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f ^ 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 ! 1 . 1 f v 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." ADVERTISING gTff&jrjg MM f CHILD BEN ARE 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. I ________ 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. T .> 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 ? ? ? ? VI1? iU/\ ATI 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 MC" on the box. You will fi ! them' are quickly and permanei ftccj sr Toany"e!,!; v / nerer sold Afldrg VI [/ In bult. ' . 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. 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