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Mandarins LItc In Lnxur?.
Pebin is much like all Chinese cities
?picturesquely confusing and terribly
dirty. Streets run in the most bizarre
fashion, aimlessly wandering from bad
to worse, fringed on both sides by
hovels and palaces in confusion. Dogs
and pigs meander about with beggars
and unkempt children and weird odors
overwhelm the traveler. Of course,
in the outlying hills the rich mandarins
live in luxury and have beautiful
?1 palaces with every comfort. Idyllic
gardens surround these homes and the
landscape gardener is given full scope.
? TGrowing
Latenflar In Enflsnd.
At the village of Wellington, near
Croydon, England, lavender-growing,
as a commercial undertaking, Is prospering
in a greater degree than ever"
^ before, while peppermint, pennyroyal,
rosemary and camomilearealsogrown. y
P: * Dye!ng Is a9 simpfeas washing when you
i ? Snse Fctsam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by all
K . tttogglats.
Most counterfeit documents are de?
tected through some Individual peculiarity
of the counterfeiter of which he j
himself is not aware.
?VFlorida
and tlie SOMA**!, ,
The Southern Railway, with Jts perfect
service, is e ow handling a very large business
for parties destined South and Southwest.
The System operates through Sleeping Cat
service i rom Sew York to Atlanta, Montgom?iy.
Mobile, New-Orleans, Chattanooga, Birmingham,
Meridian. Memphis, Na#bfflle.
Columbia, Augusta. Savanfl&h. .TacJCBMCVilla'
and Tampa; -fieo Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars Washington to San Francisco. Dining
Car senriceon all through trains. For information
ball on or address Alex. S. Thweatt,
JCastern Pass'r Agt., 1185 Broadway, Newxork
/ !Electri? power is being incraaamcly
used on some large western f^nxit for
fitoping. 'y
> \ There Is more Catarrh in this section of the
nnnntrr than all other diseases nut teff ether.
Mid until the last few rears was supposed tobe
j Incurable. For a great many years doctors
r ' prononnced it a local disease' and. prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
. cure with local treatment, pronounced it incnrable.
Science has proven catarrh to "be a
constitutional disease and therefore Irequires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
' , manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co^Toleda,
Ohio, is the only constitutional curp.,on the
market. It is taken internally in doMfe from
. 10 drops to a tea spoonful. It acts dirtotly on
the blood and mucous surfaces ofAeayrtrm.
They offer one hundred dollars f<* atky> case
It fails to core. Send for clroiUartftand "testimonials.
Address PJ. CacnpcY* CalToledk, 0.
8dld by Druggists, 75c. ^
Hall's Family Pills' are the beet *
Nearly sixty per cent, of all Russians
are unable to read oil- write./ t !
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Th* But PrucTiptlra Ar QUlll {
and Fever Is a 'bottle of QB9tfp Timing
ChuaTonio. It Is (imply ironand qmiaine la J
a tastslese torn. No cur??nayiy, yrlo> 60c. *
It costs Chicago's automobSlista. $10 for
each repair of a punctured tjre? i
If you want "good digestion tqJKftft up?n
your ajt^etitB" you sbooltf alwnji ?MW
& bar of Adams' Papain Tattl Pruttt,
?V?Jpar*so, Chile^ importe yearly about
50,000 barrels of Portland cement.
FITS parmanentlt cQre^ No fitg or derron ?
a ess after first day's nse of Dr.. Kline's Great
Nerve R?Btorer.|3 trialjwttlaaira treatise free
Or. B. H. KtCTB>L^.^Ai^bBl, PMla.. Pa.
The world's wheat' devp in 1898 was
2,879,000,000 bnahela.' -\'Piso's
Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and longs.-?Wm
0. Endsley, Vanburen, lad., Feb. 10, 1090.
To become a soldier is a humiliation in
; China.
SUFFERING AND RELilF
Three Letters from Mrs. Johnson,
Showing that Lydia B. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Cures the Ills of Women
Wrote for firs. Pinkliam's Advice
November, i897
p. 44 Dear Mrs. Pixkham I am a gTeat
sufferer, have much trouble through
the lower part of my bowels, and I am
writing to you for advice. Menses are
Irregular and scanty, am troubled with
leucorrhoea, and I ache so through my
back and down through my loins. I
have spells of bl?ating very badly,
sometimes will be very large and other
times very much reduced."?Mrb.Chas.
J E. Johnson, Box 33, Eumford Center,
Maine, Nov. 20, 1697.
Improvement Reported December,
1897
v ? . < " Dear Mrs. Pixkham I wish to !
telljrou that I am improving in health. 1
I ani ever so much better than when I j
wrote before. The trouble tnrouga i
the lower part of bowels is better and
I am not bloated so badly. I was very
much swollen through the abdomen
before I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. I still have a feeling
of fulness across my chest. I have
used three bottles of it and am on the
fourth."?Mrs. Chas. E. Joiixbon, Box
33, Rumford Center, Maine, Dec. 13,1897.
Enjoying Good Health June, i899
" Dear Mrs. Pi>*kiiam Since a year
ago I have been taking your medicine,
and am now strong and enjoying good
health. I have not been so well for
three years, and feel very thankful to
v * you for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. I
would advise all who suffer with female
troubles to try your medicine."? |
Mrs. Ciias. E. Johnson, Box 33, Rumford
Center, Maipe, June 1, 1899.
r DISCOMFORT
i AFTER MEALS
Feeling oppressed with a sensation ol
r jtofflness and finding the Food both to distend
and painfully bang like a heavy
t: , weight at the pit of the Stomach, are sympfc;
_ tomR of Indigestion. With these the suffer
ferers will often have Constipation, Inward
eL'-. Pile.', Fullness of the Blood in the Head,
vC" . Aridity of tbeStomacb,Nausea,Heartburn,
Headache, Disgust of Food, Gaseous Eructations,
Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart,
r i Choking or Suffocating Sensations wben in
;v* - a lying posture, Dizziness on rising suddenlv,
Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever
and Dull-Palo In the Head, Deficiency of
^Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and
Eyea, Pain iy the Side, Chest, Limbs and
Sudden Flushes of Heat. A fow doses ol
p jjADWAY'S _
F PILLS
''will free the system of all the above named
. ' disorders. Purely vegetable, aot without
- p*!u or griping, small and easy to take.
^Price, 25 cents per box. Sold" by all druggists,
or sent by mail on receipt of price.
;>R1DWAY & CO., 55 Elm St., N. Y.
Be sure to get "Badway's."
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gfljf gt% bjveritable demons,
WISflQll nnd must bo quickly
1W IBBw removed or serious
The medicine which for the past 60 years
has held the record for successfully ridding
childreu of these pests is Frey's
Vermifuge?made entirely from vege- [
table products, containing-no calomel. 25 |
ets. at druggists, country stores or by mail,
DQati-al.i. E. A S. r?ay, PftltlaiMS. Md. |
[ leaped to the life of the battle-roar,
The spirit of strife awoke;
I danced in the light of my blade that
shone
Through the flame of the battle-smoke.
My stetl rang clear on the focman's steel,
Then, stiffened and cold and still,
I felt the clasp of the hand that had
drawn
My blade with a hero-will.
J. Am hanging agai'H on the chimney vrall; '
- "The summers have'bloomed and fled;
There are two 'neath the hill that are
slumbering sweet?
The dead that are greatly dead!
Sweetl^art. mother, she softly glides
Through the shadows wherein I hang,
And liys her ear to my blade to hear
Theyifcho of battle's clang.
Her lips are warnygjth^ the breath of love;
Ok! woman whp gave her brave
To her couirtry'sTafl and the battle thrall
And theJjeace of th%soldier's grave!
She breatpe her pi|jrer in her tender
AniB listens to hear me tell
Ilo^fierce they rode to the lines of death,
How nobly they fought and fell.
Her gray head bends to the song, the
dusk
Steals silently through the room;
*- ? J ?i i
inesuus arc itbJCCp >u tucil muc
. JWerte the cannon were wont to boom.
IleJwieek is soft on my polished face,
Hwpale hand cJaspeth me,
Ah! worn, wan lady, you're dreaming tonight,
r And the dead hj^ve come back to thcc!
?Folger McKinsey, in Baltimore News.
fTHREE RlNGSf
^ id clclq. aa&a ex ICL&o
J~w jr ANY years ago there lived
\ /I in an Eastern land a-noble|
\/ ^ man who owned a ring of
g priceless value. xne sione
was a large opal, which reflected
many various and brilliant hues, but
far more precious than the beauty of
gems of gold was the magic power
hidden in the ring of making its wearer
beloved by his fellow-men.
The nobleman, who was the happy
owner of the ring, never removed it
from his finger, and was resolved that
after his death it should also remain
in the possession of his own family.
So he bequeathed the ring to the olie
he loved best among his sons, with
the condition that he In turn should
bequeath it to his favorite son, and so
through all succeeding generations.
The inheritor cf the ring was always
sure to be beloved by all who knew
him, and was, besides, to be considered
as the head of the family without'
regard to birthright.
After being handed down in this
way through several generation, the
ring came at last into the possession
of a father who had three sons, all
equally obediea' and loving and all
equally dear to lilm. Many times did
tlie father t-y to decide in his own
mind to which of his sous he should
bequeath the ring, but as he loved
them all equally he could not choose
between them.
Being one aay alone with his eldest
son he promised him that he should
inherit the ring, and at another time
to the second son, seeming to him the
most worthy, he made the same promise,
and even did the same another
day to the thii 1 son. Soon after this
he was attacked by an illness, and
feared that his end was drawing near,
~~~~ ~t:i1 .MtnKI.,
jut in* was &lill UUUMIC IV UULJUC IV
whom bo should really leave the ring,
fueling so unwilling to' deprive two of
his sons of that to which all seemed
to have an equal claim. At last. In
the midst of his perplexity, a now
idea struck him. and he sent secretly
au order to a jeweler to make two
rings after the pattern of the magicring,
and to spare no expense or pains
to make them exactly like it.
The jeweler was very skillful, and
succeeded so well in his task thaf
when he brought the two rings he had
made, aud showed them to the nobleman
with the original ring, the latter
could not discern which of the three
was the true one. He paid the jeweler
a large sum of money for his work,
and dismissed him. Then he called
his eldest son to him, and took a ten
der farewell or mm, uestowing upon
him his blessing aud one of the rings,
which the son of course supposed to
be the true and only one. He next
sent for his second son, and spoke privately
in the same way to him, giving
him also a ring; and so with the third,
and soon after this he died.
His sons buried him with great
pomp, anl when the funeral was over
the eldest son spoke to his brothers
and to the friends who were assembled
and claimed to be the head and
rul?r of the faL.ily. as being the possessor
of the ring. lie was happy in
the feeling that, besides bestowing
nunn him this Dower, his precious riner
would cause him to be so beloved by
all that no one would envy him the
position he claimed, rjnd he resolved
in his own heart that he would be so
loving and kind to his brothers and so
pood to all around him that he should
always slow himself worthy of his
father's choice.
Great was the astonishment of the
other brothers, and all were amazed
when each showed his own ring and
told of his father's last words to him
and made the same claim that the eldest
had made.
Then arose an eager discussion; the
rfngs wei > examined, and it was
f-.?und impossible to distinguish the
magic ring from the others, and the
brothers determined to bring the matter
before the judge. The judge questioned
all the brothers elosely, but
each one alliruud exactly ihe same
I thing, that the father had privately
I
4m -rtMrtflttnflMMUOM
I SONG OF THE SWORD.
I remember the day that she hung me
here
| On the wall by the musket's side
And kissed my blade with a reverent
touch "
For the honor of him who died;
I heard her say that 1 served him well,
And he trusied his life to me
As he grasped my hilt with his daring
hand
And we swung to the victory.
j She came to me in the dark alone,
As the long years fluttered by.
And I heard her song and i felt her kiss
And 1 thrilled to her tender sigh;
{ knew that she saw us in visions sweet
When the bu$es blew to the charge
And lie swung me forth to the gleaming
sun
And I swept through the human targe.
She came one day when her locks were
r ?ray.
And took me from the wall;
$he<*tfped ttfe rust of her tears away,
For again rang^the bugle call;
she laid my h!ft in a stalwart hand?
My master's son, 1 knew,
And the drums awoke and the troops
marched by,
And the trumps of the battle blew!
promised to give the ring to him alone,
and that upon his deathbed he had
sent for him and had actually given
him the ring.
Not one of them was willing to believe
that the father had deceives
him in tne matter, but each was more
inclined to suspect his brothers of
bringing forward a false claim, supported
by a rinj? which he pretended
lo be the true one. But even this they
were very unwilling to believe, for the
brothers had always lived in mutual
love and trust.
The judge was at first much perplexed,
and exclaimed, angrily: "Do I
sit here in the seat of judgment to unravel
all the riddles that foolish people
may bring me? I cannot pronounce
which is the true ring and who
is the true head of the family. But'
stay," he continued, "you tell me that
the true ring possesses the magic power
of making its owner beloved. This
must decide it, then, for the false rings
I can never have such power. Now,
say which of you is most beloved by
the other two? Speak?you are silent.
Do the rings, then, only work inwardly
upon yourselves, so that each one
loves himself best? Oh! then you are
nil deceived, and deceivers, too!
Doubtless the true ring is lost, and
your father has bestowed upon each ,
of you a false ring.
"So if you wait here to hear my
sentence you wait in vain, but if you (
seek my advice, I will gladly give it ,
you. My counsel is this: Return to
your home and cease your strife.
Each one has received a ring from his
father; let each one believe his ring ]
to be the true ring; and in order to
prove to others the truth of his claim j
let each one strive to make himself ,
the most beloved; let him show a gen
tie, generous spirit, a noble forgetfulness
of self, sympathy with others, ]
truth, fidelity, modesty and, above all, ,
piety toward God. So will he who ex- (
eels most in these virtues be the most ,
beloved, and so will all see plainly ,
who is the owner of the true ring."
The brothers returned to their home
and followed the wise counsel of the j
judge. They vied with each other in |
showing an amiable, unselfish temper, (
until, by the constant practice of the
virtues which the Judge had recom (
mended to them they grew so unsel- ,
fish that the disp ite about the ring (
was forgotten, and they passed their ,
lives together in harmony and bappi- |
ness, and so the deceit of their weaki ,
and unprincipled father had a better ,
/esult than it deserved. ? New York (
News.
The Lawyer's IUgbt to \feep<
, /The Supreme Court of Tennesset }
has decided that a lawyer has the -j
right to shed tears to influence th^
verdict of a jury, and, in fact, says ,
that if be can bring tears to his eyes ,
at will he is derelic? If he neglects
to do so. The case was onfe in which
the defendant had appealed on the {
rrt?/Min/l thnt thn wopninir nf the sittor
e?4VUUU v^ --jr?o ?
ney for the plaintff had unduly influ*
enced the ?ury. The court found that
the point had never been raised before,
and asserted t^hat the manner of
defence must be ?eft largely to the
judgment of attorneys. "Some," said
the judge, "deal wholly in logic argument
without any embellishment. Others
use rehetorlcal and occasional
flights of fancy and imagination. Others
rely upon noise tnd gesticulation,
earnestness of manner and vebeJhence
of speech. Others appeal to ihe passions,
prejudices and Sympathies ^f
the jury. Others combine all of'these
modes." He declares that no cast
iron rule should be made, but that
tears have always been considered
legitimate arguments before a jury,
and would appear to be one of the
natural rights of counsel, as it would
lie difficult to deeirfe whether or not
the emotion was natural .if such a
point should be raised. He says a
trial judge should n6t interfere with
the shedding o? tears unless they are
indulged in +j such an excess as to
'impede, embarrass, or delay the business
before the court."?Chicago Tribune.
1\
c Suijftciou* Liberality. i
"It was a mean trick," said Jones* t
with a smile, "but I wanted my wife i
to come honjp, and it was the only t
way that I could think of to get her t
back. She went away about five
weeks ago on a vacation, and left me ?
alone to get along as best I could. It e
wasn't long' before I grew tired of r
the arrangement, tired of getting my' t
meals down town, tired of sending t
rdinnlro In mnl tr lin* il/tmnrt/lo fnv t
iU icpij LV/ UCI UtUidlHIO IVi I
more money. Three days ago I re- n
eeived a letter asking ine to send her r
$25 at ouce. It was then that my plan 5
suggested itself. By return mail I a
seiit her a cheek for double the amount r
that she had asked for, and enclosed c
ft with a note that read: 'Don't hurry (]
back.' .. * c
"It worked as I thought it would, c
My wife returned by the first train t
with a strange gleam of Inquiry in her r
eyes and a set about her lips that r
bodes trouble for me if she confirms a
the horrible suspicions that she is la t
boring under. However, I have her j
at home, and I am not losinc any sleep Is
over what she may suspect."?Detroit t
Free Press. ?
A Swiss Village Uixler Mail. J
The village of Ivlosters, near Davos (j
Platz, Switzerland, at the top of the t
valley of Pratigau, is struggling under t
six feet of mud. High above it towers 0
the Rhatikon. a stately range of moun- c
tains, which have the nasty habit of
occasionally sending an avalanche ot
mud and stones and trees down upon
the inoffensive village which lies al *
its feet. Thirty years ago was the *
date of the last of these disasters (
until recently, when a heavy rainstorm 1
| brought down a mud avalanche *
Ivlosters. which lies in front of an 1
infold of the mountain. Enormous I
boulders were pitched forward like 1
balls thrown in giants' game of skit !1
ties.?Loudon Sphere. s
An Umbrella Story. '
Two men alighted from a train a.
a railroad | station. They knew one
another, but were not together. H (was
raining. One carried an umbrella j
the other did not. The umbrella less r
one, seeking shelter, edged up to his ,
friend and touched him on the shou! t
tier. What was his astonishment. ?i
the umbrella-carrier, with detection |
writ large on his face, turned and said s
aa he hauded tiie umbrella over. "Hen |
it is. I didn't know it was yours." s
v;%\
| good goadsgotes I
Solving a Vexations Qaottlon.
t- nr ORSEMEN, bicyclists' and
automobile owners arc still
I j trying to solve the vexatious
question of good roads. All
agree tuat tiie couutry snouia conuuu
enough good roads, so that everybody
who wishes to move about cither foi
business or pleasure should have ar
opportunity of doing so with the great
est possible comfort and economy.
But what kind of a road will best suif
all persons is the question on whlct
all seem to split. The farmers declare
that the roads ought to be of stonf
so that farm produce may be taker
to market for twelve months In th(
year instead of for only nine* months
the time in' which a dirt road may bf
used ordinarily by the farmers. Thf
farmers put up a strong argument
saying that the farmer is the backbone
of the Republic, and'that wher
the farmer does not prosper there car
be no general prosperity. Then the hi
cyclist comes along with a splendic
argument to show that a store roac
Joggles too much for the wheelmen
The cyclists declare that the roat'
ought to be either of ordinary dirt o;
of macadam where It will not pay tc
bave asphalt pavements for the wheel
men. The automobile men who art
now rapidly Increasing in numbers
ratner siae wnn xae rarmer wco neeu*
a rock road that chn be used in all
kinds of weather, % but the driver ol
light harness rig?, or the rider ol
horses steps into th^ contest and declares
that stone/ roads injure all
horses that tavfe to travel faster than j
i slow jog trot. The horsemen de- j
L'lare that th^'ftone pavements breed
ill kinds o? ^trouble for horses that
travel moderiwfely fast, including the
liorses drivenrbj tradesmen and delivery
men. injury of the stone
roads, they declare,' are to the foot,
leg atid lirilg. Dr. H. H. Kane, Presllent
of the Drivers' and Riders'
League, of New York, is out with a
statement on this subject, which will
10 doubt attract the attention of all
Masses concerned, and which may lead
co a compromise in the demands made
Hereafter by the various organizations
tvlth the happy result that everybody
svill get some of the things he desires
m l. * J i.
;veu ji tie uuea uui ini\v mu wiiuie t
road to himself. The plan proposed
jy Dr. Kane 19 as follows: First,
:here should be one road along the
naln artery of traffic to and from the
principal markets built 6f stone for
:he' farmers and all others who have
:o do heavy trucking; second, on either
side of this stone road should be a dirt
oad about eight feet wide for the especial
yuse of horsemen and all kinds
)f harness vehicles. The dirt road
night in' most cases suffice for the
vheelmen, but in case there was any
musuai demand for increased space
'or bicycle riders. Dr. Kane would recommend
that on the outside of the
lirt road there should' be a specially
:onstructed bicycle path. This plan
)f having a complete road, the horsenan
thinks, Would give every class of
oad users the kind of a" ro&d It needs,
md would insure harmony Imong all
oad. users. He says that the members
>f the L. A. W. are strong enough genially
to get what they wish, and In
iome sections the farmers prevail and
hey get what they wish. The riders
md fast drivers, he says, have never
nade much united effort to get what [
hey want, but he believes the time is ;
;oming when puch action will be nec
tssary for the preservation of valuable
lorsefleshv He contends that tlie proposed
plan would enable the farmers,
he wheelmen, the drivers and riders,
is well as,'the automobile men to work
ogether for a .composite road?centre
itone, eight feet on each side dirt and
jicycle paths on the .outside.?New
L'ork Sun. '
Convicts an<l Good Honda.
The agitation of the League of
American Wheelmen to have convicts :
ised in building public roads is elowy
making headway. On this subject
he New York Post recently contained
he following: ',s ,1
"The League for Good Roads,in Oneila
County, reports favorably on the
experiment of employing convicts on
oad-making. Under the direction of
he Board of Supervisors and the suterintcndcnce
of a trained engineer,
he county prisoners have constructed
l macadam road, one and three-tenths
iiiles loner, throucrh the village of New
fork Mills, near Utlea. The coi/nty
lUthorities made a contract with the
oad district, whereby It was to fur*
lish laborers at twenty-five cents a
lay, and allow the use of Its stone
rusher, steam-roller, etc., free of
harge. The road district furnished
he necessary fuel and material, ami
iaid for supervision. The cost of the
oad was about .$5875, or $4500 a mile,
md the total cost was only three times
he amount of the annual road tax.
V.s it' will cost only ?250 a year tc
:eep the new road in repair, the anmal
saving will amount to about
H850, and after the cost has been remid
the taxpayers will be dellevcd
o this extent, or the money can be
levoted to other improvements. While
his road was building the Sta'te auhoritfes
were constructing a similar
me of equal length, which was tc
:ost, at the contract price, ?0000." .
Appreciated In Winter.
nnnrl rnnrla will lip fl nnrPt'iatCd in
lie winter. At this season all may !
?e well, but when the roads are mud- j
Ij' the time lost in hauling but a few
oads will tz much greater in value
ban the amount of taxes necessary tc
uake good roads. This fact become?
tainfully apparent when the farmer
mist use four horses to draw only halt
i ton over roads that could be put in
uch condition as to permit of a heavy
vagon and a ton load to be drawn
>y two horses.
Can Locnte Storm Centre.
W. A. Eddy, the famous kiteliier, ha*
lenionstrated by sending up Ley den
ars with kites that the atmosphere is
ilways charged with electricity. One
nay draw sparks when there is not a
loud in sight. 1'pon the approach of
i thunderstorm, however, the atniQsiheric
electricity becomes intensified,
o that it is possible to judge from the
eugth of the spurk how far away the
torni centre is. I
Good Hana.
'A yotmg married lady wjia moved'
, into the country from a cit^ J^ome.coiW
6ldered the keeping of hens to tf pfea#
i ant and profitable duty. As she became
more absorbed in'ttte Jftirsuit,
her enthusiasm increased, hens
and their care were the favorite subject
of her thoughts and conversation.
During one of her animated description
of her success a friend inquired:
"Are your hens good hens?"
"Oh, yes," she-replied in a delighted
tone. "They haven't laid a bad egg
yet I"?Buffalo Cdurter.
Transporting a Bl( Army,
A summary qt tbe official report
made by the British admiralty, showing
the name, tonnage and 4peed of
every vessel employed to convey
troops, horses and mules to the Transvaal
between July 1, 1898, and March.
31, 1900, shows that the various transports
made 215 voyages from England
and tl?e Mediterranean, in which they
carried 6663 bfflcers, 170,185 men and
30,101 horses. Of the horses 1543 were
lost in transit. In forty-nine voyages
from India the transports carried 417
officers, 10,392 men, 2882 followers,
7344 horses and 1156 mules; of the
latter ninety-eight horses and three
mules were lost on the voyage. The
colonial contingent was taken to the
Cape In transports, making twenty-]
nine voyages and carrying 486 officers,
3630 men and 7732 horses. In addition
to the above, thirty-three voyages
! were made by vessels employed solely
! in taking mules to South Africa. These
j ships conveyed 31,503 mules, of which
! only 671 were lost en voyage, and other
i vessels made twenty-four voyages in
conveying horses and cobs from Ausj
tralla and Argentina. These carried
! 13,?*ju animais, or wnicn oniy i-ia were
lost.
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A Freak Invention.
A device belonging to the class of
freak Inventions has recently been patented
In the United States patent office
by a German Inventor. It provides a
way for transporting passengers from
and onto moving cars. This Is accomplished
by providing a rotable platform
"upon the car, and having removable
cabs arranged upon the ends of
the platform. Suitable station platforms
are arranged to recelfe these
cabs at the different stations along the
line. In operating-the contrivance the
persons who intend to alight from the
train seat themselves within the cab.
The platform ls^hen rotated by suitable
mechanism attached to the car
wheels to project the cab upon one
Bide of the car. As the car passes the
station the cab is caught upon suitable
rails arranged upon the station
platform, and it Is then only necessary
for the passengers to alight Passengers
who wish to embark upon th&
train are treated in a directly opposite
manner, and seat themselves in the
cab arranged/at the station, which, In
turn, is picked up by the platform Of
Uie moving car auu in avruiig aiuuiiu
on to the same:
Oriel) ' Meaning of "Tankard."
The word tankard was originally applied
to a' heavy and large vessel of
wood'banded with metal, in which to
carry water. Smaller wooden drinking
tankards were substantially made |
and used throughout Europe, and
were occasionally brought here by tfce
colonists. A plainly shaped wood
tankard, made of staves and hoops,
Is contained in 'a. collection at Deer*, .
field Memorial Hall. If was found in
the house of Rev. Ell Moody.
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A a It la In China.
The question of domestic service in
China Is by far an easier problem
than iny many other countries. In
China a rich man gets as many servants
as he want9, and yet he pays
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tnem 110 wages, w line mc tuumuu
people have to pay them well. Even
then they are'hard to get, for the reason
that the employe of the rich man |
can make more than triple the ordinary
wages In perquisites.
TPelghii Grain by the Ton.i
One of the huge grain houses on the
docks at Liverpool has lately installed
& grain-weighing machine which is a
marvel of accuracy and rapidity. As
the grain passes through the hopper
it is weighed and discharged, the capacity
of the machine being 150 tons
per hour. i
?that means sweet breath, qi
with your bowels clogged, sen*
but thoroughly and Keep them
the genuine. CASCARETS ar
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Twlatlett CntnTT Happnlngi.
; k The twentieth century will have
- U^Cutyrfour leap years, the greatest
portfble number. February will have
five Sundays three times?1920, 1948
and 1976. The earliest posftfjble date
on which Easter can occur is l^?ch/
12. The last time it occurred on-wftt
date-was 1818. The latest date thftt
Easter can occur is April 25. It will
ofccur but one time in the coming century;
on that date?1943. The middle
day of the century will be January 1,
1951. There will be 380 eclipses during
the coming century.
Resource* of Chins.
China Is essentially an agricultural
country. Horticulture Is a favorite
pursuit and fruit trees are grown in
great variety. Sweet barley, maize
and millet and other cereals) with peas
and beans are chiefly cultivated in the
southern provinces, and opium is a
crop of considerable importance. Tea
is cultivated in the west and south.
The culture of silk is equal In Importance
to that of tea. The mulberry
tree grows everywhere. There are cotton
mills pt Shanghai and silk Is
wound from cocoons in Shanghai, Canton
and elsewhere. All of the eighteen
provinces contain coal and China may
be regarded as one of the first coal
countries of the world. Iron ores are
abundant, and copper Is plentiful in
certain districts. The commercial intercourse
of China is quite considerable,
trade being carried on with the
principal countries of the world,, including
the United Kingdom,Germany,
France, Russia and the United States.
The great source of revenue for the
province Is the duty on goods coming
overland from the adjacent provinces.
?Scientific American.
A Seven to Ten Ear-Wrlnglngr.
Thieves are having a merry time of
it within the jurisdiction of the police^
station, Haripur. A lady of a respectable
family was sleeping on the roof
of her house. Some culprit at night
took away seven out of ten earrings
from one of her ears. The Injury
caused to the ear may be imagined.?
TnlinrA fTnrllfl^ Trlhuno
Tlu Manufacturers of Carter's Ink have had
rorty years' experience in making it and they
wrtauily know how. Send for "Inkling," fre?.
An autograph letter of Washington Irving
sold, in London the other day for $20.
.To Con a Oolil lh On* Day.
Take Laxativb Bboxo Qcikini Tablxts. AJ1
drugglftU refund the money if It falls to care.
X. W. Gbovj'I signature lson each box. 25c.
Bach Siamese mandarin has his own
theatre.
Mrs. Wlnslow'sSootblng Byrnp for ohl Idrtn
teething, softens the gums, reduces infUmma*
Hon, allays pain, cores wind colic.25c.abottJ?.
Chinese history extends back to 2500
B.C.
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