- A Xaval Kngwgemwirt. The new American navy has not yet produced any such incidents as one which is reported from Toulon con cerning some French naval manoeu vres. The new cruiser Vantgpir began to carry on target practice In the pres ence of the flee t. Instead of hitting the floating target she sent three shots in to the Admiral's ship, the Brennus. The first two only struck the bridge on which the Admiral was standing; but. the practice improved, and the third shot brought down the steers man. Admiral Gervals thought this was getting close enough, and gavs Ihe signal "Cease firing.” lllOionorerl Iteatra. When the stomach dishonor*' Who drafts Triad** ii(hin 11 by (Ih* rewtoftlie system. It Is incewMtrlly because tin fund of strength Ii very low Toned with HosHWker's Stomach Kilters, It Msm Is'irliik lei pay out vigor III the ktnipi of pure, rich tiliswt. conlnlnlng the el*— luctilK of muscle. Isnie su»*l twain. Ah a sequence of the new vigor *ilf«'rnd the storn ncfi. itic bowels perform their functions ii cularly, and llie llicr works like clock work Malarhi lias no clfecl u|mui..w system Hum reinforced. Origin wf a Game. A 'letter has just been discovered mining the archives of the British Mu seum dated as far bank as the year 1760 and which gives the origin of the game of biJJhw.(JH as now played. The game, it app.na.rr, Wilt* invented ill 1660 by a paw n broker by the name of William Kew, in London, who was in the haldt of taking down every night the three hull* which hung before his shop, nn Karnarn street (Fax ton Hotel Klock) or write Geo. N ( layton. .V. VV. Fass. Agt., Omaha.Neb. h*luf'»|.ionai ItiKtltntiof.* ar«* of vain* In pro|**rtlon • In the eompletmet* of fh«*lr equipment and the favor* tabU-anphcl-* *>f tl**Je environment. No IfiNtltnfion In the »nlid her y;uth*-i*f«Mgui patent and educational ability ns tin N*w Kvolaii*! (itHRrtToir or Mi an in ho* Ton It,M pupil* are inwifT.‘;U d aj* thoroughly and with ,ii» flinch care In the heictnulnir of their counter a* Iri the hlirhert pradc" that ant offered, while the reputa lion 4»f the Institution awl thl record mad4- by Itr inmi i.hIch both at home and abroad. are at all lime* a toiar An toe of the ability of thott who pa** thro me h iU cutticnlMni-____ A Mound-Trip Tleket. Lecle E/.ra had been watching the engine on the turntable, and after its circuit bad been made s.iid to an em ploye: • Say. young man. would you mind telling mo one thing?” •Not if it is anything that I know." ••Wal. does a round-trip ticket en title you to one of them rides? Se«rns like it orter. and if it does I h ain't had mine yet.”—Washington Star. Hurl 1*1 gum KwiO—Only •Xg.04 U 8m Fraace sr« June 2k to July 3. account national k convention Christian Kndeavorcrs. Special trains. Through tourist and palace sleepers, Stop-overs allowed at and west of Denver, Return via Fort lond, Ye'lowstone Fark and Mack Hills if desired. Kndeavorcrs and their friends wlin take the Burlington Route are guar anteed a quick, cool and comfortable journey, fine scenery (by daylight) anIIK. urujKtflKia. ur 91. * un guarunUMrrl. Booklet and sample free. Address .'film.' Kenedy Co . Olleiip'o or New Yolk. All llie IHtti-rrnrc. loath' rstoue— I wonder where those trousers iiro that l ordered? Itingway — Why. I thought you said you couldn't iifford any more clothe*? Feat he rstone I couldn't; but I go! , a now inllor I lotbier mid Furnisher. nTS IVreulueiitlo ured .V.llu or to-r.-iu.ll"-"*lt* Bl l U'l • 'll I*. kllQ* R IHHI *01*0 Killl'ini >. >..l I ir kli 1.1; A 4.110 mol 1..11I0 six! iro*i»* on It II. hl.lkt 1.1.1 ,«S» Aren M I'hiloilolploo. I * Holds » *l«rl*io«e on I Hem. ".lone* seem* to take a great Inter* est in your fnnii'y affair*" Ho think* he has n right to. ' Whyf •I owe hint #7.'-Sew York Tresa. Mali’s Isunk t urn Is a . »o*tit uiiouat cure. Trice, TV. I. OIos la Uos1loco t heir An Indian whe had s tooth tiled sail • n>n her pic led at \Aatrr>'.i|r Mr fur nished the tret tnetnnr* of a red wsn pAiroaUinn « dentlet which had **>«• to the hnuwlcdte ef a practitioner el thirty yean it that place Mreoeose * t emehrtr t«» s••* Ulf*.rlo* » At**# » *4#** 4 M*4-4* 4NM* f 4** -*«»•#* • «H V ¥»*»i4>tH> r aW». M* * ¥ 1 I*** ¥4* M*»< 4 m I Ip Nth* C«4444« In a suit »«er sit geese in htntuy t r*<>h tin when the cuele hod * am . a «%t Im a hr ml |.U the n*IHr e as lead Ahd • ellted hy dirHHtig the gueie. I* fere touiiwooo ».*o*o« To** t\*oo *-«ia l os4r 1 Mh ol«t M l A* t’ l*.. re «r» 4* -co-*4* «*Ju*4 hsrt t he onu«e e matt tnlh* thwl hk *Hi. .*du* * * the km* he im* -1 111- would rather fare a cauhwA Ums then own rctla. I MEET il AEON'S WIFE. (By Emma M. Wise.) WAS only a frag ment of their story, but the great events of life all comes to us in fragments. His name was'Ja aon. Rachel was his (laughter. He was not a man of prepossessing ap pearmnee. His coat was rough and heavy and reached almost to his feet. He wore a black slouch hat which was bound down over the cars and con verted into a shape resembling an otil ■fushloned poke bonnet by a red woolen nubia which was wound round his head and tied under his chin. Ho had a bushy, red beard, deep sunken blue eyes and heavy red eyebrows. The little girl avas dnrk and thin and wiry. Her garb was a symphony in (juakerlsh gray. There wbs a gray hood with 4i three inch frill that stood out around her eager face like a semtclreular fortl fl cat km. a gray cloak, gray mittens, gray stockings and gray cloth over shoes. She sat very close tieslfle the man. auu every little while *he looked nn at those portions of his face that were Visible through the nubia, the hat nnd the coat collar, and laid her little hand-on his and stroked It af fectionately. They did mil speak for several min utes. Silence, with the exception of the raf-a-tat-iat of frozen shoes against the cold, wet floor of the car, seemed to be the rule against which none hut the conductor dared Infringe as he now and then called out the names of the Intersecting streets. At length the man removed one of his gloves, unbut toned his coat awl took from the In side pocket a letter which was creased and soiled from being read and re-fold ed many times. "What time did *he say she would be here?” he asked, as he handed the letter to the little girl. "iMOk again, Rachel.” "At half-past 4," she wild, after hav ing applied herself to tls written sheet for a minute or two. “Are you sure? 1 wish you'd read that part aloud again, my dear. I don’t want to make any mistake.'" “ ’I will he at Polk streot depot at 4:34 Saturday afternoon,'” she read In a shrill, sharp voice, that trembled with the excitement she had tried In vain to repress. "It must be nearly that time now, ain’t It?" he asked, anxiously The little girl turned round and looked at the dial of a large clock that had been placed in the window of a drug store they were passing then. "No,” she said, "it’s only 3. We've got lots of time.” She gave him the letter again, but he did not put It back in his pocket. There was another short silence. Pres ently he leaned toward her and said In a subdued voice, that was evidently meant for her ear alone: "Read It through, won’t you, Rachel? I can’t hardly believe it. It seems too good to he true. Sometimes I think I must be dreamin*. Ltuelun of the letter. 'll meat he half paei t new, sin t It*" he aehed el length "No. U's only ii !ut!( past 3. Father,” and her dark «?yos grew very wistful, tell me all about It oner more, won't you, before we see her? We'll never say anything about It .after that, will we. father?” The ear dragged slowly along. The cold grew more Intense. The passen gers were dividing their time between reviling the weather, the conductor and the street car company, and listening to the only conversation that enlivened the downtown trip. But all discom forts and annoyances were unheeded by the man in the rough coat and the little girl In gray, for whom the world held nothing that afternoon except themselves and the woman who was to come in at the Polk street depot at half-past 4. "It’s l»een ten years since I saw 'er.” he said. "You was a tittle teenty thing then, onty a year old. She went away one night,- Feb. 17 It was. 1 remember that Just as well as anything She left me because 1 didn't know much; be cause 1 was Ign'r'nt that was what she told the neighbors— an' I know It was so. because she had often said the same thing to me. 1 couldn't write nor even read, an' she ought to have knowed better'll to marry ine, she said. 1 was good to her an' kind an' tried to make up for it in other ways, but she couldn't stand my Ign'r'nce any longer—that was what she told the neighbors an’ t irnouL ii'a aUut eitrhl An* 1 drill't know's 1 blame 'er much. The neigh bors did. but I never said anything about It. 1t must be pretty hard for a bright, well-read woman to be tied to an ugly old man like me. The on ly thing 1 ever blamed 'er for wan for leavin' you, bein' 's you wan such a teenty thing. Hut I brought you up alone the beat 1 could. I ain't done bad by you, have I, Rachel?” The little girl was crying softly, and her only answer was to press his hand, which she held In both her own. "I never heard from 'er after that. They went south her an’ the music teacher who boarded next door at least, that's what the neighbors said. About six years ago the blacksmith on the corner run across 'em one day down In Florida. But I knowed she'd come hack. I felt It In my hones. The day after she went away 1 commenced to get ready for ’er. I made up my mind she should find things Improved when she come back. I couldn't make much change In myself It's hard work to teach an old dog new tricks, you know —so I turned my whole attention to you. I’ve tried to bring you up so she wouldn't he ashamed of you when she got hack. And she won’t be. Any body’d be proud of you, Rachel. You know a good deal, don’t you, my dear? You know readln' an’ wrltln’ an' hls t’ry an’ geography, don’t you, Rachel?” "And algebra,” supplemented the lit tle girl. “Yes, and algebry. An’ you c’n play an’ sing, too, can’t you, Rachel?” "Yes, and say six words in French," Her father looked at her In bewil derment for a moment, as though stu pefied by the contemplation of so many accomplishments. Then: “She'll bo proud of you, Rachel, my girl. A king couldn’t have brought you up lietter,” he said, fondly. The little girl seemed thoughtful. "Father,” she said, "do you suppose mother has thought of how hard you have worked, in the house and out of It, and how you have pinched and saved and worried along, that I might learn? Do you suppose she will be surprised at my knowing so much? Do you sup pose she knows how lonesome I have been sometimes without a mother, and how lonely you have been with nobody but me to love you? Do you suppose she knows all we have gone through to gether, father, and do you suppose she loves us now?” The man regarded her In a fright ened manner, as though struggling with some’latcnt doubt that had been called into life by the perplexing ques tion. Hut the conflict with suspicion was brief. "Of course she does.” he said, stout ly. "Else why does she come back to us?” "Folk strept!” called out the con ductor. "Depot two blocks west.” The little girl clutched the letter tightly. They drew their wraps more closely alsmt them and hurried out of the car and toward the depot, where the penitent wanderer was to meet them ut 4:30. OLD MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN. Iiitlumm fur Mrv«*r»l Mil#** the >»*•#!U In HHIihi* € nut pa Front the Philadelphia Record: In the Arabian tales a story Is told about is nioonollo nnninlnin whi<-h ulliHtola Irresistibly dll ships, and when they come ucar extract* every particle ot Iron (rum them, even to the nail*. Such a mountain exists In reality, al though uot (tulle as dangerous In Its act I v It) as the one mentioned In the oriental fairy tale. The Island of Horn holm. In the llaltle. tielongtng to Den mark. consists almost entirely of mag netite, and tta magnetic Influence Is very well known to• the navigators of those water*, and also muck feared by them, not on nrcount of the possibility of Its extracting the nails front (heir ■hips, but bemuse of tta Influence on the magnetic needle, which make# the •tearing of n ship almost Impuaelkle This Influence ie felt even at a dis tance of mtlea and when this htiand Is sighted ail mariners on the ttalttr discontinue steering 'heir course by tk* needle but tuts to well-known light hausen and other helps la direct their ■ nurse Ss tc|elcU« ruldscws dh* I understand that Mrs hrochet pta>«4 on the ptano at the reception teat atahi Dtd that appear In *n|»y , her i«>r«rme»>«• tie tlh. immense it It * sc the must enptyntde time of ! the whole etsaing Kxeryhtxdy wns , talking awav aa tf they w«oM split their tbrunts Mnston Tranaertp*. HISTORY OF m RING. Ir>'ra «h* l)uki> of Wfllnntoi, If Flnnllj KfnrhP'1 » I’nwnulio^. A gentleman well known in business circles a* a bold speculator is one of the regular customers of a well-known money-lender in this city, relates tho Hoston Herald, and his usual pledge is a ring, a story of which is thus told: ••This ring lias a history, and a ro mantic one. It has been pledged numberless times, and the owner would not sell it lor any price on ac count of Its history, which he has re lated to me minutely several times and which I know to be authentic in every particular. I can give names except in later generations just as he told me. • Charles Carroll of Carrollton, one of the signors of tho declaration of inde pendence had two Iwuutiful daughters, who went to Kngland in 17114. One married the duke of Leeds and the other Kichnrd Wellesley, brother of Mr Arthur Welle-ley, afterward the duke ot Wellington At tho marriage of tiie latter, which took place in the castle ol Ilublln, the bride received tills ring from Mr Arthur Wellesley. •You will seo two figures, painted by Notnar, a celebrated miniature painter of that date, arc beautiful in design and execution, itnu inc manner of the setting of the pearls and rubies, to the eye of tho connoisseur, prove it to tie genuine without doubt Tills ring was worn at Brussels the night before tho Imttlo of Waterloo Ht tho halt described in Byron's 4'hlldo liar, old.’ "To make along story short, tho ring descended, generally by will, through different inemtRirs of the < nrroll family, until it eatne into the present owner's hands by gift from Letitlii, the last of the Carroll* now mother superior of a convent in Balti more. From the duke of Wellington 1o a pawnshop—does not this furnish food for thought?” Mutin’ Into Ymir Mines, Allen's Foot-Case, u powder for flit feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It is the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes light-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It Is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try It to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. Hy mull for 2Tic in stamps. Trial package FKRK. Address Allen S. Olmsted, \Jt Koy, N. Y. insane ■lenreM'S. Insanity among Hebrews is increas ing. In tho lunatic asylums of Prussia the number of Hebrews is said to have nearly quadrupled in sixteen years. According to the statistics of the Ger man Empire there are 3K!t insane He brews iti every 100,000 of their number against 241 insane protestants and 237 insane Roman catholics in every 100, 000. __ MSMRI.I. 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Wili *an fat it W |ta few • • |.» Www aba* few inlAWtotlli li tteal *nta« w4 tiataM tin Iha II •a-. Rita. At-wnan*. fawt. tin, fitawntn, F iilial «* tu *A« Ifewntana -■**» aoiito attt i nuNcw. «awiti rtfattw ttnife Utnatea. Nate Prof. R. S. Bowman, Instructor of Natural Science in Hartsville College, Cared cf a Severe Illness by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People After Physicians Failed. _____ From the Republican. Columbu*. Ind Prof, It. S. Bowman, the able instructor of natural science in the famous Hartaville. (Ind .) College, is well and favorably known, not only as an educator, but also as a minister of the gospel, as for a nuir her of years he was pastor of the I'nited Brethren church at Charlotte, Mich., be fore coming to Hartsvllle. PROr, R. *. BOWMAN. Home time ago lie bad b severe Illness which was cured almost miraculously A reporter hearing of this. Interviewed him regarding his experience Prof. Itowman was In the midst of his work when the re l>orter railed, but he cheerfully geve him tt hearing "A yearago last fall," said the professor, “I broke clown with nervous exhaustion, snd was nimble to properly attend to my ( jrrlists aiol barrier I'lgeens. Experiment* with cycllBiu and car rier pigeons for Iransmlttlng mes/tages are being made by the Gymnastic So ciety of Rome, In the Interest of the Italian army. The rider carries a small rage attached to his machine, In which are several well-trained pigeons. When Important observations have been taken and Jotted down they are placed In envelopes and ufllxed to the birds, which are liberated. The editor of this paper advise* III* renders that a free packnge of Peruviana, the liest kidney and liver core on earth, will l»e delivered KKKK to any sufferer, if writ ten for promptly Pkhi viana Hembut Co., 2ST. 6th Ht., Clueinnatl. Ohio. Hilled by Rnaltes. It Is stated that in 1H90 tho number of persons killed in India by snake* was 21,412, whilo tho number ol snakes slaughtered was 610,669. Vim Cycle Company, Chicago, III.. art offering rare bargains in bicycles It will pay you to send for their large catalogue. A woman who ban a nice house wor ships it like a miser worships his gold Plso's Cure for Consumption Is the unit cough medicine used In my bouse -D. C Albright, Miminbnrg, Pa., Dec. 11, "M. The greatest luxury in the world is « friend you’ve never quarreled with. Kor worn-out business men nothin) equals Dr. Kay's Renovator. Hee advt. The older a man gets the more of t fool he thinks a boy is. Kdneate Tonr Bowala With Cascareta. Candy Cathartic, cure conatlpatlon forever. 10c If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. It is a bad sign if a man goes fishing a good deal. duties I tried different physician* but with no relief, ami also used many different pro prietary medicines spending almost fifty dollar* for these medicine* alone 1 then succumb! d to a siege of the grip in the middle of winter, and was laft in a much worse condition Mv kidneys were fear fully disordered, and my digestion liecame very poor, I was indeed in a laid condition. “A minister in conference learningof my condition ndvlsed me In try Hr William*’ Pink Pills for Pule People I had heard much aiioiit tlie wonderful curative powers of this medicine hut it was with reluctance tlint I was finally persuaded to try It, a* it seemed Hint not hing could do tnenny good However. I procured three Isixes of pills mid took them strictly according to direc tions. By the time the Inst dose was taken I was almost cured, mid in hettor health than I had been for years. I continued using th« pills awhile longer nod was en tirely cured. I can cheerfully recommend Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Palo People." Hindi was Professor Bowman’s wonderful story which was further endorsed by the following affidavit. Hahtsvii.i.k I ml March W, 1*117 I affirm that the alsive accords with the facts in my case It H. Bowman Hiihscrihed and sworn to tiefore me this Hith day of March. IW7 I,than .1 Hi r iuikr, Notary Public Hiatt or Inoiana. as. Dr Williams Pink Pills for I'alo People contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and re store shatlcied nerves They are eold in Itoxes i never in loose form, oy the dozen or hundred) at Ml cents a Uix. or six boxes for n Mi. and may he bad of nil druggists or-dlrectlv by mail from Dr Williams' Medicine t'o , Hchenectady. N. V. | "" $ 75 J 50 jo'peso Weetern Wheel Work* vMAK t R 5 CfttCAdo ft l/AfOtS CATAL9GVC FREE CURE YOURSELF! I'm- Hi« 41 for unnatural dm< burr**, hittn/iiMHili idi, I irritation* or ulatmti/ni of in u c o u • wmflilirano*. I’iiiilfM, *iid not Mtria UTHtEtASS ChisicalCo. tnII ;r poisonous. MwM krDpanrMt, ’ft writ In plain s rapper, by *spr««*, pn-puifl, for If M), or 3 iMittlofl, fcr.75. Circular tout on roqoMt. nDADQV newoiscovehy;^ ■ qub k rrtUifiutl <:ur«* wor»t rufiii. Bend tor bool of tcwtlmontaJ* und lOdiTR* treat moot Free. Pr. b.u.uhmb%*hbo%b, au*»u.u«. QCT QIPII quickly. Hhudfor "3<)0lD»#nlioni