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Tier Inadvertence. One evening at the Teachers' An- J auity Fair the fattest instructress in j :he city sat down to rest her weary | feet. She was soon aware that every j ane who passed her laughed and j aiade some jocose remark. Being abnormally sensitive on the j subject of her size, she soon arose ! ind sought an obscure corner with- I jut having discovered that she had j been sitting in front or tne guessing :ak^ table, directly under the placard: "Guess my weight and I am pours."?Brooklyn Life. i Primogeniture. Primogeniture, it has been clearly j established, did not belong to the I customs of the barbarians when first established in the Roman Empire, ' but had its origin in the beneiices, or ! gifts, of the invading chicftains. ''he ; benefice finally becoming hereditary, j It was found that descent to the eld- | est son possessed advantages ever all j other modes of succession, and prim- , Dgeniture thus spread rapidly all over ' ? ^ A Ar?i'nn n tiUropt*. ilie nmciii.au. SAVED AT THE CRISIS. Delay Meant Death From Kidney Troubles. Mra. Herman Smith, 901 Broad ! Street. Athens, Ga., says: "Kidney ! t disease started with 1 slight irregularity | and weakness and ! developed into dan- j gerous dropsy. I became weak and | languid and could do no housework. My back ached terribly. I had bear? *' ing down pains and J my limbs bloated to twice their normal size. Doctors did not help and l was fast drifting into the hopeless etjiccs. 1 used Doan's Kidney Pills | at the critical moment and they really J saved my life." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. 1 Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. j India's Coal Output. One of the great industries of India ' is coal mining. At the end of 1885 j the average annual output for the j previous decade was only 1,227,000 ; tons; in the next decade the average had risen to 2,758,000 tons, and in j that ending with 1905 it was 7,626,000 tons. The production of 1906 j was 9,784,000 tons.?Evening Post. j ECZEMA SEEMED INCURABLE.' Body was Raw?Discharged from i Hosnitals as HoDeless?Cuticura | Remedies Cured Him. "From the age of three months until j fifteen years old, my son Owen's life was ; made intolerable by eczema in its worst form. In spite of treatments the disease gradually spread until nearly every part of nis body was quite raw. He used to tear himself dreadfully in his sleep and the agony he went through is quite beyond j words. The regimental doctor proaounced j the case hopeless. We had him in hos- j ' pitals four times and he was pronounced j one of the worst cases ever admitted, i From each he was discharged as incurable. We kept- trying remedy after remedy, but i had gotten almost past hoping for a cure, j Six months ago we purchased a set of i Cuticura Remedies. The result was truly j marvelous and to-day he is perfectly cured, j Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green, England, Jan. 12, 1907." ' ' I Canals Old and New. Canals more wonderful than those j of Panama and Suez are already in ; prospect. The early summer is to see J . the commencement of an inland waterway that will dwarf them both Into comparative insign!3cance. This j Is the long-projected Baltic and Black j Sea Canal, which will intersect Russia from north to south, a distance of . 1000 miles, and the total estimated cost of which is put at $500,000,000. j although it will probably largely ex- j ceed even this sum. Another wonderful canal scheme j Kninflr /Ml t Vl 11 CI Q ct 11 V talrOTI I up in Italy contemplates nothing less j than the. joining by this means of J Genoa and Lake Constance. To dc this it will be necessary, of course, j to cross not only the Apennine Moun tains, but also the Alps. This it is proposed to do by means j of a new invention in locks, involv- j 4ng the construction of a series of'' inclined tubular water lifts. It may j yet be possible to travel by steamer | over the loftiest mountain range ip | Europe.?Chicago News. Before the Envelope. It is somewhat curious that such e ' simple contrivance as the envelope j should be a comparatively modern in- i venuon. As a matter of fact, it is just a hun- ' dred years since a paper manufacturer of Brighton named Brewes in- i vented envelopes for letters in theii ! present form. Even then it was considerable time before their use be- \ came at all general, not, in fact, until somewhere about the year 1S50. Before this date (as many who are living now will remember) a letter, ! written only on one side, was folded in two, then in three, sealed with a wafer or sealing wax, and addressed on one of the blarr-. sides.?Gaulois | _____ 1 Truth ana Quality appeal to the Well-Iniormed 'jd ever} j walk of life and arc essential to permanent I success and creditable standing. Accor- j ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs j and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons ! why it is the best of personal and family j lovntiVos is t,hf? fact that it cleanses. ! sweetens ami relieves the internal organs ' on which it acts without an}* debilitating ! after effects and without having to increase ! the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and j truly as a laxative, and its component ! parts are known to and approved by j physicians, as it is free from all objection- J able substances. To get its beneficial I effects always purchase the genuine? manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drugcists. I WEB IB PE8ISHIII (MUM FOREST FIRE Six Thousand Homeless and $10,000,000 Damage Done. ELEVEN TOWNS WIPED OUT uauroaas suncreu ncnvj uossi-s in Bridges and Rolling Stock, and "Were Unable to Succor Persons Driven From Their Homes. Winnipeg, Manitoba. ? One hundred live3 lost, 100 square miles burned over and six towns destroyed or partly destroyed, is the story In brief of the ravages of a bush fire which swept through the Crow's Nest, Pass County. The town of Fernie, B. C., Is destroyed. Michel, fourteen miles away, suffered heavily by the flames. Hosmer, Olson and Sparwood, intervening towns, were cut off from all communication. Seventy-four lives were lost in Fernie alone. The whole country is a seething mass of flames. Through it are scattered hundreds of lumbermen and prospectors, so that the actual loss of 1 f - will l\/\ lm ATTf ?/-?* rTV*/i lilt? Will 11UC UC i.v#4 uujo. xuv properties of the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern railways in the section are destroyed, their bridges and rolling stock being burned, so that it is impossible to enter or leave the burning area. The inhabitants of the towns have fled to the open districts. The flames are driven by strong winds, making it impossible to fight their advance. The conflagration is the greatest which has ever visited Canada. A heavy wind sprang up from the west, and early in the afternoon the flames appeared over the crest of the mountains to the west of Fernie. They ran down the mounttalnside, and before a fire guard could be organized had entered the town. Within an hour the town was doomed, and the inhabitants sought safety in flight, leaving all property behind them. All night and next morning the exodus continued, the destination being a small prairie in the valley, three miles south of the town Throp thnnsand nersons are now camped there in the open, their only protection being shelters built of brush and blankets. For a time communication with towns to the east was kept open, but with the burning of the bridges across the Elk River this was closed. Scattered throughout the valley are many small prairies, and all of these have their groups of refugees. The hills In all directions are a seething mass of flames, cuttiug off every avenue of ;scape. The fire spread with unprecedented rapidity, and it is feared that several parties who tried to get through the pass have been cut off. Families have been separated, and there is at present no means of estimating the fatalities. In Fernie the only buildings which ppmain are six small shacks on the bank of the Elk River, the offices of the Crow's Nest Coal Company and the Fikes & Wood warehouse. The offices of the C. P. R. and G. N. W. are destroyed, together with all the rolling stock in the yards, the sleeping car Osceola being the only >ar left. The fire followed the crest of the mountain chain above Sparwood, eatIrfg down into the valleys on either side. It travelled at a tremendous rate. There are dozens of mines and prospectors' claims in the track of the fire, all of which are in peril. Fire fighting apparatus is of no avail, for the air is filled with fragments of burning wood and bark, and sheets of flame seem to leap ahead of the conflagration. Aid From Canadian Government. Ottawa, Canada.?Sir Wilfrid Laurier received the following telegram from Cranbrooke, B. C.: "Disastrous fire Kootenay Valley. Fernie, Hosmer, Crow's Nest and other places completely burned. Not fewer than 5000 people homeless. Canadian Pacific Railway carrying them to Elko and Cranbrooke. Every effort is being made locally, but these people are utterly without food or shelter. Fire covers seventy miles. Seventy lives lost. Immediate relief required. Telegraph instructions at once. THOMAS ROBERTS, "Liberal Association. "J. H. KING. M. P." Sir "Wilfrid also received a brief message from Robert Jaffray, of Toronto, who is now in the West, saying that a terrible fire was raging in the Kootenay Valley, but giving no details. The Premier will consult his colleagues to see what action can be taken by the Federal Government. Loss May Be $10,000,000. Spokane, Wash. ? Reports from British Columbia say that the loss in '.he Kootenay Valley fire will run over Siv.vuu.yuu. Horse Market Active. The general improvement reported from all quarters in the business world was strikingly reflected in the horse market of New York City when the big express companies and department stores began buying aggressively for the first time since the October panic. YOUNG COUPLE DROWNED. Southern Man and Girl Companion Lose Lives in Chautauqua Lake. Jamestown, N. Y.?Miss Elsie Green, nineteen years old, of Savannah, Ga., and Porter Parish, twentyone years old, of Memphis, Tenn.. were drowned in Chautauqua Lake. The young people were visitors with a party of friends at the Chautauqua Assembly, and were rowing on the lake. Their boat was struck by the steamer Chadakoin o[ the Chautaunua Steamboat Company, . Notes of tlic Diamond. The Boston Club has recalled pitch* er Elmer Steele from the Scrantou Club. When the Highlanders do get into the game they get into it good and hard. Paskert is playing a swift game in Cincinnati's left field and also hitting timely. Pitcher Jesse Tanne'nill is scouting for the Washington Club in the Texas League. Cincinnati critics say that Ewing and Spade nowadays seldom use the "spit ball," going through the mo? tions only to deceive batsmen.^ ' [latest News i I 1 1 BY WIRE. Northwestern Orders 1000 Cars. j Chicago.?The Chicago and N'orth! western Railroad Company recently j placed an order for 1000 new freight i cars. The order was distributed ! among three companies, to insure ; early delivery. I j 800 Men Thrown Out of Work. Glens Falls, N. Y.?Employes at the Fort Edward and Glens Falls mills of the International Paper Company were informed that the two mills would shut down for an indeflnifa norinrt Ahnilt Sflfl men will he thrown out of work. $100,000 Fire in Philadelphia Philadelphia.?Pier No. 46 of the International Mercantile Marine Company, in S. Delaware avenue, was de| stroyed by a spectacular fire, entailj ing a loss estimated at $400,000. The fire is supposed to have been started by crossed electric wires. Armed Maniac Captured. Lexington, Ky.?Henry Thrap, the Breathitt County feudist, who created a reign of terror there by arming himself and defying arrest when declared insane, was captured and placed in an asylum. Lloyd Osbourne Sued by Wife. San Francisco, Cal.?Mrs. Lloyd Osbourne, wife of the novelist, Lloyd | Osbourne, has filed suit for separate > maintenance. I Pin Point Kills Little Girl. Warsaw, Ind. ? Violetta Marie Bowen, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Joseph L. Bowen, Gerlaw, 111., died following an illness of only five min- , utes. A post-mortem developed that j the heart had been pierced by a minute sharp instrument, which phy- j sicians believe followed the course of the arteries. To Build Expensive Furnaces. Cleveland, Ohio. ? Announcement was made that Corrigan, McKinney & Co. will build two iron furnaces and I extensive ore ciocks aioug lub uyyci | river that will cost about $2,500,000. j She Was Kissed by Lafayette. Pittsfleld, Mass.?Mrs. Caroline j Campbell Kellogg, who died here in j her ninety-fourth year, was kissed by ; Lafayette in his triumphal tour In j 1825. She was a flower girl at the I Pittsfield reception to the famous friend of America. i i Congressman Buried. Pittsfield, Me.?The funeral ser? j vices for Congressman Llewellyn j Powers were held in the First Univer- j salist Church here. Governor Will- | lam T. Cobb, former Governor John ! F. Hill and a Congressional delega- I tion were among those present. Glass Blowers Lose Half-Holiday. Atlantic City, N. J.?At the conven- j tlon of glass blowers and manufac- j turers here the union blowers failed j to win their point for a Saturday half- j holiday with full pay. _ j Killed Over Cent. Wharton, Texas.?R. B. Pointer ' shot and killed G. W. Jackson at ; Pierce, Texas, in a quarrel over a one- j cent postage stamp. Jackson had j mailed a letter with only a one-cent ! stamp on and Pointer, who had J charge of the postoffice, called his at- J tention to the matter. Biggest Elephnnt Dead. Philadelphia.?Bolivar, biggest of j elephants, died in his prison house at j the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, j The monster weighed six tons. For | twenl years the big fellow had been ; confix . within a small enclosure at the Zoo because he was not safe. -? I -11 BY CABLE. | Aged Sister Beaten to Death. Paris.?The suburb of Antony has j been aroused by a crime committed j in a girls' boarding school. The aged j directress of the institution, Jeanne I Larrieu, a member of the Order of I the Sisters of St. Andre, was beaten | to death by two masked men with i hammers. Scores Dead in Storms. Vienna, Austria.?A series of ter- j rific thunder and rain storms have j caused destruction and heavy loss of ! life in the Austrian Tyrol. The Bu- | kowina district and the Ziller Valley suffered especially. American Packing House in France. London.?Construction of the first American pacKing nouse in Europe is i to be commenced in Havre, France, ?arly in September. Hayes a Hero in Ireland. Dublin. Ireland.?John J. Hayes, :he New Yorker, who won the Marathon race at the Olympic games, received a popular welcome when he arrived at Nenagh, Tlpperary, the home of his grandfather. ! j>1500 For Dorando. London. ? Dorando. the Italian j runner, who was defeated by Hayes In the Marathon race, at a meeting of his admirers received a check for $1500, enclosed in a gold cigarette :ase. The money was obtained by subscription. Castro Demands Apology. Caracas, Venezuela. ? President Castro has. withdrawn the exequaturs of the Netherlands Consuls and VicaConsuls in Venezuela. Eight Cents Apiece For Hats. Kingston. Jamaica.?The Government of Trinidad is paying eight cents * head for live rats. The rats are in oculated with a virus and then given j to citizens to turn loose in their houses in an endeavor to kill off other | rats, to which disease is comtnuni- j cated by the inoculated animals. Silk Crop Halved by Typhoon. Hong Kong.?Seventy per cent, of the mulberry trees in the silk growing districts were destroyed in the typhoon, decreasing the silk prospects by half. The price of leaves has doubled. Leander Crew Beats Belgians. Henley, England. ? The international Olympic regatta came to an end with a sweeping victory for the , United Kingdom oarsmen, who have defeated all the Continental rowers | who participated in the races. Lean'j der beat the Belgians. ^TiLL I ?Week's cleverest cai PREDICTS AN AIRSHIP T Mr. Walter Wellman Says Count of Great Things In Aerl New York City.?Mr. Walter Wei man writes as follows regarding tb achievement of Count Zeppelin in h: airship: Count Zeppelin's record breakin voyage with his great airship sui prises no one familiar with the pre; 6Dt SCcllG 01 me 5CieUt:tJ Ui ucuai ua.> gation. That a modern motor balloo can be depended upon to make voj ages of from one to two thousan miles, under fairly favorable cond .tions, has long been known to me who are familiar with aeronautic! Count Zeppelin's success is epoc making in that it convinces a scei tical world of the practicability of ail ships and of their utility as engine of war and as instruments of e> ploration of the .upper air as well a narts of the earth otherwise inacces Bible, like the great unknown are Burrounding the North Pole. His latest demonstration withou doubt will assure the rapid buildin of aerial navies by .the chief militar Powers. In fact, Germany, Franc( Great Britain and the United State are already moving in that directioi France has the Lebandy and La Re publique already in commission, -an Count Zeppelin's ship, it is undei stood, is to be taken over for th German army. The modern airship or motor ba loon will prove to be an effective er gine of war. She can make recor noisances of an enemy's position, flj ing at wi altitude giving her in munity from the enemy's guns. Sh cannot only gain invaluable informs tion, but she can make attacks upo strategic points, such as cities, bridge and forts and the camps of hostil armies by dropping explosives dow upon them. Can Drop Explosives on linemy. This phase of the aerial warfare c the future has been declared imprac ticable by some critics because th dropping of,a thousand pounds of es plosive from a ship of the air woul instantly cause her to shoot up to great altitude. The critics who thin this is a fatal objection are not fami! iar with the art of airship construc tion and operation. Dropping on thousand pounds of ballast or weigh of any sort from a small balloor dirigible like the one Captain Bald win has built for the United State Government would, of course, b either impracticable (because the shi could not carry so much) or dangei ous if she could carry it. But tha weight suddenly released is a bags telle compared to the total lifting ca pacity of such a ship as the Zeppeii or my polar airship, the Americz The Zeppelin has a total lifting powe CONSUMPTIVES Frencli Doctor Finds in Cbes Of Di Paris.?While awaiting the disco\ ery of some means to cure tuberci losis scientists are searching for som means of early diagnosis, which hitt crto has been most difficult. Di Boureille now describes a series c experiments whereby an easy metho can be established. He examiued every year 120 women and girls. He measured th thorax at the moments of extrem inspiration and expiration and note BIRDS SLOWI Audubon Society's Efforts Savinc New Orleans.?The census of th bird islands on the Louisiana coas has been completed and shows a cor siderable increase in the number c the birds in spite of heavy losse through recent storms. The islands are nineteen in numbe and were given by the Federal mi State governments to the Audubo Society as a bird reservation. At th time of the gift the sea birds on th Gulf const were nearly extinct. Tlic census shows that G2.000 mor birJs have been added to the popula Chin:: Bars Morphine, Asks Japan's Aid Pekin.?China has asked Japan t consent to the restriction of the ini portation into China of morphine, a ffcll as the instruments used for th injection of the drug. All tho otlie Powers long since agreed to this re stricticn. It is highly desirable that Japa: consont to this proposal, particular!; in view of the opium congress to l> he'.d in Shanghai in January, whei a:ensures for the control 01 inc opim; traffic are to be devised. Orroian Machine Guns' First Volley Brought Down Balloon Beilin.?During a session of nigh practice by a machine gun corps o the army near Augsburg the gunner were ordered to train on a target bal loon which had been sent up durin; the day and was floating far abov and to the left of their point of en campment. The balloon was brought down a the first volley. The test was made Tor the purpos of ascertaining what chance an arm vould have of opposing a hostile ba! loon corps. PBCKING. iriP *-% ' V'' -t xafo* ~ toon, by Ketten, in the New York World. RIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Zeppelin's Achievement Gives Promise Lai Navigation and Warfare. 1- of between 25,000 and 30,000 pounds, .e while., the America lifts 19,500 is pounds. The altitude gained by such a ship through dropping one thousand g pounds in a lump presents no pracr fical difficulties whatever. 3- In the airship of the future, whethi er used for military or scientific purn poses, size is' sure to be a factor of r- prime importance. Interesting exd periments may be made with small i- ships. But real and important work n requires large ships, built by ens. gineers on a scale great enough to h admit of the employment of steel and )- other metals, instead of flimsy struc> tures of bamboo or such materials. lS Breaks All Records. c" Count Zeppelin has broken all records for length of run. But there is n<-> rMonn mhv thp military cruiser of the future should not have a radius . of movement of three or four thou* sand miles. Of course the greater ? the speed aimed at the greater the ; quantity of fuel that must be carried ' for a given distance. A ship like the ' America carries three tons of gasoll lene in her steel tank, and if the inC fluence of the winds be regarded as ? neutral she can motor 130 miles at " about twenty English miles an hour. Count Zeppelin's remarkable cruise I is onlv a foretaste of what is to be done with motor balloons in the near future. Within a few years I expect to see the Atlantic Ocean crossed by an airship of the Republique or Amerl" ica type. In fact, the America could e cross the Atlantic without much risk l" of accident with a little help from the ? winds. A voyage from New York to ? Chicago, or vice versa, is within her ^ scope, and I am strongly tempted to bring her over from Paris this fall and give Americans a demonstration of what a first class engineering conif etruction can do in the way of a long voyage through the air. e In view of the success of the Zeppelin, of the Lebandy, of the Red publique, and the undoubted ability a of the America to make a longer voyk age than Count Zeppelin has just I- made, many experts regret that the first venture of the United States e Government in military motor balt looning should be with such a small i- affair as that of Captain Baldwin. [- It has no class. It is too small. It s has no endurance. Captain Baldwin wtnrt Knf Vife mophlnp ic; e is <X S&1111U1 man, uuw uw p not large and powerful enough to - give him a chance against a great it cruiser like the Zeppelin. When the i- United States Government enters the i- aeronautic field it should not be conn tent to begin where foreign experli. menters ended years ago, but should r be up to date In size and engineering. > LUNG CAPACITY. t Measurements the Best Source a&rnosis. the difference. For normal females i- he found that the difference always e exceeded two and one-third inches, t- while for tuberculous women it never \ reached one and one-sixth. >f He then measured a thousand sold diers and found a differenece of from three and one-half to four and one0 half inches. The tests on tuberculosis e patients show that in ninety-eight per e cent, of the cases the difference never d exceeded one and one-sixth. JY INCREASING. 1 Many Species Now Nearly Extinct' e tion of the islands this summer. They it are mainly laughing gulls. Next in i- number are the Louisiana herons, the if royal eabots and Forster's terns and s black swimmers. Some of the varieties are nearly extinct. There are; r only twenty-five snowy herons left, d twenty-itwo black crowned night 11 herons and thirty-five Caspian terns, e all once abundant on the Gulf coast, e but killed off for their plumage. A j number of eggs have been destroyed e and young birds killed by recent i- storms. France to Use Posters I. to Gain Recruits. c Paris.?Tlie vote on two years of - military service releases a number of s men in the French regiments. There e is also a scarcity of re-enlistments. r The Colonel of the Twelfth Dra- | - goons, station at Pont a Moussou, has : nflnnt the American svs- I n tem of recruiting through brilliant ; y and artistic posters depicting the ad- i e vantages of service, including fancy I n cloth uniforms, the regular life in the n service an? at 10 p. m. bed for the petty officers. Newsy Gleanings. The Sultan of Turkey granted a ? constitution and will call a Parlia- > raent. The first steps toward the organiza- ! ? iion of a national aerial society were : c taken iu Washington, D. C. Governor Hughes announced he j would accept a renomianuon 11 it j t were the freely expressed wish of the party. e A hill has been introduced in the y Portuguese Chamber of Deputies to - oxpel the religious orders from the kiucdom. " ' / * '*.r' * " . r~ ; ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP m OF WRECKAGE Explodes During a Thunderstorm j and Blows Away. INVENTOR BROKEN HEARTED Swept From Its Moorings at Echterdingen While at Anchor During Long Anticipated Trial ? To Construct New Airship at Once. Echterdingen, Germany.?A dramatic end came to Count Zeppelin's attempt at a twenty-four-hour endurance flight in his monster dirigible balloon, and the airship, which the day before was cutting rapidly through the air and pursuing automobiles, lies in an open field near here a mass of twisted, useless metal. A chapter of accidents, due to a storm and the failure of mechanical appliances-combined, was responsible for the abrupt termination of the flight on the homeward journey. Nevertheless, the performance of the airship the day prior to its destruction added new laurels to those already gained by Count Zeppelin. It descended and landed on dry land easily and smoothly. One of the steel wire stays snapped, but otherwise the airship was as unruffled as if it had been dropped into its accustomed place in Lake Constance. It was the - ... J xi? A ? ? nrst lime on recora mat a uingiuic balloon had landed on firm ground without sustaining injury. Though Count Zeppelin was much cast down by the unlooked for ending of. what promised to be a record breaking flight throughout, it is probable that he will lose no time in constructing another airship. A Government check for $125,000 is on the way to him and subscription lists are being opened in the large cities to rai3e funds for another airship. When over Echterdingen Count Zeppelin decided to land, and the landing was effected easily and smoothly, only one of the steel wire stays being broken. The engineers immediately set a^out making repairs ! to the balloon, which rode at anchor in the centre of a large force of military which had been called out to keep the crowds away. Count Zeppelin telegraphed to ?? ?AtflU. r rieuriuusuaieu iui uuio ^aa vguilders and then went to an Inn foi luncheon. He had not returned when, at 2.30 o'clock, the wind suddenly sprang up. Some of the bystanders remarked to the officers that a storm was brewing and advised them to secure the airship, but their warning was unheeded, and at 2.58 a formidable gust of wind struck the airship broadside. At first the craft heeled over and then her bows rose in the air, carrying with them a number of soldiers who were holding the ropes. After poising for a moment at a height o! flftv fppt. the airshin crashed to the ground and the forward motor exploded. From the bows shot forth a flame, while from the rear came thick clouds of black smoke, shrouding the entire structure. When the air cleared the airship was seen lying in an open field on a high plateau, with the aluminum envelope in ragged, tangled strips. The metal stays and bands and portions of the motors were strewn about, blackened and burned scraps. Officers rushed forward and found that several soldiers had been hurt, j The four engineers who had occupied I the forward platform of the airship ! had escaped death, but were suffering j. from injuries. They were taken to a hospital. The men had tried when the balloon broke away to couple up the motors so as to ascend beyond danger, but had failed. Count Zeppelin yas immediately sent for. When he arrived and saw the hopeless wreck he broke down. His head was bent on his chest and teara were streaming from his eyes as he stood in an attitude of despaii in front of the shattered airship. Then friends induced him to enter a motor car and return to Stuttgart, whence later he left by train foi Friedrichshafen. Friedrichshafen.?Count Zeppelin's ! secretary said on the night following I the accident that the Count already ! was preparing plans for another balloon. STRIKE ON CANADIAN PACIFIC. 12)000 Union Shop Men Quit V" rk? Weekly Pny $230,000. Winnipeg, Manitoba.?Union shopmen employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway struck in all shops on the system from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and all shops are idle. It is estimated that 12,000 men went out, the largest number being 2500 in Montreal. Fifteen hundred quit a( Winnipeg. Two thousand men Ml work between Fort William anf ncouver, all at the dictates of the Executive Committees of the various unions affected. Even old workmen in line for pensions went-home, and it seems to be the most extensive strike in the history of railway shops in Canada. xexus i^uaranune /igainsi jk-.\uu. The State of Texas has established a rigid yellow fever quarantine against Mexico, an outcome of a tour of the republic by Dr. J. F. Eaves, of the State Health Department of Aus- ' tin. FELL INTO HIS BALLOON. , Captain Lovelace, of America, Nearly Suffocated by Singular Accident. ( London.?Captain Lovelace, the American balloonist, had a narrow ( escape at the Franco-British Exhibi- , tion. While he was climbing over the gas bag of a balloon the cover gavo ' way and he fell into the balloon. ' By the time an assistant was able ' rocr-no him bo wns nMrlv S'.iffo cated. WORLD'S 100-YARD RECORD. | < Waliicr, Sooth African Athlete, Makes New Time of 0.09 2-3. j Abergavenny, England. ? R. E. Walker, the South African sprinter, ] who won the final of the 100 meters dash at the recent Olympic games, at the games here broke the world's ( record for 100 yards, his time being < ^ rt C <vn /N #5 Pf Vl aC Q CQrtrtn/1 V Z-O &CUUUU9, UllC-li i til \JL ? ow.uiiVL less than the record made by Dan J. Kelly at Spokane, Washington, June ' 23, 1906. | . ....... This woman says she was saved from an operation by Lydia E. Pintham's Vegetable Compound. T#>nn.V TTpnrv nf NnrrisfcnwrL Ga_ writes to Mrs. f4nkham: "I suffered untold misery from female troubles. My doctor said an operation was the only chance I had, and I dreaded it almost r s much as death. "One day I read how other women had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I decided to try it. Before I had taken the first bottle I was better, and now I am entirely cured. " Every woman suffering with any female trouble should take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, nas been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation,'ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear- . ing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it t Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write lier for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Addr ess, Lynn, Mass. A Spendthrift. Publican?"And how do you ll'xe being married, John?" John?"Don't like it at all." "Why, "what's the matter wi' she, John?" "Well, first thing in the morning it's money; when I goes 'ome to my dinner it's money again, and at supper it's the same. Nothing but i money, money, money!" "Well, I ^evor! What do she do wi' all that money?" "I dunno. I ain't given her any ^ yet."?Literary Digest. London Grass. We English people are so prone to run down our own belongings that foreigners are astonished sometimes to find how much pleasanter a spot to live in is London than our accounts Df it had led them to expect. "There Is much grass in the place" is a description that would be quite beside the mark when speaking of Paris or Berlin, but would not ill suit our Dwn metropolis. ? London Ladies' Field. . Genius and Obesity. The annals of genius are filled to overflowing with the names of men who toiled and achieved fame under a full habit. Nothing can be more uniust than the iibes about "fat and folly" and fatness and indolence. Martin Luther was as fat as Calvin was thin; Ernest Kenan's obesity did not obscure his insight and brilliancy. Many writers and speakers have too long spoken invidiously of fatness, but the best retort we have been able to glean in our reseraches into this weighty subject is that of C. H. Spurgeon, the famous preacher. "People," said Spurgeon, "say I am fat. I am not fat. I am bone and flesh. My limbs, thank God, are amply clothed, and I am in my right mind."?Strand Magazine. Lost the Pill. The little daughter of a homoeopathic physician received a ring with a pearl in it on the Christmas-tree. Two days later she poked her head tearfully in at the door of her father's office. "Papa," she sobbed, "papa, I've lost the little pill out of my ring!"? Christian Register. If He's a Prudent Bachelor. A woman's pocketbook always has a piece of poetry in it, ar>d somewhere in a bachelor's pockets you will find a safety pin.?Somerville Journal. WONDERED WHY Foand the Answer Was "Coffee." Many pale, sickly persons wondoi for years why they have to suffer so, and eventually discover that the drug ?caffeine?in coffee is the main cause of the trouble. "I was always very fond of coffee and drank it every day. I never had much flesh and often wondered why I was always so pale, thin and weak. "About five years ago my health completely broke down and I was confined to my bed. My stomach was in siiph condition that I could hardly take sufficient nourishment to sustain life. "During this time I was drinking coffee, didn't think I could do without it. "After awhile 1 came to the conclusion that coffee was hurting me, and decided to give it up and try Postum. I didn't like the taste of it it first, but when it was made right ?boiled until dark and rich?I soon became very fond of it. "In one week I began to feel better. [ could eat more and sleep better. My sick headaches were less frequent, md within five months I looked and felt like a new being, headache spells entirely gone. "My health continued to improve, ind to-day I am well and strong, veigh 148 lbs. " I attribute my present health to the life-giving qualities of fosiura." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to timci The/ ure genuine, true, and full of human Interest. mi