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Folding Megaphone.
The megaphone has come into almost
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races and contests because it enables
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announcements that can be heard all
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somewhat hampered by the size of the
Instrument, which is too bulky to be
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ible like the drinking cup made for
travelers and picnickers. The folding
megaphone is made in sections, one fit
ting in the other, and when not in use
the horn collapses Into a package about
the size of a bat box.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF CHINA.
None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel
between foreign powers over the division ol
China. It is interesting to watch thegoing to
pieces oi this ancient dui unproKrussive rv.
Many people in America are also going to
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Naples is to be connected with
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line running to the top of the volcano.
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It Is announced that Italian ex
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For the Summer Girl.
A love In soft white straw is Just
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it, and two quills curve back from the
knot in front. White violets coquet
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It is ideal summer hatgear, all white
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Mif oannot dry up nor the
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"God bless you; stand up for Colo
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"I'm from Nebraska, but I'll try and
stand up for both states now. There
upon she kissed him again for Nebraska.
In the town of Chile most shops are
open till midnight, and during the
hot afternoons, When everybody takes
a siesta, they are locked up.
"Red rain dust" from a heavy fall
at Melbourne in 1896 has proven iden
tical in composition with ordinary soil
from volcanic rooks.
New Jersey was the first state per
mitting the right of suffrage to women;
this was done nearly 100 years ago.
It takes eight times the strength to
go upstairs that it requires to accom
plish the same distance on a level.
The average velocity of the Gnll
stream is three miles.
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Love Story
SHE was a bit haughty to me on
that particular day, but I didn't
care, for I was desperately in love
with another girl.
The "she" of whom I am writing Is
my wife, and as my pencil traces the
paper, she sits by my side, smiling and
cooing softly to our youngest grand
child, a lovely baby boy.
I can't recall the day that I have not
known my wife. We were children to
gether in our lovely home In the Blue
Hills. By some freakish relationship,
for which one of our ancestors was re
sponsible, Jane Merrlam was nominal
ly my aunt, though several years rny
Junior. Her father and mother died
before she was 12, and from that day
on she made her home with our family,
with whom she was connected by dis
tant blood ties. I was away at school
at the time of her bereavement and
upon returning for vacation found her
at the old Marcelline homestead. "Aunt
Jane," the younger children culled her,
and I soon fell into their way, although
she was Jennie to me, and we were
playmates.
"Aunt Jane" was a beautiful child,
with dark hair and rich gray eyes, and
she had grown Into a handsome girl,
when at the expiration of my college
term at Richmond I returned to my
home In the Blue HlUs to hang up my
shingle as a lawyer. It was Just a year
before the breaking out of the war. I
was getting along famously, when all
my calculations were upset, and I en
listed In a company of volunteers from
our little place to help Lee defeat the
enemy.
It was on the day of my departure
that Jane Merrlam gave me that
haughty answer, with which my story
begins.
"Aunt Jane," I had said, when I told
her I was gotng away that night, "I'll
be back In less than six months. By
that time we'll have driven the Yan
kees across our lines, and I'll celebrate
the victory by marry lug the girl I
lover
"You don't know what you are say
ing," answered Aunt Jane, with a
haughty stare. "I fear the Yankees
will do us all great barm I" Tossing
her beautiful head that I might not see
her furiously blushing face, she ran
into the house.
There -was Yankee blood In Aunt
Jane, although of a distant strain. Her
great grandmother bad come from En
gland to marry Jane's handsome an
cestor, from whom she Inherited her
dark beauty. "Aha I" I whistled softly
to myself, "Aunt Jane's sympathies
are a trifle divided!" I said nothing to
the family about my discovery, but
hurried away to take leave of Cousin
Lucy Gordon. I had been In love with
Lucy before I went away to college,
and I fancied myself more desperately
smitten than ever now that I was
to bid her farewell. We were distant
ly related, Lucy and I, and she was
of the same age as Aunt Jane, barely
2L Two women were never more
strangely contrasted. Lucy wns a but
terfly, a doll with golden curls, eyes
like the summer sky, lips like cherries
and kittenish ways. She shed bitter
tears and kissed her farewell. With
out much coaxing on my part she
promised that she would wait for me
till the end of doom to become my wife.
So I went away happy after all, for
sweet Lucy's promise was the talis
man that strengthened me and bade
me hope In the terrible days that fol
lowed. Several gushing, girlish letters came
from her In answer to my passionate
avowals of undying love and fealty.
How they sweetened the hardships and
dull, aching moments of those inter
minable days and nights!
I had been In several battles and a
number of the boys from our place
were either killed or maimed. Charlie
Ferguson, my collegemate and the son
of the district attorney of Marcelline,
with whom I had been reading law, es-
TOU DOW'T KJTOW WHAT TOU'BE SATING,
caped without a scratch. Our good
luck made us vow to stick together
through It all, or see each other's bod
ies home, should fate deal more un
kindly with us than it had.
Months passed without a word from
home. Then a letter came from Lucy,
postmarked New York. It bore the
marks of having been opened, censor
ed and resealed, to prevent contraband
information, before it was sent to Its
destination Lee's camp.
Lucy had been sent to New York by
her parents to some of Aunt Jane's re
lations to escape the dreariness of the
war at home. Aunt Jane was asked to
Join her, but she chose to remain with
my father and mother and the smaller
children in the dear old, desolate Mar
celline home. The little sweetheart's
letter was as gushing as ever. It was
filled with endearing terms, and re
counted enthusiastically how delight
fully she was being entertained by a
select circle of New York friends.
Somehow, the ingenuous ring In the
butterfly nature was lacking, that dic
tated that first letter from her new
home, and my heart ached for It
We were nearing the days of Gettys
burg, and needed all the encouragement
that should be given to men who real
lze that they ara fighting for a lost
cause. Our army had been victorious
at Chancellorsville, and . from all over
the South came the clamor for Lee's
army to Invade the Northern States
Early In June our forces were centered
at Culpeper, and Charlie and I were
two of 100,000 men ready to sacrifice
our life's blood for Lee and our coun
try. In the waning days of June my
friend received a letter from home. I
caught bim reading it in a corner of
our tent by the light of bis pipe, for
the sun was Just going down behind
Culp's Hill.
"From home?" I asked anxiously.
"Yes, from Aunt Jane. She sends her
of the War.
love to you and bids you not to grow
discouraged."
"Any word from Lucy?" ..!
"None."
I had never known Charlie to be so
reticent about his letters, which he
usually handed me for perusal. Bui
this I saw bim put away In his breast
pocket.
In the days that followed I had little
time to wonder what had made my
mate so downhearted and gloomy. Then
came that memorable duy In July,
which none can forget who lived to tell
Its tale of horror. Charlie was shot by
my side on Seminary Ridge. I saw at a
glance that he was badly wounded and
picked him up in my arms to carry
him back to the lines.
There I laid him down, putting him In
the care of one of our boys, whose arm
was shattered by a bullet.
"Stay with him," I begged, "until I
return, and if he should be dead, do
not let his body be burled. I promised
to return it to his poor old mother."
Toward night, when the battle ceased,
I hastened back to my friend Charlie.
He had died while I was gone, and his
body lay In a long trench with hun
dreds of others ready to be covered
niiVEBESILY I OPENED IT.
with earth as soon as the men who hud
dug this wholesale grave could catch
their breath and complete their terrible
work. The guard I had put over him
stood by the side of the ditch where he
lay.
"Lieutenant," said he, "Mr. Fergu
son requested me to tell you that the
letter In his breast pocket should not
be taken out by any one but you. He
also bade me tell you to read It"
Gently I lifted the body In my arms
and from his pocket extracted the
document he had left me. I thought It
perhaps a memorandum of his last
wishes, which he wanted me to carry
out The receptacle over his heart car
ried nothing but a letter. It was from
Aunt Jane.
Reverently I opened it I knew that
Charlie was fond of her, but I never
dreamed that he loved her and bad
asked her to be his wife.
Tenderly but firmly she refused him.
I love auother," she wrote. "You may
guess it is my old playfellow, Ben Sut-
HfJE, but he will never know. He Is
madly in love with Lucy she has for
gotten him. Yesterday we received the
anouncement of her marriage with a
wealthy Boston merchant Do not tell
Ben this! He needs all his courage. It
would be cruel to blast his hopes In
these hard, trying times."
My eyes filled with tears as I read
Aunt Jane's letter. A sigh for Lucy,
yes, fickle Lucy, wrung itself from my
heart; but the pain her faithlessness
gave me was wiped out by Aunt Jane's
divine love.
I placed the letter In the pocket over
my heart. There It lay until I returned
to Marcelline at the close of the war.
Aunt Jane stood by the gate to wel
come me. My father had died, but my
mother was still there to greet me.
That night under the trees of the old
homestead, with no other fuce but the
moon for a witness, I told Aunt Jane
of my find.
She turned scarlet and then deadfy
pale, but before she had time to fly
from me I caught her In my arms and
exacted the promise that made her my
wife. Utlca Globe.
Needed His Right Hand.
"I have heard and read many pathet
ic stories," said Senator Hoar, recent
ly, "but none of them ever awoke so
much sad sympathy as one which Pro
fessor Gallaudet related. The profes
sor has a favorite pupil a little deaf
mute boy, exceptionally bright. Mr.
Gallaudet asked him If he knew the
story of George Washington and the
cherry tree. With his nimble fingers
the little one said he did, and then he
proceeded to repeat it. The noiseless
gesticulations continued until the boy
had informed the professor of the elder
Washington's discovery of the muti
lated tree and of his quest for the muti
lator. 'When George's father asked
him who hacked his favorite cherry
tree,' signaled the voiceless child,
'George put bis hatchet In his left
hand '
" 'Stop!' Interrupted the professor.
'Where do you get your authority for
saying he took the hatchet in his left
hand?
" 'Why,' responded the boy, 'he need
ed bis right hand to tell his father that
he cut the tree.' "
A Queenly Milkmaid.
The Queen of the Belgians and Prln
cess QJementlne, while driving In a
pony-cart one day last summer, bad a
charming rural adventure, which tbe
London Post describes:
They stopped at a farmhouse to buy
a glass of milk. Nobody but an old,
paralyzed woman was In the house,
and she replied that no milk was left
In the Jugs, and that she was unable
to go to milk a cow.
"Never mind," said tbe queen; "if
you will allow me, I will go to the pas
ture. Just tell me where the Jugs are.
"But my dear lady, you are from
the town, and you will never be able to
milk a cow," objected the old woman.
She was mistaken, however, for a
little later her majesty returned with a
half-filled Jug. Meantime, Princess
Clementine had laid on the table three
bowls, a loaf and the needful knives
and plates. The old farmer's wife was
served by tbe princess, who, It appears,
greatly enjoyed the adventure.
The Largest Congregation.
The largest congregation In America
Is that of St Stanislaus Kostka, In Chi
cago, which has 30,000 communicants.
The number of attendants at the sev
eral Sunday services frequently ex
ceeds 15,000.
A woman never gets so old that nhe
outlives an attachment for the wedding
presents which were given her.
The turtle may be slow, but he usu
ally gets there In time for the soup.
SIBERIANS IN CHINA.
Wild Race of the Siyota Fled Before
Russian Invasion.
One f the most curious of many cu
rious people who make up the great
nation of China is the Slyots. They
live In the far interior, north of the
desert of Gobi, In a region of which
little is known. The best maps of the
country close to the boundary line be
tween China and Siberia, near the
headwaters of the Yenisei, are Inac
curate, and are of little value to the
traveler.
The Slyots are Chinese only by adop
tion. When the Russians Invaded Si
beria 300 years ago the Slyots refused
to bend the knee. They retreated
southward and forced their way into
the Chinese empire. They dispossessed
a quiet and peaceful people in order to
make homes for themselves.
The Slyots are a nomadic people.
They live in portable tents, built of lat
tice work, with a fet-covered, conical
top. Inside the tent is an arrangement
Of boxes which serve as seats and beds.
They also hold the family stores. Near
the Slyots live the Turbets. The lat
ter have no boxes Inside their tents
and the Slyots consequently have a su
preme contempt for them.
The Slyots are deeply religious aud
evidences of their religion may be
found all over the country. At every
dangerous ford or difficult mountain
pnss are plies of stone or sticks adorn
ed with bits of rag or with wisps of
horse hair. Every man who crosses
the stream or mountain adds a trifle to
the collection as an offering to the deity
supposed to look after travelers.
Smallpox is quite common among the
Slyots. Their treatment of the disease
is primitive. A "medicine muu" is cull
ed to see the patient, and effort is made
to drive away the devil who Is thought
to be the cause of the trouble. The
"medicine man" enters the apartment
of the patient dressed in a long red
robe, adorned with imitation snakes
and brass ornaments. He bents a tam
tam nnd yells all night, working him
self Into such a frenzy that he falls to
the ground, biting his Hps and cover
ing his face with blood.
Some of the Siyots are Buddhist
and are under the control of red-robed
lamas. The Lama sometimes has a vis-
Ion in which he claims to be Informed
that a certain Siyot is to die. The
doomed man raises a bribe and tenders
it to the Lama, who interferes and a
respite Is secured for a time. Then the
process is repeated. New York World.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
Washboards can be securely fastened
to tubs by a new attachment consist
ing of a rod held on the board by brack
ets at either end, two clamps being
placed on a rod with thumb screws to
grip the edge of the tub.
A newly designed bicycle frame Is in
the shape of a circle, with the head and
running gear clamped on with screw
clamps, making it easy to adjust the
height of frame and handle bars for
any rider.
A German woman has designed a
music holder for violins which is form
ed of a wire frame fitted with clamps
to attach It to the violin head, the sheet
of music being Interlaced between a
number of cross wires to hold It In
place.
Railroad cars can be quickly unload
ed by a new machine which Is pro
vided with a section of tubing large
enough to receive the car, which runs
in on two rails, after which the tube is
lifted and rolled upward at an angle
until the top of a chute Is. reached, an
opening in tbe tube permitting the load
to fall into the chuta
A New Zealand Inventor has a bicycle
which is fitted with a row of small
pumps around the rim of each wheel,
the pistons running on the ground to
compress air which Is designed to be
stored In the frame and used to propel
the wheels.
A Virginian has designed a torpedo
carrying balloon which has the explo
sive suspended by a number of cords,
with a guide rope to assist in holding It
until it reaches the right current of air
to carry It toward the enemy, when a
second cord is pulled, which ignites a
slow fuse to drop the torpedo at the
proper place.
A handy store device Is a take-up at
tachment for twine holders which pulls
the end of the string up In the air after
It Is broken off. The cord passes over
two pulleys at the top of a frame, with
a weighted pulley hung between them
which rises as the string is pulled and
falls as It Is released, taking up the end
of the string.
A Thieving Horse.
As a country doctor, the horse Is, of
course, my constant companion, and I
have been carried by him on my visi
tations many thousand miles, yet I
had no special love for the animal, nor
yet any high appreciation of his intelli
gence, until n short time ago, when
something happened which changed uiy
views. On going out one morning to
look after Major, I found that I had
accidentally left the chain down be
hind him. This circumstance he had
taken advantage of, and had spent a
portion of the night In wandering about
the barn, upsetting everything that
could be broken. Now, however, he
was In his stall, and looked around at
me with his great brown eyes, a pic
ture of innocence and contentment
while under him, carefully spread out,
was a fur robe, the fur side up, aud
the cushion of my sleigh. These he
must have carried to his stall during
the night, thinking, perhaps, that for
Christmas night, as It happened to be,
straw was not good enough, and that
for once, at least, be would make his
own bed of tbe best material he could
find.
Jury in the Pasture.
"Posturing a Jury" ia the legal style
of caring for twelve good men and true
in a village In Greer County, Oklaho
ma. Funds being short the courthouse
was built minus a Jury-room, so when
the Jurors retire to make up a verdict
tbe bailiff takes them out into the mid
dle of a vacant lot, steps out of hear
ing distance, and protects them from
corruption! st s with a shotgun.
Rock Carvings of the Ancients.
On coins In the rock carvings of the
! ancients the umbrella often shows Its
! familiar form. This goes to prove that
I Jonas Han way did not invent the um
brella, but he saw the value of the east
ern sunshade and soon It became tbe
fashion to carry this useful article.
Where They Missed It.
"I am L'lirr m11ri mivm'kiul tn hoo.
I f fMf Tfr-j JC-af.". u ..... .
that they are married. I thought he
i was merely flirting with her."
j "He thought so, too." Coll er s Week
ly.
Tbe people waste a terrible portlou
of their lives in trying to be prettier
than the Lord ever Intended them to be.
We have noticed that every mai
with a big mustache U very fond i
! Soup.
Bad Roads Expensive.
General Ray Stone figures that there
are 1,500,000 miles of public roads In
the United States, over which 500,000,
000 tons of freight Is hauled every
year. Putting the average haul at
eight miles though this Is probably
an overestimate be figures the cost of
carting at $2 the ton, or $1,000,000,000
the yean. With uniformly good roads
the cost of moving this freight would
be only $400,000,000, saving $000,000,
000 to the public annually. This is
equivalent to the yearly Interest on
$20,000,000,000 of 3 per cent govern
ment bonds.
One-half of this almost inconceivably
vast sum would rebuild every mile of
road In the United States at an average
cost of, say, $6,100 per mile, and the
other half would furnish a yearly In
come of $200 per mile for their repair
and maintenance. At present the peo
ple spend the vast sum of $20,000,000
each year to the repairing of their
worthless roads. This sum would
build 4,000 miles of thoroughly good
macadam road, sufficiently wide for
rural purposes.
Experiments made In the Missouri
agricultural experiment station show
that In nearly all road conditions
broad-tired wagons pull easier than
those with narrow tires. On a mac
adam road a load of 2,518 pounds can
be hauled on broad tires with the
same draught as a load of 2,000 pounds
on narrow ones. On gravel road, ex
cept when wet and sloppy on top, the
draught of the t road-tired wagon Is
much less than that of the narrow
tired wagon; a load of 2,482 pounds
can be hauLx) on broad tires with the
draught required for 2,000 pounds on
narrow tires.
The trials on dirt roads give vary
ing results. When it Is dry, hard and
free from dust 2,530 pounds can be
hauled on broad tires with the draught
required for 2,000 pounds on narrow
tires. When the surface Is covered
with two or three Inches of dry, loose
dirt the results are unfavorable to the
broad tire. In general the better the
road the greater the advantage of the
broad tire. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Michigan Roads in Spring.
This spring the following presenta
tlon of the state of the roods leading
to a Michigan village appeared In the
Detroit Free Press: The highways
about this place are in a very bad con
dition, tbe clay mud being, In some
places, from two and one-half to three
feet In depth. This has Injured travel
to such an extent that In many In
stances considerable loss has been sus
tained. Farmers who are furnishing
Detroit markets have been obliged to
hold their produce until the roads bo
come passable. To-day a German
farmer, who was returning from the
city, got stuck In the mud and had to
finish his Journey without the wagon.
The butchers supplying commission
houses with pork are also among the
losers.
Wide Tires.
The effect of wide tires on roads has
been shown clearly In a street in
Springfield, Mass., over which heavy
quarry wagons are driven. The road
was formerly badly cut up, but a num
ber of years ago It was given a heavy
surface coat of gravel, with the under
standing that wide tires should be put
on the wagons carrying the quarry
Stone. This was done, the tires being
four to five Inches wide, and since that
time the street has been In good con
dition, although little has been done to
It. New York Times.
Rood Maintenance.
The only way by which a macadam
roadway can be kept firm and compact
and preserved through summer beat
Is to moisten It regularly. If macadam
Is worth paying for, It Is worth caring
for. But this Is done only In spots,
where private parties bear the expense,
and, Instead of keeping the roads al
ways good and firm. It Is customary to
wait until the sun has disrupted the
surface and then to spread on a quan
tity of earth, stones and sod to "pro
tect" it Exchange,
Voted for Good Roadn.
Speclnl elections were hold In Green
castle and Warren Townships, Put
nam County, Ind., this spring for free
macadam wagon roads. The proposi
tion carried by substantial majorities.
The dispatch adds that people of that
section believe In good roads.
Burglar Proof Shutters.
A German safety shutter, which Is
Invulnerable to burglars, Is made on
the principle of the roller shutter, the
strips of hardened steel three-quarters
of an Inch In diameter, placed over
rods or on pivots. The sides, the only
vulnerable points, ore hidden In
groves, and, as the tubes revolve free
Sy, the burglar's tools can obtain no
purchase upon them, thus rendering
strong rooms, etc., absolutely inacces
sible. Theater curtains constructed on
the same plan would also prove Invalu
able for the preservation of life In case
of fire.
Canada's Mineral Wea th.
Canada's mineral wealth Is gradu
ally being developed, and In tbe near
future this development Is likely to be
carried forward much more rapidly
than In the past The reports received
from the Chetlcamp gold districts of
Novft Scotia lately are to the effect that
very rich ore has been uncovered In
large quantities. The assayed value Is
over double that first found and It was
considered rich. Sinking on the lead
continues and the footwall has not yet
been reached, although the company
bag penetrated eighteen feet of ore
body.
European Postal Rates.
Germany leads all other nations In
the matter of cheap postage. City let
ters are delivered for of a cent and
in Munich a licensed company charges
but half that sum. A one-half-ounce
letter goes to any part of the empire
for 2 cents, and a one-half-pounds
one for 5 cents. The French postage
rate Is 3 cents for each one-half ounce.
In England the rate Is for the first
ounce 2 cents, for tbe second 1 cent
and 1 cent for each additional two
ounces.
Truffles.
Truffles will soon be cultivated on
scientific principles and are likely to
become cheaper. M. Chatln, who dis
covered that the truffle is a mushroom,
has announced to toe Academle des
Sciences at Porta that the Due de Des
parre, brother of tbe Due de Gramont.
has found out how It germ mates, and
on what leaves Its spores will become
fruitful.
An Atchison woman says she neve
thinks, of opening her husband's mai)
unless it is marked 'private."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The highest waterfall in the world
is Cholock cascade, at Yoseixiite, Cal. ,
which is 2,635 feet high, or just half a
mile.
Not within living memory has there
been known so abnormally snowless a
winter in European Russia as the past
season.
A medical correspondent at Paris
writes that Dr. Mosso has established
tbe fact that the blood ot eels is poi
sonous. A curious fact has been noted by
Arctic travelers snow when at a very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
Gun cotton is cotton wool, washed
then soaked in nitrio acid and three
parts of sulphuric acid, washed in
water, pulped and dried.
It has been found in Switzerland that
in building a railway, laborers could
work one-third as long at a height of
10,000 feet as a mile lower.
The Rhind manuscript now In the
British museum is tbe oldest intelligi
ble mathematical work extant that has
ever been deciphered.
The largest theater in the world is
the Grand opera house of Pails. It.
covers more than three acres of ground,
and cost 63,000,000 francs.
The creatures known as ocean hydras
have no heart, no lungs, no liver, no
brains, no nervous system, nor organs
save mouth and skin.
Glaciers vary in length from yeai to
year, and apparently in cycles of years
also, those of the Alps having shown a
general dimnnition sinoe 1850.
The king of Siam has a bodyguard of
female warriors i. e., 400 girls chosen
from among the strongest and most
handsome of all the women in the land.
A recent landslide in China revealed
a pile of money equaling in value 7,
000,000 coppers. The coins were made
about the middle of the eleventh cen
tury. Porous glass is one of the latest nov
elties. The holes aie so small that
neither dust nor draught follows its
use, and yet the ventilation is said to
be excellent.
Great differences exist between the
Arctic and Antarctic regions, and while
there is a polar sea at the north, it is
believed that a continent exists at the
South Pole.
Seven Chinese war vessels are at pre
sent being built in Gormany. Among
them are four torpedo boat destroyers
which will have a speed of 32 knots an
hour.
The Peruvian Central railroad cover
ing a distance of 10 miles is at an eleva
tion only about 2,000 feet lower than the
summit of the higiiest mountain in
Switzerland.
Five is the sacred number of the
Chinese, who have five planets, five
cardinal points, five virtues, five tastes,
five musical tones, five ranks of nobility
and five colors.
In northern China one of the princi
pal occupations is raising dogs (or their
fui, which is fine and dense and much
used for clothing. They cost only 40
cents apiece.
Variegated plants of almost any spe
cies may be produced, in the belief of
a German botanist, by grafting upon
that species a nearly allied form having
colored leaves.
The government of Wuertemberg has
Just authorized the erection of a hy
gienic laboratory in connection with
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Stuttgart.
By tbe use of malleable steel casting
for buffers and frame work castings, the
Erie has reduced the weight, added to
the durability and improved the ap
pearance of its freight equipment.
Captain Perry speaks of the great dis
tance that sounds can be heard during
intense cold. We often, he says, in
the Arctio regions heard people con
verse in common voice at the distance
of a mile.
Gained Forty-Eight Pounds.
"I had a strong appetite for liquor
which was the beginning of the break
ing down of my health. 1 was also a
slave to tea and coffee drinking. I took
the gold cure, but it did not help me."
This is a portion of an interview
clipped from the Daily Herald, of Clin
ton, Iowa. It might well be taken for
the subject of a temperance lecture but
that is not our object in publishing it.
It is to show how a system run down
by drink and disease, may be restored.
Wo cannot do better than quote further
from the same :
"For years I was
nnable to do myl
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num. x uuuiu jjul
sleep nights or rest
days on account of
continuous pains in
my stomach and
hack. 1 was unable
to digest my food.
Headaches and
painful urination
were frequent, and
my heart's action
became inoreased.
I left my farm and
retired to city life,
fo 1 was a con
firmed invalid, and
the doctor said I
I retired to city UJe.
would never be well again.
"Soon after I happened to use four
boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People and since then I have been
free from all pain, headache and dys
pepsia. I eat heartily and have no ap
petite for strong drink or tea or coffee,
and feel twenty years younger.
"My weight has increased 48 pounds.
I cannot say too much for Dr. Wil
liams' Pills and claim that they have
cured me. JOHN B. COOK."
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this sixteenth day of February, 1897.
A. P. Barker, Notary Public.
To people run down In health from
whatever causedrink or disease the
above interview will be of interest.
The truth of it is undoubted, as the
statement is sworn to, and we reproduce
the oath bere. For any further facts
ooncerning this medicine write to Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Scheneo
tady, N. Y.
The name and address of the subject
of above inteiview is John B. Cook, of
208 South 5th street, Lyon, Iowa.
An historic landmark of the town of
Had ley, Mass., the old Hooker house,
which stood for almost two centuries,
was burned recently. It was in this
house that General Joe Hooker was
born in 1814.
" HOW'S THIS T
Wc offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, O.
We the underBlgned, h&vo known F. J. Cheney
for the past 18 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
Wbst & Tbcax,
Wholesale Drungists, Toledo, O.
Walking, Kinnan fc Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
HaU's Catarrh Cure is taken internally , acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces ol
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Hail's Family Fills re the best.
You cannot affbrc to drink
colored tea.
It undermines healtL, and the
coloring hides defects.
Schilling's Best needs no
coloring; it is good enough.
The Trans-Mississippi Stamps.
Of the Transmississippi Exhibition
stamps, the 50-ceut stamp, which is
dark green in color, is from a drawing
by Frederic Remington of a "Western
Mining Prospector," showing a pros
pector in the mountains with his pack
mules. The $1 stamp is in black and
white, from J. MacWhirter's "Western
Cattle in Storm." The $2 stamp is
brown, showing an engraving of "The
Mississippi River Bridge" at St. Louis.
A Third-Rail Accident.
A peculiar accident occurred on the
Chicago South Side Elevated road re
cently, which operates a third-rail sys
tem. A workman dropped a tool which
made electrical connection between the
third rail and a large gas pipe carried
on the elevated structure, which result
ed in burning a hole in the pipe and
igniting the gas. The fire department
was called out to extinguish the fire,
traffic being blocked for two hours.
Several cars were set on firo.
Gunpowder Motor.
Explosive powder is used to operate
a new motor, a small quantity of the
powder being fed into the cylinder and
ignited by an electric spark to drive
the piston rod, the expanded gas escap
ing through a valve as the piston
returns.
Celluloid Balloon.
In an improved balloon the basket is
carried by four air cells adjuBtably
mounted on a railing around the basket,
making it possible for the remaining
cells to support the aeronaut if one oell
should collapse.
Wheel Nuts With Handles.
An improved nut for wagons and
other machinery where the nut would
soil the hands if touched has a project
ing knob on one side which fits in a
hole drilled in one jaw of the wrench
to prevent tbe nut from slipping out.
Typewriters are being manufactured
which will write on books, the ma
chine being mounted on a frame with
an open space in the centre, through
which the type levelers are driven down
on the page by the keys on the top of
the machine.
Goldfish are of Chinese origin. They
were originally found in a large lake
pear Mount Teientsing and were first
brought to Europe in the seventeenth
century. Tbe first in France oame as
a present to Mme. de Pompadour.
A plan for rendering paper as tough
as wood or leather has been recently
introduced on the Europan continent.
It conisits of mixing chloride of zino
With the pulp In the courso of manufac
ture. Padlocks are being manufactured
with an auxiliary chamber, which car
ries an explosive to be fired by a ham
mer inside tbe lock and give an alarm
when tbe lock is tampered with.
The president of the Berlin police
has published a rescript of regulations
for the purpose of dealing with unlaw
ful competition in the medical profes
sion. A mixture of acetylene with oil gas
in the proportion of one to three, lias
been adopted on the Prusian State rail
ways for lighting cars.
WAGONS IMPROVED.
The new improved 8 tough ton wagons
stand the racket. Three more car load; are
on the way. It pavs to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLE,
pole agent, foot of Morrison street, Port
land, Or.
A microbe that lives and multiplies
in strong alcohol has been discovered
by Veloy.
The attention of the public is called
to the professional work of Dr. T. H.
White, No. 271 J Morrison street,
Portland, Or. His electrical appli
ances are the most modem, and his
crown and bridge work is of such artis
tic form and finish, that his patients
aro delighted not only with the looks,
but with the comfort they roceive from
the use of suoh artificial work. All
operations are painless under his meth
ods. See that your teeth are properly
cared for and that by a skillful dentist.
There is no need to sutler tbe discom
forts of broken-down and stained teeth
when they can be made useful and
pleasant to look upon without pain.
A Beautiful Present
In order to further introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron Brand),
the manufacturers, J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., of Keokuk, Iowa, have
decided to GIVE AWAY a beautiful present with each package of
starch sold. These presents are in the form of
I Beautiful Pastel Pictures
They are 13x19 inches in size,
Lilacs and
Pansies.
Pansies
and
Marguerites.
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These rare
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pictures, tour in number, by the renowned pastel artist,
New York, have been chosen from the very choicest subjects
R. LeRov. of
in his studio and are now offered for
The pictures are accurately reproduced in all the colors used in the orig
inals, and are pronounced by competent critics, works of art.
Pastel pictures are the correct thing for the home, nothing surpassing
them in beauty, richness ot color ana
One ot these pictures
will be given away
with each oackaere of
purchased of your grocer. It is the
is sold for 10 cents a package. Ask your grocer for this starch and get a
beautiful picture.
ALL GROCERS KEEP ELASTIO STARCH. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE
Short Pencils Spliced.
Short penoils can be spliced by means
of a new device consisting of a Hhort
tube internally threaded and having
bell-sbapod ends for the introduction of
the pencils and interior transverse
grooves to form cutting dies for the
threads.
To Chalk the Cue.
Billiard players will appreciate a
new chalk-liolder, which consists of a
metal plate to be screwed on the wall
to Bupport a piece of ohalk, which is
hollowed out in tbe center to receive
the tip of the cue.
Glove Which Will Not Wear Out.
In a newly-designed glove, patented
by a Michigan woman, the palin of the
hand and inside of the thumb and
fingers are provided witli interwoven
rings of leather or other material which
prevent the glove from wearing out.
British sailors have been ordered by
the Admiralty to reverse the manner of
lacing their trousors. Hereafter the
bow must be tied at the bottom instead
of the top.
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your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
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