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"The Best is Cheapest." We team IhI from experience in every rpartment of life. Good clothes are mcs' erwdceable and wear the longest. Good food gees the best nutriment. Good se~dine, Hood's SarsaparIa, is the best and cheapest, because It cures, absolutely CURES, when all others fat. SENSES OF THE BLIND. e-mas I..noelst Demolishes Loae Established 1Bl.sf. The Lancet: A long series of expert sents has recently been made by Prof. N. Oriesbach, of Basle, upon the rela, tive acuteness of the senses of hear nlg, touch, taste and smell in the casq of the blind and those who possess hormal vision. The results are con tained in Pinger's Archly. The obser vations were made on those who werq otherwise healthy. In the differentia tion of tactile impressions no remark able differences were observed between the seeing and the blind, or it small differences did exist they were in favor ea the seeing. In those born blind the tactile sharpness was somewhat lees than in the seeing, and in some cases the sensorium generally was equally defective. The blind in particular feel les asutely with the tip of the index finger than do those who see, and in many cases the tactile acuteness of the two Index flnger tipe differs. In the blind, especially In the region of the hand, a stronger impression Is re bulre4 to produce a tactile impression than In those possessed of sight. In the capability of localisting impressions Ssound no difference exists between hoe blind and the seeing. In both Pret Individual variations occur. As h rule, both in the seeing and the blind the use of the organ of both bides gives better results than the use bf one alone. No difference in the icuteness of hearing exists between the blind and those who see. No relation has observed between the acuteness hi hearin and the power of localhsing bounds In either the seeing or the blind. No difference was observed in the two clasees in regard to the acute hess of smell. In the execution of /bsaual labor the blind become fa tigued sooner than do those of equal fge who see. The blind are more fa tigued with manual than with mental Work, which is not the case with the seetng of the came age. If any differ noce exists In regard to exhaustion af ter mental labor it is in favor of those of the same age who see. Both among the blind and the seeing there are persons who have many, ethers who have only a few, and others again who have no Illusory or erroneous impres sions of touch. These results are In Many respects opposed to generally re ceived opinions, for it is usually sup Posed that deprivation of sight leads to exaltation of the acuteness of the other senses, especially of the touch and hearing. The future hi Arian of the Chicagc renaisseance will record the black cir cumstance that In August, 1889, the bathtub nymphs of Fra Lorado Taft and his pupils t sre chopped up with hatchets and dulaped into Lake Micht gan. "Chicago doesn't know yet whether it liked them or not," remarks the Journal of that town. Art is eter nal, even it these particular nymphs, being composed not of bronse or mar ble, but of plaster and sawdust, were extremel; peris) able. The principle of perkly sculptur! smalns, Ni. ne Pllees. Chicago News: Insurance Clerk 'Here is a woman that wishes her pet at insured." Managler-"All right. but tell her shell have to take out a policy on each one of the eat's lives." Is your breath ad? Then your best Mends turn their heads aside. A bad breath means a bad liver. Ayers Pills are ver pills. They cure entdpation, bliousnes, dyspepsia, sickt headache. 2c. All drulggists. ad yar aurs and address on a pbai, asd we wi send you our 1S6 paB Iumeted atalogue free WO Istri ATNie Alts co. own's ron Tonic IrS TUAT Two WANT . . IITilM'S GlEAT I.STOREt. After tim og hea ted tbrm you need something t buld you op, give you strength and appetite. 'sIron Tonic NOTES AND COMIIEffIS. General fear is felt in Switzerland feat the neutrality of the Republic be violated during the next European war. It is the dawning of a better day for education when the Chicago school authorities discover that the brighter minded children are the stronger bodied. There has been plenty of proof, since the war broke out, that the theory of "the ingratitude of re Iknlics" does not hold in the United states. A Connecticut man has just invent ed a wonderful flying machine. It is repo'-t.d to differ materially from all previous flying machines save in one respect. It refuses to fly. If young women, instead of wear ing themselves out in riding centu ries on bicycles, would try to estab lish a few records for helping their mothers there would be fewer sad and discontented old maids. In the ciiy of Breslau, Prussia, each street-cleaner has charge of four squares, which it is his duty to keep in uperfect condition. One of his daily duties is to sprinkle sand on the asphalt roads to make them lest slippery. Art almond trust has been formed and the toothsome nut of tropic clime will cost a lot of money this winter. This circumstance should be the gold en opportunity for that glorious and thoroughly representative American product, the peanut, to seize the field and become "the real thing" in the daintiest confecticn,. Milan intends to have a world't fair itt 1904 by way of celebrating the completion of the Simplon tunnel. One plan is to have the exposition in four cities, giving the industrial sec tion to Milan, the agricultural to Florence, modern art to Venice, and ancient and ecclesiastic art to Rome. By staying away from the building yards women aid in the making of ships. No feminine visitors are al lowed to go through the Cramp'~ yards in Philadelphia because every time a woman passes through the shops every one of the 7,000 workmen raises his eyes from his work, and in one minute one man's work fIr a fort night is lost to the employ, rs. Give the dunces a chance, good teachers. And while you work at your hardest and most thankless of tasks, accept the gratitude of the fathers and mothers whose fond dreams you make realities, and of the nation which grows in vajue and in power because of the work you do. Fourteen feet is pretty good height for stalks of Indian corn at Black River Falls, Wis., the seed of which was imported from Porto Rico. If this corn matures well in Wisconsin it will be a valuable acquisition be Mause of the big amount of fodder that may be secured from it. Three stanch cruisers have been added to the Navy, they being the Spanish ships Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba and Don Juan de Austria. They make six ships of war added to the Navy by capture, not counting various small gunboats and armed launches, The largest one is the Reins Mercedes raised at Santiago and now being equipped for service. The relations between Japan and the United States are likely to be closer than those of Japan and any other we stern power. In rousing herself from the lethargy so charao teristic of oriental nations Japan has accomplished a marvel of national en teri rise. In her effort to establish herself among the great powers she shloul receive every encouragement, especially Irom America, with whom her relations have always been most friendly and with whom she is now likely to be brought into still closer contact through trade with the Philip pines. It is said that Admiral Dewey and Mayor Van Wyck as they drove down 'ifth avwnue New York City at the head of the imposing procession, amid a wilderness of color and a steady roar of applause,- the Admiral turned to the dignitary beside him hnd said, "Glorious, magnificent I Bnut who are all these different old men whose pictures are displayed so Profusely ?" Why, Admiral, those are all supposed to be you." "Me I" exclaimed the snuffering hero. "Great Scottl"--ad he sank back speech. less against the cushions. The earthquake in Alaska, was the worst seismic disturbance the Pacifidc Coast has seen since the Chilean earthquake, which wrecked the Amer ican crui-er Wateree. A curious fea ture of it was the splitting of the face of a glacier into immense icebergs. It is possible these ice masses may float a long way south and get in the way of commerce, thus providing a peril of the deep, common enough to the North Atlantic but rarely local to the North Pacific, owing to the in ability of the big bergs of the Arctic ocean to pass through the shallows of Bering strait. The draft upon our forests for rail road ties is immense, and wi:l con tinue until sonme suitable mtItal sub stitutehas beeu introduced. A num ber of vnriteics of :rees htve been ex hausted !ractic(liy to satisfy this steady o.,! 1uge, demand in the in tores c.t mathn.ol construction and manttenance. Eighty million ties are iused every \tar for senewals, and as only straight trees are used for this purpose, the t me must come when our forests will contaiu no trees that are fit for this purpose. Former ly chestnut was preferred for ties, but it became so scarce that oak and pine have been largely substituted. About 45,000,000 ties are cut annu ally from oak trees and 12,500,000 from pine. The balaune of the 80, )0 ,' O0 come from chestnut, cedar, Ia nil. Ck ais tiamiter , redwucds and the soUntirgn ypress, There ir mrta si1p.i lei.Jglhoer s at P1itiah West Qreidan. Jiauid men and sixty-six men. The men's quarters occupy one wing and the women'e portion the other wing. For ten cents a night, or sixty-two cents a week, a woman has a separate apartment, 5with a small window, a spring bed, sheets and blankets, a coverlet and a chair. An additional charge of two cents is made for the use of the bathroom. There is a laundry and drying-room for clothing a long row of hot and cold water foot baths, for the use of which there is no extra charge, and a light, large recreation-room. The superintendent of the home says that during the five years since its establishment he has housed the roughest class of women, but has had no difficulty in maintain ing order, and that there has beeh only one disturbance in that time, and that was "only a bit of a fight one Saturday night." The cooking school was formerly a standing joke because it was a sort of "society" affair, merely a diversion of fashionable young ladies who thought it great fun to play at cook ing, just as children enjoy making mud pies. But now we have cooking taught in a practical and scientific way. Whether a woman be the daughter or wife of a poor man or the child of fortune, whether she live in a cottage or a palace it is a great.ad vantage to her and to those about her for her to know how to cook. Much of the misery of life and, we have no doubt, a considerable proportion of crime is attributable to bad cooking. It involves a waste.of food and an in fliction of discomfort, even of un happiness and ill health upon many a victim. The cooks of a nation in the final account will probably be found to play a larger part in shaping its destiny than either its statesmen, its soldiers, its philosophers, its poets or its historians. Therefore let us have good cooks. The young man who would succeed in life must have great confidence in his own ability to achieve success, This is a foundation stone, and with out it his building will either never go up, or will topple. The men who have achieved results in life have been men who believed in themselves; men of large hope and of optimistic views. Despair never yet son a vic tory. Confidence must alway3 pre cede action. A young man can never accomplish anything in the world till he is thoroughly convinced that he can. Pessimists have never done any thing except to put stumbling-blocks in others' way. It is the cheerful, hopeful man, the man who believes that the world is growing brighter and better, that is of value to the world, not the man who fears failure, talks failure, thinks his work will be a failure. The very attitude or hab itual condition of one's mind has a great deal to do with his success. A stream cannot rise higher than its fountain, and to achieve great success a man must continually dwell in the atmosphere of high ideals. He'must think upward, work upward, or he can never reach a high goal HOW MOSQUITOES BREED. They Believe In the Good Old Fashion ef Large Families. Mosquitoes believe in the good old fashion of large families. Well they may; they don't have to raise them. There is no walking the floor nights with the youngest, or sitting up to mend stockings; no worrying about the second summer-you know if you bring them through the second sum mer all right-there is no scheming to put Tom through Harvard or Dorothy through Vassar. It is very simple. Mamma lays from twenty to forty doz en eggs in some quiet pool along about 3 o'clock in the morning, and consid ers her duty amply done. The inherited experience of ages has taught her that it is best to mass them together in a pointed eclipse slightly concave on the top, the eggs being little end up. The air so sticks to the mass that it is impossible to wet it. In sixteen hours the larvae come out on the under side and begin a most active exisence. They are the wigglers that used to infest the rain water barrel at the corner of the house "in the airly days." The wiggler has two stages of exist ence, larva and pupa. For seven days it has hard work to get up to the sur face to breathe, but when it changes, t has hard work to get down to the ttom. Two days later, its clothes begin to feel tight, and when all the back buttons burst off, it crawls out, using its old frock as a kifd of boat, while it gets its wings straightened out. This is a very ticklish job, and many a young life has been lost by drowning at the very beginning of a promising career. The fact that so many eggs are lai'ld would indicate, if nothing else did, that many mis chances await the mosquito at all stages of its existence.-Alnslee's Mag azine. Her Theaghtfslaess "Beautiful, my dear!" The elderly millionaire who had mar ried the famous beauty regarded the watch chain admiringly. "A very delightful birthday pres ent," he continued, beaming upon his fair young wife. "So qiassive and yet in such excellent taste." "I am so glad you like it," she ob served. "It was so cheap, too. Just think, it cost only fifteen dollars." "Only tifteen dollars:' echoed the millionaire, in astonishment. "Fifteen dollars for this solid gold chain." "Oh, of course it isn't solid gold," she interposed. "You could never get a solid gold chain for that price." "What is it, then?" "Why, gold filled, to be sure." "I see," said her husband, stroking his chin reflectively. "But why this sudden streak of economy? Don't y'ou think I can afford to wear a solid gold chtain"' "Of course you can," she assented. "But this one is guaranteed to last for ten years-and-and--". "Well," said the millionaire, lquilr. Ingly. "Well. dear." she concluded, after some hesitation, "as that is quite as long as you are likely to live, I thought it would be foolish extravagance to phay any m.ore:"-Woman's Home Companlo. The l plss otJle ploIP i tB SitB i IA al At M~a, ill, A TAL. OF 'T.OL sae the Amnimal as Killed ande the ee reeovered. A broase-visaged, middle-aged man joined the party. Several of the group recognised him as the captain of one of the big tramp steamers which ply between Philadelphia and foreign ports and a place in the circle was at once made for him. "We've been killing time tellng stories," some one ex plained. "Suppose you turn in your contribution." The captain thought a moment and then smiled. "I was thinking of something that happened on my last voyage," he finally said. "We had on board as a cook a big col ored fellow, whose principal compan ion was a little yellow cur dog. One day, while the cook was preparing some beef for dinner he let the heavy cleaver with which he was doing the chopping slip from his grasp. It fell to the foor with a thud and the cook emitted a howl of anguish that was heard all over the ship. The cleaver had struck one of his bare feet and sliced the big toe off as neatly as any surgeon could have done it. HIere was a chance for the yellow dog, And he seized it. Making a dlve for the sev ered toe, he swallowed it in one gulp and then made a bee line for the deck. This was more than the cook, erased with pain, could Stand, and he hurled the cleaver at the dog. His aim proved true and his curship passed out of ex istence then and there. At this Junc ture the ship's doctor came up to find out what all the row was about When he learned the truth he laughed. I'll fix that for you,' he exclaimed to the cook; 'wait till I get my instrument case.' Within five minutes he had held a post-mortem on the dog and recover ed the lost toe. Washing it with anti septics, he skillfully stitched it back in place again and the cook hobbled back to his quarters minus he dog,. but with as many toes as he had ever had. That's about the only story I re call just now, gentlemen. It has the merit of being true, however, and if you don't believe it conie down to the ship any time and I'll show you the cleaver. The cook has quit the sea and I don't know his present addreSs." -Philadelphia Inquirer. It is only a waste of time to call a liar a liar. Tea Potsealag. Vietims of tee poisontag are becstali alarmingly prevalent. Women demand thb life and variety of Health, and instead of delni it naturally by building up their systems thel resort to tea. They ihogld take Hestettir', Stomach bitters Instead. By strengtbenia the.digestive organs this brings beauty ant good spirits. It ton*s up the nerves, drivel away the blues, regulatee the bowels and cares all forms of dyspepeL. All druggists sell it. Public men speak of their unwor hiness, bu very fewof bhem would be willing to be tak n at their publicly expressed estimation of themselves. We refund 100 for every package of Pu.r lsin FADELESS DTi that fails to rive satis faction. Mllnroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo. Sold by all druggists. It would be quite a relief to people who are compelled to do busin as with the Chicago river if there were a little more water pu.n ed on the troubled oils. Na Care, N. Pay, Is the way Findley's Eye Salve is qpid Chronto and granulated lids oured in II days; common more ees in S days, or moneo back for the asking. Sold by all druggist. o; by mail, 25e. box.' J. P. EATrnn, Decatur A man's reputation often depends upon the things that are not found out ab" ut him. P. L. Hennessey & Bro., Vicksbu g, Miss.. bouy and sell plantation of all descriptions on easy terms. Write for 1articulars to above address. The man who gets a hearing in court is apt to hear something he dosen't like. Sick Eyes do with sick bodies. Eyes weakened by mal. ria, syphilis and rheumatism are restored to strength by Leonardi's Golden Eye Lotion. In. flammation and soreness cured without pain in one day. Insist on having "Lounardi's"-lt maker st"ong eyes. Guaranteed or money refunded. Druggistssell it at 5 cis or forwarded prepaid on re~elpi of price by S. B. Leonardi A Co.. Tampa. Fla. Spend and the world is with you, sponge and it can't get away too quick. STiAw or Osso, Crw or Toza.ao, I Luos CouwIr, - FRANK J. Canxsv makes oath that he is the a nior partner of the firm of F. J. ('uc&`s v: Co. doing busineslntheOty of Toledo.County and State atoreaid, and thatssaid firm will pay the sum of owe HUNDaED DOLLAI for eac and every case of CAaam that cannot be cured by the use of IALlta'S CAvAaan (IlUn. FRAwK J. Nwsmyr. Sworn to before me and subserlbed in my (- presence, this eth day of December, sALI. A. D. 18ii. A. W. GILEAsoNw Hall's Oatarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and marous enrtaces of the system. Send for testimonials, fre. F. J. Cfausr & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugiste, S . Hll's Famly PU ar me the beset., Paradoxical though it may be, spoiled chil dren are usually fresh. Fits ermanently cured. Noftsor nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer.Ptrial bottls and treatise free Da. R. H. KLIN. Ltd,951 Arch Be. Phila, Pa. Be cure your sins willifnd you out-and so will your wife, For Whoopens oug. Plan's Our Is a sue oeenful remedy. M. P. Dura 0 Throop Ave.. Brookly. N. Y. Nov. 14,. l. Chicago Chronicle: Little six-year old May Huhn proved herself one of the greatest juvenile swimmers in the world at the north side natatorium. She swam a mile in 1:07:178-5. The girl made a world's record, for no child has ever accomplished the feat before in such a short time. The child is not large for her age, nor does she seem to have muscles developed to a much greater extent than other girls as young as she, but it is the opinion of all that if she keeps at the game she will in time be one of the greatest fe male swimmers in the world. George Gaidslik lowered another - world's mark for boys under 16 years old when he swam two miles in 1:12:15. The record was formerly held by Ralph Uhlendorf, who made the same dis tance in 1:14:289 3-5. Other good per 'ormancee by juveniles were as follows: Walter Horn, 12 years old. two miles ts1:25:54; Lottle Mayer, 12 years old, ,wo miles in 1:40; Charles Arens, 11 "ears old, one end a halt miles in i:13:54; Arthur Guldsik, 12 years old, ne and a half miles in 1:15, and Rob rt Arens, 9 years old, one and a half A handsome woman )s a jewel; 5 p od woman is a trensure.-Sanlide.I p r,= • , • •,, , -, ,, m ! nIoCIh I I r i G u1ar4 '1d I1Ul V..,la tll~CI U1I eWese Ila esss St. Petersburg Cot. New TYort Times: In view of the International Congress to be held in London at the end of the present month for the dis cussion of the hest measure to be taken for the prevention of the "white slave" tradc, the Novosti Ian lately beeu publishing detailed accounts of the manner in whloh this business is ear ried on in Russia. The trade has de veloped to a great extent in the past few years throughout Western Nwrope, but the town of Jassy is its center. The women are bought, para.cularly at Leipsic, during the great annual fair, but it is the capital of Moldavia, which is the central point of the trarec, just as Khartoum was formerly the mar ket place for the human merchandise imported from Abyssinia and Central Africa. From Jasay the merchandise Is directed to Russia and Turkey. Next to Jassy, Brussels has become the most important center for this business. The white slaves destined for Russia are generally sent to Riga or to Vilna, where the wholesale merchants from St. Petersburg and Moscow meet to make their selections. These they transfer at once to the principal cities of the empire and to the remote prov inces of Siberia. There was recently arrested in Odessa an agent of the principal Russian "white slave" mer chants, and at his residence a volumi nous correspondence, with sub-agents at Jassy, Brussels, Riga and elsewhere, was found. Thanks to this edifying correspondence, the Russian police as certained that white slave agencies ex ist throughout Russia, in rural dis tricts as well as in the principal cities and towns. In some of these letters the sub-agents mentioned that they had "exceptionally fine merchandise at a relatively low price, five parcels (sic) in all." Then there followed a detailed description of the goods. The Odessa agent in question has been exiled to Siberia, where he will spend the next ten years. From what I hear, the Rus sian government considers the white slave trame as an international curse, which can only be successfully erad! cated by the united efforts of all civil ized nations. It is well known that the czarina is herself deeply interested in this matter. AN AMERICAN IN SEVILLE. "One of the Americans who was I. Spain last year When things began to grow hot" relates in the Baltimore Herald an experience which seems to show that, under such cireumstances, the boldest course is the safest "I was advised," he said, "to call myself an Englishman, but whenever I had occasion to write my name I put 'Bal timore, U. 8. A..' after it. "I reached Seville two weeks before the declaration of war, and the land lord of the hotel looked upon me as a madman to register as I did. I rather expected trouble, and I was not disap pointed. "An hour after my arrival I went down to dinner, and there were four Spanish officers seated at my table. As I sat down they all rose and left, loudly declaring that they would not eat in my company. I simply laughed and went on with my meal. "As I left the dining room a Span lard rubbed against me on purppse. In the oace another Jostled me, and as I paid no attention, a third stepped up and blew out the match I had struck to light a cigar. As he did so I struck out and knocked him half-way across the room. "They wre fishing for a duel, and in the course of half an hour the fellow's seconds were at my door. As the chal lenged party I had the choice of weap ons. I was sure that with revolvers I could drop auy man at ten paces, but even after a fair duel they would have torn me to piees.. '"I therefore determined to 'make a bluff' of it. To the amasement and dilsgust of the second I iuisted on shootitg over a handkerchief. They realized that this meant sure death to both principals. Inded, I illustrated the position to their satisfaction. "They went away to report, and came bauk to stlek for ten paes. Then I demanded bofe knives and a dark room. Their prinlcipal renHsed this, and I made a concession. I suggested that we be turned loose in a grove ia the suburbs, each armed with a club, but this didn't suit at all. I kept the seconds running back and forth for two days, and my last proposition was that we be lashed together and Sung into the river and allowed to use our teeth only. They gave it up after that, and I was treated with more respect than I could have pained by killing a man at tuea aces." Wanted. o htraola rslesmeo n sa eb nsoera tae. ~5.oaed oeapese Perumaeat peeaste. spenreose oet eblutoly eeeeurt. dt4rese Pererles Tebes woras Ce.. ISedler Oly, V The ltest In Showeor wntb. A Scotchman was once advised t ake shower baths. A friend elalnet( to him how to fit nf one by the use 6 a cistern and colander, and Sapdy ac. cordingly set to work and had the thing done at once. Subsequently hi was met by the friend who had gives him the advice, and being asked hoi he enjoyed the bath: "Man," said he "It was fine. I liked it rale weel, ant kept mysel' quite dry, too." Beini asaked how he managed to take th: shower and yet remain quite dry, he replied: "Gracious, ye dlnna, surely, . was se daft as to stand ablow the wa ter without an ambrella?"-Tit-Bits. Mrs. Naggeby (impatiently calling) "Nora, drop everything at once and come to mel" Nora-"YTe, ma'am." Mrs. Naggsby-"Now, wbhat's the baby crylng for'?" Nora--"Because I drop -ed him. maum."-'tlit-B!ts. , - ,,| memm m musn um agel , .- . ...- - A MAW WARGAIN-HUNTR. Xee Asseses as .e P*wse> ter as eusekeld. When the man becomes a bargaln hunter he goes about it with masculin seriousness, hunts bargains by level and rule, and there is nothing femi nine that can equal him, says the New York Times. There is one man in New York who never buys anything at the regular market price. Just now he is wearing a straw hat that cost 35 cents. That really is a bargain in bar gains, though he has limited himself to 50 cents for a straw hat and $1 for the soft felt hats he wears inwinter. He also rejoices in a suit that cost $7.50. and the man who orders his clothes at the shop where there is only "one price" says he cannot see much differ ence between the bargain suit and his own, where there are two figures in the dollar mark. But then a bargain always looks better on the other man. The woman who knows says that a bargain-hunting man is never a bar gain as a husband. The bargain habit in the woman is only a bit of feminin ity emphasized, but the bargain spirit in the man means a strong character istic which is not agreeable in any one who is the provider for a household. There is a P. S. to this story, which has come in at the eleventh hour, and which goes to show that man as a class is a recognised bargain hunter. These latest advices show that at the time the man-supposed to be a rara avis- when he purchased his 35-cent hat, also purchased a number of other snall things, his entire bill amounting to 75 cents. Thereupon the clerk in the shop, which undoubtedly caters to the man bargain hunter, presented him, in consideration of his extensive purchases, with a card numbered around the side for punches, entitling him to have his shoes blacked fifty times in that establishment, without charge. Did ever a tea store offer a woman so large a premium as this? snrly Marrage of Boyalty. Royal personages almost invarlab! marry young. The queen was not quit, 21 when she married Prince Albert; thi prince of Wales was not 22 when hi wedded Princess Alexandra; the late czar of Russia was only 22 when hi married Princess Dagmar, sister of the princess of Wales, who was 20; Kinj Humbert of Italy was 24 when he mar. rled the 17-year-old Margherita, and the emperor of Austria was 23 when he wedded the lovely Princess Elizabeth who was only 16. The king of the Bel. gians was first married at the age ol 18; the late king of Spain was married first at the age of 19, and had a second wife when he was 22, and the German emperor was only 22 when he married the Princess Augustus Victoria of Schleswig - Holstela - Atigustenbur - Tit-Bits. Old Case of Tetter in Toes. "CnawroaDvnLu, FLA.: Tetterine is worth more than its weight in gold to me. One application cured me of tetter in my toes of seven (7) years' standing. John M. Towles." It cures all skin diseases. At druggists 50 cents a box, or by mail postpaid from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. The' means of passenger transit In Paris is something that will interest a great many people the coming year, in view of the throngs that will visit the exposition. It is effected by electri city, steam, compressed air and horse power. There are three tramway lines serving Paris and the suburbs, and om nibuses are generally used throughout the city. One of the above-mentioned tram lines belongs to the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus, and the other two are practically controlled by the same company; so that it can be said to have a monopoly of the entire pas senger transit, exclusive of cabs and carriages. It is a stock company, or ganized in 1855, having obtained from the city the exclusive right to transport pmassengers from one point to another In the city of Paris. The concession expires on the l1st of May, 1910. The omnibuses are of two sizes, and drawn by two or three horses, respectively. The smaller model is arranged for 28 to SO30 places (14 outside, 14 inside and two on the platform). The larger model affords accommodations for 20 on top and 20 inside, including four on platform. The fare on the top is 115 centimes'(near 3 cents); inside and on platform, 30 centimes (nearly 6 centsr). The payment of the last-mentioned tare entitles the passenger to a "cor respondence" or transfer ticket to an other connecting or intensecting line. No passengers are taken on when the places are filled, either at a station or en route. At the starting points num bered tickets are handed to the pas sengers, and when there are more thaa enough to fll one conveyance the pre cedence is given to those holding the first numbers. The next omnibus or car starting begins with the number last uncalled on the previous vehicle. The same system prevails at the fixed stations en route for vacant places. No standing in the aisle is allowed. The statistics for 1896 show the number of passengers carried as follows: 83 lines of omnibuses (26 to 30 places), 50,030, 034; 14 lines of omnibuses (40 places), 79,349,681; 3 lines of steam tramways, 12,862.990; 23 lines of horse tramways, 87,092,926; 4 lines of compressed air and electricity, 10,705,340; total, 240, 040,291. 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