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Wheeling district, came <u '« mu marked: “ Major, have you converted your of fice Into a rendezvous for Democrats?” Whereupon Major McDowell unswer* cd: “When I find a Democrat who can read, I am so delighted that I am glad to give him the run of the premises!” T eat show on earth. Ain t you tit . r w v pnugh?* “ *No/ I answered; *1 am Mr. Chaun- eey M. Depew of Poekskill, N. Y.r ” And with that the senator Joined In the shout of laughter which followed. His Enemies Avenged. One of the features of the capltol Is the large hall back of the s h a k e r’» President Pendleton and Horace Gree stand, denominated “the speaker’s lob ley. by.” L’pou its lofty walls hang life Major McDowell’» mot reminded me size portraits of all the speakers, be ! of a passage of arms between Horace ginning with Frederick Muhlenberg of Incident of Grover Cleveland's First Greeley ami Dr. William K. Pendletou, Pennsylvania. I think visitors to the Presidential Campaign— Senator Gor i who was for many yearn president of 1 capltol on pleasure and sightseeing T h e K in d Y ou H ave A iw a y i BougTit, aud Wiiicli li.i* Itccii I Bethany college. West Virginia. He man’s Summary Disposal of an Ad lit uso for over 3 0 years, has» bovno ilio sfjrr.atrm; o f bent spend more time gazing at the . tame of the old Virginia Pendleton dress to the Public— Starting a Row and lias becu made under bis per- I>ortraits in the speaker’s lobby than in i lau.ily, which has given so many sol- ! In Kentucky — Major McDowell’s examining the statues I 11 Statuary hall. Honnl supervision s in c e » I t s infancy. j diers and statesmen to the republic. Mr. Reed’s portrait, In oil, seems to Joke— GreeJey'e Passage at Arms A llo w no one to deceive you in .Id* He was an accomplished orator, schol attract them more than any other, per- With a College President. A ll Coimlorfcits, Imitations and M Jnst-ns-j-ood” .iru bi ar and gentleman. During recoustrue- hajw because more people are familiar Experiments tbnt triilo w ith and omtnnrrer t1:- lic-alth ICopyrlsht, loot, by Champ Clark.] ! tion days, when all the West Virginia with his name. Ills portrait is not Infants uud Children—Experieuce age,lust Experlmeut. An ex-representative from Maryland ' representatives were Republicans, Dr. j especially good. In it his mouth la on one «r a s io n entertained the cloak I Pendleton, who was a Democrat, came ] puckered up as though he had been room with this rcinnrkable bit of his to Washington and while here was In eating green persimmons. It la said troduced to Horace Greeley as “ Dr. that when Mr. Reed first beheld It. tory. He said: “When Grover Cleveland was nomi j Pendleton, president of Bethany col- . after scrutinizing It carefully, he ex Gastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Parc* I lege. West Virginia.” claimed. “At last my enemies are nated In lbKt, ex-Senatur Arthur 1‘. gorie, Drops uud Soothing Syrups. I t is . -.f t. It Horace looked at the courtly Virgin avenged!” C iiam p C l a r k . Gorman was chairman of the national ian and In his shrill tenor said: contains neither Opium, Morphine* nor other liar: aiaj Democratic committee. Soon after the “Judging by the sort of congressmen substance, its ago is its guuiuntee. It destroys YVocnis A NEW T H IN G IN APPLES. nomination Daniel Manning wrote to which West Virginia sends to W ash and alleys Foverisliues3. It cures PnurUim i ¡m l W in d Gorman to come to Albany. He went, ington, I bad concluded that there are K p n t o w n P i p p i n C r o H s h r r d A p p l e s , Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures t ot dipediou and Munulng took blm over to the gu j no colleges In West Virginia.” lle m a r k n h le a n d V e ry F r o in is in g . anti Flatulency. I t assimilates the Food, regulates the bernatorial mansion and Introduced i “Ah. Mr. Greeley,” replied Dr. Pen- | The new seedling »poles shown in an Stomach aud Bow els, giving healthy nml natural sleep. blm to Mr. Cleveland. During the con dleton, with a graceful bow which mgraving from American Agricultur T h e Children’s Panaccn—Tho Mot iter’s Friend. versation Uoriuun said: I would have done honor to Lord Ches- ist mark an epoch making event of un “ ’Governor, I came down to consult ! terfleld, “all those West Virginia con- usual importance lu Amerieau pomol you as to the conduct of the campaign.’ I gressrnen whom you have met are Re- ogy. They were selected as typical “Cleveland replied: ’I don't know a I publicans! They are not fair samples specimens from a collection of some 20 continental thing alsiut a campaign! I of the Intelligence of our state.” vfurleties exhibited by Mr. s. W . Vou run It to suit yourself;’ which Gor Cleveland and the Tariff. Underhill at the recent annual meet man, taklDg Cleveland nt bis word, The Maryland ex-representative be ing of the Eastern New York Horti proceeded to do. Now he It remem cultural society. bered that Cleveland bad a habit of fore quoted also made this statement The journal mentioned says: speodlug a good deal of time Incubat In the cloakroom: “ In 1888 Senator For 50 years or more the best and ing a document anil then springing It Gorman went to the St. Louis conven most attractive Newtown Pippins suddenly upon an unsuspecting and as tion as the representative of Mr. Cleve land with a set of resolutions In his grown in America came from Croton tounded public. Toward the end of Point, and brought almost fabulous the campaign Manning telegraphed pocket which had been submitted to | prices In England, one shipment clear Gorman to hasten lo Albany on busi President Cleveland aud John G. Car ing ns high us $18 per barrel. Some ness of most serious Import. Gorman lisle and which bore Interlineations, changes and corrections In the hand 12 or 15 years ago Mr. Underhill no obeyed and took the tlrst train for New writing of those two great tariff re ticed that the constitutional vigor of THC CENTRO» OOMHNV, TT MURRAY STRUT, NSW TORR CIYT. Vork’s capital. Manning met him at formers. Arrived In St. Louis. Gorman his trees was waning, and he concluded the depot and told blm that Cleveland offered these resolutions to the commit that the only way to perpetuate the ex- bad prepared an address to the people tee on resolutions, of which he was a which. If published, would knock his member, us tli? platform of his party. presidential fat Into the (ire and play He was antagonized by Colonel Henry the deuce generally, that he had en T o D e t e c t O a ow v. Watterson. who had also gone to the W a te h G la «»e «. deavored to dissuade him from his sui After tlie passage of an electric storm convention with a ready made plat A single workman can cut 0,000 cidal course without avail aud that he tcere la (juin tttt npinxciubk! amount form In his pocket. lie aud Gorman watch glasses a day. had scut for Gorman as a last resort to of ozone in tlie a'.mi sphere, so much so locked horns, nnd a battle royal en see If he could devise some plan to cir that its presence may frequ; utly lie Nltfht W o r k e r » . sued. Watterson won out by one ma cumvent Grover nnd prevent his polit In nil big cities there are multitudes detected by exposing a piece of blot jority In the committee on resolutions, ical undoing. Gormnn listened, won of folk who work in the nighttime. ting paper previously dipped in a solu and the Kentuckian's platform was dered. said little, but. after the fashion In London fully 100,000 Inhabitants tion of starch and iodine of potash, adopted by the convention, and upon It of the Irishman's owl. ’kept up n deuce earn their bread by the sweat of their when It will be turned bine. Grover went down to defeat. In the de of n thinking.' They drove to the gov brows between sunset and sunrise. bate in the committee Senator Gorman ernor’s mansion. It was a clear, crisp, In the limit Aso. NEWTOWN PIPPIN CRO 88 IIBED APPLES. ■tated that his resolutions had been frosty day. nnd a bright Are was burn In prehistoric times tl.e rhinoceros G reat L e tte r W r it e r «. Indorsed and amended by Cleveland cellencies of the Newtown was by re ing In the open grate. The 'inhabitants of the province of flourished in California, while large and Carlisle. Some Incense burner did production from seed. Out of hundreds lions and tigers lived in the jungles. - "A fter passing the compliments of not believe this und telegraphed to of barrels he selected a peck of the Ontario write more letters than those thé season Mr. Cleveland said: those two worthies at Washington to most perfect specimens, and from the of nil the rest of Canada. “ ‘SenntfA. l have prepared an elab find out. Carlisle could not be found, seeds of these be raised a considerable orate address to the public, and before N o S n n k e s In A ln « k n . and bis secretary telegraphed, signing number of seedlings. I 11 addition to 1 publish It 1 desire to know what you There are no snakes or frogs In Alas Carlisle’s name, declaring that be did this be grafted in the tops of some think of It.' not remember or know anything about Newtown trees Northern Spy, Rhode ka, but there are toads. “With this modest preface he handed It. aud Cleveland has never answered Island Greening, Russet and other va-t JiidK't’* ' Goivn», Gormnn a large roll of manuscript In to this tiny. Senator Gorman still has rietles. These different kinds were al When it comes to wearing the silken tbnt small, feminine callgraphy for his original resolutions bearing the al lowed to grow together and crqss fer gown of a supreme court justice, con which he Is famous. Most men would terations of Cleveland and Carlisle.” tilize naturally. I 11 other cases artifi siderable practice is required in order Imve been utterly nonplused, but Sen I hereby add tills as my estimate of cial cross pollination was practiced. that the long skirts may not get in the ator Gormnn Is one of the coolest and Arthur P. Gorman: He possesses the Contrary to the theory held by many way and interfere with the progress j least excitable of mortals, n e read most acute Intellect, as well as the that cross pollination has no direct In of its wearer. the document carefully and then did most perfectly Greek head and face, of fluence on the fruit, but only on its the most remarkable thing ever done nil the public uieu upon whom 1 ever seed, Mr. Underbill ¿50011 noticed that to a paper prepared by the hand of |clapped my eyes. lie is facile prlnceps some of the Nowtowns hud clearly cither n president In esse or a presi of the parliamentary leaders of this marked characteristics of Northern dent In posse. Just as Gorman con age. While not an orator, he Ian terse, Spy, others of Rhode Island Greening cluded Its perusal and Grover was en ^ EXCELSIOR BRANO forceful and luminous speaker, and and still others of Russet. The seeds joying by anticipation a eulogy on his when he retired to private life the sen of these characteristic specimens were production Gormnn amazed, disgusted makefinpoorlookinfr hi*.r- ate was minus the greatest political planted in nursery rows, where they ness lilsa new. JVLui'j o f cud enraged hill) by unceremoniously pure, heavy bodied oil, es strategist that ever was a member of we/C‘ left to grow without any special pecially prepared to with- nnd prompt y flinging It Into the Are, tuuud tiio vc-iilLer. thut august body. care. Finally they were planted out with the sententious remark: £ol:l everywhere in poor, sandy land and left to them J the beet In the world. Taken For a Circus Man. “ T hat's what I think of ly* In cruia—ail ¿¡¿ea. W Double throughout. selves. Two 3 *cnrs ago several of them Warranted waterproof, “Clevelnm hopped around like a tur- I Once when Senator Chnuncey M. De produced tliclr first fruit, and the spec »oft and smooth. Will not Risia t/ STANDARD C!L CO. pew formed one of the cloakroom par le y on a tun griddle, tried to claw his crack, peel off or become imens illustrated herewith are from the Btlcky. Catalogue free. precious paper out of the Are mid only ly, the subject of personal resemblances K. T . R r l l l i f u d Packing Co., had burned lingers for Ms pains. And being up. he said: “Did any of you gen second crop. Agts., Hon FrnneUeo, The specimen on the left hand side In H. X. 8 AWYKK k BON, his greui address went Into the Umbo tlemen ever think of my being mis Hole MttMftrlitTn, the picture Is Newtown Pippin-Green In s t Cnmbrldg«, Anns. taken for a circus man? Well, that’s of oblivion along with the slbyllne ing, a large, roundish apple, dull green, precisely what happened to me. and I leaves and the 'Lost Tales of Miletus.’ core fairly open, like Greening; aromat Not being side to rescue bis document extracted much amusement out of the ic and subacid, flesh fairly fine textur from the flames, he swore nnd ranted contretemps. 1 was walking about one ed and quality good. The fruit to the nnd'cavorted, telling Gormnn that he day In the lobby of a big Philadelphia “ I h a v e b e e n u * i i i g t'.'i S< A IS ICTS f o r right Is Newtown Pippin-Northern Spy. Insomnia, with which I have been siftltcteU for would permit no living human being to hotel, when a bustling little man ran over tw enty years, ami I can say that Cascarets It resembles Northern Spy quite close up to me and exclaimed: take such unumml and unheard of lib- [ have given me more re lie f than any oilier reme dy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recom “ ‘Good news, sir; good news! The ly, though not as angular and lacking ertles with the children of his brain. mend them lo my friends us being all they are Its sprightly acidity. The top specimen baby got here all right. I congratulate Gorman, looking like a Greek statue, represented.’* T a o s. G i i . l a i i d , Elgin, 111. is Ncwtown-Engllsh Russet. It closely you, sir.’ ■old: resembles Golden Russet, but Is slight “I asked, *Whnt baby an* you talking CANDV “ 'When tlrst nominated. I asked you ly smaller, with flesh fine grained, mild, u m. iy C A T H h A ah i I it. yt RT C for your Ideas of running the campaign. about?’ almost sweet, nnd quality very good. “ ‘The baby elephant, sir; your baby Vou said you had uone uud told me to All of them and most of the other va elephant, about which you have been IS A B S O L U T E L Y P U R E run It to suit myself. This paper rieties exhibited are excellent keepers. AN D W IL L O U TW EA R would ilefeBt you. I will not be re worrying, sir.’ It is this remarkable keeping quality, A L L OTHER LEADS “A light dawned upon me suddenly, RioirrgRco sponsible for any such performance, combined with attractive appearance, tou either run this campaign, or I will and 1 said: I f your local dealer doe, not carry it, good quality and size, which argues so “ ‘For whom do you take me. slrT write to u, and we w ill nee that yon run It.’ With that Gormnn bowed him Itet it. “ 'W hy, sir/ replied the man, *1 took favorably for the success of these prom self out, and the world kuows the re Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste «nod. Do ising varieties. you for Mr. Forepaugh—Mr. Adam Uood Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe, ltte. Joe. 50c. sult. nrnnrietor of the great- ... C U R E C O N S T IP A T IO N . ... "It may be—who knows—that that M .r lla g llrm cil, ( » « p i n , , f b ir x p » , M ontreal. N*w York , b it Incident at Albany laid the foundation PO RTLAND , OREGON. N f l . T n . R A n ®ü,tl aml guarantee«! by all dntg- for the mutual dislike between Presi N w I U U R b gists to i l l U K Tobacco Habit. T h e N e w I .n h « » r L e a d e r . dent Cjuvelnnd and Senator Gorman ’ In the first really r.rent struggle be which Anally took on the character of a tween the men of nuney and the men feud and which was productive of a ITOH IS TORTURE. of muscle In the kingdom of the trust great deal o ' history. What 0 pity that Theodore J. Shaffer, president of the that queer and unique seeue could not Eczema is caused by an acid humor in have ts-cu placed on Immortal euiivus the blood coming in contact with the Amalgamated Association of Iron, skin and producing great redness and in Steel and Tin Workers, plays a promi by a cunning hand!” flammation ; little pustular eruptions form T o e Lata. and discharge a thin, sticky fluid, which Hon. T'teodore K. Klutts of North dries and acalea o il; sometimes the skin is «'nmlliin tolil this tale Illustrative of the hard, dry and fissured. Rczetim in any Kentucky reputation: "W hile the cir form is a tormenting, stubborn disease, cuit court wan lu session n quarrel arose and the itching ami burning at times are just outside the courtroom which was almost unbearable: the a c id burning so nprnarlons us to nttro't the utteu- humor seems to ooze out and set the skin on fire. Salves, washes nor other exter tlon of the judge. He ordereil the slier nal applications do any real good, for as Iff to azi oui and quell the disturbance. long as the poison remains in the blood Just as tlmi functionary returned Into it will keep the skin irritated. ths courtroom the shooting began out BAD FORM OF TETTER . aide. The judge said to the sheriff: “ For th rr« years I “ TMdu't 1 tell yon to stop that row ' hail T e t t e r on my bends cAuaed “ Tea. Judge.' answered the sheriff: them to which swell to twice *1 (And. too hut It was too late. When theirnsturslsite. Pert the time the disease 1 got out there, the “d-----d lie” had al we* in the form of run ready passed.’ ” ning sores, serv v*un- end causing me Apropos < ' thut story a member as ful, much discomfort Pour serted that It was a historic fact that doctors ssid the Tetter hed progressed too fsr In a murder case a Kentucky Judge In to be cured, end they am early day decided that the phrase cotiid d> not.dug for e 11 >ok only three above mentioned was equivalent to the m I it tie* of 8 8 . 8 . nnd first blow. • sscompletely cured. ‘.hi* whs fifteen years Major McDawall's Mot. igo, end I hsve never seen sny sign of my old trouhle." — Mas. Not long ago I was In the room of 1«. nee B J ackson , 1414 McGee St , Ksn«as City. Mo. M ajor Alexander McDowell. clerk of S. S. S. neutralizes *«his acid poison, nent part. lie is a man of unusual j toe bouse, wblcb room la also used aa a cools the blood aud restores it to a ltealthy, ability nml possesses the confidence of ! reading room. I was rondin* a nows natural state, and the rough, unhealthy the workingmen who compose his or- I paper. It ao happened that there weir »kin becomes soft, smooth and clear. gnnizatlon to an extent greater than Is two or three other Democrats lo the c u r e s T e t t e r , Erv- generally vouchsafed to a labor leader. | room at the time. Captain Dovener. N k V ^ sinelas. Psoriasis, Salt Mr. Shaffer protests that he Is opposed Rneum and all akin to strikes nml only counsels them as a «tMuiihlican representative from the L f l disease* due to a pots- oned condition of the Inst resort, and he has certainly been blood. Send for our book and write us very conservative In his utterances about rour rose. Our physicians have anent the disagreement l>etween the 1 made these diseases a life study, and can mill owners ami the Amalgamated , f« r Infanta And Children. help you by their advice; we make no men. :harge for this service. All correspondence n la conducted in strictest confidence. -1 X A . TUt BWIfv SPCCIFIC C0„ ¿riAMTA. *JL m m * s Tü Mays »Ill KiMYwItw Muqilwrtt .Gathered In and About tlio Halls of Congress. What is CA STO R IA C A S TO R ) A C E N U IN E ALW AYS In Use For Over 3 0 Years. Soft Harness S a w y e r ’s Oil Clothing Pioneer White Lead PEOPLE OF A HE DAY W. P. Fuller & Co., ECZEMA’S Tor Mankind. C A S T O R IA I l l KM Y IO f O r S CENTS A t D bug S tcrh Nm Always Bought ! 1 B r i g h t ’ s D ls o a re . The largest sum ever paid for a pre- b riplioa, changed hamis in San Frau- HOW T H E BEER JUG AFFECTS TH E | ci co, August 30th, 1901. The trans- YOUN G IN ENGLAND. fet involved in coin and clock f 112,500 i and wu> paid by a party «if business A n A m e r i c a n W o m a n In a n H o n r men for a specific U»r Bright’« disease a n d a H a l f C o u n t e d F o r t> - « e v e n aud diabetes, hiilurt«» incurable dis- C h i l d r e n I ’n d e r T w e l v e Y e u r « oi citfeO*. They commenced the serious investigation < f the specific Novem A g e T r a d in g at P u b lic House«. ber I5ih, 1900. They interviewed Elizabeth L. Hanks, an Amerlcr.n «cores of the cured and tried it out on woman who la a Ixmdou correspoudeut its merit» by putting over tim e doz of the Chicago Evening Tost, bays: en case« on tlm treatment and watch On a recent promenade lu the vicini ing them. They aifo got phvrdcians ty of Victoria station, Loudon, within to name chronic, incurable cases and an hour and a half I counted 47 chll- administered it with the phy.-i« i ms for dred, all under the age of 12 , going to judges. U p to August 25ih, eighty and coming from the public houses seven per cent of »die test cases were with jugs. I stopped a number of them either well or progressing favorably. aud chatted with them, winning their There being but thirteen per cent of failures, tlie parties were satisfied and confidence aud following some to their homes by pretending I was in search «dosed tlie transaction. The proceed* of a charwoman to do housecleauing ings of the investigating committee and they telling me that their mothers and the clinical reports of tlie test or grandmothers or big sisters did that cases were published and will he mail ed free on application. Address John wort of work. Beer! Beer! Beer! Their homes J. Fulton Company, 420 M o ltg miery smelled of It—reeked with It. Many street, Sail Francisco, California. CURSE OF THE CHILD I t a s s s £1 cf the children themselves seemed sat T h e to P u b l i c . urated with It. Allow me to say a few words in “Excuse me. ma’am. My little girl says you want a charwoman. Do you praise of Cham berlainV Cough Rem edy. I had a very severe eough and allow beer?” This from a young woman of perhaps cold and feared that I would get 28 or oO. with one baby In her arms, pneumonia, hut after taking tlie sec one hanging to her skirts and the little ond dose of this medicine 1 felt better tot with the pitcher near her, spreading three bottles of it cured my cold and n bare table In the “front room” with tlie pains in my chest dissappe.ued am most respectfully bread nnd cheese and beer for the mid- entirely. I morning refreshment that Is known as yours for health, Ralph S. Myers, fi4 Thirty-seventh street. Wheeling, “levenses.” * “What do you mean by ‘allowing W est Virginia. For sale by Adam K. Wilson beer?’ ” 1 asked. “ Beer for levenses. dinner and sup F o r O v er Fif ty Y e a r s . per, ma’am, while I ’m doin the 'ouse- i A n old and well tried remedy. Mrs. work!” Winslow ! Soothing Syrup has l* en “I do not allow beer,” I answered, i used for over fifty years by millions of looking her sharply in the face, “but 1 am willing to pay 3 shillings a day for i mothers for their children while teeth- a good charwoman. That, jTou know, is ; ing, with perfect success. It so th s the child, softens the gums, allay» ; 11 sixpence more than tlie regular price.” “ Well, ma’am, that befn so. I can pain, « lire« wind colic and is tlie best more than provide my ovvu beer out o! remedy for diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by druggists in every the* hextra sixpence!” “ No: I cannot agree to that. 1 neither part of the world. 25 cents a bottle. provide beer myself nor allow my char Its value in incalculable. Be sure and woman to provide it. I find beer makes ask for Mrs. W inslow ’s Soothing Sy one sleepy and dazed, and when a serv rup and take no other kind. ----------- ^ ---------------- - ant or charwoman has beer during the D oin g T h e R ig h t T h in g. day she docs net do the work so rapid The trouble begins witli a tickling ly, and she seems to got to knocking in the throat and a nagging little the good furniture about. But as I cough. Soreness in the ch est. follows don’t want any one to think I keep and the patient wonder» if lie 1 » going back the beer on account of the price 1 to have an all winter cold. Probably, pay 3 shillings instead of 2s. Cd. a day. if he does tlie wrong thing or nothing. The extra sixpence is exactly twice the Certainly not if he uses Perry Davis’ amount you would expect to pay for Painkiller, the staunch old remedy tlie beer, you know.” The young woman drew herself up, that cure« a cold in twenty four hours. ufter placing her baby on the table, put There is but one Painkiller, Perry her hands akimbo on her hips and Davis. ----------- -------------------- said: “You won’t suit me, ma’am. I re W e lc o m e a s S u n s h in e fuse your situation!” As 1 walked uway, feeling rather after a long storm is a feeling of relie 1 aroused over the failure of my attempt when an obstinate, pitiless cold has at missionary work, I heard the woman been driven away by A llen’s Lung saying to a neighbor who had just Balsam. Only people who have la in dropped in: “There goes Laidy ’Ennery cured of throat-ache and sore lungs Somerset. I s’pose she thought I didn't by ibis remedy can quite lealize what ibis feeling is. There is no opium in reckonize V r tetnp’rance laidyship!” That put me lu better humor, and I tlie balsam ; its good efl’ec t is radical laughed to myself, for 1 had never been and lasting. ’Fake a bottle home to given reason to suspect that in the day. slightest degree I resembled that noted temperance reformer and brilliant wo man, Lady Henry Somerset $<’l i n o l » I n J a p a n . W HAT RUM DOES. Little Japan has more than 25.000 public schools. S o m e o f It » EfTe ct« No te d l»y a n O b - s e r v e r ot T h in g :« . A r r c H l i n K C o n H u m p ti o n . Two French physicians have made A bright writer on the staff of the experiments which led to the conclu New York Press has this to say ou tlie sion that a nutritious moat diet and liquor consumer: Absolute bodily rest are the best means "Your eoi>t sober citizen calculates of arresting consumption. on ‘doing' his fellow man. Your jagged brother calculates on nothing and is S h i p » »*f tlie W o r l d . usually ‘done.’ The generous tips to The ships of tlie world, excluding na waiters come from the toper, therefore vies. are worth $294.000,000. of which lie is popular in the dining room if not Europe’s share is $227,000,000. too many sue«*ts in the wind. The guard on the elevated road and the conductor A m m o n i a F o r a S ti n e . of the surface car receive their supply Do not be frightened if a child Is bit cf cigars from tlie toper, whose plat ten or stung by insects. The little face form hospitality is lavish. may be damp and distorted as grief it “The toper treats to the circus, the self, but apply a few drops of ammonia th a ter. the o|K?ra and makes friends on nud exclude the air with a pinch of Hie slightest provocation. lie gives here fiour, nnd the trouble is soon over. and there. He and his money are soon parted, but. like the African in slavery Onr Forest«. days, lie never knows there is a tomor For nearly three centuries an Increas row. While his money lasts be bus ing army has been chopping away at ho-ris of friends. When It is gone, they our forests, yet more than one-third of ail walk on the other side of the street, tlie area of tlie United States is classed whispering: ns woodland, over 1 , 000,000 square “ There goes that miserable old miles. fool!’ ” __________ O tl F r o m t h e S e a . G ood A d v ic e b y S ir A n d r e w C la rk . There Is n spot on the, Pacific coast where oil is pumped from the sea. A clergy mao once complained to Sir Andrew (.Mark. Mr. Gladstone’s physi cian. of feeling low and depressed, un T h e G r e a t D e « «* r t . able to face his work and tempted to The desert of Sahara Is no little spot. rely on stimulants. Sir Andrew saw , It covers 2 .."> 00,000 square tuiles be that the position was a perilous one tween the Atlantic ocean und the Nile nml t!:nt it was a crisis in the man’s valley. I'.fe. II«* dealt with the case and for A le e n d R ee r. bade tiie use of stimulants, when the pa- To brew a barrel of lager beer 1*6 tieni declare«! he would be unequal to Ids w«.>r!\ and ready to sink. "Then,” bushels of malt are used. To brew a barrel of ale 4*6 bushels of malt are re- snhl Sir Andrew, “sink like a man.” ! qulrtd. Alrn tinli Rin and M icrobe». J a p a n * « B o r r o w e d M or I c . Tlie;e is nothing o« w In the recently Japan lias no music, and the first mel vaunted unlmal experiments nt Paris shewing that lower grades of living odies many of the race ever heard aside «•••eattires If alcoholized are more sensi from that of the birds were hymns tive to disease than others of temper sung by Christian missionaries. Not ate habits Alcoholized animals are withstanding tliis many Japanese have unable to resist Infection with the ba of late years become expert musicians cilli of consumption, cancer, diphtheria and charming vocalists. and kindred diseases. The progeny of G o e s t o t he W a l t e r « . alcoholized guinea pigs has proved so In certain London hotels wine left on weak that it lives but a short time or the tables is the waiters’ perquisite. is bora dead. B a r * L ln n o r F r o m E n g in e R o o m . Inspector Joi.tistou, who has charge of the inspection of boilers in St Paul, has instituted some reforms which should result in preventing accidents. Tlie rule against having liquor in an engine room will be rigidly enforced, a ltd violation* will subject the guilty person» to the penalty of having their Ik-etiM's revoked. M i n » Eip Id Rl oR R . There have been 2.100 explosions in con! mines In the last 50 years. Involv ing a lea* of 8.800 lives. Son ny Spain. Spain has more sunshine than any country in Europe. The yearly average is 3,000 hours. In England it is 1,400. C opper and Alnm ln iam . Copper fused with tin forms bronze, an alloy known from remote antiquity. Bronze into which aluminium enters as an element takes on a variety of new properties. It is ns strong as steel and l*ecause it resists corrosion is an admirable material for propeller blades ami rudder frames In shipbuilding. T h f rifltru o f C a y . Most civilized nations begin the day Onrtlrn Sin*». at midnight. Astroucm r» and naviga To destroy slugs and earthworms in tors since the time of Ptolemy begin it your garden, water tlie plant* with a at noon. solution of < n r Inmate of ammonia, one ounee to the gallon of water. Tlie T rullir; K r r* . worms mill come to the surface and To tell good * g s put them into w a perish. The ammonia will promote the ter. If the butt ends turn up. they are growth of the plauta. not fresh. Till* is said to bo a certain test.