeed?" "Yes'm. If it was feminine
it would bo 'femalediction.' " Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
"PITCHER'SCASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original ' ' PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
Of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1S97. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX
According to the computations of
Prof. Hamy, the black race embraces
about one-tenth of the living members
of the human species, or 150,000,000
individuals.
CITS Permanently Cured. No fits or norvonsnes
rllv after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FBKIC S.oo trial
botUe and treatise. DR, R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 930
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Before 1886 the average number of
labor strikes of all kinds in this coun
try was about 500 a year. Since that
date the average has been 1,500.
Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump
tion cured me of a bad lung trouble. Mrs.
J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind., March 26, 1895.
Coal mined in China is being export
ed to California, and it is said that in
a few years the Flowery Land will sup
ply the whole Pacific coast
After being swindled by all others, Bend us stamp
for particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
CHEMICAL CO.. P. O. Box 747. Philadelphia, Pa
Every Day a Month.
The gradual change in the day and
the month now taking place prooeeds
continuously until the duration of a ro
tation of the earth is prolonged to 55
of our present days. At the same
time the month, or the time of a revo
lution of the moon round the earth,
will also occupy 55 of our days. Since
the month here means the period of the
return of the moon to the same place
amongst the stars, and since the day is
to be estimated the same way, the moon
must then always face the same part of
the earth's surface, and the two bodjes
must move as though they were fast
ened together by a bar. The outcome
of the lunar tidal friction will accord
ingly be that the moon "and the earth
will go round as though locked together
in a period of 55 of our present days,
with day and month identical in length.
Prof. George H. Darwin, in Atlantic.
are stuck on the wall with decaying animal
glue. Alabastine is a cement, which goes
through a process of setting, hardens with age,
can be re-coated and re-decorated from time to
time without having to wash and scrape off Its
old coats before renewing.
MUCH SICKNESS
Particularly throat and lung difficulties,
wrongly attributed to other causes, is the re
sult of unsanitary conditions ol walls and ceil
ings, Think of having bedrooms covered with
layers of molding flour paste to feed vermin,
Use only one heap
ing teaspoonful of
Schilling's Best Bak
ing Powder to a
quart of flour.
You must use two tcaspoonfuls of other baking powder.
600
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Church Built of Coral.
A church built of coral is one of the
curiosities of the Isle of Mahe, one of
the Seychelles islands in the Indian
ocean. The Seychelles islands, which
are supposed by many to be the site of
the Eden of Old Testament history,
form an archipelago of one hundred
and fourteen islands, and ate situated
about 1,400 miles east of Aden and
1,000 miles from Zanzibar. They rise
steeply out of the sea, culminating in
the Isle of Mahe, which is about 3,000
feet above the level of the ocean, and is
nearly the center of the group. All
these islands are of coral growth. The
houses are built of species gf massive
coral hewn into square blocks, which
glisten like white marble, and show
themselves to the utmost advantage in
the various tinted green of the thick
tropical palms, whose immense fern
like leaves give pleansant and much
needed shade. These palms grow as
high as 100 feet and more, overtopping
both the houses and the coral-built
church. They line the seashore and
cover the mountains, forming in many
places extensive forests.
Babies Named After Loiter.
So much has been written about
Jose) h Lei ter and his wheat operations
that his name has become familiar to
everyone who reads the papers. Farm
ers talk about him at their gatherings-,
and think that he has done more for
them than any speculator that ever
lived. He made wheat sell at $1 and
over. They aie naming their baby
boys after him, and Mr. Leiter fre
quently receives a notice that a 12
pound boy has been christened "Joseph
Leiter Smith," or "Joseph Leiter
Jones." A member of a leading ship
ping house, who returned from Eng
land last week, said the people there
epeak of Mr. Leiter as "Leeter," and
say that he is a great man.
The people have every confidence in
him outside of the speculative classes.
There is hardly a day that his mail
does not contain letters with money,
asking him to make trades for them.
Their money is invariably returned
with a polite note that they had better
keep it, and that he is not in the
commission business.
The egg of the queen been is about
one-sixteenth of an inch long, and as
large around as a fine cambric needle.
The magnetic clock was invented by
Dr. Locke, of Cincinnati, in 1847-48.
The name of Nebraska is an Indian
word, which means shallow water.
M0THEEH00D.
Mrs. Pinkham Declares No Woman
Noed. Despair.
There are many curable causes for
sterility in women. One of the moyt
common is general debility, accom
panied by a peculiar condition of the
blood.
Write freoly and fully to Mrs. Pink
ham. Iler address is Lynn, Mass. She
will tell you, free cf charge, the cause
of your trouble and what course to
take. Believe me, under right condi
tions, you have a fair chance to become
the joyfnl mother of children. Mr.s.
Lucy L ytle, 255 nenderson St. , Jersey
City,N. J. , certainly thinksso. Shesays:
' I am more than proud of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
cannot find words to express the good
it has doe me. I was troubled very
badly with the leucorrhcea and severe
womb pains. From the time I was
married, in 1882, until last year, I was
under tho doctor's care. We had no
children. I have had nearly every
doctor in Jersey City, and have been
to Belvin Hospital, but all to no avail.
I saw Mrs. Pinkham's advertisement
in the paper, and have used five bot
tles of her medicine. It has done more
for me than all the doctors I ever had
It has stopped my pains, and has
brought me a fine little girl. I have
been well ever since my baby was born.
I heartily recommend Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine to all women suffering from
sterility."
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WILL 4 FiNCK COS Inedle.0."1
Plain or with Cutter. The hest needle fn thp mar
ket. Used by all sack sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise stores, or by
WILL & FINCK CO.,
820 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
f r trnclnp and locating Gold or Silver
Ore, lost or buried treasures. M. 1
FOWLEH, Box 337, Southington.Conn,
RODS
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
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mints whfrf aii h sf h is.
I Best CouKh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
id time, sola Dy aruKgisis.
with paper to hide them and absorb the mois
ture of respiration, and an animal glue culture
ground on Its face for disease germs; this hav
ing strong colors added, like a colored shirt, to
hide the dirt; then think of "the nasty
practice" of repeating this papering, without
removing the old, and a number of times, at
that, as many do. Then think of a room coated
with pure, porous, permanent Alabastine,
which is retimed with but little trouble or ex
pense, and is purifying and sweet-smelling and
fills cracks. Wall paper free would be dearer
than Alabastine if coat of removing DaDer is
considered. t
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Timidity of an Elephant.
Riding along a road in India, I saw
the following instance of a big ele
phant's timidity, which I venture to
send to you: The elephant, ridden by
a mahout, was followed by a small Mal
tese terrier which, intent on its own
affairs, trotted beside its master, mak
ing occasional instinctive investigations
by the roadside after the manner of
dogs, without particularly noticing
other travelers. From the first mo
ment the elephant set eyes on the dog
he never lost sight of him, turning fioni
side to side always with an eye on the
small animal, and hurrying out of his
way whenever he approached. The
timidity of the one and the confidence
of the other were irresistibly amusing.
London Spectator.
Greater New York lias 1 , 100 eh niches
within its limits, and over lilO.OOO
dwelling houses.
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on the front of every
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BLUESTONE
In Barrels Weighing from '205 to :!251h9.
445.Per Lb.
LESS QUANTITIES 5c. PER LB.
Cut this out and send with order.
THE SEATUE TPiDIKG CO.,
Ill Occident I Ave.. Seattle, Wash.
THE BEST LEAD IS THE LEAD
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painting SENT KKKK.
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PORTLAND, ORECOK.
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In the working capital
of humanity. He who
loses that fa wrecked
indeed. Is your h dth
hilling you, your am
bition, visor, vitality
Wasting away ?
When others fiil con
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RATCLIFFE,
For the speedy, safe and nermnnent cure of nil
Nervous, Chronic and Special discuses, even
in their most aggravated forms. There is no iimn
in tho world who has effected ao many periiinnent
cures in both Men and Women of troubles which
other physicans of acknowledged ability hud given
up as hopeless as this eminent socialist.
NKKVOUS DEBILITY and ail its attnndins
ailments, of Y0UN0. MIDDLE-AGED and OLD
MEN. The awful eflects of neglected or improp
erly treated cases, cuusincr drains, weakness of
body and brain, dizziness, failing memory, lack of
energy and confidence, pains in back, loins and
kidneys, and muny other distressing symptoms,
unfitting one for study, business or enjoyment of
life. J)r Ratclifre can cure you, no matter who or
what has failed.
AVEAK MEN. lie restores lost vigor r.nd vi
tality to weak men. Organs of the b dy which,
have been weakened through disease, overwork,
excesses or Indiscretions are restored to full power,
strength and vigor through his own successful sys
tem of treatment.
VARICOCELE, hydrocele, swelling and ten
derness of the glands treated with uniai ling success,
SPECIAL DISEASES, inflammation, dis
charges, etc., which, if neglected or improperly
treated-, break down the system, cause kidney and
bladder diseases, etc.
DISEASES OF WOMEN. Prompt and es
pecial attention given to all their many ailments.
"WKITK If vou are aware of any trouble. DO
NOT DELAY. Call on Dr. Ratc.lirVetoday. Ifyou
cannot call, write him. HI valuable book free" to
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YOUR LIVER iiS
Moore's Revealed Remedy will do it. Three
doses will make you iec-1 better. Get it irorn
your druegist or any wholesale drug house, or
trom Stewart Ac Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
Pi. P. N. V. No. 17, '.
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HEN -writings to advertisers plena
mention this paper.
Alabastine is sold by paint dealers every
where. Ask your dealer for card of tints.
TO DEALERS.
Do not buy a law suit or an injunction with
cheap kalsomlnes, imitations ol
Alabastine. Dealers assume the risk of a suit
for damages by selling an infringement. Ala
bastine Company own the right, covered by
letters patent, to make and sell wall coating
adapted to be mixed with cold water. Alabas
tine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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