7hat Do They Cure? I
Tb above question Is often asked eon-
rrrnln Dr. Plcrw's two leading mcdl
lnos, "lclden Medical Discovery" and
Fnvorlte Prescription."
Tho answer is that, "Golden Medical
Discovery "Isn most potent, alterative or
llol-puri!iT. mvl tonic or Invignrator
and acts csocliilly f avert) My In a eura
Hv way upon nil thn mucous linlnir sur
faces, as. ( thn n;isal pas-mrcs, throat,
bronchial tulos. stomach, bowels and
Wa id-ifc-curlmi a larpn percent, nt catar
rbal caVes whether disease affect the
nasal paVstrcs. tho truant, larynx, bron
chia. RtomachNtas eatarHyjl dyspep'iaV,
bowels (as muoHirrtl bladder,
uterus or othor pTIvlc orga"n I.vn In
the rhjnnl pr i''.-"ra',i VP Mil CPS l'f ti-i-
ylt'1-''!! '' "ftj,ll fif ''"-t'll In atlcct-
for
Irrf eiiLii lli'-'LLiieul'-iil, tu. ij'itiLi'a'y. it
lit a powerful 1 (ji ntTy io tlim iiiviorat
Ing tonm and nervine. For weak worn
nut, over-worked wrnncn-iin mutter what
has caused tlif brcik-down, "Favorite
rescript loo "will lie lontid niift effective
la building tip the strength, renttlatinir
tho womanly functions. siilKlning pain
aud bringing about a healthy, vigorous
Condition of tlm whole system.
A book of part iculars vr:is each bottle
giving the formulof both nnsiiclnos nnd
quoting what scores of eminent med
ical authors, whose works ero consulted
by physicians of nil the school of practice
as guides in proscribing, say of each in
gredient entering Into these modirincs.
Thn words of pralso Iwstowod on tho
several Ingredients muring Into Jtootor
I'lerce'i medicines by such writers should
fcavo mom weight thnn tiny nmount of
toon - professional testimonials, because
Isueh men are writing for tin- guidance of
their mod leal brethren and know v hereof
they speak.
Both medicines arc non-alcoholic, non-r--et,
and rniitnln tio harmful halilt
forming drugs, lielng composed of glyceric
extraetsof tliotisitsnf native. American
medicinal forest plants They are Uitli
'old by dealers In medicine. Yon can't
'afford lo accept as it suh-tltuto fur one of
'those, medicines of known comitosition,
any secret nostrum.
Dr. Pierce's I'ellets. small, rutrar-conted,
rasv to take as candy, regulate and In
vigorate -tomnch. liver and bo""'.
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SNOB ON HIS TRAVELS.
Ill Dreadlh if View In Kelly lite
Provlnelnllsm lie Pcpttirrn.
Among travrled persons we find in
Rtanees of extreme "narrow-u Idcness."
Such people come home Ita vlnif. us they
ay, "knocked ahmit," ge:ienilly n it fur
rery long. The le civilized tho place
of their aujourii, the niont -crtiiln they
are tbat hucIi njourn xt-cl;-hes tho
mind, eays the Speetutor. 'J'he sisht
of a few Hack mirages lias insured
-many a mnn that he has euccocdod In
finding the phlloHopher'H stone. When
'h comes home lie tinds everything
"provincial." Hi friends may live In
the social renter of the most clvllJ.ed '
etty (whichever that Is) In the world,
hut because they have lived at home
they hare become "provincial" lu his
sight.
Why to stay a short w hllu In n hut In
a wilderness should ttach a ninn so
much tliat he could never leurn In a
villa In a suburb Jt is not easy to any
offhand. On the face of It. the latter
.would appear the better, center for ac
quiring knowledge. If one of Ills for
mer frtendfl shouM ask hliu for detail
about the .character or inhabitants of
the far country wherein lie has ac
quires bo much experience, lie will
prolmbly have less Information than
miglit bo found In any cheap book the
Inquirer could pick up. Very often one
might aa well look at a pedometer when
one wants to know the time as try to
find, out anything worth knowing about
a place from the man who lias been
jtherc.
What be uns learned 1b not about for
clgn parts, but about his own country
. .and lta affairs. In his wilderness he
has become enlightened upon the sub
ject of home politics, and he knows
'them to consist of a mass of parochial
details easily disposed of by a wlde
nilnded (traveled) man; and he knows
a great deal about European jwlltlcs,
.though be has been living out of Eu
rope. If men would but accept the key
of statecraft which he would give them,
nil wonld be well. If they would oeaso
ifrom the consideration cf political prin
ciples and think of present expediency,
If they would forget the past nnd not
'look to the future, they could, ho Is
certain, solve nil dlllicultles without so
much talk. They have nil, he argues.
Igot Into a groove. They think where
tbey are Is the hub of the tiulverse.
JThey ore so obstinate they will not be
lieve that the real hub U outside their
'little tracks altogether.
It lies around the hut where he lived
' with a few othor Kolcet ktsoiis. Illumi
nated by exile nnd the company nnd
example of an inferior race whnse Inn
guage they could not understand.
;unrd-1.
"Who Is that man linnsllng that this
little town has the best police protec
tlon of any town lu the couutryV"
"Why, that Ih Harker."
"But I tncught the only n!?ht 0(11-
cr In '.ho town had the halilt of sleep'
Ind on somebody's froirt step."
"Ves, ho sleeps on HarlierN front
tcps."
TrS THE FOOD.
Th Tra Wy to t'orrret Nvrvov
Troubles, '
Nervous troubles are more often
a used by Improper food and in discs
,tton than most people Imaslue. Kven
doctors sometimes overlook this fact
A man says:
' 'XJntll two years ago wa:lle and but
, 4r with meat aud gravy we.-o the main
feature's of my breakfast. Finally dy
pepsla came on and 1 fmr id uyself lu
, a bad condition, worse lu the morning
' -than any other time, 1 would have a
ftfl, tdck feeling in my stomach, wliU
it palos In my heart, sides ind head.
"At times I would have no appetlb1
for days, then I would feel in venous
never satisfied when I did tat and so
nervous I felt like shrlekl.u at the top
of my voice. I lost tics'; badly mil
jhardly knew which way in turn until
' :one day I bought a box of tlrapo-Nuts
food to see If I could eat tint. I tried
' 'it without telling the doctor, and liked
lit fine; made me feel as if I had some
thing to eat that was satisfying and
till I didn't have that heaviness that
I had felt after eating any other food.
"I hadn't drtuk any coffee then In
Ave weeks. I kept on with the Grape-
Nats and in ft month and ,i half I had
gained IS pounds, could cat almost any
thing 1 wanted, didn't feel badly after
eating and my iiervousnn was all
gone. It's a pleasure to he well again.
' ' Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Itead the book. The
Koad to WsIlTlIle," In pkgs. There's
m reason.
a Between- Two Fires
Cy ANTHONY MCPL
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he finds." Francis 13.ic.on.
CIIAI'TEK I.
There were fewer revolutions In Rot'th.
America than usual, nnd the I'anama
ranal had come to the front in ft promis
ing and progressive way, but thn ltepuh
llc of Aureataland was certainly not in
flourishing condition. Although most
happily situated (It lies on the coast,
rather to the north), aud gifted with an
extensive territory, nearly ns big as North
Dakota, It had yet failed tc make that
material progress which had been hoped
by Its founders. It is true that the ,S;ato
was still in its Infancy, being nn offshoot
from another nnd larger realm, and hav
ing obtained thn boon of freedom and self
government only ns recently as 1S71, af
ter a series of political convulsions of a
riolen chnracler, which may be studied
with advantage in the well-known history
of "The Making of Aureataland," by a
Itemed professor of the Jereminlt I.
Jecks University. This profound histo
rian la, beyond nil question, necurate In
attributing the chief share in the national
movement to the energy nnd ability of
the first President of Aureataland, - His
Excellency President Marcus W. Whit
tlngharn, a native of Virginia, Having
enjoyed a jiersonal friendship wilh that
tnlend man, as will subsequently appear,
I ban; great pleasujs in publicly endors
ing the professor's eiilogiiiin. Not only
did tho President bring Aurealnlnnd in!o
being, but he moulded her whole consti
tution. "It wns his genius" (as tin pro
fessor observes with propriety) "which
was fired with the idea of creating a truly
modern State, instinct with (he progres
sive spirit of the Anglo-Saxon race. It
was bis genius which cast acide the worn
out traditions of European dwin'nion, nnd
taught his fellow-eltlzens thai they were,
If not all by birth, yet one and nil by
adoption, sons of freedom." Any mis
takes In the execution of this fine con
ception must be set down to the fact that
the President's great powers were rather
the happy gift of nature than the result
f culture.
To this truth he was himself In no way
blind, and he was accustomed to attrib
ute his want of a liberal education to the
social ruin brought upon his family by the
American Civil War, and to the disloca
tion thereby produced in his studies.
Starting under the auspice of such a
gifted leader, and Imbued with so pohle
a seal for progress, Aureataland was, nt
the beginning of her history tin a nation,
the object of many fond and proud hones.
But In spite of the blnze of glory in
which her sun bad risen, her prosperity
was not maintained. The country was
well suited for agriculture and grazing,
but the population a very oueer mixture
of races was Indolent, and more given
to keeping holidays and festivals thnn to
honest labor. Most of them were uniutel-
llgenti those who were Intelligent mado
their living out of those who weren't, a
method of subsistence satisfactory to the
Individual, but adding little to tho nggre-
gate of national wealth. Only two classes
made fortunes of any size government
oQiclala and barkeepers and even in their
case wenltb wns not great, looked at by I
n English or American standnrd. Pro -
Auction wns slack, Invention nt a stnud-
still, and taxation heavy. Hie Presl-
dents talents seemed more adapted to
founding a State in tho shock and turmoil
of war, than to tho dull details of admin
istration; and although he wns nominally
assisted by a cabinet of three ministers,
and an assembly comprising twenty-five
memners, it was on nis snouiuors mat tne
real wort or government tell. On Him,
therefore, the moral responsibility must
also rest a burden the President bore
with a cheerfulness and equanimity al
most amounting to unconsciousness.
When I first set foot lu Aureataland
I was landed on the beach by a boat from
the steamer at the capital town of Whit
tiiigham. I wns a young man, entering
on my twenry-sixin year, nna lull or pride
ai uiumig myscu ni so enriy nn age sent
oui 10 nil wie responsioie position Ol man.
ger t our Aurestalnnd branch.. Tho
aireciors ui 11 1 onus were men pursuing
whitt fnRV vithfint linfntt-tinfta ha nlli..l ,.
. , . ..! , . '
avpniurous policy, ana. in response to
me ugm.L ruiirai ri mill Kmwing exnor-
V t I "-"'. nnu uccmeu
n csiauiisnins oiuncn ai imiingiiam.
I commanded a certain amount of inter-
si on me Donra, innsmucn ns uio cualr-
man oweu my miner a sum or money, too
.11 . - , t U..fc .. .
mnn iu iu. i.i.ou, u .oo largs IO pay,
. . lul' i'cn tor
novelty, I applied for the post, I sue -
ceeded In obtaining my wish nt a salary of
a hundred dollars a month. 1 am sorry
to say that in tho course of a Inter busi
ness dealing the balance of obligation
shifted from tho chairman to my father.
n unhappy event which deprived nic of
my hold on the company and serious! v in
flue need my conduct In later days. When
I arrived In Aureataland tho bank had
teen open some six months, under the
guidance of Mr. Thomas Jones, a steady-
going old clerk, who was In future to act
as chief and cashier under my orders.
I found Whittingham a pleasant little
city of aboot Cve thousand Inhabitant.
Bletur.netv .Itroit, n . fln. h.. .J
the spot where tho river Marcus debouch.
d Into the oeenn. Tho town wn l.nrirelv
composed of government buildings nndtccm, 0 S00 Je,1 oJ njnT. considering
Hotels, but there was a street of shops of
no mean order, and a handsome square,
called the "Plana 1S71." embellished win.
an eauestrlan statue of the Presldnn
Kound about this national monument
were a large number of sea s. aud. bard
bv. a cafe and bandstand. Here. I n
found, was the center of life lu the after- "Yes," said he steadily, "quite beyoud
noons and evenings. Going along a (ine suspicion. You see, Mr. Martin, in my
wnus of trees for half a mile or so you Position I am compelled to lu li!sral.
came to tho "Golden Ilonse." the Presl- The government cannot set other employ
dent's official residence, an Imposing villi tno example of grinding men down by
of white stone with a gilt statue of An owr wages. However, reasons apart, there
reatalund, a female figure sitting on a "1( l-ct. We cannot go on without'
ploughshare, and holding a sword in the mor money; nnd I may tell you. in con
right hand and a cornucopia in the loft, iidenee, that the political situat'.m mnkes
By her feet lay what was apparently n 11 Imperative we should go on. Not only
badly planned cunnon ball ; this. I learned, my personal honor pledged, but the oppo
was a nugget, and from Its presence and sition. Mr. Martin, led by the Colonel, is
the name of the palace, I gathered that making itself obnoxious yes, I may say
the President had once hoped to base vcr' obnoxious."
the prosperity of his young republic on "The Colonel, sir," said I. with a free-
the solid foundation of mineral wealth, dotn engendered of dining, "is a beaut."
This hops had been long abandoned. "Well." said the President, with a tol-
I have always hated hotels, so I lost erant smile, "ih Colonel, unhappily for
no time In looking round for lodgings the country, is no true patriot, lint he
suitable to my means, and was fortunnte I powerful ; he Is rich ! he is, under my-
enough to obtain a couple of rooms In the self alone, In command of the army. And.
bouse occupied by a priest. Father moreover, I believe he stands well with
Jacques lionrhrotlen. lie was a very good the Signorlna. The situation. In fact,
fellow, and though ve did not becomo in- Is desperate. I mnt have money. Mr.
timate, I could always rely on his cour- Martin. Will your directors make me a
tesj snd friendly services. Here I lived new loan?"
In great comfort at an expense of fifty I knew very well the fate thet would
dollars a month, stii I soon found that attend sny such spplieation. The direc-
tny spare fifty mads me a well-to-do man tors were already decidedly uneasy shout
I U-I.I..I i. A. - 3 '. V.J .
ID li Diitiufianm. crwruinjjij t man inr
ntrji &f all t)i kjiur hmiamK. Iftcliidtnv
the Golden House, and a very pleasant
little society we had. Decisional dances,
frequent dinners, and plenty of lawn ten
ta a4 billiard protsuud me bli U
tedium I lind eomonli.it feared, end the
yonna ladies of Wlilttinglism did their
boxt li solace my exila. As for business,
I found (he hank doing a sanll business,
but a tolerably sitisfaetory one, nnd if
we made some bad dch'.s, we got hils In
terest on the good ones, so that, one way
or another, I managed t send home pret
ty sitisfaetory reports, ami time passed
on quietly enough in spite of certain man
ifestations of d scontent among the popu
lation. These cMsttirblng phenomena were
first brought prominently to my notice at
the time when I hecamo involved In the
fortunes of the Aureataland national
debt, and as oil my story turns on this
Incident, it perhaps is a fit subject for n
new chapter.
CHAPTER II. ,
When our branch wns established nt
Whittinghnm there had been nn arrange
ment made between ourselves nnd the
government, by the terms of which we
v.erc to have the government business,
nnd to occupy, In fact milch that quasi
official position enjoyed by the Hank of
England nt home. As a quid pro quo, the
bnr.k was to lend to the republic the sum
of $r00,00 nt (i per cent. The President
was nt the timo floating a loan of one
million dollars for the purpose of works
nt the harbor of Whitliitgham. This as
tute ruler had, it scented, hit on the plan
of Instituting public works on a large
scale as a corrective to popular discon
tent, hoping thereby not only to develop
trade, but also to give employment to
many persons who. If unoccupied, became
renters of ngiltition. Such at least v
the official account of his policy; whethsr
It was the true one I saw reason tj
doubt Inter on. As regards this loan, mi
ollice was purely ministerial. The ar
rangements were duly made, the propel
guarantees given, ami the .Tune after my
arrival I had the pleasure of handing over
to the President the $."iOO.(00. I learned
from him on that occasion, that to his
great gratification, the balance of the loan
had been taken up.
"We shall make a start at once, sir."
said the President, In his usual confident
but quiet wiy. "In two years Whitting
hnm harbor will walk over the world.
Don't be afraid al out your Interest. Your
directors never r.indo a Letter invest
ment." I thanked his excellency nnd withdrew
with a peaceful mind. I had no respon
sibility In the matter, nnd cared nothing
whether the directors got their interest or
not. I was, howet-er, somewhat curious
to know who had taken up tho rest of the
loan, a curiosity which was no destined
to be ratufied for some time.
The works were begun nnd the Inter
est was paid, but I cannot say that the
harbor progressed rapidly; in fact, I doubt
If more thnn $100,000 ever found their
way Into the pockets of contractors or
workmen over tho job. The President had
some holes dug nnd some walls built ;
having reached that point, about two
years after tho iuterview ubove recorded,
he suddenly drew off the few laborers sltll
employed and matters came to a dead
(stop,
it wa- shortly after this occurrence
that I was honored with an Invitation to
dine nt the Golden House. It was in
the month of July. Needless to siy, I
accepted the invitation, not only because
it was in the nature of a command, but
q because tho President gave uncom
tnonly good dinners, nud. although a bach
Pior won ordered a household ns
i ilflVo ever known. Mv Beatification u-.ii
gTe,uy increased when, on my nrrival, I
fmlIi ivself the onlv met . nn.l r,.nii,i
that the President considered my society
in itself enough for nn evenings enter
tainment. It did cross my mind that this
might mean business, nud I thought it
none the worse for that.
We dined in the famous veranda, th
.rPIH, f go m.,ny Whittingham functions
Tne dinner was beyond reproach. Tin
l'res detit wns n clinrminir nn,r.!..
Though not, ns I have hiuted, a man of
,,. , cduentlon. ho had hnd a wide n
1 ... ......
I - I'" ..v .. ... ..
m.r nt Cc quiet nnd cordial, which set
m0 completely nt my ease. Moreover, he
vau m the compliment, nlwnys so sweet
i vnnih tntnrino , .... r .i.
w,.m win, ,.,i,..,-..i;,,' ,.n.i i.
inId me mnnr t ile, of hi- nuli... ,i.,,.
nnd n. fc tin. I h.n i.i. .......
1 -'-'-J"'"", ' "ii
versa! ion was naturally most Interesting
Ointier was over nnd the tsl.l.. dnnraJ
1 hnfom Hie imui.tnf -......, i t.,..i: 1 -
mrio. conversation. Then ha said sd-
denly :
"Mr. Martin, this country is in a peril
ons condition."
"iour cxeeHrncy," said I, "do you refer
to the enrlhquikc.' " (There had boon a
slicht shock n few days before.)
No, sir,' he replied, "to the finnnees,
The hnrbor works have proved far more
expensive thnn I anticipated. I hold in
my hand the engineer's certificate that
$!H)3,tHJ0 has been actually cx-nuuled on
'k'' ond "if. ."r0..!,ot lheJ-not by
m" T,
wrtaiuly wore not ; they wero
nlmUy brgun'
I ''ear me, I ventured to sny. "that
l"llu 81lnw " r
"You cannnt l,lbt tl'p certificate, Mr
Martin," said tho President.
I "' 'ubt tho certificate, md should
have liked to ask what fee the engineer
mul received. Hut I hastily ssid it was,
of course, beyond suspicion.
. I . . ! C . 1 . . '. . , I . ,. - I ... ,
i lunr utai innu , u.iri'ii':m'r nni nfct-n
! sm'kward nr;dtiAn. anrl thm phnh-ni!in hd
found no small difficulty in showing tail
the Invesimont wss likely to prove either
safe or rs-munerstive. Again, only a fort-
Igt befo the government bad made a
f'-enrir'.tprwrmi t.i ine en the same snH
Je, - rallied the directors, and reeeir
ed a prompt reply In the single word,
"Toot sums," which in our code meant,
"Mast absolutely nnd finally decline to
entertain nry applications." I communi
cated the contents of the cable to Senor
Don Antonio de In Casahinnca, thn min
ister of finance, who had, of course, com
municated them In turn to the President.
I ve .'.tired to remind his excellency of
these f.wN. lie had heard me wi'h silrrrt
nticntiua.
"I f. nr," t rnnrluded, "therefore, that
It is impossible fcr me to be of any assist
ance to your excellency."
t'.f nodded, and gave a slight sigh.
Then, with an air of closing the subject,
ho said :
"I suppose the directors are past rea
son. You occupy a very responsible po
sition here for so young a man, Mr. Mar
tin not beyond your merits, I am sure.
Thev leave you a pretty free hand, don't
they?"
I replied tha! as far as routine busi
ness went I (Vi much as seemed good in
my own eyes.
"Koullns bnslness? Including Invest
ments, for Instance?" he asked.
"Yes," said I : "Investments In the or
dinary course of business discounting
bills nnd putting money out on loan and
mortgage over here. I place the money,
nnd merely notify the people at home ol
what I have done."
"A most proper confidence to repose in
yon," the President was good enough to
say. "Confidence Is the life of business;
you must trust a man. It would be ah
Kurd to make you send home the bills,
nnd d.ods, nnd certificates, nnd what not.
Of course, liey wonldn't do that."
Though this wns a statement, somehow
it also sounded like a question,- so I an
swered :
"As n rule they do me the compliment
of taking my word. The fact Is. they are
ns your excellency says, obliged to trusl
somdiody."
"Exactly as I thought. And you soms
times have large sums to place?"
At this point, notwithstanding my re
spect for the President, I began to smell
a ri)t.
"Ob. no, si.," I replied, "usually very
small. Our business is not so extensive
ns we could wish."
Whatever," saiil the President, tool
ing me straight in the face, "whntevcf
may be usual, nt this moment you have a
arge sum a very respectable sum of
money in your safe at tho bank, waiting
for investment.
"How do you know that?" I cried.
"Mr. Martin ! It is no doubt my fault I
I am too prone to Ignore etiquette; hut
you forget yourself."
I hastened to apologize, although I wns
orct l.v certain the President was contem
plating a queer transaction, if not flat
burglary.
'Ton thoumnd pardons, your excellen
cy, fer my most unbecoming tone, bur.
may I ask how you became possessed of
this Information?"
".lanes told ine," he said, simply.
As ft would not have been polite to
expresf the surprise I felt at Jones' sim
plicity in choosing such a confidant, 1
held ivy pence.
(To be continued.)
HEW FACTS ABOUT POMPEII.
I'Hy rovel ever to Hare Been A
Seaport.
Tho question whether Pompeii was a
scayorc 111 the strict sense of tho word.
or whether it was separated from the
sou by n Rlrlp of land, wns solved de
facts, l't IS'O, by ti network of trenches
opiT.cs by Ituggcro ncross tho dis
puted district says Trof. Ltineiunl, In
Iiarpe?'s Weekly. It was ascertained
on tlile occasion that tiie story of n
t!ircT-!liisted ship, lu fact, of the flag
ship o Pliny, alleged to have been
fouu.J fear tlm farmhouse of Mcssiguu
In lfj:.' was absolutely groundless. Tlio
iiinsti). t oon and described by the naval
architect Giuseppe Negri, were simply
t mulls uf cypress trees. Many such
tt'titiliB 'if cypivssea have boon found
Klnoo. l'ltey measure, nu nn average.
1.-J2 ni' tlliiicter.s In circumference, .47
i'.iillit.icfr lu diameter, which kcuuir to
be t Iiu proper size for a tree do or
years nil. Their roots are still planted
In tin. entlipio humus of tho mouth of
the S; f's, whereas the trunks tiro cin
bodde.t 'n the laplll of tho eruption of
"!. Willi the help of those fossil re
mains t.o Hue of the ancient fcaconst
has ber traced from Ton-o Aiinuns'.lata
to Ctiitttlaiiiinare, crossing tho Klvcr
Santo ?K) feet nbovo its present
mouth, 'ilto picturesque rocks of Kovlg-
liytno, tfip petr.i lloivnlls of tho Ito-
mans, w'.lleh, before tho eruption, vcr
separate:! from tho mainland by a
clianin.l l.","0 meters wide, como now
within 4.'10 meters of the shore.
Amcirtj those who renmineu faithful
to duly In spite of tho appalling clr
cunist:.n;w, were tho few soldiers, gar-
flsonlr.j tho city. Sixty-three skeleton
have 1-0'n discovered In tho barracks.
These facts, which I have quoted
from moTiiory, prove that the number of
the vlct ins of the eruption within and
near tt Ill-fated city Is greater than
was gujiM-ully supposed namely, from
COO to .' for the portion excavated up
to 1SS! This portion represents four
tcnths cf the whole surface. If the
ratio b tho same for tho districts yet
unexplored, the total number of tin
victims may be pnt nt a minimum of
1".00. Admitting the number of 10,(XM
or 1 1 ,v; ns tho most probable for the
populatt.m, this means that of nine
IVuipoUus one perished, while eight
succeeded In snvlng their lives. The
latest c't'cnvery deserving consideration
Is that uf n trunk of laurel lnurua
iiobllis the plaster enst of which Is an
iiduilraMo reproduction. In the mass
of ttslicD In which the trunk lay burled
prints or marks of leaves nnd lxTrles
bairn Jaurl have been Identified lie-
yond diJ'tbt. The discovery, studied nnd
nnalyr.ed by tho professor of liotany In
tho l'nl?rflty of Naples and other end
nent specialists. Is very Important, be
cause It brings forth a new argument,
as decisive as It wus uncxiected, on
the conC'oversy ooniYrning tho exact
date of 'die eruption and of tho disap
pearance of Pompeii.
Utuenlnir Youthful Jujm.
"Jlgley says lie euj'iys watching
gnnio of haschnll now Just us much us
he did v heii he was n boy."
"Yes, fdever : heme la Jlgley's."
'What's that?"
"Wl'j, he aKvays carries into tho
g-aud I'and a piece of board with
knntliobi i'i It and peeps nt tho gumt
thrmixh tint." Philadelphia press.
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r -M.e. u is luny u
' l'f"h "'t contains Wi.4n0.000 stitch
! cs. Th wenvlng of It occupied tweuty
I eigut luau fourteen iiiontlis.
Mm
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WStete''i
I'ifteen years ago, when the Mnsiin-
Ic Temple, In Chicago, wits built, it
was the tallest building In the world.
It still holds its place ns the highest
business structure In Chicago, though
the limit has been outdone many times
In New York. Today such has been
the advance in sky-scruper engineer
ing thnt New York has now lu course
of construction n bnlldlug that will be
nearly twice us high ns the Masonic
Temple. The foundations for this new
est sky-piercer, which is to be 025 feet
high nbove the sidewalk, and has forty
one stories, are already In, nnd the
work of piling the structure skyward
has begun.
To conceive n forty-one story build
ing, with its roof three times ns high
In air as the steeple of Trinity church,
from which visitors formerly viewed
New York, challenges the imagination.
This sky-scraper "limit" Is being part
ly remodeled from the fourteen-story
Singer Building, and the eleven-story
BECOMES SISTER OF MERCY.
Countess l axninl, hum of Alice
llooxevt-lt, to Jlellre from World.
Not In a long time has Washington
society been more surprised than by
the report which comes from Paris thnt
Marguerite Countess Cassinl Is about
to retire from the world nnd assume
the black garb o.f the Sisters of Mercy.
The reason assigned for thl.s remark
able net on the part of the charmingand
ivaclous countess, aside from newly-
awakened religious promptings. Is that
she loves nnd is loved by a prime of
royal blo.od who can never marry her
except morganatlcally. Such a union
ould not lie brooked by the proud beau
ty whose years of training, lu the Uni
ted States. If nothing more, would serve
to. innke abhorrent such a "left-hand"
marriage.
Countess Cassinl 13 the niece of
Count Cassinl. for yclirs umbassador to
the United States nnd now ambassador
to Spain. She wns reared In the Ortho-
C'OCXTfcSS CASSINI.
dox Creek Church nnd her conversion
to, Itoninn Catholicism Is enough iu .t
self to make something of a sensation.
Her reign lu Washington us mistress ot
the Russlun legation and leader of the
ultru-fashlonuble younger set will not
soon be forgotten. Her beauty, her vi
vacity, her vigorous health, her wealth.
her self-confidence, her daring made he:
a notable figure In the society of tho
capital. So dominant did her Intiueni'e
become at one time that It was neocs
sary as a matter of self-preservatlrui
for the leaders of the older set to com
bine against her sway, and as a result
there sprung up two clrch-s one doml
tinted by tho clinrmlng countess and th'.
other by older und more conservative
women. As the close personal friend of
Alice Uoosovrlt she wns constantly
the limelight and she managed to keen
the ccuter of the stage for several years.
Kite was a daring horsewoman and
dally wus seen galloping through thy
streets and o venues of the capital and
pbw i, ski
Hourne offline building adjoining It on
Liberty street.
Only the Eiffel Tower, of all struc
tures reared by Ingenious men, rises
to a greater height than will this forty
one story building. But the openwork
Eiffel Tower is an engineering freak,
while the Now York sky-scraper will
be the business home of a multitude of
people.
In the very block on Broadway
where tho workmen are beginning to
rear this colossus, another equally won
derful offlee building Is to rise, more
roomy even than Its companion. Iu the
Singer building nlotie, nn army of 100,-
('00 men could find easy standing room
on Its nine nnd one-half acres of floor
space.
The drawing reproduced herewith
from the architects' working plans nnd
designs does not convey, at first glance,
an Idea of the ambitious scale on which
New York's sky-scraper "limit" Is
being erected. But everybody familiar
with tho downtown district of New
York will recognize In the foreground.
on the corner of Brondwny nnd Liberty
street, the old Benedict building. This
Is sis stories high. Fifty years ago It
was one of the tallest nnd finest build
ings In New York.
It Is ouly by comparing the Benedict
building with the forty-one-story Sing
er nnd Bourne structures now rising
skyward behind it that the Immense
height nnd capacity of the latter can
lie even faintly realized. Trinity
church is completely dwarfed, nnd so.
indeed, are most of tho famous oflioc
h oldings along Broadway, which were
once referred to as sky-scrapers, but
which are now beginning to present n
very shrunken appearance when com
pared with their lofty neighbors.
Within less than a year the aspect
of Broadway, from Cortlnndt street
down to Trinity church, will bo totally
changed, nnd the finest street vista In
the world will be seen. The greatest
buildings in the world will by thnt time
bo grouped on these four blocks, tower
ing far above everything else In the
city.
The necessity for such buildings in
New York, or the desirability, Is indi
cated by the fact that the Bourne
Singer building, if one-story, would cov
er twenty-nine of tho city blocks sur
rounding It. These blocks, or most of
them, are not large, however. Still, If
one of the modern buildings requires
such enormous space If built low, the
excuse for extreme height In a city
whore the sky-scraper district is limit
ed, us in New York, becomes apparent
The sky-scraper is unknown in Eu
rope, nnd, furthermore, is undeslred.
In Berlin no building may be more
than one-half again as high as tho
street on which It Is located is wide.
About the same standard, subject to
various minor modifications, prevails
in the other large European cities. Few
buildings in Ixmdon or Paris ure more
than six or seven stories high. Farther
east in Europe the standard Is even
lower.
through the country roads nnd lanes of
the contiguous country. She was also
gifted with great histrionic ability nnd
her amateur theatricals were a feature
of Washington entertainments. Gay al
most to boldness, free almost to man
nlshness, daring to the uttermost limit,
she made Washington gasp on ninny an
jccaslon.
CANNIBAL WANTS TEACHERS.
KIuk of dniittiu onTers Rewards
to
1'riii it Amerlcm Kdoraton,
Tho King of Gazuin wants teachers,
preferably your.g men with college ed
ucations, refinement of manners, pleas
ant address and a fair knowledge of
medicine and plant life, says the New
York Herald. He wants them as soou
as possible, and he thinks be is offer
ing a golden opportunity to youths with
ambitions to become famous in West
Africa. To those who will Join the
monarch's household nnd seek to iu-
struct his adherents the best habitation
'.In the land of the (Inzuiu, the finest of
the cattle, and, in brief, the best that
an be furnished him, will be given.
flic monarch Is extremely generous
with his means and the pay will be
very liberal.
The king, however, is a cannibal, und
he Is having considerable difficulty in
obtaining men to fill the Jobs. Infor
mation about the positions Is giveu
by Charles Kurtzhall of East Wul-
nut lane, Ciermuntown. Mr. Kurtzhall
Is the secretary of the Sudan United
Mission nnd Is thoroughly familiar
with the northern Nigeria country.
Several years aga he met the King of
the Oazum. The king told til in that
It was true that ho occasionally feast
ed on human tlesh and was surprised
to learn that his favorite dish was
never served at any banquets In the
white man's country.
The king, however, stated that It was
seldom that he ate any young persons,
but always served tho aged and sick
persons. There aro no cemeteries iu
the land of the Cazum.
"It would lie n pity to waste the
meat." said the king to Mr. Kurtzhall.
The laud of the tSar.um is situated in
tho heart of northern Nigeria, which is
now under the domination of the Eng
lish. He Is a powerful monarch with
in his realm, but, excepting his canni
bal tastes. Is said to lie a kindly dis
posed king.
The faithful White Mnle.
A Georgia man has written the fol
lowing in au oak slab which marks a
supposed grave In a meadow :
'This sixit is sacred to tho memory
of a faithful animal n white mule,
bom ten years before tne civil war,
and went through that war nn a rush,
from Bull Uun to Iee'a surrender. We
ain't certain that tlui mule died here.
but when last seen tho faithful critter
was gruniug on this Identical spot and
trying to kick n lightning-flush back t
the clouds."" Atlanta Constitution.
Dyspepsincf Women
Caused by Fem&lo DiscrJ:rs and Cured by
L)di E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound
A great many women suffer with a
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which;
does not seem to yield to ord iuury treat-;
inent. While the syniptomssccm to bo
similar to those of ordinary indiges
tion, yet the medicines universally pre
scribed do not mtiii to rentore the pa
tient's normal condition.
Mrs. Pinltham cliiims that there is a
kind of dyspepsia that is caused by a
derangement of tho female organism,
and which, while it canses a disturb
ance similar to ordinary indigestion,'
cannot be relieved without a medicine
which not only acts as a stomach tonic,
but has a peculiar tonic effect on the fe
male organism.
As proof of this theory wo call at
tention to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn. N. Y., who was
completely cured by Lydia E. Pink
liam's Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. Kiss writes :
" For two years I suffered with dyspepsia
which so ()egenertitsi tho entire system that I
wns nimble to attend to my daily duties. I
felt weak nnd nervous, und nothing thnt I ate
Instill good and it caaseiiadisturtiBneein my
stomach. I tried different dyspepsia cures,
but nothing reemed to belli ine. I was ad
vised to give I.vilia K. PiekVun's Vegetable
Couqiound a trial, nnd was happily surprised
to find thnt it ai'tisi likn a tine tonic, and in a
few days I liegan to enjoy and properly digest
my food. My recovery was rapid, and in
five weers I was a well winin. I have rec
ommend. 1 it to many suffering women."
No other medicine in .tho world has
received such widespread and unquali
fied endorsement or has such a record
of cures of fcmaletroulilcs. as hasLydia
P.. Pinkliam's Vep-etalde Compound.
Cctton is now produced artificially
from pine wood. The fibers are broken
up and chemically tree ted to dissolve
out all except the cella'ose.
EOY'S HEAD ONE SOLID SOEE.
Hil All Came Out Under Doctor
Three Months and No Better
Cuticura Works Wonders.
Mr. A. C. Barnett, proprietor of a
general store lu Avard. Oklahoma,
tells in the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his sou of a ter
rible eczema: "My little boy had
eczema'.. Ills head was one solid sore,
all over his scalp; his hair all came
out. and he suffered very much. I
had n physician treat him, but at the
end of three months he was no bettor.
1 remembered that the Cuticura Reme
dies had cured me, nnd after giving
him two bottles of Cuticura Besolv
cut, according to directions, and using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment on hint
daily, his eczema left him, his hair
grew again, nnd ho ha.s never had any
eczema since. We use the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, and they keep our
skin soft nud healthy. I cheerfully
recommend the Cuticura Itemedies for
all eases of eczema. A. G. Barnett,
Mar. 30, 1!)05."
Natives HeluK llvlerniliinteil.
Tho Bushmen, the predominating
tribe in South Africa loss than a hun
dred yours ago, have been killed, off
like wild beasts by the Boers und En
glishmen. They were shot on sight
like tigprs and lions. Very few es
caped the slaughter and these are
now only to be seen In the great
Kalahari desert, where they are, at
least for the present, out of reach of
the murderous whites.
The pygmies hold their own in the
great forests of the interior, where
they will remain unmolested until the
whites lay their hands on the valu
able timber which now constitutes
tholr shelter, when the same fate will
be meted out to them as their kin,
the Bushmen, have met.
All lu the Point of View.
"It's a terrible thing to lead a dog's
life!" panted the cur with the tin can
attachment, crawling into a corner to rest
himself.
"O, I don't know," contentedly an
swered tho lap dog.
HOW DEBILITY
SHOWS
And Why Dr. Williams Pink Pi:;
Are a Specific for Dangerous
Physical Declines.
The symptoms of general debility vary
according to tho cause but weakness is
always present, a tendency to pcrspiru
and fatigno easily, ringing in the ears,
sometimes blacic spots issuing before
the eyes, weak buck, vertigo, wakeful
ness caused by inability to stop thinking,
nud nurcfiesliiiig sleep. The etui so of
tho trouble may bo smite druiu on tlm
system or it may bo mental or physical
overwork, sometimes in.siillloioiit nutri
tion due to digestive di jturbauce. In
thn la tter case there is goiiorully loss of
appetite and a coated tongue ua well u
(,'ciicrul languor nud debility.
Miss Li.lu M. Mctgcr, u stenographer,
livingat "1 Mill street, Wntortowu, N.Y.,
suffered for over ti year from general
debility. "It wnscutiscd by oversiudy,"
she says, "and I hail no ambition, didn't
want to go anywhere, my food didn't
taste giKsl, I wus run down, litclchM and
listless. 1 took medicines but they failed
to help mo. Filially friends reioiu
mended Dr. Williams' l'ink Pills to my
mother ami she got s uuo for me. I look
them for soiiio time nud wns entirely
etitvd nnd have hud no return of thu
trouble."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills euro debility
because they actually lunko new, ed,
rich IiIikkI, and us the blixsl curries
nourishment to all the orpins a ml tissues
of the body, nerves as well as muscles,
the new blood stimulates the organs to
do the work that nature expects of them
nnd normal health follows. Not ouly
is this treatment sulticieiit to cure de
bility but many severe nervous disorders
as well.
The pills are sold by all druggist s, or
will be sent iut paid, on receipt of price,
60 cents per box, six boxes j.DO, by lh
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., bchcueo
tady, N. Y. Send for free diut book.