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V U Gained Forty-eight Founds. '"I hsd n strong appetite for liquor which was iIietiPR.nn iik of the breaking down of my lirnltli. 1 was also a slave to tea and ciilfrn drinking. I took tho cold cure, but It did not help mo." Thlilsn portion ir nii tnten lew clipped from tho Daily IlrnM, of Clinton, town. It might well be taken tor tho subject of a tcinpcrauco' lectiiro but that Is not our object In publishing It. It Is toshoiv how a s stem, run down by drink and disease, may bo restored. Wo cannot do bettor than iuotc further from tho tame: "For years I was unable to do my work I could not "deep nights or rest days on account of continuous pains In jny, stomach aim back. I was unable to digest my food jleadHchcenMl pain ful urination were Jreqnent, and my tieart's action be fame Increased. 1 eft my farm and re tired to city life, for I was a eoniirmed Invalid, nnd tho doe .tors said I would ncYer be well again. I "Soon after I haj) jpened to use four poxes of Dr V. Wains' l'lnk I'llls for 'Ta'ePeoploand slnco ithen I have been free Treni all pain, head ache and dyspepsia. I eat heartllv nnd 7 ncUvtd Ut Cltu Life. have- no appetite for strong drink or tea or codec. and fool twenty year.- vnimper. "My vetuht lieu Jiicnwnt 41 noianN. 1 cannot jay too much for lr Willi ins l'lnk I'llls and olalm that they havo cured mo. .John n. Cook." Subscribed and sworn to before mo this six teenth day of February, IS'.i;. A. P ItAltKKH, Xntary rubUc. To people run down In health from whatever jCause-drlnk or dlseaso-the abovo Interview yill be of Interest. The truth of It Is undoubted as tho statement is sworn to, nnd we rcproduco the o.tth here. For any further facts conccrnlnji this medicine write to Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. The name and address of the subject of abovo Interview is .lohn It. Cook, of aw South 5th Street, Lyon, Iowa. SANTIAGO IS A QUAINT CITY. The bottling up of Cervera's fleet In the harbor of Santiago tie Cuba is not the only claim to distinction possessed by that curious old city; for, as the Inhabitants never fall to remind the traveler, It has lone been a disputed fact whether Columbus first landed at aSn Salvador or Santiago de Cuba. However that may be, St. Jago, as the Spanish call It, Is far older than any city In North America. The peculiar narrow stieets and the the facades of the houses remind one of the old towns in Italy, but there the resemblance ceases, for the houses of Santiago de Cuba are nearly all built around a court, or patio, as they are In most Spanish towns. With their high barred windows and glaring plastered walls, on the outside they look more like prisons than like tho American Idea of a dwelling house. But go In side the patio, and everything is differ ent. There are palms and shrubs and flowers, and in some of the richer houses even fountains. Meals are ser" ed In the patio in pleasant weather. In Santiago, as well as in other Cu ban cities, the proprietors of most of tho shops and warehouses live In the same building In which their business Is located. The shops open about 9 In tkfi jnorglng nnd remain open until about noon, when they close up, and everybody goes to the noonday meal. After that everybody takes a nap in tho heat of the day. The shops open up again about 2 o'clock In the after-, noon and remain open till B;30 or 6. Co to an office In Santiago at S;30 In the morning nnd nobody will be up; go sgain at 12:30 and everybody will be eating; go again at 1:30 and everybody will be asleep. In the evening the people sit around and take life easy, and smoke, of course for In Santiago everybody smokes men, women and children. Even th& waiters In the hotels and cafes pull out a cigarette and smoke between the courses. The porters and cabmen smoke at all times and seasons. Thn steve dores on the wharves smoke at their work, and even the clerks in the dry goods stores roll a cigarette and take a puff between two customers. The eenorlta blows a cloud of smoke from under tho lace of her fascinating, mys terious mantilla, while negresses walk; along the streets puffing away at huge cigars. Children of 8 and 10 may often be seen with cigarettes In their mouths, and It Is no uncommon sight to see men and women smoking in church. All the young bloods In Santiago1 wear white duck suits and straw hatsj and they may be seen lounging around the city and the- Club de San Carlos, looking cool and comfortable, nnd smoking, of course, for that goes with out saying In Santiago. At the Club de San Carlos, which Is the Union League of Santiago, the Spanish offi cers from Morro castle and the gilded youth of the city make their idling headquarters. It is a pleasant place in which to loaf, drink cooling bever ages, smoke nnd gossip. The club house Is one one story high, like the most buildings in the city, and In front Is a little gnrden with a fountal nand, flowers. Opposite the Club de San Car los Is the Cafe Venus, where, an en thusiastic traveler declares, as good a meal can be had as at Delmonlco's. There Is less wine drunk In Cuba than In most Latin countries; but there Is, a native rum, cnlled barcardi. which lS rondo from molnsses. and which, well mixed with water and cooled with Ice, makes a very smooth sort of beverage nnd a somewhat Insidious one. A quart bottle of this rum costs only 6p cents, and as n good deal of It Is usu ally drunk at the midday meal, It Ip not to be wondered at that a nap Im mediately follows It. At all plnces In Santiago where drink is sold, as well as In the telegraph of fices nnd postofflces. one always finds lottery tickets on sale, nnd men anil boys peddle them nbout the streets. Of all the cities of Cuba, Santiago, with Its 40.000 inhabitants, is by far the mns-t picturesque and Interesting. It Is many years older than St. Augus tine, and after walking for an hour or two through Its medieval looking streets, the most matter-of-fact Ameri can Is ready to believe any romantic story about the place which may lip told to him. except, perhaps, the story, of the Immense chain stretching from Morro castle to a huge Ftnple in the wnll of rock on the opposite shore, fifty yards away, which can be hove up by a captain till It is level with the water, so as to form an Insurmount able obstncle to any nttempt to force an entrance In time of war. The country houses around Snntlago are infested with mice nnd lizards. The latter are very alert and active, and quite unlike the slupglsh lizards seen In northern cllme. There Is a curiou kind of if "ser whose presence Is rath er encouraged about Cuban country houses. These moufers are not eats, as one might suppose, but large Mack snakes. As they are quite harmless, nobody thinks of being afraid of thrm. and they come and go as they please, unmolested. WHAT OUR SOJLDIERJKOYS WILL SEE A Most IntoroatltiB Account or the Philippine Islands, Olven In Two Parts Part Two. "Speaking of rebellions reminds me that there have been seventeen respect able sized rebellion In the last sixty years. It seems strange that such nn easy, slumbering, hnppy-go-lucky race us the natives of the Philippines should have such turbulent polices. With nl most any other government over them, the natives would undoubtedly be peaceful and contented. Of late years the rapacity of the Spnnlsli has In creased, and the poor people nre des perate. They long for any other gov erning power thnn the Spanish. I can't begin to think now of all the taxes and licenses that the people In the Isl land pay for their government. All males over 21 years of age must pay an annual poll tax that equals J18 In our money. All females must pay ?11 as n poll tax. A person must get a license to gather cocoanuts from his own trees nnd sell them. I have my self paid hundreds of dollars for li censes for poor farmers who wished to harvest their Indigo crop and sell It to me. Every nrtlcle or furniture that costs a sum equal to $2 In our money Is taxed. The curtain never goes up at the thenter that $10 Is not pnld to the government. No one In tho Philippines may kill his own animals for market, clip his sheep or cut down a tree without first paying a fee to some of the army of collectors that In fest the country. A couple pay a tax when they wish to be married, besides a fee to the padre. The natives love showy funernls, and the Spanish de cided a few years ago that the grave digger must collect Jl.r.O for the gov ernment before he enn bury nnyone In the cemetery. These sums may seem petty, but It should be considered that the average native has little opportun ity to work for hire. That If he does succeed In securing employment his wages nre often not more than 5 cents a day, and that he Is usually unable to dispose of his farm products for cash, being compelled to exchange them for other commodities. In addition to these nnd other taxes that I do not recall, there Is a tax on bensts of burlen, a tax for keeping a shop, n tax on cock fighting. At every turn the poor na tive finds himself face to face with the dire necessity of paying tribute, nnd he frequently spends ills life in an In effectual effort to meet the obligations thus imposed. The revenue goes to Spain to pay the soldiers nnd navy. "There Is no escape from these taxes. I have seen women whipped in the rural towns becnuse they had perhaps fulled to get a license before they sold their annual crop of cocoanuts. or had se creted a cow or a goat so thut the tax collector did not see it in his official rounds. For the collection of taxes the Spanish have revived the plan which was in use in France before the revolu tion of 1789. For each district of 2,000 square miles a tax collector Is ap pointed by the governor of the prov ince. He is called a gobernadorclllo, and he Is responsible for the estimated amount which his district should pay in taxes, so that If collections fall short he must make them good from his own pocket. He has under him a number of deputy collectors, known as cabezas. each of whom collects the taxes of from forty to sixty taxpayers, and Is personally responsible for the amount expected from each. If they fall to pay ap he distrains their property and sells It. If the proceeds of the sale fall to cover the Indebtedness the df llnquent debtors nre imprisoned. I once saw a dozen ragged, hnrd working men on the Island of Snmos that had lost their houses, cattle, lands and who still owed sums ranging from $2 to $40. They were being sent prisoners to the jail yard at Punta Chavallas, while their families were left to shift for them selves. "A large book might be written about the popular revolts that have sprung up In the Philippines because of these tyrannical oppressions. In 1876 the na tives lost 5,000 of their best men in re bellion against Spain. In 18S2 they lost several thousand more men, and 600 of their lenders were beheaded and shot to denth In squads at t lie garrisons nt Cavlte as a warning to other sympath izing rebels. The present rebellion broke ou' last June nnd was quelled for a time by Spanish troops. Last Jan uary COO rebels were shot In the suburbs of Manila. Suddenly the rebellion broke out again, and now it seems to be the most general revolt yet known In the Islands. The Intent of this last rebellion seems to be to rid the Philippines of the Spanish by any menns whether by dynamlf, poison or assassination. The natives hoped for a year or two that Japan would assume control of the Isl ands and that the hard, cruel hand of Spain would be removed. When they found that their hopes were ground less they rose In armed rebellion, Gen eral Schlatter, who was sent to the Philippines by the German government last August to look Into affairs there, reported that the Japanese are leading the revolt. There are 10,000 Spanish regulars on guard In the Islnnds. The Insurgents last fall numbered about 46, 000, of whom 5,000 were armed with good guns. The insurgents have a few good cannon, cast from melted church bells and bits of metal that they gathered here and there. Manila, like Havana, has naturally been In control of the Spanish troops, and the Insurgents have been carrying on a warfare forty and sixty miles from Manila, similar to that of the Cubans about Havana. "In the summer of 1S96 the order of the Kntipunan was secretly formed among the Malays and Chinese. The purpose was to 'remove by blood and bondnge of Spain.' The members of the order were sworn by a gash across the left upper arm. With the blood which Issued from the wound the Initiate crossed himself and daubed his mouth and solemnly swore that he would spill the blood of at least one Spaniard every six months. The Spanish got hold of the plot. By trials that lasted an hour or two In some cases and thirty or fortv minutes each in most cases, 4,700 of the persons suspected as being in the plot were convicted and shot to death. In the month of November. 1S06, there were 800 executions on the out skirts of Manila. In one day some seventy-five men were stood up before a wall and shot. "The earthquakes In the Philippines, especially on Luzon and Negros Islands, deserve a special story by themselves The whole group of Islands Is of vol canic origin. There are seventy vol canoes In constant eruption on the Isl ands. Several of them are the most violent In the world, and are always being studied by scientists from Europe and America The famous volvano Mayar Is within sight of Manila, An earthquake occurs onan average of once every ten days. I have known small quakes to come at the rate of a dozen a day for a week at a time. About a dozen times a year there are shocks so severe that people will run about in fright and damage will be done to the buildings. The big bridge over the Paselg river at Manila has been so swerved by enrthqunkes twice In my residence In the city thnt It has been made unsafe for travel. In 18S4 an earthquake nearly ruined the great stone cathedral In Manila, razed mnny buildings to the ground, rocked hun dreds more, and 2,000 people on Luzon Islnnd were killed by falling timbers and walls. In I860 the great earth quake occurred on Negros islnnd. It hns never been known how many peo ple were killed then, but the number Is estimated ut 7,000. Almost every structure on the Islnnd wns shaken down, and great gaps yards wide und miles long, were erncked across tho Island The qunkc opened seams In the enrth from the sencoast and made pussnges from the Interior Inkes to the ocean. I supose If such a qunko should occur In New York city there wouldn't be one building left on all Manhattan Islnnd. "The people of Manila have the fond, ness of Spnnlsli countries for exciting sports. The old thenter, which seats about 1,500 people. Is nearly nlwnys filled. It pays the Spnnlsli government a revenue of nbout 15,000 n yenr. Some times n"h opera or theatrical company will come there from Paris or Madrid, and play seven nights In the week for months nt n time. Operas with a lot of buffoonery nnd n lot of desperate villains are immensely popular in Man ila, und drnmns In which there Is a vein of Immorality will draw for weeks. While the ploy piocceds boys go nbout. the thenter vending cigars nnd sweet meats. Often a cloud of tobacco smoke obscures stage at the close of on even ing. When the piny pleases a whole scene will be repented. I once attended an opening night of a new Spnnlsli (iruniu, ana the audience cheered so lustily that the whole llrst scene wns repented twice before the second camo on. There nre some marvelous Incon gruities In the drama there, but tho audience enters so enthusiastically into the plot that there Is no chnnce for such trilling criticism. I snw a play last year In which a Roman soldier shot the villain to, death In n room where there were curtains and glass window panes. "Gambling Is unlversnl In the Phil ippines. I don't known anyone except the hnlf-clvlllzed men on the little Isl nnds In the Philippine archipelago who do not do some gambling. There are lotteries galore. The government gets one million dollars revenue a year from the lotteries, nnd no mntter how hard the times, there are always some lot teries In full blast under the protection of the Spnnlsh. Sellers of lottery tick ets have booths along the streets, at the plazas and wherever the people congre gate for an evening's promenade. Thou sands of people will scrimp, nnd pinch n whole month to get money to buy chances In some lottery scheme. The business men lny aside a certain share of their receipts to buy tickets from advertisements for lotteries. "Naturally the average native of tho Philippines Is humble nnd penceable sort of fellow. He has very little edu cation and has no knowledge of the world outside of the Islands. I know men In Manila who have held govern ment offices and are accounted great successes there, who hod never heard of the United States, and asked me If our country was anywhere near China. I guess they have brushed up their geography along that line since I left the Islands. The natives are simple people; they love to dance, sing and loaf. Poverty Is more general than anywhere on the continent. Under a good government there would never be a suggestion of a rebellion and these people could be made prosperous." Deadly Navaja of Seville It Is said that every Spaniard car ries a knife, unless he belongs to the upper class of the aristocracy. Even then Instinct frequently lends them to Its use. With the peasants and com mon people a blade Is an- Indispensable article of dress. The ugliest of Spanish knives Is the navaja of Seville. At the first intimation of trouble the Spaniard pulls his knife, If It Is n nnvnja and provided with a big rachet and spring he Jerks the blade open, the racket snapping like a rattlesnake's warning. This adds dramatic effect and appeals to thnt love of braggadocio and display Inherent in the Spanish people. The navaja Is used with the blade up. This gives the blow a terrible ripping and thrusting force. It Is hard to par ry, and, the point once In, little avails the victim. The wound is nearly al ways fatal, for It leaves a trail like a battle ax, save that it is up Instead of down. The long knives, such as this form of the navaja presents, offer a tremendous advantage, and In the street brawls and private quarrels so often Indulged In always overmatch more fragile weapons. Matches are seldom used, except by certain of the better classes, In the land of Ferdinand and Isabella, and the practice of striking a light from the flint will Illustrate how common an ar ticle of use the ever handy knife Is. Neaxly every Spaniard carries In his belt a bit of flint. When he wants a light, out comes the flint, the knife Is produced and the stone Is struck with the back of the knife. A small piece of punk catches the spark as It flies, nurtures it, nnd In a second there Is all the blaze needed. Calmly the Span, lard blows the smoke of his cigarette In rings about his head, ever ready for a resort to the friend who never plays him false his navaja. One of the most elaborate Is that of the king of Portugal. Its Jewels alone ore valued at 18,000,000. The crest of the crown which the czar of Russia wears on special occasions Is a cross com posed of five marvellously brilliant dia monds resting on a large ruby, uncut U polished. The state crown of the czarina, though small, Is composed, according to authorities upon the sub. Ject of gems, of the finest stones ever strung. Queen Victoria's crown, valued at $1,800,000, contains a splendid ruby, one large sapphire, besides sixteen smaller ones, eight emeralds, four moderate sized rubles. 1,360 brilliants and 1,273 rose diamonds, with four smaller pear formed pearls and 269 of other shapes. When the sultan of Johore wears his crown and his state clothes the dia monds he wears alone are estimated to be worth $12,500,000. His collar, his epaulets, his girdle and cuffs, the han dle and blade of his sword, are all stud ded with precious gems. His bracelets are of massive gold, and his fingers are covered with rings that are almost priceless. But perhaps the most costly Insignia of princely dignity are those of another tributary prince of British India, the Maharajah of Baroda. This gentle, man's chief ornament Is not a crown, but a necklace of five strands contain ing 600 diamonds, some of which are as large as hazel nuts, while the upper and lower rows consist of emeralds of the same size. FARM FACTS. DAIRY NOTKP. All Intelligent butter makers havo admitted the fait that a reliable ther mometer Is the must Important machine In the factory. It Is the guldo to gilt edge butter making. The hot sun Is the young cnlfs worst jeiu'iny. They nte young and tender nnd the hot sun Is too much for them. 'Better calves will be raised If they nro kept Inside altogether. liuttir metchnnts who make n spc .cialty of handling storage butter say tl.ut It requires two weeks at least nfter the cows nre turned Into the pas ture before the butter Is good enough to put nn. Ftesh grass butter In soft bodied and slushy. The term uncle! In In reference to milk nnd cream dots not menu a dlsense of some kind, as many suppose. It Is sim ply u town used In specifying the changes nccessaiy In the manufacture of butter and different kinds of cheese. By some It Is commonly culled seeding for the growth of the desired flavor. It Is a well known fact that the com fort of tiny aiilmul hns n great Influ ence on its general lunlth and thrift, t'omfoit la summer is ns Important ns comfort In winter. The nnlinal that must hunt almost all night nnd day for it scanty supply of food, that Is exposed to the burning sun and tormented by flies cannot be said to be enjoying sum mer comfort. . We learn from high market author ities that the use of parchment paper Is to bo more general this year than ever before. In nil the large markets parchment lining Is required now. If for no other renson the ndded nentiicss which parchment paper gives a butter tub would moke It popular. But It does all that Is claimed for It, and the do Jiiaud for Its use will continue to grow. To specially illustrate the value of the right kind of feeding, President Mnthlc son of the South Dakota State Dairy as sociation, makes the following stnte roent which enme under his observa tion: A neighbor of his who hnd n herd of flfty common cows of mixed breeds, but one who Is a enreful feeder, receiv ed In cash from the Lansing cienmery last year $50 per cow for milk dellv icred. Grandfather's way of dairying made him n prosperous man. His methods are not likely to make you a prosperous man in this nge. 'TIs becnuse the world do move. Competition Is keener, cost of production must bo reduced, a better article is demnnded. The pushing, up-to-dnte dairyman Is doing his work In nn easier way, he Is doing more of It find In less time, he Is feeding less cream 'to his pigs and calves, and not of least Importance, he Is mnklng a liner grade of butter. QUALITY MAKES THE PRICE. Make It a point to havo your poultry (of the best quality beforo Bhlpplng to mnrket. One who Is not necustomed to visiting the largo markets knows 'nothing of the enormous amount of Inferior poultry thnt Is sold, and which 'largely affects the prices; yet, there Is always n demand for thnt which is good, and at n price above the regular quotations. The nssortlng of the car 'casos before shipping also leads to bet ter prices. Old roosters (which seldom 'sell at more than hnlf price) should not (be In the same boxes or barrels with better stock; and to ship poultry alive, nnd have roosters In the coop with fat hens is simply to lower the price of the hens, as tho buyer will estimate the value by the presence of the Inferior stock. In fact, never send nny poultry (to market unless in first-class condition, and under no circumstances ship tho Inferior with thnt which Is better. EFFECT OF EXCITEMENT ON COWS Very often dairymen write us ex pressing great surprise at the fluctua tions In the nmount of butter fat In their milk nt the crenmery, as shown by the Babcock test. Since the advent of the Babcock test we ore learning that men have lived for a great many years In very great Ignorance of the truo philosophy of milk and the cow. It Is safe U) say that anything and every thing that can affect the nervous sys tem of a mother, whether human or bo vine, will affect the fat content of her milk. On this law is founded the oft repeated advice to treat the cow gently. TURNIPS FOR DUCKS. Grow a crop of turnips for ducks, If you Intent to raise a large; number of ducks. In the Inrge establishments, uhrre hundreds of ducas are raised, tho principal food for them Is cooked tur nips, with a small proportion of ground grnln. No crop can be grown to better advantage than turnips, and In no way can turnips be grown so profitably as to feed them to ducks. Ducks and tur nips are adjuncts to each other on the duck farms, for without turnips the ducks could not be made to lay bo well. Let the chickens onto the newly plowed garden. They are splendid "In secticides." Highways AboutSan Juan. The roads of the Island are not wor thy the name. They arc little better than tracks made by cattle. The principal highway Is a military road connecting San Juan and Ponce. Protection Is afforded this road by about twenty small forts. Of the highways on the Island but five are flrst-elass. The telegraph system Is In nn incom plete state, nnd thi- service Is only par tlally maintained. The length of wire in the system is KF4 kilometers. The bridge of Son Antonio connects the capital. Sun Juan de Puerto Rico, with the large Island. The principal ports nre: San Juan on the north. Fnjnrdo and Ensenada Hon da on the east, Josn and Guanlcn on the t-outh nnd Puerto Renl on the west. Aside from these are some roadsteads and anchorages, such ns Humacao on the east. Ponce on the south, Mnyaguez on the west and Areclbo on the north. The const service Is composed of schooners, sloops and a very few steamers. From east to wst the Island Is trav ersed by a rnnge of mountnlns. This begins nt the head of San Juan In tho northeast and terminates at the Cape of Rlncon. In the west. The highest point Is El Yunque. 3.600 feet above the sea level. This peak Is situated In the Sierra de Luqulllo, near the noithenst corner There are time rnilronds In opera tion. One from Son Juno to Areribo and Carmuy: another from Ponce to Yauco and the thiid fiom Mayaguea to Aguadllla. The entire illMaiiro cov. ered by these roads Is 179 kilometers. One line nf cable exists between Cu. ba. Mexico. Pnnamn and the coasts of the South American continent An other conneiib the islands with St. Thomas, Juuuiica and the rest of the world. A new fUt'Ftltute for blasting powder hns been Invented by an Aoftilan engi neer for use in F.nlt nnd Iron mines. It Is composed -f 6: per cent of sodium nitrate, 5 percent of potassium nltr-ate, 10 per cent of sulphur, 11 pr cent of coal tar nnd 1 per cent of Jotueb.um chromate. mini: uesrnoYiNa. Kvn n export In the branch of mill. ii sdni'p thill deals with blowing I linns up ,osiscs l"tle more knowi- l-f or the action of mines In nctunl urfan thnn the royal astronomer bus f the man In the moon Tho mln-sl I ed In our civil wm -the only war m lilcii they hnvo been exploded unit i' i'iIpm, were orudi affnlrs nnd clectihlty I a applied to wnr was then in nn un- i evelope (1 Mule. Nvet their, those ' ' Id mines were deadly enough to send i vi nty-nve snips to the bottom durln? i 'ip war. In the Inst ten years murh I iventlvo renins hns been devoted to I u' perfection of stibmnrlnp exploslv -s I ir harbor defense. Tho result Is that i lines will do about what Is expected of lliem. Many experiments have been node with gun cottcn nnd dynamite to Ust their strength ns mining mntcrlnl I nd their notion agnlnnt vessels has I'oen determined bv blowing up old I ulks and dummy ships. As Independent Investigation has been olhg on In every civilized country that Jms seaports to be defended, them Is nnturnlly n vnrlety of submarine mines, And only the officers In the torpedo serv ice of each country know Just what f ontiivnnces nre prepared for keeping hostile fleets out of its harbors or blow tag holes Into them when they do get In But broadly stienklng, all hnrbois are defended by "observation mines" or "contact mines," nnd operations In mine testroylng will be directed against these two kinds of mines. Observation mines nre mines con Jiected with the shore by electric cables by means of which an operator station ed nt a point usually a protected nnd masked pit whence the movements of attacking ships can be observed, can turn n key nnd explode n sci les of mines at the moment n vessel passes ovrr them. These mines nro placed In rows across a channel. Each mine I n spherical or cylindrical copper case containing ubnut 500 pounds of gun cotton. It Is nbout three feet In dltim cter. The explosion of this quantity or gun cofcton will be fatnl to nny ship within a radius or sixty feet from tho point on the surfnee above It. A line of six mines will, therefore, guard n channel 720 feet wide. Gun cotton Is lighter thnn water, so an observation mine Is nttnehed to nn iron sinker weighing nbout a qunrter of a ton. Ench row of mines Is strung on one electric cnble, which is nttnehed to the sinkers nnd mils nlong the bottom. The wire mooring rope, by which ench mine" Is nttnehed to Its sinker, Is between ten nnd fifteen feet long, so thnt the mines float nt this distance from the bottom, If the mines nie nearer than this the explosion or the first one is liable to break the cable and cut off the electric current from the other mines before they explode. Each mine Is Joined to the mnln electric cable by a branch ca ble meeting It nt the point where It Is connected to the sinker. For the guid ance or the operntor, buoys ore plnced at the ends of ench line of mines. At ff PAINT : WALLS 'IB. INGS, CAL.C1MO FRESCO TENTS FOR DECORATING WALLS AND CEILINGS rV'urrSjCaicimO paint dealer and do roar own kalomlnln. Thla material la made on Mientllle rrlnclnl.. br ro cbtnerr and milled in twentr-fonr tint and le tuberlor to anr ooneoctlon of Ulna and Whltlne- that can poulblr be made b band. Te be eUd nltfc did Taur. " irKD FOB SAMPLE OOI.OH OAHIIS and tf on oannol rorehan UiU material from joar looa.1 dealers Ut oe know and we will put jou In the war ot obtaining it. THE MURALO OOMPANY. NEW night Holme lights or something slm lar are used. These lights are an Ingen lous invention nnd nre used whenever It is necessary to make temporury marks In the water at night. They consist of a chemical composition that In contact with water generates a gas which Ig nites and burns with a dull light when It renches the air. The light Is p'.accd below the surface and the rising bub bles mark Its position. Mined harbors are filled with false buoys and lights to deceive the enemy. Observation mines of the ordlnnry kind should bo from forty to sixty feet below the sur face. At this point they are Bafe from attack, and they exert the grentest force against the bottom of a ship. Two kinds of contact mines are In genernl use, the electro-contact and the mechanical or automatic. They are In tended to explode only when they are struck by the bottom of n ship. The proper depth for these mines Is fifteen feet. They nre about one-fifth the size of an observation mine; nre moored to sinkers, nnd the electro-contact mine Is Joined by an electric cable to a battery at the firing station on shore. A number of these mines, arranged In groups of from three to hnlf a dozen, nre usually connected with one main cnble. LATE INVENTIONS. A Pennsylvania women has Invented a dustpan which Is designed to fit in a doorway to take up the dirt as it Is swept over the sill, the pan telescoping near the center so It can be extended to fit any door. , A New Zealander has a bicycle which Is fitted with a row of small pumps around the rim of each wheel, the pis tons running on the ground to com press the air which Is designed to be stored In the frame and used to pro pel the wheels. Dressmakers will appreciate a new sewing machine attachment consisting of a U-shaped frame attached to the back of the table to support a cloth basket, which prevents the work from jiulllng or getting on the floor. , To adjust the chains on bicycles the rear hub Is mounted on an eccentric disc, Inside a ring, which is split on one side and clamps the disc to prevent tit from turning .the ring being a part 3f the frame of the wheel. Screws can be driven without the Hrlver slipping from the slot by using ki new attachment, which has screw bontrolled Jnws to grip the head of the screw and hold tho tool while the driv ing blade does Its work. ' To prevent the slipping of the wheels of electric cars on grndes a pair of sup plemental rails Is placed Inside the Vnaln rails, with grooves cut crosswise kn their surfnee, to engage toothed wheels mounted on the shaft. J A German woman has designed a music holder for violins, which Is form ed of a wire frome fitted with clamps 'to attach It to the violin head, the sheet of music being Interlaced between a number of cross wires to hold It In place. To close fire shutters and door au tomatically they are mounted on an Inclined track to slide as soon as a fuslVle cord on the door Is burned, the icord allowing a weight to drop on the Jatch and release the door. Gas Is automatically shut off when blown out by a new attachment con sisting of a balanced arm with an umbrella-shaped hood, which Is held above ,the burner by the heat of the flame and descends ns soon as the flame Is ex. .tlngulshed, thus pulling a lever which cuts off the gas. i . i ij rlSTY I YEAS&f Why let your neighbors know It? And why give them a chance to guess you nre even five or ten years more? Better give them good reasons for guessing tho other wav. It is vcrv eavi for nothing tells of ago so quiciuy as gray nair. Alger's vigor Is a youth-renewcr. It hides the age under ft luxuriant growth of hair tho color of youth. It never falls to rcstoro color to gray hair. It will stop the hair from coming out also. It feeds the h'alr bulbs. Thin hair becomes thick hair, and short hair becomes long hair. It cleanses the scalp; re moves all d'.ndruff, and prevents its formation. We have a book on the Hair which we will gladly send you. If Ton fin nnt nhtaln all tha fcann. (llnyou expected frnmtlieuient the Vlffor. writ, tho ilnrtfir atinut It. Probably there la unit ilimculty with your general eyilem which muf be eatllr removed. Addreti, Dr. J. C. Ayer, Lowell, Mm, BRIGHTON. S. I.. NEW YORK. Spend jthe Summer in Colorado, ! whero it is always sunny, yet never I hot whero rain falls but seldom, yot f tho landscntin in rinrAnniiillv rrrnon where tho air is itH light as a feather, i VOt stroncronniH'll tnrentnrn thn flnoti of youth to tho cheek of the nged. An oxnennivn ntiHmr? Ttfnt nt nil ) Tho summer tourist rates offered by the Burlington Route bring a trip to j mis most wonuoriui or states within t reach of every tnnn nnd woman who knows how necessary vocations are I and acts in accordance with thnt knowledge. i J. Franclt, General Pat icnger Agent, I Omaha, Neb. J P.8.-U you po we.t through Omaha, X you can stop oil and seo the Tran-Mlsli- ilppl Kx position. IV. E. A. Honle to Wnehtngfnn from tho West and Northwest will bo through Chicago thence over tho Penn sylTania Short Lines. No change from Chicago to tho National Capital. Send for guide to Washington containing in teresting information nbout tbat attrac tive city. Address II. R. Deki.no, A. Q, P. Agt., 218 South Clark St., Chicago. To relieve the sudden pull of winds on swinging signs, etc., a new hanger Is formed of an outer coning to screw Into the board, with a colled spring In side to support a central rod having an eye at the outer end for attachment to the building. An Improved method of heating rooms is by colling steam pipes Inside an air passage through which air is forced by blowers, to be heated as It passes over the pipes, after which It Is discharged through pipes to different rooms. Acent wanted to isell a new patent liono hold article. Addres J. C. I.kau.nkd. Lock 110X669. t'hlcaco, Ills. O. P. Co., Omaha. No. 29. 189a nat.TeKanri ym j,i -i ( lyKtS VTMlkt Alt llil FAILS. I.I)aetCouhsrun. Taste Good. Um I in time. Knin br druoe-uta. KMel g mif ft B zMm 11 J 1