"'; -v-
Ferfame t'sed by rtnyntte.
Queen Wllhelmlna of Holland has
flatly a pint of enu de cologne In her
morning bath; Quceu Victoria of Spain
affects a mixture of Iris and Invcnder
OH her handkerchiefs; Queen Helena of
Italy prefers Iris and heliotrope; the
Downier Queen of Italy nnd Queen
Amelia of Portugal are devotees of
rwect violets, but the Empress of Itus
ala lends the: way, as she spotiils no
less than 20.ot0 year on perfumery
In Tarls alone. In respect of violets
be requires that they shall be plucked
Jnst at sunset. And when the boxes
rencta St. Petersburg they are Drst sent
ta be examined lest they might conceal
I bomb or some deadly poison.
RTJN DOWN TO A SHADOW.
From Thla Condition Brought nark
to Health.
Mrs. Edgar Smith, Nolle Halns,
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ItrjZJM' " weakness
5J?'B " without benefit.
and finally nogan
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Sold by all dealers. W) cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. X. Y.
About IS cents a square yard Is spent
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Berlin spends 4 rents for this.
Safa and Sore.
Among the medicines that are recom
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Tb bloou jm nt i nt; heart trav
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Cured Sweeney and Ilemored a
Spavin.
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country. They have saved the Uvea of
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Mr. O. T. Roberts of Resaca, Ga., R.
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weeney and effected a thorough cure.
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t bad a mare with an abscess on her
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stock."
Dr. Sloan will send his Treatise ou
the Horse free to any horseman. Ad
dress Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass.,
Station A.
Telephone Care for Ohnllr.
"Pseudo-sclcuce !" said Nikola Tesla,
at a dinner of electricians, apropos of
an electrical cure for old nge. "To a
layman," Mr. Tenia resumed, "such a
cure sounds reasonable. But to a sci
entist It is aa ridiculous as the tele
phone cure for corpulence. You have
.heard of that? No?
"Well, Herbert Henvey, weighing 285
pounds, decided to reduce electrically.
He wrapped a coil of copper wire
-round his wrist, connected it with the
telephone apparatus, aud, sure enough,
began at once to grow lighter at the
irate of several pounds a minute.
"This Is a grand scheme,' chuckled
Heavey, pulling out tho waistbund of
his trousers, which was alrendy a foot
too big for bin waist.
"Then, suddenly, the telephone bell
rang.
"'Is that Herbert Heavey?' a gruff
voice asked.
" 'Yes,' was the reply.
" 'Well, this Is the exchange,' snapped
the voice. 'Will you please stop fry
ing scrapple with the telephone wires?
Our oflice Is all full of nasty fat.' "
What Could She Dot
The Young Man I wlMh to thank
you, sir, for giving roe your assistance
In persuading your daughter to marry
me.
The Old Man Sir. 1 wus violently
opposed to the match.
The Young Man I know It. Clevs.
land Lender.
LESS MEAT
Advlee of Kaosllr Phralrlan.
Formerly people thought incut noe
esaary for strength and muscular vigor.
The man who worked bard was sup
posed to require ment two or three
times a day. Science fans found out
differently.
It Is cow a common thing for the
family physician to order less meat, aa
in the following letter from a X. Y.
man :
"I had suffered for years with dyi
pepsla and uervousnoss. My physician
advised me to eat less meat nnd greasy
fowls generally. I trlod several things
to take the place of my usual break
fast of chops, fried potatoes, etc., but
tot no relief until 1 tried Grape Nuts
food.
"After using Graiie-Nuht for the
cereal part of niy meals for two years.
I am now a well man. Griio-Xuts
benefited my health 1 more than the
$300.00 worth of niedli X had taken
before.
"My wife and children I e healthier
than they had been for y..rs, and we
are a Tery huppy family, largely due
to Grape-Nuts.
"We have leen so much benefited by
Grape-Nuts that It would be ungrate
ful not to acknowledge It."
Xsme given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Rend "The Road to Well
rllle," In pkgs. 'There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
Iitey are genuine, true and full of
sums) Interest. ,
i Aunt Diana :
The Sunshine
of the Family
CHAPTER XXII. (Continue.)
'Oh, there is the river!" exclaimed All-
Son, i.i a tone of ecstasy. "I,ook, linger ;
yon can just catch a clcam tlirongh the
trees oh. the dear plsrel How I do
love i! " her voice rising info a perfect
crescendo, of which the top not was
complete satisfaction.
"It is just a year sirce you have seen
it," observed Greville. "Miss Alison,
ivhnt mad" you slenl a tnrinh on me in
that fashion I was ipiiie hurt that you
never give me a hint of your intention
of going home."
lie sjifike in a low tone that Roger
could not henr.
The quick, sensitive color rushed Intc
Alison's face; there was such implied re
proach In Greville's voice. Had he really
been hurt?
'Oh, you must not feel like that about
It," she relurneil, with a sweet, candid
look. "We had talked of the possibility.
Aunt Diana ami I, hut nothing had hern
settled. I hail put it out of my mind.
I was so naughty, I could not bear the
Idea of going home and doing my duty.
I should never have gone at sll If Aunt
Diana had not helped me."
'Yoti did not think how I should feel
when I came back and found you gone,"
retorted Greville, in a boyish, injured
Voice, that reached Itoger and mads him
mile, only Alison grew a little grave.
'I left a message with your grand
father," she said, quietly. "What could
I do? Aunt Diana said it was my duty
to go, and that it was no good initting
one's hand to the plow and looking back
ward. What is t.he use of loitering over a
difficult task when it has to be done?"
That is true, hut "
"Please don't talk of last summer,"
she interrupted him; "it makes me sad
only to think about it." And he could
see there were tears in her eyes ns she
spoke. "I made myself so miserable over
It; I could not hear leaving Aunt Diana,
and I missed every one so."
"diss Alison, please do not look sad
over it," said Greville, earnestly. "What
a clumsy fellow I am ! I have silenced
the nestful of twittering young larks"
referring to lunger's speech, "dome, J
know you will forgive me, and look chirpy
again, when I tell you I have passed
muster and come off with, flying colors."
Oh, I am so clad !" exclaimed Alison,
her smiles re'., rning again. "Then you
must have worked hard. How pleased
Mr. Moore must be !"
'To hear grandfather talk." returned
Grevllle, calmly, "you would think I was
the Admiral Crichton, at bust. The dear
old man makes no end of fuss, bless him !
I tell him it is all your doing; you gave
me such a terrible lecture that Wednes
day." 'Oh, no," replied Alison, blushing; "it
Was your own good sense."
I shall go in for 'Greats' next year.
So I shall have to grind pretty hnrd. I
Itn to have a coach down here this sum
mer. Cheyne, of P.nlliol, Is at The ('rays
with his people, and he is a rare fellow
for that. I have to work all my morn
ings," be continued, rather dolorously.
'hut I shall have my nfternoons and
evenings free. Miss Alison, you are not
listening to me."
"Oh, yes I am!" she cried, joyously,
'but I can not bear any more just now,
Chough I om very glad to hear it all.
Kogr, do look ! There is Moss-side
you know you have forgotten it and
there is Aunt Di in the imrch."
'Allie, you have eyes like a hawk. I
see nothing but greenery and sunshine.'
Nevertheless, Roger did perceive, a
moment afterward, a tall figure In myrtle-green
standing under a trellis of roses.
Miss Carrington had evidently heard
the wheels of the dog cart, and had come
out to look. When they stopped she had
the little gate open ami was helping Ali
son to alight.
"How are yon, my dear child?" she
said, ns AlUon put her farms around her;
'actually not tired, Allie ! And you.
Itoger? Welcome to Moss-side, my boy !"
'Aren't you going to welcome me, too.
Miss Carrington?" asked Greville. half
Jokingly, hut he looked a little wistfully
at the group.
'No, not to-night," sue returned, de
cidedly. "I must have my belongings to
myself for this one evening; you may
come In to breakfast, if yon like."
And, knowing of old that Miss Cur-
rlngton's decisions allowed of no appeal,
Greville lifted his hat and wished them
rood evening, aud turned his inn re's head
In the direction of the l'Vrnleigh stables.
not without a backward glance et the
si i in, dark-eyed girl looking affectionately
lu Miss t arrington s face.
'Now, Allie, go to your old room and
get rid of the dust, while 1 show Roger
Upstairs, observed Aunt Diana, in a
brisk voice. "ou will find me in the
vtudio when you are ready."
CHAITKR XXIII.
Her old room! Alison gave a hnnnv
little sigh as site troj on the threshold
What a green little bower it looked, snd,
oh, the roses! roses in the quaint old
china bowls tbst Aunt Diana so much
fTeted; roses in the slender Venetian
(lasses on the mantelpiece and toilet ta
bis; roses clambering into the window
ind pressing their pink faces against the
twinging lattice; nnd on the window
ill, dropped by some thoughtful hand, a
glorious liiolre tie in Jon, with a back
ground of maidenhair fern, such as All
son loved to wear iu her white gown
Ci . ...
rue sioou tor a moment looking out
thoughtfully. The long shady lawns of
Moaa-sid snd ternleigh lay beneath her,
snd through the fresh folime of the wil
lows snd acacias was (he silvery gleam
of the lovely rlvej. Something in the
BubliHthlike stillness. In the beauty of
the s.-ege. in the peaceful satisfaction of
her heart, moved Alison to kneel ito.vn
imong the roses, and breathe a brief
thanksgiving for the duties she hail been
strengthened to perform, for the fatherly
goodness that brought her back to the
koine of her adoption, and for Hie l.umnn
love that was but a dim reflection of the
Divine.
She did not hurry to go down, though
her luggage hail not yet arrived, and there
wis no possibility of changing her (ravel
ing dress. Hut when she had brushed her
brown hair, and put ou her hrcs-d knot of
roses, she looked trim as ever, und her
Vright, smiling face, ns she opened (he
Studio door, brought (he name "Sunny'' (o
Miss Carrlngtou's mind, for she looked
St all young faces should look the very
ssence of a sunbeam.
"Oh, Aunt DI, the ihur, lovely room!
And, oh, thnt Is rlie new picture," spring
ing to the eal lo gate delightedly on
folden cornfields, with scarlet poppies
Struggling among (lie wheat, like gaudy
premise never lo ripen into fruit, and
ander tUe hedge a littl brown baby
sleeping, with Its dimpled hand fntl of
weeds, and a sheep dog watcning Its
slumbers.
"Do you like the picture, Allie? It Is
sold alrendy. Lady Franklin fell In lovs
with it, but I want it to hang In next
year's Academy. The baby is painted
from lifo; the original belongs to Barby,
nn old servant."
"Aunt Di, It Is prfectly beautiful!
Roger, come here nnd tell me if you do
not think so."
"Nonsense, Allie; Roger is far too hun
gry for art criticism at present. Come
awsy, yon foolish chill, nnd let me give
you something more satisfying thnn paint
ed ennvss. The rihickens came from Bar
hy's farm, with the strawberries snd this
jug of delirious cream."
Alison looked round rather bewildered,
for none of these tempting viands were
in sight ; but Miss Carrington, who knew
her love for meals al fresco, had had the
supper table laid in the wide veranda,
snd not only chickens and strawberries,
but other delicacies were provided for the
hungry travelers.
"This Is Mter than your tea table un
der the limes at home, Allie," exclaimed
Roger, as he carved for the Indies. "No
wonder she wss spoiled, Aunt Diana, and
did not take kindly to the sooty ivy and
the music of the crane."
"Roger, I shall impose a forfeit If eith
er yoti or Allie mention the mill," ob
served Miss Carrington, as she hsnded
him a cup of coffee enriched with Bar
by's yellow cream. "I want you two
young things to forget everything but
how you are to amuse yourselves. Allie,
shall we hnve our breakfast here, as we
did last year, while the blackbirds and
thrushes take theirs? Roger looks ss
if he wanted to live in the open air. Do
you know you hnve got thin, dear boy?"
"Never mind that. Aunt Diana; there
is no fear of rusting, that is one bless
ing work never hurt man or woman
yet."
"No," she said, thoughtfully, "but 'mod
eration In all things' was an apostle's
maxim; but you are right in principle,
Roger. Now for the home news. What
is really your father's condition? Let
ters are so unsatisfactory, and they never
say half enough." .,
"Dr. Greenwood is delighted with the
progress he has made, Aunt Diana; he
gets across the room quite nicely on
crutches, though he is not to do more at
present. Of course, the long confinement
has made hi in look pale and delicnte, but
his spirits are first rate. Dr. Greenwood
told me the other day that in another yeor
or so he might hope to be as well as
ever. He says he is on excellent pa
tient." "And how doee the book go on?"
"Very well, I believe; be manages to
write without difficulty with the help of
a sloping board."
"That was Roger's clever contrivance,"
Interrupted Alison.
"Aunt Diana does not wont to know
that; you have broken the thread of my
discourse. Father does seem happier ly
ing tlisre with all his books round lit iu
than he did at the mill."
"And a very good idea, too," observed
Miss Carrington, looking nt her nephew
with decided approbation. "How does
Mnrdo.-k fulfill his duties':"
"Admirably ; he is a very steady fel
low." "Then Allie's plan will answor," she re
turned in her practical way. "There is
no reason, Roger, why you should not car
ry on the business, nnd leave your father
free for his literary pursuits. He was
never fitted for a business man; he is too
dreamy and unpractical. Believe me, he
will be far hnppier and less irritable if
circumstances allow him to follow his
own particular bent."
I am quite sure of it, Aunt Diana,"
returned Roger, .quietly ; "nnd now I have
worked nlone all these months, I feel
more competent to carry on the business
single handed. It hns been a hard pull
Fergiismiii bad done so much mischief, but
tilings are righting themselves now, and
with Murdoi'i help we shall get on
capitally."
"That is well," replied Miss Carring
ton, heartily, "and now, how does Missie
go on?"
This time Alison answered.
"Her arm is quite right, but she still
looks rather thin and delicate. Mrs.
llardwick Mrs. Forbes, I mnn wants
to take iier to Torquay, in October, for
two months; she says she will be such
n nice companion for Anna. Papa insists
that she is to go.'
And how does my little friend Anna
get on with her stepfather?"
"He is very kind to her, Aunt 1)1.
Roger is rather pleased with him on the
whole."
"Dr. Forbes is one of those men whose
bark is worse than their bite," observed
Roger; "he rather prides himself on be
ing a bear, but I think Miss Anna has
proved there is a soft Bpot in his heart."
"I am glad to h-mr this. Then the
poor little girl is happy on the whole?"
"I don't think Anna is to be pitied,
Aunt Di," returned Alison, in rather a
peculiar tone; "she looks extremely hap
py." And something in Alison's manner
made Miss Carrington change the sub
ject; It certainly did not nppear to In
terest Roger, for he seemed absorbed in
his strawberries all nt once, and bis crit
icism ou pr. Forbes was given In rather
a cons) rained voice.
"Miss I'igli tells me that Missie is
wonderfully improved since ber illness,"
observed Aunt Dinna, after a pause,
which rone seemed anxious to break.
"IndeS she is," returned Alison, with
quick enthusiasm. l nave never seen
any one so changed ; she is so much
quieter in dress and manners, and so
much mora tolerant of Rudel. Poppia
likes to be with her now, and Miss Leigh
can not say enough in her praise. It is
easy to see bow shs tries to break her
self of her fsults, and It is so much hard
er for her than for us, as sht has not
naturally a good temper."
"Neither had I, Allie. Many a girl has
a sore fight to go through life as well ss
Missie; it is so easy to contract bad
habits, and so difficult to subdue them. I
believe nothing but grace ran enable one
to overcome a really bad temper.
And so saying. Miss Carrington rose
from the toble, and proxsed that Roger
should go down to tha river while she
und Alison disposed of the unpacking
CIIAPTF.R XXIV.
There was a merry breukfnirt en the
veranda next morning, snd Alison, in her
white dress, with some dewy roses ns a
brenst knot, looked tho picture of hap
piiiess as hIib poured out the coffee.
Directly it was over, Grevlllo took her
and Roger to see his grandfather.
Mr. Moore wns eagerly expecting them;
even before Alison's foot had passed over
the threshold his sightless eyes were turn
ed to the window, snd his "W1coii,
Sunny," reached her ears. .
In another moment Alison was occu
pying her old foot st ik) 1 at his feet, and
his fine wrinkled hsnil, a little more trem
bling than of old, was placed on her hair,
with a half audible blessing.
"Desr Mr. Moore, I am so glad to set
you again '"
"Have you muwed os, little ont? Not
kail as amah as we hart missed Bunny."
And as she preesed her lips to hie Tisnd
In mute contrsdiction of this, he said, half
sadly: "Child, I never thought to. have
beard your sweet voice sgsin, but the
ood God would have It otherwise. Be
fore the message reached me It was re
called ; the gales were almost closed in
my face."
"Thank God for that." she whispered;
"but they never told me that you were
ill until you were well ngnin."
"Ah, Miss Carrington is a wise wom
an ; she thinks it wrong to burden young
spirits with sorrows that do not belong
to them. My boy there nearly broke his
heart about the old man ; can you believe
It, Sunny?"
"You are like his own father," she re
turned, softly. "He is outside on the
veranda with Roger. Are you well
enough to speak to Roger?"
"Ay, ready and willing: he has grown
a fine Ind. I henr." And aa Alison beck
oned to them the two young men came in
t li rou gh the window, nnd Roger sat down
by the old man's side.
(To be continued.)
A LESSON IN L0YAXT.
Tnl Girl Slood Vn for llee Frlendi
I.Ike a Hoy.
"Clare Is ns good as a boy; Just as
good as a boy!" said Rita, tnougni
fully. "Yes, dear?" Mrs. Denny's ton sug
gested a question. Her daughter was
peaking about n cousin who had come
to live with the family, nnd evidently
designed to compliment her; but the
mother was not sure that she perceived
the bearing of tho odd expression.
"Yes," Rita added, emphatically, "she
believes In standing by other girls, as
boys stnnd by each other.
"I can remember a time," Rita went
on. "when, If one of us girls did some
thing silly, the rest would talk and talk
nnd taFk! It wasn't only manners and
actions that we criticised. If colors
didn't match, or If any article of dress
was oonsplcuous.tbut wns ronson enough
to pull a girl to pieces. We didn't do It
ticca use we wanted to be unkind. It
wns a kind of hnblt, you know, nnd we
never realized the meanness of It.
"But Clare told us!" Rita laughed
as she recalled the Incident. "It wns
the very first time she had mot a" num
ber of iim together. Bollo Wnrd wasn't
there. So one mnde fun of her new
lint, niid another tind a Joke about her
nwkward gnlt. nnd n third told how she
and her sister wrangled and nil of a
midden Clare spoke up.
" 'Isn't this Miss Wnrd n schoolmate
nnd friend of yours?' she asked.
" 'Oh, yes,' somebody said. 'Belle's
one of onr crowd.'
"'Then,' sold Clare. In Hint cool,
quiet way of tiers. 'If she's good enough
for nil of you to nssoclnto with, I should
think that sonic of you tnlht find some
thing pleasant to sny nhout her-'
"She didn't stop nt that She wasn't
a bit pronchy. but sho suggested that
our practice of talking nbout each other
In a hellttlintr way wns one thtit hurt
ourselves an well ns tho persons we
talked nbout. Wo were giving ourselves
lessons In insincerity nnd uncharitable
ncss, she said. People who ovorhenrd
us would think less of girls nnd women
because of what we said. ,We might
nntu rally turn Into gossips and scolds
when wo got older.
"It seemed very shocking, but we hnd
senso enough to see tluit there wus truth
In It; and we owned up, nnd naked
Clnre to help us keep watch of our
selves. She docs. Shed stop us lu a
minute If she heard us begin to tnlk
slightingly nliout another girl. And
more than that, she sticks up for girls
who don't hnve inuny pleasant things
said nhout tin-in, nnd makes us do It,
too."
" 'She openeth licr mouth with wis
dom, and In her tongue Is the law of
kindness.'" Mrs. Denny quoted, softly.
That," she added, "is a pnrt of an an
cient description of the Ideal woman."
Youth's Companion.
A Lawyer' Somersault.
Spcuklng of somersaults, the anec
dote which Lord Kldon related of the
eminent English lawyer, John Dun
ning, afterward Lord Ashburton, will
bear relating. "I hud," says Lord
Eldon, "very early after I was called
to the bar a brief as Junior to Mr.
Dunning. He began the argument and
nppenred to me to be reasoning very
liowerfully against our client. Wait
ing till I wus quite convinced that he
had mlstnken for what party he was
retained, I then touched his arm, and
upon his turning his head toward me I
whispered to him that he must huve
misunderstood by whom he was em
ployed, as he was reasoning against
our client.
"He gave me a very rough and rude
reprimand . for not having sooner set
him rl:,'ht and then proceeded to stata
tfcat what he had addressed to tie
court was all that could be stated
.ipaliist his client, and thnt he had put
the case as unfavorably as It were
possible in order that the court might
so how very satisfactorily the case
against him could bo answered, and nc
cordlnj'y very powerfully answered
hat be had before slated."
Paradoxical.
"Tou seem overheated, my lad,'" said
the gentleman behind the scenes In the
melodrama theater.
"Yes, boss," responded the youngster,
as lie mopped tho perspiration from
his brow, "I have de hottest part In de
show."
"Indeed! Aud what Is the part?"
"Why, I have to get 'way up In de
tiles an' tear up paper for de snow
storm In de blizzard scene."
Jealous of Jack.
Dick Did you enjoy yourself down
at Ihe masque ball last night?
F.dna Indeed. I did. And coming
home thror-ch tho chilly night Jack
Frost kissed my cheeks.
Dick Lucky Jack! The next tiuw
I am going dlsgnisctl as Jack Frost
myself.
-onaolln Tboatkt,
"I'm glad my children are all boys
said the mother of seven young hope
fuls.
"Because why?" queried the prlvl
leged friend.
"lWcauss none of them Is doomed to
trow up and marry a man like thai,
dad." the answered, with sigh.
ft
S Old Favorites
Rnntmnn'i Sonar.
See, brothers, see, how the night comes
on.
Slowly sinks the setting sun.
Hark, how the solemn vesper's sound,
Sweetly falls upon the ear
Then bnste, let us work till the daylight
Is o'er,
And fold our nets ns we row to the
shore.
Our toil and labor being o'er.
How sweet the boatman's welcome tnni.
Chorus
Home, home, home.
The tioatman's welcome home.
Sweet, oh sweet, the boatman's welcome
home.
f 'o how the tints of daylight die,
Soon we'll henr tho tender sigh.
For vhen the toil of labor's o'er.
We shall meet our friends on shore.
Then hnste. let ns work till the daylight
is o er.
Leaf Ity leaf. 1
Inf by lenf the roses fall.
Drop by drop the springs run dry,
One by one beyond recall.
Summer roses droop aud die,
Bill the roses bloom again.
And the spring will g'.tsh anew,
In the pleasant April rain.
And the summer sun and dew.
So. In hours of deepest gloom,
When the springs of gladness fall,
And the roses in their bloom.
Droop like mnidens wan and pale,
We shnll find some hope that lies,
Like a silent germ apart.
Hidden far from careless eyes.
In the gnrden of the heart.
Some sweet hope to gladness wed.
That will spring afresh and new.
When grief's winter shall have fled,
(living place to sun and dew.
Pome sweet hope that breathes of spring,
Through the weary, weary time,
budding for its blossoming,
In the spirit's silent clime.
ELEPHANTS MADE TO WORK.
ilrrna Animal Plow When the Bl
Tent Exhibition la ot On.
Circus elephants are compelled to
Mini "their keep" lu England when
they are not on the rond with shows.
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ELEPHANTS DO THK
As circuses aro usually wintered away
from big cities, the animal keepers are
forced to provide exercise for them
mid thus keep them In condition. Of
course, tigers and other members of
the cnt family, tnke their only exer
cise lu their cages, but the elephants
are turned out to plow In near-by
farms and they nro hnndy drawing a
bee line for a furrow. They are as
tractable ns oxen und much faster.
Elephants, camels aud dromedaries are
regular laborers on the farm of "Lord"
John Hanger, near Horley, England.
WOMEN OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
rrr-Kmlnent la Business, French
Women Surpass Others.
The light hearted ltallun women are
1 aource of wealth to their country by
their frugality and their not Inconsid
erable business ability. Their less
light-hearted and less comely German
sisters nre miracles of hard-working
thrift. No one who tins lived lu tier
many can fall to have observed what
comfortable homes nnd what substan
tial meals the German luiusfrau of all
classes conjures from incomes so tiny
that the American an only wonder
how they liiuiinge to live at all, a
writer in Apploton's says.
It Is also Interesting to observe that
for her success In biuiiciiuiking the
German woninn reaps her reward. Tho
ticriiinii husband may seem to us uu
cblvalroiis in the minor details of life.
He limy talk with brutal disparage
ment nbout the feinnie brain." but
when be gnes out to amuse himself It
doesn't nivur to him to go alone. He
takes with U tin his wife and tils chil
dren. That pathetic person wtuste hus
band neglects her for the society of
iiixii, for whom our tears How uow so
often in this country, Is not found In
Germany.
While the poorest class of English
women h re laid homcmnkers and wbllo
we undoubtedly learned some of our
lessons from our English kinswomen,
Btujllsb womeu of the upper classes
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put ns to shame In the pnrt they are
expected to piny In the gnine of poll
tics. The well educated English wom
en do not exist who ennnot talk Intel
ligently on the political situation.
American women cannot. Pollti.-s
boros them.
It Is, however, In France that wom
an tins the most power. From the iens
nnt up she tnkes a more nctlve pnrt In
the a (Talis of her country thnn do the
women of nny other land. The pros
perity of France Is builded on tlio
nninr.ing thrift of French woman. SUn
combines with IIiIh thrift a supremo
tnlent for homcmnklng. Housekeeping
does not give her nervous prostration,
and the brisk cheerf illness of all
French women Is the one thing that
notably strikes the traveler In France,
whether be comes frmii America, Ger
many or England. The French wom
an's business ability Is pre-eminent.
With her thrift, g-iyrty nnd business
nblllty It Is not surprising Hint she
wields the power she does.
TO ATTAIN OLD AGE.
Itn Ira
Followed liy a Man
V ho
Lived 101 Vriirs.
There died In Washington tli- other
day a num. Dr. Wlllliiin M. Starr, who
hnd filched the nge of 101 mul who
retained his faculties lo the last. After
the age of 10 he mnde n study of lon
gevity and at UK) he said In nn inter
view :
"Longevity is assured to nil If they
will treat their sIoiiuicIim decently.
Thnt Is the treatment I hnve accorded
mine since I wns W) years old. Here
are a few of my simple rules to which
I attribute the years thnt have passed
over my bend without leaving tho
marks I see upon many younger men
around me ;
"I never ate as much ns I could oaf.
"I hnve never drunk intoxicants of
nny kind.
"I have never used tobacco in any
form.
"I have never taken more than half
glass of Ice water nt once.
"I never drunk Ice water after meals,
fhus paralyzing the digestive organs.
"I have never gone In wnter above
my head. A ninn's head hns no more
business under water than a fish has
out of It.
"I learned what foods were injuri
ous and those which assisted nature
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In Its work. I always avoided the
foraier.
"I hnve never remained In n drnug'jt
whoa overheated.
"I eat only two meals a day nt 8
a. m. and 4 p. m.
"After 70 I followed a regular pro
gram. I retire early, rise a little le-
fore 8 and eat a light breakfast. For
the morning meal I generally order two
scrambled eggs, bread and butter,
mashed potatoes nnd stale bread and
milk. The menu for the afternoon
nieul taken at 4 o'clock. Is practically
the same, with the addition of lean
meats, tomatoes, prunes or apple sauce.
I drink no wnter with my fissl. I'nder
no circumstances would I take a glass
of Ice water. Ice water poured Into
the stomach at meal time simply stops
digestion until the wnter Itecomes the
temperature of your blood.
"A large part of the human family
dig their own graves with their teeth.
They eat what they should not. they
eat when they should not and they eat
more than they should, nnd then epivt
some doctor with poisonous medicines
to keep them In health. Everything
you eat, drink or chew Is cither u ben
efit or an injury to you. ltciueiulsr
Hint. What not to eat Is Jnsi as im
uirtniit ns what to eat.
"Investigation lias (aught me Hint
if you would live long you must put
ou the black list nil pics nnd pastry,
out meal, fat meats of every kind. oof.
fis warm bread and in some resjxfts
milk. Too much milk is nut good for
anyone."
lleluluif Soma,
l'.acoii Are you doing anything look
ing to the preservation of our furesu?
Egbert Ob, yes; I am carrying a
shorter walking stick ! Voukers States
man. Every girl thinks she should marry
a man who makea at least teu times
as much as her father,
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ter dark I
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Th Cvonehtnc T!er.
Kow and then soldier has been
fennd kneeling on the battlefield as if
about to take aim at the enemy, but
stone dead. A bullet In the brain had
converted him Into n statue of him
self. Captain Forsyth in his "High
lands of Central India" tells of a sim
ilar effect produced by an explosivo
shell on a tiger.
The captain while In the ho v dull of
his trained elephant hunting a tiger
saw the beast crouching under a bush
on the bank of a ravine. He took aim
and fired a throe ounce shell at the
tiger's broad forehead. To his surprise,
for the distance was but thirty yards,
there was no result. Not a motion of
the tiger acknowledged the shot. He
rode round a quarter of a circle, but
till the tiger remained motionless, but
looking Intently in the sauio direction.
Crowing more and more nmnzed, the
csptatn rode tip neurer with his rifle
at full cock, but the tiger did not move.
Then h caused the elephant to kick
Ihe beast The tlgt fell over. He was
Itone dead. The shell hnd struck him
full In the center of the forehead, burst
In his brain aud killed him Instantly.
Exchange.
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Whiskey fof Lame Baek.
The Increased use of whiskey for lam
back rheumatism is causing considera
ble discussion among the medical fra
ternity. It Is an almost Infallible cure
when mixed with certain other Ingre
dients afj taken properly. The fol
lowing formula Is effective: "To one
half pint of good whiskey add one ounce
of Torls Compound and one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilln Compound. Take
In tablespoonful doses before each meal
and before retiring."
Torls compound is a product of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceuti
cal Co., Chicago, but it as well as the
other Ingredients can be bad from any
good druggist.
Is It tho Truth!
Bachelors, observes a writer, are fond,
of talking about the extravagance of
women and giving that as the excuse
for their not marrying while they know
In their hearts that there are lots of
women whom they might marry who
are not extravagant., ns regards clothes
at least. But these women they look
upon as dowdies, and don't want them
for life partners, which goes to show
that it Is the extravagance of the bach
elor that reacts and makes extravagant
women.
Wonders of Science.
"In this compnrtment. ladies ai
gents," said the dime museum lecturer
"is a fine specimen of the wonderful ani
mal known as the armadillo. I call youi
attention particularly to its hard, horn
epidermis, or more properly its shell
which is Invulnerable. The armadillo
when pursued by an enemy. Immediate!
doubles Itself ",p Into the form of a pen
feet rpbsre, every square inch of whicl
Is protected by its armor, in which shape
ladies and gents, it was used by the cnvi
man, or prehistoric progenitor of oui
racs, la playing the game of baseball
Tans en now to the next cage, whicl
contains the celebrated ornithorhynclms
ths missing link between the bird and tki
beast."
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, si they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Caturrl
is a blood or constitutional disease, and li
order to curs It you must take Internal rem
edles. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood au(
mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure It nt
a quack medicine. It was prescribed by oni
of the best physicians In this country fo
years and Is a regular prescription. It li
composed of the best tonics known, combine
with the best blood purlllers, acting direct!)
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect rum
hi nation of the two Ingredients U what pro
duces such wonderful results In curing Ca
tarrh. Bend for testimonials free.
r. J. CHUNKY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Drugrlsts, price 75c.
Take Hall's Family l'llli for constipation
floaao Wed din Rlaar History-.
To wedding rings there has been
tften attached a value even unto death.
One of the smallest wedding rlngi
f which there is record was that fitted
to the finger ef Mary, daughter o
Henry VIII., who at the age of twa
years, was solemnly wedded amid much
pomp and splendor to Francis I. ol
France, who had Just attained the dig
olty of six months. Attending the HttU
bride were her father and mother, Hen
ry and Catherine of Aragon, and Maris
f France, mother of the bridegroom,
The bridegroom himself was not pres
ent at the cermony. but his place wai
taken by Admiral Ronnlvet, who acted
as proxy and placed upon the finger ol
the little princess a tiny wedding ring,
set wltli a magnificent diamond. Car
dinal Wolsey performed the ceremony,
at which the whole court was present
Though gold Is the metal generally
accepted for wedding rings, vnrlout
other materials have done service la
Its stead. There is one story of an
eloping bride, for whom a ring was Im
provised from her own leather glove,
the church key has frequently dom
similar duty, aud brass curtain rlngi
have been many times substituted foi
t circlet of more valuable material.
By giving his wife a ring, a husband
Is supposed to take her fully into li
confidence. The fact that the left hand
has been chosen to wear It, slgnlflet
that as the left Is weaker than tin
right, so Is a wife subject to her hus
band, while the third linger has bees
selected because or nn old superstition
that from the third finger of the left
hand runs a vein directly to the heart
Just how the plain Bold band cam
to be chosen as proper for wedding
rings Is not absolutely known. It bai
descended to us from early Anglo-Saxon
times aad probably was adopted bo
cause Its simplicity made It most avail
able as a uniform symbol.
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