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ECONOMY OF AIE POWER, SURPRISING NUMBER OF USES TO WHICH IT IS PUT. A Spraying Machine Tliat Has Vastly Re duced the Cost of Labor for Painting Cart- Dui tl nc Coach Seats by-Com pressed Air-Other Novel Applications. Although there is a groat (leal of doubt in the minds of engiueers about tho immediate displacement of horses by air-driven automobile trucks, there ia no dispute as to the value'and han diness of compressed air for ,a host of other purposes, and particularly as a .means of distributing power about shops, factories, mines and for dredg ing and excavating operations. , One of the most interesting of recent de scriptions of such uses is contained in a paper read before the Western Rail way club by Mr. B. Haskell, superin tendent of motive power of the Chi cago & Western Michigan railway. Mr. Haskell says he took an old locomotive boiler for an air . reservoir an? attached to this a six-inch and an eight-inch air pump and kept up a pressure of air of eighty ponuds to the inch. With this he did a variety of work. . I n, r . < " "We began,"- he says, "using air for the purpose of testing our loco motive boilers to maximum pressure, for blowing ou1 steam pipes, steam ports and cylinders, previous to put ting in pistons, and for the purpose of rnnning locomotives from the machine shop to the roundhouse, and vice ver sa. To load a car with wheels on skids required the time of six men for one hour and a half, the equivalent of nine hours, for one mau at a cost of SI.02. With* the uso of an air hoist four men can do the wodi in twenty minutes, at a cost of 15 cents, a sav ing of 87 cents per carload. All heavy castings are quickly loaded or -un loaded, as the case may be, with the air hoist, thus reducing the cost of handling, material on and off car fully j" 50 per cent. "During the fall of 1895 wo in stalled the Leslie fire-kindler. This also required twenty pounds of air to force the fuel oil to the burners; by tho use of air and the fire-kiudler we reduced the cost of fire kindling in a locomotive to 9.54 cents for wood to 1.27 cents in favor of the kindler op erated by air, a saving i of 8.27 cents per fire kindled. About this time we began to frostrourx>wn- deck glass for passenger equipment by the use of the sand blast. We are able to frost a deck glass for 12 cents per "glass, labor and material-a saving'of 60 ' rents. Our attention was next at tracted to the use cf air for dusting coach seats, seat backs, carpets and the interior of passenger cars. Ono man eau remove the cushions and seat backs and thoroughly dust them, and also blow all the dust out of . the in terior of the coach and have the car ready for service in three hours aud do a much better job than is possible by the old way, which required ten hours. In this operation we save 87 cents, per coach cleaned. "By the nse of pneumatic hammers we have reduced the cost of beading ? set of flues from ?2.50 by hand to 72 cents by the nir device. By the use of air' motors we have reduced the cost of tapping staybolt holes and screwiug in stay bolts from $?5.90 by hand to $15.30 per new firebox. It would also cost $17.78. per firebox to drill the end of staybolts; with the air motors it cost $*;62, a saving of ?13.1(5. Another advantage gained is the difference in time now required to apply a new firebox and the time re quired before using compressed air. we can now give an engine a general overhauling, including a new firebox., in less than thirty days. A few years ago it required sixty to seventy days to do the same work.. We use com pressed air with portable forges for heating the rivets, also for straighten ing locomotive frames, when bent by accident, withoutjtaking thera_off the eugine. We also use air and gas for removing aud applying driving wheel tires. We can remove a set of tires for 50 cents and apply a set for 87 1-2 cents. This does not include labor, huton account of the conveuience of the arrangement the cost of labor is reduced materially. "Since the introduction oi'the paint spraying machines we. have, reduced the cost of labor for paiuting cars ap proximately-'92 per cent. ? We use the same spraying machine for"white washing at a cost, for labor and i ma-. terial on plain surfaces,. of one cent per square yard. We have our freight yard, or cripple tracks, equipped with air.; Here'-we use the spraying ma chine on freight cars and test. air brakes on freight and passenger equip ment. We also use on these trabks, and to great advantage, air motors for boriug holes necessary in the applica tion of air brakes aud for other! re . pairs to cars. We have a device I for pressing.jaws of bottom] connections aud push rois of air brakes into 11-2 inch pipe and then crimping the pipe to the malleable iron jaw; this also is operated by air. We have a number of small air-breast drills which we use for drilling the ends of staybolts,etc., a man receiving 14 cents nu hour drills from twenty-eight to thirty.stay bolts an hour. "In preparing new locomotive tanks for the priming coat of paint we use air and sand blast instead of rubbing the tanks by hand. To do this by hand rubbing would require one man nbont thirty-li ve hours, or a cost i of S3.50. To do it by sandblast and air requires a man two hours at 14 cents per hour, or 28 cents; one man two hours at 10 cents per hour, 20 cents, a total of 48 cents. The difference in ? favor of sand blast and air is SS.'OjL In burniug paint off coaches, as. near ns I can estimate, the saving is 50 per cen1-, over the cost of burning off with hand burners. A portable en gine in the machine shop is run by air. We use this engiue to bore ont cylinders aud plaue off valve seats. . I estimate that it makes a saving of at 'east 10 per cent." Our Diplomatic Swallow-Tail. Worn officially, our non-conforming swallow-tail is a declaration of un gracious independence in the matter of nianuers, and is uncourteous. It say's to all"around: "In Rome we do not choose to do as Rome does;.we re fuse to respect your tastes and your traditions; we make no sacrifices to . -^ny'o^?'5 customs and prejudices;, we yield no^t to the courtesies of life; . wepreier osyr manners and intrude them here. " v. That is'not tbe\trne American spirit, and the clothes misrepresent ns. Wheu a foreigner comes among us and tres passes against our customs and our code cf manners we are offended, and justly sq; but our government com mands our ambassador to wear abroad uu o9iml, c'r?Vs whiqh is an offense ajainst1 foreign manners and' cust. ms, und the disc edit of it falls upon the nation,-"Mari; Twain, io the *Foru:n, _____ _' A Mexico City merchant nclvoitisea COST OF CABLING TO MANILA. easiness Booming: and Kntes Reduced tn &2.3S a Word. The active operations of the army near Manila and the anxiety of people in tho- United States to communicate with friends uud relatives who are with General Otis have caused many inquiries as to the cost cable messages. When Admiral Dewey1 presented the compliments of Uncle Sam to the Spanish ships in Manila bay tele graphing to that part of the world was an expensive luxury, "the cost being 86.70 a word. Business has increased since then, and will continue to grow, and +he rats has been rednced by slow stages until it has now reached the borham counter price of $2.35 a word. 7 .. same rules as to address and sig nature which are followed with regard European telegrams are given mes sages to Manila. Messages may be prepaid and the telegraph company, sends one code word-at the expense of the telegrapher-to indicate how mauy words the prepaid answer may contain. A man whose cousin's name was on the list of wounded recently tele graphed : .'Hospital, Manila. "Wire condition Smith, Third Artillery, Book, Jones, 'New York." The message figured ten words, and cost $23.50. The word book indi cated that an answer of five words had been prepaid and the whole transaction cost $35.25. Sending or receiving messages is ont of the question with hundreds of people who are deeply interested in tho movements of the army, and to these the published reports giving the .names of officers ard mon who were killed and wounded were the only source of information during the last few days. "' A man whose brother 'bad; been wounded-made inquiry at the office of the post adjutant at Governor's Island as to how he could obtain further information as to the condition of the wounded man, aud whether any additional details would be sent from the front. He -A-as told by the officer in charge: "The casualty lists are cabled to* Washington and are rnnde public at once. These lists c mtain the names of the killed and wounded*, but after that no reports are sent ai to the progress of the cases in the hos pital. Liats of dead are sent from time to time and aro published." The man was advised to write te the war department, saying that bc was interested in the condition of the soldier iu questiou aud would like tc be informed if any news from bin: reached the war department. A request of that kiud will be hon ored by tho depattment. News con cerning the soldier will be promptly forwarded to the given address, but in consequence of the great expeuse of telegraphing hospital reports \>y wire are not as complete as they were from the army when it was operating nearer home.-New York Tribune. ODD NAMES OF WESTERN TOWNS. They D*Cy Purists and Attest the In genuity of tito Founders. It is difficult to shake off the names attached to streams and mountains by the pioneers of a new country. With few exceptions Washington has far?d well.innomenclature,says the Spokane Spokesman-Eeview. In a majority of instances Indian names have been retained, and usually they - are easy and poetical. But in some cases the individuality of the first' se tiers prompted them to an effort to improve on the native names of streams and sections, and in some instances they were not happy in their origi nality. The word Hangman has clung to the little stream which skirts Spokane on its western border, and repeated spasmodic efforts to centre the public mind on the more melodious name Latah have failed of their purpose. Now Senator Plummer of this county has introduced a bill at 'Olympia to make this change, and as no objection can attach to tho measure it will pro bably j^ass and may exert sufficient force to bring about the desired chauge. A few years a?o an icsthetic move ment swept through the Oregon legislature, and a number of pioneer nnmes were turned down for more polite ones. The good j^eople of Alkali, in eastern Oregon, imagined that the name was not one to conjure eastern capital and dropped it for Ar lington. A new name was devised for Bully Creek, and Yaller Dog aud Bake Oven were tabooed as primitive and unpoetic. But Bake Oven has adhered and is still the name of a postoffice. Indeed, much room remains for improvement for the nomenclature of Oregon, which includes in its list of postoffices the towns of Burnt Bandi, Gooseberry, Haystack, Lobster, Long Tom, Mille, Shake, Shirl:, Starveout and Sucker. A few names iu Idaho could be dropped for the better, among them Bayhorse,: Gorra', Gimlet, Gentile Valley. Sawtooth and Yellow Jacket. A Clever Thief. Budapest, or one of its suburbs, has one thief of whom the ; baffled police force but for professional scruple? would be really proud. A real estate agent, unable to rent for the wintei the suburbau cottage which he bad occupied during flie summer, locke;! the gates and doors aud moved back to Budapest. One day not long agc the city architect approached him with reference to the sale of his prop erty, which was desired as a site fer a public building. The agent n^med his price. "But," said the architect, "is not that a-little high for vacant-property?" "Vacant property! Bless you man! it isn't vacant. TherJ's a brick cot tage on it, and a goo? one." "Beally," returned the other, "you are mistaken. I vas there but yester day, and there'is no sign of a house on your land.'" The owner investi gated, and found that he. was, in fact, no longer J? oouseholder. During the fall a gr.og of bricklayers bad ap peared, demolished the house-a task that, consumed about a week-loaded it ?nto carts and departed.-Corre spondence of Chicago Piecord. What Waa Behind. Tho bright boy's mother is cultivat ing his bump of observation. "Now, Johnny," holding up a pic ture card, "shut your eyes and tell me what you saw on this card." "A cow, a barn, a horse," rattled off the little boy, glibly. "What, else?" "Nothing." "Oh, yes! Think, now. What did you see behind the cow?" referring to the trees ic the background. A moment's reflection. "Her tail !" shouted Johnny, ecstat ically. -^Chicago News. The Exception. "Any man can becomo rich by per? (?overing, por*>istent effort." "I don't know; T'vo uavei yee rim ?ureas o millionaire) ppok WQVV1~ CHILDREN BORN IN " TREE* A Family of Eleven Brought Up in a Tres ... Trunk in Tennessee. Cr It is not an ancestral mansion, though it I ' jeen some five hunrjred years in bui. ..mg. The beginning of it was a sturdy sapling, standing In a tiny cove, high on the side of an east Tennessee mountain. By and by the sapling became a big hollow tree. Not withstanding the hollow was- so big a tall man could lie stretched at length in lt there was an outer shell of sound wood and plenty of vigorous leafy boughs for shade. The hollow itself was rain and storm proof, BO a couple of the mountain folk took up their abode in it They did not bother about furniture, there was no room for it, even in a hollow tree measuring seven feet across. The man put down a floor of puncheons-that ir rough slabs split from smaller tree .trunks. For a bed they had dry leaves, and for covering skins of various animals round about. The woman knew how td ?ress them Indian fashion, so they served In large part for clothes as well as cover. An axe, a rifle, a bullet pouch, a powder horn, a hunting knife, an iron pot, a water pail, a jug, two or three big gourds, a bread tray and a meal bag summed up the family's movable possessions. Cooking was done gypsy fashion at a log fire some little way off the entrance to the tree. General ly the pot sat beside the fire, simmer ing and stewing. The only bread was ash cake. For drinking there "was a choice of sassafras tea, unsweetened, and moonshine whiskey. The man, of course, was a moon shiner. He was also a dead shot particularly in the case of a revenue officer. He was able thus to feed his family by working about half the time. His wife looked after the cloth ing, exchanging, surplus peltry twice a year for coarse cloth, salt and snuff at the nearest crossroads storet fifteen miles away. . * Eleven children were born In the hollow tree, and grew up into strap? ping men and women. One of the boys stood six feet nine Inches-when ie could be persuaded to stand at all. Usually he carried himself in rather the shape of a crescent. Each of the eleven was cradled in the half of a smaller hollow tree, smoothed ont In side with the axe and imbedded with leaves. It did not need rockers, rock ing itself at the slightest touch. As thc big tree became crowded, hollow logs were sought, one for each child, chopped to convenient lengths and dragged close about the fire. Into their open ends thc bigger children crept, feet foremost, turned their heads to the fire and slept snug through all sorts of weather. Ol cours? the logs were only for storms and severe weather. When it waa fine the whole family slept out-doors. It was presumably a happy family, and certainly a healthy one, though lt went bare foot the year round and never so much as heard of hygiene. The whole brood grew up innocent of contact with doctors, ministers or schoolmasters. As the owner of a summer cottage down the valley said upon discovering them: "The truth is, they don't know enough even tc be sick."-New York Sun. Both Sud and Horrible. .. "Yes, it's a sad case," remarked the keeper in the insane asylum , as he pointed ont a poor devil with staring eyes and shaking hands, "one ri the saddest in the institution and incura ble. Recent, too." / "That so?" inquired the visitor. "What brought it on?" "Reading, the parodies that have been printed on 4TLe White Man's Bur den.',"_ Sixty Miles nit Hour. A steam motor car, designed for use on the railroads, recently made a trial trip, pol np at tho rate of sixty miles an hour. This will probably be as much of a record beater aa has Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters, the quickest known road to health. Thero ls no quicker way for sufferers from all stomach Ills to reach strenpth and happiness than hy this great remedy. It cures Indigestion, constipa tion, nervousness, liver and kidney troublo, and best of all 'he user stays cured. 4 Hickory nuts aro an American product And wo export thom in largo numbers to Europe, where they aro four * good eating. Pecans belong to the hickor ..imily. Bo * .J ui ><1 Deep. Clean biood luoans a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascareis, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keepit ?loan, by stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from tho body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascareis,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. If we-wait to do a thins until tv? are thor oughly prepared, we never do it. It Cures All Skin Eruptions. Tetterlno ls the name. Sold at druggists for 50c. a box. or prepaid direct from J. T. Shup trlne. Savannah, Ga. John II. Pahlen. of Lex ington, Miss., writes: "Enclosed find $1.00 for 2boxes of Totterlne. My father's hand was cured by lt, and I take pleasure in recommendinglt.'1 Emma Nevada recently introduced her daughter socially in Paris. To Care Constipation Forever. Take Cascarots Candy Cathartic. 10c or S5c. If.C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money. The pessimist kicks becauso of tho thoms on roses, wbile the optimist, rejoices because of the roses on thorns. In Union There is Strength. ft True strength consists in the union, the harmonious 'working together, of every part of the human organism. This strength r?n never be obtained if the biood is im pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the standard prescription for purifying the blood. Never Dis?Mbmts: lids Digestion, Begnlates the Bowels and Hakes Teething Emir. TEETHINA Believes the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Age and Costs Only ?5 Cents. Ask Your Druggist for it 'ELF'REFRIGERANT over 20 decrees colder than used in refrigerators Just like a perfect substitute for SEND FOR CIRCULARS. AGENTS WANTED. UNIVERSAL REFRIGERATING CO., 232 Flashing Avenue, 11ROOKLYN, N. Y. r% SO f\ |3 G V NEW DISCOVERY; fetas ?% V# I ?3 9 quickrelief and curas worst cases. Book ot testimonial*and IO dnv?> treatment Free. Dr. H. H. OEXENS EOHB. BOX D. Atlant?..Qa. T?T ANTED-Cos? ot bia health that R-IP-A-NS ? ? will not benefit. Send 6 cts. to Uipsns Chemical Co. Now York, for 10 samples and low testimonials. (M?ES WilWEAtl ELSEFAILS. " Best Cough Syn?p. Tastes Good. Uso in time. Sold by drucxists. PIE CERTAIN CHILL, GBIE. ????????MMMM-?a SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. , A German weaver is . said to recently patentedjan adjustment a able to auy loom by means of wh is possible to-bring out embrc effects on woven goods. This wonderful innovation, and wil much toward revolutioniziug t manufacturing. It is estimated by a competent eign authority that 900 persons o 1,000,000 die of old age, while succumb to gout, 18,400 to mei 2700 to apoplexy, -7000 to erysij 75^0 to consumption, 4o'-<i00 to let fever, 25, ODO to whooping c< 30,000 to typhoid and typhus, 7000 to rheumatism. The' 4vc. vary according to locality, but are considered accurate as regard population of the globe as a who Protective miuistry, that, cur device of nature to preserve . anj from their enemies,' is well shovv the eggs of certain fishes, notabl California shark, known as Grou] rodus francisca The \shark ,ia sluggish habit, lurking among ri and its dark egg resembles *a' lei kelp or . seaweed folded up.spir It is deposited among the beds of J and clings to the leaves'by the'Je of the spirals. The 'j'oung'iis bursts open the end of ?the,, egg. swims away. Another shark's t?t the Pacific coast hns t?irtacres, 'w clasp the seaweed^ and alscriinit?t appearauce. Among the remarkable iharlnti mais whose habits.have recently 1 studied at Wood's Holl, Mass;., the ribbon-like sea-wornis called ' merteans. " One species freqiieh the New England coast.sometime! tains a length as great as 22 feet,1 a width of about' an inch. .Tl worms are carnivorous',' living minute inhabitants pf. the water, low tide they conceal'themsel ves ui stones. When handled they ec break apart, brit frdm-sueh fragnii an entire worm is sometimes .rc. d ticed. Professor Coe.ostimat.es; a nemertean five feet in length''i contain not less than a quarter ! < million eggs. Kussia, according to recent ad vi promises to be a competitor with other countries of the world ia production of cotton. The Tn Caspian railway traverses a coin where last year'cotton was plnu'tec| 450,000 acres, and a crop of 105,0 000 pounds, or about 210,000 ba was produced, making a yield of c 230 pounds to the acre, an arno somewhat in excess of the aver yield of this country. The iudne is now only in its infaiicy, and a sr amount of cotton is. produced,: with the development of the cont and means to dimipish the aspens! getting the product tb market, i\ possible that aomo '.lay Russia muy considered a factor in the world's i duction of this article. ' ' There appears to be ho Hmitatioi the industrial! uses jf cottonseed ; and those, of course, aro multipl by the constantly developing iinprc meuts made in the refiniug process A marked advauce in this last resp is that the yellow oil resulting, fi? tue first refining pr?cass through tr? ment with alkaline solution's,. now f :ther purified by heating; and lilt tion; then the white oil of comme is obtained by shaking tho yellow with 2 to 3 per cent.- of inlier's ?ar In purifying the fellow oil about per cent, of it is separated in the fb of stearin, and the latter is emploj in making candles; etc. j From ?1 soap stock that conies from cottouse oil'there is likewise made a pecul kind of wnsh powder; the soap its? made from the oil, is used extensiv by the woolen mills of this aud otl countries, and it has been found to special value in washing woolen gooi which does not injure them nor cai: them to shrink. After ali, howcv not much more than one-third of .1 cottonseed supply is at present us for manufacturing oil and similar, pn nets. Th? Stomach as a Dream Orijrinatoi There is < t rtainly no profound emotional eve:., mufl?!; during sie than that which arises from a d lurbed or distended stomach, -and;' reflected by the pneumogastrio to t accelerated heart and the imped? respiration. We axe thereby' thrdv iuto a state of uninhabited emotion agitation, a state bf agony and terr .such as we rarely or never attain-dja ing waiving life. Sleeping .cqnsciou ness, blindfolded and, blundering, prey to those massive waves from' b low,' and fumbling about despe atve for some explanation, Jumps at tl idea that ouly the attempt to esc?] some terrible danger orthe guilty eo sciousness of some* awful.;crimea p account for this immense emotion uproar. Thus the dream is suffus< by a conviction which the continue emotion serves to support." We v not-it seems most simple and reasoi able to conclude-experience .tern because wethiuk we have committed crime,but we think we.have comtuitt? a crime because we experience tarro And the fact that in such dreams ?M are far more 'concerned with esoaj from the results cf crime than wit any-agony of remorse is not, as'fi?ru have thought, due to our innate indi ference to crime, but simply toitb fact that our emotional state sugg?sl to us active escape from danger ratht than the more passive grief of remorst -From "The Stuff that Dreams j?i made o'," by Havelock Ellis,.in. lAjj; pletojs' Popular Science Monthly. Cornea From JUartrr Stock. ; jj The family of Sir. Matthew White Ridley, the home secretary,' wb'os heir's marringo recently tookplace,'ha had long associai ions with Northilni berland. Tho Whites bought'earl v i the last century the estate of Blagdoi and erected a mansion honae^.and i; 1756 the then owner was created ; baronet, with remainder't'b the son o his sister, Mrs.Ridley.whosedius^aa) was of the same stock as the martyr Newcastle has only had a bishopri for a few years, but Edward*VT,' whe] he dissolved the. great' bishopric o Durham, created a bishopric of New castle, annexing to it by act of p?rl?a ment Gateshead,, and ' Ridley wa actually named bishop. ^But Ed^arV died. His sister, Mary, had othej views. She burned Ridley iusteafl<oj giving him a miter, r?stored the j set of St. Cuthberts, and gave Gateshe?c back to it. Ridley waB a native North' umbrian. i ; -:-,-. ,< Couldn't Accept lt. / "No," said the art niauager of the "funny" supplement'of a great d??y, "we cannot Accept your contribution. There is humor in the idea and tlip: e is a certain amdirht of 1 'humor in :thc execution, but. you haye. failed to make tho mouthVand the feet of yotii' characters of impossible size, and everything oise miiat he subordinated to thftt,"-?hiofljSfo HOW WAR INDEMNITIES ARE PAID. France Settled with Oenniny by the Ab?' ssrpfion of Hef Ojwa Bonds. In an article in-the New York Inde pendent on "How War Indemnities'1 Are Paid," George E. Roberta, Direc tor of the United States Mint;'says: "Thegold Indemnity ex??tedof France by Germany in.the treaty, of May' 10, 187?, was the most stupendous under taking of the kind that has "ever been seen. France obligated herself fo^pay: Iii % all .$1,000,000,000. Of this about $400,000,000 was to be paid within one year and the remaining $600,000,000 erf March 2, 187-1. To persons who al ways think of a payment as requiring a delivery of cash it seemed that France,"if it bad not undertaken^ the. Impossible, must be greatly distressed? in discharging this debt. The t?faf stock of' cof?ir ln>. France -at that tlme;: >ta"lranks"nnd tn-prhTrtc tnnds was-es tlmated/^t little-mose; than.. $i,000,000, 000.' Hen?e_ it was supposed that France would loselvpractieaUy her en tire store of metallic money. "Including, interest, the actual amount due from France was $1,Q60, 229,016, and after deducting the T?lue allowed for the State railway in-Al sace and some minor" offsets the amount paid was 1 equal tc- $908,182,091;' '. Of this $-148,473,818'.Was paid Itt coin and bank-notes, and $849,658,270 was set? tied l? bille of exchange. To^provide "funds, the French; Government made two babs aggregatlag a little Over the above total. To place the loan, all of :th? great banks of Europe ^ere Invited' tb "become agents iand receive subscriptions. The bulk of 4:he l?jins, .however, were placed at home, with the .French people, and of the rentes (bonds)^6old abroad-lt .was calculated at the close-;of, 1874' that practically all'had returned to France and be come the property bf Frenchmen^ Great as was the achievement of the French '"people in' thus abso.rbi?g iii three years Government sedbritleS amounting f? ' $1,000^00,000,' lt ls worthy of remark'that th6 American people surpassed: it In the Summer of 1898, : when'Jn (.response to one invite tlon- to ;take - $200,000,000 of United States bonds, ?they subscribed for over $1,400,000,000. ' " "France was tt rich country. Its citizens held quantities of stocks and bonds representlbg Investments j <in Germany; - Austria; Turkey, Italy, Spain, -Egypt ?nd- America, ahd other | parts of the World, When the loaUS o?; their own Government were put Oh the market these people'sold these! se* curities oh the foreign1 bourses . lind turned the bills of exchange th?s re ceived over to the French Government or its agents In payment for Its issues. These bills of exchnnge, under the dl: rection of skilful bankers, soott fdhfad their way into'tills of bankers actiBg as agents fdr pie German Government: ' Thus the .. obligation was discharged by. a shifting of credits and in .the own?rship of certain paper 'Securities" : The Abstinence of. fl Camel. ,j . There are many fables told about the camel, one of which is that he IS supposed to have several stomachs and'tb'go for weeks without water aa a mittler of choice. 1 . . His abstinence is merely the result of tra?nlng; and It is a fallacyit?'sjij?? pose that he is better .wlthqut: ?water or can work as, well. Jn ther.Cam?l' corps we watered our camels . ejjery" SciCond day In the summer, every third In the winter, giving thom the^fllj Jof water morning 'aud'evemtf^ oh?.tnqse i.Hlays;' but if ia t-?e-sommer-wb-?xpp?ti ed a long desert march without water!, we trained them beforehand by'water ing them only every third day; b?t.I never found that this Improved their condition.. The Arabs, keep .th?Ir.,c?m-; el's j longer without water,"ft ls true, "but then they travel slower and 'their,' jinli mais are grazed on soft food," contain-, lng a certain amount of moisture; this lowers their condition and mak?s them inferior to a corn-fed camel when hard work and long, fast Journeys have to be done. , Yv'e always found that if we put- a grass-fed Arab camel alongside j ot ours it failed In work abd endurance; If corn-fed it cried out foi- wateri as soon and sooner than ours 'did. I say "cried out," because a camel when lt wants water moans continually, anti there ie. no mgre painful sound at night in the desert tkanthe ceaseless mqa4? I lng of thirsty camels-The .Cornhill.-. inion plate, 'wm ;. ?j -i-i ; Bermuda's Old Churches. ' . . St. Peter's Church In : St. George's Is the..olde8t. In Bermuda, and stands Ic the ancient churchyard. ? It was;bjnilt' in 1713, and h/is been renewed. ff om. time to time, but Is now falling"1 Inte decay and a hew church is belrig'buf?t Here is kept-the communion^plate^ made'of ^massive silver ?\vJ presented: by King' WilllaL ( Trinity>.in; Hamilton parisL" the oldest churches on , the island, hnd" has many stained glass windows and lather memorials; St..Mark's in Smith's 'parish and/Christ's Church In Devon' |,'shire -are both, new'edifices o?l ?old 'foiindaVions. -'St.* John's, -Pembroke: |.h?d irs: origin-fa lb21> and has bee* ?twlce? rebullt.r**?ew: York Observer. ll ....7X7 "Tiz-a-Kurc" for Dyspepsia. This is a grand new remedy for all stomach troublos. Many people suffor all tho time, ?llwhen they can-easily be-relieved and cured. 'Thitfremedy is In tablet -form in a small box easily carried in the vest pockot.reody ata mo jra?nt's'notico to be taken when distress is felt .'If your druggist docs not haro it send 25c, or if jyou prefer to try lt first, send ?for free sample. Tizakure Co,, Tarpon Springs, Fla. -i.--.ii: ..-al . n Health means wealth,for the. patient, mit poverty for the doctor.' No-To-Mnc for Fifty Couts. Guaranteed 'tobacco habit enr?. makes weak mon string, blood pure. Mc, iL Alf druggists. The man who is the ?rstto arpno is usually the last to act. ^ r -it ? : I7 . . R?V. (now Bishop) Joseph 6. Key, (Wrote:..5'We gave your TBZfrniK? (Teething .powders},to. our little grandohUd with the ?happiest results. Tho effects, were almost l|mnglcal:rind certainly more satisfactory than '^from anything wo ever used." 1M 1] "vVe-thlnk Plan's Cure for Consumption is jhe only medicino for Conjrfis^V?&Nii flKOKAnn. Springfield. Ills., Oct. 1.1894'. j A. M. Priest DrugglBt, Shelb.\ ville, ind.. 'ay,s:. ?al1 8 ?at,?Tb. Cure giv?s the host of .satisfaction..- Can get plenty of testimonial* J",W^Z?* everj"on? wh0 take's'it." Druggists' fsoll it, ,5c. I i S W! ' i ; Fits permanently cured. No firs or nervous ness aftor first d^y's use of D*.'Kline's Great $SrV? :?esiorer- Btr,ttl bottle and treatise free. DB. B: H-..Kuyg.'Ltd.. fl3i Area st.. tt?S, p? ' *M?Wraslow'VSoothin'tr Syrnp forchlldron leething.softens the^umn. reduces inflamma Uon.ollays paln.cures wind^colio. 2.^3. a bbtil*; . ?o.me- individu?is may trust to luck, but'the trusts do not. , ' j :.? '!-.-rf- : [ * ' Educate lour Bowels With Cascareis. Ca??7 T??,th,?t?l?J cure ?Jtfstipatlon ' fot?vor. 10c, 25c. If CC. C. fall, druggists ref und money. .ilean well, do Ul. and you'll get you?rself uisl?kod. pi . t -i :-L: tali To ourox Japanese Pawnl/TOken,^-6* ? a .Pawnbrokers in Japan are not al rowei' to'rnkrg?;fi??fe .Qfet";100 per cent., upon, their advanc?s,/enough, In all conscience, it would s'eein.tq'?uro peans, .and^yet,.not .enough'j$ satisfy the gentry in question, who assert that lhe rate js wholly inadequate. The..| Japanese Diet has been considering the question of abolishing this restric.-. rion. . T '' lt appears that thousands in ,th$ large towns who subsist by. manual labor find themselves constantly with out money- to hay- their dinner. They have enough left-. to pay for--.their breakfast and-ba tb, which-they seldom^ neglect and which costs them, about ?ne'V?rtbing; but" dinner is beyond thejr resources. It is their custom,, raSeR/re, ttfSput every day time ot raaf property In ?awn*lrr*-brcftsr to ItffjAthe midday meal, and In the even1' 1trr^w1ren"-th-e7-Terce^ they redeem the pledged article, having just enough left to pay for their spp pcr and breakfast This performance they go through regularly six days a j work, so that the pawnbroker has to in,'ike nearly thirty entries in his books in the course of the month. Tbe".'law-- lays 'down"'that only five cents' rah be charged as interest on a loan V.iC.fl'vejcents.?or~ohe..year, and,; as most of those dinner loans do not ex ceed Uint amount, the pawnbroker has to mnke, hlSr thirty .entries,.or so a monti) for a sum of half a cent-Lon-. don Lcadei. ? _ ' Italy now, furnishes a,larger number of'immigrants to" tlie United States than any oth?r-country. Ask Yonr Denier for Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to shako into yonr shoes; rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, ?orej Hot, Callous, Aching,-.Bleating Feet end Ingrowing ^alls.. Allen's. Foot-Ease th?kes new or tight shoes easy; At all drug gists and shoo stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed FKE?. Adr'if Allen S; Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y? Sortie people afe pleasant to talk to, ;bx4' disagreeable to listen to. ?_ ? Don't tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away, j To qtile tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic^ f?ll of life, nervo and vigor, taXo No-To Bttc, tho w?Uclof-worker, that makes weak men ?trotig. All druggists, fiOc or SI. Core guaran-, noed. [Booklet and samplB -free. Address Strrllngt^emedr Co., Chicago of\S*etv torie. A man wastes a lot of valuable tims by -feeling-in-the-wrong pockot~~_ THE REASON WHY Forgan or beast : o! W<?ni/: J* ti J UIH&? 'S Excels-'is thatit Penetrate* - to ? the seat of the trouble -im mediately and without irrita-: ting rubbing-ind kilts the pain. i - <? ? Fami fy and Si ab lo 8/raa. I. j Sold by Dealers generally. , * Or. Earl S. Sloan, Bod on, fXaae. and Whiikey Habits curei at home'with out riain. Booko?-par tlc?l?M sent FREE. _'3.M. WOOLLEY,'if.D. anta, ?ia. Offlcq 104, N. VT:ac St. Pr?s?ript WW** * ^di.aii.Klaku ii4ti3-sii?ipl oi?f.Oh??! ?.vv?l ?ri ji t?o!sri wot? to* * .* ' Grove's is the only Chill cure that is sold through out, the entire malarial sections, of the United States. ' Every dealer is authorized to guarantee Grove's. No cure "No Pay. . Price .50c. ; fib* *. b* -.; lo .[di/i *d' Md ho ifKiT ''.aili e?Q hiia ,hae;iIfjj * al ' i *i if ' uam I< rt| ?Jil |g 'rj PARIS MEDICINE CCL', St sales we are having on your Gt mventory-Tinder date of Jan. 1st Grove's Tonio. 'SS lira lt.' tJt^t flu f tVa'rfJHf M-> I' g<i?.J -?' rf. BRot?ong\TgV.?.ir?rght train was de .jT?iled Jn aw?ertnjn Kansas town pn'd the' cms caught fire. A larg? portion ofv the5 population* rb?de^??erget?c ef forts tp extinguish the flames and pro tect,, the: property; but another dasi gave' themselves up to plunder',' and worked'quite as hard to ^jet 'i-aythinj and as much pf ita&pojs?lble.from-the burning cars. One well-known citizen] who lives to ta'lk better'raan"-to work, familiarly known ns "Windy Witton,' came -jupon the. scene ;too late, to gel any .booty of value, but njanaged <!< 'sneak away with one of the leather covered 1 cushions of the caboose. He hld it under the straw of, his wagon, and as soon as the excitement was ovei drove home.' That night his barri and all its contents; '-including- his'nbrsef and the wagon In which he had -driver home from the fire, were burned, and in seeking^for the^ca^use of the coxi ilagrafl6n " be' a'ccuVaf?ly determined that a fire had:been smoldering Initie stuning bf the custon) he had stol?ri! and had broken out .after he had taker it into his barn. .The ne^tmtjrnjng hi went to tow^.'to lament his losses, abd actually brought a claim. against j Ure rallro?d company for the. value ofjth* property destroyed. : But'such pebph are comparatively1 few.' Tbere la nt more honorable, as' there' is no n^?r< intelligent,- class of. citizens- In : thii great country than the? Kansas farm ers.-Chicago..Record^ >- ; '. \ . . The Wvffli.??$aIary.!, The wny languages ore. built up li very interesting, and ?the. derivatloh ol the word' 'J^%7?? jsyiurip?s.^s,. weif .In ancient times 'Homan soldiers, re Reived ?'daily 'portmri^bf salt'as^ pari (*ijf*aifeWipayv ''Saline Lafitf^or: salt 'ind ;When:tb?'saltia*;fri* the course 3f time commuted for money; .the iraount was -called -solarium, or Ball .money. ' Hence- .our'" ' word' "salary' ind hence, doubtless, the expression, 'not worth his salt," that* ls; not worth als "salt-money" or salary. tf?? constantly recurring n t?tnr ni! ;? -the blues! iii . How. hopeless the futu the same siege with, menstrual i Comparatively few women'.tn 1!':? b WOMEN mc se: *ei he wi MRS. LIZZIE COLEMAN* of Wa] " DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-FQ'. menstruation and- falling of i ?rc hr my back and-hips were dre * . .- more than five minutes at a" tin But thanks to Lydia E.' Pinkham |1 ? table Compound, my sufferings ? - a thing of' the." past. I- shall ? .ic recommend your: medicines to .(friends." MK? ? ? '* ' ti Miss C. D. i MORRIS, 13 Loufsbi Square, Boston,-Mass.-, .writes':".' " DEAR MRs.-> PINKHAM-I hi -.been1 using Lydia E. Pinkha: . sn Vegeta, .a Compound and it: 1 helped me wonderfully. ,1 i troubled with headache, backai and that weak and tired feeling, cannot say enough in praise of y medicine for it has d?neme so m ?1 good. I .shall, recommend ib to my friends who-suffer." . Despondency, is a dis ease. Nervousness and snappishness come' with . it... Will power won't overcome it,..- The^.f emi li nine , organs. are" con nected by nerves with ' . *?W "BftSrf* ?t?d?: 'air . jjtfrrs - - ' Ot the body.- These organs mi - ' not-healthy. 0 . . - All low-spirited or suffering v ham at-Lynn, Mass.; and rece Don.'t wait until your life is wre ? 1 uGet advice in time. IT" .1 fl I - GOLDEN CROWN Aro the b??t. A?k for tfiero/ Cost-So more thnu common cUlranajp. All dosier?, i . .PITTSBURG GLASS CO., AUechcny, Tm: i S99 CONSTRUCTION. ABOUT SPOKES. Theroare M ?pokes lb the ?hv? Sheels of a .Columbia, biuyclo. They represent-: 64 points ot superiority over any other, wheel. ' ' ' Sincere ?d?pt?d'tbe Colt?mbr?istud Hub and direct tnnprent spoke over 7,500,000 of these spokes have. been, in use. We haye yet to hear.of one^break ing from any cause ?xc?pt collision or other violent accident; The stud hubs .obviate ?ll bending and twisting of the spokes;.- . j - Whenryou; compar? Columbia, Hal ford dod Vedette bicycles part for-yavt' wlth,ottier"'j?"heels you find good re isof^fe for their r?cognlz?d superiority. \ \ PRICES, $75 to $25, .-.-?.uto"? T7' Clittoni . . j POPE MPG. CO., Hartford, Conn. ion for Malaria, CI : r.?. ?u.mff m inanes vwi'V.?<.. ly Iron arid Quinine in a tas fa r-11 ?M: 'BADE DEMANDS di . Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:-We.wisl .ovo's Tasteiess GhSH Tonk :. we find that we sold during, ?he 3h down order enclosed herewith, an Yours truly, Ml - .-~-;--J-u-t.-~z-! "I have gone 14 days at a time without a movement of the bowel?, hot Doing ablo to moTO them except br uslr.fr not miter injections. Chronic constipation for seven years plnced mo in ibis terrible. condition; during that time I did ov er? t fc 1 ng I beard of bu t no ver found any relio f ; such was my caso until 1 bogan using CA SC ABETS. I now ha ve from one to t bree passages a day, and li I wan rich I would giro $100.00 for each movement; it ls such a rcllof. ' ? AYLMER L. BfUlfT, ' ** *1 1G89 Russell St., Dotrolt, Mich. : 'CANDY .>?,..< CATHARTIC Pleasant. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Neror Sicken., Weaken, or Gripe. 10c,20c ?to. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... S 1er!Ins nteed, Crapkar; titicaca. Ktntreal, B?? Tart. SS $3,000 DEPOSIT ' TO HEDEEM OUR GUARANTEE OF POSITIONS. B. X. Pnldr' Actu.il Business. Free Tuition (o one, of each ?ex in o ve ry county bf your state. -WHITE Qt}I CK to QA.-ALA. BUS.COLLEGE,flacon,Qa. Youthful Revenge. "Oh, Georgia! Who opened the (canary's cage?" '.< ' . ! 1 "Ldid. You told me.a little bird ,was a-whispering to y ou "when I "was haughty, so I knew it must be him, aa there-was no other 'li?tl? bird abont So,Jj opened the cage and the cat's eaten him. That's^ wpt.he got .for tell ing on me." Ao Truth In lt. "Please, sir. gimme a dime. I'm a miser?ble victim of the terribie opium habit" , '"' fdiQq OB! .Nothing said by an opium eater is ever considered reliable."!,0 1 W^S?^fetP.jfby.np^ try t jonthly suffering gives women re appears, month after month iderstand that excessive^jjai^^ licates ill-healthy ^pr^ome -I nous derangement.' of tha? f ?n?w.PWWffv'utii<>t!\ti.,w mirnee A million women have been - lped by Mrs. Pinkham. Read7 iat tw'o'-of them' say. ?*;?p ri and, N. Y., writes: ?v-nn years I suffered with painful mb. jThe pearing-dowp pains adful." j could* not 'sfand^for ae when menstruation began9. '':) 's Vege !>se now gladly all ust be healthy?* thfe mind .is ?iq iromen may write to Mrs.' 'Pirilc- * RAKE: SE Lightest draegbt ; mos* Enrabie; perfect In ?pyratlon?and cneapeSU?'' '. Farquhar Vibrator Separater ?reatest<??pa?lty;wt8tcs no grain, denna ready for mar ket "Specially ndapteh for marchant threshing and large crops. Thrwbeirice. flax and millet.- Jiece'.ved medals and awards Ar tb rea world's fairs. * ,; . w Farquhar Celebrated Ajax Engins Received medal and nigh est award at World's Co lumbian ExiKMiltlon. Far qubar's threshlm; :e.-iglr:es arc the moat perfect In oae. Havespata.foocbraltes and J mo .Injectors. Aro very I strong mid durable and are made as light as ls cjnsls tentfritb safety. J Tlftrcia no record of a Farquhar ?oUer?over ??piptf tn?.j Farquhar Variable Friction Feed . Saw Mill. Most accurate set' wprkamade. Quick, re ceding bead blocks and lightning ??'?1oack,.,x * Engines '"Bo'?W ' sVws ?aUlli."and" Agricultural Implements G orJeraUJ;?.?fjT*4?; *J nif?jp<rt t :.,T Scud for .llustratctlcatalos. . A.B.Farquhar'Co.,Ltd0 YORK, PA,. , ? i. M. tA**ii. i<A ?^P?*buuH teless iprtn., ,?.; ;g? ... w/Wiri .t'^i^'i .'-i .// I tu rrn?'*?i J?? i Iv? I .?f?! ~?*i First ;Taste?ess. ; Tonic ever mandaeturea1. Ali (T V' . other so-Galled'1' Taste ' less "' Tonics are Mta ^t?ons. .Ask any (Jrjiggist about this who is^not , PUSHING, an imitation. ?L jrr?-.w? 'MMH*-?.!.- 'mfr i?i??? ,t?4 .> '.*i?. ?.r.; .Mir 9?J rt* J: ^?ca I ?>?v:*???fc ??.J 1*1*?.n / bM9?tl4b riT2-?-.y-a ?a? ..-jt.-.i;?-wi- , ^to-coiigEatulate you on p?.^eased Qim Qn? examining ' our-,record, of ChiU season of 1898, -2260 dozen d oblige, \ ., EYER BROS. DRUG ICO. it .;i ? ?J14>lt? //ti 39 S. Broad St.. "AS?tm?sftBouifC Engines and Boilers Steam Water Heaters. Steam Fuinps and . Penberthy Injectors".' . WI ?. tun. .*.?<-...*. . M ;?aw Manufacturera and Dealora tm ?S^L"W MILLS, Corn MlUti, Feed Mills, Cotton Gin Machin ery and Grain Separator?, hg SOLID and INSERTED Saws, SAW Teeth and Locke, Kn ?s:7it?? Pate,it X>Off0, Hirdsall Saw Mill and jCn?inc Repairs. Govern Qr s. Grate Bara and a full lino of Mill Suppli?s: P-lce and quality of poods guaranteed. Catalogue free by mentioning this paper.' Send your, rome and address. cn a postal and we will send you QU? la page ^illustrated catalogue free*., WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.. Winchester Avenue^" Row Ha?en^CcnV. irs experience m the maida?. Coe re than poor I nie. Why not havel MENTION THIS WBmWE?