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f LAND OF WON DEBS.! CURIOUS CUSTOMS AND RARE SIGHTS IN SlA'M. Civfnfri I ho Deifl to the Tulnires A?i E t pens i ve Cre nia t i on Bean 1 1 ful Templo -Curious Features of the Ci'ty of Bangkok. Hon. Jacob T. Child, United State .Mirvister to" hiam. wlio recently passed through haa I rancisro on his way to liaugkok, Siam, in conversation with a Chr ni !e rejrcsentative related to him a great many. interesting f;ifts about the 'custom of i:nnese and i heir country. Mr. Child paid: "hi am is a land ol wonders. Many of the customs -seem shocking. to us, and yet the people ar highlj 'civilized. IJut t he civilization ol all Oriental lands diiVeiia in so manj ways from ours, at first one is likely U btam's .. tjtti.k (i kk.v, a;i:d 28 teaks.! look upon any variation from our WestJ em customs as barbaric. -Ore of their most shocking practice s is the way they dispose of the bodies of oor people and criminals after ileal 1 1. livery Siamese whose friends ;iy tbe fcm.ition fee .of about Si i-i cremated, but thei e are many poor people who e;iiii;ot;se lire even this email amount. . The bodies of those for which no fees are ra-sed are taken to wlhat is culled a wat, or temple, 'for the poor. This-is a lare st i uci ore without a' roof, and it is usunliy built in some great- city, as at P.an;;kok. Trop cal trees grow wah n the walls of the dismal inclosure, and .sometimes the trees are fairly Mac1; with savage vultures. The body, is .laid upon the iloor, which is merely a to gh piece of ground, and within an hour the uitjnes have torn .every particle of ile-m from the corpse. "The wat for the poor at l'ankok is upon a hi-h hib, bill ed 'Cold Hill,' because of the er ormous sum of money 'which was mpiircd to get a proper foundation for the temple. The people do. not seem to cue what becomes of their bodies, if they are poor, and in stead of recording the 'poor'wats' as Loriible place-, 1 believe they regard them as wise provisions made by the Kiiig, and the' are thankful for such a ffi or as having even the -wat' as a final resting place. f'Tlie r rem ition ceremonies over royal personages are the most, expensive auft eiaboiate forms of doing honor to the dead that the world has ever keen.' I a-t .May three children of the King were cremated. The - bodies .mco lirst embalmed iu oils, gums and spices, then placed jn. a casket and left for ,si or seven months. hi the -meantime many high priests calicd'at the palace to oiler up j. layers for the dead. Provisions, were then set out in the o en air to piopitate. the spirits of evil. Theu for ii.'Ouths the l est bands of music that could be hired were procured to give open air concerts-ft ee. S amcse laeons Japanese jugglers and "Chinese actors were employed to give daily entertain ments for the amusement of the people, hojla water, ice tream, cake, fruits and mote substantial articles of diet were given away for .months, to all who called to'pay respects to the dead. These cere lnoni' s were all. prop tiatory to the spirits .and to please the departed, who were suppose lto hover nigh and par take in the en tal joy. "When the time an ived for the cre mation of the b it. ics of, the princes, a premian, or pila e, was "built, at enor mous ejense and gorgeously decorated. Theyimaius were convey ed to the pre main on a golden ( harlot, surrounded by priests, and when the altar was reached the embalmed bodies were 'carefully put in a golden urn, which was suspended abote the hiidi altar. Jn the altar wa3 built a great furnace. The funeral ser- 1 CROWN rUINCK OF SIAAr, AGED 11 YEARS. vices then ""began and l.fshd for three days. They consisted of readiugs from the works of Buddha by the hiiih priests, and mourning aloud, b' groaning, by women euro! ed in white. AllNtjuf ser vitors and wives were dre-sed in Avhite, while the high priests were Adothed in brilliant yellow robes. At the end of the third day the .i King and one of the' high priests brought from the palace the sacred fire " in a lamp containing', palm' o;l. The fiie was. then ,11 plied to the mass of ccmbu-tibles'-in Jthe furnace, and the King retired." '1 be pf incet nobles and all the invited gursfs, who h'ld been t-nppbed with scandal wood flowers, d sticks a fo.-.t long, then advanced slowly to the furnace and threw the offerings into the sacred flames. The fire was kept up until after sunrise of he next day, when the urn was opened. The white ahes and a few , selected - bones were placed in another golden urn ami cart fully conveyed to a porce lain vault, which is usei as a reeeptory of. the crematory urns of the" royal dead of the Kingdom. The remainder of the bones for some were not taken to the .vault were then taken and blessed l by the high priest, after which they were convey id in a royal barge down the lenam River to where the tides meet and thrown into the wat r. "The boat men, sixty in number, cha ited a requiem as they plied the oars. They were all dressed in brilliant red. j The cost of this cremation alone ran up to $1,090, 0C0, whi'e each invited ruest received a valuable present 1 drawr t on a number marked on his. ticket, somewhat iifter the fashion of our American lotteries. "While speaking of te nples and cere monies I may as well s:.y that whfle I have seen most of tbegn.od architecture of the Old World I never saw' anything to .compare with a tempi: in the Menam Chopea-Iiiver it Bangkok, built to honor the spirits of the water, j It is a hand poine spiral dome of purest white, with wo wings, ih'ch are vrystal ptdaco?. The temple standing the re in the pictur esque mother of waters is a poem in itself. The combination of handsome architecture and striking; natural scenery was never surpassed. j 'The system of jurisprudence in Siam strikes one as crude, i There are not many lawyers, and while they go through the form of a trial and hive judges, who receive petty salines, they seldom give a case the thorough vem Hating it would get in an American cou t. There are some English and Germ in lawyers there who are beginning' tc make money. Their system of capturing criminals works well, fdthough it strikes one aa very unfair to innocent persons. When a criminal escapes his family is at once arrested, put in chains and made to work on the streets or else srhere with ths 'chain gang' until he i s apprehended. The criminal usually co nes in and sur renders himself (rather than have hia wife, parents or sister tortured ,for his misdeed. j J "The Chinese are th j upper business class there. They keep J the . stores "and conduct the great busi ness interests ol Siam. The Siamese lower classes are usually peddlers and boatmen, and they are in a great m iasure slaves tc the Chinese. I believe that the peoplt respect the Chinese and encourage them. I remember that a yc ung Siamese, s relative of the King, wl .o got his educa tion in London, asked nermission tc start a newspaper. II was allowed tc run it, and when he (asked the Kins 1 .z.-- THE GOLGOTHA DP PI A M. ' whether he would be a lowed the privi press, the jolly ' manner : 'Yes, s not please me lege of freedom of the! king replied in a jokin but if you say what doj 111 bamboo you. (if did not mean that he his threat, jfowever, course the lving (would carry out the young man i upon the Chi- began a vigorous attack ncse, and he advocat Chinese immigration, tied him to let some o ad restriction of The King noti ce else print the newspaper ana to rep wjiere he would be d rt to his palace,- f tailed a position in the Forefgd Oilice. "But the King and 1 neen are usually quite liberal with their subjects, and of late years they have bee p. very-charitable, recently endowing and giving large sums to well known charitiesl he Bangkok Time, a semi-weekly ewspaper edited and owned by a! remarkable Englishman named William Ese, wl o speaks seven- teen languages, has never been molested by the Government There are a great many JCnglish. speaking people to patron- ize his paper, but by far the greater part 01 the, foreign 1 population is German The citv itself is healtliful for a place of f.00,000 population. 'Wa have dailym-in- soous, and a daily rise of ten feet in the tide water river Menard Chopea. A large part of the city is buil on the river, and boating is the chief ejecupation ot the lower classes. j "The Siamese peop s resemble more of American In- closely the better tribes dians than any 01 tne nel ghboring Orient- al nations, although their .resemblance is very faint. The full blooded Siamese is copper colored and not usually more than live feetdive inches in height. They are alert and active, reasonably muscu lar, and decidedly a landsome people. Nothing of tlie Chinese cast of feature is to be found among the n. The popula tion of the Einpire is ibout 10,000,000, but this is mere guess w?rkj for no census has ever been taken. j "The costume of the people is simple and gracefulJ The climate is warm, not hot like that of Singipore, but about like that of .lacksonvil e, "Fla., with less severe winters. I , No ve-y heavy clothing is required, and the gi.rments are there fore light and flowing. Men and women dress about alike. The f wear thepenang or pantaloons, made 01 1 of silk, linen or cotton, as the j taste cr fortune of the wearer may determine. Under the penang they wear a ve y curious pair of drawers, the legs not eing more than a foot long, and in sone instances very handsomely embroideied, the Siamese dudes, of whom there re not a few, pay particular attention to this part of their attire. But one upper garment is worn, a sort of Jacket made of silk, velvet or linen. The jackets worn by the nobles and richer merchants are handsomely embroidered, great attsntio being paid to the buttons. Few are so poor a3 not to be able to afford ei ver, while among, the upper classes gold buttons, very in- JL TEMPLE ON MEK SAM RIVER. tricately worked in 1 pattern, are worn. T 'beautiful filigree e nobles use dia- monds as buttons. sqme ot tuem very large and valuable, is a gold-embroidered case of the nobles is Kround the waist pelt, which in the a belt of flexible irold fastened with a1 large diamond- studded clasp. This dress is veryipic ingly becoming. turesoue and i exceea Over the iacket and across tne snoulders the women wear a sravi scarf. A peculiar their attire is the .1 a' . and graceful feature of jessamine wreath, which they habitually wear 09 their heads, i ''The present Siamese King, Somdech Phra Pharamindr Maha, known-as Chu laU.ngkorn, is a handsome man, thirty two years old. He has absolute power, bat arails himself of a council of nobles. He is. of a kind disposition, easily ap proachable, and is very popular among his subjects. I once attended a grand gaden party given by him, at which more than 5UjO guests, were present. There were not more than 500 foreign residents in Bangkok, but the most elaborate preparations were made for their entertainment. English and French cooks were employed, and European wines Cowed like water, the champagne especially being received with great favor by the natives. The King moved about among his guests with perfect freedom. His crown is worn only on rare occasions, a3 it is a very uncomforta ble headgear. It is of solid gold, about eighteen inches high, and : runs to a point. It is thickly studded with jewels of the largest size and first water, and is of great value. It is so heavy that the monarch, is ill at ease while it is upoj his head. The King's bed chamber, bcths and other i apartments are worthy the abode of royalty. His couch is made ol rare wood and. carved in the most artistic designs, draped with rare lace fringed with gold; a gold-embroidered spread covers the bed; the pillows and bolsters are also hemmed with lace, and above the couch swings a handsome pumba to keep him cool. "The army is well organized, the offi cers being trained iu a cadet s hool un der charge of Major Walker, an officer of. the Bombay m:lit:a. Bangkok has a large and eiCcient police force, which has little woik to do, as the people are neither inclined to theft or idleness. They readily adopt European ideas and are particularly cordial to Americans. There is a great field for American trade iu Siam, and I hope to see them brought into closer union with us." All Equine Curiosity. A genuine ( hinese horse has teen dis covered by a iNew York World reporter in a small stable near Abingdon Square. This curious animal is the only one of its species in the I nited States, and has certain peculiarities whi h make it an inteiesting curiosity.. - This remarkable animal has the head, lieck and body -of a full-sized and rather large horse. His legs, however, although correspondingly stout and strong, are very f-hort ai'.d every one of them double-jointed. His coat is very sleek and black. : The only spot of white upon him is a pretty diamond upon his forehea l. J lis tad is long and silky, but strange to say his main refuses to grow longer than two inches. JIe:o it stops and rema'ns as coarse aud stub by as a scrubbing br.ush. 8), Kv WW ..V.'X' A CltlNFSE HORSE. "Old Tony," the keeper of this re markable horse, has christened his charge '"Yum Yum." At the reporter's request Tony brought the horse from the stall and trotted him around the stable y;ird. The gait of the horse is very pe culiar and cannot be compared with ithat of any other animal; Being double jjointed, when he turn.s a coiner his legs wing around like pivots, giving tae appearance of being hung ou hinge. The double joints of Yum Yum's knees are so large that the reporter laid hi3 forefinger almost out of sight between them. So peculiarly are they formed that they do not figure as a deformity. The horse is very strong and makes a beautiful saddle horse, although it is a very funny sight to see a tall man. upon his back. The reporter then asked Tony to measure the dbl'ereut parts of the horse. I Yum Yarn's head is 23 inches long. It is very full and well formed. The neck is 11 inches long and 1G inches thick. Iljis height is 4(i inches. His front legs measure just 2'.) inches, while the hind legs are one inch higher, i His body is just feet, of C0 inches long. This con cludes a set of measurements which, for being in direct opposition to the laws of nature, have never yet been equaled lhe head, according ments, is that of a pe to trie measure-. fectly-developed horse. His body is iust a little behind. while the legs are the length of those of a smali'pony. His feet are iu keeping with his legs, as he wears a very dainty shoe. Mr. Taggert, Y'um Yum's owner,gave the porter a very interesting history of the horse. He said that Yum Yum was born in Hong Kong in 18S;'. About a year and a half later a sea eaptain bought him and took him to Boston, where he was tOld. - )';' J After a short stay at the ''nub' he was transferred to New York, where the late General Lee Yu Doo fell in love with him and bought him at a big price. The General had him kept in; Orange, N. J., and used to go out once or twice a week and spend a day in horseback riding.. The Genera,! also took a liking to the farmer that kept.Yum Yum for him, and said that if he ever died the farmer should have the horse. The man was p'eased at the offer and prevailed upon the General to put the nature of his gift upon paper. YVhen the General died, therefore, an eilort wa3 made by his friends to get possession of the Chinese horse, but the farmer held Yum Yum under the General's signature. Finally Mr. Taggert, who resides in Orange, saw the horse one day and bought him from the farmer at a con siderable sum. ; ' He brought him to New York, and when occasion requires it, uses him on one of- his wagons. : Mr. 'Taggert has also had a light sulkey made" 'for his curious horse and affirms that on a goftd country Yum Yum has frequently made a mile in 2.40 or less. His double joints allow Ins legs a very wide strttch and his speed is surprising. Railroad Revenues. Eesides their receipts from freight and passenger tratilc railroads derive revenue . also from the transportation ol mails and: express freight on passenger trains, from the sleeping-car companies, and from news companies for the privilege of sell ing upon trains. Of the total revenue about ."0 per cent, is usually derived from freight, 25 per cent, from passengers, and r per cent, from mail, express, sleep ing cars, arrd privileges. When it is considered that bigli speed involves great risks and necessitates a far more perfect roadway, more costly machinery and. appliances, and a higher grade and greater number of employes, the fast passenger mail and express traffic hardly seems at present to yield its due propor tion of incf"". Scribner'a. THE Jl EG RY SIDE OF LIFE. ETORXES THAT AUK TOID BY THE PTJjNmr MEK OF THE PRESS. The "Iazjr Man Lacked tb Art of Flattery A Steadr Churchgoer Cleverly Shook off a Bore, Etc, The baseball season's at an end. The small boys' nine disbands. And now the lazy man finds time Hangs heavy on his hands. The season's close he doth deplore And thinks it is a shame That he can sit upon a fence r IsTo more and watch the game But winter days have come at last When arctic breeze blow, . And he can watch his wife while she' Is shoveling off the snow. Boston Courier. Lacked the Art of Flattery. Proprietor of a glove store (just re turned from a trip) "How is this?. I hear not a customer has been in the store for a week." Head Clerk (helplessly) "I know it. After you left I did my best to boom business. I even put a big card in the window saying we could fit the biggest hands going, but not a lady has entered. Philadelphia llccord. A Steady Churchgoer. ' Earnest Christian "Does your hus band go to church regularly, Mrs. Sprig?" "Yes, sir; he goes every day. "Every day! You mean every Sun day, don't you?" -. "No, I mean every day; he's shing ling the roof of the Methodist church." Nebraska Journal. Cleverly Shook off a Bore. "Do let me have your photograph;" said a dashing belle to a gentleman who had been annoying her with his atten tions. ; The gentleman was delighted, an d in a short time the lady received the picture. She gave it to her servant with the question: "Would you know the original if he should call?" servant replied in the aiirmative. "Well, when he comes, tell him engaged." The am He Feared the Worst. , Chicago Citizen "Great Scott! What is this I have found on the doorstep?" , His Wiie "It looks like a dynamite bomb, made out of a piece of gaspipe. See, here is a fuse attached to it." Citizen "(Jh, is that all? I was afraid that the plumber had been here." Chicago Ifcics. Construed the Words laterally.' Scene: A Toronto household. Mamma (to Kdie, aged three and a half years, just home from her first morn ing at the kindergarten) "Well, Edie, how did you like it?" Edie "I didn't " like it a bit. The teacher put me on a chair and told me to sit there for the present. . And I sat and sat, and she never gave me the present." Tedious Waiting. "You would be sorry to lose your sister, wouldn't you, Johnnie?" asked the visitor suggestively to the little boy who was entertaining him in the draw ing room. "Nope," replied Johnnie. "I guess I bould stand it, Mr. Ilankinson. Maw says I've got to wear short pants till after- Irene's married. liinderJtook Rough Notes'. i .Ploasant for Mamma. Little Johnny (looking curiously at the visitor) "Where did the A thicken bite you, Mr. Billus' I don't see any of the marks." - . Visitor "Why, Johnny, I haven't been bitten by any chicken." ; Johnny "Mamma, didn't I you tell papa Mr.' Bill-us was dreadfully hen pecked? Why, mamma, how funny you look! Your face is all red." Chicago Tribune. Touched a Sympathetic Chord. Experienced Tramp "Hello, we're in luck. I hear a husband and wife quar reling in-this house. I'll wait until he comes out." Fresh Tramp -"Wot good '11 that do?" Experienced Tramp "I'll tell him I'm a wanderer over the face of the earth because I can't live with my wife, and he'll give "me. a dollar." Phila delphia Record. 4 Couldn't Attend to Such Details. '1've got a complaint to makejv said an of rice boy to his employer. j "What is its" "The bookkeeper kicked me, sir. I don't want no bookkeeper to kick me." "Of course he kicked you. You don't expect rac to attend to everything, do you? 1 can't look after all the little de tails of the business myself.''1 : Changing the Rule. "How did you come to convict that man?" asked a traveling man of a friend who had been serving on the jury. "The one who was tried for assaulting his mother-in-law?" - "Yes; it was contrary to all pre cident." ' ? "o it was. But the jury concluded that it was about time the old lady had a little show." Merchant Trawler. SifHenrs Are All the Rage. "What a beautiful girl!'' exclaimed young Alexander NcMash when he saw i Miss Galley west in a box at. the theatre. "Yes, poor thing," said : his sister, pity ngly, "but she can never have any: standing whatever in society." "Why;" inquired Alexander in sur prise. "Because she can't whistle a little bit," replied hi3 charming sister, puck ering her lip3 unconsciously. Chicago Neirs. - Sickness Unheard Of. Prospective Real Fstate Buyer- .it How is your town for healths" Western Real Estate Agent "Splen did! Supbrb! I tell you what, there is uot another town in the world that will compare with this for health." , "I notice you have a large cemetery." "Yes, but none of 'em died natural deaths. They were mostly shot, hung or pisoned. No, air; no sickness here. Why, it is a regular health resort!" Time. j American Slansr Mystified Him. Philadelphia Girl-t-"Have you ever noticed how ignorant of this country even our most Jlistinguished foreign vis itors are:" I s Kansas City Girl "WelL I should smile. Why, only last week I was talk ing to an English lord who didn't know what a boom was. When I told him? that my friend, Mr. Dugout, tried to work up a boom, but "fell in the soup,,r. he looked positively perplexed." PhUaA dtljshia Record, I A TTonderiTiil Child. Mr. Cldboy (admiring the baby) "Can he talkj my dear madam P Fond Mother "No, he can's-talk yet, but he's a wonderful child; he under stands everything one cays to him, don't too, you darling 'ittle pmksy winksy, tootsy pootsy dicksy picksy dot?" Mr. Oldboy "Does he remember all that." Fond Mother "Oh. yes." Mr. Oldboy "Well, he is a wc-nder-ful child." Bazar. Hish and Low Lifb. Society Youih "Say, Jack, can't you lend me $3? I've got to take a ladj to the opera to-night." Poor Clerk "Yes, George, I can; but you received a check from your father this morning. Where's that?" S. Y. VVYell, the fact is, I stepped, into my tailor s to get a necktie ana hadn't anything but the check with me, and the rascal instead of handing m the change gave me a receipt for baianc due." Acne) lork Weekly. 'Imaginary Heat. In a railroad passenger car: Conductor "Gentlemen, you have been making an awful sight of noise ever since you came into this car, and the other passengers complain of it. What are you mad about, anyway?" "Mad! We are not mad, but your old car isao cold that we thought if we got up a 'heated' discussion, mebbe it might warm it up a little. Don't you want to join us, it will save the company's coal if successful, and there's no danger of setting the car on fire in case of a smash up." Danstille Breeze. Acknowledged Relationship. A jolly Englishman, now a clergyman in this country, shortly after his mar riage to a country girl in old England, was visiting with her on the streets of Liverpool nhen suddenly a large donkey stepped up on the pavement in front of them. Mr. B. stopped, threw up his hand, and exclaimed : "My dear, is that any relative of .yours?" "Oh, twinkle yes," she said, with a merry in her eye, "but only since my marriage. - Subject dropped. Montreal Witness. 'Inherited His Old Gentleman get on?" Bellicose Trait9. -"How does my son School Teacher "He's one of the liest students in the school. I've no complaint to make on that score." Old Gentleman "That was the way -with me when I went to school. I'm glad he's taking after his father.' School Teacher "But he's unruly at times, Mr. Hardcastle, and frequently b.as to be reprimanded for fighting." Old Gentleman "Well, 1 suppose it's natural that he should have some of his mother's striking characteristics." Hamlet. I-iaeked Realism. "Ladies and gentlemen," said the Tnanager, stepping up to the footlights just after the curtain had gone up, "I have to claim your indulgence this even ing. The drama which will be presented to you to-night has neither a tank, a variety show, live pigs, ducks, geese, nor even horses to recommend it. To 1 o brief, it is play written by an old fashioned person named Shakespeare, and I have procured, not without em ploying dttectives to find them, several actors who can act to present this play to you.. I hope that its novelty, if nothing else, will secure a respectful hearing for Hamlet.'" -Pittsburg Dispatch. An Old Acquaintance Rehabilitated. This is a new version of an old story, Tmt it happened. It was in a country courtroom and a . case was proceeding, when two dogs began fighting in the very sacred precincts of law and justice. 'The Judge stopped the case "Constable," he said, "the decorum of this court must be preserved. Throw -those dogs out. The Const ible got hold of them and was struggling out of the door when the Judge added, "and, Constable, when you get outside I'll bet you $10 that my brindle pup will knock the spunk out of that black cur of yours." "I'll take the bet, your Honor," said the Constable. - And the Judge won. San Francisco Chronicle. , He Struck A Bargain. Old Mrs. Bentley "Josiah, there comes a shabby-looking old man with a bundle on his back, and I think We ought to do something for him, Old Mr. Bentley "I'm willing, Mariar." OlQt Mrs. Bentley "I say, old man, if ;you'U come in:o the house I may be able to find some decent clothing for vou." Old Mau (gratefully) "Thank" you, mem." Old Mrs. Bentley (in the house) "Now, there's a lot of cast-off clothing that my husband doesn't want." , Old Man (examining the lot very care fnlly) " Yell, I gif you tree dollar fur, the lot und, so help me, not von cent more.' Old Mrs. Bentley-c"But, sir, I want to give you the clothing." Old Man (looks over the lot again, very, very carefully) "Yell, I tell you votldp: Idakeem." Life. IThy Prescriptions are Mysterious' "Why do you write prescriptions iu. fthose hieroglyphics:" I asked a doctor. ''To save the patients a lot of worry. Tf I were to write this in plain terms so that you could read it, you'd be scared to death. "You don't knoAv what it is and you take it with a certain curiosity. If you knew all about it you would per haps throw it away or think it couldn't do you any good or something,' Or find out that I'm paying seventy :five cents for five cents worth of drugs.' "Sometimes. But Qruggists have got to keep these things; they cost a good deal of money sometimes, and some of the.ii don't keep long and hare to be thrown away. Some of them are very rarely used, but they have to be kept in .stock. Besides if I wrote the prescrip tion out in ordinary terms some people would be afraid the drug-store cllrk would know what's thej matter with, them, and they think the hieroglyphict keep it secret. Yes, there are many reasons for not writing prescription -nlain. San TPrancitco Chronicle. Homes of the Paraguayans. The homes of the Farauayians would 1 seem comfortless to us, but jueet their , simnle reauirementa. The risrlors, or ; company roorn," of the best houcea j are never carpeted, and have: only a few" ' cheaL chair? aDd a sofa, which J3 always- i the seat of honor for jruest.'i. Xo member i- of the family wonld thiak of occopyinsr ll it if strangers were preset it. The rest of I the house ia furnished' simply, audio. 1 most cases rudely. Th's people sleep on -cots or iu hammocks; rtud the cooking is I -done vith charcoal, tlie fumes of which, I minglid with the fj-agrance of frying--oniora, are always discernible. American Magazine, 1 The New York Tribune, referring to the illegally licensed liquor shops of Alaska, says: "The result of the immunity to these grog-sbope is a great tpread ot immorality among the natives who will sell their off spring or wives for whisky." The leaven of annexation is working in Canada. Greatest Cd t the (Greatest Xamber. He that maketh two blades of grass. to grow where one grew before, is a public benefac tor, and the greatest good to the greatest number, with the least ostentation. An in stance in view is the good done suffering hu manity by Botanic Blood Balm, better known as B. B. B. or the three B's. It can truly.be said of this incomparable remedy that tt has relieved more physical suffering ani with a less number of bottles, thnn any other other medicines, much more widely advertised fir the same class of diseases. Rend to the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Gj:, for free illus t rated book on diseases originating, from contagious or inherited blood poison. One of the prevalent disorders at sea salt room. OT any Pea pie Refuse t Twice Cad Liver Oil on account of its unpleasant taste. "This difficulty has been overcome in Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hj-pophos-phites. It being as palatable as milk, and the most valuable; remedy known for the treatment cf Consumption, Scrofula and Bronchitis, General lebih"ty, "Wasting Dis eases of Children, Chronic Coughs and Colds; has caused physicians in all parts of the world to use it. Physicians report our little gitients take it with pleasure. Try Scott's mutsion and ba convinced. Harvey himself couldn't discover thecircu, lation of some newspapers. A Radical Cure far Epileptic Fit. To the Editoi Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the above nam ed disease which I warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my faith in its vir tues that I will send free a sample bottle end valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give'me his P.O. and Express address. Rep'y, H. G. HOOT, M. C, 183 Pearl St., New York. Pears will not grow on wet ground. Ap pies will thrive on moist, but not springy soil. How Nice! A child who has ones taken IIAMP.TJRG FIGS as a cathartic wi 1 never again look on them as medicine, bat will be- likely to ns-k ior them, under the impression that they are simply preserved fruit. 25 cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. Y. Sarah Bernhardt, is only forty sir years .of age. Safett to mother and cliil i and less un pleasantness after confinement, result from use of Mother's Friend. Sold by druggists. The Emperor of Germany has bestowed the order of the Black Eagle upon his wife. Bronchitis cured by frequent small doses of Piso's Care for Consumption . The last census of India indicates a popula tion of 08,92,000. There are six million tion more moles than females. Aged People Who?e blood has become thin or Impure, are espec ially liabln to'attacka, of rhenmallam, or tothatweak nesa called general debility.". The paitta and achc of tho formar aroralJavcd by Hood's Sar?ararilla. which purifioa and vita'-izes the blood, while It also touca and builds tip tilt? -whole system. "My vrifa and myself were both g-enerally, mn down. Hood's Saraaparilta bropgbt ns oat of that tirod fading-, and made lis feel lit yonng' peopla again. Ithaa done 'more for us thart all other medi cines tog-ether." Eichabd Bawehttbst, Amityvlllo, Long Island, N. T. i Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1 : 1 for t5. Preparod only by C. I. iroOU & CO., Apothecaties, Lowell, Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar DIAHOrJO' VERA-CURA FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CURE FOR 1NDIGKHTION AND ALL Stomach Xroublt-a Arising' Therefrom. Vaur Druggist or General Dealer tcill get Vera Cum for yon. if not already in slock, or it will be tent by mail on receipt of 28 eta. 5 boxes $1.00) t stamps. Sample sent on receipt o2-cent stamp. The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore,, Md. Ely's Cream Balm IS SUEE TO CUBE COLD IN HEAD QCItKLY. Apply Balm Into each nostril. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N.Y The, mother of a member of our firm has hw-n eared of a cancerous sore on hrr face of twenty years' standing by H. S. 8. Pendleton, Ybakt As Rtlet, Druptrtsts, Farmersvillp, Tf-x. Swift's Sppciftc cored mir babe of an anery erup tion called Eczema after the dnctora prescriptions had failed, and she is now halo and hearty II. T. Shobf, Rich Hill. Mo. rrySentl for onr books on Blood and Bkin Diseases and Advice to Bufterers. roaUwl free. ' THE SWIFT BVECIFIC CO.. Drawers. Atlanta. "Ox ruirursTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS OHrlaal, hmt, anly frtataaana niil for rale. Nctct Pall. Aak tor Chichatr Enflitn' t Tt.. m m.iI Hvanil. In red roe- f ukiito itMr. feuea ttb blue rib- I Ixm. At Drua-a-lata. Acpopt . k. ah mil. in kbmim- board box, pint wrapiiCT., -" m..... -iiMtrf-lt. feeo4 4e. liumfirW B-articiilara and "Itellcf for I.artlea, Ltur. br return niail. 10.OOO tcatt- TrfTZJ anict .ubixiiKd them. Hum fapr. Chichester CUemleal Co..MadisoSq-Phlla,Pa. iliOrsFWs! Waat to learn aTt abont a .Horse? Hawto Pick Onta SaodOne? Know tmperf ee tioas and to Guard against Fraud 7 Detect Dlaeaaa aad jCrct a Cur whea sarca Is Boaaible? Tell the age by the Teeth 1 - What to call the Different Parts of tba Animal? How to Shoe a Horse Properly? AllttU aad other Va.uabla InformaUon can be obtained by rcadlnc oar 106-PACK ILLUSTRATED IJORMK BOOK, which wa wlU forward, po jiaid, oa receipt of only 25 caata la aatsapa. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.. NeW York City KJiloiiey HOSE! IH CHICKENS -IF TOU K1T0WH0W To keep them, but It la wrong to let the poor things Baffer and Die of the va rious Maladies which afflict them when in a majority of cases a Cure could have been effected had the owner pomeseed a little knowl edge, such as can he pro cured from the . ONE HUNDRED PAGE BOOK W offer, raacncax embracing th irnoi a. 1 y W .mm 7 If You Are GicI: WlUt Headache, Neuralgia, Khcomatism Dytpe da, Biliousness. Blood Humors, Xldney Dlaeaaa, Constipation, Female Troubles, Fever and Afoa, Sleeplessness r&rlial ParalysU. or Nervous Proa. traUon, use raine's Celery Compound and be cored. In each of theeo the cause Is mental er phytical overwork, anxiety, exposure or malaria, the effect of which ij to. weaken the nerrout rr tern, resulting In one of theae dkeasei. Remove Vi A ... i rw t . V. v. . . . " . . . . iw i'u uii .erro ionic, ana las .uscxt will disappear. Paine's Celery Compound Jas. :I Bowe,, Springfield. Mass., writet : " laine Celery Com 101m l" cannot be excelled a a Nerve IcuiH la jay case a single bottle wrought a treat change. Mt ccnronsnesa eriureiy diiappeareJ. and tvjih. it the resulting aCectioa of the ttnraarh. .heart- and lircr, an l. the whoct tone of tiie system was woniWiuily invigorated. -I tell my iYienU. if sick aa 1 tave beea, Paine' a -Celery Coin po nod Will Cure You! Hold by drusntfuta. f 1 ; i for f, Prepared only m by Win, Kit harden Js Co., Burlington, YU ror me Agec . nervous, Desihtstsx Warranted to color wort cobda than any other dyes ever made, and to clvo more brilliant and durante colon. Ask for tne Ihomond, and take no other. A Dress Dyed A Coat Colored D -I FOR DO wui tiicuio ncntiwcu j CENT3. A Child can use them ! Unequalled for all Fancy and Art Works . At druggists and Merchants. Dye Book free. WELLS, RICHARDSON L CO.. Props., BurUngtoaj Yt HP' FID IF USED BEFORE CONFINEMENT , Book to "Mothfks M a tLxoFn x a. IliAKl ltLU KEUl LATIHC tH ATLAMTAjaj. iOl.U 11 V ALL. DltC JOISTS. Blair's Fii l3lo riheu.Tia:io Remtdt. Oval Uox, iili roauil' 14 Pllla. Ml m Un tl ksm, ul uk, nen art lif fcr it aa avcufi t BTthiBc i i th w'a Khtirr wi rttif mMI lUi. TarnuVKKK. Atltlxu. Ins Co., A Mtmm limit? STf 1V. roo-i;'coplnR. rinsings Forma. I lUMtrpuiniiithip, Arithmetto. tihrnt-hand, et. II thortnuh)y taught W Mill. Circul-r frta Hryant'a College, 4 -7 Mfcan St., l.ugalo. H. Y. OSK MIlXloN c li:. l'nl. Ii.nl i..n Smnpln 10 Oellta. UKO. H,' i.M.IW, Nrw Vl.-iitia, Ohio. I DIMM L2X9IT Pai!'.y curwrf In It) w rlUifl nMOll Days. iSaniturintu or Hoi I I Treatment. Trial i io. No t'ur. No 1'ay. Tal " llnmnnf lt-melr Co.. I,n Hwvflif, lm'' FARMS ! We want to buy Kcvrr.-u in thla locality CUBTia A WRKitt r, Urovtay, K. X, A ST H IV J A CiJLOIIQ l Germu AatliRia(;urenevt!ry'tuKivM. medial nlief in tUe worst w,lrtiim comfort, i laueaieepceneciararfHwnereaiioUMsrKrkii jf trial A mat tki-piicil. lrioe&0. v f for st am FEEflLESS DYES Am tbn KM. t.'ijBY liKi'uuiars. ws -mUk a fhw na to idi inmtK um tall lrd. Vmrtft . frilD MflilL IbrIm i-cent itamp. Wages $3 Per Day rrmaon portion. Ra poeiaU anawered. Money a4Tanol for adTartlanf , ta. Centennial Manufacturing Co., Cineinnati. Ohia. platers thtbotzd ctbcijulr SAW CD MILLS FARMERS' SAW MILL. With UnlTersal Lok Beam and Simultaneous bot Wort s, also tnirlnee, Wood Plancra. UaDUfactnredbr , HA I. K M IRON WOKKW. WAI KM, N. CI. who nnv ust'd nn n Cur for Ooniimt)!ii)n my HI-liE8TOFJiI.U Hold everywhere. 25c F? T0 S1 OADAI! WANTEDI I Scincnjins fbex. innn r.rvwBtr'a Safety Ria otb tl I t l.N A V A X to intro. lin then). Kvi-ry lnr ownnr burs ilrcm l ton. l.iii. nevt-r nndf-.r horwa's fsnt. SoimI 2Sfls. in j-tajiips to pay post lire ami l aol.imr for Nicki-1 Flta4 isamplo that for cs c-ntH. AJJreaa Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, VAch, S N U--4 GERMAN DICTIOIiARY OF 624- PAGES FOR OKLY ONE DOLLAR. ' AraST-ClASS DICTIONARY AT ViEY SMALL I' It ICE. It fives Ennll h Words wlih the German Kqulra lenu and Pronunciation and German Words witr English Definitions, bent postpaid ou receiptor tl READ WHAT THIS JIA jaAYftt fir. Mxa.. Kay 31, 1 Booh Pub. TTMe, M Leonard t.: The German Dictionary Is received snd I am much pleaded with It. I did not e rct to Una surh eleajp print In so cheap a txvik. I'leats send a eopy to aad laeloaed find f 1 for same. M. 11. Hasksx. Address BOOK PUB. CO., 184 leonard Street. 2ew York City. It- you wish REVOLVKU Tut 7r r'nrc!i- on of 41.. brated HMiTH & 1 arin5. 'I In finest -maW srnn o ever manufsctur d STel th -i . . . . r !t . -..... . lir?i ru"i' ; .(,"-ii.'. - ' . Manufai-tured inralilire m.-(ai.d tt-n. Kin- f aleordoubio action. Safely llaiiin: rios and Tarifet nuxMn. ii-ti ur ie 1 : i , n ly i lieat u n l ity wrniH hi uteri, c-ireftilly in-t- tl tr woia inanah'p and Ft'wk. 1 lit y nr.-upr.ai. i fj-r tlnt-h, (In rn bill l y ;i nHnrrnrnru 1 n.d td- ived by f lieSip mn lien ll ra-t-irori linitnlinna wh'ch a eoften tu' ior tin: irenmuti tc-l an l sre not ,orilv UTircliatile, bnt' ,dai.iveMUH. 'lhe h.MITIl At i'.vi .HSfiV 1-volvert a'n-nit i--uuiid utwn th bar rels wil h finn'B name, a-l.lf. -h i'i-I lat.-a t i-utits and are gaiirnnli'i l i-t(-t m -v ry detail, lu- dealer eann-d S'il .ly o:j an cr li r s-lit to a.llrf, b: low will re ivs- fr.ipit an-l enrefnl atb-nt -n. DewtTiT'ti ve c.'italrtfn-- an i j.ri.-e- f- rnirhed iiyn ai- piic-tion. SMITH Sc WESSON, Met tion thla pai r. Hp ring fir Id f 51 ii.i .ii. i -I. ... i. - . " " 1 -- -w mm I rt Skaraa sa nrMULi V rsm-i t t t t ! tjT ImtbMinniL tk rttt ' L-m Ja-th I I will neiul two boa 1 e. Vr-nw with a K O. ajdww. T. A HUJcCu. M. C HI I'eaHli, M. Y . .. k. u ... . ... ... . 1 .-n r ( . v.. h. t n . i JU mm a man v. ho devoted 25 yw of hie lif" toCOMUCTLNa A I'OT:j.TIY YAIiD AS A UUSENKftS. riot cs a paa tinie. As the living of h.'ta et-if ami fa tnUy depended oa it, be pave tlie subject inch aileiition as onJy Bfd ol bread will COro ma'td, and the ren'twaaa prand nuwi, aitcr be had w-i:t much suoi.ey and lofc LnLdreds cf vaiaibie rfclrk en in cx peri Beating. Whai be karned in a.l tLte ytara is embodied In this boolc. witich we eciid postpaid foe 25 cents in ttainps. It twin you bow to lAftcct and Cure iJihcaae-s. how 14 Feed for E's snd also foe TAatLemn?. vLifh Fowla t Save for breeding Purpoeea and rTerytWiig. indeed, yoa hoiiklknowoathis ub ji set. BOOK PUB. nousn. 124 Leonard Zi. Y. Of, mm am Ei EjII PTO0W a : I f ItS IX l did EiicE t
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