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A VOICC FROM THE PULPIT.
Rev. Jacob D. Van
Doren, of r>7 Sixth st..
Fond ilu I.ac, Wis.,
Presbyterian clergy
man. says: I had at
tacks which kept mo
in the houso for days
at a time, unable to do
anything. What l suf
fered can hardly bo
told. Complications set
in, the particulars of
which I will lie pleased
to give in o personal
Interview to any one
who requites informa
in i tlou. This l can con
scientiously say, Doan’s Kidney Pills
caused a general improvement in my
health. They brought great relief by
lessening the i»in and correcting the
action of the kidney secretions.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, GO cents. Foster Mil
burn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Fourth Husband, Sixth Wife.
Mr. Jerry Bostarth, of Kenners
Brooks, O., has the habit of matri
mony. At the age of 101 he has mar
ried for the sixth time. His bride,
Mrs. Jufia Ann Jenkins, owns up to
ninety-nine years, and this is her
fourth husband The curious thing
about Mr. Bosarth is that ho appears
to bo quite sane, inasmuch as lie did
noi propose to somebody young
enough to be his great granddaughter.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, ah they cannot reach
the ecat of the tline u e. Catarrh In a blood or eon all
t ti t foD<t i dfAea-e. an.111 trder to cure It you mum take
Intern tl remedfe*. Hall'* Catarrh Cure la taken In
lerurily, and net* directly on vho bio wl and mucous
•uri cc*. If all's Caarrh Cure id not- a quark med
icine. It Wft* preHcrih' d by one of tbe best obytdolans
In this country for year* anil It a regular prescription.
It la composed of the hem tonic* known, cu?.il»lced
with thebem blood purifier*. a ttn«r directly on the
mucous an. faces. The perfect combination of the
two ingredient* I* what produces #ucn wonderful
rfeaulu !u cut lu? Catarrh. Bend fcr teatlmonlaln tree.
r. J CHRNKY & CO., Prop*., Toledo, O.
Sold by drugglm*. i»rtce 75c.
Ilall's rami I y Pill* are tho be*t.
Rear Admiral Cook.
Rear Admiral Cook, who command
ed the Brooklyn at Santiago, and has
Just been retired, is a Massachusetts
man. and entered the academy at An
napolis in I860. He was an ensign
iu the West Gulf blockading squad
ron during the last two years of the
civil war and was oompussioned a
lieutenant in 18r.7. In 18G8 he Was
made a lieutenant commander, a com
mander in 1881, and a captain in 188G.
1/fttcr bo was given command of the
cruiser Brooklyn and remained in that
post until and during the war with
Cfpain. Admiral Cook has a magnifi
cent physique and a frank and maul.t
bearing.
Pise's Curo for Consumption is an Infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.—N. VV. Samhai,
Ocean Grove,'N. J.. Feb. 17. 190ft
Leo’s Gifts in Kind.
The most remarkable feature of the
estate of Pope Leo XIII proves to be
the enormous gifts in kind which for
years flowed In upon Leo XII i from the
while civilized world. These, it ap
pears. were given in charge of care
takers, whose zeal was none of the
most Intelligent. In the result there
are now being unearthed for the first
tin e sacks of coffee and sugar ren
dered useless by years of storage,
quantities of rare furs and stiil more
precious collections of birds from Bra
zil and other remote parts, all ruined
through having been simply stowed
away as they arrived, without even
toeing unpacked. The losses incurred
In this way represent a very large sum.
DON’T 81*011. YOPR CI.OTITK8.
Use lied Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow AH grocers. 5c. a package.
The most vicious dog barks least.
The delight of zero weather is to
get people by the ears.
The Court's Exceptional Tact.
Postmaster General Payne was de
scribing an old-time Milwaukee judge
who had been noted for his kind
fieart. •*>
"I attended one day.” said Mr.
Payne, ' a session of .the court at
which this judge presided. The court
crier was a very old man; he had
served with fidelity for many years.
* but age was beginning now to tell on
him. Ho fcll^asloep while I was in
the court house, and in a little while
ho was snoring.
"His snores of course, disturbed the
proceedings of the court. The judge
displayed great tact In interrupting
them without embarrassing the crier.
“ 'Crier Jones,' lie said in a loud
voice. ‘Crier Jones, some one is snor
ing.’
“The crier awakened. He started
to his feet.
“‘Silence!’ he exclaimed. ‘There
must be no snoring in the court room.'
and he glared ferociously about him."
All's well that ends according to
your own diagram of the finish.
There is no strength without
sympathy
Has He Found Itr
Polk, Ark., Nov 9.—A remedy that
will absolutely cure Rheumatism has
been discovered by Mr. George Hiland
of this place. Mr. Hiland is satisfied
that the remedy he has used Is a sure
cure, for It cured him of a very seri
ous case of Acute Rheumatism when
.. iiejwns so bad that be could not move,
This Is what he says:
"I was troubled with what Is called
Acute Rheumatism in 1990. I was iu
such shape that I could not move with
out help. I was treated by a physician,
who helped me some, but I was still in
great pain when my wife saw Dod<1 a
Kidney Pills advertised as a cure for
Rheumatism She Insisted on my try
ing them, and I felt better after taking
the first box. I continued and now I
am well and able to work all the time.
I have found Dodd's Kidney Pills to be
}ust what they are claimed to be, a
perfect cere for Rheumatism."
Mr. HI land's very positive statement
seems to settle all doubt as to whether
or not Rheumatism can be cured.
Lamb with green po&s suits some
men, but the Wall street broker pre
fora lapib with greenbacks.
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The King's Dust.
"Th.'ii shalt die.” the priest said to the
King.
•Thou shalt vanish like the leaves of
spring.
Like the dust of any common thing
One day thou upon the winds shall
blow !”
•'Nay, not so,” the King said. 'T shall
stay
While the great sun in the sky makes
day;
Heaven and earth, when I do, pass away,
In my tomb I wait till all things go.”
CThen the King died. And with myrrh
nnd nard.
Washed with palm wine, swathed in linen
ha rd.
Roiled in naphtha gum, and under
guard
Of his steadfast tomb, they laid the
King.
Century lied to century; still he lay
Whole ns when they hid him tirst away;
Sooth, the priest had nothing more to
say;
He, it seemed, the King, knew every
thing.
One day armies with the tramp of doom
Overthrew the huge hloeks of the tomb;
Swarming sunbeams searched its cham
bered glooin.
Bedouins camped about the sandblown
spot.
Little Arabs answering to their name,
Witli h broken mummy fed the flame;
Then a wind among the nsiie.s came
Blew them lightly—and the King was
not!
—Harriet Prescott Spofford.
Trick With a Slate.
An ordinary slate, such as children
write on, is shown to the audience; to
prove that nothing is written upon it,
both sides are rubbed with a wet
sponge. A chair is brought to the
foreground, the seat of which is cover
ed with a black cioth. Then the per
former asks any girl in the audience be
sind enough to give her first name
and offers to lei the slate guess the
date of her birth. After the name
is given, the performer places the slate
on the chair, and lays a piece of chalk
upon it. After making a few motions
over the slate 10 indicate that the
writing is going on. the performer
lifts up the slate and behold! One
side of the slate shews the correct
name and date of birth.
This seems to be a trick hard to ex
plain, but nevertheless it Is a very sim
ple one. Take a plain slate, on one
side of which the name and the date
is previously written. A friend of tiie
performer is instructed to call the
name so quickly that no one else can
get ahead of him. All that is left to
do is to secrete the name and date on
the slate until it is time for it to ap
pear. To do this you will have to get
a piece of cardboard, fitting exactly
over the black part of the slate, both
side of W'hich are covered smoothly
with black slate paper. Sheet b is
laid over the side of the slate w ith the
writing on it iai. Place ihe slate with
the sheet over it face down on the
chair. When you are going to show
the secret writing to the audience, lift
the slate In such a way that the sheet
r—---,
of paper stays upon the black cloth,
wnere it (being black too) cannot Le
discerned.
A Game of Flowers and Trees.
A game full of fun, although it is
old, is called “Fltiwers and Trees.”
As many as are present can play. The
first one says, for instance: “My
first is a public house, my second is
a state to which all must come, my
third is a command to depart: my
all is a flower." Answer, “Indigo.”
Only a minute is given for guessing,
and the one who guesses has a turn.
A list of flowers and trees can be
looked up before playing, unless one
is familiar with a good many.
This Deceives the Eye.
You would hardly think so, but the
tc.i lines in each of these figures are
a all of the same
^0^ "V^length. That is.
» .'he lines A, n, C
Z \ and D. Get a good
^ loot rule, with line
t divisions marked
1_| on it, and measure
them carefully, and
you will see that
^th.s is true.
A Magician’s Trick.
I Ight a short bit of candle and put
It in a tumbler. Cover the tumbler
with a piece of thick, v et paper, and
on this place another tumbler, invert
ed, taking caw to bring the edges to
gether all around. The candle will
noon go out. and in a minute or two
afterward you will find that you can
lift both tumblers by taking hoid of
the upper one.
This is because the heat produced
ov toe candie hi s expanded the air in
tli« lower glass mJ driven part of It
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ve for Christmas
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A paper of pins made and put up In
the style shown does not cost much,
and a simple and pretty as well as
useful Christmas gift can easily be
made from one of them. Cut off the
flap of paper that laps over and bind
all the edges with cheap blue or pink
ribbon, allowing strings and a bow
to hang up. Make bows at the cor
ners as shown, and if desired paste a
piece of tinted paper across the front
and paint, a spray of flowers in the
center. The youngest Outlook could
easily make one of these with very
little help from some one older.
Purchase one of these cheap baskets
as shown and place within it a ball ol
colored string. Be sure to start the
end of the string, so it will continue
to come from the middle of the ball
so long as there is any left. Now run
a piece of ribbon through the wide
weave in the center of the basket and
continue it on above to hang it up by
and finish with a bow\ A more useful
present to hang beside the bureau
could not be found.
out before you put on the paper. Now,
though this heated air was rarifled or
made less dense by heating, its pres
sure so long as it remained hot was
equal to that of the outside air; but,
after it cooled, its pressure was less,
so that the outside air pressed the
glasses tightly together.
The paper is very likely to burst
during the experiment, but that makes
no difference, as even when the air in
the two glasses i3 mixed together it is,
on the whole, lighter and rarer than
the external air, and therefore exerts
less pressure.
Perhaps you may wonder why this
experiment is called “The Magdeburg
Hemispheres,” as the tumblers are
cylindrical or conical, not hemispheri
cal, and the trick may be done in
Hohokus as well as Magdeburg. This
is why: In Magdeburg, Germany,
some 250 years ago there lived a bur
gomaster (mayor) named Otto von
Guericke, who was also a man of
science, so far as there was any sci
ence in those days. He made the
first electrical machine and also the
first air pump, or apparatus for rarify
ing and exhausting the air from a
globe, j; r or other vessel.
To show the pressure of the air, lie
made two hollow hemispheres of
brass, fitted their edges together,
pumped out the air from the space
within, attached eight horses to each
hemisphere and then tried to drive
the two eight-horse teams in opposite
directions. But the horses could not
pull the hemispheres apart, though
when the air was let in again they
could be separated easily.
To Moat Corks Vertically.
A wash basin or a bath tub and
seven corks are all the apparatus need
ed for 4his exf -riment, and it will, I
hope, be none the less interesting on
account of its simplicity.
The problem is, then, how to cause
these corks to float vertically.
Everybody knows that an ordinary
cork, being considerably longer than
it is broad. Li forced to float, when put
in water, iijmj'i Its long side. How
can W'e make it float upon its head?
Place one of the corks on end on
the table; surround it with the other
six. all upon end; take these seven
corks compactly in one hand and
plunge them completely.
Remove your hand and let them take
their own position in the water.
The water that has penetrated the
corks will cause them to cling to
gether, because their united width is
great#* than their length
This effect of capillary cohesion
amusingly demonstrates that "in
union there is strength.”
Home Made Tether Ball.
This is a good time of year to play
tether ball, and it is not hard to make
all the things needed to play it with
in ease you have not got the money to
buy them ready made. Even If you
have, >t s a good thing to learn to
make things once and a while. Just
to know how.
First of all, get a straight stick ot
pole about seven or eight feet long,
and stick it firmly in the ground. At
the top end tie a stout string about
the same length as the pole or a little
shorter, and to the other end of the
string tie an old cotton glove, if you
have one; if not, any glove will
answer. Inside of this put a tennis
ball or one of rubber. If you have not
got the tennis rackets that are gener- ;
ally used in this game, make paddles
like ping pong bats only a little larger,
out of thin, smooth board, such as is 1
to be found in soap boxes.
A good place for the pole is in the
back yard, even though the yard be
quite small, for the game does not
require much space. To play it two
persons stand on opposite sides oi
the pole, facing each other with a
bat; the game is to wind the string
around the pole by batting the bail,
one person sending it in one direction
and the other in the other. Whoever
succeeds in winding it all the way
round in his own direction wins the
game.
A Counting Puzzle.
Here is a new kind of puzzle. Cut
out the three squares shown at the
bottom of the above diagram and
place them on the nine squares com
posing the big square in such a way
that each row, counting the square*
in the large figure, and the one yot
place there, will have just foul (
snuares. The number of snuares must
amount to four, counting In every di
rection. up and down, crossways and
diagonally.
Riddle*.
Why Is tiie letter F like Paris? Be
cause it is the capital of France.
Why should a horse seldom feel
hungry? Because it nearly always
has a bit in its mouth.
Why is the letter A like 12 o'clock?
Becausa it is in tho middle of day.
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The Judgment That Will Stand.
He wasn't a thing but a half-breed,
1 ncy called him "Arapahoe Jim."
1 he preacher at Logtown will tell you
His chances of heaven are slim."
Ho lied, an' ho drank, an' he grafted;
• »« e gambled, he stole, an' he done
Most all that n man or a devil
Kin do with a forty-live gun
Rut still there wuz somethin’ or other.
Well, ''gentles'' or ''noble.” In him,
1 here wasn't a child or a woman
That wouldn't an' didn't trust Jim.
An' that’s why the preacher at Logtown
Ain’t got me agreetn' at all.
1 m thinkin' the judgment of children
And women will stand In God's hall.
—•New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Maine’s Oldest. Woman.
Among the hardy and long-lived peo
ple of Deer Isle, the oldest and most
remarkable Is Mrs. Salome Selieis,
who on October 16 celebrated t'.io
104th anniversary of her birth. Tho
occasion was a notable one, and tLa
island residents commemorated the
event with much festivity.
Mrs, Sellers is believed to be the
oldest woman in Maine. In spite of
Mrs. Salome Sellers.
her great age. she Is still active, goes
mit walking on pleasant days, and talks
intelligently to her numerous callers
regarding the important events of 100
years ago.
She comes of Puritan stock, and in
herits the iron constitution ot the old
Massachusetts settlers.
The Palace of the Shah.
The palace of the Shah of Persia, j
Recording to Donald Smart, in “The J
Struggle for Persia,” is an appalling
combination of dinginess and splen
dor, of squalor and luxury. One of
the most interesting rooms is that
filled with portraits of all the mon
archs of Europe. In the next room is
his majesty’s writing apparatus. Here
stands a globe, such as may be seen in
a schoolroom, except that the conti
nents are made with gems of different
color and ail the names and rivers are
marked in diamonds. On the walls a
painting by an old master is framed
text to a highly colored advertisement
of a dealer in fish books. The throne
tself is a sort of wooden bed, about'
nine feet by six, the woodwork cov
ered with diamonds, emeralds, rubies
and sapphires, some an inch long. The
ralue of the whole is estimated rough- ]
y at $5,000,000 or $6,000,000. On the
floor of tho throne is a carpet so
chick with pearls that the texture of
Che cloth is hardly visible, while a j
fiuge vase, set with turquoises and j
pearls, stands side by side wdth a j
cheap painted urn, such as is some- |
cimes seen at country fairs.
Marks Boston Massacre.
The big granite marker in the pave- !
nont on State street which indicates j
he spot where Attucks, Carr and j
Maverick fell in the Boston massacre, (
md where the first blood of the Ameri- !
’an revolution was shed. Is being re
aid. It was removed when the pave
ment was taken up to permit the ex
cavations necessary for the State
street subway. Yesterday morning
che engineers were busy determining
he exact place, and yesterday after
loon paver McManus and his assistant
jegan laying the stones.
It is a circle built of granite blocks
me foot long and about one-half a foot
leep. Its diameter is about ten feet.
In the center is a granite hub, one
'oot in diameter, from which radiates
hirteen spokes, which extend to the
;im.
The granite hub indicates the exact
spot where the blood dripped from
he wound of Attucks when he fell, the
hirteen spokes radiating there are
tllegorical of the thirteen original colo
lies, in the rim there are fifty-two
Jlocks. In each spoke from the rim
;o the hub are five blocks.—Boston
31obe.
Fees of Pope’s Physicians.
The fees paid by the cardinal earner
ingo to the physicians who attended
.eo XIII. in his last illness were $»,000
o Dr. Lapponl, $3,000 to Prof. Ma*
:oni and $2,000 to Prof. Rossoni.
Immense Potato.
C. 0. Hamlob of Gorham. N. H..
ihowed a potato recently that weighed
me pound and eleven ounces.
' The Shortest War
£ out of an attack of |
I Rheumatism I
| S Neuralgia i
Is to use ;
St. Jacobs Oil
Which affords not only sure relief.
t»a » prompt cure. It soothe*,
subdues, and ends the suffering.
Price, 25c. and SOc. f
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CAPSICUM VASELINE
(pvt rp ix coi.LAPMBLC Trnrs)
A substitute for and superiorto muManl or any
other plaster, and will not blister the most
delicate ski.l. The pain-allaying and curame
qualities of this artirle are wonderful. It will
stop the toothache at once, and relieve head
ache and sciatica. We recommend it ns the lie-1
and safest external counter-irritant known, a! .<>
as an external remedy for rains in the clu st
and stomach and all rheumatic, neuralgic ai.d
gouty complaints. A trial will prove what i
claim for it. and it will be found to be inv«h:
Sable in the household. Many people snv “it J
the best of all your preparations.’1 Pi ire f.i
cents, at all druggists or other dealers, o* by
sending this amount to us in postagestamps «
will send you a tube bv mail. No article should
be pccepted by the public unless the same
carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine
CHESHBROl dH MPC1. CO.,
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Mummy round In Colorado.
The discovery of the mummy of a
cliff dweller was made last week by
Mrs. Jeannette K. Newcomer, wife of
John Newcomer, assistant stale's at
torney of Chicago, in an excavation
made by her in a burial village in
the Grand canyon of the Colorado.
The mummy was taken to Chica o
and is now at the Newcomer home. *4
It will probably he given to a local
educational institution. The mummy
is said to be the most perfect of its
kind ever found. It Is that of a man
about five and one-half feet tall. On
one side of the head there Is a mass
of soft brown hair. All of the teeth
are perfect. The lower portion of the
body was wrapped In a coarse sack
ing cloth. The right leg below the
knee had crumbled away.
Kipling’s Destroyed Writings.
Kipling throws a good deal of his
work into the waste basket, but It is
some time since any of it went into
such a receptacle owned by some oth
er person. He feels that, having won
a reputation. It is his duty to write up
to it. On one occasion, when in a
heroic mood, he destroyed a whole
book. The title of this unborn work
was “Forty-five Mornings." After it
was finished he asked Robert Barr to ‘'1
read .t. “As good as ’Plain Talcs,’ ’’ )
was Mr. Barr's verdict. "Not better,”
said Kipling. “1 don't think it U,”
answered Barr. "Then it will never
be published." was KipHng'syim'xpeet
ed reply, and it \va3 destroyed forth
with.
The babyless go-cart is not yet in
vogue. |
HAPPY DAYS.
When Friends Say “How Well You
Look.”
What happy days arc those when all
our friends say, "How well you look.”
We can bring those days by a little
care in the selection of food just as
ibis young man did.
“I had suffered from dyspepsia for
three years and last summer was so
bad I was unable to attend school," ha
says: "I was very thin and my appe
tite at times was poor, while again it
was craving. 1 was dizzy and my
food always used to ferment instead
of digesting. Crossness, unhappiness
and nervousness were very prominent
symptoms.
"Late in the summer I went to visit
a sister and there 1 saw’ and used
Grape-Nuts. 1 had heard of this fa
mous food before, but never was in
terested enough to try it. for I never
knew how really good it w-as. Uut M
when 1 came home we used Grape- 1
Nuts in our household all the time and
I soon began to note changes in my
health. I improved steadily and am
now strong and well in every way
and am back at school able to get
my lessons with case and pleasure
and can remember them too, for the
improvement in my mental power is
very noticeable aud 1 get good marks
In my studies which always seemed
difficult before.
"I have no more of the bad symp
toms given above but feel Sue and
strong and happy, and it la mighty
pleasant to hear my friends say:
‘How well you look.' ’’ Name given
by Postum Co.. Hattie Creek. Mich.
Look in each package for a copy
of the famous little book, “The Road
to Wallvllle." jj