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OLD mm* mn DESTRUCTION OF SE The Assvrian came down like the "wolf on the fold, And his cohorte were gleaming in purple and goid; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilee. Like the heaves of the forest when summer is green, That bust with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn had blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, .And breathed in the face of the foe as he Sasc'd; c And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill And their hearts but once heaved-and forever grew still. A Git WI' LIVING Ch By George Bili 7?\ "T i HIS happened before you boys were born," Unele HriTy^ais?r??ir;- -Stretching himself in the oasy\^ir "It was when I was quite a youngs'*^ myself. I didn't have as easy a time of it thea as boys of to-day. I had^i earn my living when I was thirjJM and before I was sixteen I haj??Su around the world twice. I Jg/P^t a cabin passenger, either, jjfj0rslruply arabin boy, which m^pcT an all id overworked atV^nueh-abused I was neatl'ly sixteen we had ?n^/yif? of the islands in the and we were all washed re were sixteen of us in Riding one young fellow ?ered half an idiot, but le plenty of fun for ?p-castle. When we on the beach we froin the frying .?tood several tfs armed to entres and kas if they lief came carried the NNACHERIB'S HOST. And '.here lay thc steed with his nostril all wide. But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as thc spray of the rock beating surf. And there lay the rida-, distorted and pale, With the dev.- on his brow and thc rust on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances uplifted, tho trumpet un blown. And thc w:dow3 of Ashur are loni in their wail, And thc idols are broke in thc temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, uncmote by the sword. Hath melted like snow in thc glance of the Lord! -Lord Evrcn. 1ESSMEN /SN V? Le?bert Walsh. board. He moved the few remaining fellows of his crew with slowness anc precision. I had been selected as ? knight, and I found myself time anc again brought into such close proxim to the chief's knight that I feared my freedom. But in some strange ray Strander always brought mc out of the dangerous position, and by far sighted planning gave me a chance tc capture some of the pawns of the enemy. "My greatest triumph came when 1 captured in a double play the chief's bishop and castle. Nothing could have made me feel happier at thai moment, and I could see the chief scowl with anger and determination. The loss of these men made the battle more equal, and the chief grew nervous and rest less. His fingers played feverishly with his long tunic, and his mustache was twisted and twirled several times between each play. His warriors also lost their cheerful manners and co longer shouted when he made a move. "But Strander was like a sphinx. He was sober and serious, and his eyes were glued upon the players before him. I thought he often looked at me with a queer expression, and even when he was watching his opponent's play a gleam from the corner of his eyes appeared to take me in. Was he, after all, merely playing with the king to give him the impression that it was a hard-fought game? I began to bd, lieve that he was only fooling antagonist, and that the SECRET OF DIGESTION. Experiments on a Dog Produced Curl? ous and Interesting Result's. Some experiments on a dog con cerning the effects of personal liking for various foods on the digestion were recently made by a well known scient ist. The results are curious and in teresting. It was found that the articles of diet which the animal \V%F. particular ly fond of met with a great flow of the gastric juices, and were accordingly digested better and more quickly. For purposes of observation the gullet of the dog was cut in sections and fixed to the neck, so that the food it ate fell through; the stomach of the ani mal was also divided into two por tions, Into one of which no food was allowed to enter, thc other being sup plied only with the food necessary to life. . If some tempting dainty was held before the dog and he evinced the usual signs of pleasure in the expected treat, it was noticed that at once the stomach juices -sprang into play, al though the food when swallowed did not reach the stomach at all. On the other hand, If he was fed with some thing which he evidently did not have any preference for thero was no ac tion of the gastric fluid. Also, more curious still, when food was introduced, unknown to the ani mal, into the working half of his stom ach it lay there absolutely dry and untouched by the digestive juices for several hours, even though the food were of the most digestible sort. All of which proved conclusively that mere thought or favorable brain action of any sort concerning the foor? eaten not only assisted the^digestien, but partly caused it. Professor Paw low, who made the experiments, thinks this partly, at least, explains why men of letters are often dyspeptic. Their minds are busy with things far re moved from their dinners when they are eating. Tbe connection between the nerve which sends tho important message down to the digestive ma chinery below for more oil and the patient engineer of nutrition is cut off.| So when unexpected orders for deglutition come piling in upon them they are not ready and the work ?3 bungled.-New York Herald. PART OF THE BLUFF. "Why," she finally ventured to falter, "do you look so sad when we are sitting-thus?" "Because," he answered," gazing tend erly down into her troubled eyes, "a man always looks sad when he holds a lovely hand." She was something reassured, al though she did not altogether under stand.-New York Herald. A woman has written 4,070 words on ons side of a poniard. ^Najvorri is of less t h a ^t?wSrlMltHl??f? A Fino Campnljrn. HE subject of good roads is by no means new, but there is nevertheless something new in this connection. Some time ago a scheme was devised by the United States Department of Agricul ture whereby some practical object lessons would bc given to the putlte in various parts of the country. An other road building outfit has been pro vided which, through the co-operation ol' the railroads, is to be transported about the country for the purpose of giving illustrative exhibitions in the art of road building. To construct good roads out of selected material is not a difficult task, but to provide an accept able highway with local material and under unfavorable conditions is not always easy, idealizing the value of snell a movement to the railroads, Mr. Hill, of tho Great Northern, has placed a train at the disposal of the depart ment, and it is now engaged on that road in demonstrating to the people what can be done in that line. It Is proposed to proceed to the. Pacific Coast, stopping at various places where the need of such instruction is appar ent, and show, through the medium of actual work, how much the ordinary wagon road may be improved by the use of intelligent method and thc proper use of present means. , That the railroads should give all possible aid and encouragement to such( a scheme is not strange. No single; interest in the country, agriculture ex-.' copied, will be as much benefited by; the general establishment of good roads) as they. Nothing is more destructive; of economical railroad operation thanj the periodical interruption of the ever and continuous How of traffic which; results from the condition of the roads over which thc produce and supplie of the country is handled to and from the railroads. To overcome such disability all railroads would be jus ?fied in going, and many of them ar now ready to go, to any reasonable out lay. There is probably not a syste of any considerable mileage but tba would be glad to co-operate with th Department of Agriculture in its lauda. lile efforts. The difficulty will be nd in obtaining opportunities for makin the desired examples in tile season cJf road building, but in selecting the 1110% valuable of the many sections whi wiil be open to it. The Southern ciflc Company has already extended t earnest request that its lines In Ca foruia be used for that pur GUATEMALA'S LOSS. fha Damage* to tho Coffee IMnntntlons bj Volcanic Dust Not Permanent. Thousands of acres of the best coffee plantations of Guatemala have been covered by volcanic dust to a depth of several feet in thc recent eruptions. A?roports speak of the plantations as b?jng completely ruined. Thc loss is very heavy, for lt will hike some years to bring a new lot of Coffee trees into bearing. But it would Rot be correct to infer tliat the fertil ity of thc buried region is permanently (?paired. f Volcanic soils are among the best In fhe world. They contain large sup plies of thc salts that make plant food. ? The mountain districts of Scotland, formed mostly of old crystalline rocks, afford very poor soil. This is the prin cipal reason why thc Highlands of Scotland are not turned to good ac count. . Here and there, however, arc 'small areas covered with the outpour ing of volcanoes which became extinct long ages ago. "Where these outpour ings of lava and volcanic dust are Tound there are areas of fertility, green .islands among the heather and moss on thc almost barren Highland slopes. It was written centuries ago, in the days of Milton and Tasso, that the peasants living on the slopes of Vesu vius were fearless and cheerful even when they saw the lava flowing from Its summit. They had forgotten the tragedy of Fompoii. They could tell about how far and how fast the lava would move and they retreated before it without haste. They knew that thc lav.': would work some damage for the time, but that soon after it had cooled they would again cover thc fields over which it had passed with rich vineyards and sweet flowers. The lavas of Vesuvius are rich in thc elements of fertility. It is just so with the lava fields of our own country. One of the greatest of them is in Arizona, extending from the San Francisco ivs. soyjt.b-.. ward and norjlvward, and a part of this region/r/covered with one of the finest gvdwths of trees in the Terri tory .'The decomposition of lava blocks 'mixed with the other needed elements provides a seil that is very favorable to vegetation. A large area in the northwestern part of the country id covered with ?ava, and if it is ever found feasible to irrigate this region lt will be among the finest areas of tillage %. in the land. While Guatemala has suffered great loss for a time, the ruin of which all the cablegrams have spoken will not be of a permanent nature. It is only the improvements of the day that have been ruined. A few years moro, unless' further outbursts occur, will see the region restored to its past prosperity as ono the. hf?s? coffee districts in thf ric Sun. Jf-imp- 4 PrSt feoundity mincis oue of tug PROMINENT PHYS CB.CHAMB] " OP WASH ir J i C. B. Chamberlin, M. D., writes from * * * * * ? * " Many cases have come under has benefited and cured. Thetyi for catarrh and a general irv/tie. ?* Medical-"?xa^Aacr U. S.' Trciistiry. Dr. Llewellyn Jordan,'Medical Examiner of U. S. Treasury Department, graduate of L j. j.j, n t ? ? ? ? * ? ? ? ? * ? > Columbia College, J and who served ? three years at J West Point, has ? tho following to I say of P?rima: ? "Allow me tn I express my grati J tude to you for ? the benefit derived J from your won ? derful remedy. J One short month ? has brought forth I a vast change and i now consider my ? self a well man APOTHEOSIS OF SPAIN'S SPORT. R. H. Davis Says the Royal Bull Fight Was a Fair Fight With no Favor On this occasion amateurs of the crack cavalry regiments acted as pica dors, and were mounted on thorough bred polo ponies. The riders wore no protecting armor, and their ponioh were not blindfolded. They attacked the bull only after he had first charg ed them, and then their aim was to kill him from in front by a thrust of a spear over his horns and down to his heart, and at the same instant to lift their ponies out of danger. The blade 14th an? P Sta., Washington, D. C *nfa observation, where Per*na fore 1 cheerfully recommend M -C. E. CFIAMDEHLiy, M. )> and I after months of suffering. Fellow sufferers, Peruna will cure y>u."-Dr. Llewellyn Jordan. Geo. C. Havener, M. D., of >nacostia, D. C., writes: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columns, 0.: Gentlemen-"In my practice I have had occasion to frequently prescribe V?ur val uable medicine, anti have found it1 use ben eficial, especial!" in cases of c-tarrh." George C. Havener, M. D. 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