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WASHINGTON NEWS The Senate haa ooam!only pve 1 the hill eonirratnlaiiiK Hj p-ople .,( Hn.z!l un the formation of a republi;. Jul Danlela FriU.iy aiblr-iwed ilie hsa committee n latwir In ttv.tr of the bonne bill to provble f.,r (he a'lj'Htmeot of account of laborer ari-in;; meter the eight-hour lair. "Pis Senate Committee on C mineiteon Thursday voUxl unanimoii-ily tor?n'Ipr an MW report on r-ut-:r McM-llnu's hill atborii'ut; the construction of a tiri'Ie across ibe river at Dwiot. Senator KJiuuud ha aiiahi Intrmlii' e 1 bta retaliatory inest hill, which provl tea for the inspection tt m?ai fur export tttm, prohibiting Ilia inioor.'atlon of dp' Lent ted article of food or drink, an l ofohrli nz the President to niaxeuroula BaaUon lu certain eas -h. Tbe Houtg Committee on Arlcnl'iir haa Died next Weilnlay m t;,M tim for , beginning the heariiij: upu Ilie Cuu bHl which puts the manufacture of c i ll-j pound lard under li"ene nn i reziiintruw, ! tne latter to be entoicj l by Hie Interna Reveona Department. It in expt-ceil ih:ii tb bearing will ba nciia'iecl la f.ro or three day. Representative G) t cnile I nn the Secretary of. War Monday mil had nn In terview in reliant to the nroj.-ct fur liia establUVment of a fj.-jrernnieut irm fac" ory at Rock Island. Tim Secretary in f Tinei biui that he lm I directed t'ol. Wittmore at Hock I-oaid to mike a peciflc report to tl,e ri-prtni 'lit uooti the matters Involved In the Uet resolutiou. The United States Senate on We Iiiim day alter an executive 8esioii wiiich lasted Ave hours, con tinned -Mr. Mortcmi to be CommlMlontr of Indian Affiir by a Tote of Si yean to 10 nay. When the nominal Ion of Dr. D rvhnn't-r, of H ton, lo be riaprintendeut of I'.iulic Schools came up it waa discovered that thero was not quorum present, and tint nomina tion went urvr. President Harrison, on M:mlav. nom! naUtd diaries Kmory Suiilli, of IVnuxyl vaula, to be United States Minister t'i Rnfflla. Anions the nominations o-nt to tne Senate were the following Sumicl Merrill, of Indiana, dnsiil t ; n o ihI at Calcutta; J. Feuner lie, of .Maryland. Secretary oi Legation at H!o da Janeiro; H. R. Newberry, of Mlciiiijiiu, eetretaty of Legation, Madrid. Mr. Fitblan intends to Introduce a hill directing the Secretary of the interior to place upon the pension rolls at the rale of Si 3 a mouth all soldier and anil. hi of the War of the Rebellion, Mexican War, and 11 other wars ot the-Unlle.l .States who are not receiving a crreater pennion upon proof that the applicant hna reached his Slst birthday, it also proridM Unit team sters and all others who (H i actual ser lcs In the Mexican War, whether enlist ed or not, and their widows, aliall he en titled to a pension at the ra'e of fu a mouth. MEDALS TOtl RAILWAY MAIICU'.RKS Postmaster General Wananiaker will present, at the close of the prcteiii year, twelve gold medals torallu-ay mail clerk'. They will be known as "Tho Postmaster Ocuerals." One will be awrd'!d to the nli-rk In each of the eleven divisions who uball make tha besincneral record mi tlie imnilwr of cards distributed, The twelfth medal will be awarded to the clerk of any class lu any division who ahnll dis tribute the greatest number of cards. THE NEW KUI,E8. The Democrats Thurmiay carried ont tbeir policy of protest aitalust the ruling of the Speaker by declining to vote npon the question of approving the journal. This instrument wai, however, approved, by a vote of yeas 1H, naya 0 the consti tutional quorum being counted by the Speaker. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois from the Com mittee on Knles, reported the new code of committed. Tbe Senate Direct Tax bill was laid be fore the House and referred to the Com mittee on the Judiciary. Til It EDTJCATIOXAL BILL. The time of the senate Thursday was principally taken up by Mr. llinlr in ad vocating the educational hill. He arned that illiteracy waslncren8liiK In the United States. Kven now be said. In the N Ttli tbe common school Kyatem was trembling In the balance; mid he expressed the be lief that before tho younger senators hud p'd awav the common school system of the United 8-Rtos would lm?e received Its death wound, if, indeed, It had not al ready tiled. Conlr,jj;llti( the expenditures for naval purpose ami for wdioul pur poses, ho said "K Incit e the world uud there will be no uced of n navy." THE NEW BUI.W. A dlsctl'slon of the new cvb of rules will occupy moat of the t ni oJ the house during tno wees. Pamphlets containing tbe old aud new rules, arranged in p.ir. a! 11 columns, will be furnished the mem Iters, so that there will be no itillicuity In eel ni at once what chanR -s have been made. This will make the discussion much simpler to the new member. Its is possible that some nliji-ctlou tuny be ma le lo beKltiiiluif tho discussion o soon, on the ground that the members have been Klveu no opportunity to study thechanes; ut should this objection bo sustained a temporary delay only will be cau ed. DULL DAY IS Til!! noC3K. fliers was nn ionrual t ) annroVd in the house Friday and consequently the unial contest of Its approval did not occur. The speeter aouounced that the j mrnsl clerk bad been so busy preparing tne new coda ot rules for publication that he had not been able to write tip tho proceeding. Tbe session was short and devoted maiuly to routine business. The following measures were parsed: A bill increasing tbe pension of O-n. Abram Duryea to $100 mouth: senate bill authorising a btldgo CTOM the Missout river near Omaha; senate bill extending for two years the time within which, the bridge across the Mississippi at Uurlington may be con structed. HORTH DAKOTA'S LOTTERY BILL. The news of the passage by one branch Of tbe North Dakota legislature of a bill chartering end legalizing a lottery in that state, bat attracted much attention in Washington official circle, in view espe cially of the telegraphic advices that this legislative action is in behalf of a branch of tbe Louisiana Lottery company, against which tbe postofflce department and the department of Justice have been waging a contest for many years. At the white house It la Intimated that report have reached the president that persons who had been appointed to office or were can didate for appointment were promoting tbla legislation, and it was added that should tblt prove to bj the cass it would likely prove fatal to them. TBI P AS AMERICAN 00KQRK8S. tttassJd tb Pan-American Committee OB Extradition baa nearly perfected a Irtatv which will bring the Central and MOM American countries tip to tne point of modern extradition practices which Is Stmptined In the lllalne-Pauncefote treaty. It will provide an cm lent remedy fotUeeviU now existing through the lack ot extradition treaties with many of the Southern countries. The United ftuw baa no sjttradltlon treaty with Hoodnraa, banc th fugitive ex-State Treasurer Burke of Louisiana is living In UmM eoaotry free from arrest. Wlnslow, a bos on forgor, la a prominent buslness la one oif tho Sooth American Re fWie, and so with msnr other fugitives IMS jastio In tho UniUd States. tlOOtJUAOIKO M EULimiSlfTS. XfHk tb vlsw to encouraging soldtora ot tne itja.ir army to re-ennst ana to be come more contented with their occupa tion the Secretary of War has authorised the promulgation of a general order granting to good nien on re-enlisfinent within one month from date of discharge f tirlonghs for three or four monlhi ac cording to rernoteneftMg of station or other pertinent circurnttanceu. The re-enlist-inent may be either at the station at whic h discharm-d or other military post, dco'jt. or recruiting station. Men re en listing at depot ot the general recruiting eervice will lie permitted to select the tr -op, company, or hattery for which they enlint, provided it is not already full. The furloughs will tie granted bv the et or riejMit commander and will authorize the person to go anywhere within tne United States. PP.OBABI.g KEDCCTIOX IS T TAaf.. A reduction of the rate of postage on mercliandice will twrhaiw 1 mde hy the present Congress if I tie Hone 0 i U time to consider the subject. Tlie mn"er is now before a subcunirniltee ot the Hou-e Cjimnittee on Pot U81 -es, which Is din p:ted lo report such a bill as that intro duced early In tha session by tim. lliug ham of l-'hiladelohia. This bill provide "that mailable matter of the third cln.ts shall consist of all matter now embraced by law in tbe third aud fourth claxses and that the postage on the same shall be at the rat of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, which nhnll he fully prepaid." Tne prcsuit rato on fomth-cless matter U one cent an ounce, or double the rate pro;KW. The con solidation! of the two clni of matter printed matter and merchandise would simplify the flilicailou of the mlnl regulations for both the goveriimeut rjRi .-inU au i tne public. FI.'CTIOS OF ftKPIiPSKNTATVKt. Mr. Hoat Introduced a bill In t ie S-.-nate Tuesday to irescrib ill part l:i- luquner of the I'lec'ion of in-:mher of Cougreia, and It was rete-re I to I lie (Ji'iiiuittea on Prlvil ",'e and Kie'-tious. It provides that in nil Suites ot the Union It 'inesontatives to Congr -as all at i le elect d in and for tie dwtric'B n nv ih.it D d hy law until Hie i:p;ejr! ioniii lit of It pr s 'iitali yes khall be made liy Cotigren u cording to the rensns to be taken In IS W, any law ot such H'ate herfliiltep lo l. pawd to th contrary noiwithetanding. Mr. Hoat sl:iteil that a fear had been expressed in various quirter.i tlmt there would he nn attempt to make new IS -prea ntatlve dls trictaito take effect at tho next election), and to gerryinaiuler some .States lu the Inlerct of one or the oilier political party before tha next cnatn. Tiie liill propbsocl, he said, in the Interest of j nt'c lo apply to all tne States under tin constitutional power given to (.'o:igre-s to pr-Mc.rihe und after the mode of electing K'pi'ese.nta lives for the next C.ngres (iml'-ss thp new apporihi'im int be mevlou-ly ma le) and shall taks place in existing nidricts. DtSCU.SS!OS OF TIIK MRW V.VU.S. Mr. Cannon of Hiiro's called up foi consideration the prop'Wid coda of rule!' Tuesday and offered a resolution provid in Iliat generel detmte. shall clcne at J o'clock Wednesday, and that (after de bale under the llve-mlntre rule) Ilie pre vious question Khali he con-ii lerad as ordered at, 4 o'clnelt. Vioroui protests against cutting oil of discussion In mill short order were made by Aleisr-:. -Mc Millin. Springer, McCrearV, and Flower, but they were of no rff;ct, and Mr. Camion demanded tho previous question. The House would not sustain tnls de mnnd, and, many ltepublicans votind against it, the demand was rejected hj nn overwhelming vote ot 58 to Hit Mr. Springer then olTorod a resolution pro viulng that general dclia'o shall proceed until ad J hi rumen r. Wednesday, aftet whic1! the codo shall bo considered nndei the five-minute rule till J o'clock Friday, when the previous question shall be con sidered as ordered. This resolution wa adopted without objection, aud Mr. Can nun goo 1-iialtiredly crossed over to th Lh-mocrat nid i and congratulated bis col league upon his succes. TFIE PCItB FOOD QUESTION. The pnre food agitation Is under was once mors. liilis have been Introduced in both Homes, and are before the proper committees. Tho farmers seem to take the most Inter est lu the matter, bo catiMO they claim to suffer the most by the growing practice of adulterating all kinds of food. The last CungrssaauthoriZ'd the Agricultural Department to make a special investigation into this malter, and it has prepared some rather startling information on the snhj ;ct. According lo the report of the special agent about IS per cent of tho food sold la this country represents "adulteration, sophistication, and misbranding, making a total loss in the people or about i7.rj,OJO,00 a year." The export trade Is sulci to have been greatly Injured by the adulteration", par ticularly in butter, cheese, lard, and other agricultural products. Many putltions in favor of legislation bavo been received from the Kntional Grange, l'atrons of Husbandry, nnd from local .and Stale granges, wheels, and clubs In all parts ol tho country, nnd also from the Knight of Labor and various trade organizations. NEW CIVIL 8F.KVICK BILL. A number of nmemlmenta embodying the views of congressmen on the civil ser vice law have been presented. Mr. Cou ncil wishei.lo excdutle employes of the railway mail Bervlco trom Its provisions. Senator Chandler does not want the law to effect any officers and employes of the government except uch as may be en gaged in performing duties which are merely clerical, and not to include any officers or employes whose duties are technical or scientific In character. Half a do in measures have been introduced to provide for the apportionment of tho offices among the various congressional districts. Mr. Wheeler wants It done by flic civil service commissioners and Mr. Cheadle wishes a new bureau crea'cd to have charge of appointments. Mr. SiOne's bill differs from most of the others In t hat the District of Columbia Is to be allotted its quota of appointments in proportion to Its population. One of the greatest changes Is proposed by Mr. llxilhnian, who fathers a bill which provides that the political affiliations of each anpllcatit for office shall be stated. The selections for offices are to le made alternately from members of the two leading parties who have passed the required examination. Ho also wants the appointments ap portioned nmong the states and tor-tsrrtr-orlos. each arjoolntoe to hold office tor a term ot eight years and be incfiguue to a reappointment, eranloyes to b1) dis missed only for improper conduct, insub ordination or Incompetency, but in no case on account of pclitlcal opinions which thev may bold. Mr. Hrowster pre sents a bill to fix the tenure of nffi :e of tho public officials who nre nominated by the President, with the excoption of the heads of departments, nt lour yours. If any official be removed the cause shall be stated In writing and the discharged man furnished with a copy of the complaint against blin. Mr. Chlpman thinks no one Should be debarred from appointment on account of niio. The shortest of all the bills are those which are prepared by Rep resentatives llouk, Kwart and others. These measures propose the repeal of the whole civil service law. riiimliing In Old Koine. Koccnl iiivrstijjjiUioiis in Koino show that the aticicdit plumbers of tho KleTii;tl city wr obHi:'l lo lie very pnrtlculur with limit work. Thoru hnvu been un earthed grout quantities of lend wa ter li)o, fiu'li l'liiinly slamjictl wilu tho name of tho owner of tho house, the year of tho plumbing, tho name of the consuls for that year, and that of the reigning cuierur. MERLE'S CRUSADE. nv ro-, KAfrntxri-. --.::ry A!hnr of un.-f(m ;'' .'-. 7. ';:!,' "y.o-'.-x.Vx H 7, i'ii," "Tin- i-' -'i of iuiy.il l.yitM-.iu.J." CHAPTER YIIL "'LABORAllK EST ORARE." My mistress (how I loved to call her by that iwdip!) was beginning to give Die ber confidence. In a little while I grew quite at my ease with her. She would sit down some times and ques tion me about the liooit I was reading, or. If we talked of the children, she would ak my opinion of them in a way that chowed she rexjiecied She told me more than once that her husband was quite wit ifiied with me; the children thrived mm'.t my tare, IU-egie especially, for .lover was somenh.it frail and delicate. It gratified me to hear this, bir a longe r acquaintance with Mr. Mor ton had not lessened my sense of awe in his presence (I had had to feel the pressure of Ids Mining will before I bad been many r. -eeks in his house, and though I bad sub mitted to his enforced commands, they had co-t me my only tears of humiliation and yet all the time I knew lie was per fectlv just iu his demands). The occasion was thii-. It was a rule that w hen visitors asked to see the c hildren a very frequent oc currence hen Miu. Morton received at home that the head nurse should bring them into the blue drawing-room, as It was called. On twe? afternoons I bad shirked this duty. With all my boasted courage, the idea of facing all those strangers was singularly obnoxious; I chose to consider myself privileged to in fringe this part of my office. I dressed the children carefully, and bado Hannah take them to her mother. I thought the girl looked at me nnd hewituted a mo ment, but her habitual respect kept ber silent. My dereliction of duty escaped notice on the first afternoon; Mr. Mortou was occupied with a committee, and Mrs. Mor ton was too gentle and considerate to hint that my presence was desired, but on the second nfteruooti Huutitih came up looking a little Hurried. Master had not seemed pleased some how: he hud spoken quite sharply before the visitors, nnd asked where nurso was, that s!io bad not brought the children as usual, and the mistress had looked uncomfortable, and bad beckoned him to her. 1 took no notice of Hannah's speech, for I had a hasty tongue, and might have said things that I should have regretted afterward, but my temper was decidedly milled. I took Keggie ns quickly as pos sible from her arms, and carried him of! Into the other room, I wanted to be alone and recover myself. I cried a good denl, much to Hvpgie'f distress; he kept patting my cheeks and calling to me to kiss him, so that at Inst 1 was obliged to leave off. I had Indeed met with a difficulty. I could hear the roaring of the chained lions behind me, but I said to myself that I would not be beaten; If my pride mu."t suffer, I should get over tho unpleasantness In time. Why should 1 be nfruid of people Just because they wore silks nnd satins and were stran gers to mef My fears were undignified and absurd; Mr. Mortou was right; I had shirked my duty. I Imiied that nothing more would be sale) about It, and I determined that the follow ing Thursday I would face the ordeal; bul I was not to escape so cosily. When Mrs Morton came Into the ntirs ery that evening to bid the children good night, I thought she looked a Utile preoc enpied. She kissed them, and asked mo rattier nervously, to follow her Into tlif night nursery. "Merle," she said, rather hurriedly, "1 hope you will not mind what I am golnp to say. My husband lias asked ruo t p.pcak to you. lie seemed a little put out .1.1. nt-m-noou; U did not pleaso him that Hannah should take your place with th child fen." "Hannah fold me so whoa she cams up Mrs. Morton." In spite of all my efforts to restrain my temper, I nm afraid my voice was a little sullen. I had newr answered licr In such a tone before. I would obey Mr. Mor ton; I knew my own position well enough for that, but they should both seo thai this part of my duty was distasteful to me. To my Intense surprise she took my baud and held It geutly. "I was afraid you would feel it in this way. Merle, but I want you to look upon it from another point of view. You know that my husband forewarned you that your position would entail diltlcultlcs. Hitherto things have been quite smooth; now comes a duly which you own by your manner to be bitterly distasteful. I sym pathize with yon, but my husband's wishes are sacred; lie is very particular on this point. Ho you think for my sake tlmt yon could yield In this?" She still held my hand, and I own that the foolish feeling crossed me that I was glad that she should know my hand was ns soft bb hers, and as she spoke to mo In thnt beseeching voice all Hullenness left mo. ''Thero Is very little that I would not do for your sake, Mrs. Morton, when you have been so good to ruo. Please do not say another word about It. Mr. Morton was right; I have been utterly in the wrong; 1 feel that now. Xext Thursday I will bring down tbe childreu into the drawing-room." She thanked me so warmly thnt she made mo feel still more ashamed ot my self; it seemed such a wonderful thing that my mistress should stop to entreat where alio could by right command, but she was very tolerant of a girl's wayward ness. She did not leave me even then, but changed the subject. She sat down and talked to mo for a few minutes about my self and Aunt Agatha. I had not been home yet, and she wanted mc to fix some afternoon when Mrs. Garnett or Trnvers could take my plnco. "We must not let you get too dull, Merlo," she said, gently. "Hannah is a good girl, but she cannot be a companion to you iu any sense of the word." And perhaps in that she was right. I woko the following Thursday with a aense ot uneasiness oppressing me, so largely do our small fears magnify them selves when indulged. As tho afternoon approached I grew quite palo with appre hension, and Hannah, with unspoken sympathy sho had wonderful tact for a girl only hinted at the matter in a rouud abotit way. I had dressed Reggie, In his turquols blue velvet and was fastening my clean frilled apron over my black gown, when Hannah said, quietly, "Well, It is no won der master likes to show people what sort of unrse he has got. I don't think any one could look m nice in a cap and apnm as you do. Miss Kenton. It is just as though you were making believe to be a servant like me, and it would not do any how." I smiled a little at Hannah's homely compliment, but I confess it pleased n;e and gave me courage. I felt fctill more like myself whea my boy put his dimpled arms round my neck, and hid his dear face on my shoulder. I could not per suade him lo lo-iwii his hold until his mother i2 to him; and there wast Joyce holding tightly to my gown all the tin'. The room was so full that it almost made me giddy. It was good of Mrs. Morton to rise from ber beat and meet me, but all her coaxing speeches would Uot make Iteygfe do more than raise his head from my shoulder. He tut in my arm? like a baby prince, beating off every one wllli bis little bauds, and refusing even to go to his father. Kverv one wanted to kiss him, and carried him from one to another. Joyce had left me at once for lier mo;her. Some of the ladles questioned me about the children. The spoke very civilly, but their inqumilivj gi.m-"S mad'! my lace burn, and It wus with ildilculty lb it 1 nurle bultable replieM. Once 1 looked up, nnd saw that Mr. Morion vi.'is watching me. His gbiuce was critical, but not un kind. I ha I a feeling then tiial he was subjecting me purposely to Uiis test. must carry out my theory into practice I am convinced all lliis was in his mind us be looked nt me, and I no longer bore a grudga against him. Not long afterward I had an opportuni ty of lcaruiug thut be could owu himsell of snowdrops and violets. I bought a few for Aunt Agatha, then 1 remembered tlmt Uncle Keith had a weakness for a partic ular sort of scone, and I bought somo aud a slice of rich Dundee seed-cake. I felt like a school-giil providing a little home feast; but bow pleasant it is to cater for those we love! I was glad when my g'.iort journey was over, and I could see the river shimmering n steely blue in the spring sunshine. The old church towers seemed more venerable and picturesque. As I walkc.i uowu High Street I looked at tho well known shops with an iulerest 1 never felt before. When I reached the cottage I rang very softly, that Aunt Agathu should not be disturbed. 1'atience uttered a pleased ex clamation when she caught sight of me. "Is It really yourself. Miss Merle? I could hardly believe my eyes. Mistress is Iu there reading," pointing to the drawing-room. "She has not heard the bell, I'll be bound, so you cau surprise her finely." I octed on Patience's hint, and opened the door noiselessly. How cozy the room looked In the (Ire-light! ami could any sight bo more pleasuut to my eyes than dear Aunt Agatha sitting In her favorite low chair, in her well-worn black silk and pretty lace cap? I shnll never forget her look of delight when she saw me. "Merle! Oh, you dear child! Do you mean it is really you? Come hero nnd let me look nt you. I want to see what seven weeks of hard work hns doue for you." But Aunt Agatha's eyes were very dim as she looked, "There, sit down, and get warm," giv ing me an energetic little push, "and tell me all about It. Your letters never do you Justice, Merle, I must hear your ex perience from your own lips." What a talk that was! It lusted all the afternoon, until Patience came iu to set the tea-table, and we heard Undo Keith's boots on the scraper; even that sound wns musical to me. When he entered the room I gave him a good hug, and bad put some of my violets iu his button-hole long before he had lcftoir saying "Jiir-rumph" in his surprise. 'She looks well, Agatha, does she not?" he observed, as we gathered round the tea table. "So the scheme has held out for seven weeks, eh? You have not come to tell us you are tired of being a uurscf" , "No, indeed," I returned, indignantly. "I nm determined to prove to you and the whole world that my theory Is a sensible one. I am quite happy in my work per fectly happy, Uncle Keith. I would not part with my children for worlds. Joyce is so um using, and as for Keggie, lie is such a darling that I could not live with out him." "It is making a woman of Merle, I can seo that," observed Aunt Agatha, softly. "I confess I did not like the plan nt first, but If you make it answer, child, you will have me for n convert. You look just ns uico uud just as much a lady as you did wheu you were leading a useless life hero. Never mind If iu time your hands grow a little less soft and white; that is a small matter if your heart expands aud your conscience is satisfied. You remember your favorite motto. Merle?" "Yes, indeed, Aunt Agatha Lnhnrnre est orctrc. Now I must go, for Uncle Keith Is pulling out his watch, which means 1 have to catch my train." lSutiis I trudired over the bridge beside him in tho starlight, and saw the falut gleams lying on the dark, shadowy river, a voice seemed to whisper to my luucr consciousness, "Courage, Merle; a good beginning makes n glad ending. Hold fast to your motto inborn re est orarc." (To lie Continued.) The Deadly Cold Bed. If trustworthy statistics coulil bo had of tho number of persons who dio every year or bocomo permanently diseased from slueiiincr in damp or cold beds they would probably bo astonishing anil appalling, says Good Housekeeping. It is a peril that constantly besels travel ling men, and if they aro wise they will invariably insist on having their beds aired and dried, oven at the risk of causing much trouble to their land lords. But the peril resides in the house and the cold "sparo room" has slain its thousands of hapless' guests, and will go on with its slaughter till people learn wisdom. Not only tho guest but tho family suffer tho penalty of sleeping in cold rooms and chilling their bodies at a time when they need all of their bodily heat by getting be tween cold sheets. Even iu warm sum mer weather a cold, damp bed will get in its deadly work. It , is a needless peril, and tno neglect to provido dry rooms and beds has in it the clement of murder and suicide. Banyan's Book. The "Pilgrim's Prvpresg" has been translated into Ainhario,tlie language of Abyssinia. The book hu now been TaJJtWteU int eighty-four languages. " TAKEN IN." " I usl often to read the newspaper aloud to my wife," said Bert Robinson, "and once I was fairly ' taken in' by a patent medicine advertisement. The seductive paragraph liegan with a modest account of the sea serjietit, but ended by setting forth the vir tues of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery, which, it was alleged, was a sure cure for all Bronchial, Throat and Lung troubles, anil would even cure Consumption, if taken in time. Tho way I was taken in was this: I bad lung disease, and I bought a bortlo of the remedy; I was a stranger to it, aud it took me in and cured me." Robinson's experience is identical with that of thou sands of others. So true is this, that after witnessing, for many years, tho marvelous cures of Bronchial, Throat and Lung affec tions wrought by this wonderful remedy, its manufacturers fuel warranted in selling it as they nre doing, through druggist, under a positive guarantee that, if taken in time and given a fair trial, it will relieve or cure In every case, or money paid for it will Ito refunded. No other remedy for such malu- sick: headache, unions Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, Indiges tion, Billons Attacks, and all derangements of the stomach and bowels, aro promptly relieved and permanently cured by the use of BR. PIERCE'S PELLETS. They are Purely Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless. As a LIVER PIIiIi, tncqualedl ONE PELLET A DOSE ! Popular People. The popular people, that is, the peo ple popular socially, are the adaptable ones. The man who doesn't believe his host is responsible for the weather, or his lack of appetite, or the fact that most of the people are strangers to him, or tlmt his clothes are uncomfortable, is the man who is going to be in vited out very often. The woman who doesn't expect her friends to lie always at the fever beat of affection, who doesn't expect them lo keep a day book of her likes and dislikes, who doesn't want the best seat in tho opera box, and wiio doesn't complain if she has lo entertain somebody who isn't as yet a celebrity, is the comfortable one and the one that everybody is glad to meet again. Slio is certain to make even stupid people bright, or, better si ill to make them think themselves bright, and she is equally certain to bo a tolerably happy person herself, for there is a great deal of truth in what one of the slum sisters so funnily said: "If you make other people 'uppy you've a 'appincss in your own art that eawu't come in any oilier way." If you ask a man how you had better dress to go to the theater, he'll say, "Oh, wear a black frock and a little bonnet." Then, if you tell him you haven't got a black frock that is lit to wear, he'll ask "if you don't own some quiet brown thing?" Very young men and very old men, those bearing second childhood, liko to takeout women who are conspicuous by their handsome gowning, but tho real man, the best type of the man of tho world, prefers that, while a woman is well, she should still be quietly dressed. An observant citizen, whoso opinions of men in gen eral and women in particular are good, said he'd rather have, -when hu took out a woman he cared for, a man say to him tiie next day, "Tommy, my boy, who was that quiet little lady with you last evening?" than to have liim rush up to him and say, "Tom, you can't keep that to yourself. You've got to introdueo that stunning creature to me. Never saw such a beauty in my life. What a lucky fellow you arcr Men are a hundred times more sensitive ou the subject of refinement in women than women believe, and tho young woman who is given to cigarette smok ing, who "slings slang" like a man, who talks nbout the fellows, and who never flinched beforo mouse or cow, is apt iu time to bo relegated by them to tho world in which she belongs. Men are decidedly tho best judges of what is desirable iu women, and they seldom have a deep-seated admiration for the fast or horsey oucCliicaijo Inter Ocean. A Prollllo Playwright. Speaking of Uotieieault reminds mo of how little we really know about the men who wrilo plays nnd their words. Think of it! Steele Maekaye, although yet a young man, less than forly-fire, has written and produced twenty dif ferent plays, nearly every one of which has run from lifly to a hundred nights in one locality, llesides this vast, amount of work ho has built three theatres and opened them with his own productions. Yet not more than one theatregoer in a thousand who will look at Ids wonderful play of "Paul Kativnr" and his still more re markablo one of "Art Arrant Knave,' which lie recently wrote for Stuart Robson, can recall throo plays from this remarkable man's pcu. dies is sold under such trying conditions; no ordinary remedy could sustain itself under such a plan of sale. For all chronic or lingering Coughs, Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Short ness of Breath, Asthma, and kindred ail ments, it is a most potent remedy. While it cures these diseases it also cleanses the blood, invigorates the liver, improves digestion, and builds up both flesh and strength. Contains no alcohol to inebriate, no sugar or syrup to sour or ferment in the stomach and inter fere with digestion. It is a concentrated, fluid, vegetable extract Dose small and pleasant to taste. It stands alone in the field of moibcine, and is as peculiar in its won derful curative efTects as in its composition. Therefore, don't lie fooled into taking some thing recommended as " just as good." Bear in mind, it's the only Liver, Blood and Lung Remedy possessed of such transcendent curative properties as to warrant its manu facturers in sidling it under a printed cer tificate of tuaranten, which wraps every Ixirtle. Wokld's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, 603 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. SMALLEST, CHEAPEST, EASIEST TO TAKE. Tracking Snakes By Scent. When the Australian black fellow is ushed and can find no other game he itches snakes, lizards, iguanas and .angaroo rats, the wiliest and most gilo of all wild animals ou their own ground and amid surroundings the most favorable to their concetument, by simply exercising their faculties of a superior wild animal. With those wonderful, great brown eyes of ins he can see the faintest trail where a snake has zigzagged through the dry moss and leaves, or the slight est footmark whero an iguana had fled from his approach to its refuge in a hollow tree, says the Forest and Stream. When daylight fails bira and tho dews of evening begin to fall, his broad nos trils take up the chase, and, stooping down among the bushes, with a tough forked stick in his hand to support him in his tiring attitude, ho follows the track as unerringly as any bloodhound. When he runs a snake to earth, if he cannot surprise it in the open and kill it by a sudden blow of his stick, he squats over its hole, holding the fork ed end of his slick downward, and makes a low, hissing or whistling sound with his lips. Soon the snake puts his head out of tho hole and peers around. In au in stant tho forked stick descends aud fixes it to the ground by the neck, and the black fellow, seizing it firmly by his muscular hands just behind tho head, so that it cannot bite him, drags it out of the hole and twists its head off; or, if it is to strong for that, pounds it on the ground till its back is broken. So with the igattnas aud all the other animals. The black fellow never loses their trail whim once he gets upon it, and having followed them to their lair, he patiently awaits until they come out or until he is ablo to get a hand iu aud put them out. The black fellows declare, and prob ably with truth, that not a single ani mal can escape them if they have time to hunt a piece of desert country thor oughly. When they waut to return to camp they can follow their own trail by sight with the greatest ease, but they say they cannot follow their own trail by scent at all. It has no scent for them, though another man's has a strong scent. This is one of the most curious facts connected with these strange people; but it is only in accord with the well-known natural phenom ena. Rome, from being a city set upon, leven hills, is likely to bo a seaport. The mountain is not to be cast into the sea, but a profane American company is willing, for the sum of 68,000,000 'ranee, to undertake to bring the sea 'o the mountain by means of a canal eleven miles long. The scheme was suggested hy (iaribaldi and has since) been approved by Lesseps. On tho Verge of a Panic. Jackson (whose financial credit is gone): "I tell you, Withcrboo, we are on tho vcrgo of a financial panic." Witherbec: "Pshaw! What makes you think that?" (Confidentially): "Well, sir, bagley and Roberts used to lend me small sums a year ago, but when I go to them nowadays for a five or a ten tlioy tell me frankly that they haven't got it. Bagley and Roberts arc two of our best business men, too. I tell you, sir, we're going to hare m panic."