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. Seta nuelHw, Dtll. Oa account of the Fifth Interna tional Convention of the Epworth League at San Francisco in July, tbe Southern Pacific Company and its con nections will tell Exceedingly Low Rate Round-Trip Tickets. In fact, ticket will be sold from the East for the round trip to San Francisco at rates much less than the normal one way fare, and further, they can be purchased to read westward via any of the Southern Pacific's three routes Sunset, Ogden or Shasta returning Tla the same or either of the others. These Low Rate Round-Trip Tickets will be on sale dally July 6th to 13th. Inclusive, and will be good for return until August 31st, permitting stop overs at all points of Interest en route, both going and returning. The South ern Pacific Company and its connec tions operate through sleeping car lines from various eastern points. In formation relative to the rates, routes and through service will be cheerfully furnished by W. O. Neimyer, G. W. A., 8. P. Co., 238 Clark SL, Chicago, 111. One test of intellectual ticking to a thing until mastered it. power is you have Ladlea Cm Wear Bboas. One size smaller afterusinfj Allen's Foot Ease, a po 4er. It makes tight or new thoeaeaay. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, inirrowin? nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores, 35c Trial package FKEE by mail. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy, N. V. A Joke about the Schuylkill water cannot be made very clear. NEW FAST TCAIN TO COLORADO Tka aTlaesart raclOe Railway. The Missouri Pacific Railway is now operating double daily service from St Louis and Kansas City, to points in Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast. Trains leave St Louis 9 a. m., and 10:10 p. m., Kansas City 6 p. m. and 10 a. m., carrying through sleeping cars between St Louis and San Francisco without change. Excursion tickets now on sale. For further Information address Company's agents. H. C. TOWNSEND. O. P. k T. Agent, St. Louis, Mo. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. AH other 10-cent starcn eou tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. "JTM" Thompson5. Eyi Watir nston, D.C. tea Claim, 'nun Bureau. iTmueivU ni. 1 adjudicating l Utiui. altr wm IN WET WEATHER ! LA. WISE MAN, WEARS OXED waterproof CLOTrEiG TAKH NO SUWmnjTtS CATALOGUES PRE rUU. UNt OP4ARMCNTS AND HATS : A-dTQWER CO.. PQ3TON. MAP 3. 4b : tire barer ihouW look well before ckooring. A good pair of tins adda to the life of your wheel arret it many a jolt and jir. ' Service ii what O It J Tina give first, last and all the dine. They are comfort able, aatnfactory and easy to repair. Jnat the kind lor country roada aad big Send tor catalogue. 0 J TIRE COMPANY, TCSCNNIAL CONCLAVE, Knights Templar LCllSVILif, KY., Aug. 27th to 31st 1901. LOW RATES and Dest of Service VIA THE ir.o;j HCUTE TV oa sale August Mtk to tUh. in etna, and la Colorado Aufuat 21 rd to lath, taetaatva. Oood to return until lap Sao. and may ba extended until $4 tavnar OTToraaaiMni wnn mnj agent u. c. Townaxna Crsdtal raoaTMrr and Ticket Agent. T. LOUU, MO. UaiSjr V: j V- IMa raft UTlx SPORT IN WESTERN CANADA. WhUa tha raraiar'a Grain la Rlpeolae; aad Ml stock i rowing rat II Mar Hare Meaty of Shooting-. There is probably no country on tbe American Continent where the life of the farmer carries with it that assur auce of comfort and success as does Western Canada. Nor is there to be fouiU anywhere else such a pleasant combination. Game abounds every where and nowhere does it afford such perfect amusement. A noted sports man writing of the favorite pastime says: "There is one particular spot where I saw a man drop seventy mal lards one morning and bring them nil to bag, too, for they dropped in open water or on flat prairie. At the right season of the year you can see black lines and triangles cut sharply out against the sky all round you, moving very swiftly, and you begin to wonder whether you have enough cartridges to hold out You can hear the pralr.e chicken crowing like barn-door fowls, and a little to the northeast is a bit of marshy ground, cattle-poached and dappled with gleaming pooU, where the snipe are nearly as thick as mos quitoes. A thin column of blue smoke curling up in the distance eliows you where a few wandering Indiana have pitched their camp, but there is no other indication of civilization in sight. Still, the neighborhood Is well- settled, and a short drive T ill bring you to a farmhouse, where you can buy the finest butter and the fii eces for uncivilized prices. A very short railway journey will bring you to a country full of deer and the loTdly wapiti, the king of the deer tribe the world over, and down on the flat, boggy land by the lake shores the moose will stand knee deep in water on the summer evenings ready to lie down when the flies get bothering. All day you breathe the wild free air of the prairie, and at night you are lulled "to sleep by the surge and ripple and splash of the waves on the beach, broken now and then by the wierd banshee-cry of strange water-fowl. Particulars regarding settlement of the lands of Western Canada can be had from any agent of the Canadian gov ernment, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your columns. OLD READER. Never contradict a woman when she is abusing her husband. nm rns nKr.Annnf At TCw landoori tooptfn. bv rd ' Mnr.n' Xantitl. with !pltrwnt. e,,niLjig- arfliUHtln . wP flhowlntf titf,tmLji. 1minty ru. ru;.. SI. hupplment a. Mai,, DOc AiretiU. Wnuted. DICK T. OKUA, frrrj, o. t. W h r .a;roea Dla Yoaag The American Missionary associa tion makes public a report from one of its representatives in Nashyllle, Tenn.. concerning the death rate among the negroes of the south. The report states that In the represen tative southern cities for the past five years th" d1' AU- ,mm ,eeu zu in j.wjo; max oi ut coiorea people 32, in l.GOO. The south is said not to have shown much concern about the rapid increase of the negro, since the census of 1900 made it appear that in the ten year previous the black race increased 24 per cent and white 23.91 per cent. The death rate of the negro is greatest under the age of 15 and least at the higher ages. The race is subject to a higher death rate than the whites from the following diseases: 1. Consumption at all ages, but especially between the ages of 15 and 45. 2. All diseases of Infants. The colored mother too often does not know how to take care of her Infant. 3. Pneumonia at all ages. Scrofula and contagious diseases seem also on the increase. Kcw Library Brnewe. A new departure In library service has been inaugurated by the public 11 brary at Springfield, Mass., where 10C persons have agreed to pay 5 cents s week for ten weeks lor home aeuverj of books. Each patron specifies ten books at tbe start and the time of use i the same as If called for at the li brary by the user. The Innovation, It Is believed, will greatly add to tbe pat ronage of the library. If it proves a public accommodation the example will doubtless be adopted throughout the country. Roaariea and aeeordeooa. At Loreto, Italy, an establishment fot the manufacture of rosaries occupied thirty-five female adults for an average of 250 days a year. The annual pro duction amounts to 35,000 dozen ro saries, which are disposed of at Loretc and other places in Italy. At Castel fldardo aad Loreto 160 hands are em ployed In three establishments for th manufacture of accordions, which are largely exported to the United States of America. The ntneaach he to work hard. (Tiailnf th food we crowd Into It. Make lla work eaay by cbewlaf laeaian rcpum uum. It's a wise cook that knows enough to leave well done alone. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 1C oz. package for 10 cent. All other 10-cent rtarch con Ulna only 12 ox. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded.- There Is neither honor nor gain got in dealing with a villain. too not believe Pise's Com for hat aa equal tor ooucbs aad eolda. Jobs V Boraa, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. it, MM Why Isn't a homely actress a case of tag fright? Hairs Catarrh Omm Is takoa iatarmally. Ftteaylsa. Anoint a villain and h'1l stab yon, tab kirn, and hall anoint you. ItU-lfo-Otda. taa aow davcary forkidawf diaaaaaa aad bark-ae4o, has naortt; that ae cxmatniV tawlMwaiwirta. PtaiJsn,aOo. Ha who calls all ataa footi la rlgai la at kaat eat inateaaa. Aaem ora oftc& raaaaiMa atrtatoa-- ba baza at mm an nuar BY AIRSHIP That queer old fellow the Man in the Moon and that funny old woman who rode the broomstick long before we people of the earth thought of the di vided skirt may be visited now. Per haps tbe flying machine that can fly has yet to be buiit, but the flying ma chine, that seeming to fly, takes one to the land of Selenltes is already here and forms a unique attraction at the Pan-American Exposition. The mech anism, Including the use of liquid air, is exceedingly ingenious, and the scen ic effects, in all their perfection of de tail, never have been seen before. Leaving the Midway, one passes Into a structure which represents a depot or lobby. This Is 55 by 70 feet, and from there a flight of steps leads to tbe second story waiting room. From this waiting room open two electric scenic theaters to create the Impression that it is night, as the flight Is produced with nfght effects. Through an open ing one looks out over the house tops and over the town lying below him, which creates the illusion that people have passed up to a greater height than tbe second floor, as the flight of the airship is apparently from the top story of a building much higher than its neighbors. While the captain is telling the audience the secret of aerial navigation an airship, the Luna, ap pears to be crossing the sky at a dis tance of about ten miles. Then it Is heard coming to a landing in the Moon building, adjoining. The noise and con fusion of landing is similar to that heard in one of the ferry houses iu New York when the boat Is coming in to tbe slip. When all Is ready the doors to that part are opened and the travelers pas3 out into the Theater of Planets. Theatre- of the nanata." Thi 'benter is H feet by 120. spanned by trusses seventy feet in the clear from the ground. The wall, sides and top, Js an oval and Is a huge can vas sixty feet high, which has been painted so that, with the proper light effects, is gives an Impression of the firmament in view. In the center of this oval is an imitation airship, with huge aerial planes, monstrous wings, propellers, engine room, operating rooms, staterooms, decks, etc. This structure is 100 feet long. 28 foot beum, and is operated so as to give a repre sentation of an airship or balloon In space. One really imagines while standing on the deck that he Is soar ing through space. Surrounding this Is a series of eighteen circular drops, taking up the full diameter inside, the oval canvas, and by means of con cealed supports these drops can be raised and lowered to the horizon and kept In proper perspective as the air ship appears to soar away from the earth to the moon. Suspended above rnd below the trusses of the structure Is a series of runways, from which are operated all the moving planets and the queer contortions of the people In the air that surround the ship during its flight. Special monstrous blowing macLineg are connected with the air ship in such a way that the winds sweep the deck In reality, and small motors operate the liquid air pumps and various machines used for power and creating an anti-gravitational force. Wind machines, thunder drums and other stage properties pro duce the storm effects and electrical phenomena which occur in crossing the milky way. Departure of the Alrahlp Laaa, Once in the Theater of the Planets the travelers stand on the landing midst the roofs of various structures and see lying before them the monster airship. In tbe soft moonlight tbe airship looks almost the size of an ocean liner, and a view from this point la weird indeed. Tbe airship appar ently la In midair, the stern lying about ten feet from the housetop and la rolling slightly under a gentle breexe and with no apparent support. The gangplank It thrown out, tha Inter venlng ten feet of space Is crossed over and the people pass -through tha cab ins out onto the open deck. The view presented here la of tbe Exhibition In tha foreground, with all Ha ftlMilna tlon. Then hi felt tbe motion of tbe tart of the alriurp, the wind Increases, the wlnga flap and the acrid planet belly full with the Increased air pres sure. The earth appeals to be sinking awsy and the travelers lose tha view of the Exhibition, of Niagara River and Palls and Lake Erie and gradually the horlson of tha tanh. The stars In crease In site to planets and sail by, wbila others dim off la the distance, aad tha feeling Is perfect of being In boundless space, with tbe starlit sky below sad Overhead. A series of queer forms surrounds the ship la fantastic atovement. These are operated oa tha arlaelple of the TO THE MAN IN marionette. The Old Woman ;u the broom, with her black gown an I cap, rides by alongside of the airship -nd apparently Is skimming through space unsupported. When In full view of the audience her gown and cap disappear and leave a pretty woman aerlalist robed in white to "do her turn" on the broom and then she, like the gown and cap, quickly disappears In space. The captain gives a seml-sclentiflc talk during the entire flight, and tells tbe tourists that when they get fully clear of the earth's gravitation the op erator creates a center of gravitation of tbe ship's own at a point on a com pass for which it Is Bteerlng. The moon Is seen to cross the line of sight from above and sinks below, and when the tourists have come to a point above the airship settles down upon the surface. The surface Is a mass of extinct craters as becomes a dead plan et Arrival at the Moon. All are" Invited to leave the ship and pass out on the surface, and then down through one of the yawning cra ters, through massive gorges and cav erns, and are brought up at last at the gates of the City of the Moon. In the cavern lining the road on eith er side appears a mass of fungi and queer-shaped growth, and the Illumin ation of this cavern Is specially at tractive because of the great number of blowholes or small craterB. through which light glows. On guard at the city gates are several giants. Passing through the gates he tourists enter a wonderful underground city, me Illuminated blowholes or small craters are used profusely throughout the city in connection with unique and beauti ful electrical displays. The main street of this city, which Is traversed, is 400 feet long and lined on either side by shops and palaces of Selenltes. A mass of Illuminated foliage lines the ave nues. This city is peopled entirely by midgets and lilipntlans made up in quaint manner and the travelers pass through the city and view them at their occupations. Side streets branch off In various directions, and the whole presents a labyrinth, elaborate In de tail of finish of inconceivable maga! tude. Caatlx of th Stan In III. Moon. From there the tourists pass to the end of the street and then on through uie gates which lead to the castle of the ian In the Moon. The front of the casile Is 0 foot high, but presents an appearance of 20), with moat and drawbridge, battlements and turret. Crossing the moat, the castle of the Man in the Moon Is entered and the people are guided to the throne of His Excellency the Man In the Moon. Plant Drinks Like an Elephant. What Is probably the most extraor dinary plant ever discovered has late ly been found by E. A. Suvorkrop of Philadelphia, who, during trips to South America, has for some years been contributing to tbe collection of bis friend. Prof. N. E. Brown of tho Herbarium, Kew Gardens, Indon. The amazing plant which Mr. Suver krop has now fcfund in an orchid that takes a drink whenever it feels thirsty by letting down a tube into the water, ! I - tha tube, when not In use, being colled up on top of the plant. "One but afternoon," says Mr. Buyer krop, "I sat down under some bruh wood at the side of a lagoon on the Rio de la Plata. Near at hand was a forest of dead trees, which had actu ally been choked to death by orchids aad climbing cacti. "Among tha orchids I aoted oae dif Xrc,v1t,il THE MOON The celling is a eolid mass of illumin ated flowers, and an enormous cove Is supported by glass columns 18 Inches In diameter, each one containing an electric fountain In which the water constantly is changing color. At the end of the room Is the throne, which is occupied by a queer midget lmper sonatlne the Man fn the Moon. Tbe tourists are made welcome to the do main of Luna by the Maid of the Moon on behalf of His Majesty, and then at his command the little girls who are the maids of his court form before his throne a beautiful ballet with striking light effects. Then the lights dim down and one of the employes of the depot on earth opens a door and bids all wake up and "pass out this way for Buffalo." Filing through the door indicated, the tour ists enter the lobby on the ground floor at tbe opposite side to that by which they went up stairs to the waiting room. HAD BAD LUCK WITH TEETH. Mlrfortoac of Woman Who rUxjnlrad Service of Daati.t. A dentist enjoying an extensive prac tice among the fashionable people of the south side relates this peculiar ex perience of on of his patrons: "She was a rather pretty young married wo man, he says, nut her upper rroni teeth were so badly discolored and de fectlve as to greatly mar her appear ance. Her husband after mucn per suasion induced her to have two of the worst replaced with artificial teeth. I made such a neat Job of it that she was delighted. The two teeth wore on a plate, and she wore them to bed the first night she had them During the night they fell from her mouth to the floor, and when she got up In the morning she trod on them and broke the plate all to pieces. I reset the teeth on another plate and she went home again with them. That night she put them In a glass of wa ter on the mantel. Her husband got up In the night to get a drink of water, and finding something in ths tumbler, threw the contents out of tne front window, thus disposing of the secund set In three days. Then I made her a third set. These she put on the mantel when she retired and forgot to replace them In the morning. The maid while dusting the room swept these off into the grate underneath the mantel, where they burned up. The family moved out of town a few days afterward, so whether she got a fourth pt of teeth I do not know." Chicago Chronicle. Railroad bridge builders are adopt ing the fir timber of the North Puciflc coast for bridge building because of Its remarkable strength. ferent from the rest, the leaves, sharp lancehead shaped, growing all around the root and radiating from it From the center or axis of the plant hung a long slender stem about one-eighth of an Inch thick by one-fourth Inch wide, the lower end of which was In the water to a depth of about four inches. "I at once went over to examine my discovery. Imagine my surprise when I touched the plant to see this center stem gradually contract and convul sively roll Itself up in a spiral like a roll of tape. "But more surprising yet was the ob ject and construction of this stem. I found on close examination and dls section that It was a long slender flat tube, the walls about 1.32 of an Inch thick, cellular In construction, open at tbe outer end and connected at the Inner end to thir roots by a series of hair-like tubes. "By subsequent observation I found that when the plant was In want of water this tube would gradually un wind until It dipped Into tbe water Then It would slowly coll round and wind up, carrying with It the amount of water that that part of tbe tube which had been Immersed contained, until when the Anal coll was taken the water was dumped, as It were, direct Into the roots of the plant. The coll remained In this position until the plant required more water. Should the plant, however, be touched whllo the tube la extended, the rrchid acts like the sensitive plant (mimosa) and the colling action Is much more rspld. "I found many of these plants, all directly over the water or over wheru tha water had been. In the latter case It waa almost pitiful to sea bow this tubu would work Its way over the ground In search of the water that was RISKED LIFE FOR HORSES. rortloaa baled of Uttt ar raarlaaa aa ItaUroad Track. At Nanuet, N. Y., the other day Mad cap Elsie Wiedemann, only 14 years old, astride her saddle horse, daringly rescued ber father's two horses from being ground to death on the railroad. She not only asved the two horses, but she did it at tha risk of her own life, and she is the heroine of the village. Little Miss Wiedemann Is an enthu siastic horseback rider. She la tha daughter of Robert Weldemann, a well-known resident of Clarkstown. Mr. Weldemann's hobby Is horseback riding. He baa several fine saddle horses on his place near Nanuet Two of Mr. Weldemann's horses strayed on the Piermont branch tracks as the af ternoon train came along at a good speed. The horses stayed on tbe track and galloped wildly ahead of the on coming locomotive. Presently the en gineer and fireman were astonished to see come tearing madly down to tbe tracks a little girl in bright red cap and jacket. The bold little rider gal loped along in man fashion just ahead of tbe big Iron horse that was bearing down upon her. At the point where this happened a path runs for some distance alongside the tracks. The madcap little rider was bent upon sav ing her papa's two horses. And she did. Hair flying to the winds and keen ly alive to her danger, she galloped on, overtaking tbe maddened norses racing just ahead of her. Calling them by their names in tne voice tbe ani mals well knew, the girl got them oft the tracks In the nick of time, and aa a thrilling finale to her performance tbe little red-clad figure dashed across the tracks with the locomotive only a second behind her. And then, with the prettiest little smile possible and a wave of her tiny handkerchief, bound ed up an embankment at the side of the tracks to a place of safety. Tbe train crew and passengers who had seen little Miss Wiedemann's daring act waved handkerchiefs and hands In response and threw her smiling glan ces of admiration. Chicago Chronicle. MEXICAN HANDSHAKERS. Caatoaa Which fieama to Ba Carried On to aa Abaard Kxt.nt. Handshaking in Mex,co Is much more commonly indulged In than In Anglo-Saxon countries. Friends would not think of entering or leaving a house without shaking bands, not only with the host and hostess, but all oth er guests who might be present, and the ladies would kiss each other, both coming and going, on lfoth cheeks. They even observe this formality upon the occasion of a chance meeting on the street or in tbe car. Gentlemen ac quaintances passing each other on the street either tip their haU as they would to a lady, or at least salute each other with the hand by touching the hat, or more of a military fashion. Gentlemen who are old friends stop and shake hands, and pass compli ments of the day, and if they have not met for some time they will un doubtedly go through what is termed the "bear hug" put their arms arour.d each other and pat each other on the back, one passing one arm over the shoulder of his friend tbe other under his arms, while the second party oc cupies a reverse position. When this embrace Is concluded they shake hands and tip their hats, at the time mur muring the conventional words of greeting. They then are ready to inquire as to the health of the re spective members of the two families. Gentlemen shake hands with many of their friends both upon entering and leaving a street car. The Inspector of the tickets on tbe cars will shake hands with a number of bis regular passengers every morning, clerks be hind tbe counter of a dry goods store will shake hands with the customers that they know, and when the em ployes of a mercantile establishment assemble In the morning tbe formal greeting is never omitted. Modern Mexican. Caaraaarlaa'a Flrat Trollay Ride. Mrs. Margaret Gllson Is 106 years old. She resides near Pleasantvllle, Pa., and had never seen a trolley car or railroad train until a few days ago, when she traveled on the traction com pany's road to Tltusvllle to visit ber grandchildren. Mrs. Gllson enjoyed the ride. She says: "It was fine until we got to running around those curves and along the edge of the gorge, and then I felt a little shaky. Why, we came down from Pleasantvllle faster than horses, and I guess, Jn the long run. Its Just as safe. Trolley cars don't get scare 1 and run away." Mrs. Gllson Is polite and polished In manner and extremely correct in her speech. Her mother Hied to be 115 years old and it would not be surprising If Mrs. Ollson outlived her. Tltusvllle Cour ier. Not to Bo aatlaflod. Charles Lamb tells of a chronic grumbler who always complained at whist, because he bad so few trumps. By some artifice bis companions managed to deal him the whole thir teen, hoping to extort some expression . . . . I 1 L. , I . 01 salisraciiun, uui u unir loosed more wretched than ever aa he ex amined bis hand. "Well, Tom," said Lamb, "haven't you trumps enough this timet" "Yes," grunted Tom. "but I've got no other cards." Chleeto' Otaat Caanrltanaa, Linn H. Young Is a notability of Chicago' new city council. He Is six feet four Inches tall snd built propor tionately. Craty men and fools are poor In structors. v
