Truth and
Quality
appeal to the .Well-Informed in every
walk of life ami are essential to permanent
-success and creditable elanling. Acoor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
.and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
! known value, but one of many reasons
-why it Is tho Ijc.H of personal and family
laxatives !a the fact that it cleanses,
, sweeten ami relieves tho internal organs
fn which it acts without any debilitating
after effect and without having to increase.
he quantity from time to time.
H acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as & laxative, and its component
parts arc known to and approved by
physician, as it is free from all objection
ahle subFtanees. ; To pet it beneficial
effects always purchase tho genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale- by all leading drug
gisU. ,
Tne WooIbi of I ha Wooflcock.
The wooing of the woodcock is one
i muse Bignin xo witness wnicu a lovor
of nature Jn ol! , Its moods will wake
Journey of mile. . The scene Is en
acted t twilight, and the setting In of
-willow or alder bushes whose branches
re Just beginning to show the tender
green of early spring. Suddenly from
the damp ground a bird form shoots
upward nkenome.sw.unp spirit until It
Is outlined against the gray of the even
ing sky. Tlien It circles above the
branches, and the song of the wooing
hcglua. Hidden In the darkness of the
thick lower growth Is the object to
which this love song Is directed. The
,blrd above circles perhnps a score of
itlmcs, then drops buck to tho dump
thicket, milking a sound which enn be
likened only to the dropping of water
Into a woodland pool. Agnlu the bird
oars and circles, singing still tho love
soug. This Is repeated time after time
until the Inst gleam of light tins faded
nd night' darkness comes down.
Barfaea Indication.
Stranger (In Gotham) This Is a pret
ty rough part of tho city. Isn't It?.'
Cobby Yes, sir; lb! is Grater New
York. ;
SHAGS YOU DOWN.
Jlarknene and Kidney Trouble Slow
ly Wear One Ont.
Mrs. R. Crouse, Fayetto St., Mn lichen
er, Iowa, Bays: "1'or two years my
4nck was weak. and rheumatic Pains
run through my bnck,
hips and limbs. I
could hardly get
abottt nnd lost niucli
'sleep. The action of
the kidneys was
nmch disordered. I
began using Doun's
Kidney rills nnd the
result was remarka
ble. The kidney nc-
tlon became normal, the backuche ecus-
- ed and my bealtb is now unusually
; joott,"
8old by all dealers. CO cents a boT.
. FoBteriMMburu Co., Buffalo-, N. Y. L-
. Uiicl.a of China.
'J hero are more ducks In China than
In nil the rest of the world. Children
' herd ducks on every road, on every
. pond, farm, hike and river. There Is
no back ynrd without Us duck bouse.
Them is lio boat, little or great, with
out its duck Quarters.
I i All . . t . .
"du'-k hatching establishments, many
kf a capacity to produce 60,000 young
V.ick every year.
r I rf I 1i I riotJrt mtstlr fat nvrwAinAt r Ft
a is1 . x. u at a ai cauciucij
l.-r and dellcnte the best tame duck
'Chinese Is the staple delicacy. It
tv.Wti and smoked like ham or beef,
, i :'. ducr? eggs arc. eaten as bens' eggs
In America. New Orleaus Tlnies-
. A Ok a ara tm Work It OH.
Political Spellbinder Vou know 1 put
' in two or three days preparing a speech
I was expected to deliver at the conven
tion. ' Well, there were so many fellows
alien 4 ol Die that they didn't got around
to me at alt. I've still got that speech
-In my wstem, Alvira.
' Ills Wife Vou .have? Then. I wish
you would go out to the kitchen and
thunder ft at llio cook. I've tried to ills
vhai'fie her and she won't p,o.-Chicago
Tribune,
- Experienced tlie Seuaatlona.
' "Have yeu been away on any vacation
-this summer?" ;
"No-; I expected to go, and scat my
- suitcases on aheid, but something turned
up at the last moment that prevented the
' trip. I gt all the effect of a vacation,
though. The suitcases came back last
week with $7.1.1 storage and express
chnrges on them."
WANTED TO KNOW
. The Train About CrapoNnte Food.
It doesn't mutter ho much whnt you
'liear about a thing, It's what you know
that co wats. And correct knowledge
., is mosi itueiy lo come iroiu personal
-experience.
"About year ago." writes a N. Y.
man, "I was bothered by indigestion,
especially during the forenoon. 1 trie J
several remedies without tiny perma
Jient improvement.
. "My breakfast usually consisted of
ont meal, steak or chops, bread, coffee
a lid some fruit.
"Hearing so much about Grape-Nuts,
I concluded to give It a trial and Hud
out if all I had heard of It was true.
"So I began with Grape-Nuts and
fTeuiu, 2 Sift boiled eggs, toast, ft cup of
Postum and come fruit. Ilcfore the end
-of the firwt week 1 was rid of the acid
ity of the stomach and felt much re
lieved. ' ny the end of the second week nil
'traces ef indigestion had disappeared
ud I was lu fiittt rate health ouce
more. Defure beglnnhig this course of
-diet, I never hud any appetite for
lunch, but now I can enjoy a bearty
meal at now time." "There's a Rea
son." Name given by l'owtum Co., Battle
"Creek, Mich. Kead, 'The Itoad to Well
Tllle,".lu ptgs.
- Ever read the above Utter? A new
'lie appears from time to time.
Xy are genuine, true, aad fall of
Cumaa interest.
the Chauffeur
and the Jewels
Ceprriffet. lWi,r J. LirrmcoTT Comparv.
An rl(bte rmrrW.
, CHAPTER IV.
Three days after Mrs. Waring and
ter party left Havre, an artist bonnled
the Liverpool express Just as It was leav
ing Hlrmlngham," barely la time to lie
locked op In his carriage by the rushing
guard.
The two other people in possession of
the flrsf-clais compartment young sports
with tbelr bulging caddy bags, their suit
cases, and their Gazettes took up the en
tire seat. The artist settled himself mod
estly In a corner opposite, and pulling
his cap well over his face and long, curly
brown hair, opened his Dally Telegraph.
Having read the editorials from end to
end, he glanced lehmrely over the polit
ical news, and finally, doubling the pa
per, took hi the various paragraphs of
current Interest with attention and, one
In particular, with some amusement. .
This was dubbed, "Special from The
Paris Herald," and contained these head
lines : . , t
"Remarkable Rurglary at Havre."
"American Woman Itobbed by Her
Chauffeur."
And then below: '
"Mrs. Richard Waring, ef New York
and Washington, who has been traveling
on the Continent with a party of friends,
was the unfortunate loser on Wednesday
f some unusually Ana diamonds, valued
at 250,000 francs.
"The gems must have been stolen from
her trunk while at the Hotel Maritime.
The suspected thief Is her chauffeur, one
Ludovia Sarto, lately In the employ of
nis Highness the Prince del Pino. Sarto
has been running Mrs. Waring's motor
for the past two months.
"The burglary was not discovered until
this morning, when the party was leaving
Calais, but the authorities of the place
were Immediately informed of the affair
and are on the lookout for the thief. - A
reward of 5,000 francs Is offered for his
apprehension."
' Having read this paragraph twice over
very carefully, the artist folded the paper,
crammed it Into, his pocket, and leaned
back In his seat, giving himself up to a fit
of bard thinking which lasted till the
train rambled into the Liverpool station
ust live minutes late. '
It was while the artist was hunting
op a cab that he first noticed the man in
the brown overcoat a tall, thin, stoop
shouldered person, who favored him with,
a brief, interrogative stare, then disap
peared into the ticket office.
A minute after, a four-wheeler contain
ing a painter and his paraphernalia bowl
ed swiftly away in the direction of the
Metropole Hotel. From time to time its
passenger looked out through the little
Window at the back with a keen, inquir
ing glance. Finally passing out of a
broad avenue, the trap crossed a square
at right angles and turned a sharp corner.
"Stop," said the man inside suddenly.
Dismounting, bag in band, he looked
furtively to right and left. Ahead of
him stretched a long, narrow street given
over apparently to lodging houses and a
few unpretentious shops. Pulling out a
sovereign, "Cabby," . he said, speaking
with a strong foreign accent, "behold
your fare and something, as yon see, be
yond. Make your best time to the Met
ropole and leave there my belongings. 1
get out at this place."
Then, crossing the street as the cab
rattled off, the artist plunged Into a sta
tioner's opposite. .
He was standing at the counter a little
later, reflectively choosing, a note book,
when the sound of wheels outside made
him start and look out expectantly, but
there was nothing unusual in sight only
a station cab, containing a commonplace
looking man in a brown overcoat, pass
ing by the shop at a quick trot.
Paying for his purchase and shoulder
ing his bag, the artist walked briskly
up the street. Turning on bis course, he
soon took to side alleys and short cuts.
walking with the assured gait of one who
knows his town thoroughly, nntll the
gray stone facade of the Hotel Adelphl
came into view.
Ed ter lug the lobby, "Can you tell me,"
he asked the clerk suavely, "if His Ex
cellency the Prince del Pino Is not stay
ing here?"
The young man. consulted a slip of pa
per.
"Leaves by Majestic this aftornoon.
Suite 21, second floor. Take a lift."
The words came out automatically with
out the slightest punctuation.
Following the direction, tkt caller
found himself at length standing outside
of a closed door upstairs.
After a little the door was opened in
answer to his ring and a head thrust
out. .
"Ills Highness begs to be excused," an
nounced a guttural voice, without any
preliminaries. -
But the artist stcrped forward and,
seising tne cautious one by the hand,
held it very firmly.
- "Alceste," he said in French, "do you
not recognize me, my friend! It is Sarto."
The other gave a start "Come in, come
In, without doubt," he said in a low voice,
"and close the door behind you."
It was an imposing anteroom In nhl. l,
Sarto now found himself, with doors
opening out at the two ends, and six
long windows communicating with a bal
cony commanding the street.
While the visitor looked about him, his
companion slipped to the portiere oppo
site and drew the draperies more closely,
Turning he came back rapidly, a trim-
looking fellow of middle height, the typi
cal French valet, with a sallow, smooth'
shaven face.
"And so it Is Ludovic Sarto I" he said
Incredulously, approaching the pseudo art
Ut. "I should never have known you,"
as he surveyed the professional get-up
wiin a sngoi sniue.
"I see, 1 had better ask no questions!
Eh bien, my friend, here you are safe at
least, only" struck by a sudden thouiht
he asked a tew words In a whisper
"have you ever aad the scarlet fever!"
The chauffeur nodded his head. "A
slight case, when I was a boy," be as
sented nneny; ana men, with some con
cern "Not the prlncet"
The other acquiesced. "The devil, say
rather P he ejaculated feelingly. "Such
temper, such abuse, for the past weeki
and now this high fever M. le doctenr is
in there now." He glanced at the oppo
site ooor. "Une cannot tell yet positively
what may be the outcome. As or our
journey this afternoon, where are we to
go what we are to do?"
He shrugged bis shoulders, spread out
his bands, rolled .his eyes, and glanced
opward, all In fine brief, pantomimic mo
ment.
"But how -about you, moo'chou l
The ckaaffeur pushed back his long ar
ny
Etlllh Morgan Wllteit
tistic Irwin, which now allowed unmistak
able signs of helonxing to a wig. . -
"As joii sitjigrxt," he said, "It is wlnor
sometimes 4 snk no qiifxtion about the
past. For the present" This with a
whimsical lift of his eyebrows "Scotland
Yard is after me. I have been followed
all the way from Southampton. That is
the reason I am here."
He panned, his eye inwrutal'ly on the
valet; but Alceste avoided the gaze.
"You come at a bad time, then," he
objected, with sudden fret fulness. "The
prince ill myNelf with a hundred de
mands upon me one must see, nndr
these "circumstances"
"Ah I" broke in the chauffeur. f,ook'
ing down, lie studied the points of his
boots and appeared to meditate a moment,
then, slinking off his abstraction, "Come,
then," he said lightly, "no more of my
affairs. We will discuss thine for the
notice. Sit down ; let us talk."
Placing hlmwlf leisurely in n chair, he
eyed the valet with a faint smile that
hardened and broadened.
"Ah, Alceste! Ilut the sight of thee
recalls many things I Dost thou remem
ber those two weeks at Touloue7" His
gage rested reminiscently on the ceiling.
"And that accident to the gens d'arme?
It was an unhappy mistake of thine,;' he
laughed Jarringly.
But Alceste did not lauiih.
"Un peu plus has," he expostulated, his
eyes on the closed door opposite.
Sarto crossed his legs with deliber.ition.
"Aha!" he Inughed unheedingly. "There
was also that affair in Spnin. Ma foi 1
How amusing 1" He raised his vok-o with
apparent unconsciousness. "The prince
bits he heard of these little incidental
divertlsements? Eh, Alceste?"'
Alceste made no immediate reply. Ills
eyes were still glued on the door, his
usually dull skin turned the spent, un
healthy hue of a wax candle.
After a pause, "I not this a bad time
for such banal reminiscences?'' he asked,
meekly enough now. "I ara all eugerness
to do what you wish in this dilllculty. It
Is but a question of expedients. Chut !"
He broke off abruptly, lixtenlng, for
from the next room came the Round- of
voices, and then footfalls.
"M. le docteurl" ejaculated Alceste.
" Already 1"
He moved swiftly toward the door.
Then, over his shoulder, "Look you !
Through that door opposite! Make haste;
I will he with you directly." Ills tone
was almost beseeching. ' -
Rising with a careless shrug, the other
stepped into the next room. Having clos
ed the door, he stood listening to the
sound of approaching feet.
The next inslnut a voice became audi
ble, the hoarse, wheezy voice of a very
fat man. ' Standing clone by the Interven
ing wall, Sarto could hear every word.
"Yes," the doctor was saying, "there
Is considerable fever,, but we cun't he sure
what the trouble Is for twenty-four hours
at any rata. It it wasn't Dint Liverpool
had been so full of scarlet fever lately I
should ssy positively " He broke off
abruptly. "Well, keep him quiet and do
what I told you."
"Mais, monsieur," the valet's voice rose
in voluble remonstrance, "all arrange
ments mek for Son Allesse departure to
day. Iook you I The very trunk have
left for the steamer. This hotel full-
cr-r-owded. Eef all dese peoples Mispect
the truth, dere will he great tr-rouble .
big fuss !"
The doctor was evidently in a hurry.
for the chauffeur could hear the struggle
with his overcoat.
"Suspect," he gruuted. "Why , should
they suspect? Can't you keep things quiet
a little longer? I tell you seriously the
prince can't bo moved for twenty-four
hours without . danger. Juat tell Mr.
Burlington tbut, with my 'compliments.
I'll drop in later and -have a word with
him."
There was a shuffle of departing feet
and the door closed. .
Stepping over to the window which
gave on the street, the chauffeur glanced
out, hoping for a glimpse of tho great
man getting into his broughnm, hut there
was no sign of either. ,
Instead, a hansom had Just driven tin
Jo the side entrance and, as Sarto watch
ed It, some one Jumped out and passed
rapidly into the hotel a tall, thin man
in a familiar looking brown overcoat.
Wltb'a muttered exclamation the chau
four turned away and stood perfectly
still, staring ahead of him with tlm di
lated, startled look In his eyes of a hunt
ed animal. Listening with sickening ex
pectancy, lie made out tho cresk of the
ascending lift outside, the sound of feet
along the hall, and a loud knock.
After a moment's silence, it whs repent
ed, and tho llip-Ilap of Alccste's slippers
came hastening from au inner room to
answer it.
The door was opened, and a quiet voice
was heard to the listener's strained
senses most unpleasantly distinct ami
near.
"Those the prince's rooms? ' It- asked
suavely. "Tho , clerk tells mo that a
friend of imue was directed up here a
halt hour ago an artist tall, dark man.
I've culled Tor him! Just ask him to
Vr-p out, please !"
There was a pause, while Ludovic IH.I
himself stiffly at bay, wondering what
would come next ; everything hung on tho
valet's next words.
"Oul, monsieur," came the guttural re
sponse at last. "The geutleinaus Unit
you describe called here, ii-y-a' vingt min
utes, but as Son Altpsse co:ld not sea
heem he leave directly.'"
"ludoed?" The tone sounded incredu
lous. "That is very extraordinary! The
clerk tells me he didn't fee. him go out.
How do you account for that?"
"I do not know, sir, me J" Alccste's
reply was glihness Itself. "I shut do door
on heem. Son Allesse, he so much occu
py, and myself no lesa."
The detective took I he obvious infer
ence. "Well," ho remarked, after u
pause, "if you're sure he's not here, I
won't detain you any lotiser. Much oblig
ed. Good morning!" And footsteps ro
treated down the hull,
The situation was apparently saved, but
the astute chauffeur realized thoroughly
that the Adelphl was no longer a poi
blllty tor him. Some other hiding place
must be found, something must be done
and at once.
The next half hour he spent tramping
up and down his rather circumscribed
quarters and cudgelling hi brains for a
solution of the problem that confronted
him, so absorbed in bis thoughts that b
almost forgot to wouder what bad become
of Alceale.
At last, however, the valet made his
sppearanee, his calorics face more chalky
than over.
"AhP he ejaculated eavagelyfl for the
moment more interented la his own dilem
ma than In the chauffeur's woe. "Could
anything be worse? Some servant has
spread abroad the report thet Sort Al
tee hns tho srarlet fever, aad the hotel
Is intcte, foil! Every one In a panic 1
M. le Proprietaire declares that If the
prince doe not carry out hi intention
and leave to-day, every one In the house
will leave; bis sen son will be . ruined !
Miserable rannllle!" He wrinkled his
forehead. "If one could but arrest tbelr
tt!spicion, keeps things quiet for twenty
four hours longer, when everything will
be decided.''
Sarto seemed deep In thought. "The
staterooms are taken?"
"But yes, taken and paid for the best
on the ship. Ah! Millo tonnerresl Sacre!
And the very trunks on board I"
"So much the better," said the chauf
feur suddenly.
Alceste stared at him.
"I mean It!" the other repeated. "Let
them go, even if they have to cross the
oceon to save appearances I"
lie was standing before a mirror, star
ing at himself critically, eagerly.
"Yes" to himself "It could bo man
aged with a little Ingenuity." Then,
turning to the vulet, "Calmes loi, Al
ceste!" ho said soothingly. 'Yon have
helped me and I shall now extricate you.
This moment even, a blessed idea . has
come to me by which all can be managed.
The affuir is concluded! Between n
both we eau accomplish everything. Hi
Excellency can remain here in secret un
tho crisis of his illness Is passed, and
yet at the same time the proprietor, the
hotel, all the city if necessary, shall see
the Prince del Pino sail for America 1"
(To he continued.)
"LITTLE GRANDMOTHER."
Ilnnalan diameter Who Is Very
Widely Known am "Ilabnnhka."
"Ill the spring of 1'JOO I traveled deep
Into tlii interior of one of the most cen
tral province of IltiKHlu," writes Kel
! Diirliinil in the Woman's Home
Companion. "In a remote village many
leiigiiesi from the nearest railroad I
lcarficd of a woman, who In many re
sis'cts Is one of the inont reninrknbh
pci-Hoimlitlcs in UiishIu In a generation.
Her mi mo Is the key to tbouHimds of
henrt". Her life hns been the inspira
tion of millions. No person mnn or
woman has beou more constantly
nought by tho police than Hbe. For years
ti price of many thousand rubles was on
Iter bend. Yet she is due of the sweet
est, the purest, the most I ving nnd
most lovable souls It has ever boon iny
privilege to meet.
"For thirty years tlU woman has
been n leader of the movement for-llb-erty
in Itiissla. Back in the year 1878
she was arrested mid exiled to the
mines of Knrn in Central Siberia, nnd
there she iout no less than twenty
three long jenrs.
"The lmine of this remarkable per
Humility Catherine Breshkovsky.
From nearest Russia to farthest Siberia
she is known, revered nnd loved. Not
only docs every one In the great empire
of the Cnr know her by her own unuio,
but n I so by the word of familiar en
dearment, which In Uussiti menus
"Little G rand mother" BubUhbkn. Any
beloved old lady, may be a babushka,
but there is only one whom every Rus
sian Instantly thinks of when reference
Is made tu Babushka. It is almost like
the Little Corporal or the Widow of
Windsor.-' I know this, liccnnse 1 have
tisked about BnbuHhkn in St. Petersburg
nnd Moscow, lu South Russia, in the
I'aiicnsiis, In North Russia, on the Vol
ga, on the Don, uud In distant Siberia,
and never once was I i-nlled upon to ex
plain whom I meant."
. Our (.'onwamptlon of Tolisces, ,
According to the census figures re.
ceutly Issued the consumption of to
bacco in tho I'nlted States Is enormous.
flie money spent for cigars in the year
ending June, 1IMI5. was $108,180,372 and
for cigarettes, $J,Ho4,S03. Tho sales of
chmvlug and pli tobacco showed an
expenditure of more than $110,000,000,
of which Jt is estimated that jou.OOO,
0K) was spout for smoking tobacco.
Fncle Sam's appetite for the weed Is
vornclous. The consumption of tobac
co hns Increased from 293,894,45!!
pounds lu 1900 to "3,020,971 pounds in
t90". 1 This include" chewing tobacco.
In VMo he actually smoked more than
lfiO.000,000 pounds. Yes, It all went
iv)) In smoke, and with It the cost of
the Paunnni cnn.M and of 27 battle
ship. The consumption of cigars has in-
ereawd 27.5 per cent since 1900, and of
elgnrettesT 27.3 per tent. From 1809 to
1905 the iimsiiinptkui of clgar3 nnd
cigarettes steadily increased seevnfold.
During the same period the population
of the country increased only n little
more thau twofold.
More money Is spent each year on
tobacco than on potatoes or vegetables
or fruits or coffee.
Tame and Wild liamv Mixed.
School .Teacher Ami now that w
have Mulshed discussing tho lion and
ttio tlcr, who can tell me about the
lynx? - .
A painful pause. Flimlly a small
hand U hesitatingly elevated.
Teacher Well, Tommy, cm you do
scrlbo the lynx?
Tommy No'm. N
Teacher Then why did yon raise
your hand? , .
Tommy I thought Willie vVugglea
could tell.
Teacher And what made you tblnk
WHIte could describe-Uio lynx?
Tommy 'Cause his brother's a cad
die A bar uoe uf Mtntl.
Browning So your engagement w!tfc
the rich widow Is broken off, eh? What
was the trouble?
Greening Oh, one of rhy famous bad
breaks, us usual. In nu unguarded
moment I asked her if I was the only
mnn she bud ever loved.
Too Healthy,
"Io you believe that mosquitoes car
ry lnnlaila?''
"Not the mo3iultoes around bere,"
answered Fanner Corutossel. Tbey
couldn't possibly do It and be ae
healtliy." Washington Star. '.
Iteatnnrant lieitarle.
"Wnitvr, what kind of a steak waa
that yoit served me with Just now?"
demanded the dissatisfied guest
"Well done," resiiouded the waiter,
with n low bow.
"ll'tnl Do you mean me or thf
eteakr
METHODS OF
I . " ' : V "X
- - I ' I -
r i is if
The, first picture shows a California house which has been cut In
two for removal, the second a house being moved by horse-power, and
the third bouse moving by boat.
Nowadays when a person wants to move nnd doesn't like to think of giv
ing up the old home, he taks the old home along with him. This Is not al
ways easy, but frequently it is ndvlsnblo to do It rather than go Into n new
country and build another home. The group illustrates some of tho Ingenious
methods employ.-d in moving houses. The California borne was cut in two
end moved up the bill on a prepared roadway. The house shown on tin
barges was moved a considerable-distance up the Hudson from New York, as
shown in the picture. It wns accomplished without serious mishap. 'Ihe
other picture shows a bouse moving in Winnipeg, where a good many horses
were used as motive power, nfter the house .had been Jacked upejii roller'. .
..fcieiice
kMnvention
It has long been known, theoretical
ly, that the tides net as a brake on the
rotating earth, and tend to lengthen
tho day. The effect, however. Is so
slight that it ennnot be measured in
any length of time at man's disposal.
t may he estimated with the nld of cer
tain assumptions; mid using the data
available, W. D. MacMlllnn has recent
ly made the necessary computation by
the formulas used by engineers. He
finds for the Increase of the length of
!he day one second in 400,000 years.
The second largest masonry arch In
the world has. according to Engineer-
SEA-BATHING ON
WW'JIUnjU.l.MM.1
it :.
1 VHT- K-
r.i , i.
NEW AMUSEMENT FOR PASSENGERS ON BIO STEAMERS."
A new aiuusemcnt for passengers on ocean liners has been Introduced on
'board soino Pad Ho steamers. It is a swimming bath on deck big enough to
hold about a dozen poople nt once. The bath Is filled with sea water. Pas
sengers can enjpy their swim without fear of sharks. Illustrated London
New.
Ing News, recently been built on a new
railway In Austria. This nrch la the
largest spau of a bridge over the Isonzo
river and Is 278.9 feet, .having a rise
of 78 feet The arch Is of cut stone
founded on re-enforced concrete foot
ings, backing Into solid rock. It is 0.0
feet thick nt the crown. The largest
masonry arch In the world Isjt Plaucn.
Germany, having a spun of 295 feet,
and the hitherto second largest, at
Luxcinhorg, with 277.0 feet span.
Georgo Oakley Totteu, Jr., of Wash
ington, one of the American delegates
to the International Congress of Archi
tects at Vienna, delivered nu address
nt the conveutlou, in the course of
which, speaking of the development of
skyscrapers as a result of conditions In
the t'nlted States, he said : "Conditions
are likely to arise which will greatly
Influence the architecture of the future.
To sail through the air la no longer a
mere picture of the Imagination, and
the day may not be distant when the
architect will have to devote hla at-
HOUSE MOVING.
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ten tlon to beautifying not only the
fronts of buildings, but the roofs as,
well, so that they may cot offend the,
eye of the aesthetic traveler through
the sky."
The expedition organized by. the,
American Museum of Natural History
which bus been exploring" the Fayura
Desert, in northern Egypt, seems to
have located the place of origin of the
elephant lu tho Tertiary age. Remains
of the ancestral form of elephants,
called the Moirltherluni, were obtained,
and restorations have been made by
Charles' R. Knight under the direction
of Prof. Osborn. From northern Af
rica, It is afilrmed, the elephant stock
migrated south through Africa, north
into Europe, nnd east nnd northeast
through Asia Into America.
Oranges and all fruits of the citrus
family In Florida suffer extensive rnv
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nces from the "white ily." This insect
first apiearel In this country, In Flor
ida, many years ngo, and Is supposed
to bavo been Imported .from Chlnn.
It lias now spread ull through Florida
and along the coast Into Texas. Cali
fornia, fearing Its approach, has made
efforts to keep It out. but in May, 1907,
It was found established at threo poluts
in the northern-central parts of that
eltate. The white Hy not ouiJfMlrectly
damages the trees, but gives rlso to n
booty mold which spreads over the
leaves and discolors the fruit The
principal uutural moans of protection
are four species of parasitic fungi,
which, lu favorable circumstances, give
the affected groves one clean year in
three. These fuugt may be artificially
disseminated, and fumigation Is also
employed to coinbut Ihe enemy. No In
sect parasites of the white fly . are
known to the government entomolo
gists. It U easy to prevent failures all one
baa to do U refrain from trylnf.
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ltlKbl.
Right is slowly but surely marching
on, ultimately to claim Its own. Rer.
Thomas B. Gregory, T'lilvcrsflM, New
York City.
Condemnation nl Sla.
Sin against the body must be con
demned as severely its sin against the
soul. Rev. Matthias S. Kaufman,
Methodist, Norwich, Conii.
Confluence.
Live for tho great convictions. Cnrry
with you nn atmosphere of confidence
and victory. Rev. N. I. IIlllls. Con
gregntlotinllst, Brooklyn, N. Y.
) . Cleaning: I p. ,
A cleaning up should lie a cleaning
up, and not n molng nround. It will
not mean anything, as a whole, to shov
el up a load of fllth from one place and
simply move it to another. Rev.
Charles E. Guthrie. Methodist Episco
palian, Washington, U '.
Chance,
There is no such tiling ns luck In the
world. It Is an error of thought, n mis
apprehension of the nature of things, to
imagine that we are in any sense under
the dominion of chance. Rev. George
Bnlley, Presbyterian, Washington, D.O.
Wei nnd Hry ;.oM.
Ono of tho things Ilia! breaking up
tho American home to-day is the wom
an's love for dry KM'd mid tlt man's
love for wet" goods. The Kroatest ene
my the American 'homo lias Is tne
American saloon. Rev. .w. W. Bustard,
Baptist, Boston, Mn9. .
Human rr..sreMi, w
The. motive of biim.in progress has
been ever a belief in spiritual reality.
Whenever that motive lias been super
seded, progress lias ceased, disintegra
tion has set in," whether In the nation
or in the Individual. -Rev. Sidney H.
Cox, ' Evangelical Church, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
A Conceited Conacleuee.
The worst thing tu the world is a
conceited conscience. You ennnot rea
son with n mnn w afflicted. A man so
troubled will apply the torch and the
sword, forgetting entirely that hatred
and death have no place in God's plan.
Rev. Charles L. Goodcll, Methodist,
New York City.
Small ThinicM.
The gentle traits, the modest quail
tics, the quiet tastes,, the unektruslve
deeds the unselfish attitude, the little
attentions it is Just these small things
which render our life frnurant, giving
geunineness nnd character to our relig
ion. Rev. Abram S. Isaacs, Hebrew,
Paterson, X. J.
tiodllnean In Finance.
If godliness had been enthroned In
ninny an institution of large nnd high
Inance that has gone to the wall during
the year, that Institution would still
M standing, commanding the confidence
tud patronage of the community. Rev.
lobn Fhtgg, Presbyterian, New Yorlc
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.'" ;V: .Smart Set. -
Smart sets must sooner or later be
Ji the grave, rotting In oblivion, and In
ihe eye of the world and In the world's
leart are enshrined only the few with
brain and character, nnd wlw by force
of thnt brain and character do some
thing of real Importance to their day
nd generation. Rev. Thomas B. Greg
ory, Uulversalist, New York City.
Tli Purpoae at il.
The purpose of God through this rev
Jlatlon for us is not Ufimvledgo alone.
Men devote their lives to science and
philosophy. His imrpose Is not pbysl
:al power. It Is not wen It h and luxury.
3od comes through His word to giro
ps eternal life nnd pardon from tho
jower of slu. Rev. Clayton II. Dela
nater, Methodist Episcopalian, Provl
lence. R. I.
Ambaanador vl tirUt.
Laws nre made, nieu arc subjected to
ilvll authority. Broken laws nre open
:o penalty. Tho governments nre pow
wful enough to enforce. If men In
authority are wenlCor unwilling, is it
In the power of the church to say thou
Bhalt? Is the church losing the noble
standards that it hns won? is she no
longer the ambassador of Christ? Has
he become the spy of government?
Rev. W. II. BAIlen, St. Peter's by the
Sea, Narragansett Pier, 1. I.
( brlotlnnlty and Labor.
It is my teller thut tlio solvent for
all our social ills Is found in the words
of Jesus nnd In the spirit He brought
to this world. Christianity will help
more than any other, agency to solve
the problem of capital nnd labor. It
Is my ilrm belief that in time the
laborer will owu tlio luois with which
he lubors and will hire from the cap
italist what money he needs. The
work I numan, Instead of working for the
capitalist, will have the capitalist's
money working for hlni, Rev. Lyman
Abbott, Congregntlonnlist. New Tori
City.
Itenderlnst Trlbnto to !.
There are three ways of rendering
tribute to Christ Willi the mind, tho
heart and tho will. I do not appeal to
rour minds. No man of senso -to-day
lenles the Christ; that day Is past. I
do not appeal to your heart nnd worlc
on your sympathies. It's ensy enough,
to make women cry and :;et Into a state
af ecstasy so often mistaken for real
surrcuder to Cannt. I nppenl to your
will, for it's with the will nlone that"
you must unswer that treat question,,.
" hut think ye of Cliri t? Rev. John
Hal com Shaw, Presbyterian, Ohicngo,
Ml.
Truot I'oalllTe.
"How do you know that tho Do
Stylos imve tnne back from the coun
try?" "Because their next-door nelirhbora
told me they were living in the front
of the house ngtt In." Baltimore Amer
ica a
x tit-llluit Heady.
"What did May think of tho colWa
football wound as I arrangements?"
"She was dclihu l: said the nrirato
rooms at the hospital were Just too eutij
for anything." - Baltimore America.