V
ITatelnv Good t of ClaAere.
f "The street railway operating plan'
.f rortlned, Or., which employe saw
Wnlll refuse aa fuel, baa adopted a do
Uer-sepnraBng phnt with great euo
iOML A powerful drift from a steel
fan forces the furnace smoke lUrougb
ft steel ptats flue Into a vertical steel
cylinder thirty-two feet la diameter
The bottom la a cone shaped boppei
for receiving the chidra, while tin
amoka, after losing Its velocity, slowlj
merges throogh an aperture at tbf
top. Aa the gases lose Telocity the
clndera, being heavier, drop Into tht
topper, whence tb-y are conveyed back
to the furnaces to be completely burned.
Besides Dbntlng the atuoVe nuisance
the boiler economy la Increased.
"THE MARRYING 8QUIRE."
Jaatlee Geo. E. Vmrr, of Braall, lad.
Haa Mirrlci 1,400 Couple.
Justice Geo. E. Law, of Bra7.ll, Ind.
baa fairly earned the title "The Mar
ryuig Squirt," by which he la knowi
rar ana wme, ut
Ing already marrM
some 1,400 couples
Ten year ago hi
was Pepnty Coontj
Treasurer. "At thill
time," said Justlet
. 11 M.,rp..M
Ing from an annoy
Ing kidney trouble
Mv hack ached, nil
rest was broken at night, and the pas
sages of the kidney accretions were to
frequent and contained sediment
Throe boxes of Itann's Kidney Hill
cured tue In 1807, nnd for the past nlni
years I have been free frotn kldnc
complaint and backache."
Sold by all denier. CO cents a box
Fostcr-Mllbnrn Co., Iluffalo, N. .
rbllnlnglenlly l.ogrlral.
Mr. Gsyboy That's where yon are
wrong. Yon don't seem to anderxtand
the ne of words. If a thing is "round"
ft can't be any "rounder."
Mr. flayboy Then there i no such
1bing as a "rounder." Tlinnks, denr.
You won't call tne one again, will you?
Mr. W1ti1oWs Kwtmn mn tr (TMMmb
ra ollc fc mj ft 'WJ.
ft Is officially reported that the growln
of cotton In West Africa has been very
uccessfol.
A new horse disease has come to Eng
land from India by way ot South Africa.
It is called epizootic lymphangitis, auj
is very contagious.
THE FARMER IN WESTERN CAN
ADA.
QaalHr of No. 1 Hard Wheal
Cannot Be Beaten.
The Canadian We.,t in the past five
or ten years has given a act buck to the
theory that large cities are tbo back- j
bona of a country and a nation a best
asset, llere we have a country whore
no city exceeds 100,000, and where ouly
one cornea within catty distance of that
figure, according to the census JUHt
taken and where no other city reaches
a population exceeding 15,000. The.
places with a population ovor C,000 can ,
( counted upon the fingers of one
band, and yet tho prosperity that pre- j
'Tails Is something unprecedented In 1
the history of all countries past ot
Ipresent .
The reason for this marvelous pro,
rperlty Is not hard to reek. The large
Majority of the 810,000 people who ltt
tablt Manitoba, Saskatchewan and AJ.
erta have gone ou to the farm, an4
have bctakw themselves to the task of
'not only feeding and clothing them-
selves, but of raising food for others
.less happily clrcuuistanaed.
' The crop of 1U00, although not ab
normal, la an eye-opener to many who
previously bad given Ilttlo thought to
the subject Ninety million bushels of
wheat at 70 centa per bushel $03,000,.
000; 70.000,000 bushels ef oats at 6
-ecnis per bushel $22,800,000 ; 17,000,.
Q& bushels of barley at 40 cents per
ftushcl $u8CO.O0O; makes a total of
102,000,000. Thta Is altogether outside
the root products; dairy produce, and
the returns from the cattle trado; tha
beet sugar Industry and the varloul
.other by-products of mixed farming.
When such returns are obtainable
"from tli soli It Is not to be wondered
at that many are leaving the congested
districts of the east, to take upon
'themselves tho life of the prairie farm
and the labor of the husbandman.
With Uto construction of additional
railroads, now avenues for agricultural
enterprise are opening up, and Im
proved opportunities are offered to tb
ettler who understands prairie farm
ing, and Is willing to do his part lo
tnilldlng up the new country.
This Is the tbemo that Mr. J. J. Hill,
the veteran railroad builder In the
Wet, baa laid before the people In a
erica cf addresses which be has given
at various points during the past few
months, and, having been for so long
Identified with the development of tha
West, there are few men better quail
fled than he to express an opinion upon
It Take care of the country, Bays be,
-and the cities will toko core of them
selves. The farmers of tha Western States
and the Canadian West are more pros
perous than ever before, and when It
Jouies to measuring up results, the Ca
nadian appears to have somewhat the
(tetter of It His land ia cheaper, In
Vact, the government continues to give
free homesteads to settlers, and the re
tarns per sere ere heavier when the
Vrop is harvested. Farming land In
tthe Western Stutea ruua from $00 to
4M.r.O an acre nnd in, whereas equally
ood soil may be purchased In Canada
fr 8 to $15 per acre, within eaay
'reach of a whipping point, and much
ef this is available for free homestead
ting. The quality of the Canadian No. 1
Jliard wheat cannot be beaten, and the
vretums to the acre are several buabuls
Better than on this side of the line
TThe soil and climate of that country
being peculiarly adapted to wheat
Crowing.
i The fact Ls evidently ayrareclated by
the large number of American farmers
,wbo have In the past tivo or throe
jjrears Settled In the Canadian West The
Agents of the Canadian government,
jwboae address may be found else
jwnere, sdvtse us that for the fiscal
ear 1004-3, the records sltow that 43,
643 Americans settled In Canada, and
In 1905 ft tho number reached B7.7D8.
.From all of which It appears that at
'present there la a good thing In farm
ing In Weetern Canada, and that the
American farmer ls not slow to avali
ItimaeU of It
& Between Two fires
By ANTHONY HOPE
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he find. " Francis Uacon.
CFIAPTEU IV. (Continued.)
Tlis old lady and the young one lived
togcthr in great apparent comfort ;for
they probably got ibroigh more money
thnn any one in the town, nnd there al
ways seemed to be plenty more where that
enme from. Tho Sijjnorina was now about
23 years of aj, and of remarkably pre
possessing appearance. She became al
most at once a loading figure in society;
her parlor was the leading meeting piace
of all parties' and most se's; she received
mnny gracious attentions from the Golden
Mouse. fhe was also frequently the
hostess of members of th opposition, and
of no one more often than their leader,
Colonel George McGregor, a gentleman
of Scotch extraction, bnt not pronounced
ly national characteristics, who had at
tained a hlxh position in the land nf his
adoption; for not only did he lead th
opposition in politic, but he was also
second in command of the army. He en
tered the chamber ns one of the Presi
dent's nominees (for the latter had re
served to himself power to nominate Cve
members), but nt the time of which I write
tho Colonel had deserted his former chief,
and, secure in his popularity with the
forces, defied the man by whose help he
had risen. Naturally the President dis
liked him, a feeling I cordially shared.
I!ut his excellency's disapproval did not
prevent the Signorina receiving McGre
gor with great cordiality, though here
again with no more than bis position
seemed to demand.
I have as much curiosity as my neigh
bors, nnd I was proportionately r.itificd
when the doors ot "Mon ltepos," as the
Signorina called 'aer residence, were open
ed to me. My curiosity, I must confess,
was not nnmixed with other feelings; for
I was a young man of heart, though
events bad thrown sobering responsibili
ties upon me, and the sight of the Sig
norlna In her daily drives was enough to
Inspire a thrill even in the soul of a
bnnx manager. Sue was certainly very
beautiful a tall, fair girl, with s'raight
features and laughing eyes. I shall not
attempt moro description, because nil such
descriptions sound commonplace, nnd tho
Bignorina was, even by the admission of
her enemies, at least very far from com
monplace. It must sullice to say that,
like Eather OTIynn, she "had such a
way with her" that nil of us men in Au
reataland, old nnd young, rich nnd poor,
were at her feet, or rendy to be then on
the least encouragement. She wan, to
my thlaking, the very genius of health,
beauty and gaiety; and she put tho crown
ing touch to her charms by very openly
and frankly soliciting and valuing tho
admiration sho received.
It may bo snpposed, then, that I
thought my money very well Invested
when it procured me an Invitation to
"Mon Kepos," where the lady of the house
was In the hahit of allowing a genteel
amount of card playing among ber male
friends. She never played herself, bat
stood and looked on with much interest.
On occasion she would tempt fortune by
the hand of a chosen deputy, and nothing
could be prettier or more artistic thaa
her behavior. She was Just eager enough
for a girl unused to the excitement and
fond ef triumph, Just indifferent enough
to show that her play was merely a pas
time, and the gain of the money or its
loss a matter of no moment. Ah, Sig
norina, you were a great artist S
At "Mon Renos'0 I soon became an ha
bitual, and, I was fain to think, a wel
come guest. Mrs. Carrington, who enter
tained a deep distrust of the manners of
Aureatnland, was good enough to consider
me eminently respectable, while tho Sig
norlna was graciousner- Itself. It was
even admitted to the select circle at the
dinner perty, which, as a rule, preceded
her Wednesday evening reception. Tha
Colonel was, not to ray pleasure, an
equally invariable guest, and the Presi
dent himself would often honor the party
with bis presence, aa honor we found rath-!
er expensive, for bis lock at all games of .
skill or chance was extraordinary.
"I have always trusted fortune," he
would say, "nnd to me i.he Is not flekto."
"Who would be fickle if your excellen
cy were pleased to trust her?" the Slg
norlna would respond, with a glance of
almost fond admiration.
This sort ot thing did not please Mc
Gregor, ne made no concealment of the
fact that he claimed the foremost place
among the Signorina's admirer, utterly
declining to make way even for the Presi
dent. The latter took his boorlshness very
quietly and I could not avoid the conclu
sion that the President held, or thought
bo held, tho trumps. I was, naturally,
Intensely jealous of both these great men,
and, although I had no muse to complain
of my treatment, I could not stills some
resentment at the Idea that I was, after
all, an outsider and not allowed a part
In the real drama that was going on. My
happiness was further damped by the fact
that luck ran steadily agaiast me, and I
aaw my bonus dwindling very rapidly.
I suppose I may as well be frank, and
confjsi that my bonus, to speak strictly,
vanished within six mouths after I first
set foot In "Mon Renos," and I found It
necessary to make that temporary use of
the 'Interest fund" which the President
had indicated. My uneasiness was light
ened when the next Installment of Inter
est was punctually paid, and, with youth
fol confidence, I made little doubt that
tuck would turn before long.
CHAPTER V.
Time passed on, nil leading an appar
ently merry and untroubled life. In nub
lie affaire the temper was very different.
The scarcity of money was Inteuae. and
serious murmuring had nrisen when the
President "squandered" his rendy money
In paying Interest, living his civil ser
vants and soldiers unpaid. This was the
topic of much disciwslon in the preset nt
the time when I went up one M.in-L
evening to the Pnrnorina's. I had been
detained at the bank, and found the giicty
In full swing when 1 mine lu. Tim Sis
norina sat try herself on a low lounge by
the vcrandu window. I went up to her
and am do my bow.
"You spare us but Utile of your time,
Mr. Martin," she said.
"Ah, but you have all my thoughts," I
replied, for she was looking charming.
"I don't raro so much about your
thoughts," the said. Then, after a pau?",
she went ou, "It's very hot here, come
Into the conservatory."
It almost looked as though she had been
waiting for me, and 1 fallowed lu high de
Hnhi into ths long, narrow gl.is house.
High grten plants hid us from the view
of those inside, and we only heard dis
tinctly bis excellency's voice, saying with
much geniulty to tho Colouel, "Well, you
must be lucky io love, t'olonel," from
wblcb C concluded that the Colonel was
not in the vein at cards.
The Bignorina smiled slightly as sb
sard; then she plucked a white ro
turned round, and stood facing me, alight
ly flushed ns though with some inner ex
citement, "I am afraid those wto gentlemen do
not love one nnothcr," she said.
"Hardly," I assented.
"And you, do you love I hem or either
of themV"
"I love only one person In Aurenta
land," I replied, a ardently as I dared.
The Signorina hit her rose, glancing
up nt mo with unfeigned amusement nnd
pleasure. I think I have mentioned that
she didn't object to honest admiration.
"Is it possible you mean me?" she said,
making me a little courtesy. "I only think
so because most of the Whittinghnm la
dies would not satisfy your fastidious
taste."
"No lady In the world could satisfy me
except one," I answered, thinking she
took It a little too lightly.
"Ah, so you say," she said. "And yet
I don't suppose you would uo anything
for me, Mr. Martin."
"It would be my greatest happiness," I
cried.
Siie said nothing, but stood there, biting
the rose.
"Give it to me," I said; "it shall be
my badge of servioe."
"You will serve me, then?" said she.
"Eor whnt reward'"
"Why. the ro.se!"
"1 should like the owuer, too," t vea
tnred to remark.
'The rose is prettier thnn the owner,"
bhe said; "nnd, nt any rate, one thing at
n time, Mr. Martin I Do you pay your
servants nil their wages in advance?"
My prat-lice was sj much to the con
trary t lint I really couldn't deny the
force of her reasoning. She held out the
rose. I seized it anil held It close to my
lips, thereby squashing it considerably.
Then she said abruptly :
"Are yon a Constitutionalist or a Lib
eral, Mr. Martin'"
I must explain that. In the usual race
for the former title, the President's par
ti had been first nt tho post, nnd the
Colonel's gang (as I privately termed it)
had to put up with the alternative desig
nation. Neither name bore any relation
to facts.
"Are we going to talk politics?" said I,
reproachfully.
"Yes, a little. Tell me."
"Which are yon. Signorina?" I asked.
I really wanted to know ; so did a great
many people. She thought for a tuoiueut,
and then said :
"I have a great regard for the Presi
dent. Ho has been most kind to me. On
the other band, I cannot disguise from
myself that some of his measures are not
wise."
I said I had never been able to disguise
it from mys-.'lf.
"The Colonel, of course, is of the same
opinion," she continued. "About the debt,
for instance. I believe, your bnuk is in
terested in it?" j
"Oh, yes, to a considerable extent."
"And you?" she asked, softly.
"Oh, 1 am not a capitalist; no money
of mine has gone into the debt."
"No money of yours, no. Cut aren't
yon Interested In it?" she persisted.
. This was rather odd. Could she know
anything? Sho drew nearer to me, and,
laying a hand lightly on my arm, said
reproachfully :
"Do you love people, and yet not trust
them, Mr. Martin?"
This was exactly roy Mate of feeling
toward tho Signorina, but I could not say
so. I was wondering how far I should
be wise to trust her, and that depended
largely on how fat his excellency had
seen lit to trust her with my secrets. I
said finally:
"Without disclosing other people's se
crets, Signorina, I may admit that if any-
ming weni wrong wren tne ncitt, my em
ployer's opinion of my discretion would
be severely shaken."
'Of your discretion," she said laughing.
Thank you, Mr. Martin. And you would
wish that not to happen?
I would take a good deal of pains to
prevent its happening."
"Not less willingly if your interest nnd
mine coincided?"
I way nbout to make a passionate re
ply when we beard the President's voice
saying :
"And where is our hostess? I should
like to thank her before I go,"
"Hash, whispered the Signorina. "Wo
must go back. You will be true to me,
Mr. Martin?"
"Cnil mo Jack," said I, Idiotically.
"Then you will be true, O Jack?" she
said, stilling a laugh.
"Till dwvth," said I, hoping It would
not be necessary.
Sho gave me her hand, which I kissed
with fervor, and we returned to tho par
lor, to find all standing about in groups,
waiting to make their bows till the Presi
dent had gone through that ceremony. I
was curious to hear if anything passed
between him and the Signorina, but I
was pounced upon by Donna Antonio, the
daughter of the minister of fiuance, who
happened to be present ns a guest of the
Signorina's for the night. She was a
band some young lady, a Spanish brunette
ef the approved pattern, but with man
ners formed at a New York boarding
school, where she had undergone a fram
ing that had tempered without destroy
Ing her native gentility. She had dis
tlnguisbed me very favorably, and I was
vain enough to suppose she honored me
by some Jealousy ot my peucbant for the
tMgnorina.
"I hope you have enjoyed yourself in
the conservatory, she said, maliciously
"We were talking business, Donna An-
tonia," I replied.
"Ah, business! I hear nothing but
business. There Is papa gouo down to
fhe country and burying himself alive
to work out some great siheme of busi
ness!"
"Ah, what scheme is that?" I asked.
"Oh! I don't know. Something about
that horrid debt. P-ut I was told not t'U
say anything about it !"
The debt was becoming a bore. The
whole air was full of it. I hastily paid
Donna Antonia a few Incoherent compli
ments, and took my Wave. As 1 was put
ting on my coat Colonel McGregor join
ed mo and, with moro friendliness than
ha usually bowed me, accompanied mo
down the i-m ne toward the Pi.isxa. Afier
some hid e 'rent remarks, he began :
"Martiit, you and I have separate In
terest at in some matters, but 1 think we
have the same in others."
I knew at once what be me.inl : it was
that debt over again I I reiu uued silent,
and he continued :
"About the debt, for Instance, Yon are
Interested In the debt?"
"Somewhat," said 1. "A banker gen
erally is Interested In a debt."
"I thought so," said the Colonel. "A
Urns may corns when we can act togeth
er. MesnwhO. ,! yonr eye th
do!f. Gold night."
We parted at tlie door of his chambers
In the Piazza, and I wrnf on to my lodg
ing. I git into bed, rather puzzled and
ver uneasy.
CHAPTKR VI.
The flight of time brought no allevia
tion to the t rouble of Aurentalind. If
nn individttnl hard-up is a patheti sight,
a nation hard-up is nil alarming nectn
We ; and Anreatal.md wa very hard-np.
I suppose somebody had some money. Rut
the government had none; In consequence
the government employes hnd none, the
oflicinls had none. the President had none,
und finally, I had none. The bank had
a little of other people's, of course but
I was quite prepared for a "rnn" on us
any day. nnd bad cabled to the directors
to implore a remittance In cash, for our
notes were at n discount humiliating to
contemplate. Political strife ran high.
I dropped Into the House of Assembly
one afternoon toward the end of May,
anil, looking down from the gallery, saw
the Colonel In the full tide of wrathfnl
declamation. He was demanding of the
miserable Don Antonio when the army
wns to be paid. The latter sat cowering
under his scorn, and would. I verily be
lieve, have bolted out of the House hnd he
not been nailed to his seat by the cold
eye of the President, who wns looking on
from his box. The minister on rising
had nothing to urge but vague promise
of speedy payment; bnt he ntterly lacked
Hie confident effrontery of his chief, nnd
nobody was deceived by his weak protes
tations. I left the House In n considerable up
roar, nnd strolled on to the house of a
friend of mine, one Madame Devnrge.
the widow of a French gentleman, who
had found his way to Whittinghnm from
New Caledonia. Politeness demanded the
assumption that he had found his way
to New Caledonia owing to political trou
bles, but the usual cloud hung over the
precise date mid circumstances of his pat
riotic sacrifice. Madame sometime con
sidered it necessary to bore herself nnd
others with denunciations of the various
tyrants or would-be tyrants of Prance;
but, npnrt from this pious offering on
the shrine of her husband's reputation,
she wns a bright nnd pleasant little wom
an. I found assembled round her tea
table a merry party, including Donna An
tonia, unmindful of her father's agonies,
and one Johnny Carr, wh deserves men
tion as being the only honest man in Au
reatnland. I speak, of course, of the place
ns I found it. He was a young English
man, what they call n "cadet," of a good
family, shipped off with n couple of thou
sand pounds to make his fortune. Laud
was cheap among us, and Johnny had
bought an cstnto nnd settled down as a
land owner. Recently he hnd blossomed
forth ns a keen Constitutionalist and n
devoted admirer of the President's, nnd
held a seat in the Assembly in that inter
est. Johnny wns not a clever man nor
a wise one, but he was merry, and, as I
have thought it necessary to mention,
honest.
(To be continued.)
TOY8 FOR LITTLE REFUGEES.
How Children Were Carol For hy
Prlseo livllef Commit tre.
In a corner of the basement of tho
Congrogtitlotial Church, nwuy from tlx
busy whirring of sewing machines and
the bustling crowd seeking aid, is a
Ions table piled with dolls, gnyly cov
ered colored picture books nnd toys oi
every description, says the Sacramento
Union.
The little toy department during tlie
strenuous days of tlie relief committee
nt tho church accomplished wonders In
a pleasing ntul quiet manner.
Nearly every woman applying for
relief nt the church wns accompanied ;
by children, nnd the task of quieting I
the Ilttlo ones during the outfitting of
parents was a hard one. In one Instance
the only available distraction for one,
healthy-lunged youngster was n pack
age of safety pins. Tho Utile fellow
managed to nuiusc himself temporarily,
but Ids persistency In trying to masti
cate n couple of pins brought tho ma
ternal wrath on hi head, nnd liU
futuro ns nu nnnomiccr ls nn undis
puted fact.
Tho Rev. Mary M. Rowen, with Miss
Sarah M. Jone. were the originators
of the plan to furnish the children with
toys to amuse them while the parents
were being snpplletl. Miss Jones an
nounced to tho pupils of the Fremont
primary school thnt sho was desirous of
procuring toys and books, nnd explain
ed the use they would be irat to. The
school children responded generously,
nnd In a couple of days the toy depart
luent was In full swing.
Many touching little Incidents were
noted by the women In charge of tho
toy bureau. They tell of one little girl
who fairly gasped with joy when
brought to tho table und told to take
her pick of the articles. She naturally
wanted n doll, but her choice between a
blonde and brunetto was puzzling to
one so young, us it sometimes Is to
those who are older. She finally de
cided on a handsomely dressed, black
curly haired one, and hugged tho doll
tightly to her bosom. One of tho wom
en nsked bor what mime she would
call tho doll. Tho little one replied,
"Well, my other dolly's name was
Lnnra, but she wns burned to death in
the great fire. 1 Jess guess I'll name
my new dolly Laura's sister."
Tho largo array of toys Fprend out
on tho table was a source of much wor
rlmcnt on tbo part of tho youngsters
when told to choose whnt they wished.
Tho cholco betweeu a Noah's nrk and
n nicvhanlcal automobile brought one
little fellow to the verge of hysterics,
lie wanted both, bnt could be happy
with neither, nnd the women seeing
his predicament, lillod his nrms with
tho two toys, and away lie scampered,
screaming shrilly for his mother to soe
his treasures.
In After Vran,
llcr Husband I met a nnn today
v li envies nie, and 1 envy lilui.
Tl's Wire Who Is he?
lln' Husband Sniawlert -the chap
who used to be sweet on yon ln-fore we
we;'" married.
ll:s Wife--I suppose h- envies ymj
boc'inse vou married nie.
Her llu.band Yes; and I envy blio
Imviiuso lie didn't marry J'u.
Do 1 ou m.mif lliiuf
lie- 'llu'.v uid to siu of it bicycle
built for two. but
Slie-P.vit what?
He Give in sofa bunt apparently
for one -erery time.
Do Tkeyf
"Why do peode bite leud pem-lls?
iiKlt.lied the seeker after truth.
To get a literary taste, of course,"
replied. Vr. Conn.
LAHQEST RAILWAY VIADUCT IN THE WOULD.
V
J v iW,
L v.-
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Wffi
KUILDING THK HIGHLAND CItEICK VIADUCT.
The largest tmnsiiortatlon structure in the world the Klchland Creek
viaduct, on tlie Indianapolis Southern Kailroad. near P.loomington has Just
l?en completed. The total length of the structure is 2,215 feet, and the great
est height from the water level is l."S feet. Viaducts exist that are higher,
and Kome that are longer, but none equal the Uichlund Creek structure In
height and length combined. Tlie Indianapolis Southern is the new line that
has been constructed from Ind! uiapolis to a connection with the main line
of the Illinois Central and will be operated by the latter company.
A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
Motorcyrtr'M Wild Itun Aloug a Ver
tical Snrfnce.
Ono of the most peculiar Incidents of
the kind ever known occurred recently
In Paris In the course of a motor cycle
race. Iiy inoans of the skillful Joining
of photographs taken esieclally for the
purpose the incident ls clearly set forth
In the accompanying Illustration, taken
from the Illustrated London News.
Tho race was run by two competitors.
Pernette nnd Contant. Pcrnette fell,
and his body nnd his motor cycle occu
pied nearly all the track. Contant, In
his endeavor to avoid his comrade's
body, took the outside course nnd was
swept up to the palisade, which his
machine climbed until it reached the
top of the "a" In the word "Humber."
At a speed of fifty miles an hour he
continued bis course upon the vertical
plane until he reached the top of the
second "e" In the word "Kndic." At
that point tlie machine leaped above
the barrier and swept along literally on
tho breasts and heads of the spectators
until the front wheel struck a post; nnd
... j... ...... ....... .. .. .. .-. ,.v . .. j. .v ' A it i x
ONK OP THE MOST WONDERFUL ACCIDENTS ON ItECOKD.
was smashed. Coutaut hnd only slight
wounds a black eye and his right car
slightly torn; and Pernette wns not
hurt at all. Both were ready to recom
mence their dangerous exercise. Two
persons were killed, and four were in
jured. THUNDER LORE.
Ancient Belief a to the Meaning
of Nolaea of the Sky.
Thunder, Just because it ls a noise
for which thero ls no visible cause, has
always excited tho Imagination of the
uuscleutiUc ; so It U natural, says the
Loudon Chronicle, that the most out
rageous superstitions about storms
should date buck to the time when ev
erybody, more or less, wns unscien
tific. One old writer explains the belief
of his day that a "storm Is said to
follow presently when a company of
hogges runne crying home," ou the
ground that "n hogge ls most dull aud
of a melancholy nature, and so by rea
son doth foresee the ralno that coiu
eth." Leonard Dlgges, lu his "Prog
nostication Everlasting" (155t) men
tions thnt "thunder In the morning sig
nifies wind; nbout noon, rain, and in
the evening a great tempest."
The snmo writer goes ou to say;
"Some write (but their ground I see
not) thnt Sunday's thunder should
bring the death of learned men. Judges
and others; Mondays, the death of
women ; Tuesday's, plenty ()f train ;
Wednesday's, bloodshed ; Thursday's,
plnlV of sheep and corn; Friday's, the
slaughter of a great man nnd other
horrible murders; Saturday's, a gen
eral pestilent plague and great dearth."
After the gay and lightsome man
ner shown by Lord Northampton to
wurd these grave matters in bis "De
fensatlve" Is most cheering. "It
-baunceth sometimes," be writes, "to
thunder alimt th;.t tine and scauoa
of the yea re when swnnnes hatch their
young, und yet no doubt it Is a para
dox of simple men to think that a
swanne can not batch without a craeko
of thunder."
Trulluue at Work.
It was the customary habit of An
thony Trollupe, perhaps tlie most me
thodical of well-known English novel
ists, to always write witli bis watch
open on his desk. When ut work ho
drilled himself Into the practice of
writing JJTrti words every quarter of an
km i
0" .'.w,'
t V, r.,4 -i
1 v?a
"fi '""-'1 i Vlhiil., M
hour nnd placed his watch before hit
to make sure of completing bis thou
sand words nn hour. He pooh-pooho.
the idea of waiting for Inspiration am
punctually produced his copy with tin
regularity of clockwork whatever lil
mood at the moment.. He made a cal
culation to show that In this way. b;
working nt his desk only three iio;1r
daily, he could write ten pages of an
ordinary novel n day and finish three
novels comfortably ench year, iiot
lope could also write as easily in rail
way carriages while traveling ns at hi
desk. and. as n matter of fact, cum
posed most of "I.nrchester Towers,"
generally considered to be his best
novel, in this way.
PRIVILEGED TRAVELERS.
Danlxh Itnail Compelled to Carr)
"IlenillieadM" Perpelunlly.
The town of Lauenburg, In Schleswig
Holstein, enjoys a privilege which i
probably unique In the world that o!
free transit by rail to and from the
neighboring town of Riichen. As the In
habitants number about 5.50O and tin-
distance Is nbout nine miles, the costli
ness of the privilege to tho railw;..
companies U groat.
The queer exemption, according t
the Londo.n Globe, dates from 1SI1
when tho Berlin-Hamburg line w:.
built. The Lnuenhurgers made gre.i
sacrifices to secure that the line shoub
touch their town, but tho physical diili
culties were so great that the engineer
abandoned the Idea and took it througt
Buchen. to which town the Danish gov
ernment aftervvnrd constructed ;
branch from Lauenburg. giving to tin
Lnuenhurgers In perpetuity the right o
free transit for themselves nnd the!
baggage. The Prussian railway administrate
has several times tried to rid Itself o
this burden, but the courts have nlwuy
upheld the right. Quite recently u
Lauenburg choral se.clety, made to pax
their fa ran to Mecklesburg, have i;.
penled and the courts have ordered the
deduction of the Buchen portion.
A I'oet'a Cnrloaa Compliment.
It was the habit of Richard Ilenrj
Stoddard, the poet, to always upca
well of everyone. No matter how b.u
the character of n persou, the goon
gray poet Invariably found some trai
to praise. One day In bis otliee o
Park row some friend entered an
asked him whi-tho. lie knew So-and S,
and. If so, what was the nun's rcp;it.i
tion. It happened that tlie man had .
shady reputation and was well know
as a "gold brick" operator. The age.
poet lighted bis pipe and answered:
"Yes, I know him. He is tlie tnos
energetic, progressive, irrepresMMr
good-natured, artistic hind i,f ;1n un
mitigated rascal that 1 ever met.'
Leslie's Weekly.
No Mutter.
Young Playwright There's on'v ou.
trouble wit li my play; it mi;, duwu ui
the end.
Critic- Oh. that won't make any dif
ferencv."
"Won't V
"No. By tho time It gets to th end
there wouldn't be anybody left in the
audieuce." Detroit Free Press.
Do you earn a living that you don't
get or du you ct a liWng you don't
earu?
If the biM.' tit its n sure sign
woman will ask for a smaller size.
Mi-'
ft A
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A Bold Stop.
To overcome the well-greeted n4
Treasonable objections of the more fnt
llgOBt to the se of secret, medicinal con
jDoands, Dr. B. V. Pierce, of DuflalA U.
V., some time ago, nodded to make a bokj
departure from the usual course pursued
by the Bakers of tnt-nn mndu-i
an
so haa Dnblished hm4.
oastaMo
end ocBic
' to the whole world, n. f nil
list ot all the Ingredients
entering in
imposition of his widely
tea. Thus he has twn
celebrated
llc
kls nan
irons and patients Into
se. Thus too ho ha m.
his full
lediclttca from among secret
oououui merits, and made
'te of Known Comwsttlon.
Dr. I'lerrn hn li.
tniiL 111 lorinJir?5of enr.H. rT.rflo, .--a
inai. no li not nttAi.l t. soli .
thft Ii.IT.lt s,.r..,i.,
,t afiAi.l.t.) suMon, thin tq
Wi 8"l dvuMniib wrtpper of ewy bottle
eJJ. Plrce Qeblen Mwllcol Dtscoverv. the
famous medicine for wi-ak stomach, toruld
liver or bUleusnoes snd nil .'atarrhal dlwwi A
whervTer Incated, havo prlntsl upon it. in fl
pton a full and complete Pt ot all
tnf rllf)t9 composing- it, but a small "
eoe bas bnea compiled from numerous
tandaxd tnedtral works, of all the Ulfferenl
acbooka of prncMco, routatnlna' very numer
ous extracts from tho wrlttnn of leading
ractltlonen of medicine, endorsma in th4
troi pimiblA terms, each and every Ingre
dient contained In Dr. I'ierco's medicines.
Otieef those IHMo books will bo msileU fre
Jo aay one serultns address on postal card oi
b letter, to Dr. It. V. Pierce, iiuffslo. K. Y..
and mjuestfng the same. From tills little
book It wUl be learned that Dr. Pierce's med
icines contain no alcohol, narcotics, mineral
aot or other poisonous or Injurious aventt
and that tliay are mado from native, mwlici
Bal roots of great valun; also thnt some of
the most valuable liiRredlonts contained In
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak,
nervous, ovesworked, ''run-down." nervous
and OoblUtUd womon. were employed, long
rears ao, by the Indians for similar ailments
affecting theur squaws. In facv, one of the
srioat valuable medicinal plants entering Into
the composition of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pro
scription was known to tho Indians aa .
"quaw-Voed. Our knowledge of tho usesX
of not a few of our most valuable natle, mo
eiolnal plants was gained from tho Indians.
r"J -1P by impDveil and exact pro
cesaes, the " i avorlto I'reHrrlptloB is a most
efficient remedy for rrirulatltig all tho wom
anly functions, correcting displacements, as
prolapstia . anteverslon and retorverslou.
overcoming painful prrlods. toning up the
hSIm? .5rin,V,"1abVut ? orfct state of
health. Sold by ail doakrs In medicines.
The bulk of the cranberries ef this
country come from the part of eastern
Massachusetts which lies near Gape Cod.
State ef Ohio, City ot Toledo, Lucas Caan
ty, as.:
Prank J. Cheney mnkes oath that he I
senior partaer of the firm of V. J. Cksnty
4 Ce., doing business In the City of To.
lede, Couoty and State aforesnld. and that
aid firm will pay the sum of ONU HUN
DRED DOLLARS for each and every ens
ef Catarrh tbat cannot he cured by the use
ef Hall s Catarrh Cure.
Fit A NIC J. CnFNEY.
Bwom to before rnn nnd subscribed In my
(regeuce, this 6th dav of December. A. D.
8H6. A. W. GLKASON,
(Beat.) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
snd acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for tcstluio.
alals, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO.,
Toledo, O.
Fold by all Drnffalsts, 7."c.
Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation.
Kmew What He Was Doing:.
"Mr. Qreengross, you told me yon could
guarantee these eggs."
"So I did, ma'am. You wanted them
cheap, and I sold thcra to you with the
guarantee that always goes with 12-cen
egg--"
"What Is that, pray?"
"That you'd bring 'cm back." ItJQr
TORTURED WITH ECZEMA.
Tremendous Itching Over Whole Body
Scratched Until Bled Won
derful Cure by Cutlcura.
"Last year I suffered with a tremens
fous Itching on my back, which grew
worse and worse, until it spread over,
the whole body, and only my face and)
hands were free. For four months or
so I suffered torments, aud I bad to
scratch, scratch, scratch, until I blcdJ
At night when I went to bed things
got worse, and I bad at times to ge
op and scratch my body all over, untl
I was as sore as could be, and un
I Buffered excruciating puins. They
told me that I wns suffering from
eczema. Then I made up my mind
that I would use the Cutlcura Re tne-;
dies. I used them according to ln-i
structlons, and very soon Indeed I was!
greatly relieved. I continued until'
well, and now I am ready to recom-j
mend the Cutlcura Remedies to any!
ene. Mrs. Mary Metzger, Sweetwater'
Okla., June 28, 1005."
Do Spldera Like Music? i
It bas often been said that spiders l
are fond of music, but a French inves-, '
tlgator, M. Lecalllou. now asserts that
thla ts not true. Ho says that their
musical sense must bo attributed mere-;
ly to greed or to hunger. When a fly; ,
ls caught In a spider's web It buzzes, V
and the spider immediately makes for -f
the place from which the buzzing
comes. M. Lecalllou, by experimenting
with a violin, some files, a piano, vlo-i
loncello and a cornet, found that onlyi
those musical sounds which resemble
the buzzing of the Hies attracted the,
spiders. The cornet, for Instance, In
variably frightened it, and so did tha
piano.
RHEUMATISM STAYS CURED
Mrs. Cota, Confined to Bed end la
Constant Pain, Cured by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills..
Rheumatism can bo inherited aud thai
fact proves it to be a disease of the blood. ,
It is necessary, therefore, to treat Iti
through the blood it a, permanent cure;
is ex pec tod. External npplicutions mny
give temporary relief from paiu bnt asj
long as the poisonous ncid is in the blood i
the pnin will return, inn haps iu a new
plaoe, but it will suraly roturu. Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills euro rbouniatism be-1
cause they go directly to the scat of -the!
disorder, purifying aud ourichiug the'
blood.
Mrs. Henry Cota, of West Cheshire,
Oonn., is tho wife cf the village ma
chinist. "Several years ago," she says,.
"I was laid up with rheumatism iu iny
foot, ankles nnd kticcs. I was iu con-,
stnut pain and sometimes the affectc-di
parts would swed m b.ully thnt I could
not get about ut nil to attend to my
household duties. There was one period
of tlueo weeks durin g vt liih I was cou
fluod to the bed. My sufferings were
awful aud the doctor's mediciuo did not
help nie.
" One day a neighbor told tne about
Dr. Williams' 1'iuk Pills and I decided toi
try the-ui. After I hud taken them a
short time I was decidedly better and a
few more boxes cured me. Whut is
better, the cure was permanent."
Remember Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do
not act ou the bowels. They make new
blood aud restore shattered nerves. They!
tonenp the stomach and restore impaired
digestion, bring healthful, refreshing
sWp.giveatreiigth to the weak aud make
miserable, complaining people atrong,
hungry and euergetio. They are sold r
all druggists, or will be sent postpaid, on
receipt of price, 60 cents per box. six
boxes 30, by the Dr. Williams Modi
cine Co., Suhcaecfcadv, N.Y.