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Tbt Question of u« •«!! t i* ep Pipn it *ar tH lived: fcaiaocnUMa at* dirff and *cmly; l*l»C t* coatljr. Tb* «uw of war* a «waM*t a* Ai*ba*tia* fur .io-ljiii-iv a ill aoit* lb* probUem. U.t ndn..r*i>if wall ruatittc l* «i*an. parr* and Yfeu<#*uant It tan l» pot oct atiib no trouble by me fob*; there* i* f bt * f leant beautiful and it la Umg laauag. Mart as* i* a lottery in abwh m«n ■ mtn tb*ir fca|f -t*» Vo«r ri«V* all! not rn*ck it you mm Masn*tir Start b F Go to t'our p'ocer to-dav m and get a 15c. package of In l* takes the place of cof \\* : t at i the cost. \r M it from pure 'Trains it ' 0^ . auuxibtdng and health* * I ^Sg b?.K^ POMMEL Tto* I—•* S^mwIb Cmd *r» « Dm . A*# for A J ToJSt b. THE OCEAN HOBOES. SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS RE GARDING STOWAWAYS. frfcarwtf In by Ship*’ Ottrm and Tbl* Clnat of “D«n«51»entb” Con»o H—Uy huff or limt Unrdbblps—Son* IN* In Att*apU to CroM the Deep. There is a belief among sailors that stowaways bring good luck to 6hips anc that no vessel can go down with on*- of them on board. But there is a different opinion among the officers and owners of vessels, and in accord ance with this the stowaway's lot is a nard one. The American immigra t.on authorities view a stowaway in . :. t:.r same light that a pauper im migrant is considered. It is manda :ury on the master of a ship bringing a stowaway to the United States that he. as the first agent of the owners, be personally responsible, under a heavy fine, for the stowaway's deportation. This law is not calculated to put the master manner in a happy frame of mind and be treats the unbidden pas s< eger as he thinks he should be treat ed Not long ago a Cuban named 'harles Clement was picked from the water off Hell Gate. He told the au thorities he was a stowaway on the British tramp steamer High Fields and nad smuggled himself aboard at the Barbadoe*. The vessel discharged In Brooklyn, and, as he was not account ed for on the ship’s official papers, the authorities gave her captain the op tion of taking the man along or pay ng ms way back to the West Indies. ">merit says he was afterward set up in by two officers of the ship, who beat : m into insensibility, that he was then put in irons and confined below > ks While incarcerated there one •f the officers told him that as soon as tne vessel was out at sea he was to e done away with and his body thrown overboard. While the vessel was e<»:ng through Hell Gate en route •o Halifax he seized the opportunity to make his escape. With an iron bar ne pr* J open the door of the room in mh: h he was confined, and. with handcuffs an l all. rushed to the deck and sprang over the side. He was rap -nking when pitted up by a row oat Another instance oi a stowa way's jumping into the sea occurred ■5 Cap** Henry tmo years ago. The schooner Cactus was brought to New York from Baltimore, where she founi a man inging to a life preserver. He fa..J he had been stowed away at Liv er; »ol on the steamer Templemore. T:.. officers did not treat him with m . h >r.s.deration, he added. He was told that the immigration officers of Bait.more were half savages, and that :t was the custom of the country to hang stowawajrs to the nearest lamp ;ki»l When the Templemore reached Cape Henry light the man grabbed a life preserver and before anybody » .! ! stop him jumped into the sea. He was in the water fourteen hours, when the Cactus saved him. The sad dest feature of the whole thing is that -.if immigration authorities sent him back to Liverpool when he landed here. Countless numbers of stowaways have died in attempts to cross the -♦•an. The average steamer has many dark boles :n her big interior, and.not withstanding the fact that a ship sel dom leaves port without a search being made to .-ee that no unauthorized per j m is aw board, many succeed in elud .Lg detection. It is only a few years sin *- <>ne of the regular lines arrived with the dead body of a stowaway in her hold He had rapped and ham mered on the ship's hatch without a*u.l »:tea the ship was outside sight of land, and had starved to death. In another instance a man hid himself in a chain locker, and when the anchor was hove up he was crushed to death, the noise of the steam winch and the rattling of the chair drowning his crier A man was found dead under the main hatch of one of the National line steamers on her arrival here. It was shown that he had died of starva tion and suffocation. In one of his pocket- was found a novel entitled Itoomed in the Deep Still another case ia that of a man who hid himself in the forepeak of a steamer bound to London While she was proceeding up the Thames river she was run into by another steamer and was cut out to her collision bulkhead. The stow away was crushed to death. Many women have stolen passage across the ocean. In 1895 a steamer wa> wrecked in the strait of Belle Isle. Another steamer went to the rescue 4nd in making a list of those aboard it was found that two of them—wom en— were stowaways. Recently a little etrl stowed herself away on a ship bound for Sydney. Australia, from San Francisco. C aokU in ( tnada. The St. Lawrence canai system, the opening of which is expected to do so tuuch for Canada, enables vessels not only to descend in safely the great fall of 2<»7 feet from Lake Ontario to the ! level of the river at Montreal, but to avoid a long scries of dangerous rap- : These canals hove cost consid- ! er-i.djr more than S5o.fi0G.000. The seven • aaals forming the link of the chain from the lakes to the seaboard have a total length of more than 70 miles, tnd over half a hundred locks. Any vessel not exceeding 270 feet in length and 14 feet draught can make the trip from the strait of Belle Isle to Duluth, it the head of Lake Superior, a dis tance of almost 2.400 miles.—Harper's Weekly. Keeping on the Iwf* Side. Mis* Passe (archly)—‘ How long do | vou think a man ought to know a girl before proposing?” Mr Clubleigh— All his life"'—Somerville Journal. WogM to Wow South Woles. In New South Wales the government has fixed the minimum wages of rail way laborers at seven shillings or about $1.75 a dsy. Cooper Colon. Cooper union, in New York city, had s revenue last year of $58.48$."8. Its expenditures were $5$,0£7.09. STRANCE LAKES IN PERU, Instead of Snrfnco Outlets They Use# Maelstroms That Swallow Boats. From Crucere Alto, the highest town in the world, the Southern railroad of Peru drops into the Lagunillas, or lake region of the Cordilleras, where, 14,250 feet above the sea, is a group of large lakes of very cold, pure water, with out inlet or outlet. They receive the drainage of the surrounding hills and conceal it somewhere, but there is no visible means of its escape. A fringe of ice forms around the edges of the lake every night the year round; yet they contain an excellent variety of fish, called the pejerray, which is caught near the shore and sold at Pu na and in other neighboring towns. The two largest lakes. Saracocha and Cachipascana, with several smaller ones in the same neighborhood are owned by the family of Mr. Romana of Arequipa, who has just been elected president of Peru. He owns immense tracts of land in this locality, with thousands of sheep, cattle, llamas, al pacas and vicunas, which are herded upon it. A curious phenomenon about the lakes is that they keep at the same level all the time, regardless of the dry and rainy seasons. No amount of rain will make any differ ence with their depth, which, how ever, in the center is unknown. And this adds to the awe and mystery with which they are regarded by the In dians. There are no boats upon the lakes, except a few small balas, or rafts, made of bundles of straw, which keep very close to the shore, for fear of being drawn into whirlpools that are said to exist in the center. There is some foundation for this fear, for only two or three years ago a balsa containing five men disappeared in the darkness and was never heard of again. Of course it may have tipped over and its occupants have been para lyzed by the cold water in an ordinary way; but their bodies never were dis covered nor did the balsa ever float to shore. Therefore the people think the whole party was lured into a mael strom and swallowed up by the mys terious waters. The whirlpool near the center of Lake Popo which receives the waters of Lake Titicaca is well known, and hundreds of men have lost their lives by venturing too near it. Boats that are drawn into the current are whirled swiftly around a few times and then disappear. For the protec tion of navigators the government of Bolivia has anchored a lot of buoys in Lake Popo. and boatmen who observe them are in no danger. There is sup posed to be an underground outflow from all of these lakes. It is claimed that articles which have been thrown into their waters have afterward been picked up on the seacoast near Africa, and careful observers say that on the beach in that locality are other debris which do not grow on the coast, but are found in great abundance among the interior lakes—Chicago Record. HOW TO GARGLE. Two Method* and th® W*j to Te*» Them. If one is to really do good by gar gling—that is. if one is to insure that the fluid shall reach the posterior wall of the pharynx—the nose must be held and the head must be well thrown back while performing the gargling process, says the Charlotte Medical Journal. By gargling in the usual way only the anterior surface of the uvula and soft palate and the base of the tongue are reached. But by holding the nose and throwing the head well back when gargling, the medicament reaches every surface of the pharynx very effectively. The comparative value of the two methods can be test ed by painting the posterior surface of th? pharynx carefully with a strong solution of methylene blue, and then letting the patient gargle with water in the usual way, when it will be found that the water ejected will be clear and unstained; then let him gargle again, holding the nose and throwing his head well back, when the ejected fluid will be found stained, and an in spection of the pharynx will show that the blue has been washed away. This is a thing worth remembering, for many observers have maintained that gargling is not only useless as a method of medication, but it is quite ineffectual even as a means of clean ing the pharynx. IIow Some Savage* iiuild Their Fire* . Various savages have different methods of kindling fires. In New Holland a pointed stick is twirled be tween the palms of the hand until the wood on which it stands begins tc smoke, and at last breaks into flame. Other savages obtain a spark by stick ing one bit of wood upright in the earth, cutting a slit in it lengthwise in which they rub another bit of wood with a protruding piece until it flames. The most ingenious method is, how ever. that followed by the inhabitants of western Madagascar. These use a string of animal hide, by which they twirl the upright stick rapidly and hasten the fire lighting. To us whc have merely to strike a match undei the mantel piece, the value of fire is little appreciated, but suppose that we were caught in the wilderness without a match, how would we go about light ing the fire to warm ourselves or cook our food? Reynard'* Narrow Escape. A fox having been pursued by a Barnard (Vt.) hunter and two hounds escaped in a novel manner. The ani mal was being closely pressed by the dogs, when it dashed across the rail road track in front of a fast moving train. The fox barely succeeded in reaching the other side of the track ahead of the approaching locomotive, but the dogs were not so fortunate The hounds were so eager for their prey that they did not heed the train and both were killed. \ And Wouldn’t Shake the Stove. Wife—“I had to discharge the cook today.” Husband—"What for,” Wife —“Oh. she got too tender hearted tc do her work properly.” Husband— "Is it possible?” Wife—'“Yes; only this morning she refused to beat the eggs or whip the cream.” The Biahop Got an Early Start. Bishop Potter says that, coming of in ecclesiastical family, he owes his love of preaching to "those grandfa thers and great-grand-fathers.” He adds: “I began preaching before kilts gave place to trousers. My pulpit was an empty stall in the barn, my audi ence the chickens and the hired nian.” It is difficult to conceive how a mag azine could be more happily or more helpfully adjusted to the more impor tant interests of the present moment than is the April number of the North American Review. Not only does this number afford American readers the most effective opportunity available to them for mastering topics of living concern, but it contains several con tributions whose literary excellence will entitle them to attenttion for many years to come. Topnotch in Book Sales. The highest price ever paid in this country for a book was secured at the sale of Augustin Daly's library in New York last Tuesday, where two volumes of sketches and autograph letters of Thackeray, the main part of which constituted the Brookfield correspond ence, were sold for $16,200. Carter's Ink. Good ink Is a necessity lor good writing. Car ter’s Is itic best. Costs no more than poor ink. i Higher Abroad Than Here. At the mines in England coal is to day quoted at $1.46 per ton. as com pared with $1.18 at the mines in the United States. Coal mining in the old world is getting to be more expensive all the time by reason of scarcity, the English mines alone being the deepest in the world. The American Monthly Review of Reviews for April has two important articles on the present situation in the far east. Mr. R. Van Bergen describes the disadvantages of foreigners in Japan under the revised treaties, and Mr. William M. Brewster, an Ameri- i can resident in China, outlines “The Warlike Policy of the Empress Dowa ger,” warning the United States that only the utmost vigilance can secure for this government the benefits of “the open door.” Mr. Louis Wind muller describes some of the wasteful methods by which the business of fire insurance is at present conducted in this country. 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The Frince Still Grand Master. The Prince of Wales will be rein stalled as grand master of the English Free Masons on April 25. the annivers ary of his twenty-sixth year of grand mastership. He who is never guilty of follies is not as wise as he imagines. HAVE IT READY Minor accidents are so frequent and such hurts so troublesome no household should be with out a bottle of St Jacobs Oil for instant use, as the world knows it is a PERFECT CURE for PAINS and ACHES Stops the Cough and Works Off The Cold. CURES LA GRIPPE i FAIR WOMEN SPEAK. Pe-ru-na Works Wonders for the Gentler Sex in Catarrhal Ailments. MRS. COLONEL HAMILTON. That Pe-ru-na has become a house- | hold remedy in the home of Mrs. Colo nel Hamilton is well attested by a let ter from her. which says: "I can give my testimony as to the merits of your remedy, Pe-ru-na. 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April 15 I felt so elated over the res toration of my voice that I inserted an advertisement in The Star for vocal pupils. The advertisement, which cost me t>5 cents, brought me five pupils, and that was the beginning of my pres ent large class. Yours gratefully, “Annie Wyandotte.” A congestion, inflammation or ulcera tion of the mucous membrane, whether of the head, stomach, kidneys, or other organ, is known to the medical pro fession as catarrh. It is known by different names, such as dyspepsia, Bright's disease, female complaint, diarrhoea. bronchitis, consumption and a host of other names. Wherever there is a congested mucous mem brane there is catarrh, acute or chronic. MISS CLARA STOECKER. Miss Clara Stoecker says: "I had chronic catarrh for over a year. I tried many remedies, but found no relief un til I saw an advertisement in the paper of your treatment for chronic catarrh. I tried it and I think 1 am now well. 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Pelvic catarrh has become so frequent that most women are more or less afflicted with it. It is usually called female disease." everything to me. I feel healthy ana well, but if I should be sick I would know what to take. I have taken sev eral bottles for female complaint. 1 am in the change of life and it does me good.” Have you catarrh of the head, throat, lungs, stomach or any other organ of the body? If so. write to Dr. Hart man at once. He will send you direc tions for treatment without charge. Address Dr. Hartman. Columbus, O. The famous “man milliner,“ Worth, is brought to life again in Richard Whiteing's “Fashionable Paris," in the April Century. Mr. Whiteing once in terviewed the great modiste on the subject of starting the fashions. Under the republic, said M. Worth, "the fashions were not started at all; they simply occurred.” But under the em pire. it was simple enough. Do Tour Feet Ache end Bnrs? Shake into your shoes Allen’s Foot East. a powder for the feet. 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Sample sent TREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The Hockey Princes*. The Princess Beatrice of England has become quite an expert hockey player and is so devoted to the game that she plays nearly every day at Windsor Castle. LAW Use Magnetic Starch—it lias no equal. r THE BACON SCHOOL their homes In the fundamental principles o' The law, and such branche* as constitute a finished legal education. For circulars acdress EDW. BACON. 323 Main St..Peoria. Hi. nDnDGVKEW DISCOVERY, gives I % I ■ quick re'lef and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials ana 10 nils’ treatment I KM. DK. H. U. bald's SONS. Has K. /Ilaata. fcw. WANTED SOLDIERS’ HOMESTEADS The »idre**esof aii renerai So;fl>ers tneir wid"w» or he rs, who made a UO.MK t*TK A I> FIUXG on .*s~ t baa !fip acres on or tiefora June 22. 1874. no matter whether FINAL PROOF war made or not 1 will buy Land Warrants Sddress i otr.rada W K MOMCS. Box ISw. l»enT«x, Colorado. Mention this p.iper to advertisers. Examine the Package! 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