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VOLUME XXIX.
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has been
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hacking coughs
for 60 years.
- QUAINT-ORGANIZATION.
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riallfornla Town -,11ns n Deaf a.d
' Dnm!) Debating Society. - ..
Berkeley, Cal., cau boast of the most
extraordinary debating society in Aroer'
ica. For one tbiuglit is the qnistest de
batina eocietv in America, aud that
alone is encngh to make it remarkable.
It is a society in which the proa and
cons of the qnestious of the day are dia
cnesed and never a word is spoken. ' It
is a society in" which debates wax warm
and eloquent, in which jadges weigh
argument and award the palm, and nev
er a sound is heard- It is a society ia
which no human note falls on-the ear
in which no ear is needed. -It is, in
short, the debating society of the deaf
and dumb, where people talk with'their
fingers and listen with their eyes.
It is called the De l'Epee Pacific Ly
ceum league, in grateful memory of the
Abbe ii l'Epee, the benevolent French
priest who originated the sign language
and first brought tho deaf- and dumb
into intelligent communication with
tho world around them. It is made up
of soma 25 or SO of the older students,
buys and girls, at the California Insti
tato For Deaf Mutea in Berkeley, and
they get quite as much fun and profit
ont of their silent debates as if they
codd nrake the welkin ring with their
rounded periods. ; 7.'
The society meets in theartroom of
tho institute, where there are casts of
the works of the masters to delight the
eye, .and the "honorable mention" of
two who are kin with them in affliction
Donglas Tilden and G. S. Redmond
to show them that all rcadato achieve
ment aro not closed to them. In the
artroom is a big drum to call the meet
ing to order, and while they cannot
hear its roll, so keenly sensitive are
they that they can feel the vibration-
and so it serves its purpose.
The c! ab is duly officered. Miss Isabel
McDonald i3 the president; Miss Emma
Moldenhaner i3 vice president, Miss
Pearl "Wilson Ms secretary and Miss
Irene Lynch is chairman of .the pro
gramme committee. Mr. T. d-'Estrella,
a pupil teacher of the school, is perhaps
the strongest force iu sustaining interest
in the society. Three" boys and three
girls take part in each debate, and
judges are chosen from among the mem
bers. The subjects are up to da te. Sail
Francisco Examiner.
A HUMAN MORTGAGE.
Strange Case or an Ola Cripple on a
Maine Farm. -
Some people sold a house down in
Maine village where I was stopping'last
fctmimer and sold an old man with it
,one of the strangest cashes l ever heard
of. Ho was a sort of human mortgage,
Ten or 12 years ago the owners of the
property took in a helpless, friendless
neignbor, a distant relative, who bad
been permanently crippled by. accident
He had no means" nor family, so they
generously gave him a home. A few
years later they moved ouiTwest. .They
could not take the old man with them,
60 they made au agreement with the
people who purchased the farm under
which for a slight reduction in the
price the grantees agreed to assume
the responsibility of uaring for the old
man for life, and entered into a normal
contract to ' famish.' him bed, board
Clothing, medical atteudauce and what
, over else hp should need, as if he were
a member of their own family. -
They carried out the agreement with
conscientious fidelity, but last summer
they decided to leave the place and eld
out to another fami.'y, to whom the!
contract for the care and custody of the
cripple was assigned,' The old man has
already lived a . .pood deal longer than
anybody expected, and aside from his
general helles-nicKS he is in? ajretty
good state of piescrv&Ucn. Ihere is no
almshouse iq that part of Maine, and
if there were one it wonldi be considered
a sin and disgraco to kend anybculy
there. William E Curtis ,ia Qhibagd
Record.. -
VVhtte Brmd antl Urutvnr:
White Lread; is weight for weight
more iintritious than tirown " l. hue
wonld uypear tbat the! yrefereuca given
by operatives , lu'iatgw.- tous tolvvhite
" bread has " ia a,.ceitaiu extent a sound
phykiclogur.l basis J. I the case of peo
ple with irritable iutcsi'jjes white bread
- it to be .rp.fe'rtful to -brown. British
Wediclif Joorc..! , . . - . .
ni?r-3;n Kj,.,,.v ;iml
d-ulik r
Great rrrn 'kic, K
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v k k ii' a jm-m s'trpri
.uiti hi us ('xrt-eiM'' pr :n ;in-s n
rrli-vinj; pain -in l hMv r. UuIm-'v s.nd
lai-V. in nvi-nr female. Re un .s
ttnlion of w'Hter aloxvst immcrliately
If vou want q lirk r:-1i.-f and mre UU
is the remedy - ' " -
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. son, N. C. -v -
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ITALY . Hi WASHINGTON.
Purchase of a Permanent Em
bassy Seriously Considered.
HOMES OWNED BY OTHEB UATIOUS.
Enarlanl Was tlie - First of Foreign
Governments to Rstabllsn Perma
nent Abiding Place Par Her Repre
sentatives In Wahlnston-i-Gerina-ny
Followed Salt, and , Mexico Also
Dnilt a Ijeisatlon ;.i . -'"' i !- : .
- The' Italian govemment' is seriously
ronsklering the advisability of .becom
ing an owner of real estate in Washing
ton. Tho representative of Italy has al
ways maintained a very modest estab
lishment at'this capital, bmce lbyd,
nowever, whenibe' minister was raised
to the rank of embassador, it seems to
bo the sentiment that his entourage here
should correspond with the high official
dignity. Tffo property now under con
sideration is:tbe mansion of ' the Jate
Anthony Pollock, corner of I and Sev
enteenth street?. This would establish
Italy's headonarteis in one of the most
ar i stocr at ic residential cen ters. - 'i n e
house, a large "ones particularly well
adapted for entertaining, ',the dining
room beiort '"thi feature of tho drawing
room floor.
The first nation to purchase its own.
home here was England. That tantryr;
from 7 tho earliest days, maintained a
legation here ,m a . style corresponding
to-the dignity of tbe nation it repre
sented. For a number of years the Brit
ish flag waved-over the--bouse-1 710 H
street, now known as. the French em
bassy. 'Lord and Lady Napier made the
old house the social -center while they
lived in Washington.' When Lord Lyons
succeeded Lord Napier, he also selected
this stately mansion for his residence,
Lord Lyons' term as British minister to
this country extended from 1859 to
1865. Although he was a bachelor he
carried off the palm for, brilliant and
notable 1 entertainments. A ball given
on her majesty's birthday Was of so
splendid a character .that it is yet re
called with delight by those who were
present. Sir Frederick Bruce, who came
after Lord Lyons, lived in the house
but a short time. It was subsequently
purchased by Admiral : Porter, tvho oc
cupied it during the remainder of his
life,
The English em bassy - was the first
house of importance built out on Con
necticut avenue" and Sir Edward and
Lady. Thornton the first to dispense its
elegant hospitalities.- Then- Lord Sack
ville followed with his daughters, who
were great belles here, although it was
said they were not 7 recognized abroad
at their father's official" stations In the
two instances where -the withdrawal of
British ministers has been requested by
thjs government' a curions coincidence
of social history occurs.- Sir John
Cra'mpton, whose recall was demanded
because he endeavored to enlist recruits
in this country for the British army in
the Crimea, like Lord Sackville, took
his wife from the etago. She was the
Etar of an operatic troupe perf owning at
St. Petersburg, where Sir John Cramp-
ton was the British minister. -Ha be
came desperately infatuated : with her
and a marriage, followed. : H6r maiden
name was' Victoria Ealfe, her father be
ing the composer Balfe, of "Bohemian
Girl" celebrity.is well, as the author
of several other operas. Lord Sackville,
as Sir Lionel Sackville West, married
at the eleventh .hour, and just shortly
-before her death, Pepita Durand, a dan
cer, who was ihe mother of the Misses
West.
France has always fought shy of real
estate' investment here, preferring to
rent.- When M. Patenotro married Miss
Elyerson of Philadelphia, the bouse
17io H street became the French em
bassy. At thetimoof this distinguished
international wedding, about 100 years
had elapsed since M. Genet, the first
French minister to the United States,
married; Cornelia Tappan Clinton,
danghter of the governor cf New York.
The prominent part played by tho
present embassador in the peace negoti
ations bet ween - the r Uni ted States and
Spain will give the house 1710 H street
still greater historical interest.- The
mansion was built by Richard Rush of
Philadelphia aud was occupiedby his
: family during John Quincy Adams' ad
ministration, when Rush was secretary
of the treasury. In 18"1Q he went to
England as American minister, taking
benjamin Ogle lay loe, the., original
owner Of Jhe Octagon "house, with him
- as secretary of ; jegation;V The Octagoa
house, however, was bailt years before
the. Rush -mansion, the latter dating
from a ton t 1826. The quaintly pictur
esaue architecture Is very attractive.
3yen at this day, ". , 7 '
'.' Germany booght :her own home on
Highland terrace, Massachusetts avennef
several years agcv;; It is a spacious, elegant-
mansion, thoroughly modern ; and
witfr Tnd histpricalasKociations, w hat
ever." The Mexican government built its
pwn legation here about ten years ago.
Thd house was planned with special
view' to entertainments of an ofHcial
character. The ballroom, with it3 mir
ror walls, ia a distiuguisbiug feature.
It has been the ecr ne cf many beautiful
, entertainments with the 7 late lamented
. Muie.. Romero ',asb(jsteeaL-T'---V-i
Korea tad s ta bl i shed a 1pm Hn"i,oT
but a short time when it was din n
buy the property 1500 Thirteenth street '
.3ost. oil Iowa circle .This was the first
homo of the pi -j:ctr ftcrean ladies who
came here formed sncb an
inactive and .uuefealn,8 of so-
... . - n !'!i,w a istvsi
totoK?u,t t,i iu,atLaf.Xtte
;, 1" thj, stat t r,ff,
cou ;n;VtvLr,r;;; ?,iul
i.o. muie, no less s.ilarv.-MoMlv
Prest., Dept. M.Pci,lco. ' f " ""S'
WILSOX,
pqoare tbat "a greater number oi booses
tetuain, bose - story gives .glimpses of
persons and 'events that have, traveled
' ;' . .. I.: -a. j Sw-
down ; to posteruy u uasiuijr uuu u
EOir.fi of the coiuiumiicative memoirs of
the i early -days vt he 'capital. Waah-
jngtou XJcst. . . - . -
GREAT PLATINUM MJNE. '
Deposits Worth :Spj..yVfK,00 rFonnd -In
WflKhtitxion;
New York and .Chicago ineri iiave ac
cidentally found the, biggest-platinum
miuo in America on Okanogan county.
Pa. r Experts say it is worth $1,000,000
and probably more, as most of - the
world's 'supply b is now brougnt- from
Asia at Iargg expense.
For a year past G. Rr Aldvm has been
deveicniug a -frco milling gold ledge.
"owned by a New York and Chicago syn
dicate and located -25 miles north "of
Leavenworth, on 7 the Great Northern.
railway. Last summer a. 20 stamp-mill
wa3 erected, but its operation was im
peded by.the persistent presence of some
whito metal.' ' - '. - ' '
A few week3 ago - a ; member otT. the
company took a number f.f " ore samples
east with These were " shown to
Expert -I ' ft Now Aork, who-in
stautlv ! . : utd the whitish oro to
be platiunn,'. fie - made ; tests twhich
- ...
showed the ore to average 72 ounces of
platinum to less than two ounces - of
gold per ton". The white metal Jhus
Troves more vainauie nun. auuuaauc
than ftoid. Experts say it is a rare oc
currence to find platinum in a quartz
- vein ia such quantities." . - -
Alrlviuts ledge is cfght feet. wide and
has boen traced-across the country for
five miles, indicatiiigan- inexhaustible
supply When -the true value , of. the
find was , revealed.- the . miuo owners
could scarcely appreciate t'ueir good for
tune. .Aldyin ia confident that his die
covery will mark the beginning of i
.new epoch in ncrtnwestern
mining.
Philadelphia Pxess: -
Cog's ( OMtly Fnueral,. -
There was ratntr a pathetic funeral
at the Delaware' vater Gap recently.
The ccrpso was only that. of a dog. but
it was almost as truly mourned by its
bereaved .owners as ajchil.l. The little
animal was a Japanese sp-iuiel, named
Dodo and was. owned -by Mr. and Mrs,
Harold Blake, frequeut, summer visitora
to the resort and well known theatrics
people. The body ct the pet was inclosed
in a handsome casket, . A monument is
to bo erected ovtr tho grave with the
word "Dodo cut thereon. The funera
party returned-fa - the (Quaker City on
the -2:21 tram Tho taneral expenses
were in the neighborhood of Si 50-
muaaeipnia rrth.
Emblemiil!r Ensasenicnt Rlnc.
An emblcutittio eugaetmeut ring is a
heavy gold baud, in which are ret dia
monds, emeralds and rubifs. The dia
mond typifies faith7 themerald hope
and the roby love. - "
piacasei of the Ulootl c-i-l ri ;jf
No one need suffer Tilh nei.riii',i i.
disease is quickly end perc:ctie:;tT;i.c... .1
ly Browns' Iron Hit tors. F.vorv c"i;V-' o ; -
the- blood, nerves - an 1; i .v ' i :
.r otherwise, succumbs 1 i . . .- r ; -
Bitters. Known and ns"! ( s - -' .-
quarter of a century, it ?ar.. t ' -
"friost anions our I . -
Browns' Iron Bitten ia toiJ '
The wlntei . snows Were falling .'fast 7
As VhrouRh the streets-of F arls passed
A man v,)n. bote ni5i1 srjow und icc
A, banner with the s; range device 'V
Maaana
His brow was sad: -his eye bilow,"
Would Indicate that' he -was slow:
While-like a-last year's bird s nest rung
The accents of that unknown tongue
. . - Ma nan a.
In many ways he knew that he
Should hustle most prodigiously;
And-though perhaps he might have tried,
He only did n't. as he sighed - .
- Jlanana. - .
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"Go, get a move on!" thousands said. -'
"At that gait you can't yet ahead.-'
Give up your ancient, moss grown pride."
And soft the Spanish voIcp replied
' - - Ma nana
"Oh." stay.".-the maiden said, "and rest.
Your weary head upon Jthls breast!"
A tear stood in his dark brown v -
And still he answered with a sigh ' "
- - jlanana. -
"Say, what's the matter? Don't you know
You haven't got a bit of show -That
;ipy power will lake your side?" -,
A voice, half tears, half trick, replied
- . -- - ; . Manana. . .--
At break of day the Yankees held- -
The Spaniard by'the neck and yelled.
"Give up the stuff",-their daily- prayer.- -A
voice cried .through the startled alr'
-. Manana
- ; -' y.y.. y
A Spaniard Jn the .snow was found " .
By persons who were nosing rouKd. -7 -Still
grasping in his hand of lee - " ' :
That banner wth,the strange devie-'
V ' " -' - Manana.". f - . " '
There in tha twilight cold and gray, '
Lifeless, bur Spanish still, he lay. v
And from the sky, serene and Car, , ;
A voice, fell like a falling star - '
"Snowed under.
" Froe out. - -
: - , ' , " Done for,
: - . Got it in the neck. - .
. - .Left at the post, v
. " Swatted.
. . Swiped. ,
' - Rusted,, by thunder!'
XV. J. 1 In New York Sun.
. - White Cut form In Dlaaila,
r The: fashion of white , clothes goes
with the' American officers.. General
Merritt, General ; Greene, -' Admiraj
Dewey and Captain Seabury of. the
China, itst as that shio was about to
start f cr Hongkong," formed a handsome
group, all in saow white linen, coats,"
trousers.caps; .-aud' .shces,7afew;: gold
buttons and r.ords. t-hoofder straps and
cutis the: ouly relict ou figures . tb it
seunjcd cut from Ttnatble without fu.
or ttti ,
A''t:;rn'i
v ttu I -culled ou Uentrai
i i.d t-viwme in. Lis r.auie
tcttSy ssuiMtiucrcl, he was in wnue,,uis
ccat bt iuuitil. uis trousers newiy iruu
pd. tin t:tr vs put officers are concerned
in tho iMnlippiues, , TAjey are not boys in
b tie. but boys in wiiita. -ludetJeudeiit
0 J R E - rheumatism by 7 taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla,which by icu-truli.ing-
the acid in tho -blood pernnir
-neittly relieves aches and PAINS.
C, JANUARY 26, I899.
A AIRSHIP.
MADE OF
ALUMINUM AND-
Sails
AGAINST.-THE VuflND.
A Description of the Curious Craft Greal
Fosglbillties Blay Besnlt From the Trial
of This Experiment Vnder Perfect Con
trol. - . "
In this "translation tne term" "flying
machine" signifies , a . self-sustaining,
self-propelling machine; "air r ship," a
motor with a balloon attachment; "bal-
loon;"-tin. inflateel: apparatus without
any : means of propulsion or .control. -.
The more or le33 bird-like structure,
that should be both self-elevating and
self-propelling, has .oSered rainy allur-,
Ing fascinations to modern inventors.
All aeronautical ngi.ueers shares in the
belief of a brilliant future for tha dy-
namicalr ship. .' - ' "... -7 : - .
Its development willK;according to
the jadment of experienced aeronauts.
be on a line withacrl a continuatiou-of
the experiments with the balloon; the
latter being still an absolute necessity;
and; so to say, a t"llf e preserver" - far
future aeronauts who.- wishto master
the- intricate problems'of air naviga
tion, so" that theyrt-aa the better over-'
coine the obstacles it" presents. - '
In order to obtain' the most-perfect
construction of an . air ship, .-and to
; study the practical results an interest
ing experiment was made- at ; Berlin
with -a" balloon constructed of alumi
num. This Lalloon waV put. to a trial
on the "Tempelhcfer feld." . ;
The shape is that of an oblong cy
linder, .with" c,onica! head. The-body
of the balloon consists-of a frame of
trusses covered with sheet alumnium
(about 100th part of an inch in thick
ness). The bottom .of. tho .gondola, or
basket, was ,4 5 m.v distant from ' the
balloon, and r rigidly connected .there
with by- means of a trestle.
- The -body of the balloon was about
150 feet long, and had an oval section
or head.'-;-It. was 1hn largest.; air ship
tniltMip ' to-date. '
" P"c - 7,-
cylinder enzine.motor of 16 indicated
and 12 effective horsepower. - v
: As much - as possible the motor ia
constructed of aluminum, and the-en-
tire weight of ; the machine is; oHv
about 1,100 puTidr , t - 7- -
a i-rMfNtrw airship.
The aluminum Ipropellers of the air
ship had,- comparatively,. a small diam-
eter. The two on the sides of the bal
loon only measured.. two yards each;
the one in the center, directly underv
neath the body of the 'balloon, was a
little larger. This was sthe steerage
propeller, and was movable in differ
ent directions. , r.
Under , the bottom of the gondola a
horizontal propelling scew had been
attached, but was found unserviceable
at the trial. p '
The total weight of fhe machine was
-about 8,000 pounds. " v
, Many of the spectators certify that
they actually sawjthe air ship fly di
rectly into the face of the wind. In'
the beginning the "ship wag held, fast'
with ropes, because some preliminary .
experiments. were to have been madec
but. -they gradually . parted and the
machine broke : loose.
.The experiment cannot b$ termed a
complete success, but quite a number
of positive results have been attaiired
thereby which encourage further labor
In this direction. The fact that it has
been proven a possibility to construct
a rigid balloon out of "metal riveted
together, and. - to; steerstich a machine
against the wind, is in itself a; suc
cess, even if on account of untoward
circumstances, it wa3 impossible to re
main afloat for a longer time. - . -.
-... -;V- "Wlieu a- Candle Unrni, .'-'-'
v Nothing is lost when a candle, burns.
If the smoke and invisible vapours be
collected and weighed, 1 It would he
found . thati they ; would ' weigh rather
more" than: the wholes of the original
candle weighed before a match was ap- -plied
to it the extra matter being de
rived from the oxygen of the air.- '
v : Victoria' SnlJect. - -
There are 400,000,000' people In the
British Empire, and the Queen would
have ".to-live another, seventy years to
enable her to see all of them pass be
fore fceiy plght and day, -for ail that.
time, ' -
I,lTe on FUty Cent Week,
Jlillioia of men, in India live, marry
and rear , apparently healthy - children
upon an income of 0 cents a week, and
sometimes it falls below that.. " . :
:77"ii7?':v-;::.Snlt;f: China.- 7:--:7i?
- The- annual anion nt of salt produced
in China is. 2C0.OCO tons, valued at one
million sterling. . ' ;
r- Ilralna of.Man anrt Anlmalx. .
The only two animals whose brains
"are heavier, than th.-.t of a man are the
whale and ihe e!e:,lri;tC? ." . : . '
"Taking the . .aver
26 . detth' of the,
f "aT1 1n v,e thiee istherft wnnM
. . laver cf s3u eei jr the watA
should evaporate
"Five years -r a'' says TAns; A
Lewis. Ricafd.'N -Yi,"l had a constant
cough nigh sweats;:: was greatly re
- :;--7.7-
duce J in flesh, and had been given up
by myp' ysicians. - -I - began, to take
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and after using
two bottles was completely cured.." v
- ' j , vua
speak of. a
not using slan
-A. few years since nunr Americans
cities boasted of conSes of volun
teer soldiers called wS '
The first Krpivarnremida:
pur marines, oi ,m 0 special
ly proud jnfit now. tl eir name by'
t-hin.mg the lat MJtf -mariner--word
1S thG lvah-nt Spanish:
.llye- broad without, earn way- seeds:.
oum nor i)e ryo broa,,, t flll: ,Cara
way is a purely SpanlBU ,;or(1. derived
from rAlcara-HiKT-., , s : .
Tho hammock oii yur Vcramia jrot.
i U Tame from the S!nilisll -hamaca.".
although, that is not pnrel'v a" Spanish
word. Columbus ?ot it from the In-7
dians 400 years ago. ; 7" :;
-There arc ninny 'tn' 0Xamples: .
J'BanaDa:' "apricot," 'Taunda," "dueH ;
and f'palavar" are all direetlr from the
Spanish. ' . . : .
. Venice without its '"water. would be'
a;jfar less. pictuscsmie une& than iit
actually., is., And such a state of atv
fairs, we are led to be-liove may -event-,
ually- come -alwut. Tl 'voirular in-:
crease, in the delta of tko'i'o has beer
studied by Prof. Maiinolli. Compari'v
son of the Austrian ir.ap of about 1S23 ;
.with the; records of snn-ovs made ..in"
1803 shows that the mean annual in-jy
crease tiunng those s-venty years has--.
been about three-tentlis ;of a square
mile; and from all known data it ap
pears that the total increase during
Six centuries has been about 108 square
miles. -The increase U continuing, and
thVOulf of Venice is doomed in time"
to disappear. No immClinte -alarm
need,; however, bo exoitjed. for Prof.
Marinelli calculates that, between, 100 :
md 120 centuries will elapse before the '
entire-northern Adriatiofwill have. be-.
:ome i dry land. I- ,
. -Distance Traveled When Keaillns.
Has. It ever occurod to l-ou to reckon7j
how. far your eyes travel in reading?
The distance will not startle you; per
haps, for l,()00.0(in letters in ordinary-
type would measure hanllv more than,
a n;"il.-placed sUle bv , in a life- -
, time, however, the . average reader
wends bis way through 2,000 miles. of
print. The average novel of 300 pages
contains one mile of reading; that is,
the eye' travels l.TtifV yards in -read
ing the book through.
Where Umbrellas Are Valuahle. ,'
An African chief's Umbrella is Tof
greater importance than many people
suppose. Apart from its enormous,
?ize, its loss in battle more than equals
the-loss of a standard of a European
lonrmander. "-Some of the umbrellas ;
are of prodigious, dimensions, being
ao less than 25 feot in diameter, with
Aba 12 feet -six inches long. : -r t-?7 '
; :';r":.""- ' His Protest. .
The editor of the Clarion was a very
patient man. A startling crash ,f rora the'
direction of the composing room caused
lurri to push his spectacles up ' on his -
brow and cease writing. " When he
found that the boy had let the - first
page form fall on the
floor, where U
lay in an incoherent mass, he shook
his1 head reproachfully
and exclaimed:
"Lemuel, I do wish that you could
manage to break
ly,"
the A
ews more gent-
Distr-S!-iti Mmnstcli I . "
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A Monster Cactns Plant. '
There are very fevr people living in
the East who can realise tk wonders"
of nature that this country offers, par--
tieularly in the vegetable world,, re -
mnrired an arm'v -oiiioer who'vsneht
Imany years In the w est. "Take the
cactus as an example. Nearly - every--
pne associates it.wun tne small speci-.
mens seen here, or at least with the so-
called 'giant cactus' -Which, ia about'
seven or eight feet high.- Yet In Arlr
?ona there grows the largest cactus and
there is one specimen 'Jndoubtedlythe '
largest in the world, vi-fcich is" 232 feet
high. - -Fancy that ind of "a plant
placed in a jar as a cioslty,
' New- Blc:
-A: cycle: which hasHo seats, one of
the weight
of the rider while the other res empty,
is the latest invention.! Afteri the" load
ed seat gets to Its lov..4t pot the rid
er climbs to the other and again util
izes his weight to help to prope1 the
machine. - -x
j Unsniau lahrary.
The Imperial Library of Russia, es
tablished by" Peter the Great in 1714,
is the third among the world's great
libraries... It contains - about 1,200,000
volumes and about 26000 manuscripts.
.i-Cort 'oi!' War. - ."
t The cost of the wri-c wars since the
riviean .War" has teeii 2,653,000,000.
or enough to give about two sovereign
to every man, .woman and child on the
r!':COt. . " j- -.-', '
7 ' Wlil te IbIi nhltTNo w-
Ten years aeo a y,;tP man was not
to te found in Rhrwlno To-da.v it is
ne'orEritain'srrnost promisini
col-
.
cnies. . -:--'.-..'..ii -
V7-7 .England's Flrnt Siol1""-
The first permanent iaiJ5tary fl
Sn gland was the King's -fiuard 0 "
men, establi&hed in 14S6.
3 ! Q f.1 -ftl vtmM
ue;. Spanish ; When yo 1 " V " t umrcH'SifAiACB
in , ii "mIL""!
Bears the
Signature
' of '
The mi b:
THE SkWT) W
It U: Surrounded by HJtnf Thick Waluj
" inny ueaptcu Is Peolllo
000 Teraon. to Walt on Him in Tarlon
Capacities.
.The old kings cf Europe could "do
no, wrong." They were heaven's own
divinely appointed agents to rule and
oppress benighted humanity. In law
their entire kingdoms belonged to them
.In fee simple, and often they had the
..v.m.., ,.ai(L w.uis inu ueatn over
their subjects. The Chinese emperor
to this day is "Son of heaven," the
almighty's lieutenant set apart to rule
the earth". ' And yet, in actual practice,
he is so, hemmed about .by unyielding
precedent and custcms that the veriest
serf in his dominions is more free than
r.e. - - , . - '
;L His -chief duties . are to
flees to . hfs ancestors,
offer sacri-
to visit the
empress-dowager at least once in five
days, to pray in the temple of heaven
and earth and give audience to the su
preme Tcouncil daily. His life even to
the miutiae is so hedged, about that
he ' doubtless often wonders why he
- - 1-n ? . 4
- tomb -op cosrceirs. .
' ... , (From a Chinese Drawing.) 7
wa3 born. There are 10,000 persons
tlesignatedto" wait on him h. various
capacities. His harem is cared for by
5,C00 enuchs. But into his-palace, only
the' highest ' officials are allowed to
enter. :: -; -7 - -- - - - - '-. - 7
. ;. The Imperial palace Is in the center
of the "prohibited town" of Pekin.
Facing the south, it is surrounded by
a doubleTline of wall3 in the form of
a square. The first-is high and thick,
overed with .red cement, surmounted
by. Tglazed yellow tiles. It is eight lis
long,' four wide' and 24 in circum
Jerence. A li equals one-third 7 of a
"mile. v It has four gates, one at each
side; each one having three portals, the .
center one remaining closed to all ex
cept the. emperor. " !
The inner wall immediately surround
ing" the palace is high and thick, built
of large, .regular bricks' and ornament
ed with handsome battlements. It is
called Hoang-tching and is six lis long,
one and a half wide and 15 in circum
f e'rence." It has four gateways, with
hieh arches and arcades. The north
and south gates are triple,
At each end and corner is a large
glazed hall, red with a sprinkling of
flowers on' the outside, covered with
yellow: glazed tiles. ' Between the two
walls are several nalaces. On the east
flows a beautiful river, crossed by
handsome marble bridges, with wood
en draws In the center. On the west
side is a lake, five lis long, crossed by
a bridge with three arcades, bordered
bv Dleasure houses. The rest of the
snace east and - west i3 occupied by
fcnncpa in ; which the officers of the
palace live.. . :
-', - .. ' ... ..-'
Delicate Welifhlns Machine.
Scales are now being made of such a
n!C3 adjustment that they will weigh
anything from the smallest hair,
'plucked from the eyebrow. They are
- triumphs of mechanism, and - are in-
i --closed 'in. glass cases, as the slightest
breath of air would Impair toeir rec
ords. The glass cases - have a sliding
door, and ; as soon as the weight ia
placed in the balance the door slides
down. Two pieces of paper of . equal
weight caiTbe placed In the scales and
an autograph written in pencil on
either .side will ' cause the other side
to ascend and the needle which Indi
cates the division of weight, even to the
ten millionth part of. a pound and less,
will mov& in its perpendicular, a sig
nature containing nine letters has been7
weighed and proved tO.be two 1111--grams
or-the 15.500th part of -a troy
ounce3. "7 '. - '- - 7'77:: : ;7 -7
Hsit Hare Interest.
A sermon defeats, itself when.it is
notshalI we say? hearable, So An
thony Trollope says about books: "Of
all the needs a book hasthe chief need,
is that be readable." Wilkie Collins
has thefsame thought.' "Let -me add
that I never got any good xut of a book
that did not interest me in the first
instance." . - . r . "' -
A Moat Slnsrl" Ship.
The most singular ship in the world
i- the Polyphemus, of the - British
Navy ! It is simply a long steel tube,
deeply buried in the water, the deck
rising only four : feet above . the sea.
It carries no' masts or sails, and Is used
as"a raia and torpedo-boat. - ' -
"' U hy allow yourself to be slowly tor
tured ;t the stake of disease ? Chills
and Fever will undermine, and eventu
ally break down.' the strongest consti
tution ' FE B R I-CU R A' (Sweet Chi 1 1
Tonic of Iron) is more effective than
Quinine and being combined with Iron
is an ex-cellentTonic'and Nervine Med
icine. It is pleasant. to take, is sold
under positive guarantee to cure or
monev refunded. Accept no substi
tutes ' The "just as good" kind don't
effect cures. Sold by B. YV. Hargravc. J
NUMBER 4.
Scrofula to
Consumption.
Any ono predlaposed to Scrofula can
ttever bo healthy and Tigoroas. Thij
taint m the blood natorally drifta into
Consumption. Being such a deep-seated
blood disease, Swift's Specific Is the
only known cure for Scrofula, because
it is the only remedy which can reach
the disease.
Scrofula pwrea on the hr&d i mitui.
mospher of the room
Mckeninj and nnbparb!e.
rhe diaease next attacked -the
eyes, and refo&red she
would lose her Bight. Em
inent physicians from the
lurrounding country were
aonsulted, bnt eonld do
BOthine ta tv. tt
tie lnnocrtit. and piro It
ease was hopeiwa and m-4L
tuaiKt A ... . . . . .
That Tnedicin t hum . i .T ur
never had a sign ot the diseiwe to return.
" now Touna tikdr, and haj
MM. KCTH BKBKtLIT,
8lln. Kan.
Scrofula is an obstinate blood disease.
and is beyond the reach of the average
blood medicine. Swift's Specifics
is the only remedy equal to such deep-,
seated diseases; it goes down to tne
very foundation and forces out every '
taint. It is purely vteeta.hU. and ia
the only blood remedy guaranteed to
contain no mercury, potash or other
mineral suDsiance wnatever.
Books mailed free by Swift Bpedflo
Company, Atlanta, Georgia,;
EAT BEFORE GOING TO BED
I Contrary to Ou Early Train las, B
Is Fall of Common Sense.
Here is good advice to thin people .
who want to grow fat It seems con
trary to all our early training, but ii '
full of good common sense and comes
from a prominent physician. His sug
gestions follow: -: !
'If you are thin and .want to put flesh
upon your bones, eat before going to
bed for the night. Physiology teaches
us that there is a wasting away of tis
sue while a person sleeps as well as
when he Is awake, and this being so
there should be continuous nourish
ment. Food taken at dinner or in the
early evening is always digested at the
time of retiring, and the activity of the
process of assimilation continues until
long after we are asleep. ' . .
'If the tissues are not nourished
they are pulled down by the wasting
process, and as a result sleeplessness,.
ensues. On a full stqmacl, nowever.
or with some food to sustain the sys-, :
tem there Is a building up of the tis
sue.
"Man is the only creature I know of
who does not deem It proper to sleep
on a full stomach. The infant, in this -
respect, instinctively cries to be fed at
night, showing that food is necessary
during that time as well as . through
the day, and that left too long without
It causes a discomfort which it makes
known By crying. : ' ''' ' V" . ...'"
"There is no need for rest In the dl
eestlve organs, provided the quantity .
of food eaten Is not above normal dur
ing the twenty-four hours. Too long
intervals between meals are bad for
the stomach, from the fact that the
cessation and resumption of work of -the
digestive organs tend to enfeeble
them. ' . - " -.'
A moderate working of the organs
through the twenty-four hours is much
more beneficial. I would advise thosfe
suffering from insomnia to take some
thing to, eat before going to sleep al
ways. A glass of milk and Dreaa.
meat or any digestible food will do."
' Causes of l)tli. . . j
Almost all persons die of disappoint
ment personal, mental or bodily toll or
accident The passions kill men iome- ,
times even suddenly. The common el- .
pression "choked with rage" has little,
exaggeration in it, for even though not
always suddenly fatal, strong passions :
shorten life. ' - . . .
Strong-bodied men often die young, -and
weak men usually live longer than
the strong, for the strong use their,
strength and the weak have hardly any .
to use the latter take. care of them-,
selves the former do not -
As it is with the body, o It Is with
the mind and the temper the strong , r
are apt to break or, like 'the candle,
run; tht weak burn ouL . .
;Man, ff'all animals, is one th?t sel
dom comes up to the average. lie cusht
to live 100 years according tor the phy- '
slological law, but Instead of that he
scarcely reaches an average of four
times the grjowing period.' The reason
is obvious man is not only the most
Irregular and most Intemperate, but
the most laborious and hard-working
of all animals. . " - ' 7. '
' He Is always the most irri 'able, and
there Is reason to believe, tDugh we
cannot tell what , an animal " secretly
feels, that, more than any other ani- m
mal, man cherishes wrath to keep It
warm, and consumes hlmrelf with the
fire of his own reflections. ".
7 ' -JL- Little Sersaosu .
What yon learn from bad. habits and
In bad society you will never, forget,
and it will be a lasting pang to you.
I will tell you in all sincerity, not tn
the excitement of speech, that I would
give my right hand if I could forget
that which I learned in bad societ.-
John B. Gocglu
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