With alTtW kml S ilMwrii ot l&i*. it* big ?M its smaller , jwfni Is, there is n olnt or utitkMw ?kick wo k>n tt wtwd with in the In of mWi and ptiu. la mm way and by nm bmu ?my one ku a touch of Umb in KM fern at IOO? time. Trifling as mm of them may ho, the risk is that they will grow to something greater and rack the system with contlut torture. There is nothing, therefore, of this kind that we have a, right to trifle with. TakM la time, the worst forma of paiaa aad ache* are eerily subdued aad cored' by the free use of St. Jacobs Oil. No well regulated household ought to be without a bottle of this great remedy for pain. Tt is the specific virtue of penetra tion in St. J.i?o1m Oil that carries it right to the pain spot and effect a a prompt cure even in the most painful eases of Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Lumbago, Sciatica. You want it .list in the house at all times for hurts, cuts and wounds, and the house that always lits it keeps up a sort of in surance against pain. The Brighton (England) Aquarium has forty-one tank* .-?nd is 713 feet long by 100 oat on the New York side he found that he still had Flossy in his | possession. " 'Oh. never m'nd,* he said to lilm ?elf. Til keep Flossy here at the office, and when I go home to-night i'il take her nlong and drop her into the river.* "Accordingly he dismissed Flossy from his mind entirely and plunged Into his day's work." The advertising solicitor, who was telling the story, was glad to note that by the time he had reached this point In the narrative he had succeeded in getting the close attention not only of the lady from Boston, lmt as well that of the four or live clerks and steno graphers in the room. They had nil quit their work and were listening ????? crly to his story. Already he saw suc cess ahead, and with that as an inspir ation he told the rest of the story with renewed animation and enthusiasm. He looked the old laily from Boston straight in the eye and went on. "When evening came he picked up Flossy, still wrapped in her brown paper shroud, and took a ??a;* from his oftleo down to the ferryboat. At the dock, as it happened, lie met again the friend with whom he had talked dur ing the trip across tin* river in the morning. They exchanged salutations, and. half unconsciously, he noticed I that his friend also carried a brown paper parcel In one hand. "The two men walked Into the cabin and sat down together on the plush covered seats which ran along one side of the room. Between was a vacant seat, on which they laid their respect live bundles. "The talk between them was on the prospects for a rise in Metropolitan stock, a subject on which my friend's friend was especially well posted. And ns m.v friend held an interest of ?pv eral thousand. dollars in the stock. It is easy to understand why he was deeply Interested In what he could learn of its prospects. "At any rate he listened so closely to the story that presently the boat land ed at the dock In .lersc.v City, ami he sat up with a shock f circumstance* which had resulted In still leaving Flossy on Ills hands, llav. | ing a well developed sense of humor, my friend felt no anger at fate for playing him such a Irick. It waa mere ly a good Joke on himself. That was nil. He would carry Flossy home again | and tell his wife about it. Then, In , the morning, lie would lnakr it his business to nee that the proper rites I and ceremonies were performed." The advertising solicitor was ueartng the point and climax of his story, lie stopped for a moment and looked to see how It was going. Hie lady from Boston was all attention. There was an almost tender, sympathetic look In her eyes. He could see her III imsgln atlon already fixing her name to a large advertising contract. The sten ographers and clerks la the room still sat motionless, drinking In every wor which fell from his month. "My friend walked on home, with h* brown paper parcel In his hand. HA wife met him at the door. M 'I've brought Flossy bark.' he said. 'I forgot nbout dropping her into the river, both going over and coming back.* "Then he went on and told her in de tail the story or the day's misadven tures. " *Oh. never mind.* said bis wife, with a half *lgh. *lt ooesn't make any difference. To-morrow morning wltf do just exactly oh well.* . **8lie took the parcel from bis hands. " ?Beside*/ she went on. 'I'm glad t? have a chance to take another look at poor Flossy.* -With a preliminary sigh she un wrapped the parcel. It contained tw< pounds of beefsteak!" The advertising solicitor stopped. Il< was all through. Nothing happened The cold sweat came out lu great drop* on hi* forehead. Was such a thins possible? He stole a terrified glance nrounl the room. Several of the stenograph ers were giggling in their haudker chiefs, lie glanced at the lady front Boston. She was looking at him ex pectantly. The sympathetic flush 01 her checks was possibly a llttie deeper Finally she spoke. "And what became of the poor eat?' she said.? Chicago Tribune. BiPEO HOGS. Some ? Definition* That Will Be Ap plandml by lite Well Bred. A Kansas man was on trial l>efort a justice of the peace on a charge ol stealing hogs. The defendant's attor ney asked that his client he dls charged on the ground that pigs, no' liogs, had lieen stolen. The Justlei took down Webster's Dictionary and found warrant there for non-discrina tion as to age. and the defendant wa> convicted. A wise judge. Hq might have gom a great deal further. If the necessities of the case had demanded It. as tc the comprehensiveness of the wore "hog." It lias had a wide extensloi in meaning ever since the revered Col Noah Webester gave It a broa< enough range to enable the Kansaf Judge to hang the scales of justici aloft unjarred. A hog is a person who sticks to tlu end seat in a summer car. though li< may he going to the end of the loin route and knows dozens of people nmy have to climb In and out past him with bundles. A hog is a person who jams his suit case in front of you at the rallwaj station ko ?? to get your place in the line to the gate. v A hog is a person who opens lilt window in a railway car and allow* dust and cinders to fly in tlio face of the passengers behind, though he would not. tolerate an open window at the seat next iu front. A hog is a person who "breaks in'* while you are negotiating in a store and takes the attention of the sales man or saleswoman away from you. A hog is a person who sits sideways in a car where other passengers arc standing. A hog is a person who insists or discussing "the mutability of human aflTalrs" witli the ticket seller at tlu theatre when the curtain is about to be rung up on the performance. A hog is a person who hangs around the supper room all evening nt a re ception. omitting to retire with hi* rehiy so that other hungry people may have a chance. A beg is a person who. if allowed to. occupies two whole scats with hi* bristly cnrcni?? and I:!?, "?'nn*.' (hough weary men. women and chil dren may be racing through the aisle? looking for a place to sit down. A hog is a person who tries to mo nopolize all tiie waiters at a station restaurant and assumes a bullying, masterful air when other people will submit and go back to the train starved simply because th;\v cannot do the subject justice without tran scending the manners of ladies and gentlemen. Indeed, the vicissitude* of travel hardly ever fail to lead the Iiog Into "giving himself away." Cincinnati Enquirer. Here's r New One. A now swindle is being worked by o pa ir or strangers in Southern Michigan according to the Auburn (Ind.) l>ls patch. A stranger appears on the road apparently searching for a lost valua ble diamond ring, but leaves aftei getting some responsible person Inter ested. offering $100 for t lie return ol the ring. Soon after his departure a tramp appears and picks up what appears to be the missing ring. Thf person who has been offered $100 re ward for its return seos nn opportunity to make a stake by giving the tramp n liberal sum for it, but falls to And the owner, lie then consults a diamond expert and learns that the sparkler worth shout fifteen cents. Th? Stone CaHfr'? HI un pointed out to visitors ns one of thf sight* of t lie neighborhood. It wa? placed over Hie grave by n wldowel who, while not lacking in love for th< I departed one. was penurious to a de grcc. He ordered a small stone be cause it whs cheap, and told the mason j to engrave on It this inscription' ! "Sarah Ilackctt. Aged ninety years | Lord, she was Thine." The stonecut I ter said there was too much inscription i for so small a surface, but was told to go ahead and ? squeeze it on somehow." Here is the inscription as squeezed "Sara Ilackctt. Aged ninety. L?rd, she was Thin." .lew* Heroine Christian*. According to a correspondent of tl;< Jewish Chronicle, t?M.000 .lews were converted to Christianity in the nine | teenth century. The large majority | became Catholics. In the langwft ft chemistry, pure radium baa never Men Isolated. The metal seen in the laboratory is a com pound of radium with chlorine or bro mine, and la knows aa radium cblor* Ide or radium bromide. Approaching the great centfea of imputation the quantity of dust held lu suspension by the air Ircrcasea enor mously. According to Sir James Crlcliton Browne, the air of London contains 150.000 proportional parts of dust to Paris* 210.000, while in Argyl shire, Scotland, there are only 200. A new luminous fungus has been forwarded to Europe from 'Tahiti. It is said to emit at night a light resem bling that of the glowworm, which it retains for a period of twenty-four hours after having been gathered, and It is used by the native women in bou quetn of flowers for personal adorn ment in the hair and dress. It is be lieved to grow on the trunks of trees. The greiit earthquakes are traced by a committee of the Kritisli Associa tion to eight districts, of which seven are beneath the ocean. Five fringe the shores of the Pacific, one is in the ludian Ocean, one In the West Indies, and the eighth is in the Caucasian Himalayan region. Kacli of these earthquakes tdiook the entire earth, while the broken up strata left g.-ive numerous after shocks. The earth movement Is propagated around the glolie sit the uniform rate of about two miles per second, but through the c.-irtli the rate Increases with the depth of about seven miles per sec ond. A curious instance of the care and minuteness with which the human IkmI.v is now studied, in the effort bet ter to understand its |K>wcrs and func tions. is furnished by a paper read recently at a meeting of the Iloyal So ciety in T.omlon on the "Hapidily of the Nervous Impulse in Tall and Short Individuals." Even the difference in time required for a "nerve telegram'' to traverse the bodies of different peo ple Is regarded us a matter of scien tific importance. A series of observa tions has shown that the length of tlio nerves does not affect the velocity with which an impulse passes between the brain und the extremities, and con sequently that more time is needed if the path is long than if it is short. A JOKE ON A PROPHET. ?talked BU Wcll-PUunril KfTort to Wnllt on th? Walrr. ?*I liavo often heard my grand mo thei tell of a joke played on the so-called ?Prophet' Joseph 8mi?h. Sr.. of the Mormon Church," says C. II. Cart well "Some time in the thirties Smith ami a party of his followers were proselyt ing in Muskingum County, Ohio, lie appointed a certain day wlicn lie would show the people his wonderful powers, and I hat he was a second Christ. l>y walking on the waters of Mud Creek The water was always muddy. A day or two before the time set grand moth er's brother Robert and a couple of neighbor hoys were accidentally at traeted to the Mormons working at the creek, and. concealing themselves watched the Mormons put dowu stake? and put plank on them from bank tc bank, the plank resting about six inches tinder water. After the Mor inons left the boys went down and took out the centre plank, where the watei was about ten feet deep. The next day 'Balaam' Smith came down to tlif creek, and, after a long exhortation started across the <-reek. He was all right and 011 top till he came to tlif centre, where his 'powers' seemed tc have left him, and he. like Mctiint.v went to the lK>ttom. Tills was the end of Mormonism in that old tried and true Presbyterian County."? Chicago .. r? ? No I ??pi ration Their. "All 1 want is a room with an open fireplace in it." said the Literary Man "I don't care bow small the room is, or how bare, but it must have an open fireplace or 1 can't work in it. "You sect in the summer a clian can get his Inspiration from out of doors but the rest of the year he has to de pend on what lie can see indoors. Now you can always see something in the open tire and get something out of it But a steam heater is strictly lnisi ness. There's m>t a spark of the arti*? tic temperament In its make-up. Thai's why 1 have left my apartments an<> am in search of a little workroom with a fireplace, "I sat and stared at my steam heater a whole night and not a suggestion did it give me. Finally I shut my eyes and imagined a fire, and had Just managed to begin work when Thump! Thump' Thump-thninp-tbonip! went the heater, and I couldn't write a Hue because it was beating the wrong time. No. sir 1 want an open fireplace, pleas;?."? Philadelphia Press. tVlld llocii In r?nn?ylv*nlft, A paek of wild dogs almost as sav age as wolves has been discovered in the wilds of Wyoming County. Pcnn sylvanla. These wild curs are believed to b* the offspring of two dogs once owmc' by a hermit who lived in the wilds When the old man was taken in charge by the poor overseer the dogs remained In the woods. They were even then wo|f-lik<> ir their habits and haunts, and the wild canines now Infesting the "slushing*" are douhtlcs* the offspring of these Hunters will endeavor to exterminate the pack before liny heroine more nu merous. Wild dry flit Just when my name naa made a hit, And pconk tried pronouncing it. Yi Yonk Ik. The splendor that 1 nrndc mine own Now reata beneath a chinelcd stone ? "Jiwt hie.*' Your name, with rhythmic clink and clank, Wa? one before which other* ithrank ? Mine with more softness nwe and sank. Yi Yonk Ik. My name was like a serenade, Until some jealous lout or jade Threw a brick. My name was like n gent'e sigh ? A song beneath the Southern sky - But, still, we're brother*, you ?utd I, Yi Yonk Ik. Ahhouirh your name, when spoken, makes A sound like Westinghouse's l?r*kes Clutching quick. But, do not mourn. Kejoice with me, For future agen still *hall see Our names a-romp through history, Yi Yonk lk. Yes. Yi Yonk Ik and Wok y (iil Shall through the coming epochs peal. We can't kick. ? Chicago Tribune. "Anything new about tin* war!*' "An unofficial dispatch lias just been confirmed."? Chicago Ketord- Herald Siiut your mouiii. And open your i*ye*, And other in'opiC Will think you wise. "You don't mean to say you girl? have started a secret society V" "Yes it's a society whose members pledgt themselves to tell all the seerets they know."? Philadelphia Ledger. Citisen? "What have you done it that inurder case':" Petc-tlvc- "Well we've jumped on to more wroni: clues than any other sri of dei'-clives tli!* season." ? Cincinnati Tribune. Dolly? "There's honey for tea." ltol (always glad to give Dolly inform.-! tioni ? "Yes. Bits make honey." I toll; ? "And who makes jam':" I ? ?!? ? "Beetles, of course."- -Punch. Saul a muscular Mo-lcnt ol Mitsrat To hix cat. "Cat. you can'UaUii a :i:u?krat. And when it i? plain Thai a cat can't obtain A musk rat at Muscat. cat must -vat." -Life. Mrs. Nuritch "I think i'i! take ihit bracelet. Arr you sure it's made ol rctincd isold':" Jeweler "Oh. yes.' Mrs. Xuritch ? "Because I do detest anything that isn't refined." Philadel phia Ledger. She ? "But if you say you can't boat the girl, why ever did you propose':' He ? "Well. Iiei people have alwayf been awfully good to me. and it's the only way I could return their hos pitality."? ruiich. Iloldeu? "You thin.' i really m-.'an to say that Miss Clover fell in love with Deliver! Why, he is never clean: his face ami neck are invariably black with coa I dust." Sheldon - "1 suspect that Is why she married him. In these times, you know, coal dust is better than 110 coal at all." First Theatre Manager- "We have Mopped printing jokes in our pro grammes. It had got so that patrons didn't listen to the funny men at all. but read their programmes ins. cad." Second Ditio--" Why. at our house we print the jokes 0:1 purpose to prevent the patrons from ii'Micing how bail the stuff is that's got off on '.lie stage." - Boston Transcript. Daughter? "Yes. pa. there are two young men who have asked me to marry, and both are nice fellows." Father? "And are both on a way to support you':" Daughter -"I think so Phil tells n;*? he has a tidy salary, and tleorge says lie is receiving good wages." Father ? "You choose tJeorge. ? ml you'll make no mistake. I think At any rate, it's safer to marry a man who lias wages."? Boston Transcript. A Queer IMeilge. Ill the Kobe Yushin appears a story ">f "a foreign lady, apparently about fifty years of age, accompanied by a Voting Japanese gentleman." who de lighted a crowd at the railway station by waving a Japanese Mag ami cheer ing as troops departed for the war and 1 1 s?> distributing money among the sol liers. Then, says the accounl. "after she bad exchanged hearty handshakes with the officers. she turned to Captain llauiiosuko Miyamoto and putting on one of his arms a gold bracelet she had worn on her right arm. remarked 'My young man, please accept my pres put. ami tight your best.' 'Thank you. was his rtvly. "I promise you I wil' never return without this bra cob- 1 smeared with Russian blood."' 19.000,000 .few* In the World. Profesflor I la man. who recent It made a rough census of the Jews of the world, conclude* that there are now nearly 1 l.OOtl.tNio of tliein in Kurope and SJHMMHM) outside of Kttrope. Tilt United States has l.Oun.OOO. In Kurope. Russia has Ti.rioo.nno: Aus tria-Hungary, l.Niu.iKMi; tJerinany, raw. 000; Itouniniihi, :$00,000; Ureat Britain. Jtf 10.000; Turkey. PJO.OOO; Hoi land. l)7.00b; France, 77.000; Italy. SO,* OOO; Bulgaria. Jll.dOO; Switzerland 12. IKK); t Jreeep.dOdd; Servla. 4 OOO: Sweden, Belgium. :t000: Spain. HI. l'or tugal has only hi Jewish resident*.? New York Sun. ItuMlN'M Tood r*rlir*. J'lie Russians have taken the most re Miarkable secret precautious for the provisioning of their troops. At in tervals of about a quarter of a mile along the greater part of t.'u entire length of the Siberian Hallway stores of concent rated proteld food have been burled on each side of the line, each deposit being enough to maintain a company -said to be -'1H| men? for a week. The position of these provis ions Is not known to the sergeants or captains, but only to the commandant*, who have the information in cipher.? London Chronicle. Too Orantlr * C*?e. A Berlin paper says the best pre ventive of appendicitis is to walk ott all lours three times a day. twenty minutes at a time. But who wouldu't rather have appcudicitla? ^ ? HOSPITAL SB0KET8. A Nurse Sav?: "Pe-ru-na b a Tome of Efficiency. MRS. KATE TAYLOR. - Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated Hur?e of prominence, gives her experience vtlth 1'erana In an open letter. Her poutlon in so ciety and professional standing combine to give special prom inence to her utterances. CHICAGO, ILL., 427 Monroe St.? I "A* fur as 1 have observed I'eruna is the finest tonic any man or woman 1 can use who is weak from the after etlccts of any serious illness. "1 have seen it used in a number of J convalescent cases, and have seen several 1 other tonics used, but I found that | those who used I'eruna had .the quickest relief. ??Peruna ircms to rratore'vltallty. i incrcaae bodily vigor ami rcneto ; health andstrrnyth In a iconderfttll y j short time. ??? MttS. KATE TAYLOR. In view of the great multitude of women suffering from some form of female dis ease and yet unable to find any cure. Dr. Hartman, the renowned specialist on female catarrhal diseases, has announced kls willingness to direct the treatment of us many eases as make application to him during the summer mouths, without charge. Address The Pcruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Queer Phraseology. An example of the ravages which the British tariff discussion is making In London is given by W. L. Alden. He says: "'Are you a little pigger or a little hogger?' I asked of Bradley the other morning as I met him on the top of a Picadllly bus. I pride myself on being able to make courteous and pleasant remarks early in the day. 'Neither,' he replied, 'I am a universal ?wine.' " His Dear Motherln-Law. An Ithaca grocer, who is in the habit of feeding the sparrows in front of his place of business, threw out a whole loaf of bread the other morn- j tng.but a man who wan driving (7 saw the loaf and took it away from the birds with the remark: "It's good enough to take home to sy mother in law." If a druggist has 110 conscience lie usually lias something lie considers equally good. out of an attack of Rheumatism ? Neuralgia Is to use St Jacobs Oil Which affords not only sure relief, faui ? ptoiTipt curc. !! s^th'S: subdues, and ends the suffering. Price* 25v and 5f c. FREE to WOMERf A Lhk TtW PoxttaeToHet Antiseptic The fonnuU of * noted Boston physician, and used with great success as a Vaginal Wash, for Leucorrhou. Wvic Catarrh, Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and ail soreness of mucus membrane. In local treatment of female ill* Paxtineie invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash we challenge tho world to produce its equal fee thoroughness. It is a revelation in cleansing and healing power; it kills all germs which cause intiannnution and discharges. All leading druggitts keep Paxtlnr; price, 80s. a box; if you r*d?** not, send tnu?fr>r it. Dosl take a substitute ? there is nothing like Putiaa WHtefor the Free Box or Paxtlne to-day. L P AXIOM CO.. 7 Pope Bid jr.. Boston, Xaa. The flavor of TOBACCO may be in jured by the use of stable and rank organic manures. Potash in the form of sulphate produces an improved flavor and a Rood yield. Tobaico must have Potash. 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