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Castle of Clyc.es. In Ithaca there are ruins which are generally known as the castle of Ulysses. Although cyclopean walls with gate openings are found, and the site, which at 400 feet above the sea, was adapted for the residence of a pi? rate chief, many archaeologists have been doubtful whether the Identifica? tion of the place should continue to be accepted. Dr. Dorpfeld has been provided with funds to undertake a more thorough exploration of the ruins that has hitherto been attempt? ed. Several years ago he examined the island of Ithaca and fixed on a site la another part of it. He has sine? ccme to the conclusion that the resi? dence of Ulysses is not to he founJ lhere, but In the island of Leucadia or t-anta Mora and near the town of Leu i as, which some have identified as the Homeric Nericus. Leucadia, it will le remembered, has poetic associations for from one cf the cliffs Sapho com? mitted suicide. She was passionately In love with a beautiful youth namel Thaon, and as she failed to obtain a return of affection she is said to have thrown herself from the promontory under the belief that those who tcok that leap would be cured of their love. Il not destroyed. Phosphorescent Sea Monster. In the aquarium of the Calcutta zoo? logical society is a monster crab, re? cently captured in the Indian ocean, that is attracting the attention of the scientists. The huge crustacean was caught a mile from Bhore. Its body is nearly two feet in diameter and i:s flaws are more than a yard long. It has enormous eyes that protrude ii :uch a way as to give lt a very fero i ions appearance. The habits of the creature justify its looks, for on being placed in a large vessel filled with sea water and which contained fifty crus? taceans and other fishes it devoured the living contents in about two boara. The most remarkable thing -bout the giant crab, however, ls tha.. r.t night it emits phosphorescent ^arks of milky whiteness which make bright the entire vessel. mystery of the Horseshoe. In days gone by there was a little fishing village of the name of Mavi scun, near Nairn, .where the native* wara thought to be foolish folk. One cay one of the inhabitants, found an cid horseshoe on the shore, and, as ? hey had never seen such a thing be fora, no one knew what it was. Some .ne suggested that it was the now moon, but the oldest and wisest fisher? man declared that if that were so, it would be in the sky. He had long wondered, however, what became of the old moons and he thought afte: his discovery the mystery was solve,' -that after the old moons were done with they fell to tho earth and horse? shoe was one of th?m. The Best Prescription for Chills ami rover ls a bottle of e; hove's Tastbi.sss (nu x Tonic. It is simply iron ant quinine Id a tasu'less form. No cure?no pay. Price 50c News from Pekin is telegraphed to London at a cost of 5s. 9d. per word. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduct ngia liamma. tioo, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c.a bottle. Two Kau?RS Railroads Sold. The Salina Southwestern and the Solomon Valley railroads were sold under the hammer recently, and were purchased by Union Pacific interests for $4,000,000 each. The former runs from Salina, Kan., to McPherson, Kan , and the latter from Solomon to Beloit. The sales were made under an order or tho federal court. ! Yr V If you would have rich, dark, thick hair, your hair must be well nourished. Gray hair, stunted hair, fall? ing hair, is starved hair. Ayer's Hair Vigor 13 the food for starved hair. It feeds and nourishes. J. C. Aver Companv, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mats. Ayer's Sarsaparilla | Ayer's Hair Vigot Ayer's Pills j Ayer's Cherry Pee ton' Ayer's Ague Cure | Aver'R Coma'tnn Wolseley Particular About Cnl forms. Lord Wolseley, commander in chief of the British army, is particular about appearing in uniform when going about officially, and expects all officers to appear similarly attired. On arriv? ing at a certain town to inspect the ?nops a dinner party was given in his donor, to which the officers were in? cited. One of the officers inquired if ?)?-> was to dress as "an officer or a Gentleman." He was ordered to dress il an officer, whatever else he might Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup Cures a cough or cold at once Conquers croup, bronchitis grippe and consumption. 25c HERE IT IS! Want to learn ail about Horse? How to Pick Ont * Hood One? Know Imperfec? tions and so(Guard against "rand? Detect Disease and Effect a Cure when sam* possible? Tell the Age the Teeth? What to cali tbe Different Parts of tba Animal? How to flhoe a Horse Properly? All thia a:id other Valuable Information can be obtained by reading our IOO-PAGE IM.USTItATKD I10R.SE BOOK, which wa wtU forward, post paid, on receipt of only 3d cants in stumps. BOOK PUB. HOUSE, v*4 Lee-Mr. Std ti. V. <*Ub REY. DR._TAL.MAGE. rgl SM1MKNT DIVINE'!) SUNDA! DISCOURSE. *ul>.ieci: An Exile From Howe ? ForDs That Reset tho Young Man Seeking Fortune ? Dangers nnd Temptations That Surround Him. [Copyright mun. I Wakhixotov. D. C. ? Dr. Talmage staid in London to occupy the famous Wesley pulpit in the City Koad chapel, ?where be preached several times beiore, always reeerrini hearty welcome. Thence lie went to Ireland, preaching in Belia't .'?nd Dublin. The discourse lie has ?ent this week describes the behavior of a young man nway from home and suggests practical lessons for people of every age nnd class. The text is Daniel i, 5, "And the king appointed them a daily provision of the Icing's meal and of the wine which he drank, so nourish inp them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king." My text opens the door of n college in B.ibvlon and introduces you to a young student seventeen years of age. Daniel hy name, lie not surprised if in the college you lind many hilarities. Put a hundred voting men together and they are sure to have a eood time. There is no harm in that. Qod does not write out the trpes. and the grass, and tho blossoms, in dull prose. Tlie old robin does not sit moping in the pest because of the 'hiinings and the lively adventures of the fledgelings that have just begun to fly. Do not come into an orchard looking for winier apples on n May morning. But Daniel of our text is far from being tay. What oppressive thoughts must have come over him ns lie remembered that he was a captive in a strange land! The music that came into his study win? dow was not thc song of Zion, but the sound of flute, sickout and dulcimer in thc worship of the heathen god. More? over, be bad no hope of ever getting back home agn<-> and meeting those who had missed him long and missed him bitterly, wondering il he Mere still alive and Und? ina many s luxury tasteless because they did not know bul Daniel might be lacking bread. When you and I were in school or col? lege and thc ra cation approached, we wore fall of bright anticipation, and we could not studv thc last night. The lexi? con and the philosophical apparatus were transparent, so we could see right through them into thc meadows and tho orchards. Not so with poor Daniel, He did not know that be should ever escape from cap? tivity, or, escaping, be did not know but. when be gol home 'lie loved ones would be dead and he would go. wandering and weeping, among the sepulchers of his fa? thers. Besides that, the king tried to make him forget his home and forget his country and for that Purpose actually changed his name. The Icing wanted him to be ? prodigy in personal appearance, and so he ordered meat and wine sent from his own table lo Daniel, but Daniel refuses all this and puts himself upon the humblest diet, the poorest ol' all herbs, called pulse, and plain water. His attend? ants cry out against this and tell him he will perish under such a di;t. "No," he says: ''you try us for ten days, and if al the end of that time we are not full cheeked and robust as any it will be sur? prising." Ten days pass along, and the students come np for examination, and all declare that none arc so ruddy and robust as Danni and his fellow captives, The days of industrious pupilage and the years pass by, and the day of graduation has ?onie, and Daniel gets his diploma, signed by the king and reading as follows: "In all matters of wisdom and understanding that the king inquired of them lie found them ten times better than all the ma? gicians and astrologers that were in all his realm." And so Daniel took the first honor, and here thc story ends, for Daniel, the student, hereafter will be Daniel; thc prime minister. The next thought suggested to me by this subject is that young men may be carried into captivity by their enemies. There is a captivity more galling than the one in which Daniel was transported. It is the captivity of evil habit. Men do not go into that wittingly. Slyly and imper? ceptibly are the chains forged upon them, and one day they wake np to find them? selves away down in Babylon. Cyrus after? ward consented that some of his captives should return, and 50,000 of them accepted the opportunity. But tell me what evil habit ever consented to let a man go. Ten plagues made Pharaoh consent to the de? parture of God's people, but tell me what Pharaoh cf evil habit ever cheerfully con? sented to let any of its victims go. Men talk of evil habits as though they were light and trivial, but they are scorpion whips that tear the flesh; they are spikes more bloody than thc path of a Brahman; they are thc sepulchers in which millions are burned alive. The young are in more peril because they are unsuspecting. The lions are asleep in their soul, and their power is not suspected. The time when a ship's company makes mutiny is when the watchman is off his guard. When a spider meets a fly, it does not say, "Go down with me to the place where 1 murder insects." No; it says, "Come and take a bright morning walk with me on this sus? pension bridge of glittering gossamer." Oh. there is a difference between the sparkle of a serpent's eye and the crush of its slimy folds! There is a difference be? tween the bear's paw toying with a kid and tho crackling of the bones in the ter? rible hug. Pike's peak looks beautiful in the distance, but ask thc starved travelers by the roadside what they think of Pike's peak. Are there those around whom sus? picious companions are gathering? Do their jests and their entertainments make the hours go blithely by when you arc with them? Have you taken a sip from their cup of sin or gone with them in one path of unrighteousness? Turn back. From Babylon they came, and to Baby? lon they would carry you. If so many plague stricken men would like to enter your companionship before any one is al? lowed to pan into the intimacy of your heart put on them severest quarantine. ? My subject also impresses me with the fact that early impressions are almost in? effaceable. Daniel had a religious bring? ing up. From the good meaning of his name 1 know he had pious parentage. But ns soon as he comes into the possession ot tbe king his name is changed, all his sur? roundings are changed, and now, you say, will begin the demoralization of his char? acter, before his name was Daniel, which meant "God my judge;" now his name is to bc Belteshazzar. which means "thc treasurer of the god Bel." Now you ex? pect to see.him overthrown amid all these changed circumstances. Oh, no! Daniel started right, and he keeps on right. When I find what Daniel is in Jerusalem I am not surprised to find what he is in Baby? lon. I wish I could write upon all parents' hearts the fact that early impressions arc well nigh ineffaceable. When I see Jo? seph, a pious lad, in the house of his fa? ther, Jacob, I am not surprised to see lum acting so nobly down in Fgypt. When I find Samuel, a pious lad. in the house of his mother, Hannah. I am not surprised that he gives a terrible smiting to idolatry as soon as he conics to man? hood. David planned the temple at Jeru? salem aud gathered the materials for its building, but Solomon, the son, came and put up the structure, and that goes on in all ages. The father plans the character oi the child and its destiny for time and eternity, then tlie son completes thc struc? ture. You might as well put down a iounda tion ten feet by five and expect to rear on it a great cathedral as to put down a contracted character in a child's soul and .vet rear upon it something extensively grand and extensively useful. Let me say t<> those Christian parents who are doing their best in the education of their children: Take good heart. Your sons this moraine may be far away from yon and in a distant city, but God. to whom yon dedicated them, will look after them. Tlie God of Daniel will take care of them tax away bi Babylon. "Train up a child in the way he should go. and when he ir old he will not depart from it." He may wander away for awhile and fall into sin and bresk your heart, but before he is done with, bis life, yon, having commend? ed him lo Godi lt* will come bick again, for I pnt t h?j emnhaai* in the right p'nee and on thc- word "old" when I renent that pMMM "nd say, "Train up a child in the ma Ue-skiuUl (to. uniLadien be is old he will not "depart from it."" Are you fond of pictures? Here is one drawn by Solomon: "Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath conten? tions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? They that tarrv long at the wine, they that go tg seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. when it movetb itself aright in the cup. At the last it biteth like a sernent and stingcth like an adder." "Do you know what you are doing?" said a mother who had broken into a res? taurant, the door locked against her, her son inside. She came np to the counter and saw thc man ol the restaurant min? gling the intoxicating cup for her own son. She said to the man behind the counter. "Do von know what von are doing?" "No," said he; "I don't." Says she, 'You are fattening gravey.->'-d-.'' I was told at D?s Moines of a train of cars going through a very stormy night over one <<f Ute western prairies. The young man who was present told us the ?tory- In the night there was a little child in the sleeping car fretful and worrying and crying hour after hour. A man on the opposite side ot the enr lost his patience and Slid. "Fithpr make that child shut up or take it to its mother!'' Then another man on the opposite side of the sleeping car. a man with a broken heart, pushed back the curtain and looked ont and said. "Young man. that child's mother is dead in thc baggage car. and the little thing is wailing for her." Then the man who had committed the affront rose and offered his services for the night and took care of the child until the morning, and all the pas? sengers in the car were broken down with emotion. Oh, if thc cry of one child could arouse so many sympathies, what ought to be the effect of the ten thousand voiced shriek of orphanage ii nd widowhood from the ine? briate's grave! God save this country from the perils of strong drink. My sub'cel abo impresses nie with thc beauty of youthful character remaining incorrupt away from home. If Daniel had plunged into every wickedness of the city of Babylon the .dd folks at home would never have heard of it. If he had gone through all the rounds of iniquity, it would have c;ist no shadow on his early home. There were no telegraphs, there were no railroads. But Daniel knew that God's cy:* was on him. Tnat was enough. There are young men not ?o good away from home as at home. Frederick tending his father's sheep among the hills or thrashing rye in the bain is different perhaps from frederick, on the Stock Exchange. Instead of i he retiring disposition there is bold effrontery. In? stead of an obliging spirit there is perhaps oppressive selfishness. Instead of open handed charity there is tight fisted stinginess. Instead ol' reason? able hours there is midnight revel. I speak to many young men on this matter?you who may have left your father's house and others who, though still under the par? ental roof, are looking forward to the time when you will go forth to conflict, alone in this world, with its temptations and its sorrows, and when you will build Up your own character. Oh, that the God of Daniel might be with you in Babylon! I think the most thrilling passage of a young man's life is when he leaves homo to make his fortune. The novelty and tho romance of the thing may keep him from any keen sorrow. Icu thc old people who have seen thc destruction of S'j many who have started with high hope cannot help, but b<> anxious. As long as he WU in his lather's house his waywardness was kindly chided.nnd although sometimes he thought the restraint rather bitter and rather se? vere in his; calmer moments, he acklowl edged it was salutary and righteous. Through the influence of metropolitan friends tlie father has obtained a situation for his son in the city. Thc comrades of thc young man come the night before his departure to bid farewell to the adven? turer. Tbe morning of his going away he walks- around the place to take a last look at things, perhaps Comes upon some ob- j " ject that starts a tear, some old familiar place, but no one secs the tear. The i trunk is put upon the wagon, tlie young I man is off for the city. He is set down I mud excitements and amid associates who are not overcareful about their words and thoughts and actions. Morning conies. N'o family altar. Babbitt] comes. Xo rural cjuiet. Tho sanctuary comes, but all the faces are strange, and no one cares whether he comes to church or does not come. On his way noni the store he sees a placard announcing a rare and a vicious amusement. (Ie has no greeting at thc door of thc boarding house. He has no appetite for the food. Xo one cares whether he eats or does not eat. Bather he would not cat. It is cheaper. After the tea he goes into the parlor, takes np a hook, finds it dull, no sister to look over it with bim. (iocs upstairs to his room in the third story, finds it cold and unin? viting, and in despair he rushes out, caring for nothing but to get something to make him stop thinking Ile is caught in the hrs! whirl of sin. Ile has started out on the dork sea where thc gleam of the joy is the flashing ol' tlie pit and the laughter is the creaking of the gate of the lost. Oh. how many graves there ore in the country churchyard which, if they could speak, would tell of young men who went iff witli high nopes and came back blasted and crushed to disgrace the sepulcher of their fathers. And yet this exodus must go on. As from distant hills the rivers are poured down through tunnels to slake thc thirst Of our great cities, SO from distant coun? try places the streams of incorrupt popu? lation must pour down to purify our great cities. To-morrow morning on all the thoroughfares, in every steamboat and in every rail car will bc young men going forth to seek their fortunes in our great towns. 0 Lord God of Daniel, help them to be as faithful in Babylon as they were rit Jerusalem! Forget not, O my young friend, in the great seaports the moral and religious principles inculcated by parental solicitude, and if to-day seated in the house of God you feel the advantage of early Christian culture forget not those to whom you arc most indebted and pray God that rs old age comes upon them and the shadow of death the hope of heaven may beam through the darkness. God for? bid that any of us through our misconduct .should bring disgrace upon a father's name or prove recreant to the love of a mother. The dramatist r ade no exaggeration when he exclaimed, "How sharper than a ser? pent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" Oh, that God would help you as parents and as young people to take to heart the lessons of this important subject, and if we shall learn that there is danger of bcin^ 'tarried inUi captivity and that early 11 press.ons aro almost ineffaceable and tha'. there is Something beautiful in Christian sobriety and thal, there is great attractiveness in piety away from home, Mien it will be to you and to me a matter of everlasting congratulation that we con? sidered how Daniel behaved when he be? came A college student at Babylon. . NEWSY CLEANINGS. Thc Germans will winier S000 men in Fekiu, China. There lins been another outbreak of smallpox at Cape Nome. The Quakers are preparing to estab? lish many missions in Coba. The British linc; hus been raised over the Porcupine District in Alaska.. The scarcity of salmon now in the Columbia River is pronounced abnor? mal. White blackberries and green roses have been produced in Louisiana this year. The University Of Chicago has de? cided to give free tuition to ten Porto Ricans. All the Swedish bonds (several mil? lions) offered In the United States have been sold. Chicago public school children have contributed $4380 to thc relief of the Galveston sufferers. New Soutb Wales bas protested against the annexation of the Cook Islands to New Zealand. Two Indians have started In an at? tempt to go from Old Town, Me., to Washington in a bark canoe. The annual report on public works In Cuba plans for new roads in the leland at a cost Of $13,000,000, saw MODOCS PASSING AWAY. TRIBE THAT MADE THE LAVA BEDS FAMOUS FAST DYING OFF. It Will Be Only a Few Years Until They Have All Become "Good Indlans" IIow They Became the "Boxers" of the Kl:tmsith Tribe. The Modoc Indians are rapidly pass? ing away. It will be only a few years until they hare all become "good In? dians" and their tribe will be extinct. The Modoca, at one time, were the most troublesome nnd bloodthirsty savages that this Government ever tried to govern. Long before the White man put in an appearance on the shores of the Pacific they Avere seekers for gore, They were always in trouble With other tribes. That is the way they got the name of Modocs. It means "Enemies." It was given them by the other tribes on thc Pacific, against whom they had waged war. But now things have changed. The Modocs no longer thirst for war. They are a slovenly, indolent and dull set of beings, with no ambition. Prom n strong tribe of brave warriors they have dwindled down until there are only thirteen bucks left in the tribe. The total population of the tribe is Beventy-eight, mostly women and dis? eased children. In recent years the Modocs have died off like sheep, and if the ratio keeps up in less thuu a de? cade a Modoc Indian will be one ol' the curiosities of a practically extinct race. They are now quartered on a small reservation in the Quapaw country, a few miles south of this city, under guard of the Government, for they are still considered prisoners. The few members of the tribe are growling be? cause they cannot go back to the Pa? cific slope and spend the remainder of their days. The Modocs once were; a part of the Klamath tribe in North California and Southern Oregon. They became the "Boxers" of tlie Klamatbs. They broke nway from that tribe and set up a government of their own and then waged war against their motlier tribe, just ns the Boxers are doing in China. They also tackled outsiders just like Um Boxers, and finally locked norna With Uncle Sam just like thc Boxers did and with thc same result. Before they were subdued they would make slaves of their prisoners of war and buy and sell them among each oth? er aft er the fashion of the ancient Rom? ans and Ca rt hagen ia ns. They bad a peculiar religion in which a mythical deity whom they called Kamoose stood in the pince of a god. In 1847, after having licked all the tribes ou the Pacific Coast, until it was no longer any fun for them, they brushed up against the Federal troops. That was the first mistake they made. They got licked. But they didn't get enough to satisfy them and broke out again two years later and massacred a lot of whites. Then they got whipped some more and hundreds of them were murdered by tbe regular army. In 'GS they put their blankets on and left their reservation again, squat* ting on some land on Lost River which did not belong to them. The Government ordered them back to their own reservation. They refused to go aud another war was on. The Modocs retreated to the "lava beds." where they withstood two attacks by General Wheaton aud General Gillam. The Government then appointed a com? mission to arrange for a settlement. The commissioners met the Modocs on April ll, 1873, aud also their fate, because the Indians treacherously am? bushed them, killing General Cunby and Dr. Thomas and wounding A. B. Mitchell, so that he was left on the field for dead. The war was again renewed. The Modocs desperately resisted the Feder? al forces, but were finally starved out and compelled to surrender. General Jeff Davis court-martialled Captain Jack, chief, and three others who planned the massacre of the commis? sioners, and they were executed. The rest of thc tribe, as prisoners of war, were transferred to the Indian Terri? tory and placed on a small reservation, under guard, in the Quapaw nation. At the time of their removal they were told, so they say, that they would be held prisoners for twenty-five years and would then be permitted to return to their old hunting ground in Cali? fornia. The twenty-five yet?rs were up in '98, but the Modocs, or what is left of them, are still here and they arc liable to stay. The Indian Com? missioner has no notion of sending them back to the coast. The "hlef of the fast vanishing tribe now is Yellow Hammer. He is a strap? ping big young Indian, six feet three, and weighs probably 220 pounds. He looks as strong as an ox, but he isn't. He is sick a great portion of the time and he hasn't many years to live. Lung disease is getting away with him. That ls what has killed the tribe off so rapidly. It seems that all are afflicted with it, except one old In? dian. Chief Yellow Hammer has his "hammer" out knocking on the way his tribe is being treated. He says they will all soon be dead unless the "Big Chief" at Washington lets them go back to California. His tribe has petitioned the Presidents to bc re? turned. Recently he visited Kansas City with his motlier. He had a good time. In speaking of the town he said: "Heap big town; heap lots peo? ple; heap good whisky. Had heap good time. Goin' back again." What seems most remarkable in the face of the rapid manner in which thc Modocs are going to their "happy hunting ground" is thc fact that there is in the tribe au Indian buck 100 years of age. Ills name is Sam Boll. He was one of the original "Boxers" who first left the Klamatbs and organ? ized a tribe of their own. He still luis his "dander up" and wants to take the warpnth again. He is as spry *.s a cat and participates in all the dances of his and neighboring tribes. The thirteen surviving bucks arc the laziest mortals on top of earth. They would starve in sixty days if it were not for the Government. Even the squaws won't work unless driven to it. And the children are so badly afflicted with various sorts of diseases that they can't do anything. While prisoners of war the Government al? lows them considerable freedom and the only money which they make is what they take in by exhibiting them? selves in a tent, at reunions and carni? vals io Southern Kansas towns, Their show Ia entitled 'Thc Last of the Modocs," nnd the thirteen bucks still living are the "performers." The per? formance consists of a couple of dances, a war whoop and a request for a quarter.--Kansas City Journal. CURIOUS FACTS. Among Hie aborigines of Australia the most common form of punishment less than death is the spearing of the offender through different parts of the body. A postman in Brussels, Belgium, who had sent several offers of mar? riage to the Queen of Holland, and no fewer than 780 offers to a Brussels girl, was examined aud scut to au in? sane asylum. There is a different name for thc collection iu a body of almost every different kind of animals or fishes. Whales form a "school," as do por? poises and dolphins; herrings come in "shoals." The origin." I word was shoal, according to the dictionaries, school being a corruption. The Russian cruiser Askold, recent? ly launched at Kiel, Germany, pre? sents a very unique appearance. She is an ariaored cruiser, and is exceed? ing long?413 feet?and sets very low In the water. She is the only vessel in existence that has five funnels. She will be armed with thirty rapidflro guns of different caliber, r"d can steam twenty-one knots an 1. ar. M. Edmond Gain's studies of wheat and barley from tombs dating (rom the lifth to the twenty-first dynasties result in the conclusion that while tbe body of the graiu is often well pre? served, tbe embryo is so transformed chemically that it cannot germinate. This confirms the suspicion that thc; natives have used recent grain tts an imposition on travelers. A Montreal girl was eager to obtain from an eminent oculist a certificate attesting that she was Mind, in order that she might secure charitable aid. He made au appointment with her. and, after an assistant had bandaged her eyes in an ante-room, she was lcd into the presence of the doctor. He held a living mouse by the tail, and at signal the assistant suddenly removed the bandage. Tbe pretended blind girl uttered scream after scream, and dashed in fright from the room. Some Tricks or Fortune Telling. "If I lia?l room to describe all my experiences with these modern witches and wizards, I should like to tell you about thc amiable old fraud that cast my horoscope. Ile luis been to State's prison for swindling, but bc adver? tises in thc Sunday papen just, thc same as usual, and bis office is full of people whose dollars burn in their pockets. I should like to describe thc doctor with throe framed diplomas, two medical books, and n half-pint of pills, that went into ti trance for me hardly distinguishable from tbe early stages of a fit. His wrist shook, like a fiddler's playing Schubert's 'Sere? nade,' and bis eyes rolled up till they looked like hard-boiled eggs with the shell off. I should like to tell about the 'psychic medium1 that did a little mir? acle for me in the way of reading the answers to my questions through thc envelope in which they were sealed. 1 could explain how he gave me a dummy to hold while he opened the real envelope under cover of wash? ing bis hands. I should like to tell bow wrong in every particular was the lady that read my palm by thc light of pure science. 'Xo fortune? telling about it, oh, dear, no.' 1 should like to tell about the 'true and reli? able fortune-tellers' that ran the cards for me, and saw trouble from a dark man and luck in the lottery with the number 8, or 8<H), or 8000, and bow there was money coming to me in a letter from across the water. (It has to come to me that way or I could not pay t'4 grocer, for I live in Brook? lyn, aud Brooklyn is on Long Island, and my little girl has just come home from school with the information that an island is a body of land completely surrounded by waler. I had suspected tts much."?Harvey Sutherland, iu Ainslee's. Lemon Market tn Chitin. I know ol' a rancher who is engaged all these days in shipping lemons to China. The market is at Canton, and the fruit is sent out from San Fran? cisco by the regular steamers. It was a new experience to me to talk with a man who h selling his fruit regular? ly and profitably after its having half-girdled the globe on its way to the consumer. The grower told me he received an average of $3 a box since the initial shipment was made thc first of last March. Advices from the receiver of these lemons at Canton state that they are smoother, juicier and thinner skinned than the Italian fruit received at Canton. They further state that there was only one com? petitor in the market?au Italian deal? er. This indicates the undeveloped condition of the oriental trade nnd the ignorance of the market demands of the Chinese ports.?Los Angeles Times. Sarapei as Bedspread*. The Mexican embassy, at Washing Ion, luis informed the Department of Foreign Relation!, ann the latter the Department of Finance, that Mexi? can serapes will henceforth bc consid? ered by the customs authorities of the United Slates as woolen bed? spreads, nnd they will be assessed for duty accordingly. This ruling is based on the fact that though tbe Serape is used as a piece ol' clothing during tbe day, it is used as a bed cover itt night and ought to be class? ified its such. Yet the fact remains that tills is not tho principal uso of thc serape.?Mexican Herald. Coals to Newcastle. In St. Wolfgang, a charming little place in the Austrian Alps, a charity lottery was held recently, where the great prize was :t season ticket for that unique little railroad which climbs up to tbe sinumit of the high? est mountain in the vicinity, thc Schafberg, twice a day. You get si fine view from there, overlooking a cluster of lakes and miniature glaciers that nestle in the Austrian Alps. Who do you think won that great prize* Who should but the only conductor of that little railroad,?Vienna Xeu Freio Piesse, - RHEUMATISM, CATARRH ARE BLOOD DISEASES-CURE FREE. B. B. B. cures deep-seated cases after all else falls. If you have aches In bones, joints of back, swollen glands, loose control of muscles, tainted breath, ringing in ears, mattery, slimy dis? charge, sores on lining of thc nose or throat, or thin blood, then take B. B. B., which cures to stay cured by mak? ing the blood pure and rich. Over 3000 positive cures to perfect health. Try. B. B. B. Druggists, $1 Trial treat? ment free by writing B. B. B. Co., 23 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and medical advice free. Quail are destroying the crops of the Colorado farmers and have been declared a nuisance by various town and county boards. We refund 10c for every package of Pct ham Fadflf.ss Dtp. that falls to tri ve satis? faction. M aros DffUf Co., Unlonvllle, Mo. Sold by all druggists. Goshen, a small city in Indiana, has a lower water rate than any other city tai the United States. The plant is owned by the municipality, as is also the electric light plant. statk ok ohio, tim ok toi.kdo, i Lucas Comm, i Frank J. CHBtncf makes oath that he ls the senior partner of (dbe firm of V. J. CUSni & Co., doini* business In the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, anet that said firm will piij thesuniof onk iiiNDHKi* oom. a ks for each and every case of catakkh that cannot be cured hythe useof Hall's* 'atarrh critic. kkank .i. Cammy. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my . -~?? presence, this 6th dav of December, J SRA I. > A. I). WW. A. W. (Jf.RAHON. ' -,~ ' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh < tire ls taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the svsteui. Send for testimonials, free. I'. J, cmknkt k Co., Toledo, O. Bold liv druggists, 75c-. Hall's Family Fills are the best. About 7000 people in Paris are em? ployed in the preparation of human hair for the market. Best For thc Unvsls. No matter what alls voa, headache to a caucsr, you will never Ret well until your bowels ar* put right. Cancar?.ts help nature, cure you without a grips or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your heaiih bick. Cascarkts Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up lu metal boxes, every tab 1st has C.C.C. stamped on lt. Beware of imitations. On the Island of Madagascar then; are three miles of thc Tamatave-Tnnn narivo Railway completed. Salesmen Wanted. Two honest, reliable men; experience not abso luttdy uecessvy: salary and expenses paid. Peerless Tobacco Works Co., Bedford city, Va. On the Island of Reunion a line of 75 miles of railroad connects St. Pierre St. Denis and St. Benoit. To Cwfi a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Qcinivk Tablets. AU Araeal-U refund the in .n?y if it fails tn cure. E. \V. (Jrovk's signature U ou each uox. Ita In 24 hours nearly 700 trains pass in and out of New Street Station, Bir? mingham. Tiso's Cure for Consumption is an Infalli? ble: medicine for coughs aud colds.?N. W. Bakobx, Ocean Grove. N. J., Feb. 17, 1000. A division of the wheat crop in Ellis county, Kansas, would not give each resident more thau 1,333 bushels. Happiness cannot be I ought, bat ono of the great hindi auces to Its attainment cnn bo rc mOTtd by Adam's Pepsin Tutti Frutti. The fall term of the Circuit Court in Kansas City. Mo., opened with 300 suits for divorce on the docket. Under rational treatment the aver? age yield of a bee hive in Palestine is 10 rounds. HELP FOR WOMEN WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED. "I do not feel very well. I am so tired all the time. 1 do not know what is the matter with me." You hear these words every day; as often as you meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely you speak the same signifi? cant words yourself, and no doubt you do feel far from well most of the time. Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis., whose portrait we publish, writes that she suffered for two years with bear? ing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kinds of miserable feelings, all of which was caused by falling and inflammation of the womb, and after doctoring with physicians and numer? ous medicines she was entirely cured by Mrs. Ella Rick Lydia E. Pinkham? Vegetable Com? pound. If you are troubled with pains, fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere, headache, backache, and always tired, please re? member that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve you of your suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof is monumental that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women. No other medicine has made the cures that it has, and no other woman has helped so many women by dntct advice as has Mrs. Pinkham; her experience is greater than that of any living per? son. If you are sick, write and get her advice ; her address is Lynn, Mass. The ribs of tobacco leaves are aniong the substances out of which paper is made. FITS permanently cured. No fl ts or nervou t rossiter first day's useof Dr. Kline's Ore lt Nerveltestorer Atrial hottleand treatise frea Lu. lt. li. Klink. Ltd.. Kil Aron st.. Pliila., Pa. A married couple living near Throop, Pa., who were childless, have adopted 14 children. H. H. GKRKN'sKoNs.of Atlanti. (ia., are tho. only SOOOtsafaJ Dropsy BmoUulsts in thu world. Seo their liberal offer in tdvorttSO* nient in another column of this paper. Incurable insanity is not. a ground for divorce in any State except North Dakota and Idaho. Carter's Tnk has th<> endorsement of th? r ni ted States govei nincnt and of all tue IssditW r^.i'i...! . \\ .i-i uur ;?iorc evidence? Last year Germany imported {14,119 metric tons of potatoes and 1,370,8V) of wheat. A nursery near Mexico, Mo., contains" 250.000 young fruit, trees, pruned and cultivated to perfection. o ? t s e ? Sudden and Severe attacks of Neuralgia Si-- many of us, ^7 but however bad the case St. Jacobs Oil penetrate* promptly and deeply, tooth'is sad strengthen* the nerves .ind tirings a sure cure. 0? SHOES VfJ^C' UNION MADE ^ If yon have been pay? ing 84 to #.1 for shoe-, a trial of W. I.. Doug? las *.'* or U3..Vi shoes will convince j ou that thf-y are jn?t as good in aVOSy way and MSt from SI to *?l..->0 le--. Over 1,000,000 wea reis. We are the larjrest makers of men's J*3 and *.'l .~>0 shoes In the world. Wo make ?nd sell more *.{ and Sf3.i>0 shoes than any other two manufacturer* in tho U- S BEST $3.50 SHOE. BEST $3.00 SHOE. The reputation of W. h. Douglas 8.1.00and H.*)shoes foi ?lyle, comfort, and wf:iri< known everywhere throughout tlieworld. They hive to ci ve better ?ati?fac tion than other m?k? beeau?e the standard hn? alway! been placed so high that the wearers expect more for their RMMf than they can pet eliewheie. THE IS EXES .\ nmre VV. L. Douglas ll find 81^0 shoes are sold tiian ?ny other make it bwauw 'I'll K ? AUK THE Bl BOT. Your denier should keeji them i w? give one dealer exclusive mle in each town. Toke no ?uhatitiite! Insist on having W. I.. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped ou bottom. It vour dealer will not get them for you, send aired to factorv, enclosing price and ft*, extra for carrisge. State kind of leather, size, and width, plain or csp tot. 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