rr Snaps.
First Farmer "Has the lawsuit be.
trn jroa and Heywed len settled T"
Second Farmer "Yet, and to are th
lavyers " "How do you mean?''
"They've settled oo our farms." Phil
adelphia Record.
Wife "Shall I put your diaraorxj
s'ods tn your shirt, dar?' H unhand
"What on earth ire you thinking of?
Po you want to ruin me? I have a
meeting with my creditors this mom.
ine " par Moment.
coitsiob
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He Hjs tried it In over eleven hundred
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(both thunder humor). He has now In Ins
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A benefit Is always experienced from
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When the lungs are affected it causes
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Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being
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after taking it. I'ciJ the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious It wll
ttue squeamish feelings at first.
No chance of diet ever necessary. Eat
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bose, one tab'espoonfuljn water at bed
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1 OK THE UNITED STATES
Borne and foreign I'nllolM, f.l-rtoral Volet
Cablarta. Coin and Tarirt Hllla. Partr I'lai
forma, K-pnhllCan and IwiBOfrallr; laitln
Pollucal laejum. t1 pii'i. rloih, l ..,at
paid. Agenu wanMd, on till 2A renia.
A. alMinUt, 'lmi. llrh
When you come in hot
and thlnty HIRES Root
beer. ata Mir ru Oawtoa 1 aifM n . rtnafeithie,
I Ma aiiln i -ii i tKimithn
rVfC MA Pit NKW-Awftr "I"''
' 9 a. ..I Ki .11 ih,. I J li...
fm, Xe York
W (Hi, n 7 nimi iw, ar imij
as?
Ml
Liquid When Cold, Polld When Hot.
It Is said that in Germany a com
pound named cryostase has lieen dis
covered, composed of phenol, camphor,
saponin and turpentine, which bus the
extraordinary property of leoomlng
liquid when Its temperature is lowered
below the freezing point, and of return
ing to the solid state upon lieing heat
ed again.
Drinking by Instinct.
Kome dlscuHslon has lately occurred
In scientific journals on the question
whether newly -hatched chickens will
drink water If the mother hen does not
set them the example. Mr. II. V. KI
liott, In a letter to Science, answers pos
itively tint chickens will drink of their
own accord. He bus frequently placed
a dish of water before a brood hutched
the day hefore, and observed the chick
ens, without any maternal teaching or
assistance, putting their bills Into the
water and lifting up their heads to
swallow It, In the manner of full-grown
fowls. i'f"
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finrrenclcr lijr irU-phone.
A recent Incident In the war In Cuba
Illustrates the novel possibilities of
modern appliances, A Cuban general,
Pablo Olivia, arrived at the outskirts
of a town defended by a Spanish gar
rlson. H,. found a telephone, and secur
ing connection with the fort, summoned
the comnuindiiute to surrender. When
his demand was refused he culled buck
over the wire that unless the coriunnii
dante changed his mind within an hour
he would burn the town. At the end of
the hour he called up the fort ana in,
and found the garrison ready to sur
render, upon wuich he enteral the town
without liring a shot.
( nrloi.lt ira of Ferine.
A correspondent of Nature Inquires
whet iter anybody has ever noticed that
young children sometimes make draw
ings of objects upside down. He tells
of two boys who. at an early stage In
their artistic efforts, drew locomotives
with the wheel up ami the smokestack
down, and one of these boys always
preferred In looking at a picture to hold
It upside down. The correspondent
thinks this may have some relation to
the fact that Images on the retina of
the eye are reversed, lie also relates
the experience of n lady In India who
often noticed that natives, on taking
up a photograph to look at It. replaced
It upside down.
N 1 ah I-Handed nra.
The question when man became right
handed was recently debated In the
Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences. Rome anthropologists think
that primitive man was ambidextrous,
using both hands equally. Among tin
reason given for this view Is l he faer
that the stone Implements and rough
drawings made by early races of iien
are so shaped as to suggest that both
hands were used with equal sk'll in
forming them. Anthropoid apes are
ambidextrous. On the other hand, those
who think that man began by being
right-handed point to the fact that in
primitive languages words denoting
the left hand always signify something
degenerate anil inferior.
" " Air on MnrM,
All rend i-ru are aware that Mars is a
planet, which, when studied with
the telescope, seems to present
several wonderful resemblances
to the 1 1 li. It looks as though
lis surface were divided be
tween ureas of water and of land, and
It has white caps resembling snow
around Its poles, which Increase ami
decrease in extent according to the
seasons there. Some persons are dis
posed to believe that Mars is inhabit
ed; but It is evident that It cannot have
inhabitants with a physical organiza
tion resembling ours unless It possesses
a good supply of air. Formerly It was
generally believed that the spectro
scope gave evidence of the existence of
u sutlii'lenl ly abundant atmosphere on
Mars; bill last year Mr. Campbell, of
the Uck observatory, announced that
the powerful Instruments used by him
did not show Unit Mara has an atmos
phere. Monsieur .lanssen, the veteran
French astronomer, having called In
question the correctness of Mr. Camp
bell's conclusions, the latter has recent
ly reiterated them. He says his obser
vation do not prove that Mars has no
atmosphere nt all, but that what atmos
phere it does possets Is too rare to have
been detected by the spectroscopic ob
servations hitherto made. If It ever
Is delected be believe it will prove to
be not more than one. fourth as exten
sive a the earth atmosphere, and lis
density at the planet's surface only
about half as great as that of the air at
the summit oi the Himalaya Monil
iasis. A question for debate Is whether
man like creatures could live In such
an atmosphere.
Where Anchors Are Mmle.
Then are n larger number of ship's
anchors manufactured In the little town
of Camden, Me., than nt all the other
place In this country combined. All
of tbi utately ships Hint come out of the
Maine shipyards look to thu village
on Penobscot Hay for their nnchors.
Sturdy smith swing their hammers
day after day all the year long In the
bhicK, unioky, long, low Camden shops,
where only auction are forged. Some
time": the trip hummers are going all
night about th forge, and the blaring
of the lire and Um ling of the lmuiiuert
are wen and beard for mib s aero tiir
Thousands of ton of old iron are
purchased by these queer Camden es
tablishments every year, for auction
are foiged largely from cast off iron.
The material Is cut up Into small pieceM
by great shears, that clip through the
IroD a tfcsily as a cheese knife slices
a cheese. The pieces are bound into
bundlu by strong wires, and are then
fused in the forge. Then they are
pouuibd and welded into the various
parts of an anchor, some workmen fash
ioning lings, others shaping the flukes,
others hammering out the palms, and
others forging the shanks. Then the
"completers'' take the different parts
and fu:e and weld them Into the fin
ished anchor. Anchors of all size and
weigh! are turned out from the uoinj
shops of Camden, from the graceful
little pleasure loat anchor, weighing
but a few imundH, to the 5,0i0 and 7.VK.
pmd encbors for the biggest ships.
The v.sitor at Camden will see many
interesting relics in the line of rusty
and broken anchors that did duty In
their day on famous merchant vessels,
historic warships and sturdy whalers.
The anchor of the famous frigate Cum
berland was repaired and fitted with a
new stock, at the Camden works, and is
.-.,- . - - -
now ,tl sea on the forecastle of a big
ship, '.'he old stock was splintered up
for the gratification of relic hunter,
and th re is only a sliver or two of the
historic wood left In Camden. TUh was
the anchor which went down w;li the
Cumlciland when she sank after her
tight with the Menimac In Hanipt :i
Koads. hence the great demand for
splinters of the stock.
There are something like .1.000 people.
living in Camden and anchor-mnk ng is
the principal Industry there. Brooklyn
F.eagl-.
Tliey Were Old Playmat ..
A dog and a cat, belonging t.i the
same master, were the best friends in
the wcrld and spent their lime in frol
icking together. One day. while play
ing as .'sual, the cat died suddenly, fall
ing nt the dog's feet. The hitter, at
lii-st, did not icalize what had hap
pened, but continued his play, pinl;!ig,
pushing and caressing his companion,
but with evident astonishment at her
luertti' hs. After some time he appear
ed to understand the situation und Ills
grief f-iund vent in prolouged howls.
Presently he was seized with the Idea
of burying the cat. He pulled h i ulo
the snrdeii, whe re he soon dug a hob'
with his paws, and put in It l lie bo-ly of
his former companion. He then re
filled M.e hole with dirt and. stretching
himself out on the grave, resumed liis
mournful howling. The idea of bury- I
ing the dead cat was extraord : ry.
Whence came the thought? Could It be
Imitation, or, which is a better exp!:; na
tion, did the dog have a vague ides; of
concealing the event, w hich might p;.s
silily be Imputed to him? Hut tl.- i, il
would seem unreasonable for bin. to
call mention tc the fact by instniiii:';
iilmse'f on the grave and howling, llo.v
ever, (Veil human criminal are s ,.ne
times equally Inconsistent. It is dilii
ctilt to form an exact idea of what gave
rise to the dog's conduct In this c:im
I.' Kiev cur.
Parliament Clerk and Civil Svr: ice.
Popular situations and desirable om s
are clerkships in either house ol parlia
ment. In 1H.S" the clerk of the lio.li'e
of commons, Kir Reginald Palgr;.
Introduced the system of limited com
petition. There are usually one or two
vacancies annually, and the obligatory
part of the examination, besides the t s
lial Kiibjeels, embraces constitutional
history nnil Latin, while the optii::l
subjects Include (Ireek, French. Ci r
nyin. and mathematics, of which sub
ject the candidate may attempt two
only. The examination fee Is Id, and
I lie- limit of age are P. and Ii." yei
Clerks between the ages of 111 and '.'4.
whose parents do not reside in Loin!, n,
or the vicinity, must lie provided with
such a place of resilience us shall meet
with the approval of the clerk of the
house of common.
The whole clerical stuff in this lioi.se
numbers thirty-four, mid the salai-.i -t
run from 100, the figure at which n
junior begins, to il.ooo, at which the
remuneration of the principal clerK cul
minate. The slnff of clerks in I lie
house of lords Is smaller, but Is re
cruited In a similar way, the only im
portant difference In the examinatii us
being that French is in this case com
pulsory. Italian taking its place among
the optional subjects. In the hous.- of
lords' staff there are eighteen clerk:-,
wlih salaries running from IPS), to ili.it
of the chief, who yearly draws Il.jnu.
Besides these, many have extra all i v
nnce which run from i!."i to 4."0. Va
cancies occur but seldom; there has
been no appointment made since 1Wi.
Chambers' Journal.
lice lan't a Fool.
A bee I a busy little creature. When
the weather 1 flue It put In long hours,
and If nature had provided It wit 1 1 nn
umbrella It would be glad to work in
the rain.
It can gather about a grain of hom y a
day no more and, therefore, you
wouldn't reckon a single bee at a hlgli
valuation. Put a hive of the ordinary
size will Hhelter 10.000 bee who do a
day' work outside In the garden and
Io.isni more who do the cooking and
sweeping and dusting Inside,
They make a nice little family, ami
If they keep steadily Bt It they make
a good deal of honey, of which Hie own
er of the farm religiously rob them.
Year ago a speculator sent swarm
of bees to the Vet Indie, hoping to
have honey In plenty. Hut the wise
little rogue soon learned that there
wa no use In piling up honey for win
ter, becailNe the flower were In lilou
Hiim all the year round.
A bee Isn't a fool, by any means.
New York Herald.
The disadvantages of a season nrri
before It Joys; the bed bug geta
before tbe violet
Hooking; a Tiger.
To catch a tiger with a h'sik and ltr
pound like an Imiwissible achieve
ment, hut It wa actually accomplished
recently. If we are to believe the ac
count published In several nepars
of Calcutta. A resident of the city.
Walker by name, went out with a
book and line to fish In the Hoogly
River. This kind of sport in not com
mon there, and as a matter of precau
tion. In case large gam should be en
countered, Mr. Walker wag accom
panied by a native carrying a rifle.
The fisherman placed himself by the
shore of the river, on the edge of a
Jungle, and dropped his hook n very
large one, as he was looking for large
fih into the stream. In due time he
had a bite, and with great effort landed
a flsh, which weighed atiout twenty
pounds.
Without detaching the hook from the
mouth of the fish, he was making hi
way with It to a sitot more suitable
for Its dlsjiosition. when he saw a big
tiger coming down the ravine. The
tiger had not caught sight of him, and
by a quick movement Walker was able
to conceal himself behind some rocks.
Hut, in his haste, the still living fish
wriggled out of his grasp, and with the
book still In its month, slipped down
I. - ... ....
nto the path.
The tiger, w hich had stopped to look
toward some possible prey In the
Jungle, now abandoned ti, t quest ami
came directly down the path. As he
did so. the fish flopped on the ground
before him.
Now- a tiger is as fond of fish as any
other kind of cat, and as reluctant to
enter the water in pursuit of them. To
find a big live tisli right in his path in
the jungle was therefore great link
for the wilil beast.
He pounced upon it with eagerness,
and In an Instant, with his paws on
the ground, was chewing the fish's
head. In another Instant he was claw
ing the ground, with howls of pain and
rage. He had Imbedded the big hook
firmly in his Jaw. The Kngllshiiinn
had a tiger on his line!
Mr. Walker was now seized with the
Idea that he could capture the tiger as
easily as he had captured the fish. He
began to "play" the beast at the end of
the hue, as If he had been a trout or a
salmon. In the midst of It, however,'
be Indiscreetly let the tiger catch sight
of him.
With a howl the tiger prepared to
spring um the Englishman; and
probably he would have made short
work of him, In spile of the hook in his
Jaw, if the native had not nt that mo
ment come up with the ritle. and skill
fully put a bullet through the animal's
heart.
Sjiiipatby Among Itfrds.
Once upon a time w hile Olive Thorno
Miller and Florence Merrian, two writ
ers on bird life, were taking notes In
Lewis County, New York, they found
a widowed redstart and her baby in
the wood lot. Like ail babies the little
redstart was constantly teasing for
something to eat, and, like most moth
ers, the redstart was just wearing her
self Into the grave trying to supply the
demand. And then came the kindly
hand of a good-hearted and wholly un
selfish neighbor to help her. A jolly
bachelor of a chestnut-sided warbler
heard the baby cry and saw the weari
ness of the over-worked mother, and
lie fluttered his wings at the thoug'.t
that here was a chance to be courtcojs
to one of the oilier sex. without any
one being able to say that he had nu
ulterior purpose In the kindly att'iitioii
he might give her.
Gathering a goodly worm the Ineh
elor carried It to the baby. At first the
poor widow didn't know about that.
She might be without her iinniral pro
tector, but no meddling strangers need
think her unable to lake on re of he-se'f
and little one; and she made some pn t
ty harsh remark to the chestnut-sided
warbler. Put he, good fellow, did not
mind that. He wmild have tak"ii the
baby In his linns and walked up and
down to soothe it. had that been the
fashion with baby birds, but as li was
he kept on bringing worms and other
things uulil even pert little Mr. Ilea
start was calmed into a peaceful slate
of mind mid. the baity being satisltcd,
was able to smooth out her much-pii.i-pled
skirts and attend to the gloss of
her beautifully contrasted breast and
arms. It was a most charming III tie
episode in bird society.-From the
Chautauqua n. ,
Of the hame Variety.
Gus Morrow, the present Mayor of
Jouesboro, brought this one up from
bis town recently:
"I wa met," said Mr. Morrow, "by
one of my colored constituents, an old
man, the other day. He asked me:
" 'Ivookle hyar, Isiss, I you for tint
shrubbery bill?'
"'Shrubbery bill! Uncle, what are
you talking about?' "
The Mayor of Jonesboro paused and
thought. If there was such a thing a
the shrubbery bill, possibly he might
be for It, and here might be a vote gone
forever, If carelessly answered.
"'Shrubbery bill? I must say, old
man, I know nothing of such a bill.'
" 'Sboly, bos,' said the negro; 'you'se
hyard uti dat blll-dat Push'bili:"'
Atlanta .Journal.
A New Ounliont.
A new gunboat ha been devised to
soil In shallow water, and the Inventor
claims for It the advantage of great
-peed with a light draught of water,
and a continuous and simultaneous fir
ing on both side of guns specially man
ufactured for the purpose, the crew all
the time being aafely under cover.
California' "Hugged Old Rani."
Jonquln Miller ha been charging the
Callfornlon with laziness and lack of
public spirit, and Is much abused for
Ids plain speecb. It Is something of a
recompense, however, to have the Snn
FrandHco Nawi Letter call bliu "the
rugged old bard of the hills."
lukcleaUOc ruida.
Minor planet can no m detected
ty photography.
The refinement of measurement hai
reached such an ektent that on lenaet
larvaturea of 1,150,000 of an inch can be
uieaturod.
Liquid air ia now an article of com
merce, and ia expected to prove of value
not only for refrigeration, but as ' a
source of oxygen. Js'itrogen is elimin
ated until the product contains 70 per
cent, biygenTv----.
A CHILD EtUOYS
The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effect of Fyrup of Figs, when in
need of a laxative, and if the father or
mother be costive or billions, the most
gratifying results follow its u-e; so that it
is the beat family remedy known and
tvery family should have a bottle.
A beg hanging in tbe kitchen to hold
ali the bit of string that come in on pack
ages, each one neatly rolled up by itself,
will be foijnd very useful and save many
steps, as will also a lox to receive all
the bags and pieces of brow n paper that
come to hand and may be needed Inter
for various household affair. A hook
screwed into the wall over the kitchen
table and holding a good-sizd pair of
scissors is another household neceeaity.
If the care of the bair were made a part
of a lady's education, we shonld not see
so many gray heads, and the use ot Hall's
Hair Kenewer would he unnecasury.
Put a lump of camphor in the case
with tbe silverware when packing it
away for the summer months. If thin
l done the silver will l less 1 able to
become disc d ired
For Lung and cheit diseases, I'iso'd
t'nre is the best medicine we have us-ed.
Mrs. J. L. NorthcoH, Windsor, Out.,
Canada.
Watch a woman 'a expression when
a man trends uikiu her gown. It is not
apt to be angelic.
BIG GOOD.
Sometimes quality is sacrificed in the
effort to give big quantity for little money.
No doubt about that.
But once in a while it isn't.
For instance, there's " BATTLE AX."
The piece is bigger than you ever saw
' before for 5 cents. And the quality is, as
many a man has said, " mighty good."
There's no guess work in this statement.
It is just a plain fact.
You can prove it
in "BATTLE AX."
11 A Fair Face Cannot Atone for
An Untidy
Use
SAPOLIO
mm
iiWJ
ty I
" Wash us with Pearline!
That's all we ask. Save us from that dreadful rubbijagr---It's
wearing us out ! '
"We want Pearline the original washing-compoumf
the one that has proved that it can't hurt us Pearline.
Don't exDeriment on us with imitations I We'd rather be
ruooea to pieces man eaienui
fo Uncle Oaaa'a loime.leL
A sponge having a circumference oi
five feet six inches has been taken from
the waters of Biscayne bsy, Florida.
An orange 16 inches in circumference'
waa taken from a tree at Pomona, Cal.
It Is to be sent to Europe as a speci'
men of California fruit.
There are at present about 13,568,000
acres of for-st in Maine, valued at $3.-'
250,000. Taodr three New England
state; could be hidden away in Maine'
wooda. A velvet garment should always be
made up sothat the nap inclines upward.
If done in this w ty it will not shade
white and look shiny. Velvet that ha
become crushed or matted may )e raised
by drawing the wrong side across an up
turned hot flatiron covered with a wet
cloth or by holding the goods right side
up over the steam from a kettle of boil
ing water.
Hall'a Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents.
A handful of carpet tacks will clean
fruit, j irs or bottles reatli.y. Half rill the
jam w ith hot soap suds, ptitln the tacks,
cover, give vigorous shaking and rinse
well.
Mrs. H'iiilow' Soothing syecp tor child
ren teethlna. Koltem the tung, rp-lucet itiaaia
uiatinn, allat i.ain.ruren winu coiic. ijoitle.
If you are in any doubt almut the
selection of a gown get a black one; it
never wearies you.
Very few feather fans are seen The
little gauze and spangled affairs are
deemed most chic.
OPIUM
Habit Cured. Kst. in IH7I. Thouaeoaa
rural. Cheap -l uutl rum. KliKl t Kl
al. siaxeca". lai. Makhh. yuiacy. Micto-
S. I'. No. 3U4-2 ,
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In this paper.
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