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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1897.
WHAT McKIHXE Y WILL DO.
A dispatch from Canton to the
York Evening- Post outlines some
of the features of the incoming-
puoiican aammistration. it says
"The president-elect has clear and
positive views on all questions of
national finance, and he expresses
them frankly to callers who bring
up the subject. It must be a relief
to him to receive a caller now and
then who wants to discuss meas
ures instead of men. At all events
he seems to be if possible a trifle
more cordial toward such callers
than toward the self-seeking- major-
ity.
The views of. Major McKinley on
financial questions will no doubt be
shared bv all the members of his
cabinet. There will thus be a
definite and positive administration
policj', which will be recommended
to congress, known to express the
opinions ot the new president and
his constitutional advisers. This
policy might be formally stated as
follows:
! An immediate revision of the
tariff on moderati protection lines.
No extremely high duties that
mifrht foster trusts or defeat the
purpose of obtaining- adequate rev-
r i
enue to pay the expenses of the gov-
ernment.
"2 The restoration of the reciprocity-treaties
of the Harrison admin
istration. "3. The maintenence of all kinds
of money at a parity with g-old.
4,4:: Efforts towards international
bimetallism, in fulfillment of the
pledg-e of the St. Louis platform.
"Gradual retirement of the green
backs, as soon as the government
has a surplus of revenue to apply
to this purpose and some other
form of currrency, bank or metallic,
can be substituted for them. No
new issue of bonds will be favored
for the purpose of taking- up the
greenbacks. Possibly some plan
'may be suggested for a virtual re
tirement of a considerable part of
the greenbacks and treasury notes
by their use as a part of the bank
reserves; this with a view of
strengthening- the gold basis of the
currency.
"6. An enlargement of the na
tional banking- system to enable in
dependent banks or branches of city
banks to be carried on in small
towns. This might lower the in
terests rate in the countrv districts
and tend to lessen the present cen
tripatal tendency of money towards
the larg-e cities.
"7. Economy in government ex
penditures to correspond with the
economics enforced in all other
lines of business by the condition
of the times."
Lynching is not quite a national
institution. Twenty-six states
were free from it last year. All but
nine of the 131 lynching-s of 1896 oc
curred in the south. Lousiana led
with 25, Alabama has 15, Tennessee
14, .Florida 10, Kentucky and
Georgia 9 each, Texas 7, Missis
sippi 6, Missouri 5. The average
annual number of lvnchinjrs in the
United States during the last
twelve years was 167, and the ag
gregate was 2008. Though Louisi
ana had the mostlynclnngs the lead
ing papers of the state declare that
this form of punishment neither
prevents nor diminishes crime. It
is a matter of local custom and in
dulgence of mob passions, and is
clearly not an agency by which jus
tice and civilization can be strength
ened. The Missouri legislators who
have been planning to deal the de
partment stores a body blow by im
posing" a tax upon each department
have already encountered a dis
couraginh obstacle in the opposition
of the country members. These
men say that such a law would
close up the general country stores
and eventually concentrate the trade
more than ever in the hands of a
few big concerns. The department
tax bill will now be dropped, while
the members think hard of some
feasible way of saving- the life of
the small middle man. Journal.
From New York and other east
ern cities there come the reports of
larger increase in the savings
banks, says the Inter Ocean.
."They were never before so strong-."
Those who withdrew their deposits
before the election are all bringing
back their savings. The Emigrant
Industrial Saving's Bank reports a
gain ot 52,000,000. The Bowery
Savings Banks reports deposits of
$57,656,160. Such facts better tell
the story of returned confidence
and outline future prosperity bet
ter than aught else.
There is no mistaking1 the fact
that the interests of farmers and
will be protected in the
forthcoming- tariff bill of the extra
session. The American farmers
have had a tough time ot it for the
last four years, and there is no rea
son for farmers rebelling- ag-ainst
present conditions. The farmer's
interests lie at the foundation of
prosperity, and every interest is im
made
periled when the farmer is
bankrupt. Inter Ocean.
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT.
Evidence That the Guy Fawk es Conspiracy
Was Planned by Lord Salisbury.
Another fine old historical story-
is in danger of demolition, but its
place will be taken by a new one.
For over 200 years Englishmen
have celebrated their deliverance
from the gunpowder plot. This was
a plot to blowup the king, lords and
commons on the opening day of par
liament. Nov. 5. 1605. It was the
work of a band of desperate Koinan
Catholics, who proposed to proclaim
a Catholic sovereign afterward.
Toward the end of October Lord
Monteagle received an anonymous
letter, warnine: him not to attend
the opening of parliament. He show
ed it to Salisbury, who in turn com
municated it to the king, and James,
with superhuman insight, divined
its true significance. On the night
of the 4th the cellars were searched,
and in thein were found the barrels
of erunpowder and Guy Fawkes
ready to do the awful deed.
In a recently published book Fa-
ther trerard, an
uerara, an jngnsn uesurc,
shows that there is strong reason
to believe that the British nation
has all along been in error as to the
true nature of this plot. It seems
very probable that it was the work
0f the Earl of Salisbury, secretary
i i i it
of state and ancestor of the present
prime minister, who succeeded there
by in discrediting his Catholic op
ponents and establishing himself in
power,
The absurdities of this traditional
and official story are legion. In the
first place, there is no agreement as
to where the gunxowder was stored.
One contemporarv account savs it
was under the old house of lords,
another says under the painted
chamber, and it is a remarkable fact
that wherever the house of lords
has sat since that date a Guy Fawkes
cellar has been provided under it to
satisfy the curiosity of inquiring
minds. The house which the con
spirators hired was actually the
house which was used by the peers
drawing place
session, xet no ones suspicions
were roused when a band of well
known desperadoes secured it at
considerable cost and trouble. They
mined under it and turned up tons
of earth, which they secreted under
the turf of a tiny back garden, and
no one, not even the landlady, no
ticed it. Then they came to a solid
wall, at which they hammered nigh b
and day, and again the landlady
and her neighbors slept through it
all.
Finding they could not penetrate
it, they stored their barrels in a cel
lar, the door of which was on a level
with the ground and opened out on
to a crowded thoroughfare, and no
one saw them. With similar suc
cess they imported 36 barrels of
gunpowder, enough to supply an
important fortress in those days,
though no one has yet explained
where they got it from or what was
done with it, for the official records
contain no hint. Never once did a
government spy look in ujion them ;
yet, strangely enough, every one of
the conspirators was known to the
secretary of state; most of thpm
had already been noted as suspicious
characters. New York Journal.
Taking Ont the Embassadress.
Mr. W. E. Curtis, the author of
an entertaining work of eastern
travel, relates an instance of his so
journ in CPiina which represents the
great Li Hung Chang in an attitude
of characteristic ignorance of occi-
dental customs. The French embas-I
sador at Peking gave a dinner par-
ty and invited Li Hung Chang. Pre
vious to sitting down to dinner the
party, which included the wives of
tho European guests, were convers
ing in an apartment "which adjoined
the dining room.
Presently the butler threw back
tho portieres and announced the din
ner. Tho French embassador step
ped up to the great Chinese states
man and said:
"Will your excellency take my
wife out to dinner?"
Li interpreted tho request literal
ly. The French embassadress was a
tiny woman, and Li Hung Chang is
six feet three. He picked tho little
woman up under one arm, and, to
the amazement of the company as
well as the distress of tho victim,
carried her bodily out to tho dining
table.
Character Beading by Telephone.
"In these days of the telephone,"
said an observer, "we realize to
what an e.yient we judge character
by the voice. Perhaps our faculties
in that direction have been sharpen
ed by the use of the telephone, but
it is certain that we form our opin
ion of the man at the other end of
the wire by his voice and speech as
decisively as we would do if we
stood face to face." New York
Sun.
Forewarned.
Walker I come, sir, to ask you
for your daughter's hand.
Mr. Windy Well, young man, be
fore going any farther, I may as
well inform you that her hand is
the least expensive thing about her.
Philadelphia North American.
COUNTERFEIT MARKET.
Paris Has a Kegular Exchange Where
Waiters May Buy False Coin.
.Any counterfeiter can, after a few
experiments, succeed in turning out
of base metal coins more or less
perfectly resembling the valuable
currency of any country. This is
the easiest part of the whole fraudu
lent business. The most difficult and
the most dangerous part of it is to
.e SPU3"0US tokens into circula
tion, anu lor unis jjuxpuae io io
bound to have recourse to the serv
ices of accomplices. There is no
business that affords such facilities
for the disposal of bad money as
that of the restaurant or cafe waiter.
It is so easy when changing a $20
bill to surreptitiously substitute a
bad dollar, 50 cent piece or quarter
among the change, for as a rule the
customer merely glances at the
coins and slips them into his pocket
without verifying them.
In Paris thero is a false money
market where waiters procure their
store of bad coins. It is, of course,
held secretly. There is a regular
traffic, and the sharpers know ex
actly what they will receive for the
real money they are prepared to in
vest. Thus a spurious 5 franc piece
fetches from 2 francs to 2 francs F0
centimes, according to the excellence
of its imitation. Two franc pieces
cost from 50 to 75 centimes and 1
franc pieces 25 centimes.
Bad gold corns are rarely seen
there. The explanation of this is
that, apart from the fact that the
manufacture of them is very costly,
it recimres considerable scientific
knowledge, and this the ordinary
counterfeiter rarelv possesses
European continental waiters are
past masters m the art of passing
off false or demonetized coin. They
rarely seek to dupe habitues of the
establishments where they are ein-
ployea out generally select foreign-
ers or casual customers as their vic
tims.
The traffic is carried on especially
m restaurants tnat are open an
night. Whea the customer partakes
freely of wines and liquors at sup-
per alter the theater anu the oui
is presented, he always pockets the
change mechanically, and oven if
he keeps a cool head he does not like
to examine the change in front of
the lady or ladies he is entertaining.
This the waiter knows full well
and xrofits accordingly.
Should the customer return after
once leaving the place and complain
to the proprietor the waiter natural
ly denies his guilt, and there is an
end of the matter. In this case,
however, the rascal knows that the
proprietor will keep an eye upon
him and is careful not to try the
trick again for some time or else to
leave and take another place where
ho can continue his swindling oper
ations. Extra waiters those engaged for
a day or two during the "rush" or
holiday periods are the most auda
cious utterers of false coins. During
international exhibitions the un
scrupulous thieves reap a rich har
vest. In tho cafes at the last World's
fair in Paris many of them had the
temerity to procure a quantity of
little gold colored tin checks, about
the size and thickness of a 20 franc
piece, that were given away as an
advertisement by one of the places
of entertainment in the grounds and
use them to cheat the public
On an average two false coins are
received every day for examination
at the Parir mint. Those that are
not too greatly spoiled in testing are
added to a collection in the museum
of the mint This collection is said
to be very large and very curious,
but access to the museum is prohib
ited to the public. New York Her
ald.
A -Lively Community,
Don't you find it rather quiet in
Ashland?" inquired a Portland bar
ber, who was endeavoring to remove
a two week growth from the Aroos
took visitor's chin. "Oh, no," was
the reply. "We have quite a lot of
excitement up our way. We gener-
ally have a couple of dances during
the winter." There are livelier
places than Portland and quieter
towns
than Ashland. Boston Her-
aid.
Gratefnl Mongrels.
'There is nothing in the way of a
dog that is as grateful and affection
ate as a little mongrel which ha'
had a hard life on tho street," says
the superintendent of the Society
For the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. "Thev appreciate everv
kindness, and much more than pet
dogs accustomed to attention."
New York Times.
Koso to the Occasion.
Willieboy That doosid Jones girl
tried to be sawcastic at my expense,
but I think I made her feel that I
was wespeeted, don't you know,
Hargreaves Yes; she told me
about it She said you were posi
tively queenly in your indignation.
Indianapolis Journal.
One Case Not In Point.
The people who say that 13 is a
hoodoo would do well to note the
number of stripes in Old Glory.
Washington Capital.
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bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
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corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay roq-ired,
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box.
For sale by A. F. Streitz
Maccaline will cure any case of itching
piles. It ha3 never failed. It affords
instant relief, and a cure in due time.
Price 25 and 50 cents. Made by Foste
Manufacturing Co. and sold by A. F.
S.reitz.
AN INDIAN LEGEND.
It Tells How tho Beautiful Trailing Ar
butus Had Its Birth.
A great many moons ago an old
man lived in a lodge beside a frozen
forest stream. He clothed himself in
the heaviest of furs, for winter was
everywhere, and tho old man could
scarcely keep from freezing to
death. Tho cold winds whistled
through the forest and shook the big
trees until not a leaf was left on
them. It chilled tho birds, too, and
drove them away.
The old man's fire was burning
low, and he went out to search in
the deep snow for wood with which
to make it burn brighter and thus
warm his lodge. But ho searched in
vain. Not one piece of wood could
he find, and in despair ho returned
to his lodge, sat down by tho dying
embers and prayed the great Man
naboosho that lie might not utterly
perish.
He had scarcely finished the
prayer when the wind blew open
the door of his lodge, and thero came
in a radiantly beautiful maiden
Her complexion was of cream and
roses; her eyes were large and
bright; her hair was long and as fine
and as shining as spun gold; her
dress was of beautiful leaves, grasses
and ferns, and her moccasins were
made of white lilies.
"My child, my fair daughter,"
said the old man, "I am delighted
to see vou. Mv lodge is cold and
bare, but it will shelter you from
the fearful tempest of tho night.
Pray, sit down and tell me who you
are that dare come to Manito's lodge
in such strange clothing this cold,
cold night."
The maiden sat down, and Manito
filled two pipes and handing one to
his visitor said:
"Let us smoke the pipe of peace
while we talk. I am Manito. I blow
my breath, and the waters congeal;
I shake my snowy locks, and, lo,
snow covers the earth. At my conir
mand the animals hide away, the
leaves fall from tho trees, and the
birds fly away."
Said the maiden:
"I have but to breathe, and gor
geous flowers are seen everywhere. 1
shake my sunny locks, and the warm
rain falls to gladden nature ; at the
sound of my gentle voice the plants
lift up their heads, the trees cover
themselves with innumerable green
leaves, tho birds come back, and there
is music everywhere. "
As the maiden sat talking and
breathing the air of the lodge it be
came warm? the old man's head
dropped until it rested onhi bosom,
and thus he sweetly slept.
The maiden waved her hands
above his head, and he began to
nrnw cm nil fiilvfvrrr ch'Pnrnc nf "uro-
l Ul&l. I J . I .
ter ran out of his mouth and eyes,
and soon he was a littlo mass upon
tho ground, and all his clothing had
turned to pretty green leaves.
Then the maiden knelt on the
ground, took from her bosom dain
ty, sweet white flowers, kissed them
and strewed them under the leaves
and said:
"I give you all my virtue and my
sweetest breath, and he that shall
hereafter pluck thee must do so
upon bended knee."
With fairylike tread the maiden
walked away to the music mado by
hundreds of feathered songsters,
and wherever she stopiied to rest,
and nowhere else, grows tho love
liest of all wild flowers, the trailing
arbutus. Philadelphia Times.
London's Poor.
An Englishman now in Washing
ton says: "Tho poor man in this
country seems to bo more self re
specting tnan the chronic pauper
that has made the name of White
chapel notorious all over tho world.
The latter is in such abject poverty
that ho has lost all hope of ever bet
tering his condition. How the mis
erable wretches live is a mystery.
And when it comes to the women,
this nation has an immenso advan
tage. Your women, unless of the
fallen order, do not frequent public
drinking houses. It is the greatest
disgrace of London that tho women
of the poorer class are as good cus
tomers of the liquor shops as the
men, and, worso still, the poison is
handed them across tho bar by one
of their own sex. In east London
children of tender years accompany
their mothers into such places."
. -yhe Evening: Meal.
The principal meal of the busy,
work filled day, says a prominent
doctor, should be eaten at night,
when the nerves and iuuscle and
whole physical system need resting
and strengthening and stimulating
after the day's demands upon them.
Sleeplessness rarely troubles the
healthy, cheerful person who has
dined wisely and well at any time
frnin 7 in 0 o'clock.
The astonishing abundance of flies
during the latter part of the sum
mer is accounted for by the esti
mate made by an eminent entomol
ogist that the progeny of a single
house fly in the course of one sum
mer win number z,uu,3zu. it it
were not for tho innumerable ene-
njies provided by nature for the de
struction ot the fly, the whole air
would be filled by tlje end of Au
gust with swarms of flies, which
would render life insupportable.
Spoken Inadvisedly.
"Jeer at meif you will." shrieked
the horse in impotent anger as the:
trolley shot by, "but I will not be
cowedl"
The Zeitgeist, however, bethink
ing himself of the nearby canned
corn beef factory, smiled pityingly.
-New York Press. i
CHARITY MISPLACED AGAIN.
An Alleged Hnwrry Mendicant Wo rim n
SticccA.iful Came.
The loportor was on his way to
an offfoc building in Nassau street
to interview a lawyer when tho
old, familiar voice at hi side uttered
tho old, familiar words: "Excuse
mo, my friend, but would you bo so
kind as to render mo a littlo assist
ance. I have had nothing"
"No assistance today, partner,"
said tho reporter, without looking
around. In fact, thero was no neces
sity of looking at tho supplicant.
With memory's eyohe could sco
him without looking over his shoul
der. He was tho same honest work
ingman out of a job, who had been
"working" him for the last 15 years.
"But I'm hungry, mister. Hon
est, I'm pretty near starved to
death."
"No, I can't produce today."
"I know what you think, but just
look at me. I'm no bum."
Experience said, "Don't look," but
curiosity whispered: "Look at him.
Perhaps you have never seen him.
Perhaps this is a new species
The reporter stopped and looked,
Ho who hesitates with a street beg
gar is lost. Surety, if appearances
counted for anything, ho was no
"bum." His clothes were whole and
clean, if they were cheap. His shoes
were not polished, but they were
free from dirt. His hat was batter-
ed, but there was not a speck of dust
on it. His hands were rough and
strong from work at some time.
His eye was clear and frank, and
his face was clean, white and with
out a trace of dissipation.
"I'm a carpenter by trade, and I've
been out of work a month. Honest,
I haven't had a bite to eat since
yesterday morning."
"Come on," said the reporter.
"I'll feed you if Hose."
He took him to a lunch counter
near by. He gave a quarter to the
shipper young woman who chewed commodity."
gum and wiped glasses and said, j A prominent j)roducer of firework.
"Give thig man a quarter's worth ' said: "Fireworks can be shipped by
of what he wants to eat." Bless-! most lines of railroads and steam
ings from the hungry man followed ships, but only at double first class
him as he went into the street, f freight rates. The sound steamers
Twenty minutes later he returned will pot take fireworks, but the
from the lawyer's office and entered Metropolitan outside line will, be
the lunchroom. He naturally want- cause they carry no passengers,
ed his reward in tho story the chip- Host of the fireworks sent east from
per young woman could tell of the
sandwiches that fellow had destroy-
ed.
"What did that hungry man eat
that I brought in here awhile ago?"
"Hungry man!" exclaimed tho
chipper young woman, with a con-
temptuous toss of her head. "Ho
-wasn't huntn'y a little bit. He eat
two spqocf u)s of q, 10 cent bowl of
soup, ordered a 5 .cent pack of ciga-
rottes, got 10 cents jnphange and
winked at mo as ho went out, That s
whatheate."
And now there maycomo a time
when some starving man will lie
down and die at tho feet of that re
porter on salary day. New York
Mail and Express.
Tlu; Civilizing Power of Irrigation.
The evolutionary process of the
last 20 years has brought out some
very valuable lessons for the future
California. It has demonstrated
that irrigation is essential to the
highest standard of civilization. The
census ot lb0 revealed the tact thap
two-thirds of tho gain in rural pop-
ulation stood to tho credit of eight
counties where irrigation prevailed,
The counties which rely upon rain
fall had about reached a standstill
or
scored a loss. The people have
always been divided on the question
as to whether irrigation is neces
sary. Those who oppose urge that
it breeds malaria and injures the
oualirv of the fruit. Those who fa-
vor insist that it is essential to the
most scientific, agriculture and to
the maintenance of dense popula-
tion. The lastu years have answer-
ed the question forever,
The an-
swer consists or a comparison be
tween tho south and the north. The
one was born of the irrigation canal,
the other of the mining camp and
the wheat ranch. The one is charac
terized by a high civilization, the
other by a low ont?,- William- E.
Smythe in Century.
An Explanation. '
Guile I wonder why it is that so
many men get intoxicated when
they get in a tight place, instead of
retaining all of their faculties for a I
supreme effort? ,
Quay Perhaps it is so they will
see a greater number of ways out.
Chicago Nj?W5.
The present king pi Norway and
3wedep, jQscar H, ascended the
throne feept. 12 1872. 'including the
present king, Sweden fine Norway
have enjoyed the rule of 47 sover
eigns. The cacti of New Mexico and Ari
zona flourish best in the driest soils.
A cactus will grow in sand which is
so dry as to rise in clouds of dust at
hft 1fysfc breeze.
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3100 Iteward. 8190.
The readers of this pnper will be !
pleased to learn hat there is at least .
one dreaded disease that science has
been ab!e to cure in till its stages, and
that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the med
ical fraternity. Catarrh being a consti
tutional disease, requiresa constitutional
treatment. Pall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, sicting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving tho patient strength j --, . - '
by building up the constitution and as- ?wn- cotina affims, a vane
sisting nature in doing its work. The ty of the tqbacco plant, the night
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they oiler ono
hundred dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. Cheney & Co.
Toledo, 0.
Sold by all drifggists, 7oc.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
TRANSPOHTING EXPLOSIVES.
Not Ho Wry .miKroiw -Ordinary Kate
kC'(iit Vur rir.mrl(.
"Tho transportation of dynamito,
fireworks, and, in fact, all kinds of
explosives, " said a landing manu-
facturor of dynamite to u reporter,
"is almost as common as that of
dry goods or groceries. High explo-
gives are shipped to all parts of the
world by rail and by water, aud
whether they are on land or sea
they are not particularly dangerous
if they are properly stowed and
cared for. I -wouldn't be afraid to
make a voyage around tho world in
a stateroom filled with dynamite if
it was properly stowed and there
were no fulminating caps to ignite
it. Dynamite does not explode by
spontaneous combustion. It is care
fully packed for shipment in paper
cartridges, which are placed in saw
dust in strong wooden boxes, which
arc marked on the tops and sides:
'Explosives. Dangerous. '
"Steamships which carry passen
gers have magazines for dynamite,
and, in fact, also for black powder
and all kinds of explosives. When
the explosives arc properly placed
in tho magazines and not interfered
with afterward, they are not a
source of danger under ordinary cir
cumstances. When they are shipped
on railroads, they are generally
placed in separate cars apart from
other kinds of freight. The rate of
freight on explosives is about tho
sanio as that on dry goods or any
other commonplace commercial
commodity. The rate of insurance
is also about the same as on other
goods. There are some English and
some American insurance compa
nies that will not taKe risks on ex
plosives, but there are plenty of
companies which issue policies, so
that there is no trouble experienced
in having shipments fully covered.
Dynamite, with proper care, can be
handled as safely as any ordinary
here are shipped on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad.
The Old Dominion and other south-
era steamship lines will carry ex
plosives, but only in separate com-
partments on their upper decks.
Fireworks and other explosives arc
also shipped on canalboats without
difficulty.- No largo stocks of explo-
sives arc kept on hand in this city,
.There are four magazines for stor-
fng thein iiear Fort Lee, and as they
are transported m small quanti tics
j tbe danger is reduced to a mini-
, jnuui." New York Tribune,
1
floating Sanitariums.
The sanitarium at sea i3 a Euro:
pean idea. A large steamer especial
ly fitted for the accommodation of
invalids in ncd of fresh air and a
favorable climate is to bo construct
ed by a shipowning association.
The ship is to be in constant em
ployment for 8 or 9 months in the
year, but for at least 3 out of the 12
she will go into dock in order to bo
piQroughiy cleansed and disinfect
ed. It is proposed to make this
steamer, whiclj is to be the forerun-
ner of a large fleet pmiilarly equip
peel, a veritable noanng paiaee m
m i i 1 i 1
the matters of both comfort and sa
lubrity. Although slcilled advice and
nursing will always be available,
the accompaniments of a sanitarium
will be kept as much as possible in
tho background. The prominent
idea to bo carried out in this new
departure is the icdlation of a dan
gerous class, with the least possible
amount of discomfort to its mcm-
bers, and, iurtiicrmore, mat by a
judicious timing of moves the suf-
ferers will be afforded :i chance of
recovery under tho juos favorable
climatic conditions which it would
be difficult to secure otherwise. A
list of anchorages has been mado,
all of which have their special sea
sons. As soon as any undesirable
change of weather is imminent at
the port pf stopping the. ship will
sail for a more salubrious climate.
Philadelphia Times,
A Quick Witness.
Counsel (examining witness)
You say you saw the shots fired?
Witness Yes, sir.
"How near were you to the scene
Ot U1U -Uililjr .
-i cr - o "
"When the first shot was fired, I
was about ten feet from the shoot
or." "Ten feet. Well, now, tell -the
court where you were when the sec
ond shot was fired?"
"I didn't incisure the distance."
"Speaking axproximatoly, how
far should you say?"
"Well, it aimroximateu to nan a
mile." Pearson's "Weekly.
nl.mll.
AI? anxious inquirer usjb, wiiery
. - 1 IITAT-I
ould you rtclvis& piQ to gg to learn
fiow to Pia3T ine P"Uio
In tho woods, dear, to the deep,
dark, damp, (lank, dangerous
woods." Spare Moments.
Plant Owls.
Almost all plants sleep at night,
though in the plant world there are
owls and bats that exhibit most life
,--. rtniniafinn o ffof flio Klin fKWH
blooming cereus and many others
are examples of night life in
world.
tho
There is a saltpeter cave in Bar
ton county, Ga., literally alive with
bats.
f. BALLAD OF GOOD AND BAD JIMS.
Hey? Who la he? A-moanin him?
Oh. folka coIJh him "Jim llary"
Tor tell 'lm from tho othor Jim,
An fmch a dern, contrary.
Annoying onwal SliuokH, hut hu's meant
Now. tin ter "Enmior'H Jim,"
Ho'h nlco a mnu'i yo ovr noon.
Folka thinks the worl o him.
Jim Mary an " bz j'lnln farms.
Him neighborly? Jw whtel
That Jim is alluu np in rm
'Bout iniiie dern crap o his,
An bin breachy crlttors come an tuf
On my green poiw an corn.
O Lord I I've wondered times onough
How Bech a tyke got born.
His chickens spile my garden sass,
Hif. cows won't stay ter hum,
His brats make faces w'on I pass.
An yit complaints'U coma
If any critter o' mine's astray
A-feedin down the hill
An happens to tarn in his way,
As wand'rin critiors will.
Jim Ilanner. new, 's a man o' peace
'Cep' w'en bo's used too shabby.
An then waal, troubles does increase,
Jawin an lawtmifei xnabby.
Jim Mary sartin hex no right
Ter treat in soch a manner
A man so squar' an good an white
Es me? Oh, I'm Jim Hanner!
J. L. Ileuton fh "The Quilting Bee."
The Children of the nich.
Then there were children, con
spicuous imiongthcin the vulgar lit
tle children of the not long- rich, re
pulsively disagreeable to the world
in general, but pathetic in the eyes
of thinking men and women. They
are the sprouting shoots of the gold
tree, beings predestined never to en
joy, because they will be always
able to buy what strong men fight
for and will never learn to enjoj'
what is really to be had only for
money, and the measure of value
will net bo in their hands and heads,
but in bankbooks, out of which
their manners have been bought
with mingle 1 affection and vanity.
Surely, if anything is more intolerr
able than a vulgar woman, it is ft
vulgar child. The poor little thing
is produced by all nations and race3,
from the Anglo-Saxon to tho Slav,
Its father was happy in the struggle
that ended in success. When it
grows old, its own children will per
haps be happy in the sort of refined
existence which wealth can bring in
the third generation. But the child
the man grown suddenly rich is
a living misiortune between two
happinesses neither a worker nor
an en joyer ; having neither tho sat
isfaction ot the one nor the pleas:
ures ot the other; hated byitsin:
feriors in fortune, and a source of
pmusement to its ethic and testheho
betters. Marion Crawford in Cenr
tury,
The Pirst Armored Ship,
According to the best authorities
on curiosities of the navy and war
fare in general, the first armored
vessel was launched in the year
1530. It was one of the fleet manned
by the Knights of St. John and was
entirely covered with sheets of lead.
The accounts of the times leave us
in darkness as to tho thickness of
this lead armor, but they are ver
positive in the statement that theV
were of sufficient strength to su6:
cessf ully resist all the shots of that
day." At the siege of Gibraltar in
1782 the French and Spaniards useel
war vessels whicn were armored
with "light iron boom proofing over
their decks and to the water's edge. "
Tho very first practical use of
wrought iron plates as a defense for
tfae sides of vessels was by the
French in the Crimean war in 1853.
Perhaps She Hadn't Thought of It.
.""Well," said the? sarcastic man' as
he walked out of the theater be
tween acts, "I'm ever so much obi:
ed to that girl who. sits in frQnt q
pie. I don't know but I'li. tell hej
so."
"You mean tho ono with the
frightfully big hat?"
"Yes."
"I don't see what
you're obliged
to her for."
"For not raising
her parasol.
Washington Star.
Johnny vVnat!' Only married a
year, and yet you are so downcast.
Wally Ah,- my dear fellow, I
never imagined that" a wife .woiild
prove suclfa costly articlo.
Johnny Yes, a wife is a costly
article, that's true, but then veil
must remember that she lasts it man
a Tn'eci-.us long time. London Fun.
rhoiisinf
pf mothers neglect their children hct.uwe
pf i!-health. No woman can proricrlv
perform a mother's dutv who is constant! t
Buffering from sickness, whose system is
debilitated and wrecked by the awful drains
due to the diseases and weaknesses pecu
liar lo women. The mother who suffers
from the listlessness. lassitude afid'desnnnrl.
ency due to these troubles is pretty sure to
neglect her children and her home.
This lamehtable state of affairs is easily
reniedi&fl if ty proper measureq are taken.
JJr. Pierce's 1-avbriTe lJreerinlinn is in :
failing cure for all the manv forms Af
nc3s and disease of the organs distinctly
fenumne. It promptly stops all weakening
urrtins, invigorates the various organs and
infuses new Hfc and vigor Into thexufferer's
whole body. A hannv home mirl n tMv nnri
well -cared for baby is the result, for no
healthy woman will wilfullv
child. Many a woman, is blamed for neg
ligence and heartlessness when she is sim
ply too ill to care for anything but death
If you want to knowall about the " Favorite
Prescription" address Dr. R, V. Pierce
chief consulting physician to the Invalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N Y
It is sold by all druggists.
Foul breath, dull eyes.' listlessness, sallpwucsa
and pimples. A pic. rgmbhintioii to avoul f
get nl of. All are due to constipation, and aoVi.
stipation is promptly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pica,
art Pellets. They ore not a temporary pajlfatjve,
but a permanent cure. Many To-cUed' c.nstlpn.
tion remcJies must be cout'nuul forever, oticc
they are started. The Pellets" cure pernia
nently, They never gripe. Druggists sell them.
There if nothing in the world so pitiful as
a neglected taby. There is no sight so sad
&S that of a i' Ip' -s infant denied its birth
rifrht. a mota-r i lovmz tare. '
