OLO BY THE HANDFUL.
i i i, i
mt Cloaala of Giant rfajqultoM Kaep
Traaaar Baekera at Bay.
, Gold In plenty may ba found In the
lands of ttw Volador River, a tremm
f moderate volume that cornea tumbling-
from the snow line of the 6 terra
d 8t Martha, In South Aniprlea, but,
though the lowland region and the riv
er bed where the precious metal
abounds in fabulous quantities are eas
ily accessible, the uMwguttoes are so
thlok and terrible there that all at
tempts to rifle the sands of the gold
bare so far failed.
Ellsee Rectus, the celebrated French
geographer, was the discoverer of ttls
Wonderful stream, whose waters sweep
over sands that are literally golden.
He told the news to the Kreuch Vice
Consul at Rio Haeha, and this official
obtained the concession of this Eklo
tado. He took with him when he set out
an ingeniously constructed gaure tent
of large dimensions. For two days he
tried to live under its shelter and watch
the operations of bis workmen, who
tolled in the stifling heat, clothed In
thick garments and protected by heavy
boots, gloves and veils. At the end of
the second day, however, both employ
er and employe with one accord gave
up the struggle and retreated.
The next to try to wring fortune
from these auriferous sands was an
Italian who obtained permission from
the Vice Ouitnil referral to above.
The Italian started out with h party
of six, who shared with him his belief,
nd so they took along no special pro
tection s gainst the Insects. They en
dured for Ws than half an hour the
awful torture and theu fled.
Yet there are human beings who can
venture with Impunity Into this hell
whose guardian demons are mosqui
toes, and these are some of the sav
age natives of the mountains from
wbose rocky steeps the river comes
tumbling down. These savages, who
are nioso,ulto-proof, are rendered so
by their bodies being covered with the
scales of that awful disease, leprosy.
The mosquitoes will not touch them.
But neither gold nor the gauds of
rivllliatlon will tempt them to labor,
and there Is no human power, appar
ently, which will drag them out from
their rude caves on the mountain side
and make rheui labor for the whits
man. New York World.
Heretii s la Russia.
A new heretical sect has been discov
ered in Russia. It Is known us "The
Pilgrims," or "Wanderers," und num
bers thousands In Tomsk and other Si
berian Governments. Their mode of
life Is copied from the primitive Chris,
tlaus; they believe that the reiu of the
autl -Christ Is at hand, and give that as
their reasou for retiring to Siberia, for
when the archtiend comes the orthodox
church and the bureaucracy of the Gov
ernment will tie destroyed.
There la mors Catarrh in this section of the
fwootry than all other dl-eivea put tnitetlier,
and until the last fw yinn waaauipoel U m
Incurable. For a great many yea re durtum pro
nounced It a local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by oonMantly failiiiK to cure
with lo al treatment, pronounced It Incurable,
Science ba proven catarrh to bo h conetltu
tlonal dleeaee and therefore leqnlree constitu
tional treatment. llU'e Catarrh Cure. man.
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It is taken internally in d.svs from 10 drops to ;
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M Sold by Druggists. 75c.
A good many iblnts ca t l found oU
about human nit'.uro by I'barin tea cenli j
admission.
if re. Wlnalow'a Hontblnf S-rnp for rhIMsen
taathlng, aottens Ibe Kurna. reducee lnAammay
lion, allays puto, 6re wind colic n bottle
There la a Hrergtli of iul!e emli'ranre m j
Ignllloant of e utage ai the ru- st daring I
teats or prowca.
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Marrebma curt". Treatise and f -.nutrial bot
tle free. I)r. Kline. Kll An-li St.. i'tiiinu. Pa.
Whi n a man tt lea to I brow n si one with lilt
left band he ran f-jmiatnize nub n woinau'a
throwing.
TkaRevlriag Powers el Park er e (Winter
Tonic make It the need of everv home. Stom.
ach troubles, colds and all distress yield to it.
There Is a time In a (ilrl's lifn when sha
tries on every hat she tees, for aba knows
I hey are all becoming to her.
To Keep Ynnng
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dally care of the heiilth. Kipaus T.ibiilei re
dure doctoring to It lowest cost.
Kirength Is Incomprehensible by w. akno-is,
and therefor the more terrible.
It. Kilmer's PwAnr.ltooT enrns
all Kidney and luadder trrublei
J'amphiet and Consultation iree.
Laboratory. HttiKhiimton, N. Y.
Though flattery b'ossoms I ke fileodsh p,
there is a great difference In the Iruit.
Pico's Care for Con-umi't ion U nn A No. 1
Asthma medicine. - W. ft. Williams An
tloch, Ills., April II, 1'4.
The personal pre ncun 4 I ' shoii'd bn tne
coat-of-arms of some individual. Illvn.ro
tJet IllneVreorn and I'ae It II j
ron want to know the comfort of no corns. It
takes tlitin out perfectly. IV:. at (Iriignista.
No one will ever shine in conversation who
thinks of saying tine things.
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In combination, proportion and process
Hood's Rursnparillii possesses peculiar cura
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France now claims that in the event
of wars she can put nn army of 4,000,
000 soldiers into the field.
In 1882 it took 351 bushels of wheat
to pay for a self-hiiuliug reaper, while
n better one can be bought this yeur
for th price of 187 bushels.
Puul Novieow, a ltussiau, is writing
io demonstrate that poverty is duo to
humun stupidity, us a result of which
it is said not more than ouo person
in ten it well fed and well clothed.
Ho thiuks tho stupidity consists
chiefly in producing too littlo and
wasting too much.
Secretary Herbert, acting upon the
recommendations of a board of naval
experts, has ordered that cellulose
from the pith of cornstalks bo substi
tuted for that from cocoa fibre for use
on I'uited States war ships to prevent
leakage through apertures nwule by
the enemy's gnus.
Figures received at the Indian
Hureiiu, show that 30,000 Indians arc
now engaged in funning stock, raising
and other civilized pursuits. About
2J.0O0 voted at tho last election ; 30,
OiMlout of tho total population of 1M7,
000 are church members; IS'.l.tMI'.l are
self-supporting and .'5,0 KI pay tuxes.
According to tho Medical Iu-cord
some Kuglish ladies, residents in
China, li ivi; stnrted a society to put o
stop to the prnctico of binding the
feet of young gilK Chlliatil- li, who
re nt I lit iiii)M i iiiienee, ask the mem
bers of the new society to juin them
in the foi nintion of a Natural Waist
Society, to put an end to tiuht-luemg.
S in Francisco h:is 1 lie tall building
fever, and is to have a fifteen story
all'i.r that will tower ?I0 feet above
the sidewalk. Clans Spreckols is to
bull 1 it. It will be so much taller
than anything now standing there that
it will be plainly visible from nil parts
of the city and from tin; bay. It will
be but 75x70 Io. t, mi l will be really a
big Mtmre toner. Clipped liv a big
dome. On paper it looks to the Net
York Sun 'v no iu. huh uiihiiiiiisoiue.
Although tho eiht-hoiir workinu
day isslill clamored for in France, it
appeals from the report of tho labor
commission for Is'' 1 that the ten-hour
ilay for children nn b r sixteen pre
scribed by the law of November. 1 St2.
has proved impracticable. Although
the bill extendmo tlnf time to eleven
hours has not been passed as yt by
the chamber, the inspectors liuvo been
instructed to act upon it as if it were
law, by prosecuting no cases of in
fringement in which the hours worked
do not exceed eleven. There were in
I!!, -,5:tl rcpirtH against factories
employing children more than eleven
hours, the result being that most of
tin? l.uge mills in which adulti had
worked twelve hours, or even more,
have redib-ed the hours for all their
employment to eleven.
Tin! record of Sunday suicides in
Chicago, according to thu Tribune of
that city, was most extraordinary.
Seven pcrsiun live men and two
women -made the attempt to end
their lives, and five of them succeeded.
The youngest of tip' group of unfor
tunates was a girl of 1. Ill-health
was the cause of one, insanity of one,
duinestic infelicity of two, melancholy
uf one and liipior of two. It ih no
ticeable that four out of the ceven
used j oisoii as the a-ieney of self-do-truetiD!i,
the poisons being carbolic
acid, laudanum, I'.iris green and mor
phine. This peculiar prominence of
poison as the means of committing
suicide is not confined to this instancj.
it prevails all over the Tinted States.
In two-thirds of reported cases tho
pistol and poison are the agencies in
ue. Last year I hero were 1,7211 cases
of poisoning to 1,504 of shooting.
This year to date the poisoning cases
exceed the shooting, being 1,218 to
1,1 HI. The extraordinary increase
which has taken place only during the
Inst two ysiiis, apart from the pathetic
side of it for poisoning is the most
agonizing of ail forms of death
shows the ease with which self-niurdor-eis
are able to procure poisons, and
argues that some more stringent re
slrictions should be placed upon their
sale by ili ujgists.
A I'lii trul Hear.
The clumsy unties of the Min beat
in the lion house of the "Zoo"
daily attract large crowds, much it.
the satisfaction of Brum, says the
Philadelphia Hecord, who delights ill
a huge and appreciative audience,
lie has recently been furnished with
a ih-w toy mi the shape of a log of
wood almost as large as himself, with
which he pounds on the floor of his
cage much after tho stylo of a laborer
ramming cobbles. Once) in a while
he drives the log against his own foot
or varies the performance by throw
ing it up in the air to drop on his
skull. Another favorite amusement
of tho playful brute is practiced in
the morning, when tho tin Moor has
been recently washed and is still net.
Standing erect on his bind log ISruin
takes a short run and then slides
along like schoolbov over the slip
pery surface.
Before be hail won renown as 9
poet Joatptin Miller hud failed
loliicr, lawyer and editor.
FOR FARM ANI UARDFJ.
WASTED FODDER.
Taking the estimates uf the I'cpart
ment of Agriculture as to the arc
grown to corn, and the per cent of
waste of the corn fodder annually in
the United States, it appears that this
annual waste on the farms of the
country amounts to over $500, 000,000.
Just think of such an enormous nu
nusl waste of one of the products of
a staple r'H. Suppose that the
farmers of the United States were re
quired to put their hands in their
pockets and throw away over $500,
000,000 annnally ! And yet that is the
equivalent of what is going on re
specting one of the great staple pro
ducts of ths farm. Save properly nnd
feed tho corn fodder, njid sell the hay
for cash, for it briugs a good price.
Indiajia Farmer.
HOW TO ISF. NITRATE OF ROPi.
Thist fertilizer is very quickly soluble,
and thusuets i in moxl lately, being taken
in bj the roots in a few hours after it
is applied to the land. Hence it should
only be used when the crop to which
it is applied is in a quickly growing
condition. Thus, it. is u waste to use
it in the latter jsirt of tho Reason, and
the best time is in the spring or sum
nii'r, soon after the crop is well started
in growth. It is advisable to divide
tho quantity, sowing bajf of it Inter
and when the plants ate in au active
condition. For onions, it should be
sown in three portions, the first when
the seed or the st-ts are put into the
ground, the second two weeks later.
and tin mini two weeks alter tne
seooud, thus preventing any loss of
the nitrate in the soil by washing into
the subsoil before the planti can dis
pose of it New York Times.
SF.LL1XU YOfR rlOS.
The chief obstacle to success in
growiug pigs is me uanger oi becom
ing overstocked. Tla'ie is always a
protit if pigs are s dd while young.
Ifut many farmers who have a line lot
of growing pigs will not sell them,
thinking to make greater profit by
iin lUitil they they have attained
full growth. In most cases this is a
mistake. The older a pi grows the
.mailer is usually the profit from feed
ing it. Ik'sides, it is poor policy for
any class of men to try to always get
all the profit there is in a tra ie. We
have known men so close at a bargain
that I hey could liually find nobody to
trade with them. To live and let live
should bo the aim of nil. A good rule
is when breeding animals not to re
fuse a reasonable offer that would
leave a fair profit and not stop further
breeding. With stock that increase
m rapidly as do pigs, a very few
brmiliiig sows will quickly replace
thosi! that are sold. If this is done
repeatedly through tho year, the
profit eaeji time amounts to more
than could be m i l bv feeding ani
mals until they attain full growth.
Iloston Cultivator.
CAMPalilS AHAfNST WF.KPS.
Inquiries! are constantly coming to
us concerning the best method of net
ting rid of noxious weeds, especially
perennials. I'egin by sowing the in
fested fields to oats in the spring, or
wheat or rye in the fall. Soon alter
these small graius have been har
vested, plow under the sUibble, thus
chocking the development of the first
crop of weeds. V lnti the second-
crop has started oil the plowed
eroiiiul, go over it with a disk har
row, corn cultivator, or any other
farm implement that will kill the
young weeds. Repeat this operation
os often as necessary this fall to pre
vent the maturing of any seed or the
development of root-stocks. Seed
tin! field to winter grain aam this
fall nnd repeat the operation again
next year. If tho weeds arc very
persistent, ns the Canada thistle,
quack grass, etc., cultivate the fallow
often enough to prevent any green
leaf surface appearing. Otherwise
the underground Rtems will live for a
long time. This is the best method
of treating an infested field, and if
persisted ill will be successful. Now
is the tune to begin the work. Io
uot neglect it.- American Agricultur
ist. CROSS Hit F. EPS.
Tho improved breeds of poultry
have undoubtedly clone much to mcke
poultry breeding successful and profit
able. It is acknowledged that the
dunghill fowl cannot compete with
tho improved breeds, either in the
production of eggs or flesh. Never
theless, wo do uot believe in the aver
uge farmer going iu for pure breeds.
Ho should leave them for the foucier,
who understands the problem of breed
ing, and is steadily trying to cultivate
and improve on them.
The geueral poultry breeder i-j in
the business for egga sud poultry,
nnd he will hud that high grades will
give him batter results than pure
bloods. Poultry breeds up very rap
idly, and it is much easier to grade
up ns in stock breeding, always using
pure-bred males, than it is to hold
one's own with pure blooded stock.
In the latter case tho tendency is npt
i to be dowuward, while in the former
it is always steadily upward.
But ths most serious objection is
that pit re-bred fowls are apt io be of
a delicate nature. Tho breeding tip
and in to which thoy have been sub'
jected hns weskened their constitu
tions, precisely as it hns done that of
all other animals of the "improved
breeds." Certain advantages have
undoubtedly been gained, but these
are always accompanied by a sacrifice
of vigor. This is where the great
great merit of the cross breeds is
so clearly shown, for iu them are to
found the desired characteristics of
the pure breeds united to the hardi
ness of the common stock. It is this
combination which is needed by poul
try breeders, and which they must
have if they are to find protit in their
work. New York World.
HOW LOKtl TO MILK.
This is au old question, and tho
writers seem to be confirmed iu the
belief that the number of cows are so
few that will not dry off in comparison
with tho whole number of milch kiue,
that the question is rather over dis
cussed, and assuming that the ques
tion is one of great moment, that
Practical Farmer is inclined to be on
the side of the question that a cow is
better for six weeks to two mouths
drying, before dropping her calf, and
will give all the more milk for the
rest. In our owu dairy this seems
to be a fact, nnd others report the
same thing though there is a "cloud
of witnesses" tin the other side who
are just ns strong in the Iv.dief that if
a cow is fed well, she will give milk
for many years without deterioration
of milking qualities. Mr-. Ella Rock
wood, w ho is a most observing dairy
woman, in discussing th s matter iu
an exchange, hns this to say nt its
close: ".Sentiment aside, the cow
may be a machine, yet the is
not one made of cast iron,
but of delicately formed nervo and
tissues that cannot bear the continu
ous st rain upon her vitality without
its impjiring by continuous milking.
It sids in laying in a Btore of added
vigor, and conserves the vital forces
to have this rest." Perhaps the most
valid argument iu the question is that
of the maternity of the cow and its
otlices. for dairying is tho commerce
of tins motherhood features of the
cow, und tho continuous, never eud
niK demands upou that function with
out rest must have sooner or later its
weakening effect ; then iu the plan of
continuous milking there is no chauco
for the expanding of the udder by the
slow secretion of fluids in the natural
way, nnd tho function of milk-giving
stimulated by tho natural reservoir
process's of providing for thi suste
nance of offspring is interfered with,
and the cases are numerous whero
cows when continuously milked have
not given nearly so much milk the
second year, an I a cow in tho writer's
bum to-day is strong testimony to
this view of the mutter. There is tin
doubt but that mimo cows c m stand
n i amount of this continuous milking
nml not bo injured iu the end, but as
said we think that they aro tho excep
tion, and that six week's rest is a
reasonable demand upon the part of
the cow. Practical Farmer.
KAIIM AM" liAIIPF.N KOTF.sJ.
Ibm't wait until fowls are infested
with veruiiii, but prevent such a ca
lamity ti) your flock.
When miik is to stand n long time,
stone or ubiss vessels should be usod.
If milk is to stan 1 only a short timo
in is preferable because easily cleaned.
Sheep intended for mutton must bo j
kept quiet, handled gently; they ecu- i
not be made a part of a system of
farming that inelu les restlessness, tin
steadines and continuous chaugiug of
conditions.
When dairymen buy cows from
dealers they are liable to bring disease
into the herd. A strange c iw should
always be an object of suspicion, un
less procured from parties known to
be reliable.
Iiord"aux mixture is found a sure
preventative of curl leaf on peach trees
in Washington, according to a report
Mr. .1. F. Cass, uf th! State Horticul
tural Commission, published iu tho
Kurnl Northwest.
The more you cut sweet peas the
longer they will contiuu) flowering
profusely. Allowing tho see 1 so ma
ture early impairs the vigor of tho
plant ami shortens to a certain extent
the period of flowering.
Feed off all the old corn before any
of the new crop is used, but do not
feed any corn in the summer if green
food can be given the stock. Utilize
everything that cm bo convert 1 into
food. I'ven weeds cutl bu fed to
swine.
The increase, in the yield of pot itoes
isniaikedlv influenced by an applica
tion of potash. It is found that tuo,
nsh of potatoes contains over fifty pjr
cent, of potash, and that men as j in
y eld follow t very closely the per cent,
of potash in tha fertilize applied to
the soil.
Eoonoiin ij essential to success on
the farm, especially when pric-js are
low. The most extravagance practiced
by farmers is in tho use of inferior
stock. It is more economical to feed
urain to animals than givd the largest
losublo return therefrom than to at
, jit to save by holding on to the iu
.'i ior kinds.
tfi'Aivr ami n itioi s.
Oliver Goldsmith wrote "Tho Vieat
f Wakefield"' in six weeks.
IVtwcen the NiIj and the Red Sea
uli it it 1 1 :i ti t forests once blessed a soil
now dry sud desolate.
Wihl dogs begin to bo a nuisance
in some parts of Kansas. They grow
up with the c tuutry too rnppidly.
(icrouimo tho captive Indiun chief,
acts as a police magistrate for his
trilie. He bus been a prisoner for ten
years.
Hoadiey, J. Ringer of Kenwood, W.
Vs., is exhibiting to curious neighbors
a white groundhog which ho caught iu
a trap.
One leg of a pair of trousers was
found in the stomach of a big shark
caught near Annapolis, Mil, some
time ago.
A i'ine.year-old boy of Warsaw,
Ind., committed suicide because he
could not stand tho taunts of his play
mates about his mother.
Francisco Hazaiue, son of the lato
Marshal Hizaine of France, is report
ed dead of yellow fever iu Cuba. He
was a sergeant in the Spanish army.
A cherry treo in Guilford, Me., has
acquired considerable notoriety by
beariug ripe fruit on one side and
blossoming on the other at the same
time.
.lam. s Settle, a Point Mills (W.Vtt.)
boy, went Io sleep on a railroad track.
When the train cime along his faith
ful dog tried to puli him oil', but both
were killed together.
Ill Fayetteville, N. Y., there was a
great celebration when Peter John
soa became of age, the iiL'e id 100.
He can remember "hear telT'of Wash
ington's death when he was six.
Rieyeles nie now nulbori.ed by the
French postofiiee Pepnrtment for the
disliibiitioii of telegrams, and an al
lowance of $.'1 a month is made to
messengers for the use of their
machines.
What is asserted to be the oldest
lifeboat in existence is preserved at
South Shields, England, as a valued
relic. It was bmit iu 1S1.I, and dur
ing mole than lilty years of active
service was instrumental in saving
l,H2h pi rsnus.
John Fassnitelit of Detroit, Mich.,
was walking with n lady the other
night when a tough followed them
and accosted the lady. Fsssiiacht
struck him, knocking him down, and
went on with the lady. Shortly after
ward the tough was found dead.
Fassniicht was not detained by the
police.
I'ncle Sam's Pensioners.
The United States have two pen
sioners in Algiers, three in the Argen
tine Republic, in South America I
twenty-five iu Australia, twenty-one
iu Austria-Hungary, oueinthe Azores
Islands, thirteen iu Belgium, four iu
Remind i, one has wandered to
Brazil, seventeen have found refuge
iu llritish Columbia, two are at pres
ent located iu Itulgiiria, four live in
Central America, six in Chili, eight
have found homes iu China, three are
living in Costa Rica, five aro
in Cuba, Denmark has nioro than
her share, there being twenty-four of
our old soldiers now resident there;
one has straggled to Egypt and one
Io the Fiji Island i France is well
provided, h i iug fifty-six of our Civil
War veterans; (i.inteinala has one,
sixteen lire tit present eiig ig -d in up
holding the R -public at Hawaii, three
nre braving the yellow fever in Hon
duras, one is on Greenland's icy moun
tains, three nre pacing; India's coral
strand. Italy has twenty-five, nine
are living iu the dominion of the
Mikmlo, Cores has one, Liberia has
two, two are living in Malta, two iu
Mauritius, fifty-oijjdit in Mexico, ten iu
the Netherlands, four in New- Zen
land, three in Nicaragua, thirty-six
eh sj by tho glaciers of Norway, six
have found homes in Peru, olio lives
iu Portugal, live are residents of tho
Republieof Colombia, one has somehow
or other got to Roumania, three are
living in th" land of the C.r, two in
Siain, on-! in the island where Napo
leon breathed his last, and ona in the
island w here he was b n il ono in t'-ie
Society Islnnds.oue in the South Afri
can Republic, seven in Spain, thirly
fonr in Sweden, seventy-seven iu the
Republic uf Switzerland, four in the
land of the Turk, one in Uruguay
nnd niii ! in the West Indies, this rec
ord forming a most remarkable testi
mony to the ability of the Americans
to scatter themselves all over tho face
of the earth. New York Tolegram.
Troubles of Stock-raisers.
Tho Tucson (Arizona) Star gives the
following to illustrate the troubles i f
tho stock-raiser : fine firm of stock
men, not so very long ago, sunk a
well and made other preparations und
then put out some 2000 head of stock.
Recently they hunted up uli tho cuttle
to bo found that bore their brand, nnd
although they had sold none yet.nbout
400 head were all that could begot to
gether. Another man could find but
niuety-two out of 1500. It is said
that the depredations of tho Tspngoes
will account for much of tho missiug
stock.
Pumpkin seeds are very attractive
to mice, and traps baited with theia
will soon destroy this little pest.
Highest of all in Leavening
MM
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"Praying for Papa."
"Did you ee that, m later?" said an
elevated railroad guard to a New York
newspaper man, who stood with him
on the rear platform of the first car the
other nlgut
"Yes."
"Well, then." added the guard, "you
aaw my three little children. They
were kneeling at a trunk la front of
the window of that bouse we passed.
Over them stood their mother. She
was about sending them to bed, but
before they go she teaches 'em to pray
for me. Yes, and she brings 'em there
ao ns I can see 'em.
"And," be added, with a manly at
tempt to stifle a s,, that welled up In
Ms throat, "she lu.s told me what she
tells 'em to say."
"What Is it?" Inquired the auditor.
"I do hope you won't think me fool
ish, sir, but, as I guess you are a mar
ried man and a farier, you may care to
bear It. You see, It Is this way. The
kids- they go to bed at 0. That's about
the time my train goes by the house.
It's right on the line. So, Just about
bst moment she brings the little "uns
up to the trunk In tbelr nightgowns
aud makes 'pro kneel down with their
hands clasped on their faces. Aud
then they pray and pray "
"For you?" was the Interruption.
"Yes. y..u're right. They pray that
papa will be good nnd kind, and keep
sober, and bring home nil his money,
and ," the big guard's voice trem
bled. Hut he continued after an ef
fort: "I'm rough, tough nnd nil that, but I
love my wife and I love my children.
They are the only ones on earth that
keep me straight"
Lieutenant (In Miss Emily's prlvnte
slttlng-roomi-"Erally. I cannot find ex
pression for the feelings which agitate
my breast- I love you! (dropping on his
kneesi. Hehold me lying here In the
dust before you!" Emily "I beg your
pardon, lieutenant; that Is an Insult.
I dusted everything myself only n min
ute ngo."-Gelllustreerd Zoudagsblnd.
ore 15 eivjoyo
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washing. Some of your delicate things won't stand much rub
bing. They're meant, especially.to be cleaned with Pearline.
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Clothes Made of Peat.
Underwear Is now made In Paris of
pent. This sounds like a Joke, but there4
is nothing of the Munchausen ordef
about It. It hns been known for soma'
time that peat hns certain antiseptic
qualities. A dead body which w as bur
ied In pent for over a century was found
In a state of perfect preservation. Teat
Is used In the northern countries of Eu
rope for surgical bandages, aud tha
favorable results obtained by the Rus
sian surgeons with pent bandage hnva
Induced the French nrmy department
to use It In the French hospitals. It
lias also been found that peat fibers Iu
combination with other material pos
sess wonderful absorbing properties.
This bus led Dr. Knsurd to use peat
fibers for the making of underwear In
the plnce of flannel. The new material
hns proven very effective, absorbing
perspiration and rapidly drying. Dr.
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lic pump," and pronounces It nn excel
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ASSIST NATURE
s little now nnd then
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ways in favor
The Pellets cure
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On Hnndrid Page Il
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I IS 1-
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you fMnetbine in ilace cf I'earline, le
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