Miss Alice Bailey, of
Atlanta, (ia., escaped the sur
geon's knife, by usins Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
" Deab Mim. 1'ixkiiam: I wish to
xprcru my rra.titiil for th reiiorrd
health andhappnew Fi;ll: II. IMnk
liami VoflaIIo Compound has
lrfi"!it into r?y life.
" I had stifTereil for three years with
t'rrilil5 pa inn at the tir.ie of menv.tr.ia,
tia, and did not Icnovr v.h:it the trouble
wrui until tho diK'tur p'-on'.m-cd it In
f!:mri:i(''.n of tUn ovarlon, and
pro; :. 1 an operate .n.
" I Lit rotvc.-.Ic rnd i-lI: that I felt
n;ira that I cot: hi not Kr:rvi vc the order.!,
r.iwl no I tol 1 I-. in that I wochl not un
it 'r:,' it. 'i'ho follov.im' v.-eels I read
r.ri advertisement in tho p".:r of your
Vegetable Corip.mri.1 in h ait emrr-jfti.-y,
and po I de'.hh-d to try it. Jrc.it
w;'.:i my joy to ll:d that I actually in-
rrovi.il after takin,'' two ltll.-s, so I
rpt t.T.kin; it f r tr-r vi-i lcs, arid at tho
mil of that time I was cured. I '.:. 1
f'.-hicil eighteen piti:i'!s lih'. was ia
II-nt h :.lt't. ami am now.
Vi u Mir'-Iy de-uTve rrrcat siiress
nml yo:i h:.vo rny very let wishes."
Mi Ai.ir:: IMii.f.v, 5o North Boule
vard. A tlanf n. .'a. $SOOO forfeit If ordinal
tif eA-i.e letter proeimj ijrnu:nttmt.t cunnvt be pro-
All .sick women wnM hn aviso
if iliry v. ouM lake I-ydSi! 11. IMiik
ftum's Vegetable Coiiipoiuul and
bo well.
Tho w:;rM sn-;pe;ts that a mnn is in
love- before hi- knu..s it himsel;'.
To tho i,.:
li'-i or': anjti
tlii:.g-t hi
-wife v.Io I: a; not yet
tinted with Hie rev;
r.l;iy in the market
r.:i r.i is r
en -;:;;il-!v sat'-iPM Willi
Hie oh', vvo w
o..H Mi-.'Kest that a trial
of I finn.-o
made t ; ' i,m-'
i; Kiniar.h-'"
ohl V.'.iier Starch bo
Not alor.o because ii.
1 hy !!: !!i:in:ifaei;:rers
r to any ether hrand.
e.icli ie p.lfl.ne eon
wliilf all the oilier hinds
t: be suteric
hilt l""';lli:-!
Jains 1 i o.t.,
contain let I
that ll-e lady
Sfar'-h v.-ill
and quantity
.' o::.s. It. is hafe to :-;ay
who once u.'e.4 Deflanee
MM' no olher. (iiulity
niut win.
II is hi-tter to eoih et your thoughts
lliia to horrow other people'3.
Bottirr nnj'a Swmi -owdtrn tor rhHdrfn.
Successfully asil hjr Mother C'ry. nursa
In the Children' Home in New York, cure
Constipation. F'everujhness. I'.ail !toraarh,
Teething Disorders, move and reculnte tho
JVweI.:i:ul Destroy Wfirms. Dver W.rtOtes
timomalM. At all DrsiotrisH. C'c. Sample
i nhrL Addrei A.S. OlinsUi, LI?y,i.Y.
Greenland Is Thawing Out.
The Ice in Greenland Is melting
mfr rapifTiy than it is formed. Com
parisons of the descriptions of the
Jacob shaven glacier how. that its
rJijo has reached eight m'lej since
1850. and It has lost twenty to thirty
feet ia d?pth.
No rhrr.mos r' iieav premiums,
but a better quality t.nd one-third
more of I fiance Stirrh for the same
price of lither starches.
ft takefl a lot cf old cash to melt
i marble heart.
no Torn ctoritrs look icttowf
If . itsnUix! Vrfs. B!.c. it willrraLj
Ihjia white vut nnow. ' ox. packAa 5 cents
Tho claims to wisdom of owls and
i multitude of men rcst upon their
Vo!ts nd mthint; more.
A Rare Good Thing.
"Am nsirnr Af J.KN'S FtKT HASK. and
ran truly say I would r.ot l:aveb-en wiihout
It l'n h.nl I known th r li-f it v otild
riTiry achii' fvt. I tlitnk it a rarK'd
thiiifr fr anyone havlai; sore or t irvd ft.
Mrs. M.itil.i k lloltwert. lroviden-e. It. I."
Sold by all lriiK'?it. 20 Ah Co-day.
Some men are so easy-oiiiK that
after awhile they cease to go at all.
Atnilons of U.M.C. Shct Shells
are sold each year. They are
made In th? largest cartridge
factory In the -world.
The UfiiOH KETULIC SiRTnlDEE CO.
MI0SPONT, CONN.
Yoardrmler
fCAPSIGUU VASELINE
A aabstitato tor and superior to mustard or an?
other planter, and will cot blister the most
delicate skin. 1 he pain-llaring and curativn
qualities cf this article are wonderful. It wiil
top ihs toothache at once, and rrlirve head
ache and aciatica. Werrrommcnd it a the bant
nd safest asternal counter-irritant known, also
as aa external remedy for pains in tho chest
and stomach and mil rheumatic, neuralcie sr.d
outjr complaints. A tri.il will prove what we
claim for it. and it will be found to be invalu
able in the household. Mar. r people say "it ij
the best cf all ycur preparations." Pi ice 15
Iceai. en uriifiw ui giuci uvaici. or oy
Sending this imor.nl to ns in postage stamps we
will .end yota a tube by mail. No article should
be accepted by the public unless the same
carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine.
CM E S C B BOUGH MFd. CO..
17 State Street. Kavr Yuax City.
Kfpaas TahnMa are the het Ajs-
rtpmi medicine aver made. A
undred nillilu of thrm have
j ixtea sold la the Catted btatrs la
a tn-le year. lntlpaMoa, heart
barn, sick healache, dizxlne-a. bad
bream, aore throat, and every ill
aeae aiiais frm a disordered
stomach aro relieved or cureJ by R'pasi T atonies.
IMM will geeeraJly g1 relief wlthla fSawy mln
atea. The nre-ceat paeltaita le eniga aW SlSlnsiJ
atceastoaa. All rvifai- sell toev. .
e
II siYl
.Th Rev. Ekal Knwaguchl.
Th Kev. Khai Knkasuch!, whow
narnttlvft of personal adventure In
Tlhi t. "The latest News from Lhasa,"
will be one f the more Important, ar
ticles In the Jcnuary Century, h; a
priest, of the Zen neet of liilddhists.
now thirty- elKht years of ae. He
was born In Sakal, near Osaka, stud
ied at the Temple of the Five Hun
dred Kakan in Toklo, and prosecuted
his Kankrit studies under the Rev.
Ilunyu NanJIo of the Imperial Univer
sity. He entered the priesthood at
the ajte of twenty-five and was attach
ed to the Ohkau Temple at Uji. After
seven years In holy orders he started
on bis Journey to Tibet, his sole o
ject, as he explains in his narrative,
to complete his studies of Buddhism.
He declares also his intention cf re
visiting Nepal during 1904, to secure
more collections of Buddhist scrip
tures In Sanskrit and also the Tibetan
edition of the Trlpitaka.
In the Interest of Cleanliness.
Jimt as the house was about, to take
a vole on the Cuban reciprocity hill
Congressman Hlldehrant of Ohio rose
to a question of special privilege. In
answer to a question from the chair, he
said: "If concerns me as an Individ
ual and no man wbo wishes to ke?p
the membership of this body clean will
object." Dead silence followed and
everybody felt sure that some story of
boodle or bribery was about to be
fprun. The Ohio member gravely
h nt a resolution up to the clerk, who
read In his usual dreary monotone:
"Itesrdved. That on" additional laborer
be employed In the bathroom of the
hoiie d'irins the Fifty-eighth con
gress." There was a sis;h of relief on
tho republican side, followed by a
hiu;;:h all around.
i.V,. l per M. Lew's' " :nKL Hinder,"
Mra:i.'h? "e eitar, eo-ts more than oth.-r
bra 'ids. bit t iis priee fiives t he dealer n fair
profit (u u I the smoker a iietter cigar.
I jew is' Fai-tory, 1'iori.i, 111.
Schools in France.
Tho minister of public instruction I;i
France has taken the lrad of all the
world in nieTsun s for the prevemion
of oti.su mot ion in th schools. A
new law re niires that an examination
of every pupil shall bo made once in
three month:?, and the height, the
weight, tho chest measure and the geii
er:il phyr.ieiil conditl'in of every one
shall bo entered on the pupil's report.
The school rooms receive the same pre
ventive attention. Carpets are prohib
ited: curtains must bo of cloth that
may b" frequently washed: no dry
swtepin'T is alio'-v'd. cud dust must bo
removed by wet cloth.;; all school fur
niture must, be often scoured: hooks
are re-.-iTln' ly disinfected, and no book
that h-.s been used by a consumptive
child may bo used hy another person.
Tim. V.'lnrtfow orTHi3r Sfrup,
Fr rhiM: n Mnir. we-im m: s;nnm. 'i-liirp Q-i-Ui!na:;',u.a
!j f ! ,u. v:r.- a-tQU colic. c bol'.Ui.
A Remarkable Family Likeness.
A curi ius example of family like
ness bus been noticed at Amsterdam,
where an interpreter persisted in rec
ognizinc; an English guest who arriv
ed at a certain hotel. It seemed, how
ever. Impossible that the Englishman
could bo known to the native. The
latter shortly afterward accompanied
tho visitor to the state museum,
where Pineman's picture of the battle
of Waterloo is shown and there he
perceived the cause of his mistake.
General Ird Uxbridge. who is repre
sented in the painting, was exactly
like the English gentleman who final
ly proved to be his lordship's grand
son. State Farmer's Mutual Insurance
Cc of S. Omaha. Nebr.. is one erf the
most successful farm Insurance com
panies in the West. Organized 1S95,
has $20.00.0.000 insurance in force. 13
R'jcs a perpetual policy that doe3 not
expire just before a fire. Annual meet
ing Jan. 12. 1904. We want live Agts.
B. R. STOUFFER, Secy.
T. B. IIOLMAN, Pres.
Schools of Shorthand.
Apparently there were schools of
shorthand as early as the third century
and in Egypt. A recently discovered
pnfy.us. according to tho London
Chronicle, was a contract between a
snorthand teacher and a man who
wished one of his slaves to acquire the
art. The fee was i20 drachmae. 4o to
be paid cn appreticeship. 40 at the
end of a year, and the balance when
the slave was proficient. Shorthand
writing was then presumably not so
easy of attainment as it is now. Among
the other documents of the Oxrhynch
us Papyri Is the account of a fatal ac
cident, and of the body of the victim
being; examined by the coroner of the
day. in company with a public physi
cian. That liales hack to the second
century of our rra. in which, judging
j by other discoveries, the formal Invi
J tations to dinner might be literal ren-
i dcrings of ours at the present time.
To Cure a Cohl in One day.
j T.ike lvxativo Bmmo (Juinitis Tablets. All
druggists ref uud raouey if it fails to euro. V.
England's "Underpaid" Clerks.
English government clerks do not
j serve an unappreciative nation. A
j chief clerk in the estate duty office at
Somerset hv.ise receives $ 4.0oo a year
for his work during the seven hours
of each lawful day (except Saturday),
from 10 o'clock till 5. He has lately
enjoyed, in addition, the valuable
privilege of working overtime at
doubie rates, and the opportunity has
been, turned to most profitable ac
count. One chief clerk in six months
earned $1,500 extra. For this addi
tion to his emoluments he remained
on duty till 8 o'clock instead of going
home at 5. Two principal clerks,
with salaries of $.;.50o. received $725
each extra, while two assistant prin
cipal clerks, with salaries of $2,800,
had $G25 each.
Perfectly simple and simply perfect
Is dyeing with PUTNAM FADLESS
DYES.
Not Quite Thankful.
The following example of a quaint,
philosophic Scotch character is related
in the Scottish American: "The sea
son had been an exceptionally bad one
for farming, but in a country church
not far from Arbroath the officials had
resolved, according to custom, to hold
the annual harvest thanksgiving serv
ice. It was noticed that on that par
ticular occasion Mr. Johnstone, a reg
ular attendant and pillar of the church
(whose crops had miserably failed),
was not In attendance. The minister,
in the course of the following week,
met Mr. Johnstone, and inquired of
him the reason of his absence from
church on an important occasion.
Well, sir replied Mr. Johnstone. 'I
dinna care about approachin' my Mas
ter ic a sperit. o sarcasm.
It was the night before New Year's.
The air was clear and frosty, and the
moon and stars were shining down on
vhe sparkling snow that covered the
prairie, like the cloth on a round din
ing table. Toward midnight, if you
had peeped from one of the windows
oi -Mr. Blain's farm house, you would
have seen what would have appeared
to have been a shadow, coming up the
road toward the house. As it came
nearer you would have seen that It
was a little animal about the size of a
lamb, with great long cars and a bob
tail, ami so white that at a little dis
tance you. could not tell It from the
snow.
But nobody saw the shadow, for
everyone in the hoiue was asleep, ex-
"Awry He Scampered, Down the Road
i cent the baby, who was lyins wide
; r.vvake in her little cot at the foot of
mother's bed. Just as the clock was
j striking midnight, there came a gen-
tie tap at the door. Baby heard it.
but no one else did, and she climbed
out of her cot and ran to the door.
"I commin' Bunnie," she called out
as she reached up to the handle and
let the little animal in. "Now oo wait
a minnit till baby dets on her toat, Mr.
Jack Rabbit."
Then she ran to the drawer and
pulled out her little coat and bon
net and mitts anil her little foot muffs.
Baby had never dressed herself before
but at midnight, between the old and
the new year, babies can do many
wonderful things which they cannot
do at any other time, but you never
see them doing these things, as they
will not do them while anybody in the
house is awake.
It only look baby a few minutes to
get on all her clothes. Then she open
ed the door and she and the jackrabbit
went out into the moonlight night.
As soon as they were outside the rab
bit got down on his knees, and baby
climbed on his back and away he
scampered, down the road, with baby
nolding on by his ears.
Soon they were far away from
6aby's home, so far that they could
only see the chimney. At last they
came to a hole leading down under
the ground. Down this the jackrabbit
popped, and stopped up before a lit
tle round door. He tapped at the door
and waited until it was opened by a
fat little woman in a big white apron
and a white dusting cap.
"Dood-by, Gran
"Ha, ha!" laughed the little woman
as she took the baby off the jackrab
hit's back, and nearly smothered her
with kisses. "Here is another little
.juest at Grandma Jack Rabbit's New
fear's party. Now Jack, shut the door
or you will freeze the little dears. Now
baby let me take off your coat and
On New Year's Day.
it is a beautiful and profitable cus
tom, this which we celebrate as the
cold sun shines on each successive
first of January. There are seventy
hillocks in the short journey of human
life, and as we reach each one in
turn we lay our burdens down for a
short respite, gather our friend6 to
gether, recall the past, forecast the
future and with kindly greeting wish
each other a happy arrival at the next
hillock, then take up our burdens once
again and enter the valley that lies
between the two elevations. It is a
day of good cheer, of fraternal assem
bly. The air is full of happy thoughts
and good wishes. The whole world is
brighter for it, for heart goes out
to heart, and universal sympathy lifts
us for a time to a higher level. Earth
bonnet, so that you can play with the
other children."
Baby's eyes opened wide with won
der, for there were over a dozen oth
er little babies in the room, which was
a great large one.
"Now Jack," said Grandma Jack
Rabbit,. .whose face .was wrinkled up
with laughing, all the time, "you play
with the children, while I get the sup
per." Baby turned to see the rabbit, but
he was gone, and in his place stood a
little fat man. with a jolly laughing
red face and a snow white beard.
"Whay is ne jackrabbit dat hot me
here?" asked the baby.
"I am he," answered the little man.
"We Jack Rabbits just turn ourselves
With Baby Holding on by His Ears.'
into little animals like rabbits when
wc go out. but when we are at home,
we are little men and women."
Grandma Jack Rabbit went over to
the stove at the other end of the
kitchen, where she had a big pot of
taffy boiling, some corn popping, a
big pan of chestnuts roasting in the
oven, and some other things cooking
for the children's supper, and Grandpa
began to play with the children. Oh!
What fun they had! They played
"Drop the Handkerchief," "Nuts in
May," "Here Comes a King Arriving,"
"Green Gravel," "Blind Man's Buff,"
and every game they knew. Then
Grandpa got down on his hands and
knees and took them for a ride on
his back all around the room and over
to where Grandma was pulling the
golden taffy that had been boiling on
the stove.
"Here's a piece of taffy for each one
of my babies," laughed Grandma.
Now gallop away Grandpa, like the
old black ram that went to London
Town, but don't let the little dears fall
off like papa and mamma did, while I
set the table."
Grandpa scuttled off, as fast as he
could go on his hands and knees, to
the other end of the room, singing:
"Papa, mamma and TTnde John went to
London on a black ram.
"Papa fell off. O dear! O dear!
"Mamma fell ofT. O dear: O dear!
"And Uncle John went fralloptng on,
galloping on to London Town."
Then the children all scrambled off
Mr. Jack Rabbitt's back and cried:
"Now Grandpa, you play ns some
music and we'll dance till Grandma
gets supper ready."
pa," said Baby.
So Grandpa took the funniest look
ing black stick out of his pocket, and
put it up to his mouth, but you ought
to have "Heard the beautiful music
that came out of that stick. It was
magic and any one could dance to it
even if they had never danced before,
nor even seen any one dancing.
The Young New Year.
We welcome thee. eh. glad young prince.
And trust our fate within thy hands;
Oh. let thy coming to us be
A grateful blessing In our lands.
Wliere pain and sorrow dare la tread.
Be thou a soothing friend to cheer
And though the dear old yerr be dead.
"May you a greater friend appear.
Mrs Alice C. Whitman in Brooklyn
Eagle.
is a little more comforting and heaven
a little dearer.
Some new faces have come and
H iU Ui,
f3 y :Jh
x-Jtt. it; ynj '.wl ju
Suddenly the music stopped and
Grandpa said:
"Come now children and have some
supper. Grandma's waiting for us."
Then Mr. and Mrs. Jackrabbit lifted
each one of them into a high chair
and tied a big bib around his or her
neck, so that the children would not
spill anything on their clothes. And
what a feast they had! There were
baked apples, ginger bread, doughnuts,
cookies, and jam, and afterwards they
had nuts, raisins, taffy and popcorn.
"Now Grandpa," said one of the
children, with a big piece of taffy In
his mouth, "Pleaao tell us where you
got this new baby to-night."
"Well," said Grandpa, "last week I
was passing Mr. Blalns' house and the
baby was out playing in the garden.
I hid behind the snow man she was
building, so that nobody but she could
see me, while I told her about the
party which we have here every New
Year's Eve, and I asked her if she
would like to come. When she said
she would, I told her not to tell any
one, but to be awake at midnight on
New Year's night and I would come
for her then."
"Es," aaid Baby Blain, "it was a
drefful long time till New Year's too.
I tot it ud never turn, but it did turn
and I'm having a gate time. Tan I
tome here again?"
"O yes!" said Grandma. "We will
have another party next year and I
hope you will all be here."
"Yes!" cried all the children at
once, "we'll all come if we can."
"Well now," said Mrs. Jackrabbit,
"come and have a game with Grand
ma, and then it will be time to go
homo."
"Let's play tag and we'll all try to
catch Grandma," said one of the chil
dren, and they all rushed toward her,
but Grandma was too quick for them
and had darted across the room be
fore any one could catch her. Off they
ran after her. Grandpa and all, but
Grandma bobbed around like a cork in
a pail of water, till she was all out of
breath, and then Baby Blain. the lit
tlest one of all, was able to catch
her.
"Ho! IIo! Ho! You're caught at
last," laughed Mr. Jackrabbit. "Well
its time that our little ones were go
ing home for it will soon be daylight."
The children were all sorry that the
party was over, but Grandma and
Grandpa put on their coats and hoods
and muffled them up warm. Then Mrs.
Jackrabbit kissed them and wished
them all a happy New Year, and told
them to be sure to come again the
next New Year's Eve, when Grandpa
Jackrabbit called for them.
But where was Grandpa? He had
disappeared while his wife was kiss
ing the children, and in his place stood
the funny little animal with the long
ears, which had brought the children
there, and which is called a jackrab
bit. Grandma lifted the children on
his back, all together, and opened the
door, and away the rabbit scampered,
up the hole and over the snow. When
he came to the nearest house, he let
one of the children off and then turned
down the road, letting a child off at
nearly every house he came to. Baby
Blain's house was the farthest off of
all, and before they reached it, Baby
could see that it was beginning to get
light away in the East, where the sun
rises. The Jackrabbit saw the light
too, and flew along, faster than ever,
till the wind whistled past Baby's
ears, for if he did not get home be
fore daylight, some one might see
Jackrabbit and shoot him for their
dinner. But it was not long before
they came to the Blain house.
"Dood-by, Grandpa," said Baby, as
she slid down off the rabbit's back,
"and sank oo vezy much," and the rab
bit was off like a shot.
Baby opened the door and then shut
and locked it after her, and she was
soon all undressed and in her little
bed. When father and mother got up,
there was the baby, fast asleep, just
as she was when they went to bed the
night before, and they wondered what
made her sleep so late for she was al
ways first awake in the morning. They
never found out. however about the
Jackrabbit's party, for Baby had prom
ised not to tell. Baby went again next
year, and every year until she was
five years old, but after that she could
not go any more for the Jackrabbits
never had any children over five years
old at their parties. She is a big girl
now, and her father and mother don't
call her Baby any more, but Marguer
ite, but she will always remember the
fun she had at the Jackrabbit's party
Montreal Herald.
some of the old faces have disappear
ed, but love welcomes the one and
faith still catches an occasional
glimpse of the other. It is the day
when we stop for a moment to listen
to the keynote of a better life. Dis
satisfied with what we have done, the
soul bids us be braver, truer and
nobler. We heed the warning, and
though the cares cf the coming days
may diminish the force of our reso
lution a subtle something remains
which points to possibilities unattaln
ed. while it reminds us of the ability
to attain them. With the capacity it
be great, we are still strangely small
of soul, and on each New x ear's day
we chide ourselves for our weakness.
A sense of shame mingles with the
consciousness of power, and we an-
nually
things.
promise ourselves better
AS THE WORLD fi
REVOLVES
REV. BROOKE HEREFORD DEAD
Was Among the Vost Prominent o
Unitarian Divines.
Announcement was tr ade at Boston
last week of the death In Ijondon ol
Rev. Brooke Hereford. D. D.. at one
lime pastor of the Church of tho Mes
siah in Chicago. Dr. Hereford was
pastor of the Rosslyn 1111 Chapel. Ixin
don. and was born in England 1K30.
As a Unitarian preacher he attained
the highest place and was regarded as
a very pillar of strergth to that de
nomination. His career In Boston,
when he was In charge of the Arling
ton Street Church, will long be remem
bered for tin: splendt.l work ho did.
Rev. Brooke Hereford arose to
prominor.ee in the Unitarian church In
England, and from Manchester he
was called to Chicago In 1H7', taking
charge of the Church of the Messiah.
He remained in thi.t city until 1 HSU,
when he went to Boston to till the pul
pit of the Arlington Street Church,
where he was regarded as one of the
J?BV BROOKE I1ERZF02D
foremost ministers of tho city. For
ten years he remained in Boston, and
then jioeopted a cull from his native
land, taking a pastorate in Hauipstcnd.
London. Dr. Hereford was :i writer as
well as a pulpiteer, j-.r cl was the author
of three books, "The Life Stnry of Tr"
vers Madge ," "Sermons of Courage,
and Cheer" and "Tho Forward Move
ment in Religious Thought as Inter
preted by Unitarians." Some years
ago Dr. Hereford returned to this
country to attend the national con
fer ..mco of the Unitarians in Wash
ington. At that time he .spent nearly
two months in Boston and other Mas
sachusetts cities.
LADY DURAND IN WASH I NGTON,
Wife of British Ambassador Said to
Be Clever.
Lady Durand, wife of the new Brit
ish ambassador at Washington, be
longs to one of England's oldest and
most aristocratic families.
She is the daughter of Teign mouth
Sandys of Cornwall, whose family has
lived on the same estate at Saint Ker
ern since early in the fifteenth cen
tury. She was married to Sir Henry in
f u ; i'
1S75 and v, as with him in India for
almost fifteen years, during the time
he was connected with the Bengal ser
vice. She is not only a rr,o.-t charming
hostess socially, but, like her distin
guished husband, she is very clever
v.ith her pen. They have two child
ren, a son who is a cavalry of.icer in
the British army, and a daughter.
New Chief of Division.
George Winfield Scott, class of ':G
of Stanford university, has been ap
pointed chief of the newly created
division of law of the library of Con
gress at Washington. The position is
an administrative one and the salary
has been fixed at $3,000 a year. He
will go to Europe in the interest of
the government and will remain there
about ten months, after which he will
go to South America. While abroad
he will be chiefly busied with law
work and the gathering of books for
the library of Congress. Mr. Scott Is
a New York man and has held schol
arships In Columbia, Cornell, Chicago
and the University of Pennsylvania.
Senator Ccckrell's Good Memory.
It is doubtful if there is a public
man in the United States who has a
better memory than Senator Cockrell.
He never forgets a face and he can go
into any neighborhood of Missouri to
day and call by name dozens of men
whom he has rot seen In years and
recall little incidents in their own
lives or those of their communities
which they themselves but dimly rec
ollect or have entirely forgotten.
Sir Gilbert Parker Popular.
Sir Gilbert Parker, the author, has
achieved a prominent place in the
house of commons in a short time. A
good deal of thi3 is due to the unusual
magnetism of his personality, which
always attracts people. He Is distin
guished also as being one of the best
entertainers In the house, and at his
dinner parties the most remarkable
gatherings of men of varied political
opinions are to be seen.
Senators Are Careless.
Senators have a terrible time wrest
ling with Spanish words. They put
the accents on the wrong syllables, or
give erroneous sounds to the Towels.
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by fTj. rtinnoy Co.. Toledo, Olil, Is t ha only con
tltotlonal cure on the market. It Is tetaa Internally
la doses from 10 drops to a teaapoooful. It acta di
rectly on the plood and muceus surface of In
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Adnrae t. J. CHICNKr C0..1.
Sold by Iinittftsu 7.
Hall's rainli fills sr the best.
Where Bananas Come From.
Of the fl.G3A.172 -worth of bananas
which came Into New York city
within the last year. 2.8C2.000 bunches
were from the British West Indies.
1,152,000 bunchcH from Con! a Rica,
K77.000 from Colombia and 355 from
Cuba. They pay no duty.
Real Glass House Now Ouilt.
Glass houses of a very substantial
kind can now be built. Slleslan glans
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts of building purposes.
Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance
Starch is taking tho place of all
others.
Take cart;
your friends
selves.
of your enemies, and
will lak care of them-
A Cirjn of Old London.
One of tho signs pictured in Julian
King Colford'H "The SiO of Old Lon
don" in tho January St. Nicholas ha i
peculiar laterest for ull Americans.
What Is railed "Tho Crown find Throo
Sugar liaves" was the sign of tho his
toric house which exported to America
the celebrated chests of tea that wont
into Boston Hiirbor in December. 1771!,
the lint over net of rebellion In tho
.''evolution. While the contest gavu
yMitorleii her Independence lllid 't
aside the rule of George III., It. did not
overthrow the business of the oldest
tea house iii Great Britain. Tho busi
ness Is carried on today in tho riinin
!d place as In Revolutionary times.
Us l ign- the nign of "Tho Crown and
Th re.
Sugar 'oavs'
ban
survived
Ih.
tress of ae and storm and lire.
"'i;. Grett Flro of London swef t
within half a block of I ho t-.hop, but
the old si;;n Itself reigns today.
Mary Johnston's Pirates in England
Among all the novelists who have
written of pirate ships and tloir
bloodthirsty commanders. It remains
for a young American novelist, Miss
Mary Johnston, to be singled out by
the London Sphere, In Its litest Issue,
for mention in connect Ion with a
double-pago pirate picture. "Among
recent, novelist h," nays the Sphere,
"Miss Mary .h.hnsion h:is drs.iii some
very vivid pictures of life on a plrato
vessel," and fori hv.il h reproduces nn
extra from "To Have and to Hold."
which, by the way, was published in
England by I ho title "By Order of I lie
( 'onipany."
Clonr white rlotl) uro a nlgu Hint the
hoie-bk.p.-r ns Red ( 'rot Bail B!u.
Lure a o.. pai loi'j, 5 runt.
When you attempt, to strike a
match in the dark the head Is alwayii
on tho other end.
One of tho curious things about a
man who wants to borrow money
from you today Is his eager deter
mination to repay it tomorrow.
Oldest Librarian in England.
Delucana Lothrop Bingham, who
has had charge of the public library
at Manchester-By-the-Sea for more
than twenty years, has Just celebrat
ed his Silih birthday. Ho Is said to
bo tho oldest librarian In New Eng
land. I do notbcJlevo 1'Iko'b Cuns for i.v.nsumptioa
has aa equal for coughs uud colds. Jon V
LSoTEit, Trinity Springs, Intl., Kt b. .6, I'JWl.
A big heart, usually goes with a big
body, but a big head rarely does.
Good Things lo Sell.
James Stillman, president of the Na
tional City bank of New York, is a
man of few words, but hi mahes those
few count. A famous tip that he is
said to have given a frlenl two
months ago has leaked out In W'J
street. The friend In question wrote
to him, asking him for advice concern
ing the maiket. IIJ had $500,00 and
wanted to make it a million. Here is
the reply of Mr. Stillman, written ia
lead pencil on a Bheet of pajicr '.'.x.
"Polo ponies, steam yachta and New
port villas are the best short sales in
the world."
After having traveled hundreds of
miles to wed Charles F. Bateman. a
railroad yardmaster of Butte, Mont.,
Edna Armstrong. 24 years old, organ
ist of tho O'Bryanville Methodist
church, in a Cincinnati suburb, has re
turned to her parents' home. She dis
covered the true state of her feeling
soon after Bhe boarded a train with
her admirer, and she burst into tears
before the city limits of Cincinnati
were passed. But she kept on travel
ing, though fcho cried all tho way to
Chicago, where she and Bateman
were to wed. Then Detroit was de
cided upon as the scene of their wed
ding. "But when wo got. there," says
Miss Armstrong, "Charlie was so dis
couraged at the way I had acted thzf
he bought me a ticktt and b'-nt me
back homo.'
Mr. Grover'e- Caee.
Frcdcrlka, la., De. 28. Mr. A. S.
Grover Is now 74 years of age. For tho
last 30 years he has suffered a rreat
deal of sickness and, although he la a
temperate man and never used spir
its of any kind, his kidneys had trou
bled blm very much. He said:
"I was told I had Diabetes and tny
symptoms corresponded exactly to
those cf a young man who died of Dia
betes in this neighborhood. My feet
and limbs were bloated quite a little.
"I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
at last determined to try them. I took
in all ten boxes before I '.-as well and
now I can truthfully bay that I am all
right. The bloating is gone from my
feet and legs. I have gained eight
pounds In weight and can sleep well at
night and every symptom of ray trou
ble Is gone.
"It Is tome time now since I was
cured and I have not the blightest
return of any symptom of the old
trouble."
Perhaps the time will come when
the intelligence of the people will
make politics unprofitable.