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MAGNIFICENT NATUEAL ARCH.
Iniioilnv Rnlrnnrg to Car that
RlTala Mammoth' Wonders.
Some Heventeen miles south of Wood
bury, Tenn., a magnificent natural arch,
some forty feet la height, proclaims tho
mouth of Espy's cave. This cavo Is a
mlnlatuft: wonder of the world. The
arrh maintains Its great height for
some fifty feet back Into the care. At a
distance of about 100 feet from the
mouth there Is a fork In the passngo
;vay. Down one fork one can go on foot for
bout a hulf mile, until stopped by a
pool of 'water. This water, which Is
blnck, completely fills the passage. The
walls of the cave are bright with white
stone, but one sees a very different
rlow when looking at this pool of
water.
Soundings have been made, but for
a depth of some 500 feet no bottom can
be found. I-'lsh aro In tho water. The
passageway Is thick with stalactites.
The other passage Is where tho reul
Ix-auty lies.
For about half a mile this passage Is
one continuous cavern of beauty. To
I he right Is a room, tho beauty of which
iniuRt rival even the caverns of Luray.
The celling of' this room rises to a
height of forty feet. In the center of
';he room Is a table whereat giant could
.'have seated themselves without ineoii
venlence. All around the room one enn
.-see beauty which has heretofore been
iimoqualed this side of the Mammoth
Cove. Beyond tho door of this apart
iment the foot of white man never trod
wlolig tho pussage. Either their heart
fulled to support thein or their oil gave
out. I! ut tho latter Is always claimed
.to have been the case. '
I Some of the would-be explorers ate
'frank enough to admit that they do uct
' wish to go buck In the cave again. Out
side fne mountains rise to a great
height in each Bide of the cave, which
. ends a nlley.
I ' A Donarr Avoided.
It was wise young man who paused
before ho answered tho widow who had
isked him to guess her age. "Yon must
have some idea about it," "he said,
with what was intended for an arch
tldewlse glance.
i "I have several ideas," he admitted,
with a sin lie. "Tho only trouble Is
that I hesitate whether to make you
ten years younger on account of your
ooks or ten yeurs older on account of
your brains."
Then, while the widow smiled and
'Mushed, bo took a graceful but speedy
Peeve. Youth's Companion.
Considerate.
1 In a country church one Sabbath,
ts the congregation were rising for tho
first hymn, an old lady entered the
church at the same time. She hold up
ber hand, exclaiming: "Keep your
eats. Lost), ye necdim a tine, though I
have come in." IondoryErpresa
DR. TALKS 07 FOOD
Pre. ( Board of Health.
. "What shall 1 eat?" la the dally In
quiry the physician Is met with. I do
not hesitate to say thut In my Judg
ment a large percentage of disease 1
caused by poorly selected and improp
erly prepared food. My personal ex
perience with the fully-cooked food.
known as Graie-NutB, enubles me to
a.ieuk freely of Its merits.
"From overwork, I suffered several
years with malnutrition, palpitation of
the beurt, and loss of sleep. Lust sum
mer I was led to exiciimeut personally
with the new food, which I used In con
junction with good rich cow's milk. In
a short time after I commenced its use,
the disagreeable symptoms disappeared,
my heart's action became steady and
' normal,' the functions of the stomach
were properly carried out and I again
l1t as soundly uud as well as lu my
ydutn.
"I look upon Grnpe-Nuts as a perfect
food, and no one can gainsay but that
it has a most promlneut place in a rn
tlonal, scientific system of feeding. Any
one w-ho uses this food will soon be con
rlnced of the soundness of the principle
uiMin which It Is manufactured and may
thereby know the facts as to its true
worth," Uead "The Uoad to Wellville,1
In pkgm "There's a Uenson."
Ever read the above letter? A
new ens appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
smmaa Interest.
CARTERS
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iIKENSIBE
MRS. MARY
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'MeaMwtrMk." " Imrtst la
Artkar
CHAPTER XIX. (Continued.)
He was very pule, and the grcnt sweat
Iropi stood on his forehead and und-r
tila white hair, but Muddy wiped them
wway and listened with a breaking heart
while the sgfd disciple, almost home told
her of the peace, the joy, that shone
around his pathway to the tomb, and of
the everlasting arm bearing him so gently
over Jordan. Then he talked of herself,
blessing her for all she had been to him,
telling her how happy she had made his
life since she came home to stay, and
how for a time he had ached so with fear
lest she should choose to go bark nud
leave him to ft stranger. "P.ut my darling
stayed with her old grandpa. She'll nev
er be sorry for It, never. I've tried you
sometimes, I know, for old folks ain't
like young; but I'm sorry, Maddy, and
you'll forget It when I'm gone, darling
Maddy, precious child"; and the trem
bling hand rested caressingly on her bow
ed head as grandpa went on to speak of
bli affairs, his little property which was
hers after the roortgnge to Mr. Guy was
psld. "I've kept up the Interest," he
said, "but I could never get him to take
any of the principal. I don't know why
h is so good to me. Tell him, Maddy,
bow I thanked and blessed him just be
fore. I died; tell blra'how I used to pray
for him every day that be might cMoose
the better part And he will I'm sure
he will, some day. He hasn't been hero
of late, and though my old eyes are dim, I
can see that your step has got slow, and
your face whiter by many shades, since he
etacd away. Maddy, child, the dead tell
no secrets, and I shall soon be dead. Tell
me, then, what It Is between you two.
Dots my girl love Mr. Guy?"
"Oh, grandpa 1 grandpa !" Maddy moan
ed, laying ber head beside bis own on the
pillow.
It would bs a relief to talk with some
one of that terrible pain, which grew
worse every day ; of that Intense longing
Jnst for on sight of the beloved one ;
of Guy, still absent from Aikcnside, wan
deylng nobody knew where; and so Mad
dy told the whole story, while the dying
man listened to her, and smoothing her
silken hair, tried to comfort , her.
"The worst Is not over yet," he said.
"Oay will offer to make you his wife, sac
rificing Lucy for you, and if he does,
what will you do?" -
Maddy's heart leaped up Into her throat
and for a moment prevented her from an
swering, for tho thought of Guy's really
offering to make her his wife, to shield
her from evil, to enfold her in t tender
love, made her giddy with joy. Hut It
could not be; she answered through ber
tears :
"I shall tell him no."
"God bless my Maddy I She will tell
him no for Lucy's sake, and God will
bring It right It last," tho old man whis
pered, bis olee growing very faiut end
tremulous. "She will tell him no, ua
kept repeating, until, rousing up to great
er consciousness, be spoke of Uncle Jo
seph, and asked what Maddy would do
with him ; would she send him bark to the
asylum, or care for hlra there? "lit
will be happier here, h said, "but it 1
asking too much of a young girl like you.
lie may live for years."
"I do not know, grandpa. I bope I
tfiay do right. I think I shall keep Uncle
Joseph with me," Maddy leplied, a shud
der creeping over her as she thought of
living out al! her youth and possibly
middle i with a lunatic.
Ili ner grandfather's whispered bless
ing brought comfort with them, and a
Calm quiet fell upon her as she sat there
listening to the words of prayer, and
catching now and Iheu her own name
and that of Guy's.
"I am drowsy, Maddy. Watrh while
I sleep.. Perhaps I'll never wake again,"
grandpa said, and clasping Mmhly's hands
he fell away to sleep, while Maddy kept
utr watch beside him, herself falling
into a troubled sleep, from which she was
aroused by a clammy hand pressing ou
her forehead, and Uncle Joseph's voice,
hlch said: "Wake, my child. There's
been a guest here while you slumbered,"
and he pointed to the rigid features of the
newly dead.
CHAPTEK XX.
Of the days which followed, Maddy
had no distinct consciousness. She only
knew that other hands than hers cared
for the dead, that In the little parlor a
stiff, white figure lay, that neighboring
women stole In, treading on tiptoe, and
speaking in hushed voices as they con
sulted, not her, but Mrs. Noah, who had
come at once, aud cared for ber and hers
kindly. That she lay all day In her
tit room, where the summer breeze blew
softly through the window, bringing the
perfume of summer flowers, the souud of
a tolling bell, of grinding wheels, the
notes of a low, sad hymn, sung In falter
ing tones and ot many feet moving from
the door. Then friendly fac looked in
upon her, asking how she felt, and whls
ertag ominously to each other as she an
swered ;
"Very well; Is grandpa getting better?"
Then Mr. Noah sat with her for a
Urns, fanning her with a palm-leaf fan
and brushing the flies away. Then Flora
cam up with a man whom they called
"Doctor," and who gnv her sundry little
fills and powders dinsolved lu wMer, af
ter which they all went out and left her
(hers with Jessie, who had lieen crying,
and whose soft little hand felt ho cool
en her hot head, and whose klssrs on lur
lips niadu the tears start, and brought a
thought of Guy, making her ask, "if he
was at the funeral."
"No," JeRsio Kniit ; "mother wauted to
write and tell him, but we don't know
where hfl Is."
And this was all Maddy could recall ot
'he days succeeding Hie niht of ber !ut
watch at her grandfather' side, until on.-
imliny August afternoon, when m, ihr
Xlonedale hills there lay that K...iy hi;?.,
so like tho nu'uiiin lime li:uriiu o:t
space, and when through her opu win
dow stole the fru.:raiice of ili l.i ; , i
summer Dowers. Then, ns if wal;ne from
an ordinary sleep, i-hc wi.'.;e k n! I u:y t
eousclotisne, a.id Mar lug nl.om i;.
room, wondered .f ir u re us In i s :l.e
western sun would iudicate, uud lio.v ;
fame to sleep so long. IV a while
my thinking, and mi the thought, a m.1
cone came back to her, a night when I,
hot bands had been enfolded in tho-e of
the dead, and that dead her gr.imU.Mli. i .
Maddy sank upon the bed, luoiuiu- to
bcrnelf, "Yes, grandpa Is dead. 1 re
member now. l!ut Uncle Joseph, win re
Is he? Can he, too, hav di 'd wit '.'mi
ni y knowledge'" and i-he looke! .iro.uil
In vain for the lunatic, not a Crnee o;
whom was to be fonud. His room was
la perfect order, as was everything about
be aouM, showing that Floia was siill
J. HOLMES
" '- UnaWurf tk "lib tt," "Leal tlrwt,"
Stiic," "tot)i Mauac," etc
the domestic goddess, while Maddy also
detected various things which she recog
nired as having come from Alkenside.
Who sent them? Did Guy, and had he
hecn there, too, while she was sick? The
thought brought a throb of joy to Maddy's
heart, but it soon passed away as she be
gan again to wonder If Uncle Joseph, too',
li::d died, and where Flora was. It was
not fur to the Honedale burying ground,
Mnddy could see tho headstones from
w here she sat gleaming through the Au
gust sunlight; could discern her mother's,
nnd kiw that two fresh mounds at least
were made hesdde It. Hut were there
three? Was Uncle Joseph there? Ily
stealing across the meadow in the rear
of the house tho distance to the grave
yard was shortened more thah half, and
could not be more than the eighth part of
a mile. She could walk so far, she knew.
The fresh air would do her good, and
hunting up her long unused hat, the Im
patient girl started, stopping once or
twice to rest as a dizzy falntness came
over her, and then continued on until the
spot she sought was reached. Three
graves, one old and sunken, one made
when last winter's snow was on the hills,
the other fresh and new. That was all ;
Uncle Joseph wns not there, and vague
terror entered Maddy's heart lest he had
ben taken back to the asylum.
"I will get him out," she said; "I will
take rare of him. I should die with
nothing to do; and I promised grand
pa "
She could get no farther, for the rush
of memories which came over her, and
seating herself upon the ground closs to
the new grave, she laid her face upon it,
and sobbed plteously :
"Oh, grandpa, 1'ip so lonely without
you all ; I almost wish 1 was lying here
in the quiet yard."
Then, a torrn of tears ensued, after
which Maddy grew calm, and with her
head still bent down, did not hear the
rapid step approaching, the manly step
coming down the grassy road, coming past
the marble tombstones, on to where that
wasted figure was crouching upon the
ground. There It stopped, and In a half
whisper called, "Maddy I Maddy I"
Then, Indeed, she started, and lifting
up her head, saw before her Guy Rem
ington. For a moment she regarded him
intently, while he said to her, oh, so
kindly, bo pityingly:
'Toor child, you have suffered so much,
and I never knew of It till a few days
ago."
Maddy stretched her hands toward him,
moaning out:
"Oh, Guy, Guy, where have yon been,
when I wonted you so much?"
Muddy did not know what she was say
ing, or half comprehend the effect It had
on Guy, who forgot everything save that
xhe wanted him, bad missed him, had
turned to him In her trouble, and It was
not in bis nature to resist her appeal.
With a spring he w'as at her side, and
lifting her In his arms, seated himself
ui.on her mother's grave ; then straining
her tightly to his bosom, hs klased her
again and again. Hot, burning, passion
at kisses they were, which took from
Mrfddy all tho power of resistance, even
hs i she wished it, which she did not. Too
weak to reason, or see the barm, If harm
there were, in being loved by Guy, she
abandoned herself for a brief Interval
to the bliss of knowing that she ws be
loved, and of hearing him tell ber so.
"Darling Maddy," he said, "I went
away because you sent ae, but now I
have come back, and nothing shall part us
again. You are mine; I claim you here
at your mother's grave. Precious Maddy,
I did i not know of all this till three days
ago, when Agnes' letter found me almost
at the Rocky Mountains. I wish I had
come before, now that I know you want
ed me. Say that again, Maddy. Tell me
that you missed me."
lie was smoothing i ber hair now, as
her head still lay pillowed upon his
breast, so he could not see the spasm of
pain which contorted her features as be
thus appealed to her. Half bewildered,
Maddy could not at first make out wheth
er It were a blissful dream or a reality,
her lying there in Guy's arms with his
kisses on her forehead Hps, and cheeks,
his words of devotion In her ear, and the
awft summer sky smiling down upon her.
Alas, it was a dream from which she was
a wakened by the thought of one across the
sea, whose place she had usurped, and
tills It was which brought the grieved ex
pression to ber face as she answered
mournfully :
"I did want you, Ouy, when I forgot;
but now oh, Guy Lucy Atherattme!" '
With a gesture of Impatience Ouy was
about to answer, when something in the
heavy fall of the little hand from his
shoulder alarmed him, and lifting up the
drooping head, bo saw that Maddy bad
fainted. Then back across the meadow
Guy bore her to the cottage, where Flora,
just returned from a neighbor's, whither
she had gone upon an errand, was look
ing for her in much affright.
Up again into her little chamber Mad
dy was carried and laid upon the bed,
which she never left 'until the golden
harvest sheaves were gathered In, and the
hot September sun was ripening the fruits
of nutumn. But now she had a new
nurse, a constant attendant, who during
the day seldom left her except to talk
with aud amuse. Uncle Joseph, mourning
below becuuse no one sang to him or no
ticed him as Maddy used to do. lie hail
not been scut to the asylum, as Maddy
fen red, but by way of relieving Flora hud
been tiiken to Farmer Green's, where he
win no homesick mid discontented that at
tli.y's instigation he was suffered to re
turn to the cottage, crying like a little
child when ihe old familiar spot was
mulled, kissing his armchair, the cook
love, the touts, Mrs. Noah, and Fra,
an I timidly ofteriug to kivs the Lord tlov
i mi ir himself as be pcrsis'.ej in calling
li..i, who (helmed the honor.
(Juy had p'.ssed through several states
of i aim! during the interval in which we
i i've e. ii mi little of him. Furious at
cn ti ii'. ..n I reckless as to consequences,
he l:a.l determined to break with Lucy
and marry Maddy, in spite of everybody;
then, n ; u . r.se of l.ou.ir came over him,
he ro'olved to fjrget Maddy, If possible,
and marry Lucy at once, It was in this
!at mood, and while roaming over ilia
vest em country, whither after his ban
Miment he had gone, that he wrote to
I.ccy a mini: kiud ot letter, saying be
hud v.aiiel fr her long enough, and,
siik or w 'll, he s'ioi hi claim ber the com
ing uuruii.u. To lliU litter Lucy bad re
sponded nuitkly, Nweetly reproving Guy
'or his Impatience, softly hinting that
latterly he had been quite a culpable as
l:eielf In the matter of deferring their
union end appointing th wedding day
for December. After this was settled
Guy felt better, thong the old sors spot
In his heart, where Maddy Clyde had
beetle was very sore still, and sometimes
It required all his powers of self-control
to keep from writing to Lucy and asking
to be released from an engagement so Irk
some as his had become. Neglecting to
answer Agnes' letters -$-ben bs Crst left
home, she did not know where be waa un
til a short time before, when she wrote
epprlsing him of grandpa's death nd
Maddy's severe illness. This brought
him, while Maddy's Involuntary outburst
when she met him in the graveyard,
.changed the whole current of his Inten
tions. Let what would come, Jiaaay
Clyde should be his wife, nnd as such he
watched over her, nursing her back to
life, and by his manner effectually silenc
ing nil remark, so that the neighbors
whispered among themselves what Mad
dy's prosperts were, and, as was quite
natural, were a little more attentive to
the futurp lady of Alkenside. Poor Mad
dy 1 it wns a terrible trial which await
her, but It must be met, nnd so with pray
ers and tears she fortified berselJ to
meet It, while Guy, the devoted lover,
hung over ber, never guessing of nil that
wns passing In her mind, or how, when
he was out of sight, the lips he had long
ed so much to kiss, but never had since
that day In the graveyard, quivered with
anguish as they nsked for strength t6 do
right. Oh, how Maddy did love the man
she must give up, nnd how often went up
the wailing cry, "Help me, Fsther, to do
my duty, and give me, too, a greater in
clination to do it than I now possess."
Maddy's heart did fail her sometimes
and she might have yielded to the tempta
tion, but for Lucy's letter, full of eager
anticipations of the happy time when
she and Guy should never part again.
"Sometimes," she wrote, "there comes
over me a dark foreboding of evil a fear
that I shall miss the cup now within my
reach; but I pray the bad feeling away.
I am sure there is no living being who will
come between ns to break my Heart, And
as I know God doeth all things wel!, I
trust Him wholly, and cease to doubt."
It was well the letter came when it
did, as It help?4 Maddy to meet the hour
she so much dreaded, and which ' came 1
had gone to Alkenside, and Flora had
gone on an errand to a neighbor's, two
miles away, thus leaving Guy free to tell
his story, the old, old story, yet always
hc.fr to him who tells It and her who lis
tens story which, as Guy told It, sitting
by Maddy's side, with her hands In his,
thrilled her through and through, making
the sweat drops start out around her lips
and underneath her hair story which
made Guy himself pant nervously and
tremble like a leaf so earnestly he told
it ; Vow long hs had loved her, of the plc
turs withheld, the jealousy he felt each
tlmt the doctor named her, the selfish Joy
he Mpertenced when he heard the doctor
was refused ; told of his growing dissatis
faction with his engagement, his frequent
rescJves to brt&k It, bis final decision,
which that sceoe in the graveyard had
reversed, and then asked if she would not
be his not doubtfully, but confidently
eagjrly, as if sure of her answer.
(To be continued.)
MEXICO'3 HAEDWOODS.
Material for the Woodworker
Which I.lttlo Use I Made.
"f was aiuaeed at the almost luflnlU
variety of woods of value to wood
workers that are growing In the forests '
of tropical Mexico," said a timber ex
pert who recently made a tour of that
part of Mexloo, to the New York Sun
man. "There aro several varieties of
mahocany, cedar, oak, rosewood, eb
ony, dyewoods aud endless other hard
wojds with Spanish names, but orre-
BDondlna to our hickory, cherry ana
tier fine American woods that are now
extremely scarce nnd costly.
"Many of these tropical woods are)
a strong as Iron. While the mahogany, :
codar. rosewood and dyewood are wen
known to ua through Importations from j
tliere, toe unknown varieties oi woou .
th:tt are Just as valuable are quite as J
plentiful. i
"Among these is one coiled zapote, f
which grows to n great size. AltJiougn
tb wood of this tree has peculiarly
valuable quailtlel for lumber It Is sel
dom used In that way, tn tree Dcing
valued merely as the producer of chicle.
the sav which forms tUe basis lor most
chewing giiW
"The wood of the zapote tree Is dark
red. nnd Is easily worked until thor
oughly seasoned, when only the finest
edged tools will have any effect on It,
and a sharo pointed nnll la driven Into
It with dlflloulty. The fiber of the wood
Is so dense that the wood sinks ia j
water like iron. j
"In the prehistoric regions that .
abound In these Mexican tropica are i
timbers and door frames that are aa j
perfect to-day as when they were first i
placed la position. The wood takes a j
magnificent nnlsn, ns do nearly ail
these Mexican hard woods, and would
be a rare article for the cabinetmaker.
"There ia an odd wood among these
forests known as the gran tree, which
when tapped yields a black Bap, which
1b sent in large quantities to Germany,
where it is used in the making of Ink
and dye. Another tree yields a Bap that
Is a deep red nnd Germany also takea
largely of It for the manufacture of
dyes.
"Besides these that abound in that
part of Mexico there are vast areas of
pine, a timber that resembles our pop
lar and different kinds of oak. Mucli
to my surprise, more than 0.000 feet
above the sea I found a big sawmill la
active operation, with a Yankee rrom
Maine at the head of It.
"And he wasn't bothering with such
commonplace logs us mahogany, eb
ony, cedar, rosewood or su-.'li as that,
but wns cutting nway at tho white pine
ond onk, for those uro the woods that
the native buyers and users of timber
demand. As a matter of fact, a Mexi
can lumber dealer would be willing to
trade you mahogany for our yellow
plue, log for log."
There Is a little story going round
the lli use of Commons about a certain
member who abstained from voting on
the deceased wife's sister bill. Ques
tional by one of bis frleuds as to the
reason for his abstention, he replied:
"Well, my dear fellow, it's Just like
this my wlmo has a sister."
The Drltlsh Museum contains books
written on oyster shells, bricks, tiles,
boues. Ivory, lend, Iron, sheepskin and
palm loaves.
Boyee I understand that Smith la
a pieceworker? Joyce Yes; ba
hash la a restaurant
I Old Favorites $
On tlie llnnk of the Wabash.
(touiid my Indiana homestead we.vo the
cornfields,
In the distance loom the woridlnnds,
clear end cool ;
Often times my thoughts revert to scenes
of childhood,
Where 1 first received my lessons na
ture's school.
Lilt one thing there is missing in the
picture,
Willi. ml her face It seems so incom
plete. I Ions to M'e my mother in the doorway.
As she stood there years ago, her boy
to greet.
ciioni'S.
Oh, the moonlight's fair to-night along
the Wabash,
From the fields there comes the breath
of new-mown hay ;
Through the sycamores the candle light is
gleaming,
On the bunks of the Wabash, far away.
Many years have passed since I strolled
by the river,
Arm in arm with sweetheart Mary by
my side ;
It was there I tried to tell her that I
loved her,
It was there I begged her to bo my
bride.
Long years have passed since I strolled
through the churchyard,
She's sleeping there, my angel Mary
dear; I loved her, but she thought I didn't
mean it, .
Still I'd give my future were she only
here.
Paul Dresser.
l.i the Miade ot the Old Apple Tree.
The oriole with joy was sweetly singing,
The little brook was babbling its tune,
The village bells at noon were gaily ring
ing, 1
The world seemed brighter than a har
vest moon, " '
For there within my arms I gently
pressed you,
And blushing red you slowly turned
nway,
I can't forget the way I once caressed
you,
I only pray we'll meet another day.
CHORUS.
In the shade of the old apple tree.
Where the love in your eyes I could see,
When n voice that I heatf like the song
of a bird
Seemed to whisper sweet music to me.
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee,
In the blossoms as you said to me,
Willi a heart that is true
I'll he waiting for you,
In the shade of the old apple tree.
I've really coma a long way from tho
city.
And tho my heart Is breaking I'll be
brave,
I've brought this bunch of flowers and
think they're pretty, 1
To place upon a freshly moulded grave,
If you will show nie, father, where she's
lying.
Or If It's far just point it out to me.
Jnid he she told u ull when she was
dying.
To bury ber beneath the apple tree.
FEAHITL KISKS.
How Heckle'" Miner L'eeoine Aceus
tomeil to JJann'rr.
Dangers to which the miner Is con
stantly exposal, and of which the gti-ei-fil
public bns but a very slight idea,
render his cnlllng one of the greatest
larlng. Hi bravery, however, has re
ivlved, correctly, pcrhnps, nnotiwr
nnine. Me Is so used, so burdened, to
the coiwtnnt presence of so many dentil
tonling forces that he rvally becomes
unconscious of danger. Tho risks which
men take In handling powder tend to
Inercnse the nppnrent danger from ex
plosives. Anyone not mnistonieil to
constant danger would be horrified to
see a miner juggle nn open can of pow
der In one hand nnd a lump In the oth
er, but It is .dene every day tn the
mines. In rc-nllty the miner juggles his
life aud the lives of his fellow men in
one hand and their and his own death
In the other. How would you like, for
distance, to stand stooped over a keg
of giant powder nnd to see sparks of
tire from an open lamp play bide and
seek about the top of nn open can?
a' minor's In nip resembles a small
toniwt. The wick protrudes from the
fiTiout. The lamp Is fastened to the
miner's hat by a small hook, answering
to thu handle of tho teapot, and swings
back and forth and from one side to
the other with every movement of the
wearer's head. If the wick becomes
dry it catches Are nnd the end becomes
a small mass of charred material and
each shake of the lamp causes sparks
to fall about the miner's head. On this
account the law requires that in hand
ling powder the miner shnll set his
lump on the ground In the mine It Is
called "Isittom" four feet from the
powder aud on Its "lee" aide as sailors
would say. But since the lamps fur
nish only alMiut one candle power of
light. If the miner Is crowded for time,
and sometimes when he Is not, he will
take the risk and keep the lump on his
cap, that he may better see what he Is
doing.
There are other dangers. A miner
goes to his work. At the "face" of the
coal the front end of the room where
the work Is done he sees several slabs
of rock, any one of them big enough
to have crushed him hud they fallen
when lie was there a few hours before.
He looks up and discovers that t,ne
whole roof Is loose, lie must work un
der this l(Ks,e rock, so he gets some
props and sets them miller It. ' While
he knows that half a dozen props will
hold a ton or two of rock, he dues not
know but that there Is enough nx-i.
ready to fall to make those props as
valuable ns so many toothpicks. Now
see him go to work, shoveling coal uud
cleaning up the rock tlit has iilrcinly
fallen. lu a tiiuinent he hears a noise
resembling thunder, only tn so loud,
and then the click, click of breaking
fillers In the timbers. His e.tiierienced
ear tells him that It Is the rxi; cut
ting itself bsise nud that Its weight I
bearing down heavily cu tlkt props.
Growing uneasy, he sets more under
tho iJose rock, bringing the tl:ulcrs
almost against the coal where be Is
working. When be goes back to his
' Wurk he bears more of the distant
thunder and more of the click, click In
the timbers. He hastens to "clean up"
his roomthat K to "load out" hi
coal without at tempting to make more.
In the meantime he continues to work
under the hsiso rock. Sometimes, not
nlwnys, the miner leaves before the
filial crush. Not always, or the figure.
would not show 1.00S violent deaths
and 1.SC3 Injuries In the mines in liWO
from falling roek nnd coal. Sometime
fulling rock gives warning by running
sounds and the cracking of pro.
Somet lines the miner docs not know
the rock Is loose. Sometimes there nre
big roeks, weighing tip to 3.fH0 or 4.000
ixninds, which Just drop out of n hole
In the roof.
When a blast in a mine Is so im
prnsHTly prcp-iivd that it does nothing
but blow out the hole In which the pow
der Is tamped the effect Is that of the
tiring of a gigantic gun loaded with
."nHi times ns much powder ns Is used In
an ordinary tille. The force of such
explosions In the confined air of a initio
Is often so great ns to stop the big fans
driven by powerful engines. Some
times the effect becomes a cyclone, con
fined In n few feet of space. F.very
man who may be walking in the air
current Is lu danger of being swept
from hU feet. These cyclones, called
"witiilies," often tear everything loose
In the mine. Doors used In the mine
to change ihe current of air nre blown
down and smashed into kindling
against tiie pillars. The cyclones stir
up diisr, niul there is constant danger
that a later blast, shooting sheets of
flame for n hundred yards, may causo
a dust explosion, stiulling out lives as a
puff of wind snuffs out u candle.
NATIOHS EXCIAIIGE CHILDHZN.
Society t Promote l,imuriui- siuily
nnil Mntnnl ioo.l Will at Work.
Among the oddities of Kuropeau edu
cation at present" is the exchange of
children systems, says the New York,
Sim.
Lust year the Talis bran -h reported
HO exchanges affecting X1 children,
nn Increase of twenty-six exchanges
over !!)(;, and the greatest number to
(bite. The plan Is to have a boy or girl
trom a French family sent to Germany
or Kngland, where he or she becomes a
member of a German or nn English
family, tho latter in return sending a
child to France who is taken in charge
by the parents of the French child.
Kncli' family pays the traveling ex
cuses of its own child and keeps it
clothed. Nothing is paid for bed or
board on either ide. The society pays
all expenses of finding consenting fam
ilies, of negotiating the exchange and
of safeguarding the children in tran
sit. The main purpose Is set forth ns be
ing the reciprocal cultivation of knowl
edge of foreign tongues. Then every
exchanged child. It Is assumed, will
take home a genial impression of Its
foreign sojourn and will always have
a kindly feeling for Us hosts.
By far the greater number of ox
changes are for the school vacation
season, only. This It is expected, may
be made very general.
Last year's exchanges were divided
as follows: Fraiice-tieriiinny, jo.i
cases; France-England, 34; France
Austria, 5; Germany-England, 1; Ger
niii ny-ltnly, 1. There were 240 boys
nnd girls exchanged; England furnish
ed 8 of the girls, Austria 3 nnd the rest
were French.
The probable spread of tlic system Is
Indicated by the fact that the society
received altogether 3,.i00 tentative pro
IKwals for exchanges during the year.
Altogether S00 exchanges have been ne
gotiated since the society started.
STEAMSHIP NAMES.
Tho Way They nre .Shortened li
tht
t'oiiirmnlen' Olllrea.
No matter how long or difficult of
pronunciation may lie the name of n
steamer, the passenger agents And
clerks of the various steamship lines
make nn effort to be correct in using It
when selling tickets to customers. , Oc
casionally they make a slip of the
tongue nnd call the steamer by the
nickname used In tho office when pas
sengers nre not around. The steamers
of the Atlantic Transport line, the Min
neapolis, the Mlnnetonka, and the Min
nehaha, nre referred to generally as
the "Mlnnlos." Individually tho Mfn
netonka Is called the "Tonk," and the
Mesaba the "Mea." The Red line Va
derland is cnlled "Father," the Finland
the "Fin," and the Kroonland and tho
Zeoland the "Kroon" and the "Zee," re
spectively. The prefix St. Is dropped
when reference is made to the St
Paul; the St. Louis Is called "Looie,"
and the Philadelphia Is called tho
"I'hillle." The North German Lloyd
liner Kaiser WUhelm der Grosse In the
iwrlance of the office force Is the "Big
Bill," and the Kaiser Wllhelm II. is
"Billy Two." New York Tribune.
Her Foe Ia Doomed.
At last, after centuries of suffering,
womankind is to be uvenged! Science
has decreed that the mouse must go.
With It will vanish the only living
thing of which tho average woman Is
afraid. I'lenty of women have no fear
of snakes, lots more nre wholly indif
ferent ns to spiders, but the mouse
is the common enemy of ull women. Of
course, it Isn't hcvause he frightens
women that the mouse Is doomed. Man
Isn't gallant enough to go out of hU
way to exterminate the breed merely
ou that iicvount. But scientists have
discovered that the seemingly harmless
mouse Is us much a menace us the
rut. In fact, If anything, the smaller
I'oilcnt Is worse, for, being less feared,
he has a better chance to scatter
germs. But woman, though she Is the
most fastidious of animals, will rejoice
at the dpniiure of the mouse less on
that iii-count thin bemuse of her In
grained detestation of him. .nd It's
likely the society that has been formed
for the annihilation of the whole ro
dent trlhe will receive much assistance
from women the world over.
Chen p.
'That's n beaut Ifui rug. May I ask
how much It cost you?"
"Three hundred doilars' worth of fur
niture to match It." Hebrew Standard.
"Every man who dldu't run ut the
first Bull run," we hearl a man say
to-day. "Is there yet."
SOPHIA A r?
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY PE-RU-4.
Catarrh Twenty-five Years y
Had a Bad Cough.
Miss Sophia Klttlesen, Evanstoa,
Illinois, U. S. A., writes:
"I have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and bars
tried many cores for it, bat obtained
very little help.
"Then my brother advised me to u
Peruna, and I did.
"My health wss very poor at the time
I began taking Peruna. My throat wae
very sore and I bad a bad coiuth.
"Peruna has (ured me.
chronic catarrh ia gone and
health la very much improved.
"1 recommend reruns to all
friends who are troubled as I was."
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The lien lie Kebuff.
"Immeasurable are the rebuffs that
the helpers of the poor, the seekers af
ter charity for their suffering brothers
undergo," said a New Y'ork charity or
ganization ofllelal. "A friend of mine,
a Methodist minister in a small wi"
era town, told mo the other day of .Ui
last rebuff, a not unkind one. Enter
ing the oflic-e of the local weekly, the
minister said to the editor:
'"I am soliciting aid for a gentleman
of refinement and Intelligence who Is In
dire nvd of a little ready money, but
who Is far too proud a man to make
his Bufferings known.'
"'Why,' exclaimed the editor, push
ing up his eyeshnde, 'I'm the only chap
In the vlllnse who answers that de
scription. What's this gentleman's
name?'
"'I regret,' said the minister, 'that I
am not at liberty to disclose it.'
"'Why, It must bo me, said the edl'
tor. 'It Is me. It's me, sure. Heaven
prosper you, parson, in your good
work.' "
Exem plllled.
Geontle AuuMe, what does
mean?
Auntie It meens to say one thin
and moan the opposite, like c.dling
rainy day a fine day.
oeorcie i liiiiik i uimcrsiuuu j'ri
auntie. Wouldn't this be Irony: 'CT
tie, I don't want a nice big piece oflf
cake?"
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Xr TS a thin, round-oor nered little
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I J When carried In your vest pocke
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Each tablet Is a working dose of Cw
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It will not purge, sicken, nor upset th
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Bcausa it la not a "Blle-drlver." llkf
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They stimulate the Eowel M
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tive Juice3 0ut of food eaton.
They dont help the Bowels and Liver I
such a way as to make them lean uyy
Similar assistance for the future.
Thla Is why, with Cascarets, tho dos
may be lessened each succeeding tirr.
Instead of Increased, as it must be with tl
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Cascarets act like exercise.
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