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1 ft « At â IHIH I two vf • flfl H 1M FAt M tw rrw i tnr< H HF 1 ««« th«t I »he is feint *♦ nms Von a»» whr i W.ttM Hke Io Wear the Arssa and he »bl»« a few dollars se«ed la essili at «>h|e»t «itti •»• dim th*,«» .fresdfu rases' Ih» row think I ever ever roil. the roses «ere Are« |fnl I almo«« I 4'OiMed Mrs Kempton a skill In Iheb behalf, and I pitied the girl, shrlnklns with all her heart front a nmrtlfrlna ordeal, hut I knew there was nnlr him answer tn her question. • Yes. my <|ear.” said I. "I think roti ran ami will. It takes « deal of pl»»« k to hare h tooth out. you ktwu‘. but tie sharp, relieving pain la far easier tu mh « my well known "kn«<k at hgg«*r lu'" that I mlneed old iH-toion Dini ley. I tea t than weeks of dull, wearing air the aupervlaor, to lo*«tow ii | h . ii me tin* gulsh It Is going to take real grit tv Rauch coveted I'enter «eliool. It M«« wear that floM’ered dress, but the ills the largest In town, the har<le«t ami comfort of un hour Is not to Ite com the l*e«t paid. I huh only eighteen nt pared to the remorse of a lifetime.” “Just will!t mother told me,” said the time. Imt family mlsfortline«, fol lowed by the «Ickne«« mid death of ill) Dolly. bundling up her unwehvime poa lather, made the necexHlty for employ seaalon. I did not see the drew« again, but I ment urgent and Imperativ«*. Heavily handicapped by youth and heard a great deal aleiut it before th» inex|M*rlen<*e, my tirxt term waa a «uc im|K>rtant day arri veil. I wanted tc cession of disappointment« and <li»ll- explain matters, but Dolly positively forbade anything of the kind, and as I unions. Gradually as I became acquainted her dowered gown was regarded by with my pupils and accustomed to my «orne as a uccesaury concession to por duties I acquired the faculty of ad justing myself to my surroundings, after which my work became much easier and more satisfactory. Term after term passed until I felt my post tlon to be assured. For six years I held it, ciphering annually through the higher algebra, to the wonder of my pupils and the satisfaction of their parents. Being a district school, there could be no real graduation, but grad ually the day had taken upon itself the dignity and importance of an annual celebration. At first I had been one of Its most enthusiastic aup|M>rters, believing that Its coveted successes would not only stimulate ambition ami reward Indus try. but would also tend toward the establishment of a much needed free high school. Yet I now realized, with pain, tiiat it hade fair to be a culinina tlon of jealousy, unkind emulation i"'d uu neeessa ry ex t ra va ga nee. Tlie leader in every extravagant de vice was naturally enough Muriel .Ma son. only daughter of the richest mail In town. Born to command, she held She »topped forward to read her emiau- her own against all opposition until erty, by others as a sign of open insub the subject of dress was broached. ordination against the white dress rule. Ill her case the Important gown was Graduation day dawned bright and to be a dainty creation of white lace clear. The church was crowded. The and surah; therefore she decreed that expected governor arrived in excellent her classmates should likewise drupe seuson, bringing with him a visiting themselves In white. senator, and everything seemed har “Tlint is not fair.” protested l.ura monious with the exception of one Haley, who delighted in gay fabrics rosy looking dress among a half dozen and vivid coloring. "1 am sure I don't white ones. want to accentuate my natural ugli The exercises passed off with what ness.” might be termed “great eclat.” The "It won’t make any difference oil the young ladies were graceful and win stage.” said Muriel with careless nil ning; their parts well prepared; tlielr kindness. enunciation clear and distinct. The .After this experimental tilt, ns no young gentlemen were less awkward further opposition was hazarded, the than usual under such circumstances. white dress rule was supposed to lie The pink dress was so modernized tiiat imperative. That evening 1 lolly Kemp It could not be called conspicuous; still tun came to me, her pretty face cloud I saw the consciousness of its vivid eil, her young arms loaded. roses stam|H*d on the flushed cheeks of Poor Holly! I divined her trouble be Its wearer when she stepped forward fore she voiced it. She was a delicate to read tier essay. little creature, studious and relined, yet It was a very unambitious effort, nut exactly |sqiular among Iter mates. simply a prose version of the story of She was poor, undisguisedly and nude Evangeline. Yet I saw with surprise niubly so. She lived with her widowed tliut Senator Borden, a scholar as well mother and an aged woman known as as politician, gave the short reading Aunt Marty, a queer, irresponsible old tlie most profound and marked atten body, who witli the slightest possible tion. claim had burdened them for years. After the exercises the eminent visit With pauperism staring her in the face ors held an informal reception, shak she had tied fur shelter to Mrs. Kemp ing bands with every one and good ton, who was herself ill straitened naturedly giving their autographs to circumstances. The connection be all |ietitloners. Dolly, however, took no tween them was of the slightest and purt in this bit of impromptu festivity, entailed neither legal nor moral nidi but, anxious tu divest herself of her gallon, yet she cared for the poor soul obnoxious finery, hurried nt once from kindly, so stretching her meager in the church. come that it covered Hi«' bare necessi When the crowd bad nearly dis ties of life for the three herself, her persed, Senator Borden surprised me daughter and their perennial guest. by asking, with au expression of real Knowing the circumstances. I could interest, tor the young lady iu pink. I well understand what a perplexing told him her name and volunteered the question graduating expenses must be information that she hail gone directly In that pinched household, but I was home. hardly prepared for the solution which "I am sorry,” said be. "I wanted to Dolly's big bundle contained. She meet her. Her face, her voice, her ges- opened it. spreading before my aston • tures. all seemed wonderfully famil ished eyes a garment quaintly beautl iar. I cannot place the resemblance, fill lu tint and texture, but grotesque but It moved me strangely. Her name In figure and design an ancient dress tells me nothiug. and yet her face, her of white silk tissue, gayly brocaded dress, some trick of voice or manner, with huge garlands of pink roses and took me back a half century. Ah!” green leaves The fabric itself was ex with a sudden start. *T have It now. quisitely tine and delicate, tile ground It was my sister she recalled. She work time yellowed Into the softest wore Just such a rosy gown the last ivory tlut; but. alas, the passing years time I ever saw her. I’oor Marty! Far-, bad wrought no such refining change don me. Miss Deacon, but do you know upon the overblown roses ami over anything of her family history? The grown leaves running riotously over resemblance may be purely accidental, the scant skirt and low Imdlce of this but it interests me.” Something of Ills Interest hud com Impossible gown. "Dear Miss Deacon,” said Dolly, with municated Itself to me. with bls volun a little nervous laugh that had in it a tary exclamation of "Foor Marty!” the hint of tears, “do you think that any girl who wore Just such a rosy gown circumstances or combination of cir tlie last time he ever saw her. "Mr. Borden," sniil I eagerly, “might cumstances could make it one's duty to wear that for a graduating dress?” It not have been the noticeable dress Instead of the girl's personality that I looked at her In astonishment. “Mother wants me to wear it.” she Impressed you? Forty years ago It lie- went on. “and Indeed I want to. after longed to Martha Faget: was, in fact, a fashion, yet. all the same, my soul her wedding gown.” abhors those ancient roses. You see. “Martha Paget!” cried lie. “That was it was Aunt Marty’s wedding gown my sister's name. She was older thnn and. In her eyes, as tine and valuable I and very beautiful, but she dimilieyed ns ever. Through all the shifts and my father. He never forgave her. uml changes of her most unhappy life site while be lived 1 never heard her mime has clung to this sole relic of happier mentioned. Since his death I have days. I fancy that after her husband's ■earched for her long and unavailing- death Ills people made much of her for ly." “I think your search is ended." said a time. Her father was wealthy, and there was always the chance of his re I. “and that you will And her living lenting. but as one by one her over with Mrs Kempton In this village." “Is it far from here? Would yot: tures were Ignored and her letters re turned unopened tills poMlbillty grew sliow me tlie way?" questioned he ea less and less until after the family gerly. and the next moment we were moved east It ceased altogether. She hurrying down the broad elm shaded was never strong or smart or capable, street. As we neared the Kempton cottage I and little by little every one’s patience gave way until even our home, with Its saw Mrs. Paget sitting on the tiny vlnr many privations, seemed a very haven wreathed piazza. Her soft white hall shone tn the sunlight, her pain dis of rest to her. This afternoon Mrs. Mason called torted hands lay Idly on her lap, her snd talked of nothing but "the uecea cotton gown and stiffly starched apron sary expenses of the coming occasion.’ were clean and speckles«, but her face, She left poor nuntie nearly frantic am sorrow seamed and time defaced, bore absolutely determined to throw her no trace of bloom or beauty. "And yet.” said my companion, seem self upon the town. She hail felt it hei duty ever since she became so helplesi lug to divine my thoughts. "It la Marty with rheumatism. Nothing but th« herself, the very Image of our mother fact that she had rather die than live as I saw her last.” He went swiftly with Mary Ann Biggs had kept het up the little graveled path, hta face with us for the last year. Toor oh growing visibly paler as he walked. Just in front of her he atopped. and ■null She would have a hard time will that rough woipan In that great barn for a moment's apace no word pasaed fill of paupers. We have made our between them. Then the woman arose, selves out perfect Vanderbilts to keej her worn face working, her failed eyes her quiet, but today she would not Is brightening, her bands appealingly ex pacified and. after nearly crying her tended. self sick, wrote to the selectmen. Be "Father," she cried, "father, forgive Renats' Renats“ she »sromeA kinging herself Mtn fhe mens iha, followed waa Ina sacred far st tan ger eyes tn t»<k upon and an 1 qirtetly wilhifres fo*' g ha« h tn mt »telayro Au' »*« That aftern«a»w I was “a , --»*-»nage’ In the rlllsge ttver end over again I tohl the eiort fairly reveling la tlie first bit of roman«» that had -»er *tlr red the inofrii«my of my qttlr' I’fa Ilf course there were a few III na turvd aoula all«» tier I «red that Mrs Kempton had known all along which aide her brenl waa butter««! on. Imt na this Idea iwemed to In* confined exclu sively to th'Hie who hail In-fore times pronounced her quixotic ami improv I dent It did not greatly affect public sentiment. Senator Borden made Immediate ar raugementa to retaove in« «later to bls own home; but «he, |««>r «oul. In ul>- Ject fear of her august sister lu lu m . clung to the dear second cousin who bad ho brlgiitem-d the years of her ad verslty. A compromise was at last effected. Mrs. Kempton selling her little home and removing to Anderson, where Mr. Borden lived and where the fiimmi« Anderson seminary was located. To attend this school had long In-en Doi- ly’s highest ambition, un ambition which a grateful brother’s llls-rality made It perfectly possible to gratify. In a few days the little ripple of ex citement that attended their departure died away, leaving in its place only a memory. I missed Dolly sadly, feeling sure that the duties and pleasures of her new life would soon blut out all inter est In her older and les« favored friends. I realized my mistake when, week« afterward, I received a letter from her which wrought tn my life a delightful change. “One of our teachers.” she wrote, “has resigned, and Senator Borden has secured the iioBition thus left vacant for you. He knows how you helped and encouraged me through the pink dress ordeal, and he is very glad of tills op portunity to show his appreciation of your good sense and kindness.” A day or two later this delightful news was officially confirmed, and I at once set alaiut my modest preparations for departure. Just before I left I called upon old Deacon Dudley and found him not only sympathetic but fairly Jubilant over my Improved pros pectr. “I gave you your first chance." said he, “aud I presume to say I helped you to your second one. 1 talked quite a spell with the senator when lie was here, and I gave you a first class ‘rec ommend.' ‘She is young.' said 1. ‘ami not great to look at, but she Is a mas ter haDd at flggerln'.' ” I thanked the old gentleman for bls doubtful compliment with becoming gratitude. Not for the world would 1 have pained his kindly heart by the knowledge that anything so frivolous as a pink frock had far more to do with my good fortune than his unique and well meant "recommend.” rtf’» tirwf MP*» th* «Hi n |>b» 1 <•• I •# «if «1 rvvenn« a I «1 A fi i «« n’fi .eflient 1 temen 1 <«• »»tili with « f i»m 1 »»!»•» «« < g i Rhv pl«rl ng re|«er»<»1rc •ml In om» I in* kwl run»« 1 lient avet i i»nw *•11 the n« me 1 Inn* th* |m rt of an ohi tn«n whenr ilanzbter the heroine. h««l tieen atwbieteU I was euppoSMl to lie blind, and my Strong acene waa In the third act. when I went out Into a snowstorm In search of my daughter She na» lying In a drift, and as I hub lib-i| aerosa the stag* I kept crying ‘Me che lid! W here la me rhe lid?' “Well. It was early in tt»> sea »on and the play waa the tirât attraction at that th««ater. The seelie painter« had been at Murk ami bail dropped several pulnt brushes, hammer« and other articles Into the sheet that held the anoMstortn. As the Htage hands iu the tlie« shook the «lieeta to make the snow come out a couple of hammers came dowu and Just mls««*il me by an Inch. 1 Mas blind and didn't dare to look up. I>ut when a monkey wrench Just grazed my temple I had presence of mind enough to yell: 'See yonder moon! The atortn 1« over!’ The stage bands took their cue and let up on me. and the audience never stoppisi to question how a blind man could see yonder misin.”—Phila delphia lteeord. About Volcanoes. Few persons have any Idea of the prodigious quantity of lava and hot ashes which a volcano in a state of eruption can vomit in a few hours. The matter which was discharged In ltitib from Mount Etna and which threatened to overwhelm Catania forms a mass the extent of which has been estimated as being not less than 1,000,- 000,000 cubic yards. From tlie immense crater of Kilauea, in Hawaii, there was vomited in 1840 during a single eruption a mass of lava equivalent to fifty times the volume of earth which It was necessary to remove In order to form the Suez canal. In 1N73 the Skuptar-.lokull, one of tlie most redoubtable volcanoes In Iceland, sent forth two rivers of tire, one of which ran along a valley for eighty miles, its depth along the entire dis tance being thirty yards. Finally, it is estimated that from the mass of stones and ashes which were discharged in 1883 from Krakatoa could be formed a mountain higher and wider than Mont Blanc. A b Old Time Remedy. In the ice chest of a Germantown residence there are always lying four or live big keys. This is because the nose of tlie little son of the house bleeds every few days, and nothing stops tlie hemorrhage like tlie dropping a large, cold key down tlie child's back, says tlie Philadelphia lteeord. He squirms and cries out before the shock, and then In a moment he is well, his nose stops bleeding. A physician said tiiat the cold key remedy for tlie hem orrhage of tlie nose was as old, he sup posed. as keys themselves are. “It is a very good remedy.” lie went on. "and its curative power Is due to the shock it VIRCHOW AND HIS WAYS. gives. But Isn’t it an odd thing to use— ■err Professor W m Blunt, bat He a cold key? Almost as odd, to my mind, Oaee Met Hla Match. as the candle with which some persons The late Professor Virchow was. In •allow their noses when they have a his owu country at leant, almost as cold. But the candle remedy does no famous for Ids excessive bluntness of good, so far as I can see, whereas the apeecli as for Ills very remarkable men key remedy is one of the liest in the tal attainments, «ays the Fhiladelphia business.” Press. Often he spoke ho unfeelingly to the students who sat under him In A Baseball Game. the lecture rooms that they have tieeii Four wide ones in the third and Ho- known to leave his classes and not re gan paraded! turn. According to Berlin traditions, Dooley tilted tlie pellet to the outer one of the professor’s favorite replies most port precinct for a hassock and to a wrong answer to one of hla ques Invested second citadel through Groo- tloua was: gin's insane heave. “Certainly not. Any cook Mould Jones’ agile mitt engulfed Smith’s know better than that.” towerer to loft garden, but failed to On the other hand, he seemed to ap ferry it in before Hogan's extremities preciate the spirit In some of hla stu soiled the rubber. dents which prompted them to answer Donovan jabbed a solitaire to left him back In very nRich Ills own tone. pasture, stabling Dooley, but met his Once when he was presiding In a very death purloining a bag. Huggins made old and faded suit of clothes be turned three frantic lunges at tlie leather, but suddenly upon a seemingly bashful Guff's saffron muff let him amble down man sitting near him and asked; tlie trail to tlie Initial roost. “Do your eyes tell you the truth? Duffy's steaming grasser to right What color Is tbls coat of mine?” meadow incinerated Guff's Angers. Without an Instant's hesitation the Doyle dunked safely to larboard, imt young man rose and said: “I presume Brown's swift return of the globule It waa once black. Now It Is any color contributed to Huggin's demise at the except white.” plate. Kansas City Independent. That student was passed. A The Man Who IttfH. For one Momau who dominates her husband In China there are doubtless nine of the approved oriental stripe of humility. Nevertheless Chinese humor ous literature abounds In references to henpecked husbands. Professor Her bert Allen Giles of the University of Cambridge told one of these stories: Ten henpecked husbands resolved to form a society to resist the lni|sHiitlon of their wives. The ten n-lves heard of the plan and while the meeting for or ganization was In progress entered the ruorn In a body. Nine of the rebellious husbands fled, but the tenth one re tained hla place, apparently unmoved by the unexpected visitation. The ten wives, after smiling con temptuously on the one man who re mained. went back to their homes, well content with the success of their raid. The nine husband« tbererpun re turned to their meeting. r««olve«l to make the heroic tenth man the presi dent of the society. When they entered the room, how ever. to Inform him of the honor. It waa found that he was dead. He bad died of fright. Teo Patriotic. Patrick had worked hard all his days, but his sons bad spent his money for him. and when he was too old for ac tive work be Mas offered tlie position of crossing tender at a small railroad station. He looked dubious as the duties of the office Mere explained to him and the meaning of the various flags was clearly stated. "In case of danger, with a train com ing. of course you wave the red flag.” said his friend, proceeding with his explanation. A hard old hand grasped his arm. "Man. dear. It'll never do.” said Tat rick, shaking bls bead solemnly. “I could never trust tnesllf to remlmber to wave a red flag whin there Maa u green wan bandy.” General Invitation. The old story of the man who saw on the rail of the organ gallery in a little western church a placard bear ing tlie words: “Don’t shoot the organ ist. He’s doing the best he can.” has lately been matched by another some what like it. A man recently returned from n min ing region where one Sunday he at tended a service in the only church for miles around. As he entered the strains of an organ, apparently in great dis tress, reached his ears, and when he was seated lie looked up to discover M’bo the player was. On the back of the parlor «irgan. which st'wsl on the platform, was a neatly lettered square of pasteboard which read, “Come up and try it your- ■elf!” Applicable. A Sunday school superintendent in talking to his pupils nlsmt cruelty to animals said: “Only a coward would abuse a creature that has no way of protecting itself. Why, children. I once knew a little boy who cut off a calf's tail! Think of it took a knife and cut the tail right off! Can any one tell me a verse in the Bible that would have taught this cruel boy that he should not have cut off the calf's tail? " After a moment’s silence a small I toy held up Ills hand and when asked to quote his verse ventured. “What God hath Joined together let no man put asunder.” h«»r<* n haw i«’ eaa «*f hhi h W n and rerr ofiiginn eptm •w« « f ■ hat !• •Aron 80*1 amiHinf in »* 'll it tm et*« dm | g «ni all H•nt «iti the lawn ami «at wiflHh i dri nhlnf lent imnilM ami 1 platina lhat thet were ba»« atti Jim mi waited • »ftlj up In the • hie of the <»wlr In arPled hl« m»»e •ent • thrmiah a e•»t* ventent «lit. «aya ««nr Diituh Animal«. Kye« an« ears fol Ion*sl and. Iiln»head «»ti«-e within at th«- Isick of tlie uti«il«pl* loll« rrvel'Ts, Jitu my ante one tlemeudoua «uwar of that kitol n bleb is luilf a auurt. Tlie 1stndlttI fell t>a>'k in every diroe lion, and the Itorne. withdrawing from Ho* lent, laualied silently to liiiu»elf he f<>re going Isick to his grass cropping Jimmy's favorite amusement 1« that of Nciitterilig u flock of sheep. When he 1« feeillng with them ill tlie pasture, he Milddenly stops eating and then dashes among them, aemllng them «euddlng over the lilllside. Then he stands watch ing them untij they again settle to tlielr iilldding and after a short lun< lieon of III« own re|H*ats the pleasing diversion. AltliiHigli thl« horse is the gentleat crea ture in Hie world. It pleases him ex ceedingly to frighten any one who lias shown timidity in Ills presence. Jimmy'« two mlatresae« harness him without trouble or danger, imt lie de lights in alarming one girl cousin who visit« at the house. Hulldry fidgeting« and nervous starts of her own were enough to show Jimmy of what man ner and temperament she was. and he 1« merciless in taking advantage of that knowledge. If she enters the sta ble where he stands accepting tlie har ness in the most d«M-ile manner, he opens Ills mouth, showing a wicked row of teeth, ami makes a feint of snap ping at her. She shrieks. Ills mis^*ss scolds and reasons with him. and Inm- my apparently Is then repentant. FACTS ABOUT FEET. The typical Irish foot Is flat, rather broad and not usually long. Tlie Frenchman's foot Is proverbially long, narrow and well proportioned. The Scotchman’s fis't Is high and thick, strong, muscular and capable of hard work. The Tartar’s foot is short and heavy, tlie fisit of a certain type of savage, and tlie toes are all the same length. The Englishman's foot is in most cases short mid rather fleshy and not as a rule as strong as proportionately it should be. Tlie Russian’s foot possesses at least one 'peculiarity which Is worth notic ing. The toes are generally "webbed" to tlie first joint. The Spaniard's foot Is generally small and. thanks to tlie Moorish Idissl which flows in the veins of most Span iards. elegantly curved. The lutest measurements zeem. to show that America is In the process of developing a race witli the smallest feet among all the civilized nations. Tlie Teutonic and .Scandinavian na tions appear to have the largest feet, Swedes, Norwegians and Germans standing lu tills respet at the head of tlie list. Tlie Arab's foot is famous for its high arch, whereby a true Arab may. indeed, always lie known, tlie Koran Haying tiiat a stream of water can run under the foot without touching it. Seemed to Have Got Out. A Chicago man on liis summer vaca tion went to a Wisconsin lake resort and one day became engaged in conver sation witli tlie proprietor. He com mented on the attractiveness of tlie surroundings and finally asked tlie ho tel keep«*r how many acres there were In the property. “About forty," replksl tlie proprietor. “I see there is another resort a short distance north of you. Who owns that?” "The Wldder Simmons." “You and she Join, do you not?" The landlord's sunburned face turned a shade or two redder. "We’re expecting to next October," he said, “but I didn’t think anylsidy'd found It out yet.” French CoiFre. Tlie delicious flavor which all travel ers In France discover in the coffee of that country Is got. It Is said, by the ndditlon of a little butter and sugar during the roasting process. To every three pounds of roasting berries a ta- bl«*sp<sinful «meh of butter and pow dered sugar is addeil. These In melting spread over the beans In a thin coat ing, which hold« the aroma and con tributes a caramel flavor that Is dell clous anil distinctive.—Harper’s Bazar A Modern Adonla. Lady—Your partner has fainted. I hear. How did that happen? Officer—It Is quite simple. I danced M’lth her three times In succession. The great happiness was ti«> much of a strain for her nerves. I am now tak ing my departure lest I should do any further damage.—From the German. Friday 1« l.ocky*. There Is luck in o«ld numbers. There Is double luck In two <«ld numbers. Friday Is the sixth day of the week. Six Is the double of three, which is not only an odd numlier, but one which proverbially possesses a charm. There fore Friday Is a doubly charmingly lucky day.—Boston Advertiser. The Rnsllah Style. Frank was learning to ride a horse and one day somelssly asked him if It’ bounced him very bard when the horse M’as trotting. “Oh. not” he ansu-ered. "I don’t bounce very hard. I stay up nearly all the time.”- Little Chronicle. --------------------------------------- Pn«»r Memory. nnii •RfHI I I W «trae 4R» m’fh I ToM'ne Rather absentminded. Isn't he? BroM'ne—Extremely so. Why. the Wui'l l^oklag For That Ran. Superintendent of the Railroad Com other night when he got home he k»ew- pany—So you want a job as fireman, there was something he Mantetl to do. but he couldn't remember Mliat it uas eh? until he had sat up over an hour trying Applicant—Yes, sir. Superintendent—I'll have to ask you to think. ToMne-And did he finally remember a few questions. How far la It to the It? north pole? Browne—Yea; be discovered that be Applicant—Gee whiz! If you’re go ing to put me on that line, I don't had wanted to go to lied early.—Fhlla- want the job.—ludianapolls News. delphla Fress. WMWnf At* A iMufl’h'In l.l'-tmsM were taken ent far l.’JUrl d..«s last yrar In Irrland the nnmmit pa'd Iwlng I«!»« US The emdefa tn Egypt la deerrotfinff 1 he lair«l «tatlstbs» ghe Tflfl aa the total number of case«. I'liero hate lex-ti U4i d«*atlis. Twenty itara ago the total bltuml ixkis coal output of the United Ktatva was about ."«i.iaMi.isai tuna a Jeur. wherosa now It la not far from !d0,- Uat.UIlt*. An order for 18.<»»» eight horse plows to lie ums I for breaking lip the virgin soil In Houtli Africa bus l>een received by the Farquhar Agricultural work« nt York. Fa. German manufacturer« of machinery have recently received orders for its) lia-omotiveg. repreHcutlng a value of tUJUU.tMM) marks, which will go to Siam, Italy. India and Denmark. A writer iu the Revue de Faris de clares that many Frenchmen hope tiiat some day Spain, the most fertile and moHt ill govermst of European coutr- tries, will become French soil. General Andre, the French minister of war, is seeking to improve the head gear of the French army. Tlie present headgear is considered to have con tributed in no small degree to the many recent cases of sunstroke. Among the most interesting features of southern Oklahoma are the remains of the grass bouses formerly built by the Wichita Indian«, who to a certain extent keep up their novel mode of architecture to the present day. The criminal court of Itodez, Avey- ron, France, lias Just put on record a decision against two newspapers and a doctor for calling one Lacombe a Freemason, "using tlie term in an In sulting and defamatory sense." In the average wages paid to employ ees the industry that stands highest among the large undertakings is that of smelting and refining, say« Muhin's Magazine. Here tlie average for tlm 24,500 worker« is $052 per worker. The report covering coffee mid tea Importations for the last fiscal year intensifies wliat was shown by tlie re port for the year before namely, tiiat we Americans are becoming the great coffee drinking nation of the world. Germany has a new university, Mun ster, iu Westphalia, which now lias the complete numlier of faculties. For many years Munster was called an “academy,” a» it liad only a double theological faculty, Catholic aud Frot- estant, aud a philosophical faculty. Tlie strult of Cause, between Cai>e Bretou and the mainland of Nova Sco tia, is to be bridged. The task is an immense one, involving great engi neering dltlieulties, and the outlay Is about $5,000,000. Tlie bridge will be a cantalever, with a spun of 1,800 feet, the longest in the world. While in New York Prince Henry saw and admired a keyless clock which was in course of manufacture. It was the first timepiece of its kiud. The prince ordered one, which he will present to his brother, the kaiser. It will ruu continuously for a year with out the change of battery. l’olice pensions In Chicago have been cut down 20 per cent in compliance with tlie law vrtiich provides that they shall be scaled if necessary to meet the condition of tlie fund. The pen sioned widows of |iolicemen arc much distressed over the cut, many of them having large families to support , Shad were very scarce in Connect! cut waters this summer, but appeared In large numbers in the Ohio river, n profitable cutch having been made within five miles of Cincinnati. Before 1870 Bhad were never caught in the Ohio river. The first one taken in that year was considered such a curiosity that it was sent to the Smithsonian in stitution. An English physician who has been making a study of diseases in Alaska reports that cerebro spinal meningitis Is very prevalent, scorbutus is wide- spread, rheumatism is frequent, pneu monia Is almost unknown, strange to say, and insanity is by no means rare. Ills re|iort indicates that a vigorous physique is required to resist the Alas kan climate. A research steamer belonging to the Norwegian government recently car ried on In the North sen some experi mental fishings which yielded impor tant results. In three days 117 halibut and 300 large cod were caught at a depth of 200 fathoms, thus proving the existence of large quantities of these fishes at a time of the year when they are not to be found on the coast of Norway. The Botanical Gazette states that tlie magazine known as “Contributions to the United States National Herba rium” has been transferreil from the department of agriculture to the Na tional museum, with an Increased ap propriation of Í7.R00, thus enabling the museum to hire an editorial assistant and an artist and to republish certain valuable numbers that have long been out of print. The skull of a prehistoric man was dug up on a farm near Lansing, Kan., some weeks ago under well defined strata of earth and rock. The scien tist« who have examined It are of the opinion that the man to whom It be longed llve«l during the glacial period, probably 35.000 years ago. If this is so, the "Lansing skull,” as It lias been named, furnishes the first tangible proof of the existence of prehistoric , man in America, though such remains have been fuund iu various places iu Europe. ________________ Range nt Vlalon. Standing on the highest mountain- say at n height of 26,008 feet, which is slightly over five miles above son level —on a clear day a man can see to a distance of 2<«) miles. To s«*e objects at n distance of 100 miles the observer must lie standing nt a height of 0.W7 feet aliove tlie level of the sen. The rule Is that the distance In miles at which an object on the earth's surface may tie seen Is equal to the square root of one and a half times the height of the observer in feet aliove sea level, allowance lieing made for the effect of atmospheric refraction. Oiiihdes and Brinhi's Disease. Interview 11h Itlwnrel Mhorl of the M«n Pran%l»«;o Cull. Mr Ftlward Short, counectml with th«* bus} n«»** d,-|*Brlu.» lU ot tbs Sau Frsucl»«-,* llxll interviewed: q —You are re|**>rl.-4 lo bain t*«eii curmt oi dlabete«» A —That 1« right M —Are you sure It was dlat*ete«t A —I was n*je«-tml tor iusurai«-«-, anil later fulling rapidly, <>ur physb-vaii lol.t uit* I bad dial*--)«« uud lo put my aflulrs in *-h»p, Q —Have more than one phv«U-iau! A — Yes I had another coutlriu 11. lie. Us* aald 1 could not five long I hail dropped from •Ml lo IX* pounds aud was very wean A Ueigh lair told un* of the t'ullou Compound Q How long did you hate to lulu* itf A —Al*.*ut a year helore 1 was perfectly well q —Did your physicians then lest for m ar* A llolh did. lirtlh reported normal Tiler were very greatly surprised at my recovery, fol they * 1 a*l mid mg diabetes was Im uraule Q —Know of auy other euresf A —S* veral 1 told my trleud. William Mur tin, air S I* conductor of A*ioekiou. alxnri it. He had diabetes, and was »Unit to give up tils israition w lieu 1 told liiin. He got tbosauie re sults 1 did. aud was well when killed a year or so later. Q.—Auy others? A.—I tohl William Huwklus of the Custom House aud Captain Hubbard of the Irarkentinu S N. Castio, upou hearing they had diabetes Both of them were cured I al-o tohl a neir'lt lior who hud dropsy, lu a mouth Itwusolliu luuted. I i nn t recollect ail I’ve tohl y —Kill it fall In any ea-t-f A.—Not one II Is a i*osllive cure in Bright’s Pls.-use and Diabetes. Go over and see Haw k ns and ho will tell you the same thing Medical works agree that Bright’« Disease and Diabetes are lucurable. Imt «7 per i-eut. are positively recover ug under the Fullon Com pounds .Common forms of klduey complaint offer tint short resistance,! Price. «1 tor tlie Bright’s Disease an I II 50 for the Diabetic Com|«>itnd. John J Fulton Co., t-yi Montgoni cry street, San h’rancisr-o. sole compounders, l-'reo tests made for patients. Desertpuru pamphlet mailed free. Save the Baby. The mortality among babies during thb three teething years is something frightful. The census of HHto shows that about one ill ••very seven succumbs. The cause is apparent. With baby's bones hardening, the fontanel (optring lu the nkull) closing up and its teeth forming, all these coming at once create a demand for bone material that nearly half the little systems are deficient in. The result Is I eevishness, weakness, sweating, fever, diar rhoea, brain troubles, convulsions, etc., that prove terribly fatal The deaths in I! hhi under three years were 304,988, to say nothing of the vast number outiftde the big cities that were not reported, and this in the United States alone. When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry out in sleep don't wait, and th«* need Is neither medicine nor narcotics. What the little system Is crying out for Is mote bone material. Hweetman's Teething Food sup plies it. It has saved the lives of thousands *»f babies. They begin to Imptow within forty-eight hours. Here is what physician^ think of it. 2984 Washington St.. San Francisco, Jun«* 2, 1902. Gentlemen—I am prescribing your food In the multitude of baby troubles du«* to Im peded dentition. A large percentage of in fantile Ills and fatalities are the Yesult of slow teething. Your fo<nl supplies what tlie deficient system deiuends. and I have bad surprising success with it. .n scores of cases tills diet, given with their regular food, lias not failed to check the infantile distresses, Several of the more serious eases would, I feel sure, have b«’»*n fatal without it. It can nit be tot- qui< kl\ br-.’Ught to the attention of tlie mothers of the country. It Is an ab solute necessity. L. C. MRXDEIi, M. I). Petaluma, Cab, September 1, 1902. Pear Sirs—1 have just tried the teething food In two cases and in both it was u su< - • ess. One was a very serious case, so erltl- cal that it was brought to me from another city for treatment. Fatal results were feared. In three days the baby ceased worrying ainl ■ •«•innienced eating ami Is now well. Its action in this ease was remarkable. I would ud- VlM you to put it In every ding st. n- n thin city. Yours, I. M PHOCTOR, M. IX Sweetman's Teething Food will carry baby safely and comfortably through the most <lan gcrous period of child life. It render« lane- ing of the gums unnecessary. It is the safest plan and n blessing to the baby to not wait for symptoms but to commence giving it the hurth or fifth month. Then all the teeth will come healthfully, without pain, dis tress or lancing. It Is an auxiliary to tlielr regular diet and easily taken. Price 50 cents (enough for six weeks), sent postpaid on re ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland Drug Co., Mills Building, San Francisco. Iler Complaint. Jane M-n« a patient in ofii* uf the large public hiixpitals. She boasted a cough M’hlch Mas more than suspis tisi to lie n "fake” cough rather than bronchial or pulmonary. The kindly young physician In charge of the ward alloM’eil her some harmless remedies. One day he «aid. to her: “Ah, Jane, I fear you are a bad case of hypochrondrla!" “Is that It. docther?" said Jane, much impressed. The next morning there »lie was again, asking for her little dose. "I’m very bad M’itli it tlie day. doc ther.” “With what?” asked the doctor. “Will what ye were mimin' for me yestiddy,” «In* replied. “It gave in,* lio peace at all last night.” An Item In llinlanil. lie M’as cnttlpg an item from a news paper. “It tells how a house M as robbed, and I want to show It to my wife,” lie ex plained. "What good will that do?” a friend Inquired. "A M’liole lot.” was the reply. "You see. this house was robbed while the man was at church with Ills wife." "Say!" exclaimed the friend excited ly. “you haven't got a dupli, ate copy of that paper, have you?"—Chicago Cost. Helpful llaMhand. Cicero Moke—I came to tole yo.’ ma'am, dat Lucy Brown, who done leabe yo' ylstiddy. aln' gwlne lib out no ino', 'kase she married me today. Mrs. Hanskeep Indeed! Well? Cicero Moke—Well. I t'ouglit mebbo yo' might let her do yo' wazliin’. I'm a ilrummln' up trade for her dis morn- In’. Philadelphia Press. One Live Mnn Wunteil. “Is your company for ‘Hamlet' com plete?” “Yea," answered Mr. Stormington Barnes. "All 1 want is a good, live young man for the glm«t.”— Washing ton Star. Taking the world ns n whole. 25 i « t cent die before they reach the age uf seventeen. Experience worries more men than It teaches. Chicago News.
