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: I ab4isner. taim: CUJAIIDKAU, i MISSOURI. CAUSES OF DIZZINESS. A Condition That May Bdlrate Any One of a Xuniher of There is perhaps nothing, unless it be a paic in the left side mistaken often for a sign of heart disease which so alarms the subject of it. and so firmly convinces him that he has some serious malady, as vertigo, or dizziness. W'do not refer to dizziness from some evident cause, suth as daneinir. w inging, looking- down from a height, -seasic kness or earsiekness, but to a dizzy feeling- that attacks one while walking cr sitting quietly, and which conn s and. goes without any apparent reason, or may persist indefinitely. Of course, dizziness may be a symp tc.m of brain disease, or heart disease, or kidney disease, but so may be nau sea and vomiting: yet when a person is suddenly taken with sickness of the stomach he is not ordinarily frightened 1o death. He usually, and most often correctly, attributes his attack to sim ple indigestion, ar.d spells of dizziness are generally due to the same cause. Dyspepsia, or indigestion, is a much more common complaint 1han most people imagine, and we cannot always 1- sure that digestion is perfect simply because the tongue is clean and no dis tress is felt in the stomach after eat ing. Another cause of vertigo is a tem porary increase or decrease in ihe imounf i.f blood in the brain. An ex ample of this is seen in the dizziness which constitutes one of the features :f a fainting; fit. This evanescent con gestion or anaemia of the brain may be i!ue to any of a number nf causes, but it i usually significant of nothing alarm ing, although in the very aged it may indicate a want of elasticity in Ihe blood Vessels. Another very frequent cause of dizzi ntss is tar trouble of some sort, ln dcid. many physiologists believe that -.ci iigo is always due primarily tosome chnnsre occurring in the internal ear. either originating there or acting n Acts !y t 'trough 1 he agency of i he' .'nieli ior v nerve'. This ear trouble may be a -1 i V I . t catarrhal trouble, irritation c:i-i.-"! by the cerumen, or car-w ax. or a bail- or inject resting agninst the drum membrane, or a pte-uliar affection. "U';eu': M e r.iere's d ise-nsr'. ;!::::.', ism. or some ol her d illicit It v of i-Ir:. tuny be preive.-cai ive of dii his an occnlist can usuallly le i .. i proper glasses. 'I:-.r!y. we may say. that in tin-great im.jo; !' r:x-i-- eli.ini'ss is t::t a - t i: i et' serious import, ait lieuiLrIi t .tlwr.vs easv to e e:re it : bi:t its f ;v ;1 s'gu that soicet l:iu:r. : w !i: ; is not :t if shotihl It. aitd iri::::tm fur the doctor is to dis - - r t i;e- cause ai-i! remove it it" he can Vr i :" 'ompauion. HOMELY DAINTIES. tool I, -.one Trifle TlnH rr Always n euircc of Ktij :tie:t to lie liildrrn. Y! i ,f think of homely dainties (." us turn with pleasant recol lection '." ' i.o sugaring off of our child hood and youth. "Ma pie sirup lias a ,rci ;.-., d flavor of its own far surpass ing h, .-untie delicacy those int. re pro i .neeii! suggestions of taste which (ea.-i tin- palates of epicures. 1 1- ;!.e days when we liked maple -Imp we were young' and strong, and full of .i:y simply in bcingr.Iivc. There was the excitement of tapping the treis; if seeing- the sirup fall into the trough"-: of boiling it to just the right p.iint : of eating it w hile si ill it was soft, and cooling it. perhaps, in the snow thai lay around on the hillside. Maple -imp ami buckwheat cakes are perhaps l ot considered dainties to be included in the mi nil of a gourmand, but w ho that was ever a farmer's boy in New l-'nciani! i:as forgotten the relish he ,-.. had fur that substantial fare? Another homely dainty beloved of a'i children is molasses candy, and a-andy-pull is a fete sure to give pleasure to a!i unspoiled small people. It re quires a ci rtain amount of skill to twist, .and pull the adhesive mass until it bp pontes soft and fle-ible. but there is i:c end of fun to be had while the work is doing, and the pleasure of eating is tiot. one to be ignored. Other homely dainties are the crisp jfinirersnaps rolled out to a fine paste and cut into perfectly round shapes. The puffy crullers, thrown into boiling fat and drawn out at the precise mo ment when they are crisp and brown, sprinkled with sugar and served to a hunsrry household, are a dainty not to be despised. rothcr homely dainty worth making- is a sandwich of very thin brown bread with cream and finished with a lettuce leaf. The bread should be very thin, the leaf should be crisp and there .should le a delicate soupcon of mustard to add piquancy to the flavor. Har per's Hazar. llrona Onion Soap. Skin and slice round six large Spanish onions, fry them in butter till brown and tender, then remove from the pan and drai.'i on a hair sieve. This done, put the onions in a pot with five quarts of broth and boil for an hour, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Kub the crumb of a penny loaf through a colander and add this to the soup, with a flavoring of salt and pepper. Stir reg ularly, so that the bread may not form into lumps, and boil for two hours more. Ten minutes before the soup has to be served beat in the yolks of two egg and two spoonfuls of vinegar, and con tinue stirring- all one way, so that the mixture may be smooth. Cincinnati Con-ict rc'ial Tribune. it AIM,? WHERE THE DIFFICULTY LIES. Aunt Patience used to tell me. In my youth ful days Rone by. That when a feller suffered he had better laugh than cry: There wouldn't be no sympathy expressed if you were sad. But the- world would pat the shoulder cf a feller who was glad. A motto, "prin and bear It," she took pains to teach to me. And cautioned me to heed tt. didn't matter where I be. So I've followed out the maxim, and I've found when tried like sin. It Isn't hard to bear it, but it's mighty hard to grin. You find that fame's elusive and that trouble sf-ems to chase The feller who's a gorKin' in life's quite un even race. The way to fortune's rouRh to tread for tire 1, achinjr fit t: An' there's olsta' les of envy, hiils of worry an-i deceit. But still you lift your burdens and you try to do what's right: You strive with all your strength to win a feather in the ti'ht: And then, when all is over, and you find you didn't win. It Isn't hard to bear it, but it's mighty hard to grin. And so I'm testifyin' to the motto's wond'- rous tru'h. To follow it takes metal !n the aged or the youth. A feller soan gets us- d in life to disappoint ment's sting. And after while jets calloused so he'll hear inost anything: Rut tlit ain't all the motto, for the tiifii ealty's where ! It tells you to "io'jk pleasant." sorter like t you didn't eare: I To look like you was happy when in truu'ilo 1 to your chin It isn't hard to bear it. but it's mighty hard :o erin. Hoy l-am"1 e'rceiir, in Mildand Maga zine. The Life of a Man T I It TT is a question." Prof. Kirkhoffcr i 1 I said, ouietlv, "between this and quietly, "between this that Saving thu he looked down at the t',0 objects between which choice hail to Ih? made. "This" was a man. a brow n-skinned man of the upper Afriatt steppes. He lay prone upon the desert sand, his eyes, unseeing eye.-, wide open, motionless save for tin occasional twitching of the limbs as, the fever shiver shook hilt:; .-ilent. except when his parched lips moved in the inarticu late mutter of delirium. The profes sor's gaze did not linger upon this pite t.us ligure. It travehd to "that" two loads of clay tablets, evidently of ex treme aiit:ji:ity. ami closely cover d wi'h a strange cuneiform character, which had j;iM been carefully strapped 1-y his. companion ti the backs of two l.;,ei ling eanu !-. "Se, we are now reduced to two hca. -ts e::!." he v. en t on. his ey hi f t irg for art it stant to the body of a third cam.-! which lay dead some " yt.rd.- !:'. ".-cirtr al-o that we are ii: waterless lii-.-i r:. prob.ib'y L' ! hour.-' ride from the nearest uei!. and that 'hi mun is a d- aii ui 'i'i;! on oi:r band. " 'Viiu do'-.'t lift ;:!.i of ab::ndor:ing the in r chap'.1" l och l!ar:it:g broke- in. The ti.."iv Mir t-'aneii! u-.easily over his stnohed s ;;i cTaeies. ! I a rd i v. as n pivie t i him. a it:a:: of liistiiiuishe:! M i.-titifie at : :iinnivnt s, capable til .-tronir sci;;.t:ic enthtisiasiin. et. oc casionally b:traini7; a xi'in ef sentl-i::-ti 1 :t 1 i ty altogether out of place it: connection with scientific exploration. Kirkhoffcr had liad inconvenii i;t ex perience of this peculiarity more than once during the e.ir spent with Hard ing in the remote fast nesses of Thibet. "You wouldn't have him here to die?" the Kugiishman persisted. The professor rubbed his forehead thoughtfully, "lie's hound to die soot, in i:t:y case." "I don't see lhat at all. If we can hr( p him a!he till we get out of this " "Impossible, my friend. He cannot walk a ml these two camels cannot car ry him in addition to you and me and the tablets." "Then leave some of the tablets be hind." The professrr fairly ga.-ped for breath. "Leave leave behind some of the tablets?" he stammered. "J.c.-ne the records of a civilization to which the Arcadian is a thing of yesterday to be swallowed up by the next sand storm? (live tny great discovery, the greatest of the century, maimed and imperfect, to the world? Harding, you must be mad. What's the life of n Khirgiz Tartar beside these priceless things?" Kirkhoffer's short - sighted eyes gleamed angrily behind his glasses; his voice was thick with passion. What's a Khirgiz Tartar?" he growled, like a wild animal. "He's a man. anyway." Harding re torted. "Suppose I refuse to leave this fillow?" "Then" the professor became all at onee ominously cool "1 shall be forced to remind you that I am the head of this expedition and you my salaried as sistant. Also that these animals are my property. I go and they go with me. You can join ihe party or not. as you please." Harding grew pale. "That is the choice you offer me? Then i say you are a blackguard." "And I say." indifferently, "that you are a fool. ( ome. will you mount?" "Xo!" furiously. The German shrugged his shoulders. "Have it your own way." he said. And. gathering up the long leading rein which he had fastened to the head of one camel, he prepared to seat himself on the other. But here Harding sprang upon him suddenly. "Xo. you don't!" lie cried. "You shall K-ave me one. you brute, though it were a hundred times your property!" "Stand off!" the professorcried. Harding's answer was to close 'with, liim silently; and there ensued a trial vf strength whereby the issue seemed for several minutes doubtful. The mea were not ill matched. Kirkhoffer was the taller and heavier, but then he was also the elder bv 20 vnrs.-nd Il.irt"- t ing's naturally lithe habit ol oody haA known an LLgtish. public school and uniersity training-. The result of the conflict was still uncertain when the professor suddenly loosed his hold and fell back, leaving- the prize of conten tion, the led camel, almost in 'he oth er's clutch. Harding' stooped to seize the creature's halter and rcse again to find himself covered by his antagonist's revolver. "Now. perhaps," the man of science observed, "you will consent to hear reason. No use, my good friend." as Harding's haud went briskly u his breast pocket. "I drew the charge while you were asleep this morning, in vkw of possible diHieulties. Y'ou see I know something of your strange Knglish character. There is nothing like being- ready for dilliculties as they arise." Dick Harding, under the covering re volver, stood erect and dumb. To argue further with a man prepared to com mit murder on behalf of his-tablets of baked clay weres'iinplewasteof breath. Keeping- the muzzle of his weapon pointed full at Harding's breast, l'rof. KirklmiTir mounted his camel, made both his great beasts. get up and began to move off. As long as Harding' re mained within runningdistancehecon titiued to hold the revolver raised and leveled, sitting sideways on his animal to insure an accurate aim. Hut aflera minute the e-aincls broke into a hng, awkwarei f.e.t; in two minutes they were bevonei pursuit: three and the profe-sor puckctid his firearm and three, his. icg across the saddle. "Your own fault, remember!" was liis final grec'.ing- before he disappeared over the top e.f the nearest sand-dune. When he hail disappircd Harding looked about him. reviewing the sit ua tiem. It no che ering prosjicct that met his e ye; a dead waste of sand-hills le i oi th. south, east and west, white hot i:i the- glare" of the tropical sun. Two ilark blotches alonebroke the pale surface of the wilderness the stiffen ing bulk eif the dead camel and the limp f:gute e;f the fever-stricken, camel driver. Truly no pleasant place to die in: more especially if you happen te !m- younir ami strong, aril the death to which you stand condemned is death by hunger and thirst. A fe-w hours winilel exhaust the scanty remains of foi l! and wate r left in ihe skin areisad-ille-bag Iving- hard by the dead came! an. I ! hen ll. tdirg shook off anticipations of tomii.v tirture to tal.e stock of his wrt iei.til e-i.vnnissarhit. ar.d. tiiinniag it i"-: i:e b.iLr. foil in I a price-ie-ss ; rea-uri nothing le-s th:ui an nntoue-he-ii boti!; eif quiu.li.e-! Why. vl:!i this he ii.'l'IiJ hope to reive the K i: ir:'.. u hosi? e-ase. 1 ! 1 1 fr .r t he sl'ppe -e e! cxha '1st !;': e: f ! !,e i pi lii: Ion's tlleeilelne eke -l. had t'.eVi r b" n -r!citi nr. . il--a.e r,3 yi t I'.-iapc? l-'rom a track!..- uile-er-: i--.- in v. ;:ic!: liiey cr-uld miiv wanoe-r to ai-il Ira. havir.g no single' iti-im-ll.i i t by wl.ieh tee ili'le re;ii:r the ir posit"- it point the- wa v ? Saving Ids a--an t's paek. the proi'i - nr had car ried o,V .'verythii.T. No. nut ( vi'V ; Mi g. 'veil as tills thought .-at k lli'.c .-tone into llarei I: i t art hise vc foil upon somethinir glitt.rii.g at his foot. With shaking i ;:: e! he- graspi d it. lit'te e' It ar.d breiki into a 'fv eif niingie-el Iritunph anel ; l-.ar.!.sgiv:t.g. whh h startled the Khir giz from his lethargy, rushing- hack his long hair, the mar. made an effort li sit. up. "The master? Where' is t he ma.-te r?" he askeel. looking about liim in sur prise. liareiit'g lam.' lied grimly. "Heaven alone knows, since he has left his ceim pas he re'." Anel her.ve n ::hne knows to this hour the course of the- wretclred Kirk hotter wanderings. When Harding and the Khirgiz. guldtd by the instrument which he had droppid in his scuflle with the Knglishman. reachid. after manifold toils and sufferings, the con Sines of tin im: n habitation they ooulel obtain no tidings of tln-ir vanished chief. And although Harding' insisted on organizing a new expedition to search feir liim, its labors were fruit less. Ills fate remains as unknown to the worlel as the history of that ancient empire whose records lie buried with him in the sands nf central Asia. Chi cagei Ilccorei. A Compliment for the Seol. An oh! Scotch lady in Detroit- is a little bit prouder of her nationality lhan of an thing else to which she can lay claim, anel never misses a chance lei boast ef what her countrvmen have accomplished. She never tires of tell ing what they have done, dwelling par ticularly upon Seott. Hums, Wallace. Hniee and Ian Maelaren. "Mother." said her son. after she had been dis coursing upon her favorite theme the other day. "you honestly seem to think that no gooe! can cotne except out of Scotland. I fear it's becoming a sort of a mania with you. You'll be claim ing yet, mother, that ("ladsttme. Wash ington, Lincoln. Dewey and all the best of our greatest men in modern times, were born in Scotland." "Wee!. I'm nae so sure o' that. Jamie, but there be ane thing I do ken o" the glide men ye name, laddie, a'tnost a' o" thim had intellect enuch to be Scotchmen." Detrcit Free Press. Dlnantroas Transposition. A well-known and genial but illit erate Irishman, who onee represent ed one of the Melbourne divisions in the Victorian parliament, invariably read out speeches that were prepared for him. On cue occasion, in view of the anticipated opposition, a special paragraph was. inserted in the speech which the candidate read out as fol lows: "I am quite aware that many of ye are agin me and me polities. Hut surely we are afl working fcr the good of the colony. It is only s detail that me opponents are marching- cne way and mesilf another, but we must re member lhat we are all shtrivin to reach the same gno"!" Chiea.o Chronicle SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Accordhaf to recent .tiafistics pat lu re d from all denominations, church meuilier.suip in the I cited States is increasing- more rapidly than the population. Statistics have been given concerning the parent: of the students in our de nominational colleges, showing the four-fifths of them to b professing Christians. I'nited Presbyterian. The Methodist church in Canada is in augurating a fire insurance business to take risks only on churches and par sonages. The profits will go to the fund for superannuated ministers. A petition in favor of closing all sa loons all day on Sunday in England has been signed by -t.OOOclergymen. representing- the Presbyterian. .Baptist. Congregational and Methodi.-t churches of that country. The Tennessee Methodist Kpiscopa! corfiicnee has a "Conference Sister hood." The institution fee is""3 cents, anil on the- death of a member each sur iveir pays one dollar. The membership consists of the wives anil widows of the Tennessee preachers. The Knglish correspondent eif the llpi.-eopal Recorder says that "Wes !ear. Methodist ministers are a lor.g livet! cla.-s. Only 'SO out of i.ifi'j Imtiie' workers died during the hist- year. And of this number seven were septua- j genai iar.s ar.d live octogenarians. The ecumenical conference on for eign missions, to be held in New York April -1 to .May 1. l'.iuo. will be- one-of the largest and most rcpri'st ntative as semblies of Christians ever he'd. It is expected that- at least :;.i.til delegates will he in attendance, and that nearly all the missionary societies in ihe- worid will be represented. Only Protestant Christianity will participate. Herman Khrlich. who for Ihe- past ."7 years has conducted a mission tor the .lews of Whitechupol. .oiidon. says that, ihe- Zioni.-t movement has lakcn iiole! of ihe .lews in a most miraculous wav. And at a recent meeting of the Zionists in the Hast end over t'i.eoti. lews met te.gither to hear something of the land of their fathers, and the' cntht'si j;sm was .-ei great ilia! during an ad-tire-.-- ;:! aged Jew crieei. out: "Out feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!" FOREST DENUDATION. "ulure (irnernlitniM Ut'iuK Itoltltetl by llusle-rn Mills tif alunl'e tt.CitMH. One of the most nr. irtatit ma t ters ': joint : !... ut ei; . I States ells :l'o i- gruw (' struc n'.ate'i'ial uneii r cunsiii'. ration ii- o re high cn!!ii:.is-iei!' tor the- aiiju- qlle'stlolls! between t':e 1 n.'te anil Canada is tin:' u ,:i-.-li eon pres. ri lor. t.f nur !..;i.-t-. The situation is eri t iea : ane i ing wor-e vear by year, ii:.' t i!i. n of our forests to provide n iur pulp art! s.iw :uil! in ; f-i.t of Maine-. .V '.v I iair; .s hir -.Wrm New York is going e.n at 1 1. - I. Ti.u square n.i.e.- j e r au.inn:. II. e s in various pi.rts ut the e aecordit.g- to the :i: -'.ire-s of th cuiiur.i! e!e -part meut at W.i-1: .:-t ale. rale-- o I I 'i rc.-t ju.r.ry, c agri ill'jtoll. cause an iii-ua! loss amounting- in ; money value te $-'e.e'l!0,'IOII. 'i'i.e pe n- . graphical survey reports thai the' itw- j water le vel of our important lake's ami j river.- is steadily declining. The vio lence and destructive character of freshets sl-.eiw a maiked increase, jeml in thei.-e streams furnishing water power for manufacturing pur; . the aitt million if Hood and drought causi s alarm for the future availability eif this gnat industrial resource. I'ighi here in New llr.glanei we i'f.ve some tif ihe most striking instancis of the impending peril of forest destruc tion. In Maine all of the townships ac cessible by large rivers have been en tirely denuded of their valuable timber. In -e--.v Hampshire the state fore stry commission predicts the exhaustion of the entire forest resources of the siftc within lL'jrars-, and this means not oniy a commercial waste, but the eiestruc lion of the scenic beauty which renders that state- attractive to visitors from all parts of the country. In Ycrnmnt the! timber suppiy has already been sei far ! reduced as hardiy lomoet the hotuede- j maud. Nt w York has in some de gree awake ned to the impending danger, and steps have been taken to save some- thii gof what is left by prohibiting the- cutting of timber on certain large tracts for a period of years sufficient to allow a new growth by resrrvingthe great Adirondack park anel by making liberal appropriations for the purchase by ihe state of other forest lands threat eneil with denudation. Hereabouts we have seen the melan choly results of forest destruction in the deterioration of the water power of the Merrimac and other rivers. In Pennsylvania the stripping of the tim ber from the watershed of the Schuyl kill river has forced the city of Phila delphia to seek a new source of water supply. In Xew Hampshire the state j commissioners report that the present methods of lumbering, if continued, will entail unfrfrtunate scenic, climatic and economic results, injuring the health, property ar.d occupation of all citizens, impairing the industrial devel opment of the state and rendering in termittent the flow of rivers which are most important to agriculture and man ufacture. Boston Post. In Doubt. Ethel Did Will seem to be nervous when he proposed to you? Frances I don't know. The janitor had let the frteam go down, and I couldn't tell whether he was nervous or merely shivering because it had got so cold. Chicago Evening News. . JutlsTtnar the Man. "They say Jobson has inherited $10.CV." "That must be a mistake." "What makes you think so?" "I saw him less than an hour ago and he was perfectly sober." Chicago "Erening New, AN ADVERTISING GENIUS. Uavrrr L. Kramer Invents 1'hounaut Dollars Every Dar for Xewa paper Advertising?. The young man whose portrait is her printed is a living, breathing illustra tion of the success which can be ob tained by practical faith and persistent and judicious investment in newspaper advertising. Mr. Kramer only a few years ago. without capital, started in a most modest way, advertising in news papers the merit of a tobacco-habit cure, building up an enormous mail or der business for that successful specific. His original line, "Don't tobacco spit and smoke your life away. through the medium of newspa pers, became known throughout the English-speaking world, and brought in unprecedented results. The secret of his advertising method is "re investment." Wheu Mr. Kramer raa his first little advertisement tenyear ap-o his capital was less than one hun dred dollars. He wrote the order on a rented typewriter operated by himself H. L. KKAM2R. and his advertising appropriation was five dollars. Three years ago he orig inated the now familiar Casearets that "work while you sleep." and this year he employs over !M0 people, including twenty stenographers and typewriters and a system of ten grnphophones. His newspaper advertising investments are over ifli'lO.C-IO a year, ami he is counted as one of the greatest practical, because successful, au thorities on the science of adver tising in the world. His delight is j ,e si e the working of the enormous aei- vi rtising machine which he set in mo- ; tion a few yiars ago. and his ambition, is best illustrated by an expression ! made use- of 10 a friend recently. He , said: "My boy. we'll get rich when wo j make nioiie y fr.ster than v.e can spend it feir aeive'rtisir.g." Kesides his proprietary enterprises, j Mr. Kiamcr sceirid another gn-iit buss- j l e -.i stice-e-ss in tite' Magnii-.Mnd baths of j Indiana Mineral Springs. Ine!.. w here j treatment for rhe-umatistn :s obtaine-tl. J The place was a mere wildcrnes- m the j hills of Indiana a few years ago. but na- j Iur.- had provieleel the material, mud i and lithia water, for the cure, anil Mr. Krame-r appre ciated its possibilities at first sight. Tei-elav there is at the Indi- 1 ana Mineral Springs a J.Ki.nnn plant of hotels, bathheiuse-s and cottages, elec- ! f r:e-li"hte it s t :i iii-hea 1 ed. with bt-au- tifu! park surroundings, j Mr. Kramer is only thirty-six years 1 r.le! and his ncrgy ami vitality have not i ye-t reached their climax. Many h ad j ing business men of America have been i rlael to join in his enterprises, display I iiig the highest confidence in a gn at fu . ture which this man's remarkable ad vertising genius and capacity for work will bring forth. His Ilenmiilnn tlon. At the close of services one Sunday morning the pastor of a city church, went down the aisle, as was his cus tom, to greet the strangers in the con gregation. "Y'ou are not a member of our church." he said to one of them. "No. sir." replied (he stranger. "Do you belong any denomination, may I ask?" "Well." responded the other, hesitat ingly. "I'm what you might call a sub merged Presbyterian." "How is that'.'" "I was brought up a Presbyterian, my wife is a Methodist, my eldest daughter is a Haptist. my son is the organist lit a I'niversalist church, my second daughter sings in an Episcopal choir, and my youngest goes to a Con gregational Sunday school." "ilut you contribute, doubtless, to some one church?" "Yes. I contribute to all of them. That is partly what submerges me." Youth's Companion. Man's Expenditures la a Lifetime. A resident of Kent. Md., who has kept careful account of his expenditures, calculates that during the M years of his life he has consumed 2S,5W) loaves of bread, at 3 cents per pound, value. $s5G.b0; 26.8S0 pounds of meat, at 5 cents, S1.340; 7,723 pounds of vegeta bles, eggs, fish, etc.. at 2-cents, $154. ."("; and 11.760 gallons of water, tea, coffee, beer. wine, etc., at an average cost of 1 cent per gallon, $117.G0; total. S2.408.96. He al-so li jures that of the 30.fi60 days of his lifj 10,080 have been spent in sleep, ID.fiL'O in work and 9.7C0 in eat in j and pieasure seekintr, Chicago Chron ic! Europe's international telephone sya tem is being rapidly extended. Withil a few weeks all Swiss cities have beet eonnected with Frankfort, and with. VI enna they will have connection as sooi as the distance from Munich to that city shall have been included in thi circuit. In Croup. A strip of fiannel-or nap kin folded lengthwise and dipped in hoi water and wrung out 'and then appliec round the neck of a child that has th croup will sometimes brief relief Intel minutes. HUMOROUS. Philosophic "My one hope if tgijitp rich." "Huh! I believe I would rather live poor." Indianapolis Journal. "Do yon believe one person, can get the grippe from another?" "I don't se why not. Anybody who had it would be a fool not to give it up." Boston Transcript. When They Yote on Stones. Egyp tian Poet (angrily) "Then, why don't you return my manuscript?" Egyp tian Kditor (coldly) "Y'ou enclosed no ox-team." Life. His Experience. "I thought Cholly's father started him in business." "He did; but business was so dull that Chol Jy had to get an alarm clock to wake himself up when it was time to go home!" Puck. "Should one refer to a bicycle as him,"her,"or'it?" " " 'Her,' of course." 'P.ut why do you make it feminine? "IVeause one soon discovers that the fixings cost more than the framework. Chicago Evening Post. "Xow that we have encountered these Americans." said Aguinaldo. "I wonder ' "What. oh. great chief, with the gold whistle?" "I wonder why they merely annexed Cuba. Porto I'ico. the Ladrones and us. Why did. tlney ignore Spain?" Philadelphia North American. Life's Compensations. "Y'ou can't spell long words like hippopot lnusand parallelogram," said the small boy w ho wore spectacles and a sailor suit. "Well." answered the boy who was leading a dog by a piece of rope, "dat" where Cm. lucky. I don't have to." Washington Star. A FUNERAL IN CONGRESS. Impressive Service Held in Honor of tm Decraseil Member of the House. Fuueral services over the. remains of Kepresentative Dingley, who diet! in "Washington on January 1.!, were, held the following Monday in the hall of representatives. These services, and it is rare that such an honor is not ac corded to a member of the house who dies iu oilice. were singularly imjires tsive. Speaker Keed, in the customary way. called the house to order at 12 o'clock noon, and the chaplain offered the usual prayer. The journal of the house was then re-ad and approved. l!y previous arrangement of the sergeaut-at-arms the members of the house had been as sembled, with chairs close together, on the speaker's left. The seats on the other siile of the hall were empty. The doorkeeper soon announced to Speaker Herd in due form the arrival of the mcmlkrs of the other house by this simple phrase: "The senate of 1 he United State s." The senators then en tered the- hall ef representatives, beaded by the se-r r-.'ant-at-arnis. w ho escorted ih" vice president to a 'seat betide Speaker lie.-d. while they toeik the places a-slgied them on the -floor at the sneahe-r's right. The annouiice ments that followed came in this order: The ambassadors to the United States and the diplomatic corps. The chief justice and the associate justices of the- supreme court of the United Stales. The committee on the part of the house and senate to attend the remain The president and memlxrs of his cabinet. The family and relatives of the de ceased. When the ambassadors came in all p: rs i'is present arose and remaineel standing until they were seated. Sir Julian Paiincefote. the. Hrttish ambas sador, headed the delegation and pro ceeded to the space in front of the speaker's desk, where he bowed cour teously before taking the seat assigned to him. When the president and his cabinet came in those present re mained standing until he was seated. The rest of the funeral service was not unlike that witnessed in private life. Mr. Dingley's Washington pastor read from the Scriptures and delivered a short address. A quartette sang sev eral appropriate selections. The chap lain of the house of representatives of fered prayer. After the service was over and all the official bodies attending had left the chamber Mr. Houtelle. of Maine, said: "Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de ceased, I move lhat the house do now adjourn." You t h's Com pan ion. Klei- f'ultivatlon In Russia. While rice has long been grown in Persia and the Trans-Caucasus, it was almost unknown in the interior of Kus sia up to 1SS0. the supply being import ed from India, and, as it was subjected to high duty, its use was naturally con fined to the wealthier classes, I'ussia first commenced the cultivation of rice in the early '80s. and in 1888 the first steam rice cleaning factory was opened at Ilaku. and 1.012 tons were produced the first year. There has been a steady increase in the production of rice. and there are now five rice-cleaning facto ries in operation, and the annual product- is more than 48.000 tons. The de mand for rice has increased, and it Is now generally used by the peasants throughout the empire. The quality of the native product is equal to that of the imported article. The residue la utilized, the broken grain being made into starch and the flour is given to hogs. Scientific American. Sufferers. "There was a poor tramp here thia afternoon." said the young wife. The poor man was worrying over his next meal, he told me." "I wonder." said the husband, "if worrying over the next meal is any more torture than worrying over this last one." TndianapolisJonrnal. Grave-Robberr la China. Bobbing graves is a crime under Chinese law for which the thief may "be justly killed on the spot by ajayona, finding him ont. "V. Y. San.