m
CLIFFORD : SWAN'S
PANIC
EAR C: Meot me at the
"heclmen's IJest on the
J y Sol
South pike at 5:45 to-morrow
evening. We can talk the matter over
on our wheels. Very affectionately,
"ELS A."
Clifford Swan sat on an office stool
and turned this little note In his fingers
at the same time that he turned its Im
port over In his mind. The clerk who
eat nejlr him could not resist an In
quisitive impulse to look at Mr. Swan's
face, and he saw that Mr. Swan was
smiling satisfaction at himself; also,
he saw that the little piece of paper In
Mr. Swan's fingers was a feminine
note, and he drew conclusions. That
clerk would have greatly amused him
self with putting teasing questions to
Mr. Swan If the latter had not been his
superior In the bank. So tho clerk
held his peace and wondered what
there was In the note to make Swan
look so happy.
Clifford Swan took another dive Into
the four lines of very modern feminine
handwriting to refresh his memory as
to the wording, and then he meditated
again. It was, no doubt, an original
way of answering his rather old-fashioned
proposal, but her originality was
always one of Elsa's great charms to
this devoted lover. The Idea of meet
ing a girl at a clubhouse on purpose to
discuss a proposal of marriage with
her while taking a spin! And then
there was something so peculiarly sen
sible in the phrase "talk the matter
over." Elsa really was a very sensible
girl so sensible as to be all the more
piquant for this quite extraordinary
good sense of hers. She was not the
Bort of girl to do anything rashly; she
would calmly "talk the matter over"
while riding out In the cool of the
evening. Swan liked that deliberate
way of looking at a serious matter; he
Judged from It that Elsa would be for
ever constant when she did make up
her mind. True, she had already had
four days to reply to hie letter, but he
had not the least doubt that In the end
her decision would be favorable. Was
he not her "Dear C." to begin with?
So Clifford Swan smiled as he sat at
his desk. Then he looked at his watch
and resolved to go and have lunch. lie
put the watch Into his vest pocket and
folded the little note and looked for
thv Pli tjTope from which he had some
what precipitately torn It when Elsa's
little brother had put It Into his hands
a quarter of an hour before. There
It was a pink little envelope.
The clerk next to Mr. Swan at this
point Indulged his curiosity once more.
He saw Mr. Swan look with a tender
smile at the envelope, and then he saw
the smile faint and fade, and then he
observed that Mr. Swan had turned
pale.
"Are you feeling badly, Mr. Swan?"
the young man ventured to ask with
polite solicitude.
Swan started and stared resentfully.
"Feeling badly?" What do you
mean?"
"Vou look so pale,
get you a glass of
I thought I might
water or some-
thing."
"Thank you. Mr. Edwards," said
Swan with a forced laugh. "I don't
know that I ever felt better In my life.
I believe I'll go out to lunch now very
light breakfast this morning."
So Swan took up the envelope and
the note and reached for his straw hat.
He walked out of the bank, gazing at
the address on the envelope, which
was: "Miss Clara Henderson. Ad
dressed." The inference was plain.
That young brother of Elsa's "Young
Nick" had had two notes to deliver.
He was, In his own conceit, a born
courier and scout, and It delighted him
to ride his wheel all over the city, leav
ing notes and messages. If there had
been no note for Swan the boy would
not have stopped at the bank at all.
The wretched urchin had no doubt
whirled Into the Henderson home, as
he had whirled Into the bank, dashed
down his Swan's fate-fraught letter
with a curt, "Letter for Miss Clara no
answer," and then sped away to chalk
up his last record of letter-carrying.
Therefore It was certain morally
that Clara Henderson by this time had
bad the satisfaction of reading through
her friend's reply to Swan's offer of
marriage. So did Clifford Swan argue.
He ate no lunch worth mentioning,
but sat and felt cold chills running
about all over him, although the ther
mometer was far above 70 In the
shade, and the sun was shining bright
ly. This was because he knew Clara
Henderson so well. If it had been any
one else but that feather-headed
That afternoon a ring at the door bell
of the Davis residence was soon follow
ed by a sound as if a huricane had sud
denly been let Into the front hall. The
rushing and rustling was mingled with
laughter.
"Oh, I must see Miss Elsa. Yes, right
away. Tell her I'm coming up to her
room."
In less than one -nlnute Clara was at
her friend's door, standing behind the
servant, who was supposed to be de
livering her message.
"Elsa! Won't you let me in? I'm In
a tremendous rush, dear "
"I'm so glad to see you, Clara.
Couldn't you go to-morrow?"
"Go? Go where? Ha. ha! Ha, ha, ha!
Elsa, don't be angry. It wasn't my
fault. I'm awfully sorry. Young Nick
brought tills for me, and It was meant
for for Mr. Swan. Ha, ha. ha! He,
he, he!"
And with that the tempestuous young
woman fell upon tho bamboo couch,
helpless.
, "Clara! Did you open It?"
For auswer Clara held out a bulky
packet, the flap of the envelope torn.
"I give you my word of honor. Elsa,
1 only read as far as 'can confer on a
-woman' 'man can confer on a worn
jui.' Then I nearly had a fit."
A less evenly balanced mentality
than Elsa Davis might have been tem
poral lly upset by this revelation. As
let. But she retained her self-command
sufficiently to recognize a Juvenile
whistle that sounded shrill at that mo
ment In the back yard, performing
some variations on a popular air.
Young Nick was oiling his bicycle. His
elder sister threw up her window and
called to htm peremptorily to como up.
Clara was still on the bamboo couch,
trying bo recover her breath, when a
youth of 8 years. In corduroy knicker
bockers, appeared In the doorway.
"Can't go oil now, sister. Got to oil
up "
"You took that note to Mr. Swan, did
you?'' his sister asked.
"Yes, sir. And I took the other to
Miss Clara. Didn't I, Miss Clara? Did
the whole trip In seven minutes an "
"Never mind the time," Elsa Inter
rupted. "Did' you take that to Mr.
Swan?" holding up tho bulky letter
Clara had brought.
"That's it," said the boy, nodding.
"How did you get It back?' '
"Go!" was all Elsa could say, and
she slammed the door to, behind the
puzzled youngster.
"Don't you think you'd better put the
letter in a fresh envelope and send It to
him?" Clara asked, becoming very seri
ous. "My dear Clara," said Elsa, "I shall
never speak to Clifford Swan again."
"Oh, don't say that, Elsa! Please!
"I shall never have a chance. I know
that man too well. And you, of all peo
ple." "Why me, of all people?"
Tie's positively afraid of you. He
thinks you the most formidable tease
on earth, and he can't stand teasing."
"Then what do you think he'll do 7"
"My own private belief," said Elsa,
speaking very deliberately, "Is that he
will pack up and go to the Klondike,
without saying a word to anybody."
The catch In her friend's voice as she
spoke these last words brought a most
unusually serious look to Clara Hen
derson's habitually Jocund face, which
was still glowing under the combined
Influences of laughter and a rapid bi
cycle ride.
"Elsa," 6hc said, "give me that let
ter." "What are you going to do with it?
No, I can't, Clara. It will look like
running after the man."
PLEASE GIVE ME MY
"Well, then, good-by. What time lsgwan and asked, "How do you feel
It? Ten minutes to three. Good-by.
"What are you going to do?"
"I want my letter."
"Your letter?"
"Yes. You must have sent me some
letter, or young Nick wouldn't have
brought me Mr. Swan's."
"But It doesn't matter. I can tell you,
now you're here. It was to meet me
about that picnic, you know "
"Never mind," said Clara "I'm going
to have my letter.'
And she whirled away, much as she
had come, only without laughter.
Clifford Swan was sitting at his desk,
on his high stool, experiencing cold
chills, wondering how a man so eas
ily upset as he was by a trifle could
have held his position In a bank all
these years and risen repeating to
himself mechanically, "Can these
things be, and overcome us like the
shadow of a cloud?" Still more vividly
Imagining what Elsa Davis had said
In the letter, wondering how much of
it Clara Henderson had read, and
dreading her terrible laugh. But he
would not face that terrible laugh, he
thought; he would sooner make a will,
leaving everything he had to Elsa, and
then
"Mr. Swan," said the young clerk,
who was becoming really uneasy by
this time, "a lady wishes to see you."
"Tell the lady I'm very busy."
The young clerk stared at what seem
ed to him the obvious untruth of the al
legation, but nevertheless he took the
message to the paying teller'B window
in the front office.
"Mr. Swan, the lady says she has
some very important business to settle
with you, and will you please speak
to her tor two minutes?"
"Who the lady?"
"I know her face, but she didn't give
me her name. She wears a brown vel
veteen bicycle "
"Light hair done up in a coil?"
The young clerk nodded.
"Mr. Edwards," said Swan, "I don't
think I'm very well to-day."
"I noticed that you weren't looking
well before you went to lunch."
"Mr. Edwards, I think I'll go home
for to-day. My wheel is in the back
hall, I think. Please tell Mr. Glinn I'll
be all right to-morrow."
The young clerk stared and walked
awav to tho front of the bank. Then,
d
tamed to go to the back hall, he heard
a ripple of feminine laughter, echoed
by half a score of clerks.
"He'll go out the back way, I suppose.
Thank you," sounded in the dreaded
voice of Clara, the tormentress.
Clifford Swan thanked his stars and
the city authorities that the street be
fore the baek entrance woe paved with
nspha.lt and not thronged with vehicles
at that hour. Over the asphalt he sped,
longing to look behind him, but afraid
to attract attention. If be seemed
anxious as to who was following, passers-by
might think he was fleeing from
the bank and the law. On ho went, not
knowing exactly where to speed to.
until, after a brilliant quarter of a
mile, be same to the South pike, and
Its familiar smoothness allowed him to
turn Into It. As he turned he ventured
to look over his shoulder and saw no
body of whom he need bo afraid. So
on he pedaled.
After the most unpleasant three min
utes' spin he had ever known on that
road he was beginning to hope that be
had escaped Clara Henderson's terrible
teasing, when, "trr-r-r-lng," & bicycle
bell sounded bhlnd him.
"You must be very busy to-day, Mr.
Swan," a clear voice called aloud
"and very sick. Do you always ride like
this when you are very busy and
sick?"
Physically, Clifford Swan kept his
balance, only turning to raise his hat;
morally, he collapsed.
"Oh, Miss Henderson?" he said, "how
d'ye do? No, I'm not feeling very well
to-day."
"Still, you're not sick enough to be in
bed, are you? I would like to speak to
you, If you don't mind. Just for a min
ute. You have a letter of mine, I be
lieve?" All this conversation was going on
as they wheeled, side by sldo, ou -the
South pike.
"I? Oh, yes. I beg your pardon. I
didn't mean to read It."
"That's of no consequence," said
Clara. "But please give it to roe. I
want to see what Elsa says "
"Hi! HIT' came from behind the two.
"My! Can't you go when you get a
move on you, Mr. Swan?"
It was young Nloji.
"Sister says I gave you the wrong
letter. 8o I brought you this when I
got through oiling up my machine."
Young Nick held out n letter to Swan.
All three with one accord dismounted
by the roadside.
"riease givo me my letter," said
Clara.
And Swan, with smiles and nervous
apologies, produced Elsa's little note
from an Inside pocket.
"Will you allow me?" he asked, as
he took his own letter from young
Nick.
Clara nodded and turned her atten
tion to her own little note. Young Nick
stood wide-eyed while these two read:
"Sister changed her mind after you
went. Miss Clara," he said.
It took Swan a long time to even
glance through his three sheets of up
right callgraphy. Clara displayed the
patience and self-restraint of a waiting
angel.
At last she said. "Now, It wasn": so
very dreadful, after all, was It. Mr.
Swan?"
"Oh, no," said S-wan, "hot at all.
Nick, please tell sister for me that I'll
be around this evening."
"No, Nick," said Clara. "You hurry
on home and tell sister that I've caught
Mr. Swan and I'm going to bring him
with mo right now." Then, as young
Nick flew down a side street by way
of making a short cut, she turned to
LETTER," SAID CLARA.
now better?"
"Thanks," said Swan, "I feel decid
edly better now."
And he had good reason to. Chicago
Chronicle.
Afraid bat Courageous.
Emerson, In his essay upon "Hero
ism," says that the characteristic of
genuine heroism is its persistence; and
a very good illustration of this truth
was given by the philosopher's son,
Waldo, when he was a small boy.
On his way to the village school
Waldo had to pass a house where a
French family lived. The boy had
never heard any language but his own,
and the strange talk frightened him;
he could not understand it, and there
fore felt that the people must bo dan
gerous. Mr. Emerson decided that Waldo was
old enough to go and come from school
without attendance, and after talking
the matter over with the boy, he said,
"Now, Waldo, some one will go to
school with you this morning, but you
must come home alone."
When the school was dismissed the
boy thought of the house full of strange
people that he must pass on his way
home, and leaning up against the fence
he began to cry. Miss Elizabeth Hoar,
a neighbor, seeing him, put on her bon
net and went to his rescue.
"Come, Waldo," she said, "I'm going
down your way; you can walk along
with me."
Tho boy looked at her a moment, and
then said sorrowfully, "I don't think
that was what my father meant me to
do;" and refusing her comforting com
panionship he trudged sturdily home
by himself.
It is pleasant to know that he was
never afterward afraid to go and come
alone. His persistence In doing what
he felt was right was surely heroism
for a frightened child.
. Tea Drinkers.
The United Kingdom consumes 000,
000 pounds, or about 4,000,000 gallons,
of tea every day, which is as much as
is used by the rest of Europe, North
and South America, Africa and Aus
tralia combined.
Even the Jay birds are hollering
Dewey." The next time you see a jay
blrd. listen to his note: you will
find
,t it sounds exactly like "Dewei
Helping Them
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Sargaparllla.
"Two of my little boys had eruptions
on their faces. I began giving them
Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before they had
linished taking the lirst bottle the sores
were all gone. We are now giving Hood's
Sarsaparilla to pur babips for hives, and it
is helping them. Mas. 0. A. Bates, Stay
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Revolving- Seat.
A seat especially adapted for use on
open trolley cars, for the overhead seats
on 'busses, for benches In public parks
or private country houses, etc., is de
signed upon the principle of the rolling
top desk, eo that there is always, a
dry surface during the raioy or snowy
weather. As a covering for the ordi
nary fixed rails or solid wood seat there
is an endless roll, formed of flat strips
of wood, riveted securely to bands of
leather, pegamoid or similar material
and presenting an even surface, the
usual width of a single seat, which is
slipped around the seat hoard. By
means of sank buttons or rings laced
at suitable intervals tl.is roll can be
readily revolved, bringing any portion
into position for a seat, as may be re
quired Thus, in the event of the seat
being exposed to the rain and rendered
unfit for use, the person desiring to sit
down has simply by means of the fin
ger boles or rings to draw the roll
forwards, and a perfectly dry portion is
brought into position, whilst the roll
is of such length that another dry por
tion sufficient for a seat is still in re
serve, if found necessary In addition
to this as the roll is revolved in either
direction it it underneath the seat,
brough in contact with an india-rubber
scraper which takes off aU the heavy
moisture so that even the portion of
the seat which has been exposed to the
rain is very quickly dried and again
rendered fit for use.
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A seven-foot granite monument in
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1847, the first trials were made with
the cultivation of the potato."
We will forfeit $1,000 if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
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Trie death penalty is rarely enforced
in Germany, Austria, Denmark or
Sweden. In New York 11 out of 12
murderers escape without any punish
ment, and in the United States only
one murderer in 50 suffers capital pun
ishment. A portable X-ray apparatus no bigger
than a Webster's dictionary, but pow
erful enough to enable a surgeon to
look through a man's body, has been
invented for use in war by Professor
Reginald A. Fessenden, of Pittsburg.
The photographic action of light,
though not destroyed at very low tem
peratures, is diminished by 20 per
cent., the loss being greatest in the
violet light which at ordinary tempera
tures is the most effective.
Professor Dewar recently stated 1u
the course of a leoture at the Royal In
stitution of Great Britain that there
lias been a great developmnet in the
application of liquid air as an ana
lytical agent.
No parental care ever falls to the lot
of a single member of the insect tribe.
In general the eggs of an insect are
designed to be hatched long after the
parents are dead, so that most inserts
are born orphans.
Clocks can be accurately leveled by
a new shelf which has a fixed wall
plata supporting a pivoted, adjustable
shelf, with levels in the top, to be set
by thumb screws on the upper side.
When dead bodies are entered as a
cargo on a ship they are often recorded
on the invoices as "statuary" or "nat
ural history specimens," to allay the
superstitious fears of the orew.
The production of what is known as
silk worm gut tor fismng lines is a
curious industry that has followed
the decline of silk culture in the vicin
ity of Murca, Spain.
Great Britain has a longer sea coast
than any other nation in Europe. It
measures 2,755 miles, with Italy sec
ond, 2,472 miles. Russia ranks third
and France fourth.
Halibut and holibutare names as old
as the English language. "But" sig
nifies a flat fish, and the prefix refers
to the deep and wide holes in which
tho fish is found.
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Hints on Macadam Construction.
The building of macadam roads has
grown into quite a business, and those
who are engaged in it occasionally
strike something that may be useful to
others. A correspondent of the En
gineering News gives views on various
points as follows: The quantity of roll
ing considered desirable Is a serious
question, and it Is hard to specify a cer
tain number of hours with a certain
weight roller for a certain number of
square feet of surface for all kinds of
rock. I have lately drawn up my sp. cl
flcatlons to read that the foundation
that is, the earth surface after having
been cut to the proper depth and the
soft places filled with sand or fine bro
ken stone and each layer "shall bo
rolled with a roller of not less than five
tons weight and sprinkled, and said
sprinkling and rolling shall continue
until a wagon with two inch tires aud
carrying not less than two cubic yards
of stone can be hauled over it without
making an appreciable rut." There is
no mistaking the meaning of the clause.
I always advocate a roller of not less
than five tons weight, and prefer a
horse roller. If the rock Is an extreme
ly hard material and does not bind
well, then a heavier roller can be used.
I may be peculiar In my preferences,
but my experience with extremely
heavy steam rollers has not been all
that could be desired. In most cases
there is too much crushing of the ma
terial. If the contractor possesses a
heavier roller than five tons, and, in
my, opinion, the material can stand it,
he is at liberty to go ahead.
My specifications insist upon an en
tire absence of clay and loam In the
metaling, but there is such a thing as
going to the extreme In screening.
Doubtless Madaeam and some of the
European engineers could succeed in
doing without binder. I suppose tires
are much wider abroad than In this
country aud loads are heavier, -and un
der the influence of the traffic and with
constant repairs a road of fair sized
stones without binder ultimately be
comes first-class. Here we must face
the fact that tires are narrow, and the
authorities will seldom spend 10 cents
for maintenance inside of three years.
Binder Is therefore a necessity. But It
is best if of the same material as the
macadam.
My specifications generally call for
three layers the first of rock, not more
than four Inches and not less than two
inches In any dimension. This layer is
to be one-half the total thickness'' of the
finished coating. The second layer Is
one-third the thickness of the coating,
and of rock not more than two Inches
nor less than one inch in any dimen
sion. The third layer to complete the
Coating must contain rock of the same
dimensions as the second layer. With
respect to the proportion of the sizes,
the specifications call for "no more fine
stuff and dust than is unavoidable and
for not less than 75 per cent, of the
rock In the second and third layers to
exceed an inch in every dimension, and
the pieces to be as nearly as practicable
cubical In shape."
TEA GROWN IN AMERICA.
A. South Carolinian Has Succeeded In
KalBlng an Excellent Quality.
The only tea plantation in the United
States is located near Summervllle,
South Cnrolina. It is the property of
Dr. Charles U. Shepard, who has un
dertaken to prove that tea, one of the
greatest staple articles used by Ameri
cans to-day, can be raised by our farm
ers profitably, says a writer in the Cos
mopolitan. This attempt to add to our
now widely diversified list of indus
tries is one which Dr. Shepard made
partly as an experiment and partly as
a regular business enterprise. And it
is very interesting to note that, in a
business way, It has been quite suc
cessful. Last season Dr. Shepard sent
to market upward of eleven hundred
pounds of the finest tea obtainable,
and this year's crop, he states, will
amount to more than two thousand
pounds. In 1877, General William G.
LeDuc, then Secretary of Agriculture
at Washington, hearing of the attempt
to import a new Industry Into this
country, requested William Saunders,
of his department, to investigate the
matter and ascertain whether the tea
plant could profitably be grown In the
United States. After thorough inspec
tion of Mr. Shepard's tea plantation,
Mr. Saunders made a very favorable
report, predicting that it will be only a
question of time, now, when our farm
ers will supply Sufficient tea for home
consumption. Concerning this new in
dustry, Dr. Shepard said:
"My plants are affording me a pro
duction greater than the Chinese aver
age, and almost equal to that of India
and Ceylon." Fifteen months ago the
committee of the United States tea im
porters expressed, through their chair
man, before the Committee on Ways
and Means, the opinion that teas pro
duced on this estate equaled any sent
to the United States from the Orient.
The product of these gardens has al
ways found a ready sale, and has been
marketed from Massachusetts to Flor
ida, also in the Central and Western
States. The crop of last season was
about eleven hundred pounds, being
much curtailed by an unusually severe
autumnal drought. The outlook for
this season is toward two thousand
pounds. It would be gratifying if, as
present indications promise, the ven
ture should prove very profitable, al
though the object In view is only In
part Industrial. "Because of the cheap
labor of the Orient," says Dr. Shepard,
'It is useless for us to try to compete
with them on cheap grades," but he
thinks it is possible to grow a finer
grade of tea in this country, at a profit
which woud thoroughly Justify all
continued experimentation.
Delicately Approached.
"Mister," said Meandering Mike,
"would you like to have all tho money
you wanted?"
"Of course I would," was the natural
reply.
"Well then, I kin approach you as
man to man an' tell yer me own feel
ings. It's a good deal to be able to de
pend on sympathy an' co-operation In,
advance. All de money I wants fur
de present Is If) cents, which Is some-,
thin' that I know you could help me
to without mlssin'." Washington Star.
There are two occasions when a girl
is particularly anxious to look well:
when she graduates, and when she
marries. But a sweet girl graduate and
a bride always look tacky. They are
over dressed; they worry so much over
their dress, that It looks hurried.
When a man Inherits dishonesty that
is about the only thing he honestly acquires.
A Total Disability Claim of $1,650 Paid to a
Man Who Was Afterward Cured.
The Monitor, a newspaper published at
Meaford, Out., Canada, lirst discovered
this ease two years ago, and published it at
length, which now seems, owing to the
cure or tt. to be a miracle. The facts were
so remarkable that many people doubted
the truth of them. They said: "It is too
remarkable; it cannot possibly he trne;
the paper is mistaken, and the man.
although he may think himself cured, will
Soon relapse into bVs former condition,"
etc, etc. The accuracy of its report called
into question, the Monitor determined to
find out definitely whether the facts were
as stated ami whether the man would real
ly stay cured. They accordingly kept a
close watch on the case for two year after
the iirst article appeared, and have just
now published another article about it in
which tike original reports a e completely veri
the cire is permanent, and t-'iey pnhlish
a fac simile of the cheek given t-y the Candlan
Mutual Life Association fw SI 660.00 a novnt
"f total disa'i ity c aim paid by them to Me.
Fetch.
The first account stated that the patient
(see address below) had been a paralytic
for live years, that there was such a total
lack of feeling in his limbs and body that
a pin run full length could not be felt;
that he could not walk or help himself at
all ; for two years he was not dressed ; fur
thermore that he was bloated, was for that
reason almost unrecognizable, and could
not get his clot hes on. The paralysis was
SO complete as to aiTect the face arid pre-
Eiifrineerinir Under tbe Eavth.
The newest wonder in American en
gineering has just been inaugurated at
fiaughton, Mich., viz., the Red Jacket
shaft of the Calumet ami Helca the
greatest mining shaft In tbe entire
world. It is 4,000 feet deep, and, com
pared with It, the deep silver mines of
the Com stock lode in Nevada, or tbe
wonderful mines in Austria, worked
for many centuries past, are but shal
low pits. There are six compartments,
says tie New York Sun, each equal in
size to an ordinary mining shaft, four
of these being used for hoisting rock
and lowering timber; one is used for
the ladderways, and tlie sixth and last
compartment carries the wires and
pipes for telephones, light, power,
water and compressed aif. The under
ground workings of tbe shaft are laid
out with mathematical accuracy, the
ondeviattng course of the copper-bearing
lode allowing work to bo planned
thousands of feet ahead of the mineral
picks. The great pumps which free
the mine of water are operated inter
changeably by compressed ail and elec
tricity. The power drills which eat the
holes for the dynamite cartridges are
run by compressed air alone, and there
are more than 300 of these drills, each
doing the work of a dozen men, work
ing both night and day, in the Calumet
and Helca mine.
REDUCTION IN WICTCLE PRICES.
It is saiii that western capitalists are con
templating the organization ol a great blcvcle
Company, which hopes to make flrst-ciuss
wheels and sell tuem as low as flO. Whether
this be true or not. the fact repiains that Hos
tetter's Stomach Hitters is a tiret-class remedy
for the stomach, liver ami blo-l, and the price
puts it within everybody's reach to be well and
strong. For fever aud ague it is a apeciflo.
The latest of the lofty outputs of
science to be established has has re
cently been put on the summit of
Mount Kosoiuako 7,828 feet high, the
most elevated point in Australia, It
is a rneteorologlcal'observatory.
It is said that a Scotchman planted
tho first thistle in Australia out of love
for his native land, and now millions
of that plant afflict the land.
The royal crown of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form of a pot of flowers surmounted by
an uncut ruby the size of a hen's egg.
The last safe retreat of the beaver in
the United States is in the canyon of
tho Rio Grande, between Eagle Pass
and El Paso, a distance of about 300
miles.
THY ALLBITS FOOT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season yoijr feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have- smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes
timonials of cures. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent
bv mall lor 2.x? In stamps. Trial package
ntisis. Aaaress Alien B. utmstea, L,e
Roy, New York.
Persons residing in the District ot
Columbia have no vote there, but they
may vote in the state in which they
claim a legal residence.
WAGONS IMPROVED.
The new improved Stoughton wagons
stand the racket. Two car loads have just
arrived. It pavs to have the best. Write
for tree catalogue. JOHN POOLE, sole
agent, foot of Morrison street, Portland, Or.
In 1794 the habitual users of the En
glish language did not number more
than 80,000,000; in 1897 their number
was estimated at 100,000,000.
A Gold Mine for Sampson.
The war prizes captured by Bear
Admiral Sampson's North Atlantic
squadron are of considerable value.
Twenty-eight captures of Spanish ves
sels were made, and it is said that six
of the principal ships and cargoes have
been valued at $1,600,000. When they
have been sold half of the cargoes will
go to tho government and tho other
half (1750,000) will be divided among
the captors. Twenty per cent, of this,
or $ 150,000, will go to Admiral Samp
son, and the zest of it to the subordi
nates, inoluding the crews. If this sort
of thing keeps on Admiral Sampson
may come out of the contest a million
aire, and every jaok-tar in his ships
may have a snug little ibrtuune of bis
own.
Marigolds in North Africa reach a
height of four or Ave feet.
HOITT'S SCHOOL FOB BOYS.
At Rnrlinganie, San Mateo county, Cal.,
Is one of the most thorough, careful and
practical "Home School" to be found on
the Pacific Coast. Accredited at State and
rjtanford Universities. Thorough prepara
tion for business. Send for catalogue. I ha
. Hoitt, Ph. D., Principal. Re-opens
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vented him from opening his month suffi
ciently wide to take solid food. The doc
tors called the disease spinal sclerosis, and
all said he could not live.
For three years he lingered in this condi
tion. Then 6v some friends he was advised
to take Williams' Pink Pills ior Pale Peo
ple. He took them and there Was a slight
change. The first thing noted was a tenden
cy to sweat freely. This showed there was
some life left in his helpless body. Next
came a little feeling in his limbs. This
extended, followed by pricking sensations,
until at last blood began to course freely,
naturally and vigorously through his body,
and the helplessness gave way to returning
strength, the ability to walk "returned, and
he was restored to his old time health.
1 1
OMiNIONjBANK
The above is the substance of the first
article published by the Monitor. Now fol
low some clippings, taken irom the same
paper two years afterward, and there is not
the slightest shadow of a doubt, in view of
this testimony, that Mr. Fetch's cure is
permanent. Here follows the account:
On being again questioned, Mr. Peteh
said: "Ytva see those handsj the skin is
now natural and elastic Once they were
hard and without sensation. Vou could
pierce thejn with a pin and I would not
feel it, and what is true of my hands is true
of the rest of my body. Perhaps you have
observed that I have now even ceased to
use a cane, and can get about my business
perfectly veil. You may say there is abso
lutely no dovbt as to my cure oeiug petnanent.
Anglo-Saxon FotaI Cards.
The Canadian people are showing a
stronger sentiment towards Dncle Sam
at the present time, called out no
doubt by the strugglo, if such it may
be called, between this government
and Spain. An instance of this is
found in new postal cards, which are
passing through the Canadian mails to
this country. On erne oard t6 shown
the Stars and Stripes, which oove the
entire fiont of the postal card, the
white bare of Old Glory being used to
write the aiidresa upon. Another oard
shows the anion of the English and
American flags inscilbed "Anglo
Saxon, one aini, one goal," while be
low are the national shields held by
Ceres and tle Goddess of Liberty,
guarding whom arro the proud eagle
bird and the lion. Both are private
postals, such as are now permissible li
this country, and both are very unique
The most ancient coin in Europe, the
ducat, was first struck in tho mint of
Venice in the year 1284. The building
is still in existence.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is duo not onlv to tho nrirrinn.lit.T7 nnrl
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fiq Sybup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fiq Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fia Sykup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Fig's has
gdven to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of Its remedy. It fs
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
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Indeed I am in even better hen 'I ' than when 1
gave you the first interview. '
"Do you still attribute vour cure to the
use of Dr. Williams' Pin'k Pills?" asked
the Monitor.
"Unquestionably I do," was the reply.
"Doctors had failed, as had also t he num
erous remedies recommended bv my
friends. Nothing I took had the slightest
effect upon me until I began the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills To this wonderful
mediine I one my rele-ise from the living
de- th. I have since recommended these
Sills to many of my friends, and the ver
ict iB always in their favor. I shall always
bless the day J was induced to take them."
Such is the history of one of the most re
markable cases of modern times. Can any
OOMINtOM SANK .
JDoh
ars
Trmaurtr
one soy. in the face of such testimony that
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are not entitled to
the careful consideration of any sull'eing
man, woman or child ? Is not the case in
truth a miracle of modern medicine?
To make the evidence complete we pub
lish above a facsimile cut of the check re
ceived by Mr. Petch from the Canadian
Mutnal Life Association, being the amount
due him for total disability. It is unneces
sary to add that this life Insurance associa
tion did not pay this large amount of
money to Mr. Petch, except after the -most
careful examination of his condition by
their medical experts. They must have re
garded him as forever incurable.
Mr. Petch's address is as follows: Iieu
ben Petch, Criers ville, Ont., Canada.
Cookbooks for Soldiers.
Cook books have been distributed
through the companies of tho Twenty
second regiment, says the New York
Tribune. The receipts given show just
how the government wants its supplies
cooked. There must hereafter be an
inspection of the food at each meal,
ana an officer is to overlook the weigh
ing and apportioning of supplies to as
certain that tire amount given out is
sufficient.
In New Zealand two persons work
ing together constitute a factory.
Beware ot Ointments for Catarrh That
Oontaln Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange tho whole sys
tem when entering It through the mucous siir
races. Such articles should never be used ex
cept on prescriptions from reputable physl
ci.ins, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good vou can possibly derive from them.
Hairs Catarrh t'ure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you got
the genuine. It Is taken Internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi
monials free.
Bold by Druggists, price 73c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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Instead of wearing a clumsy mouthful of rub
ber teeth, by Dr. White's now method vim can
have your teeth replaced by crown and bridge
work, giving the sume results as your natural
tcetb, in appearance, comfort and durability.
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