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a,, (see • round and fain
were brown and mild,
Ad* l, ' n *tier teaching there
'.ii,ied lo he a child.
‘ " ten s youngster failed lo mind
taoroughly •
youthful days were far behlad
lucky star* 1 thanked.
set me in a lofty Place,
And bandM m 6 book,
-. MD d whose page* at her face
t ventured oil to look.
i,d as her pupils spelled or read,
I took s positing part,
crmlltlnf them to leave off head
TTM white 1 left off heart
Now I'm a candidate. I feel
A curious elation,
. wondering 'twin woe and weal
O'er my nomination.
p (easing It my heart la set,
And hardly can I wait
pul she and I together get
a kHnt certificate.
" -R L. Hendrick, In Punk.
Iti’opy right, IWI
by the Author.)
V FRIEND
Bracken, the
detective, had
been overdue
several days.
When things
were normal lie dropped in once a
week, hut in the course of onr long In
timacy 1 heard his light knock and
fll , bis gentle, melancholy face In the
doorway mnny and many an odd and
unexpected time. Ten days hail now
gone by without a visit, and I was be
ginning to wonder what could have
happened, when he api>ered one even
ing and dropped into a chair with a
sigh.
•Where have yon been this age?” I
asked, as soon ns be was seated.
"In the great desert," said he, look
ing gravely into the lire.
"Nonsense," said I. “Wake up!
There hasn't been time for you to get
so far as to Gibraltar since 1 saw you
last."
T meant the groat desert of London.
The Sahara is the great desert of sand;
London tlio great desert of man."
"My dear Bracken,” said I, briskly,
"do drop that philosophic tone and
wine down to earth and facts. What
hsroyou been doing? Running a mur
derer to earth In Westminster, or stop
ping an eloping couple at tjneens
lown?”
"Neither,” said he, shaking nimself
■up. “1 have for the past week or more
teen nn a private job—a city case."
“A private city case Is nearly always
interesting. What would you like to
whet your whistle with?”
"I'Ll have a brandy and soda," said
bracken, with another sigh.
1 gut the brandy and soda, pushed
Ihe olgar-hux toward him and settled
myself batik in my cblilr. Once Bracken
hss been wound It is best to let him
•lone. He dues not mind a question to
elucidate wht he is saying, but he
dww resent anything like a goad,
"bust Friday Week,” said he, after a
long pause, "I was sent for by Mr. Ed
ward Merrick, junior partner of Mer
rick <t Cos.. and son of Alexander Mer
rick, the senior and only other partner.
“The business house of Merrick A.
Cos is in Mincing lane. Hut 1 was in
tiled to cull at the private house of
foung Mr. Merrick in Thompson's road,
Twickenham. Young Mr. Merrick is
j. shout thirty-five, and married. His fa
ther is between sixty and seventy, a
widower, and has a mansion on Clap
ham common, where his unmarried
: lister, a few years nis junior, keeps
; house for him,
j, "Tur some lime back,'said young
Mr Merrick when I saw him, ‘we have
heen very uneasy about my father,
"hen 1 say ‘wo’ I mean the family,
which consists of my aunt, my wife
nd myself.
1 p to about three years ago I
jeew all my father’s business. He and
I were nn the most intimate terms pos
|ihle He reposed unlimited confidence
In me, and 1 had no Secrets from him.
He was the soundest and most steady
(fcing business man in London, and the
ynry last you would suspect of going
into hazardous speculations. The busi
ness was then in a flourishing condi
tion, Never had it been belter; never
o good.
father and I are now and have
f?* the only partners. Until
, “v *• “'ways kept plenty of money
Wham!, together with a large reserve,
y lather owned as his private for-
a hundred thousand pounds,
vested in first-class securities. He
* ** cautious of where he put his
" as the most careful trustee
nl J tlle money of another.
.A* < ’*' C C ' a,e * s P ea ' t of, about three
u; . a J°' 11 serious financial panic
I L th e dty. A period of overtrad
n; ,li W i Ul speculation had ended in
Iv !nt W ' ,<!n llad lj eon rushing blind
' " T eoturcs which could not rec
themselves to any sane hu
ll 1,. Uel "?’ ttnd now at last the inevit
!rct1 raSl Wn ? at hand - Houses of
i'mn and standing came
fiber * bubble companies, and even
In IT trades were filled with ap
tCa " m ttDtl con sternalion. Merrick
■ ftdal W “ at r' n tel.y ,lnharmed—unaf
in_ ~, "ad not risked a penny in
; Venture, and we had not
lndire ' :ll .V through others,
kum" * ''a* dreadful crisis I
' Ve r hl "* ab °ut my father's
1% '' , n ~ w,| ere every shil
nf ' nvested - In the mid
cam. av- tr ' s h s ' great change
tni the old man - He grew taci
ana a< 7 10 l p ' He withdrew his
hwDOi.V / rom me all at once, and
more almn'7 thili *'a told me no
than v r „, s'" 5 pr ’ vale money matterr,
Mr br w L * V< ! , lold , mt! about Tours,
tilth ti D ' have mdirectly learned
w .71', ,0 n r lnst f n ‘ that he
hhocash i drs t-class securities
t^th theca u* U ° if,ea "'bat he did
■ * ’ He has draw n large sums
than it rai 0,1 ~°* the business, more
ton noticiTnf 8 ? ord ’ and now he has
“i* which * * further withdrawal—
aitogXr,ppie if not ruin
f l h7° Unttblß of this
l*We nniii \ did not begin this
i d lout- until *P cc "' a tivc fever had
thec r a,u hat Cr,sis WBRat hand “
W *"n to . occurred - II he, had
w three | t r p ’ T ir yaars ago inatead
M* V u A o '*. I ' l account for all by
aucked Into the
I*4 nag. ! with many a
swMmt the wjafc dearer ih
city of rotten concerns and fradulenl
offera of enormous dividend*. and since
my father be (fan turning hia secnrltlea
Into cash there baa been absolutely no
strong temptation for speculators
In addition to our other uneasiness
about my father I must tell yon that
he seems to have completely changed
his nature. He used to be quite free
and open with my aunt She knows no
more of him now than I do. He used to
be the most hospitable and liberal man
In hU house) he has turned close, not to
nay mean and fttintfy,
‘“I want you If you can to find out
what my father has done with his
money. (If course, Mr. HrncUen, this is
to be a perfectly quiet Inquiry with nd
results but that of satisfying my own
mind. You are not Investigating the
business of my partner, but the unac
countable and distressing conduct of a
father for whom I would put down my
lest penny—my life If necessary. I
want you to do nothing but to bring
me some news which will put my mind
at rest, or at worst which will let me
know what Is going on. I shonld not
take the extreme step of asking you to
help me only that if my father draws
out the money ho Is speaking of,
Merrick ,fe Cos. are very likely to put up
the shutters, and I want to find out
whether I an warranted in resisting
the withdrawal or not’
“ ’And,' said I, ‘have yon no sus
picion at all of what became of Die
money?'
" 'Well,' saitl he, with a look of great
distress: ‘I can think of nothing at all,
except that my father has in hf# old
ago tsken to a vice never indulged in
when he w as young—gambling If he
isn't losing the money on cards, or dice,
or horses where can It bo going? You
will, I hope, Mr. Hracken, conduct this
inquiry with the greatest possible deli
cacy and secrecy. I would not for all
the world that my poor governor knew
anything of it’
“I promised to be more than usually
careful, and having obtained a tew par
ticulars to start with I bade Mr. Ed
wurd Merrick good-by."
“And yon have, Bracken," said I,
“found out the heart of the mystery
and Mr. Edward Merrick thanks
heaven ho fell into the hands of such
an acute and discriminating detective,"
“I have found out the old man’s
secret, and it isn't gambling, and none
of the money has been lost; and vet 1
think Mr. Edward Merrick would soon
er every penny had gone into the
Thames or the hands of the croupiers
at Monte Carlo than that I had to make
the report 1 did on his father," said
Bracken in a tone of reproof.
"Well, well," I said,' In a soothing
tone, "don't be angry with mo for my
levity. I did not know that your story
was to have a tragic end. The old man
hasn’t had two wires has lie? lie isn't
locked up now for bigamy?"
"He Is not locked up now, but ho Is
very likely to be lacked up soon, ah
“HAVE BEEN ON A PRIVATE JOB—A CTTV
CASK.'*
though I found no trace of a second
wife or even of one, barring the one he
buried years ago."
“I will guess no more," I said, peni
tently, ,‘and I am most anxious to hear
you ouV”
“Young Mr. Merrick hud given me
the name of his father's private bank
ers and his stockbroker, and the first
strange thing that 1 found out
Was that when ths stockbroker
sold stock for Mr. Alexander Mer-
Cick, he, at the request of the old man,
always paid him by an open cheque. 1
found out that these, cheques were
cashed across the counter, by old Mr.
Merrick, and that the money was neved
passed through his own bank."
"That looks very fishy," said 1, “bnt
the man could not have been swindling
himself.”
“No. He was not swindling himself
or anybody else. The money is all in
one of the strong rooms of the Hteel
ISafc Cos., and old Mr. Merrick is mad
a monomaniac. Ho Is quite sane on
every other point but that of the se
curity of money. When the great
crashes took place in the city years ago
the oid man's reason must have got un
hinged. Anyway he now thinks there
is no safe place for money but the
strong room, and when his secret was
found out he became violent and
had to lie put under restraint in
his own house. It's about the queer
est case I ever had,” said Bracken, as
he rose and bade me good night.
SECURE JUSTICE.
How a Vrenrh Soldier Brought A limit the
Kerognltion of Hie Merit.
It is usually possible to secure recog
nition for real merit, but to accomplish
this some ingenuity is required at times.
A Trench writer tells a story of a
Trench soldier, Chevert, who was as
modest as he was bravo, but who felt
that he had waited for promotion long
enough.
He had every claim to the command
of a company in his regiment, but the
colonel asked that the appointment bo
given to one of his proteges. Chevert
went to Versailles and obtained an
audience with the minister of war
This official said Hist he knew nothing
about him.
"Very well,” said Chevert, "simply
write to my colonel and ask him to
recommend some brave and skillful
soldier for an Important and difficult
task."
The minister sent the message and
the name given in the colonel's reply
was Chevert. He received his promo
tion at once.
Chevert found an appreciative friend
in Marshal Saxe. The marshal heard
some titled officers speaking of their
fellow-officer Chevert.
"The fellow rose from the ranks,”
said one, c<fntempt nously. ja .
Saxe turned to the speaker auu said,
severely: “Sir, I always esteemed Che
verti now that 1 lenrn from yon that he .
rose from the ranks. I find that 1 owe j
hiii) ttoil (hlnilritiotk" 1
BUILDING and SCIENCE
HOW PINS ARE MADE,
Out. Pointed, Headed and Parked Irr Ma
chinery- Turned Out at an AatonUblng
Hate by Wonderfully IngenloiK Meehan
lara-Mow They Oat Their nieh Pollah.
1 lie machine that makes pins turns
out 7,800 of these tiny essentials In an
hour. Before the pin Ik finished It goes
through very many operations, which
are described In the Youth's Companion
as follows: A reel of wire hangs over
the machine, the free end of which
passes between two rollers.
As the wire leaves the rollers It
passes between two matched dies until
It touches a gauge. .Inst as It does this
the dies come together and clamp It
'■; PPV
Sfcvr\ THOUSAND PISS AN HOUR.
firmly in a groove in their face. At
the same time the machine cuts it off
the proper length.
The gauge then moves away, and a
little punch forms the head by strik
ing the end which rested against the
gauge.
When this is finished the dies sepa
rate and deliver the pin Into one of the
great many grooves In the face of the
wheel about a foot In diameter, end
Just ns wide across its face ns the pin
Is long.
When the ptn la taken by the wheel
It. has no point, but as the wheel turns
it rubs the pins against an outside
band, which causes each one to roll In
Its groove, and at. the same time car
ries them past a set of rapidly moving
flics, which brush against the blunt
ends and sharpen them roughly.
They next pass against the faces of
two grinding wheels, which smooth
the points, and then to a rapidly mov
ing leather band having fine emery
glued on Its face. This gives them the
final polish, and as they leave the band
they are dropped Into a box under
neath tlio machine.
After this the pins are plated with
tin to give them a bright, silvery ap
pearance. They are prepared for plat
ing by being first Immersed In weak
sulphuric acid to remove all grease,
TUB FIRST POLISHING PHOOESS,
and then dried by being placed—a
bushel or so at a time, with about the
same quantity of sawdust- In a ma
chine called a tumbling bn reel.
This is simply a cask suspended on a
shaft which passes through it length
wise. Two fir three hours' rolling in
sawdust cleans the pins and wears
away any little roughness which the
machine may have caused.
Bins amt sawdust are taken together
from the barrel and allowed to fall In
a steady stream through a blast of air.
After this they are spread out In trays
having sheets of y.inc In their bottoms,
which have previously been connected
with one of the wires of an electric
battery. The trays are then placed In
a tank containing a solution of tin In
muriatic acid, and the other wire of
the battery is inserted In the solution.
Electrical action immediately begins
nml deposits metallic tin on the entire
sin-face of each pin.
They arc then washed in a tank of
water and put Into other tumbling bar
rels with hot sawdust. When they
have been dried and cleaned of the
sawdust, as in the former instance,
they arc put inton large, slowly revolv
ing copper-lined tub. which is tilted at
TTTK FfXAL TLMfIMXO OPERATION.
an angle of about forty-five degrees.
As this revolves the pins keep slid
ing down the smooth copper to the
lower side. This constant rubbing
against, the tub and against each other
polishes .hem.
It was the practice formerly to allow
pins of all lengths to become mixed In
the different operations, and, after
polishing, to separate them by a very
Ingenious machine, hut it has been
found more economical to keep each
size to itself.
From the polishing tub the pins arc
carried to the “sticker,” where they
fall from a hopper on an inclined
plane in which are a number of silts.
The pins catch In these slits and hang-,
Ing by their heads, slide down the in
cline to the apparatus which inserts
them in the paper.
As the number of pins in a row on
the paper and the number of slits are
the same, an entire row Is stuck at once
by an ingenious device, which takes
one pin from each slit and Inserts them
nil at once in the two ridges which
have been crimped in the paper by a
wheel that holds It in place to receive
the pins.
Its One Iioo(1 Point,
He—What—cr—did you think of my
poem in Squlbner's Magazine?
She—Oh, lovely! Why, it was just
too short for anything.—Truth.
A Hate That Will Not Die.
Wiley— Have you still unkind
thoughts of that old rival of yours?
Hubby—Yes. I hate him because you
Jilted him.—Brooklyn Life. .
rnavoldnhly Delayed.
Mr. Hunting—You didn’t meet me at
three, as you promised.
Mr*. Hunting—No, love; the cook
went out at two with my walking suit
entirely New mineral.
®rytl. of ■■Carbornodnin'' Created kj
an American ChemUt.
Incidentally to an attempt to pro
duce diamonds by artifice an American
chemlat has recently discovered n min
eral hitherto unknown—the hardest
substance In existence with one ex
ception. It is called “carborundum.”
The Inventor for making' his gems
obtained from a concern In Lockport,
N. 5 ~ the use of Its ntumlnum-smelt
ing apparatus. In reducing that
metal electricity Is employed, gen
erating an enormously high tempera
ture. Asa chance experiment ho put
Into the fnmoce a lump of clay to
gether with a piece of graphite, which
Is pure carbon. The result was some
small wlne-eolored crystals of rhom
boids! shape. On examination It wss
found fhot they were harder than
sapphire. Diamond Is the hardest of
natural minerals! sapphire comes
next, find then ruby.
< hemica! analysis proved that the
crystals were composed of carbon and
silicon In a combination hitherto un
heard of. It does not occur In nature.
The process above described, repeated
again and again, produced the wine
colored rhomboids every time. A com
pany has been formed t„ manufacture
them for polishing all sorts of things,
even diamonds. They arc crushed to
powder like emery and made Into
wheels with a cementing compound.
The demand for them Is already great
er than the supply, At the office of
the geological survey this new grind
ing material Is to he tried In the
preparation of thin slices of stone for
microscopical examination. These
films of rock granite, marble, op
what not are reduced to such thin
ness that one can read through them.
Mr. Kun/„ the famous expert In
gems, believes that, most, of the pre
cious stones will eventually bo pro
duced artificially. All of them are
very simple In their composition- -the
diamond, for example, is pure carbon,
anil the ruby Is almost pure alumina—
and the problem Is merely to make
their elements crystallise properly.
( hemlsts, who have hitherto confined
their attention to Inking tilings apart,
are beginning to learn how to put
them together again. The English
professor. Maskelyne, manufactured
diamonds in his laboratory several
years ago, though they were too small
to have commercial value. Emeralds
have been produced accidentally at tho
pottery works of Sevres, France.
A NEAT EXPERIMENT.
How to Sisks a Hoop That Will Roll Pp
HIM.
Cutout a narrow strip of pasteboard
and join the ends together to form a
hoop. On the Inner side of the hoop
fasten a small weight, such as a metal
button or a bit of sealing wax. (km-
struct an Inclined plane by placing a
flat ruler on a table, with one end rest
ing on a slight elevation, such as a pile
of hooka. Place the hoop on the In
cline In such a position that the weight
rnny he slightly In front of the highest
point of the hoop. In the direction of
the top of the Incline, On releasing
the hoop It will ho found to at once
roll up the Incline, In seeming defiance
of the law of gravity. It will Increase
the mystery If instead of a hoop a
round pasteboard box is used, having
a similar weight on the Inside.
THE HOTTEST SPOTS.
Heath Valley In California Carries (Iff the
Pulra In Amorim,
In the eastern hemisphere the hot
test spot Is on the borders of the Per
sian gulf on the southwestern coast of
Persia. The thermometer during July
and August never falls below 100 de
grees during the night, while the tem
perature during the day rises to 138
or 139 degrees. Little or no rain
falls, and yet. in spite of the terrific
heat and other drawbacks, a compara
tively numerous population contrive to
live there, obtaining their water sup
ply by divers from the copious springs
of fresh water which burst forth from
the bottom of the sea.
In the western hemisphere the hot
test region is a valley In California
(known as the Death valley), situated
to the east of the Sierra Nevada*, and
running between two mountain ranges,
the Funeral or Tuneral (8.000 feet) and
the Amargosa (10.000 feet), which has
as high or even a higher mean temper
ature than the region on the Persian
coast. In four months out of five dur
ing which readings of the thermometer
were taken, the mean temperature rose
above 00 degrees, while in July and
August it exceeded too degrees. The
mean temperature for the twenty-four
hours on the 18th of July, yi9l. was
just over 108 degrees. This valley Is
uninhabited, and derived its significant
name from the circumstance that an
active party of California emigrants,
who had strayed from the regular over
land trail, perished there In I8.V) from
heat and thirst. The hottest region In
Africa Is in Nubian desert, where food
may be cooked by being buried In the
sand. The Arabs say of It: “The soil
Is like fire and the wind like a flame."
The hottest portions of the Hritish
empire are India and Australia.
Work Done by (he Heart.
I have always considered the heart
the most perfect organ of the animal
economy and one that never shirks Us
duty. Without one second's rest, night
or day; often without the Intermission
of a single pulsation, at every beat It
propels two’ounces of blood through
Its structure. At seventy-five pulsa
tions per minute nine pounds of blood
is sucked i and pumped out: every
hour, WO pounds: every day. 12,80(1
pounds; every year. 4,780,400 pounds;
every 100 years, 473.040,000 pounds.
Verily, a good organ!—Medical Ilrief.
A Misdemeanor.
Mr. Hogan (whose wife has a temper)
I want me wolfe arristed for carryln' ■
concealed weapon, yer anner.
His Honor—What's the nature of th*
weapon?
Mr. Hogan—Falx it's blamed shar-rp
—lt's her toonguc, yer anner!—-fudge
Cumulative F.vliloore.
“You ought to lie very proud of youi
wife. She is a brilliant talker."
“Yon’re right there."
“Why, I eon Id lisum to hey (til
night.''
"I (M,‘WJj)*4 MWtlftg*
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
—Tho campus at Yale college Is now
lit by electric light. This is acid to be
the first time iu the history of the col
lege that lights of any kind have been
displayed on the campus.
—t’arl Schurz detests Jury duty. He
evades It whenever possible. IScvsral
weeks ago he was fined *lOO for delin
quency, and process servers, searching
for the ex-secretary of the interior,
were not aide to serve him till he spoke
at a Cooper union mass-meeting.
—The empress of China has no sym
pathy with gay and flighty fashions.
Mie celebrated her sixtieth birthday by
Issuing a proclamation enjoining a gen
eral restraint of extravagance. Her
majesty has even prohibited the cus
tomary gifts of silks and jewel* by
ministers.
John llamas, of Boston, claims to
be the oldest street-car driver. He ha>
driven ears for forty years on the
Somerville avenue line, in that city,
and during that, time has traveled a
distance equal to twenty-five times
around the world. Mr. Byrnes, wlu
looks as young ns a man of forty-five,
is sixty-four years old.
—Dr. (>. W. Owen, of Detroit, claims
to have discovered a cipher by which
lie will demonstrate that Bacon wrote
Shakespeare. lie says there Is a regu
lar system which anyone could follow
who knew the secret. The word “hon
oeitienbllitudinitiitibus" In the fifth net
of ‘‘Dove's Labor Dost" started hts In
vestigations, lie says.
Dr. Edward Everett, Hale, of Bos
ton, says there is not a word of truth
iu the widely-published statement that
he is collecting children's sayings fot
any purpose, philosophical or other
wise. But be is receiving by mall an
inundation of them from appreciative
parents and others, to which any kind
friend who is interested in such things
will Vie welcome.
—William Dean Howells and Henry
Oeorge are upon terms of pleasant
friendship, and Mr. Howells is occa
sionally one of the little circle at Mr.
Heorge's informal Sunday nights. It
may surprise persons not familiar with
Hie several phases of radical thought
upon political questions to know that
Mr. Howells lias endeavored to make
Mr. lioorgo a convert to socialism.
—Emile /.ola.lbe French novelist,has
been visiting England to attend a
meeting of the institute of journalists.
The unsavoriness of many rtf his sto
ries, however, prevented him from re-
Jeiving much more than tin official
welcome. In bis address at (lie meet
ing of the institute he expressed a
strong approval of anonymity in jour
nalism as opposed to the use of signa
tures.
Miss Emma Marwedel died at the
leriiiHii hospital in Sun Francisco, Cal.,
recently, aged 75. She was the last of
the three Herman kindergartners to
mswer to Miss E. I*. I‘cabody'srequest
for teachers to introduce Friedrich
I'rochel's educational principles in
America. In Is7i Miss Marwedel es
tablished with great snceess liar first
rindergarten primary and kindergar
ten training school at Washinglnn, D.
Of late years she lias been engaged
n kindergarten work in t'alifornla.
—-The ‘‘Alexandrian rode*,” often
referred to in scriptural studies, is one
if the most valuable anil important
manuscripts of sacred writ known to
be iu existence. It is written In Oreek
>n parchment in finely-formed uncial
letters and is without accents, marks
>f aspiration or spaces between the
words. Its probable date is the latter
part of tbe sixth century. As early as
100 H it is known to have been in the
library of the patriarch of Alexandria.
It was sent to England ns a present to
Shades I. by C'-yrillus Eycaria in Idas
md is now in tho British museum.
—lt is a great many years since Ter
•nee V. Powdcrly fulfilled in outward
ippearance the popular notion of a
workingman. His neat dark clothes,
bald bead, eye-glasses, and soft white
lands gave him somewhat the appear
ance of a parson, and at gatherings of
nen who work with their hands he
would never been taken by a stranger
for a leading trades unionist. I’ow
iorly's speech and manner, as well as
tis dress and appearance, were other
ban those of a workingman, anil if he
diall come to piacticethc profession of
lie law which he has found time to
itndy, there is nothing in the outward
nan to distinguish him from other
•embers of the bar
HUMOROUS.
—Why can't a woman sharpen a lead
sene'll? —Because she can't slick to a
point.—Young Men's Kra.
—“Did Soles go up in a balloon yes
terday as he ” “No. it wasthc boot
md shoe business.”—lnter-Ocean.
—lt is about ns wise to sit on the
limb of a tree and saw it off, as it is to
worry about tilings we can not help.—
(lam's Horn.
—When a man gets so he open grapes
with a nutcracker at the dinner-table,
it is time lie changed his tonic. —Hart
ford Journal.
—When He Is.—Chollfe—“No man Is
i hero to his valet." Freddie—“He is
If he pays his salary promptly.”—De
troit Free Press.
-Japanese write with both bands,
but most of their ehirography looks as
f it had lieen executed with lioth feet.
—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
“001-lee!" said Tommy as he sat
down at the table and viewed the
jpread, “1 wisht I was the injy-rubber
man." —Indianapolis Journal.
—Jillson says an occasional scolding
is all right in its place, but tie has no
ticed that it never does s boiler any
good to blow it up.—Buffalo Courier.
Prosecuting Attorney—“ What is
yoiirage, Miss Sere?" Miss Sere (ap
pealing to Judge) “Does a witness
have to testify against herself?"—Life.
—Student—“l will tell yon frankly
that I shall not be able to pay for the
suit till next year. .When will you have
it ready?” Tailor—“ Next year.”
Flicgende Blatter.
—New Yorker—“ You don't see any
grass in our streets, anyway." She
(from Philadelphia)—“No-o. Must bo
the climate. The soil is certainly rich
snotigh.”—Brooklyn Dife.
—American Tourist (to a boy in Glas
gow)—“l say, my boy. I've been wait
ing here a fortnight for fair weather.
Does it aiwsys rain in Scotland?" Boy
—"Na.na.slr: not always. Sometimes
It snn ws."
—A Difficult Question.—Fond Parent
—“Yes, Hobby, the Angel of Death
passed over the houses and smote the
first born of each Kgyptisn family."
Bobby (after a moment's silence)—
—“Pop, what did the angel do wtlep it
UvitisV’-Hlvi'itfm ijfp,
Highest of all In Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
POINTS FOR THE SPORTS.
A fast howler delivers a cricket ball
at the speed of a mile a minute.
Tine centerboard was invented by
Salem Wines, a boat-builder, of Cherry
street, New York. He was born iii
Mattltnck, 1,. 1., in 1788, and died in
1861.
A i.akok. elephant had to be killed in
Stuttgart on account of bis temper. A
ingle bullet from a smallbore rifle de
livered in his forehead dropped him
dead.
Babox Soillcm.Elt did tolerably well
this year on tho French turf, on which
his winnings foot up for Hie season
nearly £.85,000. He takes it ns a matter
of course.
A OMI aA I. OmiiATtni, the ranking offi
cer of the United States navy, went on
from Brooklyn to Annapolis especially
to see the football game between hot
Naval academy and West Point.
PROMINENT AMERICANS.
Addison Hamms, who holds, a posi
tion in tho melting and refining de
partment of the Philadelphia mint, in
a grandson of the late Vice-President
Hamlin.
Mb. Boorkvk.i.t Rooskvki.t, of New
York, nominated to lie secretary of
legation at London, larks but one
thing to make him entirely English.
That Is the hyphen, don't yon know?
Coi.. I.NOKBsoi.r. closes his lecture on
Lincoln with those words; "Lincoln
was the grandest figure of fiercest civil
war. Lincoln is the gentlest memory
of our world."
Tub neirsof John Howard Paynoare
endeavoring to collect from flic na
tional government two hundred and
(ivc'dollars and ninety-two rents due
him as consul when he died at Tunlsin
1852.
FILL HEROES'GRAVES.
At Bannockburn 135,000 men fought
tnd 38,000 were killed or wounded.
Mabk.noo called 58,000 men into
action, of whom 13,000 were killed or
crippled.
At (Iraveiotte 320,000 men were en
gaged, of whom 48,000 were killed or
wounded.
Tiikbf. were 402,000 men on the field
of Sadowa, of whom 83,000 were killed
or disabled.
At Austerlitz 170,000 wore engaged,
and the dead and wounded num
bered 33,000.
Ix proportion to the numbers en
gaged, Waterloo was the bloodiest bat
tle of modern times. Over 35 per cent,
of the men engaged were killed or
wounded.
Brings romfort and improvement and
tends to nersonal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting tho world’s best products to
tho needs of physical being, will attest
tho value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Fig*.
Its excellence is due to Us presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of tho medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrnp of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 60c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig By nip
Cos. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrnp of Figs,
and being well informed.j’ou will not
accept any substitute if offered.
“It will all come out
in the wash,”
if you use Pearline.
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this FACT. „
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IA World's Fair Photos for On# Dime-
Tim Chicago, Milwaukee ft 8t Paul
Railway haa mmln an arrangement with ■
llrst-cwss publishing house to furnish •
"‘Ties nf beautiful World’* Fair pictures, of
a large slue. at, thn nominal oast to the pur
chaser of only ton cunts for a portfolio of
sixteen llluatratlon*. Nothin* ao handsome
m reforrnro to thn World’s Fair has before
Im oii published. Tim aorlea would bo worth
at Irani twelve dollar* It the picture* were
not published in such largo quantities, and
we are therefore able to lumlab those works
of art for only lon rent*.
llomit your money to Uisonus H. Ha*-
roui), General Passenger Agent, (JMrs*o,
Milwaukee ft Hi. Pull Hallway, at (Ihlea
ko. 111., and I lie pictures will be sent prompt
ly to any specified address. They will malts
a handsome holiday gift.
Worn people urn hired U) be good they
will atop us soon ns the pay stops,—Ham's
norn.
As rxTr.snr.p poio i.*niTT. Urosm's flrim
ehlnl Tm< hrs have for many years been the
most popidar article In use for relieving
Coughs and Throat troubles. Price '.’Acts.
Dcatii does not end all. Look at the
large number of contested will ease*.—
Texas Hillings.
Crnr your rough with Hale's Honey of
Uorehonnd and Tar
Pike sToolhu' hr I h ops Cure In one minute.
Tommy “Willie, do you know tho names
of all thn stars b' Wllllo “No.'' Tommy—
" Well, Ido, That one's O'Brien."
A rosiTIVB pnm FOR ALL Till
AII.rtll'.NTH OP WOMEN,
is irsNiirisl with Dr. Pierce's Favorite I‘m
srriplion. It’s a sis-cillo tonic and nervine,
compounded hy an eminent physician, for
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“ ProHcrlplion” will cure Tlnrkache, Bear
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trin. It. V. Pirsesi
Otar Sir - Your ad
lee to Mrs. Hsyler was
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five bottles of Doctor
I’lemo's Favorite Pro
script lon, I sin happy to
say, has eured her of
uterine congestion. She
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sure you I appreciate
your klndnese. With
many thanks, I am.
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tie*, at our expenne.
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