n
Somcthlnc letter than a cakcwallc
Is promised in a bicycle road race to
be ridden by the colored scrub women
employed in the public school of
Cranford , N. .T. The lightest rider
will weigh ninety-eight pounds and
the heaviest one hundred and nine
teen. A cake will go to the winner.
The course will bo t .rec miles and all
those who will start are now practic
ing hard.
The Filipinos , being unhampered by
heavy attire , easily outrun our troops.
Most of them consider that when a
narrow cloth encircles the waist they
are in full dress.
The amount of espionage carried on
by the ambassadors in foreign coun
tries as revealed by the Dreyfus af
fair it io said to have so impressed the
German emperor that he is taking
clops to see if it will not be possible
to abolish such a system entirely and
if not to modify it. He seems to bo
finding out , however , according to re
port , that no one government can stop
it without the co-operation of all the
others.
The late Charles A. Pillsbury was
not one of those men who make a
success of everything they under
take. Kis first business venture , that
of commission merchant in Montreal ,
according to the Minneapolis jour
nal , -was a disastrous failure. After
paying his debts , he went to Minne
apolis and began the business that in
a. few years made him a millionaire.
* An example of the life-preserving
powers of British civil positions is
the liertslet family , one member of
which has completed sixty years' ser
vice in the queen's household. He has
two brothers who spent fifty years
each in the foreign office , while his
father was in the same office'for fifty-
six years.
g Patents.
Thirty (30) ( ) per cent of
the inventors who re
ceived patents the past
week were able to dispose
of their inventions before
the patents were issued.
Amongst the prominent
concerns who bought pat
ents were the following :
Vive Camera Company , Chicago , 111. ,
Eastern Paper Bag Company , Hart
ford , Conn. ,
Western Union Telegraph Co. , of
' New York ,
v' American Pulley Co. , of Pennsyl
vania ,
Eagle Pencil Co. , of New York ,
i Singer Manufacturing Co. , of New
Jersey ,
Asphr.lt Paper Pipe Co. , Los Ange-
Jcs , Gal. ,
Sanitas Nut Food Co. , Limited , Bat
tle , Creek , Mich. ,
Carnegie Steel Co. , Limited , Pitts-
burg , Pa. ,
Vvnitehead-Hoag Co. , of New Jersey ,
Stover Manufacturing Co. , Freeporl" ,
111. ,
Bridgeport Brass C4 , Bridgeport ,
Conn.
Inventors desiring information as
to the sale o patents should address
Sues & Co. , Patent Lawyers and So
licitors , Bee Bldg. , Omaha , Nebr. , for
free information.
Berlin ( Md. ) Herald : Few men
profit by the experience of others , but
they generally think others should
profit by theirs.
Cleveland Leader : Some men consider
economists when they
sider they are
vJ save 10 cents by doing ? 10 worth of
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Ic n AnliimlH , AVIiy They Arc Always
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Iniltallou.
The Children.
Do you love me , little children ?
O , sweet blo.suoms that are curled
( Life's tender morning glories )
'Hound the casement of the world !
Do your hearts climb up toward me ,
AH my own heart bends to you ,
In the beauty of your dawning
And the brightness of your dew ?
" \Vheti the fragrance of your faces
And the rhythm of your feet.
And the Incense of your voices t
Transform the sullen street :
Do you see my soul move softly J [ |
Foiever where you move ,
" '
"tt'Ith an eye of benediction
And a guardian hand of love ?
O. my darling ! I am with you ,
in your trouble. In your play.
In your sobbing , in your surging ,
In your dark , and In your day ;
In the chambers where you nestle ,
In the hovels where you He ,
In thp sunlight where you blossom ,
the darkness where you die.
a blessing broods above you ,
But It lifts me from the ground :
Not a thistle-bark doth sting you ,
But I suffer with the wound :
And a choid within me trembles
To your brightest , toucli or tone ,
And 1 famish when you hungar ,
And I shiver when you moan.
Can you tell me. little children , > " '
Why it Is I love you so ?
Why I'm weary with the burthens
Of my sad and dreary woe ?
Do the myrtle and the aloes
Spring blithely from one tree ?
Yet 1 love you , O my darlings " "
ll'ave you any llowcrs for me ?
"
I have trodden all the spaces
Of my solemn years alone ,
And have never felt the cooing
Of a babe's breath near by own ,
But with more than father passion ,
And with more than mother pain ,
I have loved you. little children ,
Do you love me back again ?
Richard Realf.
LHtlo Jliss 1'ry.
Pussykin was a little girl with very
round blue eyes , a quantity of frizzly
yellow hair , a freckled face and an in
quiring nose. Her real name was Lu
cia , but that did not seem to fit her so
well as any one of the half-dozen and
more that she was called. There were
Pussykin , Trot , Flaxie , Flossie , Little
Miss "Why , " The Interrogation Mark ,
and several others. If you happened
to be near her for ten minutes you
would understand very well how she
came by the last-mentioned ones , al
though , indeed. you would only need
to see her to know that she was al
ways asking questions. "What makes
the grass grow ? " "What makes it
green ? " "How do the flowers open ? "
"Why ain't they green , too ? " "Where
does the wind come from ? " "Where
does it go to ? " It kept folks at their
wit's end to answer her. Now , of
course , a desire for useful information
is all right , but Lucia asked a great
many unnecessary questions , and she
did not stop there , by any means : Her
inquisitiveness went a great deal far
ther , and earned for her another name
Little Miss Pry. Those round eyes ,
helped by her busy fingers , went pry
ing about into cupboards , chests and
boxes her tongue tasted , her nose
smelled.hcr small ears listened to what
was not intended for them. Lucia's
friends tried to break her of these
disagreeable habits , and she had some
unpleasant experiences , also , as , for
instance , when she took a good big
sniff at a bottle which contained strong
ammonia ; Avhen she tasted of what
looked like delicious candy and found
it was a piece of soap ; when she was
examining a funny looking box , and
her fingers were caught in a mouse-
frail J when sb.q listened under the j
kitchen window while Jane Was enter-1
taining a caller , and heard herself
called a naughty , mischievous girl , who
deserved a spanking if ever ji child did.
No , these things were not pleasant , cer
tainly , but they did not break her of
her prying ways. Finally , however ,
she had an experience which taught
her a severe lesson , and helped her to
see herself as others saw her. Still , I
do not say that it was just right for
her brother George to do as he did.
George had the present of a kodak on
his fifteenth birthday , and after con
siderable practice , he became very ex
pert in the art of taking "snap shots , "
although if he had not been careful to
keep the camera out of reach of Lucia's
busy little fingers , I fear its usefulness
would soon have ended. He took a
number of pictures of her , however ,
which pleased her immensely , and un
der each he wrote Trotsie , Pussykin , or
whichever name seemed to best suit
that particular photograph. One morn
ing , just as George was leaving home
to be gone a week , he gave Lucia a lit
tle book , when they were alone for a
moment. "This is just between you
and me , Pussykin , " he said. "I haven't
let anybody else see it , and you needn't
unless you want to. " Then he hurried
away. Lucie opened her book , and on
the first page was a little girl , herself
without a doubt , standing by the
kitchen table , holding a small box to
her nose. Lucia's face grew red , but
as she turned the leaf it grew redder
still , for here she was on a high chair
in the pantry , lifting the cover from
a dish on an upper shelf. She wanted
to throw the book right in the fire ,
but her curiosity would not let her do
that , so she slowly turned another leaf ,
and saw herself with her ear close to
the keyhole of the parlor door. On
the next page she was cautiously tast
ing the contents of a bottle , and on the
next her head was inside a cupboard
door. That was all. Trotsie looked at
the pictures over oace more , and then.
running out to the kitchen , she threw
the hateful book in the stove. Then
she went up stairs to her own pretty
little room and cried awhile , half an
gry , half ashamed. But she was very
glad that George was away , and that
he had not showed the pictures to any
one else ; so her tears were soon dried ,
and she was the same jolly little girl
again , although not quite the same
meddlesome little girl. When George
came home , he brought Pussykin such
a pretty new doll , and was so kind and
full of fun , that she could not feel hard
toward him for the lesson he had given
her. And when any one speaks , in
George's hearing , of the great improve
ment in the little girl's ways , and won
ders what has caused it , he looks wise
and says nothing. C. R.
Stiirt-and-Stnp.
Did you ever hear of any little "boy
named Start-And-Stop ? I think he
must have been first cousin to that
little boy who always said , "In a min
ute. " Tliis boy would start well enough
when called or told to do a thing , but
he was sure to stop again until some
one would say , "Hurry up ! " Then he
would go on until he stopped , and
must be started afresh. So everybody
has got to calling him "Start-And-
Stop. " Of course he doesn't like it at
all. lie would much rather be called
his own name , which is a very pretty
one , but I'd rather not tell it to you
until he gets over this bad habit , and
he will cure it , I know , if he once real
izes what a very disagreeable habit it
is. The other day his mamma went to
visit his school , and almost the first
words his teacher said to her were :
"Can you tell me how to make your
little boy hurry up ? lie is a very good
nice-mannered little boy , and he learns
easily and does his work very nicely ,
only he doesn't go on with it. He stops
every little while , and if I don't speak
to him , he won't get done in time. I
thought perhaps you have found some
way to deal with this fault of his. It
is really the only one I find in him. "
"I know , " sighed the mamma , "and
I hoped you might find a cure for it.
We have tried everything we can think
of at home , to no purpose. " The other
morning his uncle saw him sitting over
his clothes all in a huddle , dreaming of
something , instead of putting them on.
"I'll give you a dime , " he said , "if you
are dressed in fifteen minutes. " The
time was just up when he presented
himself , not only all dressed , but wash
ed , combed and teeth and shoes
brushed. "Now , that shows , " his un
cle said , as he handed him the money ,
"that you can do things in the proper
length of time. Don't you think you
ought to do it every time , to please
your good , kind papa and 'mamma ? "
Start-And-Stop said he knew he should ,
and he would try , and I do hope he
will succeed , and will never give any
occasion to be called by that name
again. But if any of our readers know
a cure for this bad fault I hope they
will send it to be published in the
, for the benefit of all the
Starts-And-Stops in the country.
lies 11 ess Animals.
When you see the animals in the
park menageries pacing back and forth
restlessly in their cages do not take it
for granted that the creatures are un
happy or even discontented. It may be
that the lion or the tiger or the polar
bear that moves about with apparent
ly ceasless activity is only taking his
daily exercise , without which he would
pine and die soon. When the wild
creatures are ill their native jungles
they are kept pretty busy hunting food.
Thus each day they walk many miles ,
perhaps. In their narrow cages in the
parks they are plentifully supplied
with food , but their brawny bodies
still demand a great amount of exer
cise. Mile after mile is paced off daily
by the uneasy creatures. Usually they
move with a long swinging stride , but
when meal time comes then the step
quickens until , when the keeper ap
pears with his basket of meat , the ti-
i _ .
j
gers and lions and other animals leap
against their bars and growl and
whine and lash their tailg. In fact ,
they act like great hungry boys do af
ter a long day's tramp if they find
that supper is late.
La\vless Sparrows.
Sparrows seem to be governed by
about the impulses that cause a hun
gry boy to tiptoe into the pantry and
"coon" a fistful of cookies ; that is , they
think a thing is right because they
want to do it. It is no uncommon
thing to see a busy little cock sparrow
hop between a horse's hind feet and
then dart up and seize a hair of the
horse's tail. Unless interrupted the
sparrow will pull that hair until he
gets it. Then he will fly away to his
nest in triumph. An English writer
describes a similar experience with a
London sparrow. He says : "I have
received a small story from St. James'
park which is interesting as a confir
mation of the conclusions of science.
My informant was feeding with bread
crumbs a wood pigeon at his feet. One
of the bird's feathers , an under tail-
cover , which was ruffled and out of
place , caught the eye of a sparrow. The
sparrow flew down , seized it in its beak
and pulled its best. The feather did
not yield at once and the pigeon walk
ed off with offended dignity. The spar
row followed , still holding on , and in
the end flew off triumphant with the
trophy to its nest. "
Good Imitation.
Fannie , aged five , was visiting in the
country , and , seeing a lot of sheep and
lambs for the first time , she exclaimed :
"Oh , mamma , just look at the cute lit
tle lambs , and they're such good imita
tions , too. They squeak just like my
toy lamb and have the same kind of
hair on. "
A man is frequently known by the
company he keeps out of.
United States Senator Hansbrougo ,
of North Dakota , acquired his educa
tion in a newspaper office. In 1870
he was apprentice in the composing
room of the San Francisqo Chronicle
and sradually worked his way tip un
til lie became news editor of that pa
per.
Dispatches from England say that
10,000 persons have died of starvation
In German East Africa. The terrible
famine that is destroying the tribes
living between anzibar and Mom-
Oasa , about 200 miles , is due to failure
of the rains during two consecutive
seasons.
C
Every One Has Noticed the New
"C" in Town.
It Han Coino 1 > Stay With Us Forever
Health FoHous hi Its Trail A Wel
come Awaits It d'orywlicrc.
Not so long ago everybody's curiosity was
aroused by the appearance in town of a
new "C. "
It looks like this :
The queer ltC with a Tail" has mmlo its
tvay all over the United States , and here as
everywhere it promptly jumped iuto popu
larity.
Why ?
Because 1ho "C with n Tail" is a oometof
health followed by a coma of happiness and
joy. it lias como to stay with us and radi
ate its benefits in nil directions.
The new "O' ' is pnrt of the trade-mark of
Cat-carets Cnndv Cathartic , the ideal laxa
tive and guaranteed constipation cure.
They inaku the liver lively , tone up the
bowels , purify the blood , brace the brain ,
put everything1 right as it should bo.
Buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's what
they do. iipt'v/bat we say they'll do , that
proves their merit. AH druggists , 10c , f c ,
or 50c , or mailed for price , bund for book
let and free ( -ample. Address Sterling Ilem-
edy Co. , Chicago ; Montreal , Can. , or .Now
York.
This is the CASCARET tablet.
Every tablet of the only genuine
Ca'-carets bears the maiic letters
' CCC. " Look at the tablet before
you buy. and beware of. frauds ,
imitations and substitutes.
The pope has received from an Eng
lish Catholic a present of a beautifully
constructed motor car. The auto
mobile is seated for two. As his holi
ness has not for three years taken
carriage exercise , it is improbable
that he will ever use the motor car.
THE PRESSMEN PLEASED.
1'Uc Transcontinental Trip Was a Sur
prise to Them.
The following telegram has been re-
c-ived by Mr. D. McNicoll , assistant
general manager of the Canadian Pa
cific Railway , from Mr. W. S. Diagman ,
president of the Canadian Press Asso
ciation :
"Vancouver. Aug. 21 , 1899.
"One hundred members of the Cana
dian Press Association are deeply
grateful to the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Company for the unremitting cour
tesy and hospitality which has made
their trip across the continent the most
interesting and pleasant of all their
outings. Though conscious of the
sterling work accomplished in the
spanning of a continent , for a large
part remote from settlement , and in
the opening up of a territory as vast as
some empires , the actual view unfolded
on the journey has impressed the ex
cursionists more forcibly than words
can represent. The development all
along the route , in cities as well as in
agricultural and grazing sections , has
surprised us , and is most encouraging j
to lovers of solid progress and hopeful
prosperity. The ease and comfort witii [
which the trip from ocean to ocean is
attended in the cars and in the C. P. R.
hotels , through a service unexcelled
anywhere , is a triumph for Canadian
skill and enterprise second only to the
financial and engineering victories at
tained in the building of the greatest
scenic and developing line in America.
"W. S. DINGMAN ,
"President Canadian Press Associa
tion. "
Booker T. Washington is to be
given a public reception in Atlanta
the 25th instant , and Governor Cand-
ler will be among those to welcome
him , while other leading white citi
zens will make addresses.
"Ask for the 15est Heading : .
Liberal religious literature sent free
on application to Mrs. H. D. Reed ,
132 N. oSth avc. , Omaha , Nebr.
It was shown some time ago from
investigation that bribery in Connec
ticut elections was most prevalent
among the native population of the
rural sections. Now comes a state
ment from one of the eastern coun
ties of Maryland , which has a popula
tion of 19,702 natives and only 45 for
eign born , two-thirds of which is
white , that the purchasable vote has
increased to 2,000 , and this number
amounts to early one-half of the total
electorate. The evil is so widespread ,
says the Worcester ( Md. ) Advocate ,
that a jury is rarely ever drawn in the
county that does not have one or more
men vipon it who are known to belong )
to the vote-selling class. i
Some members of the co-operative
colony at Ruskin , Tenn. , have just
founded a new commonwealth at
Duke , Ga. One hundred and twenty persons - |
sons have joined the new colony ,
which will be conducted on similar
lines to the Tennessee experiment , all '
"property being held in common and "
members receiving pay for their labor i
in goods. I
Mr. McDougall of the London county
council is afraid that the Thames will
run dry owing to the dams that are
being built in the upper reaches of the
river. Last year 843,000,000 gallons of
water a day passed over Teddington
Weir in May ; the figures for this year
are 550,000,000 gallons in May. It is
feared that the result may be nn epi
demic of disease , arising from the un
diluted sewage of the city.
The gold exported from Western
Australia during August amounted to
145,397 ounces , of the value of ? 2,7G2-
555. This is the second largest month
ly export on record.
The late Captain Joseph Elliott ,
who died in Memphis , Tenn. , last
week , was one of the few surviving
pioneers of the old Mississippi steamboat - ,
boat days and served as a model for
one of the characters in Mark Twain's
"Life on the Mississippi. "
The somewhat sharp curves at Line
ups on the Second Division of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road are be
ing removed and replaced with a tan
gent thus eliminating about 24 de
grees of curvature. About 14.000 cubic
yards of material will be excavated.
The gospel for the eternities is the
only gospel for the times.
r
Samuel snerarfl , an innabltant of
PIttfiburg , owns what is probably the
most costly hat in the world. Itsi
price was $1,250 and it hi made of
spun glass. At first sight it appcant
to bo made of iTTTo'ly woven straw ,
but a nearer inspection reveals the
fact that it has certain rcllectlvo prop
erties. It Is the handiwork of tin old
Alsatian at Pittsburg.
More than 24,000 persons paid for
admission to Shakespeare's birth
place , Stratford-on-Avon. during the
fiscal year recently closed , and inoru
than 10,000 persons paid for admission
to Ann Hatlunvay's cottage.
.
llrst iliVK UMI uf llr. Klluc'n ( iiiut NVrvit Kmloii'r.
Si-mi for FKKIC 19'J.OO trtil liottl * bin ! imulMi ,
int. It. II. HUM1. , Utl..vi nrvliKt. , lhllu.l .l | > lila. I'u.
New York Tress : A great many men.
would refrain from doing foolish
things if it were not for their desire
to get their names into the newspa
pers.
' ' lias boon
Piso's G'nro for Consumption
n God-send to mo. Win. B. McUlollnu ,
. Florida. Sept. 17 , 1805.
St. Louis Republic : That St. LoulB
husband who bought himself a bicycle
wnen his wife needed a cook stove
undoubtedly has wheels.
GAVE little thought to my health , " writes MRS. WM. V.
BELL , 230 N. Walnut St. , Cantr.n . , O. , to Mrs. Pink-
ham , ' until I found myself unzvble to attend to my
household duties. <
"Iliad haa my days of not feeling well and my monthly
suffering , and a good deal of backache , '
but 1 thought all women had these
things and did : iot complain.
' " 1 had doctored for some time , but
no medicine seemed to help me , and my
physician thought it best for me to go
to the hospital for local treatment. I
had read and heard so much of your
Vegetable Compound that I made up
my mind to try it. I was troubled with
falling of the womb , had sharp pains in
ovaries , leucorrhoeaand painful menses.
I was so weak and dizzy that I would
often have severe fainting spells. I
took in all s'everal bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier and used the
Sanative Wash , and am now in
good health. I wish others
to know of the wonderful
good it has done me , and (
have many friends taking it
now. Will always give your
medicine the highest praise. "
MRS. A. TOI.LE , 1946 Hil
ton St. , Philadelphia , Pa. ,
writes :
"DEAR MRS. PiNKHAM
I was very thin and my
friends thought I was in con
sumption. Had continual
headaches , backache and
falling of womb , and my eyes
were affected. Every one
noticed how poorly I looked
and I was advised to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. One bottle
relieved me , and after tak
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pounds , and everyone asks what makes me so stout. "
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MOUSE :
This extrahiL-li hack , deep
roomy Kockor i.s
mctlcof thoroughly 4ca-
soncd rock elm. finished in
Surely a marvel for n. rich darli shade. Its main
feature lies ia its extreme
the money. Only ( ize. The total v/idth of
that we buy the saddle ' " at is 23 inchuH.
Furniture in bigger The seven v.xlc. Hat fpin-
dles connecting with the
lots Ifcan other
any
rnamentally carved top
Mail Order House , : ire cuivrd conforming to
it couldn't be done. the back of the person nu-
it , thns affording ooin-
fort. The arms are large
and rounding end the
height of Ijack is 31 inches.
It is a stroncc , as well as an
clctrant Rocker that ordi-
iiaiilv wonld
pell for double
ourpncp.
7n which is listed at lowest wholesale prices
[ everything to eat wear ar.o useis furnish :
ed on receipt of only 109 to partly pay
tags or expressage and as evidence
cod faith the 109 is allowed on first
: hsse amounting to SI99 or above.
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I town , write for otaloju. „
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panels printed in twt-lvo
printed , all absolutely Iree.
paclcages of starch for 5c. mul
introduce the famous
DROSS" Starch , and the celebrated this starch.