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SELF CONTROL. EVERY DAY UTILITY OF OF STOPPING. THE ART A Vlffernco In Street Car Drivers Tho Draonn'n Fulling Lecturer IVIio , Cotililn't Let Hit l'reldont Lincoln' ;' 3'nrtlnulur Gift. 'DIil you ever notice the cliiTercnco In tho "Way that different drivers 'skip tho horso cars O.io starta his lioios on n jump, gives jump himself ton void tho jar, tumbles nil lis paHiengura ha.T over toward tho rear end t tho car, mid n lien tho signnl to stop is jven ho gives tho brnko n sudden Jerk, whirls around to beo if his passenger Is off, ' whirls again while his human load is tumbled toward tho front of tho car, is off boforo thoy ' enmo to an equilibrium. Htojw ngalit in tho ecanw way, Jains 11 short gentleman's head into a liuiy's lioiiiiot, jams ladles' hats into gentlemen's faces, and, all in nil, keeps up u oontinuomRtraiu on jHxiplo's politeness; un-1 corks nn occ.tslonnl iinmnral invectivo; has fivcry com in tho car trod on; elegnntdrcsses lilnngcd into by the soiled hands of tumbling unfortunates, all for not knowing how to top. I John KxceJ it mv Ideal. When ho 6ees a lgnnl ho gently touches tho brake, draws in , Ilk horses, calculates to it nicety how much forco will bring his car (o it halt just at tho crowing. When a jwssengcr wishes to alight, John stops his car in tho saiuo lovel headed Xfay; rarely turns around; knows when tho mm is oif, by a deltcato senso of feeling; Ktnrts easy, ami tho car glides off with a pie-' xiic BinootlineAs. Noltody Is tumbled Into no body, and everybody h leally enjoying tho aide. When tho car is not o verf ul gentlemen xcail their papers, iitou their sjiectncles with -case, dineusstho iioivh, innko nlco bows to lady "friends; and, when they alight, aro never Humbled in tho street. All from having tho artof stopping. THE DEACON'S FAILI.Vd. Father D. was a pious old deacon in an "Ohio church. Ho was relied on by his pastor 'As a right hand man. Ho was anxious to do ."his duty,, and If called on to "testify" lit 'meeting had it not in eonscionco to refuse. "Bat, olusl ioor Deacon D., how ho should mtwpjio never knew. IIo tried to speak hia -cloning words, but every sentence, in spito of him, would eloso Itself with un "and" or with "but," This pledged him to another sen "tencc, which also fatally closed with another 'and." "Dear brother," I hear him patiently say, "1 mil nn unworthy disciple, and havo avthlng to say that Is worthy of your con fddunttion but. 15ut I know that I ought always to bo ready to testify of tho Lord's .goodliest! and. And now I will closo what I Jinvo to say and. And I lcg of you always 4o boimtiuit in season uud out of season, doing wiuu your hands llnd to do and. And, ms 1 was saying, I know my own imworlhi ttcta tosak of what tho Lord is doing in' Zlon but. Hut I don't want to stand in tho light of others who would do ihelr duty Kind." "And" nudsolho txior fellowsteped on tho trap every time, in splto of himself. .At last, perspiring und seared, tlio ands and iMits rolled into a confused ball of words, und Ithtt deacon fell kick exhausted. His test! nnny was a terrible "cross," not only to liltn lf, but to all tho "brethren mid sisters." When Uov. Dr. JI. was invited to lecture boforo tho lycuiim of A., ho begun at 8 o'clock. His lecture was from ono of those I topics that open at lmth ends. Ho lectured ffrom each end alternately; now n bit of Iheory, and then it bit of application. Ho lectured for ono hour. Tho audience was then somewhat overfull. They oro getting Mneasy. Ho lectured ono hour and it quarter, oind was just beginning to enjoy himself. "Tho audlunco lognn to bo murkcdly impa tient, Ono hour and a half 1 Two-thirds of tils mid. once left. Ono hour and tlireo.pmr tcrsl Ho evidently wanted to stop, but could not. get to un end. Tito audience that ro antifnvtl lroni respect to his character was ttjceadvilyjingry. Two hours I Tho affair tjrow ludicrous. I'ooplo 1 lad In each other's lares mid laughed. Akih1:i them that ho must hoc detain them an, 'onger, tho doctor broke olP his thread. All tor lack of tho ait Estopping. I THE OUT OF LINCOLN. j In politics the art of stopping Is pro-eml-ttent. It wiw tho pariicular gift of Lincoln, i How terribly impatient wo nil got with hint AkttAir tho battle of lit;.! Html lhitwusho over driven by clamor to ono hasty stopf . "What terrible burden that ninu boro for ! tliaso mouths when Clmso said, "If ho Uvea ho will wreck ua," and honest men wished would die. It Is it wonder ho did not die. X.irreolu had tho marvelous jniworto lead,' 1it nover to bo inoro than ono step ahead of tho jwoplo, Henry Clay had somewhat of , "this popular leadership, und so did Wulistcr; ! but neither of them could Ihi sure to stop i lxth lost t'.ie pivsidency for that reason, j Douglas had tho art, but ho committed him wutf to ono gre.nt error, and could nover bo ' allowed to stop. It is tho doom of a political I "blunder that it leads on uud on to crictunl complications. Hut you cannot reud tho life of Lincoln, and not luliulro his art of self control, i I mti peculiarly pleased with tho training ' wo nro gutt: f j ill thoso days by sclonco in tho nitof stopping, If you study tho llfoof Dar- . win you will ndiulro nothing so much as his I stopping short of mere sinxiulittiou. I do not thin): ho has been found over to havo gone ono step beyond tho direct und positive war-, .rant of data. You may. Imngino what tho I 'evolution idea luirn into some brains would j feuvo led to. Indeed, wo havo scon soino very -eminent men compelled to luick out of soino ' vwy ludicrous places, liecuuso they did not "fctop in time. Keieutillo training is having a wonderful inllueueo hi coiuH)lling us to test , tuw pi-ovo iw wo go,--"li 1 I'," in (Jlobo ODoinocraU "Iliuiiiner" I Not Klnui;. Even students of language may bo sur prised to hour that tho woixl "bummer" ia not only not tlang, but it in not even an Americanism, being found in tho "English Jlarket l)y-I!tws" of 200 yours ugo, nnd tip pears in soveral advertisements in Tho Lou iloa Publlck Intelligencer of thr year 1CC0 xiuder tho form bummnroe. It originally viBKUit u man who retail lUh by peddling .ouUldoot the it'gulur market. TIiom) per--sous lwlng looked down upon and regarded us cheats by tho ostubli.-thod dealers, tho niiuio bee.imo ono of contempt for it dishonest per qu of Irregular hablU. Tho word tint ap !ttarod in the Uultod States during tho '50s In 'California and traveled eastwurd, until dur ing tho civil war it cuiiiointo general use, Oil cago Kows, Icelander (luliii; to Manitoba. Tho total imputation of Iceluud nppoani to bo VUtratUmod. Afcchemo has been bet all out in Manitoba to transport 75,000 Icebuder ttil) rtiiMlulng In their native country, togcthci with their lloek and lierdi Th would Ui -M oiixlu coinpltto an wit that of tha tdldnmof Inrucl trout l.'gypU Thero liiu iImmh a ttwtdy Hovr of IivJaiullo vinlcrutioii itoCftuaik for tlw ht4 HfUu yuuw, yit tli tfwMilUo to wld tobu Mill tooUrcefortlw jMMMU-ctm ot iUu Uktinh HuvltuI Hiaii Uhliitf tnwm mM by loelAiidory uru alnud ABOUT CUTTING HAIR. AVIint Say tlin Ilarbers Yln Tiillf of the : Cam of tlio lliilr nn Men's Iffuils. , "YoitW better havo j'our hair trimmed, sir." I So raid tho barber in tho shop nt' Church und Cortlandt Hlrects. "Why?" ho VB3 asked. "I had it cut only n vc"k njxo." j "Yes, but 1 tfo it is' very thin on top," Biiid the harbor, "and I think that itj fihonld bo cut very frequently in order to save it." On tho next afternoon tho barber in the Park Avenuo hotel was making hid hist excursion with it razor over tho samo man'n face. j "You nro getting bald," eaid he. ! "Now, what a gigantic mystery it is ; this subject of tho hair. I am bald; you nro getting bald. Neither of us would try to Bftvo it thoupand dollars if that would have kept us n full head of hair, but neither money nor skill nor wisdom will savo any mnn a singlo hair of hia head. For my part, tho only knowledgo , 1 have, after being in tho barber busi ness twenty years, is purely negative. I think that if you don't havo your hair cut it will not fall out." ' "What? Never havo it cut?" ' "Stop a minute. Did you ever boo a bald headed woman? You never did. Well, such a thing ns a bald headed woman exists, but they aro very rare. Now, why aro women practically nover bald, and why aro men growing bald in greater numbers every year? ou na turally reply or you would if you had thought about it ns much ns 1 that tho reason lies in tho hats women wear. Their hats amount to nothing. Tho average bonnet does not weigh two ounces. Their hats aro open, nnd there is more or less ventilation under and ' through them, whereas men's hats aro heavy boxes that inclose and weigh down and stifle tho hair." "I nover thought of that." . "Well, that amounts to nothing," said tho barber. "It sounds important, but whatever wo say in favor of women's hats is offset by tho fact that they wear them twico as many hours at a timo as men wear theirs. Women often put n hat on in tho morning and don't rcmovo it till dinner: they wear their bonnets in church, at tho theatre, during their calls, everywhere and all tho time. Tho im portant difference between tho sexes is, after all, that boys and men have their hair cut and girls and women don't. A little girl's hair is nursed after she passes early childhood. "Some fathers who aro obliged to keei) their families in tho hot city insist that their babies' hair shall bo cut, and tho mothers yield in tho cases of tho girls with great reluctance, but after tho little girls aro ( or fi years old tho women fight to have their hair uncut thenceforward, and such is tho rule with most girls. After thinking it all over for twenty years I am of tho opinion that haircutting produces baldness. "See, continued tho barber, "what wonderful heads of hair tho Indians have. How thick it is. How splendid aro tho braids they wear down their backs. It is so with nil savages all havo plenty of hair, and none ever cut it. Tho white men who live in wild countiics or on our border exemplify tho snmo thing. They wear their hair down on their shoulders, and it is thick and luxuriant, but it has not been cut in nil tho time thoy havo lived tho lifo of tho rudo peoplo around them. My calm decision is that if you want to escape baldness you must keep tho scissors nway from your head. No medicine will remedy baldness. To find a physio that will do so is tho surest road to a giant fortune, and men havo been ex perimenting for inoro than a century without Huding a remedy." Now York Bun. ICimII.v S:itlllel. "Sir," said a lean and hungry looking person who hud by somo means passed all tho obstacles to admission to tho office of tho manager of onu of tho great press associations, "I wish to present you with a confidence." Tho manager looked nt him curiously. "I havo the most gigantic scheme," went on tho visitor, "that you" "Nover mind," said tho manager, "don't bother me." "But, sir," persisted tho Btranger, "you mistake mo seriously. This is some thing that will make your fortune and initio." "I am already rich beyond tho dream of avarice," replied the manager, think ing of his debts. MII-in!" sighed tho visitor. Ho bright ened up presently and said, "Well, then, may 1 bo permitted to make a sugges tion?" "Yes," Baid tho manager. "I would suggest," said tho old tramp, "that you lend mo ten cents," aud thu manager did. Now York Tunes. Vlrcll mill the ".i:ulil." A corresiKindent asks, la tho story that Virgil ou his deathbed attempted to burn the "liueid" a myth, or is it u fact? The Btory has been regarded us troth. ThoMiHneid" was. not his favorite poem, although it is thu one which constitutes his claim to tho reiuombranco of ios terity. Ho liked tho "Oeorgica" best. It is said that the "Eucid" cost him eleven years of labor, and that ho in tended to devote three yearn more to polishing it aud bringing it nearer to hia ideal of what an epio poem ought to be. Before he could give much time to the latter task, however, he died, and in hia ; ' t last moments lie tried to secure tho book ami destroy it. It was kept out of hia reach, though, and subfquently given to tho world as it was originally written. SU Louis Globe-Democrat. (llvu 'Km tlio Uo!, Ail English naturalist who has been out tu see the whale in his native jvtstuivti uitlmatcd that a full grown whale, driving ahead at full speed, could break down any breakwater ever built, uud that tho oweop of hU lower jaw in "l""! to the foivo of n thirty honw power tiigiuu working at full kjkhjiL If you moot a whale while out In your ranw BVu lilui thu roud.-DotroU Fas IVw A NEW MEXICO PICTURE. PICTURESttUE SCENE OF A SOUTHERN AT A STOP TRAIN. II cur n I'rtinom lliillwtiy Slat Ion In tlio ISontliWL'Ht f.ooUH A I'Ihc-u Where a I Queer Mixture of Iltiuinnltr 2Iuy i; Dally Seen A I'.isttnt; Olanre. Ono of tho famous eating houses of tho Atchison road is situated at Wallace, where the train going south stops late in the afternoon. As the cars draw up at tho station the long platform is thronged with tho people of thocountry, of diverge races. Rongh miners in flannel and heavy boots stand watching tho train: cowboys, bet off by sombreros and spurs, swagger about the platform, and Spanish-Americans, with swarthy faces nnd gleaming black eyes, loungo against the railings, looking impassively on the Ecenc. Most picturesque of all there gathered aro tho descendants of the tribes akin to tho Toltecs and Aztecs, thoso migrating people, whoso first home was in the northwest before they went south to colonize tho valleys of tho Mex ican plateau tho Pueblo Indians from Santo Domingo and Han Filipo, Thoy aro quaintly clad in their charac teristic garb of leggins and tunic, with 1 a blanket dress for tho women, andsomo t times for tho men a gaudy blanket wrap ped about tho body. Some aro awaiting tho train on tho station plaftonn, and others, belated, aro seen running toward tho cars, bearing on their heads aud backs tho things they havo to trade. Thoy exhibit agreat variety of pottery, in tho shape of vessels of divers sizes, form and patterns of decoration, and many earthen idols of infinite ugliness. They offer for salo pieces of what thu New Mexican curiosity dealers call smoky topaz, which in reality is obsidian or volcanic gkiss, tho material used by tho ancieni Aztecs for cutting purposes, from Rwords down to razors. MANY KATIO'.'AUTIia. About tho train is a characteristic col lection of passengers. Tliero aro tour ists, European ami American commer cial travelers, young men from tho east going to tho pouthwest to try their fort unes, and perhaps in tho rear cars some families of emigrants. Representing the territory are merchants, miners and cat tlemen of American and Spanish-American descent, while opposite tho blondo eastern lady, in her dainty traveling habit, may sit a dark eyed olive tinted beauty witli tho blood of Aragon or Cas-: tilo in her veins, aud perhaps a darker aud not unbecoming tinge from Indian ancestry. Traveling theatrical com panies, armyolllcers and private soldiers on leave or on duty, and Indian delega tions going on or returning from a visit to tho great father at Washington, are current types in a southwest passeuger train. Almost without exception tho passen gers aro aifablo and disposed to conver sation. Stiffness and reserve among fel low passengers by stage or by rail vanish west of tho hundredth meridian. There is an excellent dinner, plentiful and well served, at tho pleasant and i roomy railroad restaurant, with so much timo allowed for tho stay that the traveler, after his ample and leisurely meal, is able to walk about in this bar barously brilliant scene and make bar gains with tho brown and worldly wise sons and daughters of tho country for such of their wares as ho fancies. The Pueblo Indians hasten toward any one whoso oyo they may catch, hold up their goods, and address him in a lauguagu mainly aboriginal, with perhaps a few Spanish and American words iuter mingled, but tho only part of tho dis course really understood on either sido U tho extemporized sign language. Thoy ask several prices, expecting tu bo beaten down to a fair rate, and they seldom will lot tho possible customer get away without consummating a trade, j Demure, swarthy Pueblo children look on tho transactions of their elders with n g great interest, tho larger girls helping their mothers by carrying the very ' young children in a couch made by tho matter-of-fact officer. But tho pur slinging a shawl about their neelts. chaser will no doubt bo able to prove his ijjdiah pottkhy. honesty of purjioso in importing tho nr Tho Indian pottery is the ware most ' ticlo. This jHitticoat, which actually sold purchased by the passengors. It is for tho sum named abovo, is but an ox quaint of pattern, and in its way much ' aggorated oxample of those now worn of it is really beautiful. The material by women of wealth and fashion. Chi- ot which it is made is a wmte or grayish tmieu clay, which the mon bring to the women, who are the pottery makers. The In'dians guard jealously tho secret of the places whero aro found tho earth that makes tho choicest kinds. The hunter, prospector or railroad explorer coining suddenly upon these natives en gaged in digging clay for tho purpose is likoly to ronieniber tho terror and con sternation which thoy exhibit, Tho molded pottery is buried in dry sheep's dung, which ia fired, and thus it is baked. The material used in making tho striped designs is a decoction from a certain green root which the Indians call wake. It is painted upon the ves sels, aud in tho baking it turns black. The best pottery is mndo by the Acoma, Zuni aud Cochiti Indians. A gong clanks at the station, and thoso passengers who have not already returned to tho ears discontinue their promenade or hastily conclude their bargains. The conductor's cry rings out, "All aboardl" and the laggards enter the c"j l,ut ovu" ,us 1,10 train inovt slowly iT flirt IlilLiJitltrntM t. tt1ril blDr olY tho passengers aro still makiug last bargains from the car platforms aud through tho wiudowa with tho aborig ines, who at tho fast approaching dis- heini-barbtrio, party coloretl iuwemhlai; U left behind, and the pa.-isenj.'oi'H have turned from the btrango and etTikin licene to gate nt the panorama of the river and the Indian village ugainst a inoiuitalii baeligrouud on the right, as the train apeedij houthwurd down the sandy valley of the Uio Grande toward Albuquil0,.-lIttrp5, WeoUy, ppe. rauco o . iiioir iiulo ,u m ,n, m,ar, thm u h , rf , , , lieveci ana permanently cured. are disposed at tho last moment to cU.se twenty btoue, and U still growing very bargains at almost any price. 1 he train M sho fa wlhbIai i f Tiiia Tratta I gathers headway, the last Indian vender dau ' aml a lmt and rXSJ RJ. Sen ia passou ami soon uio piauonu wuu iw ,,, n;i....i .,..... t .i. iw, IYV V " J An Kxlleil JUmhui Oram! Uahe. A, good many society peoplo who at tended the grand ball at the Gait house, given in honor of the Russian Grand Duke Alexis, will be interested in the news from St, Petersburg that that hand some prince has been disgraced and ex iled to Siberia. Alexis lias been con ducting a 'Mlirlation"bo open and shame less with tho Countess Zenaido do Beau liarnais. wife of the Duke do Leuchten berg, that he has been deprived of his oflice of lord high admiral of the fleet and shorn'of his other honors nnd exiled besides at least tho dispatch says so, though it looks incredible. Tho lpvely countess has been given permission to leave the empire for an indefinite period. When Alexis visited this country ho was thu recipient of a constant round of social attentions. He was in Louisville in 1871', 1 Think, nnd the ball given in his honor was one of the most brilliant in tho history of tho city. Tho belles of Kentucky vied with each other in their efforts to secure tlio favor of this scion of royalty. Alexis made a good impres sion while in this country, and seemed to be very much of a gentleman, even if he was a descendant of an effete monarchy. A poor lady living in Henry county went insane on tho subject of the prince's visit to Louisville, and imagined herself en gaged to him. Her friends could nover up to tho day of her death relievo her of tlio hallucination that she was tho prom ised brido of Alexis. She would fre quently come to Louisville to look for him aud prcparo for tho wedding. Sho went by tho namo of "tho Princess Lu l cinda." end was of a good family. i Louisville Post. A Jumlio Anions Chimney. Tho tall chimneys erected by the liar-, graves and Globe yarn mills now bid fair to bo eclipsed by one being erected at tho Fall River Iron Works company's mill. The experts on tho heights of chimneys say that it will bo tho second highest in this country. Instead of hoisting tho brick nnd mor tar on tho outside, as is commonly done, an elovator is being built to run up the interior of tho chimney. It is to bo run by a hoisting engine by means of a wiro cable. As the work progresses the guides for tho elevator will be erected inside, ' an th0 overhead work moved upward. Thero will bo' 1,500.000 bricks used, and tho total cost will not bo far from 510,000. The work on tho foundation is com pleted. It contains 2.000 tons of Fall River grauite. held together with 700j barrels of Portland cement. Tho bot"S tout stone is 8 feet below tido water and tho top ono is 8 feet above. Tho total height of tho chimney abovo tho level of tho ground will bo 340 feet. Tho pressure on tho foundation stones will bo two and a half tons per square foot. At thu baso tho stack will bo square, but about CO feet from tho ground the cor ners will bo sloped away, and the wholo affair will rise in circular form into tho air, and in general outline will seem like a gigantic baseball bat. Away up in the air the chimney will bo crowned by a terra cotta cap, each section of which will bo G feet thick. Other dimensions aro: Diameter at base. 30 feet; diameter at head, 21 feet: diameter at smallest part, 15 feet 1 inches. Tho fluo will bo 11 feet in diameter. Fall River Globe. A Costly I'ettlroat. There aro two ovent3. apart from tho exposition, about which all Paris is gos siping. Even tho thousands of visitors know of and nro interested in ono of theso which promises to be moro than a nino days' wonder. This is tho purchase of a petticoat, a bona fide petticoat, which was an indescribablo combination of Bilk, flowers and lace, and for which was paid tho fabulous sum of 15,000 francs. Rumor has it that it was pur chased by an American Croesus, und Frenchmen are congratulating them selves that their countrywomen, how over eccentric, nover tempted them to commit such a pieco of extravagance. Tho Croesus may havo somo trouble with tho customs on his arrival in America, as tho flowers and laco aro nut on this now celebrated petticoat sion that a suspicion of i now celebrated petticoat in such nrofu- sion that a suspicion of smuggling may involuntarily find room in tho mind of cago Ilorald. Tlio Sliuli'it fircraui Drefts. His costumes havo been something ab solutely gorgeous. Tho gold belt around his waist is fastened with tho big gest emerald in the world. Ho wears, 'breastpins of enormous diamouds, be sides which ho has a tremendous aigrette j of brilliants in Ids hat and strings of pro j cious stones scattered all over him. A man who understands such things saw him at the opera ami said that he would bo very glad to buy him as ho 6tood for $1,000,000 and return him next day un harmed minus his clothes. His majesty j wears, among other ornaments, tho ( Bash of the Order of the Garter, to tho j center of which ho has fastened his enor mous di;tiKT) called the Sea of Light. Tho man who had valued his majesty at $1,000,000 did not notice this nf first, hut when ho did he admitted that ho was willing to increase his prico consider ably, Loudon Cable, A Couuck UlnuU'u. The Bcnsatiou of Ilcrliii is just now a young Cossack giantess, who is being ex hibited at the Kpular "Passage Panop ticuui." Tho girl, who is 1 1 yearn old. U Kicks, wliK h i imsibta of a red skirt, blue jacket, long apron, embroidered in gold, und necklaccti of many colon, she cap tures everybody's heart. Hut tinroehe U Btill chlt'lly interested In her dolU and toys, she cannot be said to return tho boiitlmenU of her admirers, rH UaU Uazette. I Keinotin Tor n Divorce. The Druses sometimes divorce theii wives for apparently tho most trivial causes. Thus a mau named Soleiman Attala bad a wife, Lsbakyeh. The woman frequently worked for as, and on several occasions I had to complain that she talked too much and worked toolmle. At length I was obliged to tell Soleiman that, owing to his wife's ladness, I could employ her no longer. Shortly afterward I went to England. On my return after a couple of months' absence I was surprised to find that Soleiman had divorced Isbakyeh, and had already married another woman. On inquiring from him tho cause of this ho replied, "Your honor told me that you wonjd not employ my wifo Kgain, so I thought I would get rid of her and marry another woman whom you would employ." Blackwood's Magazine. Sir ltoyle's "Hull." Sergt. Arabin had a facility of mak ing "bulls" which would havo done credit to Sir Boylo Roche. Hero is one of them: "Prisoner at the bar, if ever there was a clearer case than this of a man robbing his master, this case is that case." "It is in my power," ho said to another delinquent, "to subject you to transportation for a period very consid erably beyond tho term of your natural life, but tho court, in its mercy, will not go so far as it lawfully might go." His happiest effort was perhaps tho offer to give another prisoner "a chance of re deeming a character which Ho Had irre trievably lost." San Francisco Argo naut Keeping It Coin;;. The attention of tho passengers in a southern smoking car was riveted on a strangely liebavcd negro. IIo rocked himself from side to sido without ceas ing. "What's tho matter with you?" asked a traveler who was in tho car. "Does you know Dan McGary?" in quired tho negro. "Yes." "Well. sah. ho sold me a silver watch for $20," added tho negro, still swaying from sido to side, "an' ef 1 stops movin' clis here way do watch don't go nc moah." New Orleans Picayune. AlKillier MUruiniiliition. Principal (lo bookkeeper) During the last few weeks you havo made so many miscalculations that I must Aak you tu be moro careful in tho future. Bookkeeper I hope you will try and overlook my miscalculations, as 1 am so deeply in love with your daughter that half the time 1 don't know what I'm doing. May I hope?" "There, you see, you make another miscalculation while I'm talking to you." German Fun. An IinuiiMisH Clube. The immense globe for the Paris exhi bition represents tho earth on the scalo of one millionth, and is nearly one hun dred feet in diameter. Details aro given true proportions. Pari occupying about a third of an inch. All the great lines of communication by laud and sea ars shown in detail. The earth's daily rota tion may 1k precisely imitated by clock work, a point on tho globe's equator moving an eightieth of an inch per sec ond. New York Homo Johrual. Ho (sentimentally) How shall I ever leave thee, love? She (practically) Well, If you go now you may get out of the door, lint 1 hear father coining and if 3'ou don't go now you may go out ut tho ' window. Lawrence American. Grapes were first cultivated about 1276, and previously to tho reign of Edward VI were brought in largo quantities from Flanders to England. The vino was in troduced into lOngland in 1W2. Too large the old-fashioned pill. Too reckless in its way of doing business, too. It cleans you out, but it uses you up, and your outraged system rises up against it. Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Pellets have a better way. They do just what is needed no more. Nothing can be more thorough nothing is as mild and gentle. They're the smallest, cheapest, the easiest to take. One tiny, sutrar- coated granule s ative three to thartic. Sick k Vr a gentle lax four are ca Headache. Constipation, Indigestion, Bil ious Attacks, and all derange ments of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are Dromntlv rts Tlis Best ? Waterproof coat I In tho world. .'. 1 WANTED Thu.ldr'oUt)ohlimWh(. SOLDIERS' JftSTii itj i'-ife! POMESTEAOS n"" Uuilui. ihu. ivU WnulK'U thu j t JKKI WEST, lO THE FAIt On steimbnntp. rarjHud eunv t oachc., ItoMcl tor's Stomach Hitters Is earrinl fs tile moot Im portant Item In the iBaferia tnedlca nt the Irsv i.ltnr public. It ileprnes vltUtcd. tirHcklt.li jrfttfr of it hurtill properties ami exe.-riblc flavor, countcmct the pe'nlcliu etfe ti upon he fcUiniKch ol Lad or ludientlblc ford, rcHic lies rramtis. h unburn and wiDd uron tlio ttom eh. ItlJRlino defense npHlntt mHliuinl liMHiler, nullities tho etleeta ot excerfve lient, 'old uud dniup, relieve" Mck hendt.che, and in m 'n t'tr.i'Brs'le cii'e for conlNenesi and Ml-fiu-n ike fatigue of travel often le!l most J,H.ttourflv upon lnvalt' b aud couvHWgcenta, jcfosionally to such an exiput ns to Jeojvirdtee .ife. I'erii jn In fecDle health, npprcuen lve nt iad ofTocM flora travel, will, if provlil d witti rie Hit''s, be lar lesi likely to hare their fer ealntd. 1 The world would bo mueli letter than It in If men would live up to their obituaries Call the sale of an inferior article con-.-tantlv increase for 2J years? Dobbins' Electric Soap has been on the market ever dnce 18!j, and is to-day as ever, thr !cl ami urr.t family soap made. Try it. Your grocer will get it itwlpreeilv. " Votir imek h.iir in romliiK lo ii." 'Thiinkb; your (rent teeth lire drop ping out." For cough?, asthma and throat disorders ii' "Hroiru' Ilionehial Troches." 2."t cents a box. tiurTOitis a-vii tilks ouuku. Wo f'ltively cure rupture and all rcetal dis uses vItho'U pain or detention from 'milnoKs ?o eure, no par: and uo pay until cured. Ad- lreis for pniupmct lit, rnrterfleia lurket street. cSnn Frauclseo. When nn ass kicks nt you he dnen ri beciiuac he recognizes thut you are unlike hhn. Try Oekmkv for breakfast. T7se KtiamolincPtovo Polish: nodusf: nostnrll. DO T. Don't cheat, yourself out of a good kmoke by taking a poor imi ta tion for the genuine Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco, Best in the World! Get tie Genuine! Sold Everywhere! HUNTER S EQUIPMENTS ".M I OldO r;st;i;n Ini rude. Bend for Gitalcicue. ftKO. . . Bilitnl K, 52.1 Kearny Ht. , Ba i Francisco, Bw. pi TAKE IT PruMDER'S. ri Oregon Blood Purifier; KIDNEY OLIVER DISEASES. DYSPEPSIA. .PIMPLES. BLOTCHES ANOSKIH DISEASES.. JSEADACHE,'- C0STIVENESS. S5 to S25l AY EASILY MADK BY rarker.s hmvilaitr our new book: ent'rol v now Kiihlwt. I5cni-e. body wf iit it; you wmit it; why? ilersuso it will positively make you more momy tlmn any other business So experience or capital necen farv. Full piirtlculaM ami llluMra'eit ulrctiNre free. It will tmy ou to investigate. Do not uilvt this chance. This advertisemeut will not nnpeor in Ihlt paper aKaln. Kxclusivc territory k'lven. Mention thU vapor. Addr Pacific Pub lishing Co., Third iinit Oak streets Portland, Of. J. McCRAKEN & CO., DEALERS IN Roche Harbor Lime. Portland Cement. Col den Gate and Utah Platter, Hair. Fire Brick and Fire Clay. LAND PLASTER. 60 North Front Street, Cor. D, lOKTI.ANI, on. "THE SPECIFIC A NO. I. M iciires all nn nut u rat disch arr-ei of men , V fi 1 1 MP"" tnauwur how lone xtundiiiir. l'rr I UUliUlvt'"ls "trlciiire. 1' lKnif ari Internal remedy, i nros when nvurytblnc elw luwiuiii-u. i-rire.93.UM. uircuuron I application. Holdby DmegUtsoritent on rtc Ipt of price by The A. Bchoen llieit Medici no IV , hnn Jose, C'al. OREGON HOMESTEAD CO., S the finest property In Kast l'ortland-llawtliorue'ii l lrt Addition; low.SOxlW. Prices, MJOtoHMt-itdi. Parties who desire to examine this property will llnd our asent and team ready any time at tlio of fice, free of expense. Wo oiler luu ten ucru traWu of the Hawthorne estate at lllllnimrr, vu.i,.nr.n SI SERF CITSI W Wills II 0L x 7hfn 1 ey care I do not mean merely ta rtop Ihan 'Jl" fALUNO BlCKNIIlfifcii.tndr. I "mnt niy rvmnily to cure tha wort cuT IJswiom of irrlnlll.l.UrBmed. tiin Kiprmaiid l'o.tOffi U. U. KOOT, ai, O.. 1Jj3 i'cur 1 SU tiew Vu ruun.eiH to iuui.ii. .iu,ji. n,rouiili- ACROSS T1IK FRAZER AXLE GREASE i 5 w ;i i .t ' , .: 1 ' iTiiuim. one Hour s ni e ny f'i ..'mT. t,n"" "") ' 1M IXT acn-. We have .10 ilv-aere fivrms near Port Angeles, Waah.; M .r acre. r!nd for our llulletln No. 3. h'J I CI I i V Lf AU.1HO KAUHO0UI o 13 HOP, SCOTT ACADEMY. 111 , , 1 "'HHleil IH70, A I rr-wmt r and Prluiary r '0 ' '"""i "'" -niniri ii id m,. Arwlvuiiv I V";" Ijwsdu!' -..urulllll i,Lu.,,.J'.' I"'1 1 si-muil mil l fiifiriiiatiun nldrt.M j W Till I M l IMm.jul, , pj,',,' 0r.