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Don t forget fish will not, keep un less it is cleaned. Am Ton Using; Allen's Foot Easef It Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Don't forget to add salt water when you want to boil anything IF TOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Bail Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Overwork kills fewer men than ex cessive leisure. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 75c. The man who hates another has an Ingrowing grudge against himself. Plso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Wu. O. Endsi.bt, Vanburen, IniL, Feb. 10, liuo, Pundy bay, In Novia Scotia has a tide of 68 feet. Nebraaktt ltn*lne*H him! Short h>«n«l College, Boyd Htilhllng, Omaha, Neb. $2,000 expended last year In type writers. $2,500 in actual business and banking furniture. It Is the most thoroughly equipped Institution in the west. Send for catalogue. A. C. Ong, A. M„ LL. B„ Brest. The world owes every mau a living and every woman a loving. GREATLY REDUCED RATES via WABASH K. R. $13.00—Buffalo and return—$12.00. $31.00—New York and return—$31.00 The Wabash from Chicago will sell tickets at the above rates dally. Aside from these rates, the Wabash run through trains over its own rails from Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago and offer many special rates during the summer months, allowing stopovers ut Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Ask your nearest Ticket Agent or ad dress Harry E. Moores, General Agent. Pass. Dept., Omaha, Neb., or C. S. Crane, G. J’. & T. A., St. Louis, Mo. If modesty was the fool-killer most women would die of old age. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Money to the wise and good is the best of all servants. BEYOND THE HEAT BELT. Mountain Ilraezes and Mountain Sports Available for Those Who Wuultl Escape the Sizzling Heat. Out beyond the plains of Kansas, where the snow capped peaks raise their heads, in Colorado, is the Mecca for sweltering residents of the Hot Belt. There has not been such a sea son of torrldlty for more than a third of a century, and It Is beginning to tell upon the powers of the people. Their minds are less active, and their bodies are tired, and their systems de bilitated. The best remedy is close ac quaintance with nature, fair, and ' robed in cool greens, and swept by in vigorating breezes and fortunately the opportunities are at hand and may be taken advantage of by everybody. The Missouri Pacific Railway with its j system re-sembling a net work of lines j In the great southwest, runs fine trains \ of palatial cars by a direct and agree able route to Pueblo, and there con- j neetions are made with America's most popular scenic route, the Denver ' and Rio Grande Railway, in whose 1 cars the pul lie are carried into the i very heart of the great mountain range, through canyons of dizzy depth and along the busy sparkling waters i which came from Snowland and brought its coolness with them. There are very many delightful places in the j Rockies and plenty of sport for the j jiUUter and fisher. He displays eAel- j lent judgment who steals soDie time ; from his business and uses it in the ! pursuit of a favorite sport aqd for the ■ benefit of his health. The Rio Grande ! Western Is a natural connection of these two systems already mentioned, | carrying their passengers still further toward the western outposts, into still j t ore remote sporting country, and j where forest and canyon wear their , natural beauty the longer, and so, to the Desert City by the Great Salt Lake. There is no more delightful short tour and it can be accomplished with com paratively small expense. Sizzling over a desk in the heat of summer is ! unprofitable and unremunerative self sacrifice and should not be endured when coolness and health are so near at hand. These railway systems make travel a pleasure, and nature, ever kind, is the great restorer. If you have not yet decided to taae a summer trip, decide now to do so. and get out of the heat into the coolness of Colo- j rado and Utah. Unappreciated Flower*. The New York Times tells a story about a distinguished gentleman of that city who came home from a pub lic dinner the other night and woke up his wife by exclaiming: “Got boo - ful bouquet for you. darling: right off the gov nor s table—boo ful. boo ful flowers." “Well, put them in some water on the table and get to bed, dear," said his sleepy wife. Next morning, w'hen his wife examined her husbands “boo'fui floral offering she was shocked by the discovery that it was a big bunch of artificial flowers, and they looked very much if they had neen rudely snatched from some girl's , bat. Wed (tin? Garment for Hire. There are three or four shops in Philadelphia where costumes for wed dings and funerals may be hired at a reasonable rate. The renting of mas- j querade costumes and of mens e\en tug clothes is a business as old almost ; as pawn brokering, but this renting of wedding and funeral ciotbes is said to be something new. MAT OF THE *r > > HEAVENS _/br ^/iugust. m August being one of the months ^ during which we may expect on a large scale dazzling downpours of shooting stars, I think it particularly opportune for me to devote to these curious phenomena the first part of my monthly talk. What we are accustomed to call shooting stars are really not stars at all, but fragments of some destroy ed planets within our Solar system, abandoning their circulatory motions around the Sun. and millions of which are supposed to exist In all sorts of sizes from a pebble to a mass of many tons' weight. As their orbits cross tflht of the Earth, their small bulk renders them ultra-sensitive to our power of attraction—that same ! power to which we owe the Moon's regular and obedient moving around our sphere. When these fragments of broken-up planets thus enter the boundaries of the Barth's gravity power, they "shoot” downward with such rapidity as to ignite, as they fly through our atmosphere at a rate of not less than 18 to 25 miles per sec ond, and there, these opaque, until I - -- -- I^as been found powerful enough to oeparate the stars it is composed of. Underneath, close grouped, see the stars of "Coma Berenice" (Queen Bere nice's Hair). Of the Zodiacal Constel lation "Leo" (The Lion), behold Regu lus (or the Heart of the Lion) a re markably fine, first magnitude star. Returning to the Zenith point, we no tice to the East, four of the stars of "Cygnus" (the Swan), Arided in its solitary splendor, and in a row, four very fine luminaries. The rest of the long arm of the cross will be visible in our southward aspect. You remem ber that it ends with Albireo,doubtless the finest double star of the heavens, its larger component of a tine orange color, the smaller one of an intense blue. Following downward and crosswise, in direct line with Arided, we find Al deramin, Alphiik and Errai of “Ce pheus.” Underneath, the W, clearly formed by five stars, of “Cassiopeia” (tne Seated Lady), and, to its right the three principal stars of "Pegasus" (the Winged Horse), Markab, Scheat and Algenib forming such a fine • 1 1 ■■■" . I LOOKING NORTH’ then invisible fragments of stars be come suddenly luminous, leaving a streak of light behind their vertigi nous, head-long course. On the way, most of this matter is reduced to an impalpable powder—partly iron and nickel—which, under microscope ap pears absolutely different from any earthly mineral combination, Thiye is plenty of that “celestial pow'der'’— a rather bold association of words— all over the surface of our globe; it is discovered in the analysis of water, of snow, even in matter brought up from the bottom of the ocean. Thus do the heavenly bodies give us a "touching"’ token of their existence. "Shooting Stars" begin to be visible at about 75 miles above sea level, that is, as soon as they reach our atmos phere, which is believed by the ma jority of expert scientists not to ex tend any farther around us. The nights of August 10 and November 14, of every year are noted for a plentiful downpour of those aerolites. Every 33 years there is a recrudescence of such manifestations; ever since 1002 square with Alpheratz of •‘Androme da” (the Chained Lady). Miraeh and Almach of the latter constellation lead us to the triangle of "Perseus” (the Champion) close to the horizon, with Mlrfak and Algol shining su perbly; west of them C'apella (the She-Goat), the first magnitude star of "Auriga" (the Waggoner), and its companion Menkalinan send us their brilliant message. Let us turn about now and begin Looking Southward. The minor stars of “Hercules” (the Kneeler), are at our Zenith, its two cK'e.f luminaries, Ras Algethi and Korneforos lower down. Vega of "Lyra” (the Lyre) reigns supreme in that region of the firmament; Sheliak, another star of the same constellation leads us downward to Albireo of “Cygnus (the Swan) of which I spoke above. Continuing along the Eastern limit, we notice "Delphinus" (the Dol phin), known by its four leading stars forming an irregular square. Under neath we are greatly attracted by the ' ■ -1 • . ! e y LOOMING SOUTH __*___ these exceptionally fine star showers came to time with promptitude, the years 1866 and 1899 being no exception. Looking Northward. To our Zenith, the second magni tude stars Restaban and Etanin of 'Draco” (the Dragon), indicate the place occupied by the head of the celestial monster; while to their left. Nekkar of "Bootes” (The Herdsman) is the largest visible star of this con stellation. The tail of the Dragon stretches down, between the Great Dipper and the I.ittle Dipper, ;u principal star, Thuban, shining between Aiioth of “Ursa Ma ;or" and Kochab of "Ursa Minor Along the western limit, "Cor Corall" (The Heart of Charles) displays a fine star that bears its name. Some times this constellation is called "Canes Venatiei" (The Hunting Dogs) and then the appellation of Cor Caro iis is given Us main luminary of the third magnitude. One of these two dogs' name is Asterion, and at the place where his collar is supposed to be is found a remarkable nebula, the center of which is surrounded with a sort of broken ring; no telescope daza'ing Ifght at Altair. the first magnitude beauty of "Aquiia’' (the Eagle), Alshain and Tarazed shining on either side. Close to the Eastern horizon, we meet the Zodiacal Con stellation "Aquarius" (the Water Bearer), its three leading stars (of the third magnitude) in a fairly regular triangle. Its Easternmost star. Sadal sund. Is close to ‘‘Capricomus" (The Sea-Goat), another Zodiacal Constella tion, and a curiously shaped triangle, with Segunda Giedi and Deneb Giedl (third magnitude) close together at the Western angle. These almost ' reach up to a third Zodiacal Constella tion, "Sagittarius" (the Archer), only the upper portion of which is visible this month. Still in line, dose to the ; horizon, is stretched a fourth Zodiacal • Constellation, "Scorpio" (the Scor- ! pion) including the deep red first mag I nitude star Antares (the Heart of the Scorpion). Several stars in the tad) of Scorpio are so far south as never j to rise in our latitude. Working our way bark to our Ze i nith. we nfeet the beautiful square of “Ophiuchus" (the Serpent Bearer), with its fine Cabairai and Ras Al hrgm in direct line with Has Algethi aujd Korneforcs of Hercules" (the Kneeler). "Corona Borealis" (the Northern Crown), a necklace with Margarita as its best Jewel, leads up to the.se stars of "Bootes" (the Waggon er). which we did not see in our Northern Inspection. Looking gradu ally downward, we pass “Serpens" (the Serpent), with Cnnknlhal, a third magnitude star, and reach the three stars of "Libra" (the Balance), a Zo diacal Constellation. Finally "Virgo" (the Virgin! completes the largest number of Zodiacal Constellations I seven) we ever saw together in one and the same month. The square of Virgo shines splendidly with gplea (the Ear of Wheat), first magnitude, In the lead. Tin- Flnnetn Vl'lhla Thin Month. No chance of seeing "Mercury," too close to the Sun. "Venus” is the Morning Star, toward the East. "Mars” also illumines the Orient be fore sunrise. "Jupiter" will shine in "Scorpio" during the first half of the night; "Saturn" will be visible pale but steady—In "Sagittarius' for two thirds of the dark hours. C. de 8AINT-GEUM A IN. Movement* of the Kye. A very curious device has horn In vented. bv which it is possible to de termine how many times the eye moves in reading, and how fast the movements are made. The object of the instrument is to show in what cases reading is hurtful to the eyes, and thus to j) re vent shortsightedness and fatigue. In a test of the instru ment recently made the results were curious. A man's eye was first made insensible to pain by an application of holoeocaine, and then a very light shell, with a hole in the center, was placed on the eyeball and held to it by suction. The shell was connected with light aluminum levers in such a way that the eye movements were traced on a moving sheet of smoked paper. Electrical devices caused the pointer iu rmiin noi uniy me movements, mu the speed of each and the exact time it took. The tracings showed that the eye does not move over a printed line continuously, but by quick Jerks of varying length. The eye returns in an unbroken sweep until near the end, when it halts occasionally, as if to get its bearings. The average number of Jerk movements in reading a news paper line is about three. A line slightly less than an inch in length was read without any movement. ' -rs. ' ~ . "* ■ Fulling In Scotland. Fishing statistics just prepared by the government state that last year there were 85,000 persons engaged in the fishing industry in Scotland. Of that number, 35,800 were fishermen, 19,000 were gutters and packers of herring, and the remainder were curers, coopers, carters, clerks, hawk ers. boat carpenters, net w'orkers, barrel makers, and men employed in the shipping of herring and curing material. The number of boats em ployed was 11,275, and of these, 10,973, valued at £831.670, were sailing boats; 232, valued at £938,740, were steam ers, and 70. valued at £145,490, were liners or drifters. The total value of the fishing fleet was £1,915,900, and the value of their gear, £795,977. More than 43,960 miles of lines were used, and 57 square miles of nets. Over 268,000 tons of fish, valued at £2,400.000, wire landed, mostly her- I ring. The catch was about the same j as in the previous year, but the prices i were, if anything, better. Men Marred from Kmoklnf. According to a Berlin correspondent, I the authorities in Ems have issued a notice in regard to the wearing of trains by ladies, in which the danger is pointed out of causing dust to fly about in a town where there are so many invalids. The printed notice concludes thus: "Ladies will, perhaps, find comfort in the fact that men are also requested to refrain from smok ing during the hours when the invalids are taking their walks. Should this wish of the authcirities not be com plied with, then a police order will be issued, which will be strictly en forced.” Title* to Aeeompaor th* Kyejl**«. Sir George White of England can now write after his name—V. C., G. C. B . G. C. S. I.. G. C. I. £.. and G. C. V. 0. and G. C. M. G.—twenty-one letters. This beats Lord Roberts, who has sev enteen—namely. V. C.. K G., K P., G. C. B„ G. C. S. I.. G. f. I E. Lord Wolse ley is entitled to wear four stars— namely, those of the K P , G. C. B.. G. 0. M. G. and First Clas3 of the Osman ieh. ImttlM in the Ocp»b, Numbers of experiments have been made to teat, the speed and destination of corked bottles thrown into the sea In various parts of the world. The most remarkable example waa that in which a bottle traveled 6.000 miles in about two years and a half—roughly, at the rate of six and one-hal? miiea a day. It traveled from latitude 63 de grees south and longitude 60 degT^s west to western Australia. We should be more enthusiastic about the success of our friends if »(• didn't, feel that we deserved it more than they. Of the inhabitants of Iluda-Pesth 23.ti per cent (166.19S) are Israelites. 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