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One of VICTOK HV'OO'S wittli-st and most sarcastic pocnit, translated from tbe French by GHASE ROYS, 631 F Street, WASHINGTON, 0. 0 Christ takes a look Into tbe Vatican; con verses with one of the pope's guards and a cardinal. Single copy 10c 10 copies Hoc 1U0 copies ,13.00 Special prices for lamer quantities. rt THE BLACK POPE," OR THE Jesuit's Conspiracy IB IN THE THIRD EDITION. This was the book that the Romanists 300 pages. Over 100 pictures, speeches from worthy representatives from most of the patriotic orders. IT WAS THE FIRST A. P. peice rtr cloth, $1.00. A cheap paper cover edition is being prepared at 50 cents. FOR BALE BY AMERICAN PUI3LISIIING CO. HORSEMEN, DAIRYMEN, . . POULTRY RAISERS and DEALERS IN. FINE BLOODED STOCK Will Consult Their Own Interests by Using Lockhart's Nutritious ondiirent. IT IS Purest and Best florse 'W&HUFACTUReP TOPAY.i Absolutely Free From Poisonous Matter of An Kind. HGAPQUARTGRS IN: London, England, Glasgow, Scotland, New York, Chicago, Omaha. 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This Condiment is recommended by a dairyman who says his cows gave one-third more milk while he used it during the winter. It is just the stuff to build up all stock, and is a great feed-saver on account of its nutritious qualities. . Price per Barrel (150 pounds) $11.00 100 Pounds i 8.00 60 Pounds 6.00 25 Pounds 3.00 Sampie Package Containing 8 Pounds 1.00 Send in a If von nso it once you will "never be without it. Address, JOHN C. THOMPSON, Care American Publishing Co. Pond's Extract cures ALL PAIN IN FLAM M ATI O N S AND HEMORRHAGES. Oh drop of I'ohH'i Ixlrart it u-orlh more than m lablrtimonful of CHEAP SUBSTITUTES, MADE CRUDELY, WHICH DO NOT CURE. vs. A.mci icanlsni, burned while In tbe bindery. Nearly A. BOOK EVER PRINTED, A! THE and Cattle Food Trial Order. LOOK AT THE GIRLS! A Tonn( lady C'aJU Her Kec the Mie Windows of Creation. 'VTell.M said a young lady of ! ervation to a Now York Sun rvporivr. "that professor down in Kielim.nl who think ho can stop the Ixiya from looking at the girls of his collcg hy force of municipal ordinance m.ty In very clever as a schoolmaster, but s far as human nature goes he tlmu't know as much as tho youngvsi. of h students-that is, if thoy re all t'irl. Not look at tho girls, indeed! Why. he might just as well try to gro beans by algebra. You see. the schoolmaster has overlooked thegivat fact that this city law is aimed at the girls as much as at the boys, for if tho boys can't look the girls can't bo looked at, and that busts up the whole economy of nature, lou can writ.! it down for me, please, that it.s the smallest, queerest sjieeimen of pro hibition on record, and it has got no more chance of succeeding than I have of Iwing elected captain of the Salvation Army. hy. wo girls considor ourselves shop windows of the universe, and wo wouldn t exist if we weren't looked at. It's brod in us. The she baby squalls if she ain't looked at every hour. There doesn't exist the school girl, big or little, that doesn't flink her braid or fuss with her skirt when little Tommy comes whistling out of the next door basement gateway; or that doesn't think it a lost day if there isn't an awkward sijuad of grinning, heavy-treaded schoolboys keeping abreast with her on the opposite side walk. And it poos right on. Life's a failure if we young1 women don't pet looked at or looked aftor, and if you meet with any who complain of this attention just put it up that that's only another way of carrying tho news to Mary her particular method of showing tho rest of us that she's in it. "You understand, young man, that when I ay 'looked at' I don't mean leered at. That's a different thing entirely. I mean what we young onos used to call 'getting noticed,' to lx approvingly looked over, to know that we are. attracting a mild and pleasant attention, and even to ba discreetly fol lowed by a pair of masculine eyes. Now, as Jack says, 'that's right,' and I have no patience with thoso who think that to deny is to be strong, and that a confession of fact, even if it is a little damaging, implies weakness. "And why should we not like to bo looked at, prayP I say that there is no sight so good for men's eyes as that of tho girls. We're nature's best piece of work, and don't you forgot it; the most attractive half of the human family, and we know it. We have got to be looked at, and the Richmond schoolmaster had bettor quit contributing to the curiosities of Virginia's town laws and read the biblo a little more. He'll find he's kicking against the primal and trying to stop the eternal, for as long as life lasts tho sons of men will look at the daughters of women. And even if you didn't want to look, that would not mend matters, for we'd make you." Onuilpresn.ic Bacteria. Many species of bacteria are capable of doubling their number every hour. In this case, in the short snaco of twenty-four hours a single bacterium woum increase to a number but little shortof 17,000,000.to be exact.in fortv- eight hours tho offspring of this minute germ, which is not more than 1-15,000 of an inch in lentrth have in creased to the surprising number of 281,000,000.000, their bulk being sufficient to fill a pint measure. 1 he keeping Stilt. Iler lip quivered. "Another woman," she faltered, "would not suffer in silence." The great, broad-shouldered man stared blankly through the window into the blinding autumn storm. "Pardon me," he observed, icily. "My exjierience teaches me that any woman would suffer in silence." Gliding to the piano she played and sang, and in time felt that she was avenged. Detroit Tribune. Uomnn anl (lovernments. Women used to have a few of the political privileges they are now de manding. Women sat in council with the Saxon tribes; abbesses deliberated with the king, bishops and nobles at Beconcold in 6'JI, and live of them signed the decree of tho assembly; in the reign of Henry III and Edward I four abbesses were summoned to par liament, and in the reign of Kdward III six countesses were distinguished In the same way. lieriucing the Population Superintendent The poor-house is over-crowded. Deacon Grim I wondered why taxes was so high. I s'poso it wouldn't do to kill any of 'em, would it? "Of course not. "No; come to think, guess it wouldn't, but I'll tell you what to do. Get 'em to discussing 'Is Suicide a Sin?' Then leave the doors unlocked, so them what goes crazy can get to the river." Fooil. Among the Chinese there is a curi ous belief that it is possible to econo mize in food by abstaining from mus cular exertion. Thus when wages fall below a certain point, poor China men prefer not. to work, because they consider that they would have to take more food to repair the waste than the work done would produce. A Fearful lletributioa. Miss Fanny That hideous old Mr. Jones had the impudence to propose to me. Miss Jennie You gave him the mitten? Miss Fanny No, I did not. Just to punish him I accepted his offer. He la worth half a million. Texas Sittings. LOST HALF HIS SOUL, Terror of lladdhist l'rlft Wha nit 1'orlrall I'a nl.4. Crowds of people nss mblcd ai we arrived at the inn, jiisi U for.- sunset, and among oihcr I ;Mntd the line head of an old lmbi)ii-t ;n ie t After a long confabulation M ,, f,.w sti intrs of cash, which p-vl from my (ock ets into his hau i, I n us utile to in duce li i in to sit for his ict ure, und I diislusl oil a hketeli ill oils before he had timo to change his mind. ln fortunaU'ly, tho lart'o crowd t!iat had gathered around, e-ioi iily the women folks, seemed to scold him and talk angrily at him for his silliness in fit ting, owing to tho strung-' notion that prevails in China, and, in fu.-t, nearly all over the Fast, that if an image is reproduced a soul has to lo given to it, and that tho H ivon ) ort rayed has to be the supplier of it at his own ox jonso. Tho veneiuble old lluddhist priest, who was nursing his "cash" on his lap while U'ing immortaiied on a wooden panel, and had a curious twinkle in his eye, resisted bravely for some timo and sat like a statue, but finally had to give in. "You w ill die," cried an old woman at him. "I saw your soul coming out of you and go into tho picture. I did really, I saw it with my own eyes!" "So did I," cried a hundred other voices in a chorus. Hythe timo the priest had got up they had half convinced him that at least half his soul had really gone out of him; but hail the soul gone or not, he would go and take the cash for safe keeping to his homo first, and complain and ask for the restitution of his lost property afterward. Ho was a sensible man. So was I, and knowing what was coming, tho mo ment ho had gone I went Into the room and packed tho sketch safely, thon too another clean panel and smeared it with tho scrapingB of my palette to show him instead, in case he would come back and wiHh tho plc turo destroyed. Twenty minutes had not elapsed when ho was back ajjuin, of course without tho "cash," holding his stomach and complaining of inter nal agonies. "I am going to die," he cried, the moment ho saw me; "you have taken away half my soul." "Certainly I have," said I, sternly. "You dici not expect mo to give you all that 'cash' for less than half your soul, did you?" "Oil, no! but I wish it back, as I feel so bad now without it." "All right," said I, "I shall go In tho room and destroy tho imago I did of you. Will you then bo satisfied?" "Yes." Here the other panel smearod with palette scrapings was produced, after making a pretense ut destroying it with a knife, and never in my life have I seen an expression of relief to equal that of the priest. Ho had not felt half his soul so mueli going out of him, but ho certainly felt it coming back again, says the Fortnightly Re view. Ho could swear by it. Ho wa? how perfectly well again. MOTHER-OF-PEARL. Decoration 1'neil as a Yeuner in Italian or Oriental I-ljin. An effective variety of decorations is mother-of-poaii veneering, which ' may bo carried out either in tho Ori ental or Italian stylo. In lioth cases it is suitablo for picture frames, boxes, j cabinets and even tables. ! The technical difficulties are insig- j nificant, as tho mother-of-pearl may be obtained in thin flakes that may bo cut with a pair of scissors, so there is no necessity for using a fret-saw or making any depression in the wood, which would be unavoidable if dealing with thicker substances. Reiner near- ! ly transparent, these Hakes should bo lined at the back with thin white pa-1 per, to which they should bo neatly 1 secured with white glue. The luster of the thin mother-of-jiearl may not equal that of stouter pieces, st.iil tho effect is good, and the facility with which it may be used is a groat rec- ommenuation. Oriental designs are the simplest in form and do not require a hiciilv pol ished surface as a background, says the Philadelphia Times; tho pattern may be made of mother-of-pearl only, connected by incised lines, traced with a sharp instrument upon the wood before it is colored Tho woo l should Ite well rublied down with glass paper, tinted with some dark stain anil polished. I rench polishing, although simple in theory, is sometimes difficult in practice, especially when tho manipu lation is not light and even. A pud composed of linen and cotton wool should be folded in a near-shuiied form, in order that all tho corners should lie reached by the narrow end. With it the polish should be laid on first in long strokes backwards and forwards, afterward with a circular motion; it may be worked up with a little linseed oil. When the desired effect has been obtained, the mother-of-pearl may lie neatly glued on. For Italian designs, when the wood has been prepared, the pattern should be left unstained, and the stalks, with probably some of tho leaves, should receive a good coating of Chinese white, to be subsequently outlined and veined with black. The work may be then polished and the mother-of-pearl added as before. She Hoped Not. When the lady came into the pas senger coach all the seats were occu pied, except one next to a big burly fellow, who had a lot of stuff piled around him to take up room. He paid no attention to the lady until the conductor requested him against her protestations to make a place for her. "Of course," he grunted as he hoved the plunder out of the way; "she can set down. 1 m no hog. " "1 m glad to hear it, she retorted. "for I really am very fond cf bacon at breakfast," and she went into the noxt car to find a scat. A CO-OPERATIVE TOWN. Am t nglleh Cltf M here i:erylo.lr Join la Ownership. Oldham, I-ancushiro, although com paratively MMuikitiir a mo i' i n town. and 'opled aliuo-t i .olusieh by the working class -s, holds and I uds in many re'cts, but especially In Its co-oH'rative iiuneim iits. No town in the kingdom owns a many joint stock or limihsl companies, which in their turn, have created other eo-oorativa combinations, says tho Philadelphia Record. Its co-operativo stores consist of two bocietios, each with a inemlier shlp of nearly 11,000. Those societies were the pioneers of the "limited" movement in Oldham, and tho cotton industry was the first business they began with. Such rapid strides has it made that Oldham is known far ami wide as tho "divi." Tho ro-0Hrativo societies spread still further, and now In conjunction with the societies in adjacent towns own a largo corn-mill, thus sharing the profits to be mado in grinding the grain. There are in Oldham district, in the cotton trade alone, about 150 limited companies, the majority of which have boon formed since 1172, with capitals varying from 10,000 to 15,000. chiefly divided into 5 shares. These companies, seeing the profits accruing from buying the raw material, Ht once formed tho Oldham cotton buying company, limited, almost every com pany having shares; consequently it is to their own interest to do business with the company, and thus sharo in the profits. Rut thoy do not stop here. Seeing the large profit made by the Insurance companies, they docidd to form ono of their own, and tho Feder ative insurance company, limited sprang into existenco, each company holding a number of shares and en couraging it by transferring their in surance business to it. It is no uncommon thing for some cotton companies to consist of 40 J or 500 and in some cases 700 sharehold ers; almost all residing in Oldham. Scarcely a family In town but what owns a share in some cotton company or other. The company movement does not stop with tho staple trade (cotton). The butchers wero not long behind, and then was formed the Old ham hide, skin and fat company, limited, which effectually demoralized private com panies in that diroction. Even the bill posting and advertising business was invaded, tho printers forming the Oldham bill-posting company, limited, through it posting their own bills and advertisements. Tho publicans were not left in the cold and very soon two aerated water companies were in full swing, each publican, so long as ho dealt with tho company holding so many shares. Those he must relin quish when ho ceases to deal with them. In fact there is no business, not even poultry farming, which has escaped the company craze, and it is a by-word that at ono time you could have floated a dog kennol in Oldham An K.J-e With ).(. "Depend upon it, children," said tho benignant old gentleman who was addressing the Sunday school, "we are fashioned by a wiser power than our selves. There was no mistako made in putting us together. If our hands were placed where our feet are and our feet whore our hands are, how could we get along? It would be exceeding ly awkward, children; exceedingly awkward. I stretch my hand out this way. I move my fingers this. Now, what is it an evidence of, children?" There was no reply, and after waiting a moment tho speaker answered the question himself. "It is an evidence of design. Don't forget that, chil dren," he continued, impressively. "It is an evidence of design. Suppose for instance, my eyes, instead of having lids ani lashes, had legs. How could I use them?" "You could use them in running your eye over the congre gation, couldn't you?" replied a deep ly interested little boy near the door. About I he Hollar Mark. There are several theories to ac count for the origin of our dollar mark (). First Some say it is a combination or monogram composed of tho letters U. und S., the initials of tho Tinted States. Second It may have been derived from "II. S.," the mark of the Human money unit. Third It is probably a combina tion of P. and S., from Posoduro, a Spanish term signifying "hard dollar." A fourth reason assigned is that it is a "piece of eight," and designated by the symbol 8. German Hed lape. An amusing instanco of German red tape is recorded by the Rorlin Neueste N'ae.hrichten. A Munich citizen came to the registrar of births to report an addition to his family. Being asked as to his religion he de clared himself a Christian. The of ficial looked over his list of religions, but could find no pigeonhole for Christ ianity, and as the man was Deither a Catholic nor a member of a Protest ant denomination, there was a great struggle. Straggle, of a Growing Mind. Tommy You say December is the last month of the year, pa? Tommy's Father Yes. Tommy And January is the first? Tommy's Father Yes, certainly. Tommy Well, how is it, then, that December always comes afore Janu ary? Chicago Record. No Itoom for Him. "Ah!" muttered the skeleton in the closet, as it listened to the conversa tion at the breakfast table; "going to move into a flat, eh? That " It was lost in painful thought. " - means the coal bin or the air haft for yours truly." Puck. THREE H.airs IX A CATHEDRAL. Pittsburgh Sports Turn the Raiment of St. Paul' Into a 1'rie Ring. PiTTSiiLHi.il, IV, N. v. 23 -The law-abiding citizens of i'ittsbiiigh will Ik! horrified in tho morning hen the ncwspaers publish a (JctaSli d account of three brutal prize fights l,lch took place In the basement of St. I'aul'e Ito man C'athoilc cathedral, in tl e hi art of the city, tonight. One man was prac tically knocked cut four different times, but the watchful tlmekcccr managed to save him each time. Many int-pect-ors of the Hlice and other city officials were In attendance, mi rid y as tjucta tors, about levcnty-flve rxrti, all 'old, paying 1 each to see the men fight. Everything was upHsed to bo on the dead quiet and tho newspajicr man who gained cntraoee forced h s way through tho bishop's residence Into tho base ment of the church. The ninster of ceremonies had but little trouble In maintaining order, always using the expression, "Keep quiet, for you're in a church." The first fight was a four-round affair between two unknowns, who battered each other all over the ring, blood flow ing freely. This was called a draw. Caul Dennle of Toledo, O., und James Othello of Philadelphia then ought three fierce rounds, when Dennle, who was frightfully punished, was compelled to retire. The most brutal bout of tho evening was between Jerry Sullivan of Boston and George Strong of Philadelphia, both 120 pound men. Strong was knocked down half a dozen different times and blood flowed from him in torrents, making many of the specta tors sick. R-y judicious calling of time ho was able to stay four rounds. The master ol ceremonies, as well as many spectators, were members ol the cathe dral congregation. "Foxc,s nook of Martyrs" should be In everybody's library. You cttn get a cloth-bound volume ot nearly 1,100 quarto pages for 12.50. It Is worth double this price to any student of his tory. Send your orders to American Publishing Company. 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