? "' . ..M -jo f jMMkft4 1 i 4 r 3 I" M I'oputar Brlii-a. The Pari metoorHoKiKt, Prof. MVter iclit, Mtiiuatea the quantity of water tinned into vapor by the sua in th Mediterranean sea atone on a clear hot cummer day at not lets than 5,280,000,0o0 tons. At that rate the quantity of water taken from the entire glob on one hot day within the limits of the temperate and tropical ' zones would amount to not less tban 245, 000.000,000 ton. ( A Pfrf is esmntial for health 1 and physical strength. A DDGtltO Wlien t,ie blood is weak, rr Hi in and impure the ap petite falls. Hood's harsaparilia is a won derful mrdicine for creating an appetite. It purifies and enrichei the blood, tones the stomach, give strength to the nerves and health to the whole system. It is just the medicine needed now. Kemumber IHlOOd'S 8apara Is the Iwikt In fact the One True Hlood 1'urlller. bold by all druKKlUi. Be sure to got Hood's. HrkrwH'c Dillc are taut !e-s, mild, ellwv :lve. All drtitrKl-its. 25c. 1897 $100 to all alike. Practically tested by last riders. much rrders and fair riders, 1897 Co lumbias Bsvr net been fou ad wanting la speed, strength and beauty. 5 Nickel Steel Tubing. com i patent flash joints and direct tangent spokes are some of tbe new features. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Coon. Clalau Ire tnm aijr Seller ; ky aiil tor oat 2-ccat m HARTFORD BICYCLES. $60, $55, $50, $40. and health making are included iu the making of HIRRS Rootbccr. The prepa ration of this great tem peruncc drink is an event of importance in a million well requited homes. HIRES Rootbecr is full of good hcfl'th. Invigorating, appetiz ing, satisfying. Put some up to-day and have it ready to put down whenever you're thirsty. Made only by The Charles E. Hires Co., Philadelphia. A pack age makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. ? Only line ria Cutler llntlbfidd. Through Yellowsions Park on a Bicycle The Pni.H,.ii(;cr Dc-partmctit of the BurlliiKton nn! lm twmnd-iuid will Kln llv ti.nii lo anv ouij who will li f.,r it ft little booklet xW n full in formxtion about tli-b.-t wy to make the tour of Vllo' tone I'ark on a bicveie. There lis notlilnt' rliii nl at about the nle. The trip has been made Huciii aim ajraln to the aupreaie fcittli fai tlon of every or.e of tin doze: s of rid"M who have been bold enouxb to under take It. T)ie booklei -oiitalim a good map of the I'ark, a ell aa full Information about the coal of the irip, wnal Hie roai are like, what to take, eu:. Write lor a eopy. J. FRANCIS, General Passenger Aceat, I Omaha, Neb. "For some years i was ' quite out of henltli, and ' took much medicine I which did me no good. 1 1 ' wai advised by a friend tol I try Ayer's 8nria(iarlll:il ' which I did, taklnn a dozen I I or more bottle before toi-l I ping. Tbe result wan tlmlll felt ao wall and strong that I, ot course, think there is 1 f no medicine equal to Aycr's Hur- f taparllla, and I take greitt pain 1 to tell any NiifTm lug friend of It and what It did for me." Mrs. I.. A. I Mckiiat, Kilboiirii.Wls., pi b.ll.lBJ6. WEIGHTY WORDS won a j7ii Standard Ayer's Sarsaparilla. neflai'tiout ui nui'iiaior. Every man .las a sneaking idea that ; he looks ''distinKuished." It is called hon yinoon because most everyonw e,u sick of it when he's valine The first thins a woman says when she hears anything against a man is: "How I pity his poor wife " An ideal couple is one where each claim to make the greatest sacrifice foi the other and really thinks they are the greatest. SLOWLY STRANGLING AN ELM. A Connecticut W later la Viae Whlek fa Playing the Bole of a Python. At the top of the bill in Church street in Norwich a biff "egetable 1 ython is slowly strantfliatf a large elm, sa.s the .New York San. It is a wisteria vine, said to be the largest In the State, perhaw in the country, la the open sunny garden of .trie George U Coit place, next to the Stortu Sec nd Congregational Church. At its base it la about a foot in di ameter. A foot above the ground its trunk divides, and It sends one fork, an important one, though a hundred feet in length, northward along the front of thi handsome Coit house. Its other and interesting fork, consisting ot three huge strands, each four inches thi k, trails along a broad garden leuce for twenty feet, and then enters a stately elm that is at the inner edge of the flagged city walk. Noting the ereat snakey vine from the street, one has a keen and lively impression that It is a ver, table serpent that has just leaped upon tho tree, enfolding it ifi a deathly con-1 striction. Before entering the elm the three strands are firmly bound in i a inonlrous cable with uianirold small, round, withe-like bands em anating from the strands themselves. Singularly uncanny and menacing they seem interlaced, twisted and contorted, as if writhing in each other's hostile embrace, and the fact that their hark Is smooth and of a dusky brown hue, like the hide ot some venomous vipers, deepens the ini ression that they are pythons. Immediately after entering the elm the cahlu divides into its several strands, and each travels up the tree iu its own ecientrle, serpentine way. One strand, three .ncbes thick, throws a coil so tightly about the elm trunk, Just below Its lowest bran hes, that it has cut a deep cir cular furrow into the bark. This coil is choking the life out ol the tree. Ascending, the threefold serpent flings folo after fold about trunk and branches, and finally lift ing its plume l green crest high above the elm's crown gathers it into its einlri'fc The tree Is naturally t.hrilty and luxuriant, but it already shows plentiful tokens that its power ful enemy is thiottling It Trie tips of its lower boughs are dry and dead, and aloft its foliage Is sere or yellow. I'.efore another year It doubtless will be dean, and then the vegetable ser-; pent may east at will on its leafless' cdrcass. In the end it may pull th"j tree's skeleton down and thereafter.! If it had its own licensed way, would' travel on to another elm In the street and thr ittle and destroy that. When; In roll boom, with a hundred pur pie (lower clu-iers, tbe wisteria is gorgeous and beautiful, but one easily fancies then that the splendid blossoms ire mottled patches on the python's hide, and the vine does not seem so lo'.Hv. Home ol' the Wild Horse. A correspondent says in a Texas, paper: ! believe this is the great-; est horse country In the world. It was certainly his home in the wild state, which proves I think, that it was adapted to his wants. He was roaming this vast p airie country long be. ore the white man concluded to make It his home, and he Is here still within twenty miles or less of this tjla'e. it Is said, but this may be fa little doubtful; but 1'iUor zuii miles west of here he abounds In large droves, arid from what I learned of s parties that know the tc.iu "wild" lits them extremely well, for they can sniff you from two to live miles away, and, at the signal of the horse on guard, they bound away, and by the time the lleetest horse can catch them, thou 1 1) he have the staying iu.ilitles of the old four mile repeater, lie is completely exhausted. Ivory. All Ivory ornaments can be whit ened if carefully brushed with soap and witer, rinsed In plain water, al lowed to drain a little, and then placed, for as long a time as re ulred, In the sun and a r. The sun has a peculiar bleaching property with re. gaid to lvory V v. . STAR ROUTES. Ifow the Tera Wai Applied to Mall Contmcta. It Is not often that an official reimrt proves Interesting reading to any but those whose business requires tiiem to keep informed on the subjects tn-at-sd. But the Second Assistant Postmas ter General in his last rejiort has man aged to Inject a very Interesting ac count of the origin of the term "star route." "I'rior to 1845," he says, "It was the practice of the department in accept ing bids for the transportation of the Inland malls on other than railroad and steamboat routes, to have regard, in some cases, to the mode of transporta tion, preference being given to bidders who proK)sHl stage or coach service." Congress In 184.r, however, abolisli 'd this preference, and provided that in future letting for such routes there should be no other reference to ihe mode of transportation than that nec essary to provide for the due "celerity, certainty and security" of the transpor tation. Itids for this service were there after cliiKKilied as "celerity, certainty and security" bids, and to avoid con stantly writing out these words the clerks of the contract division desig nated them on the route registers by three stars, and they became known as "star bids." The first official use of this term ap pears iu the Postmaster Ceiuyal's re port for 1,S."!, where he speaks of them as "'star bids.' as they are termed in the parlance of the service." The terms "star bids" and "star routes" continued to be a part of 'he slung of the service, Imt did not again receive otlicial approval until 1ST", when the appropriation was made by Congress for "inland transportation by star ami steamboat routes." Two years later the appropriation was for "star routes" alone and direct, and since lWi, about the time of the celebrated "star route trials," the kTin has been a thoroughly recognized one. The exact definition of a "slur route," according to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, "is a post route on which thn mails are carried under a contract awarded to the lowest bidder tendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per formance, without other reference to the mode of transportation than may he niH-essary to provide for due 'color: lty, certainty and security' thereof." Electricity in the Karth. Take up a spade, turn up a small quantity of soil, hold a portion in your hand, hold it to your ear, then smell It. You will observe first a slight motion, hear a faint sound as of the moving of distant timber, and readily notice the odor of heat. Do you know that the forces held in your hand are from elec tricity? That the earth for three feet deep Is alive with the invisible power and forms the secret of vegetable life? Waves of electricity are constantly passing through the soil in unseen bil lows, thus keeping the soil from sour ing, as the billows of the ocean keep the waters from becoming stagnant. To demonstrate this fact, go to some rock-bound pool, dip out a small quan tity of the polluted water, place it. in a bottle, cork and set aside in a warm place for a short time. Then take the bottle into a dark room, shake the bot tle, draw out the cork, and you will sec tiny forks of blue lightning shoot out from the bottle, and if you' keep perfectly quiet, you will hear faint muttering like thunder. This comes from the tllnl-like rocks preventing the unbroken flow of electricity through the soil, and from the air becoming charged and emptying itself into the water. Electricity, as is being gradually shown, is fire the tire of friction, if you will, the first known by the inhab itants of our globe. Look at an arc lamp and see Its combined sparks us they emit from the carbons so swiftly that they are taken for n regular flume of eye-bedazzling light. In the ages to come, the charge of electricity will keep on accumulating tint I J some com motion of the earth will cause it to Ig nite, when, In the twinkling of an eye, our world, with all It contains, will be enwrapiM'd and consumed by a confla gration that will startle If not frighten the Inhabitants of other planets as they look down upon the flaming mass and see burn up one of the greatest works of the Almighty's creation. Mysterious Tinibubtoo. "Tlnibiictoo the Mysterious," as re vea.led to the modern world by M. Fe lix Inbois, the French explorer, who is the flmt white man to ivturn with a definite account of this strange realm of the Niger, proves to be the inoxt ro nuinit.ic Hjsjt. of the Iiwrk Continent. Behind the ra.mpart.s of Saliaran unnds has nestled throughout nil these (e.n-tiiru- a hidden civilization that can trace its beginnings back to the old Mohammedan days of glory for Africa. Jetine, too, "the jewel of the Valley of the Niger," after which the whole Guinea count has been iwinied, pre-1 serves an even older civilization that which flourished In the Nile Valley ere the fanatical Arabs drove the native race of Songhols thence. Philadelphia Uecord. Flood Sufferers. The pupils of the Walnut Hills Hltfh ' (school are showing great sympathy for I the sufferers from the Mississippi flwul. The O grade girls In Miss Magurk'a room have contrlbirted a substantial Ikix of clothing, which will be for warded to the stricken district. Their good example is being iiiillntod by the other classes and (i generous supply Will bt the result. Khoulil Visit tho Country, Some of the Huston schoolmnrme need an occasional rural outing. One of them placed this problem on the blncklMiard: 'If a hen lays three ejrg a day, how long will It take to lay thirty egg 7" , fualt'OD Not a Checked t8ff-tas in black, whits and red are most desirable. Smocking is revived for children's frocks. It is most attractive in the lighter weaves of silk. Tartan plait silks are used for wide draped belts on both day and evening gowns. Bugle beads ami blonde lace have come back from the past, with a claim for consideration. Every morning for Ave years past, in coming to woik, we have met a certain girl on a certain strtet who was going to her work. We would like to know how many more year we will be required to meet her before seeing her every day will have been sufficient to constitute an introduction. After we had met her four years, we raised our hat one morn ing, but she looked so shocked that Me have felt humiliated ever since. I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure prevented quick consumption. Mrs. I.ucy Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. 12, '95. A real thrifty woman thinks that it li economy to swallow the medicine left In the house by a case of sickness, if it is ne 'ded or not. A man who has a great businesa to ittend to never ha? the time to acquire the business air that men enjoy who have no business. People with hair that is continually full ing out, or those that are bald, can stop Ihe falling, and get a good growth of hair by using J I all's Hair Renev.er. The Burglar's Joke. A story is going the round; uptown n which a facetious nurglar tlgures, to the disiomlltuie and yet the rel ef of a gentleman who lives in the vi cinity of Eighteenth and Wallac itreets The residence was closed iuring Easter, the entire family hav ing gone to Atlantic City. AVhen they returned the house was discov ered to have been broken into, and everything was turned topsy-turvy. The most careful search, however, failed to dischse where anyth tig bad been stolen, and the supposition was that the thieves had been frightened j;l while at their work. Put the true facts were deve oped when a ;arefully worded and well written note was found upon the dining room table. In this epistle, the facetious tiurglar had taken the i ains to assure the owner of the property that noth ing had been taken away. "We bave tested your silverware," the note explained, "and i.nd it to be plated. Your curta ns are of an in ferior quality, and the .eweiry, such is your wife and daughters pos-ess. Is scar ely worth carrying off. We Qad expected better things of rou." Although, g eatly relieved, ;he gent, eman of the house cou d not conceal his chagrin, and now :hat the story has leaked out, he locsu't like it a bit Philadelphia i.ecord. A Queer Vice. The Are insurance companies writes James Pa n) oiuht to uet reading in bed made a penal offense. It Is a habit that grows upon people, like drinKing. at last, however tired they are, they can not get to sleep without reading a tiling which might to be puniseed in itself as an insult to literature. Lord Alvanley was so well-known a slave to the habit that a servant was al way placed lit his bedroom door, with orders not to leave till his light was out. He himself had two methods o;' extin guishing it. lie threw Ihings at tbe i-andle as it stood on the t'oor, or si in pi put it miller his bolster. A truly great man :a oce. who knows p.ow to nk"!' .'inif without passing around his hat. J ball's Catarrh Cure I Is taken internally. Trice 75 cents. Two or three thicknesses of news pipers laid on the floor before laying matting will treble the length of life of Ihe rnitting. lire. Wlimlow'B Soothino Svitur lor ehilrt ren teething, softens the srums, re.iuees initflui iDHtion, allavfc pmn, eures wind coitc. e houl; You often hear of "sure signs" of ap- 1 rtrviQpiiina fltn u-hv nhnnl.l nonnle nv 1 e -p.-j j j.-.-j.... r.v heed to signs when they have birthdays? AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE UhE OF IHE WUkD " CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TKAIjE MARK. , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does liow Sly y " on everV hear the facsimile signature of 0vty&&4 wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you Juive always bought and has the signature per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is March 8, 1897. Q?6 &t44H,j. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE 6.GNATURE OF ' Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You.v iun aoMPftT( vr iu J nil HililngV riillo.opliy. I would rather undertake tomaketto average pedigrees for miself than to vetch one that I had from a ded grand father and keep it in decent repair. A jest is often mistaken for humor, and even wit; but there iz az much dif ference az between the hole in a tin whin sell and the tune that cams out ov it. Young man, the citizens ov the world are watching yu, not so mutch to see yu reach the top ov tbe ladder, as to see yu fall off, and perhaps sprain ynre ankle. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Bane, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing feet, and insLajitly takes the sting out of anm and bunions. It's the greatest cotnort discovery of the age. Allan's Foot-Base makes tight-fitting or new shoe feel easy. It Is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, Ured, aching feet. Try It to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25 cents, In stajnps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy, N. Y. Chatelaines are degenerating. A brass chain with any sort of dangling ornament now passes muster for the real article. lil'KLINGTON KOUTE Only Jt23.50 to Hso FraecUco, June 29 to July 3 account National Con vention Christian Endeavorers. Spicial trains. Through tourist and pilace sleepers. Stop-overs allowed at ami west if Denver. Return via Portinnd, Yel lowstone Park and Black Hills if de sired. Kudeavorers and their friends who take the Burlington Route are guaran teed a quick, cool, comfortable j urney, line scenery (by dsylight) and first class equipment. Berths reserved and descriptive litera ture furnished on request -ee nearest B & M. R. K. ticket agent or write to J. Francis, . P. A., Buibngton Route, Omaha, Neb . People who borrow trouble ore always trivinir i n wv Motherhood. A mother who is in good physical condition transmits! to her children the blessings of a good The child fairly drinks in health from its mother's robust constitution before birth, and from a healthy mother's milk after. Is not that an incentive to prepare maternity? Do you know the meaning of what is popularly called those "long ing's," or cravings, which beset so many women during pregnancy? There is something lacking in the mother's blood. Nature cries out and will be satisfied at all hazards. One woman wants sour things, another wants sweets, another wants salt things, and so on. The real need all the time is to enrich the blood so as to supply nourishment for another life, and to build up tbe entire generative system, so that the birth may be possible and successful. If expectant mothers would fort ify themselves with Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, which for twenty years has sustained thousands of women in this condition, there would be fewer disappointments at birth, and they would not experience those annoying "longings." In the following letter to Mrs. Pinkham, Mrs. Whitney demonstrates the power of the Compound in such cases. She says: " From the time I was sixteen years old till I was twenty-three, I was troubled with weakness of the kidneys and terrible pains when my monthly periods came on. I made up my mind to try Lydia E. Pinkham 's Vegetable Compound and was soon relieved. After I was married, the doctor said I would never be able to go my full time and have a living child, as I was constitutionally weak. I had lost a baby at seven months and a half. The next time I commenced at once and continued to take your Compound through the period of pregnancy, and I said then, if I went my full time and the baby lived to be three months old, I should send a letter to you. My baby is now seven months old and is as healthy and hearty as one could wish. " I am so thankful that I used your medicine, for it gave me' the robust health to transmit to my child. I cannot express my gratitude to you; I never expected such a blessing. Praise God for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and may others who are suffering do as I did and find relief, and may many homes be brightened as mine has been." Mks. L. Z. Whitney, 5 George St., E. Somerville, Mass. Say Aye 'No' and Ye ll Ne er be Mar ried." Don't Refuse All Our Advice to Use SAPOLIO on the o f frV. wrap Si i ST rtr. nc ity. ll.o Mriw for Miee. Ithabe n well a; tested tlmr hein st'Hw is a va u.hle ton! r Hhee; 1 1 ar thev are fond of it. The bean, like clover, is a leguminous p!nnt, and m i--v fa merB say thtHestra-,thouihcarst Hnd l.arsh. has nearly as much i utri tion as clover hay. It make a very rich manure when fed to either s eep or cos. This is shown by its rotting very fast when piled and giving off the strong S'nell of ammonia, which comes from feeding any manure rich in nitrogenous nutrition. Mantling Blanket Blankets wbiiih have been used all win ter, no mutter hmv wliiie they may look, are never i-lean, aud sihould not be put away for the summer without being wash ed. Many houskeeiKTs satisfy theuisit-lves by shaking and airing rheir Wajikels, rath er than rik spoiling them in washing. But this Is an error, for if the work is prxer!y oVue no tflirinkiing wM take place, and the softness and color may be retain ed for yearn. The most nH-esary thing ra washing blankets is to have plenty of soft water and good soap. Inferior soap is the real cans of the damage dwne wool en goods in washing. When raly to bein rhe work sliak tihe bianki 'tsi free of dust, fill a tub neortj full of soft hot wat'er. DissoJve a thin of a cuke of Ivory soap in it. Put in os blanket at a time. Dip up and down at A wash gently, with tfce bands. Nevr rr. oap on Hie blankets, or wah ti m rtie tv a si ; board. After th atokts (r clean '-inse Uoo In wara" svaier itroi of suds. Add t little Wtiit to tW Vest water. :ik ad sponge bt, muA ho&j on tlic Hue u-jtJi dry, then Soke down, f&A and paek in a bx and set away An a mtt rooru. BJanlte( thus washed wn1 reUJSj tlieir oTigi-nal fresh nesis. as weN as weir three tiinos as kmig as if put away soiled year after year. ELIZA U. PARKER. We all live in trlass houses. What's the best disinfectant anil reined- tor kni itrl tailnns and defects? menu's Milptiur S"p. Hill's UaLr and Whisker Lire, black ex t.rown. 6 c. 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