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Sha h's Vforld Clock. The Shah of Persia, now in Paris, ls apparently determined to keep level with the times. He has Just bought a clock for his private use which will show him at a glance the time, not only at Teheran, but at twelve other places scattered across the world. When he gets up in the morning he will n? able to tell to a second how the world ls wagging, from Washing? ton to Pekin, from Yokohama to Berlin, from Rome to Paris, London, 8t Petersburg, Vienna, or Bombay, to Teheran or Samarcand. Expensive Toy Road. r ne children of Macon, Ga., are to ft .. an expensive but highly instruc? tive toy in the shape of a complete Miniature trolley line about a mlle long. Each car will accommodate eight passengers, and ls complete in al dr-tails, including electric lights. Tlie railway is to be located in a pri? vate park. Libby** loud froilnrts at (ho Caris Iv position. 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Tho bell boy is not exactly soldierly, although he goes lo the "Front!" Have you ever expciionced tim joyful son fntiuii of a good rtpprtlte? You will if you chew Adam's lVp.-in Tutti Fruttl. * When the cannibal catches a mis? sionary, he considers him "a good thing." li docs seem as if bank officials ought (.i acknowledge thc efficiency of female "Idlers.'' Kvery year over ioo,oco persons die. of consumption in this country alone. Cherry Pectoral would not have cured all these. Taken in time, it would have cured many. A Mr. D. P. Jolly, of Avoca, N. Y., wrote us, a few weeks ago, that his mother had regular old-fashioned con? sumption for years, and was given up to die. She tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It helped her at once, and she ir, now completely restored to health. We believe Mr. Jolly's storv, because it's only one ci" thousands. Three sizes of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral: ff cents, 50 cents, and {?i.oo. Buy tho j most economical size for your case. J. C. Aver Company, Tr-irtical Chemists, Lowell, Mm. If, for nny reason, youi druggist cannot . or (focsj not give you Ayer's Cherry Pec ? toral when you call for it, send us one dol # Jar for thc large size and we will deliver it f ?,<-> you, all charges paid. t!:* Tootlif What to oall the Different Parts of ?ha Animal! How to Shoe a Horse Properly? AU this s:ul other Valuable Information can be obtained by rrvlmg our ISW-PAUE ILLUSTRATED I) 1'tSK KOOK, which we will forward, post? paid, on receipt of only 36 rants ia stumps. BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 134 Leaaara St., N.Y. City. REV. DR. JALMAGE. nia IUINEM DIVINES iL'NDAT DIBCOUItSK. Subject : A Precious Burden?Scion of the House of David in Jehosheba's Anns? A Lesson From tho Slaughter of the Princes?Lead Children to Christ. [Copyright imo. I Washington. D. C.?In this discourse on a neglected incident of the Bille Dr. 'falmsgc draws some comforting lessons, and s) ws (bat all around us are royal na? tures that we may help deliver. The text is II. Kings xi, 2, 3: "Jehoshcba, thc daughter of King Jorams sister of Aba-' ziah, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain, and they hid him, even him i - I his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athrb'ah. so t'->at he was not slain, And he was with her hid in thc house of the Lord six years." Grandmothers are more lenient with their.children's children than they were with their own. At forty years of age if discipline be necessary cllastishnerit is used, bul at seventy thc grandiubther. looking upon the misbehavior of the grand? child is apologetic and d-sposed to sub? stitute confectionery fojr whip. There is nothing more beautiful than childhood. Grandmother lakes but her poekethand kerchief and wipes- her spectacles and puts them on and looks down into the face of rici mischievous and rebellious descendant and says: "I don't think he meant to d<> it. Eet him oft lliis time. I'll be responsi? ble for his behavior in the future." My ynother, with the second generation around her, .. boisterous crew, said one day: "I suppose tjjcy ought to be disciplined, but 1 can't do it. Grandmothers arc-not fit to bring up grandchildren.'' lint here in my text we have a grandmother of a dif? ferent type. T have been at .Jerusalem, where the oc? currence o.c the text took phtoc*, nnd the whole scene came vividly before me while I was going Over the site ol the ancient temple and climbing the towers of the king's palace. Here in the text it is old Athaliah, the royal murderess. She ought to have been honorable, lier lather Was a king. Uer husband was a king, lier soil was a kiug. And \et Vt find lier plotting f<>: the extermination ol the entire royal family-, including ber own grandchildren. Thc executioners' knives are sharpened. The palace i< red with the blood of princes and princesses. On all sides are shrieks and hands thrown np and sit uguie and death goan No mercy! Kill! kill! 13ut while the ivory floors of t lie palace ran willi carnage and the whole land is under the shadow of | great horror a Heel footed woman, a clergyman's wife. Jello sheba by name, stealthily approaches thc imperial nursery, seizes upon the grand? child thal had somehow as yet escaped massacre, wraps it up tenderly, but in haste, snuggles it against her, flies down thc palace stairs, her heart in her throat lest she bc discovered in this compassion? ate abductions Get her cut of thc way as ? quick as Von can. for she carries i pieciou? burden, even a young king. With this youthful prize she presses into the room of the ancient temple, th? church of olden time, unwraps the young king and pills bim down, sound asleep as he is and un? conscious ol' the peril that has been threat? ened, and there for six years he is secreted in that church apartment. Meanwhile old Athaliah smacks her lips with satisfaction and thinks that all the royal laraily are' dead. But the six years expire, and it is: time foi young Joash to come forth and lake the throne and to push back into disgrace and death old Athaliah. The arrangements are ail made for po-' Utica] revolution. The military come and take possession of the temple, swear loy? alty io the boy Joash and stand around for jis defense. See thc sharpened swords and thc burnished shields! Everything is! ready. Now Joash, half affrighted at thc armed tramp of his defenders, scared at ? the vociferation of his admirers, is brought lort li in full regalia. Thc scroll of author-, ity is put in his hands, the coronet ol gov? ernment is put on his brow, arid (he peo? ple clapped and waved and huz.zaed and trumpeted. "What is that?" said Atha? liah. "What i.3 that sound over in the temple?" And she flies to see, and on her woy they u.?et her and say: "Why, haven't you heard? V6u thouglvt you. had slain all the royal family*-but Joash. has come to light." Then the royal mur? deress, frantic with rage, grabbed her man . tie and torc it to tatters and cried until she foamed at the mouth: "You have no right to crown my grandson. You have no right to take the government from my: shoulders. Treason, treason!" While 'he stood lhere crying Hie mili? tary started for her arrest, and she took H short cut through it back door of.the temple and ran through the royal stables, but the battleaxes of the military fell on' her in the barnyard, and for many a day when the horses were being unloosened from the chariot, after drawing out young .Joash the fiery steeds would snort and! rear nassing the place as they smell the place of the carnage. Die first thought I hand you from this' subject is that tfie extermination of right? eousness is an impossibility. tVlien a woman is good she is aot to be very good, and when she is bad she is apt to be very bad. and this Athaliah was one of the latter sort. She would exterminate the' last scion of the house of David, through, whom Jesus wm to come. There was plenty of work for embalmers and under? takers. She would clear thc land of all Cod fearing and God loving people. She Wonk! put an end to everything that could in anywise interfere with her imperial criminality. She folds her hands and says: "The work is done, it is completely done." Is it? In (he swaddling clothes of that church ; partment aie wrapped the cause of God and thc cause of good gov? ernment. That is the scion of the house of David. It is Joash, the Cod-worshiping reformed. It is Joash, the friend of God. It is Joash, (he demoralizer of Baalitish idolatry. Kock him tenderly, nurse him gently. Athaliah, you may kill all the other children, but you cannot kill him. Eternal defenses are thrown all around him, and (his clergyman's wife, Jehosheba, will snatch him un from the palace nurs? ery and will run down with him into the house of the Lord, and there she will hide him for six years, and at (he end of that time he will come forth for your de? thronement, and obliteration. Well, my friends, just as poor a botch does the world always make of extin? guishing righteousness. Superstition rises up and says, "I will just put an end te pure religion." Domitian slew 40,000 Christians, Diocletian slew 844,000 Chris? tians-. And the scythe of persecution has been swung through all the ages, and thc flames hissed and the guillotine chopped, and t,hc Bastile groaned, but did the foes of Christianity exterminate it? Did they exterminate Alban, the first Britsh sacri? fice, or Zwingli, thc Swiss reformer, or John Oldcastle, the Christian nobleman, or Abdallah, the Arabian martyr, or Anne Askew or Sanders or Cranmer? Great work of extermination (hey made of it. Just at the time when they thought (hey hod slain all thc royal family of Jesus some Joash would spring up and out and take the throne of power and wield a very scepter of Christian dominion. Infidelity says, "I will exterminate the Bible/' and the Scriptures were thrown into the stret. for the mob to trample on, and they were piled up in the public squares and set on fire, and mountains of indignant contempt were hurled on them, and learned universities decreed the Bible out of existence. Thomas Paine said: "In my 'Age of Reason' I have annihilated the Scriptures. Your Washington is a pusil? lanimous Christian, but I am the foe ot Bibles and of churches." Ob, how many assaults upon that void! All the hostili? ties that have ever been created on earth are not to be compared with the hostilities against that one book. Said one man in his infidel desperation to his wife. "Yon must not be reading that Bible." and be snatched it away from her. And though in that Bible was a lock of hair of the dead child?thc only child that Cod had ever given them?he pitched the book with its contenn into the lire and stirred it with the tong; and spat on it and cursed it and said, "Susan, never have any more of that damnable stuff here." How many individual and organized at? tempt* have been made to exterminate that Bible? Have its enemies Jone it? Hare they exterminated the American the British ana Foreign Bible Society? ] Have thev exterminated-tue thousands, of Christian Institutions whose only'onject it is to multiply copies of tho Scripture and spread them broadcast around thc World? They have exterminated until in stead of one or two copies of the Bible io our houses we have eight or ten, and wc pile them up in tue corners bf our Sabbath school rooms and send great loxes ol them everywhere. If they get on as well as they are now going on in the work ol extermination, I do not know but that our childi-n may live to see (he millen nium. lea, if there should come a time of persecution in which all the known Bi blcs of (he earth should bc destroyed, all these lamps of life that blaze in our pul pits and in our families extinguished, in the very day that infidelity and sin shoul'1 be holding jubilee over the universal ex? tinction lhere would bc in some clo et ol a backwoods church a secreted cony of thc Bible, and this Joash of eternal lit.'ralnrc would conn out and come up and take tm throne, and (he Athaliah of infidelity and pen-ecu t;oil would fly out the back door ot the palace and drop lier miserable eareaM under the hoofs of thc horses of thc king's stables. Voil cannot exterminate Chris tianity! Voil cannot kill Joash! The second thought I hand you from my subject is that there are o;)portunitiev in which you may save royal life. Von know that prof ne history is replete with stories of strangled monarch* and of young princes %?6 have been put out of (he way. Here is the s(ory of a young kine saved. How Jehoshcba, (he clergyman'? wife, must have trembled as she rushed into thc imperial nursery and snatched U| Joash! How she hushed him lest, by hit cry he hinder the escape! Pry^s&h him Jehosneba! You hold hi your arm's the (?ans- of God and good government. Eal I and he is slain. Succeed, and you turn the tide of the world's history in the right direction, lt seems as, ff' between thai young king and his assassins lhere is noth ing bill (he frail an I (if a woman. Bul why should we spend our time in praisinp (his bravery ol expedition when Cod Bein the same thing of yon and me? All around us the imperiled children of 1 great king. They are born of Alniighlv parentage, and will come to a throne ora crown if permitted. But lin, the old Ath aliah, goes forth to (he massacre. Mur derous temptations are out for the assas sinatioit. Valene-, the' Emperor; was told (hat there was somebody in his realm win would I'Hiirp his throne, and thal the naiiu Of the man who should be the usiirpei would begin with the letters T. II. K, O D, and the edict went forth from the Kin perot'-- throne. "Kill everybody trite** name begins with T. H. E, 0, D." And hundreds ol thoUMuda were slain. liopin-j by that massacre to put an end to that one usurper. But. sin is more terrific in ita denunciation. Jt mattera not how yav spoil your name, you come under ita knife under its swojjd. under its doom. un les. there lie some omnipotent relief brought t< the rescue. But, ldc-sed bc,Cod, there i^ suel. n . thing jn^^viflyk J -royal soul Who will sn;rtlPF*way Jvwkh.' How few o| U5 appreciate ibe fact thal the cirfrrch ol' God is a hiding place. Then are many people who put the church at sc loni rt mark (hat they begrudge ii every tinng, e\?n-Jhc few dollars they give to ward it. Thew maly-no sacrifice*. The) dole a little ouFof iJfhv ni pin ajja, T(iftr pay their butcher'*- bill, and they bay theil doctor's bill; and they pay thea landlord and they -i.ty everybody but ibe Loid. au? dley come rn ;"( (he last to pay thc Loni in His church and frown as they say "There, Lord, it is. Send mc a receipt ir full, and don't bother me soon again! ' There is hot more than one man out ol a thousand that appreciates what, tin church is. Where are the souls thit pu! aside one-tenth for Christian institutions? one-tenth of their income.' Where an those who, having put aside that one-tcntl draw upon it cheerfully? Why, it is pul ind drag I i hold on and grab and clutch and giving is an affliction to most people when it ought to be an exhilaration and .' rapture. Oh. that. God would remodel our soul: .jpn this subject and that wc might appre c1a&.*tfb*h,houee of God as the great rel uge! ft ^ctia^children are to come up tc lives of v'iS??^*^, happiness, they wil :'ome up under life shadow of the church lt thc church doea lu^r u^U 'hem, ila world will. ^ **' Ah. when you . ass away?and il will liol be long before you do?when you pass away, lt will bc a satisfaction to set your children in Christian society. Yoi ^want to have them sitting at the holy eec ^iilrM^rafiVg^'ou wa^^jj^pni mijjglin;- ii Christian associations. 'iTou would lik( to have (hem die in (he sacred precinct!. ' When you are on your dyin?- bed and youl lilt le ones cor ^ up to take your last word and you look into (heir bewildered faces you will want to leave them under (hf church's benediction. 1 do not care hon hard you arc, that is *n. And to, (haugh you may have been wan derers from God, and (hough iou ina.*, have some times caricatured the chore! ol Jesus, il is your great desire that youl sons and daughters should be standing ali their lives within this sacred inclosurc/K. & IJorcthuii that. You^aswaelf will w^rnt the church (MM hiding place when tin mortgage k unwjosed, when your *4frtfgli. ter, ,ust blqomt&iuij/o Womanhood, sud denly clasps her' rffltt|4Js(.in a rttjober that knows no walang; when the gaiiili vr*'ub!t walks through thc parbr and the sitting room and the dining hall and the nursery, you will want some shelter from the tem pest. Ah, some of yon have been run upon by misfortune and trial.. Why <k> you not come into tlif?i|rericr*r'' ??*' ' I said to a widowed mother after slit had buried her only son?months afler 1 said to her. "How do you get along nov adays?" "Oh," she replied. "I get alone tolerably WeJPWMept when thc sun shines." I said, "What do you mean by that?" when she said: "I cah't.bear t&gJjtwCj,hc sun shine. My bearf*1e So dark That alt thc brightness of the natural world seems a mockery to me." 0 darkened soul! 0 broken hearted man, broken liKirl?MbH\^.ni;pi! .Why do yon not come into the shelter? 'I atrina it from wall to wall. Come in! Come in! You w p* place av here your trouble? shall bj interpreted, where your burdens shall be. unstrapped, where your (cars shall be wiped away. Church rf Cod. bc a hiding place to all (hese people! (Jive their a seat where they ian rest (heir weary souls. Elash some light from your chandeliers upon (heir darkness. .Villi some soothing hymn limn these griefs. Oh, church of God. gale of heaven, let me go through il! All other institutions are -"nug t.) fall but the church of God> d*s foundation is the Kock of Ages. Atv charter is for everlasting years, its/lceys are held by the universal Proprietor, its dividend is heavm. its oresidentYs'God!' "Sure cs Thy truth shall last, To Zion shall be given The highest glories earth eau yield And brightest bliss of heaven." God grant thai all this audience, (he youngest, thc eldest, (he worst, the best, may (in. their sifc and glorious hiding place where Joash found it?in thc temple. LADOR WORLD. There, aro 0000 members ol' thc Order ol' Hallway Telegrapher*:. Curb sellers lind cutten went on si like nt Bri^fqBtijgA4*) Y.. for $) per (lily. '??'",***-^ About rlf&bo Thaine's lightermen struck ut London, considerably dislo? cating (rude. Heeding, Penn^ajJ^stMNrarrieri ex? pect lo have their salaries increased $lo() ii year. All (ho electric plants at Terre Haute, Ind.. were lied up by a strike a few days ago The. Chicago building contra? have agreed not to oppose the forma? tion of a new central laoor body The strike of tho Avood-wor'.ceiflJ4' which threatened to tie up nil Hie mills in Denver. Col., lins been settled and work bas been resinned. One hundred railroad laborers taken from New York City to New London, Conn., refused to work when ;tliey were told fa take the place of strfkers. The colliery owners nt Lancnslrre. England, do no! like the eight-hour day, nut ihf millen are solidly or? ganized aiui (he ?yaten beeuis to wurla .veil for. all amcemetk._ . THE OLD DOMINION, Latest news gi .ka ned from vari* ots parts or Virginia. MONUMENrifN VEILED, To the Memory of the Confederate Dead of Orange County Many Tributes of Ks* ipect to William I- Wll?on-To Break l> Hazing- Superintendent of Western State Hospital Paralyzed-Other News. In the presence of nearly 3000 people the monument to the Confederate dead of Orange county was unveiled lt Orange. The orator of the occasion cvas Rev. R. Lin Cave, of Independence, Mo., a native of Orange county and a gallant member of the Montpelier Guards from Harper's Eerry to Appo? mattox. His theme was the private Confederate soldier and the cause for which he fought. In praising the rt* -ortlB of the soldiers and tho erection af monuments to their memory he said: "Yonder shaft is reverenced, for lt is in honor of soldiers whose bravery and fortitude has challenged the ad? miration of every nation upon earth. The erection of monuments irf~a sol? emn duty we owe to both the living md dead. Yoivahasj^oiild look to it for mcouragemen*, and ol>r^Ji."wlth rever ,Lpce, admiraiibft^iui cU^otiorawV In Concluding his e^oeuen'ttl'jAddrees Mr. .'ave feoHngbwpTfra'-nfe'd for a united ^nntry and Tne continued erection of -nonuments. The monument is made of Peters? burg gray granite. It is 26 feet h'gh ind erected on a turf mound two feet high. The first btise ls six feet square, filth rock fatve margin line work; the second four fet't ten inches, the third 'our feet two inches, with panels on ;he north and south sides. On the [briner of these is the inscription: 'Erected to the Confederate dead of grange by their comrades and friends, Dctcbcr 18, 1900." and on the latter 'They fought for the right. They died lor their country. Cherish their mem? ory. ImitatP their example." The die b'.r.ek comes next, and upon hrec skb s of this are the names of ;oldi( rs ef Orange county who were ?tilled and died from wounds received ni battle. On the other side is the Virginia eoat-of-arms and the words "Orange County." The cap of this I jloFsed on all sides with heavily mold? ed spire work. In the center of the loire, on three sides are stars and on .he ether "1801-65." The cap to the spire is also heavily molded. L'pon lt stands the figure of the Confederate ?oldier at "parade rest," six feet high, md made cf bronze. The cords which drew the veil aside ^vere pulled by Miss Christina Pamelia Mundy, a granddaughter of Capt. A. J. Erhart, and Master R. L. Coleman, grandson of Ciapt. W. S. Parran. The monument is erected in the southwest corner of the courthouse square and- will be surrounded by an ron pike fence. In honor of the day's ?vent all business houses and private ?esidences were elaborately decorated rtith national. State and Confederate colors. At the conclusion of the ex? ercises a splendid dinner was served o the veterans by the ladies. The music was rendered by a portion of the Marine Rand, of Washington. Tributes of lleuppct. The students of Washington and bee University, in mass-meeting, L. W. Smith presiding, adopted the following resolutions: Inasmuch ns God has seen flt to c*U unto Himself our beloved president, William L. Wilson, the students of Washington and Lee .University desire to place on record tiffs simple tribute to the great life and influence which has so recently gone out from us. Mindful that no words of ours can add luster to the great name of the de? parted, we would yet add one simple 'well done" to the full chorus which irises from all the land. Great as statesman and legslator, great a-s coun? selor and leader in the Cabinet of our "ThieC Executive, gn!al as presiding 'enius-atur'-Uifruonee '?rVj-.t-ho policy of thia university, he hcri) his title clear ind unimpeached to sflfchd in the front . rarik-s'-of the naUon?3jreat*one?. If Yhe nation has lose a patriot and -statesman. If the university has lost a chief executive of rare ability, the 'student body bas sustained a deep personal loss. Loved, honored, re-, spected by all. he. was th<v- beloved fri#>nd ??* eWor Jr-frotlBPTOrWefy stu? dent in this institution. Therefore be lt resolved, in mass-meeting assem? bled, that it extends Its heartfelt sym? pathy to the members4 of hift^wftvioUsrv In the hour of their sorrow and deep affliction. Ex-President Cleveland telegraphed to Mrs. Wilson the following col (iolenee: "I have just heard the shock? ing news of youFhuslrtitwf/s H^t^^iv*14d??-, fw-tni atv a/fljeted heart extend yod4,_tHe? sympathy o?ttne who loved him.1-/ Hon. William Jennings Bryan: "Have read with sorrow of the death of your husband, whom I learned to love when I served nader h'm on the Way-; and Means Committee. Accept sympathy.";' . . Telegrams were also received from Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Henry T. Thur? ber, J. G. Carlisle, I). S. Lamont. H. Ii: Herbert, Frank H. Jones. Charles. SS? Hamlin. Melvin W. Fuller; .WJlUajn. J. Coombs. Chai-JUr-jK^BTOadwa?- Hoofs E. T. D. Myers'/Stephen C. Harris, Richard Rathbun, George E. JUrjee, B<J K. Douglass, jb-jgdore Strauss. John' Pollard. RJ^>$?oatwright and the fac ^iltief^f-^e J^ah'fisjty of West Vir? ginia ^Ib-^^raf-r-Sqlaai Carolinjt?aod. jHRty^rslty of Virginia. "fcl..i-if-A' % Cadet* I) kim axed. That the superintendent of the Vir? ginia. Military Institute is more than determined to break up hazing in any of its forms is evinced by the dis? missal of three cadet members of the third class?Bradley T. Joliueon, Jr., grandson of Gen. Bradley T. Johnson; J. E. Schoolfield, of Danville, son of Evangelist Schoolfield, and A. Julian Chinn. of Frankfort, Ky., nephew of Col. Jack Chinn. A sergeant cf thc guard and sentinel on a post where hazing occurred are now under arrest-, pending an investigation by the super? intendent, Gen. Scott Shipp. There is no court of inquf>>4i'*as the best results can orrly be obtained by th? superin? tendent himself when he examines the accused culprit. At every court ot in? quiry the accused has escaped, with few exceptions, both when held at this school and other military seaool-s in the United States. - Dr. ?liu-kford-4l?*?afl*za>U "^ $T)r. Benjandjfc-Black'ford, superinten? dent of th^ftsEstern State Hospital, ai Staunj^)itrj|pWTered a stroke of paraly sis/lTra^rlgrit side being affected. Hit '- itfrYsicians say his condition is no *Smtical now. The attack came on ven gradually while he was attending tc duties at the hospital. Arqulttrd of Murder. John Taylor, a colored youth indict ed for the murder of a colored boj named William Evans, was acquitted in the Corporation Court at Petensbur on (he ground that the ahootlng tai a''(i(rfiiifil POPULAR SCIENCE. The ants in one nest are not all of the same size. A Swiss professor has found them as different as so many human beings, with dwarfs, giants, cripples* etd Latest advices from St. Petersburg are to the effect that the Russian Gov? ernment has appropriated an amount of 500,000 rubles for the establishment of a mountain observatory in the Cau? casus, on the top of a mountain in thc neighborhood of Tiplis, the capital of the Caucasus. The observatory will be provided with the latest and most improved scientific instruments, and it is reported that the requisite buildings will lie erected in the course of the present year. Well known Russian scientific men will be in charge of thc hew observatory. E. C; Green, bi the Ceylon botanic gardens, reports a remarkable case of web-spiuning by red ants. A breach having been made in a structure of leaves on which a colony were at work, the ants at once ret to work to repair Uie damage. Some ol' them went to a distant nest and brought two young ants that were in Hie grut) stage and passed them back and forth across the gap repeatedly. At length lt was seen that a web was being spun, the silken threads issuing from the mouths of the grubs. In this way the breach was mended. The mature ants must have passed the spinning stage; hence they impressed the young? sters. Thc preservation of juicy fruit s.mush rooms, etc., may, according to n Ger inan technical journal, be effected by placing the articles in a warm, live pei4 cent, gelatin solution, and nfier cooling, submerging them in tl mix? ture of twenty parts of formic alde? hyde and ninety parts of water. By this means an insoluble gelatin cnvel ope is formed, which serves to keep intact the natural form and color of ali fruits and succulent plants sub? jected to the treatment; moreover, fer? mentative bacteria are completely de? stroyed thereby. It would be impor? tant, perhaps, before eating the fruit, to get rid of Hie strongly antiseptic covering, out of respect to the stom? ach. It. is a matter of common observa? tion that cats always fall upon their feet. Recently a Maltese kitten about two-thirds grown, belonging to Mr. J. IL Serviss, of Gloater, X. J., was chased by a dog and took refuge in a tall tree, which lias almost no branches nj) to a height of sixty feet. The kitten ascended to that elevation, and apparently through terror refused to descend. It remained on its lofty perch four days and nights, including one night of tempestuous rain and lightning. Finally a boy. armed with climbers, was sent after the kitten. On his approach, It ran out on a slender branch qnd leaped. Mr. Serviss watched it Ascend and observed that Its legs were widely sprawled, aud that it kept its belly toward the ground, until, striking a smaJl branca of a neighboring tree about fifteen feet from the ground, its balance was de? stroyed, and it fell on its side. No bones were broken, but it was severe? ly bruised, and for several days it would swallow nothing but water. Soon lt entirely recovered. ** In Albuquerque, New Mexico, which has an altitude of about 0000 feet, the recipes and regulations laid down by the ordinary cook-book aiy, it seems, worthless. Water boils there at '202 degrees Fahrenheit instead of at lilli degrees, as at sea level; hence articles of food to be boiled require a much longer cooking than the usuhl cook? book prescribes. On account of the extreme dryness of the air. farina? ceous foods, such as beaus, corn, etc., lose so much of their moisture that they require long soaking in water before cooking. The worst difficulty, .howeycij. is. said to be with cake rand brfljrk'brnking. Ordinary directions as to tnwnumber of eggs and amount of baking upwder break down altogether. "As the" MaaMnetric pressure largely determines the effectiveness yC Hip 'ra-r-a^r^' this may explain the unusual action KTHUe baking soda and .egg" batter." ? . Jr*4*---*?: ^^rb^nei-aLGwirt and 3Irs. Tom lUvu'1' My first meeting with Goiieray^tfct interests me now, in the light of all that has occurred, but at that time I, thought little of it. While I was trav? eling on the Mississippi our boat stopped at ('alena, aud Grant, recogr nixed theil oniy as a. private citizen. caane down to. the museum to see the .-"jl^tie womanS of whom the naners "had spoken^- ."He was introduced to fae, and stayeft awhile, showiug in his conversation-at that time little of the .reticence ' ajftft*ward pronounced one Of his lca^ij characteristics. When he went away fie said he would bring his family next day. This lie did, and TT&ey\. too^iemainod quite awhile. . ,1 rV-aih^t^Mi'rir/trrao.t a most genial and pleasant^womau,with the same uhoj> fected kindness of manner which so graced the Whtre House when she Ue enme the.? First Lady of the Land. Mr. Grant?how* odd it seems to say "Mister" ("rant! yet that is wha-t he was then caiJ<*l?bought my |dioto graph and nslfled me to put h'iy au? tograph upon lt.?Countess Magri (Mrs. Tom Thumb), in the Woman's Home Companion. * '* ? "**^pj^ An Overwhelming Thought, Our sun is'^t third-rate sun, situ? ated in the milky way, one of myriads of stars, and the milky way is itself mi''- off myriads/' of sectional star ac? cumulations, for Ihese seem to b,e countless, and to be spread over 'In? finity. At some period of their cxist ence each of these sims had plfrucls di-cljng around jt, wnieh, after untold "Tig^s, are fit for some sort ol' human being to Inhabit them for a couii'.nW atively brief period, after which they still continue for years to circle around without atmosphere, vegetation pr in? habitants, ns the moou <lo6s around our planet. There is nothing so cal? culated to take the conceit/out of au individual who thinks himself an im? portant unit in the universe as astron? omy. It teaches that we tire less, com? pared with the universe, than a col? ony of ants is to us, and that the dif? ference between men ls less than tha.t between one ant and auothei',-Loudon Trutii, THE TORN OF LIFE. The Most Important Period in a Woman's Existence.?Mrs. John? son Tells How She Was Helped Over the Trying Time. Owing to modern methods of living, not one woman in a thousand ap? proaches this perfectly natural change wirshout experiencing a train of very annoying, and sometimes painful symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes, sending thc blood surging to the benrt until it seems ready to burst, and the faint feeling that follows, sometimes with chills, as if the heart were going to 6top for good, are only a few of the symptoms ol a dangerous nervous trouble. The nerves arc crying out for assistance. Tho cry should be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was* prepared to meet the needs of woman's system at this trying period of her life. The three following letters are guaranteed to be genuine and true, and still further prove what a great medicine Lydia li. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is for women. Mar. 12, 1897. " Dear Mrs. Pinkham :? I have been sick for a long time. I was taken sick with flooding. All my trouble seemed to be in the womb. I ache all the time at the lower part of the womb. The doctor says thc womb is covered with ulcers. I suffer with a pain on the left side of ray back over thc kidney. I am fifty years old and passing through the change of life. Please advise me what to do to get relief. Would like to hear from you as soon tis possible." ? Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, Monclova, Ohio. Jan. 23, ie96. " I have been taking your remedies, and think they have helped me a great deal. I had been in bed for ten weeks when I began taking your Vegetable Compound, but after using it for a short time I was able to be up around the ' house. The aching in the lower part of womb has left me. The most that troubles me now is the flowing. That is not so bad, but still there is a little every day. I am not discouraged yet. and shall continue with your medicine, for t believe it aritt cure me." ? Mus. Charlotte Johnson, Monclova,Ohio. April 13, KKK). , " I send you this letter to publish for the benefit of others. I was sick for about nine years so that I could not do my work. For three months I could not sit up long enough to have my bed made. 1 had five different doctors, and all said there was no help for mc. My trouble was change of life. I suffered with ulceration of the womb, pain in sides, kidney and stomach trouble, back? ache, headache, and dizziness. I am well and strong, and fool like a Btw person. My recovery is a perfect surprise to everybody that knew mc. I Owe all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I would not do without your medicine for anything. There is no need of women suffering so much if they would take your remedies, for they are a sure cure." ? Maa, Charlotte Johnson, Monclova, Ohio. When one stops to think about the good Mrs. Johnson derived from Ilea, Pinkham's advice and medicine, it seems almost beyond belief; yet it is all true as stated in her three letters published above at lier own request. As'>a.,matter of positive fact Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of letters from women who have been safely carried through that danger period "Change of Life." Mrs. Johnson's euro is not an unusual one for Mrs. Pink? ham's medicine to accomplish. $5000 REWARD. -We hara deposited with Mi* National City Bank of Lynn. 50000, which will be paid to any person whocan timi that the above testimonial letters are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer's special per? mission. LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. A married couple living near Throop, Pa., who were childless, have adopted 14 children. To (ore a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Qoinink 'i'ABM*T8. AU afiiirgl-ts refund the m-iiiey if it fulls io cure, K.iV. Orovk's sScnature U on each box. :25c. 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