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Triaugulmtlon in Texai. The newly founded town of Triangle, Texas, promises to be unique. It is laid out in tbo form of an equilateral triaigle; its lots are triaDgulnr in shape and the ground plan of each of the twenty-three houses ! . "which have thus far been erected j there is three-cornered. The three principal streets are named Eqmla- ! teral, Scalene aud Isosceles, and the j residents have even carried their cur- j ious idea into the local government, j which consists of a so-called trian- j gular council, having three members, i 4 4Proof of the Wadding Tt- ft% +P10 "Faiinrt." ! JUJ HkW Tr Jt is not <what <we say, but <what Hood's j Sarsaparilla does, that tells the story, i Thousands of people give the proof by j telling of remarkable cures by Hood's Sar- ; saparUla of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dys- : pepsia. Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all other blood diseases and debility. The Work of the Car Inspector* - - - - - ? * At- - x? J 1 It is interesting to watcn me irmucu . car inspector examining a long freight I train which has rolled into the yards, i He moves along the side of the cars and notes all the wheels, brake beams, ! bolsters, rods, etc. He uses no ham- I iner, but has his eyes open for defects. He will Btop suddenly, look carefully I at a wheel and follow the faint lines j of a crack running, perhaps, from the j flange to the centre. Such a wheel is i condemned at once and the car is j shunted off until a new pair of wheels j can be placed under it. H there is e I flat place on a wheel which measures more than two and a half inches across, that wheel must go, too. Then there may le a sharp flange, and that must be looked after. A ' coupling may have faults. A brake ' ' ' 1 ? ? ?"" oil rigging may nave givcu um, am* these things the inspector must note, i He must be an honest man, as j thousands of dollars' -worth of prop- ; erty and many lives might be sacri- j . ficed in case he neglected something, i ' Box-cars doors he looks at carefully. | , They are dangerous things if they are I loose. Many an engineer or fireman ' ' has met hio doom by having the cab : 1 strike a loose car door. It may be : hanging in place in the yard, but ! when it reaches a point where a strong | wind catches it, out it goes, and the I ! passing train strikes it. In such i cases there is a shower of splinters, a i ' broken cab, and it is lucky, indeed, j . if there is no one killed. Engineers j 1 have a dread of loose doors, and are < always glad when a freight train is past them when they are running at ' full speed. Another thing the in- j i spector must watch is the hopper- j ? bottom dump car. If the fastening j i gets loose and lets a load of ore or ' i limestone down on the track while : i the train is in motion it means a bad < wreck. Taking all things into consideration, j i the car inspeotor is a very important 1 man in the railway service, and effi- j i :iency on his part comes only iiom j i long experience and careful training. | < ?Pittsbnrg Post. ! i - | i Superficial Indications. j j "You can't judge a man by his j ( neckties," remarked Mr. Blykins. ! j "When you see * man with great big i ] hecks in front of his shirt bosom ] ?nd wild colors breaking out all over ; , his costume, you regard him as a ' j hashing sort of personage, qualified to \ \ mow his way through the metropolis j j "and bend every obstacle before his ] iron will." j j "Yes," said his wife. "One would j | naturally think bo." : j * "Well, don't you think anything of j , the kind. The chances are that his ! < lmco olntlisB ond mn tps i -TTAXX3 WUjD fcUVWV I him -wear 'em."?Washington Star. : > ( |j Hawaii is said *> have more tele- I phones in use in proportion to the i 1 population than any other locality in i .he world. Keeps Iji My Hair I Soft | j " I have used your Hair Vigor for five years itfd am greatly pleased with it. It cer- I , tainly restores the original color j to gray hair. It keeps my hair soft and smooth. It quickly i cured me of some kind of humor of the scalp. My mother used your Hair Vigor for some j twenty years and liked it very ' much.' ? Mrs. Helen Kilkenny, j New Portland, Me., Jan. 4, '99. Used ? ? - - s Twenty Years I: We do not know of any otter | hair preparation that lias been used in one family for twenty years, do you? But Ayer's Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair for fifty yer.rs, and it never j fails to do this work, either. You can rely upon it for . stopping your hair from falling i out, for keeping your scalp j clean and healthy, and for mak- j j ing the hair grow rich and long. SI.00 a bottle. All drnfflsts. Write the Doctor If you do not obtain all the benefits yon 1 deslro from the use of the Vigor, viite I the Doctor about is. Address, ! I Dr. J. C. Ayee, LowsU, Slass. Good Hichwayii Needed, As the country becomes more thickly settled the importance of good roads is more fully realized. The rapid building up of cities aud large manufacturing towns has drawn so heavily upon many of the country towns that it has created an inequality between the cities and country towns. The latter cannot afford to keep their roads in as good condition as the others. Where there are a few country towns between two large cities or large towns, there is a constant complaint because the towns do not furnish good roads. A large, flourishing town can build good roads without very greatly increasing its taxes, but a small country iown cannot make extensive repairs on its roads without raising taxes so high that they will not only be burdensome to the farmers, but will have the effect of driving out what few men of large means they may have living temporarily with them. It is becoming a very serious question as to what changes are required to secure better roads. That our roads will bo greatly improved during the next decade, there can be no doubt, because the interests of the people demand it. Where the money is to come from to improve the roads in the country towns with a scattered population is a question to be settled. It is certain that if the repairs are to be very extensive, the money to make them must come from outside?but if what money is raised in the country towns was more judiciously expended the roads would be gradually improved. If shaly rock can be found near tho line of a road it can be profitably used in roaci mamng. jlc suouiu ue uruacji ap and pounded down bo cs to make an even and compact roadbed. Under existing circumstances it is difficult to find men who are adapted to the business of road building, because to build a good road in the cheapest and best manner is an art that comparatively few men have learned. It seems highly desirable that the question ot bow to obtain good roads should be taken into careful consideration b> the highest State authorities, and n plan should be adopted which shall a;ive us good public thoroughfares.A.merican Agriculturist. Improvements Under tlio Law ot 1808. The annual report of State Engineer Bond, of New York, has just been filed at Albany. The improvement of highways under th? provisions of the Higbie-Armstrong act of 189S constitutes an important part of the duties of the State Engineer and in one which attracts much public interest. Hie State has appropriated $100,000 in all, with which to pay one-half the cost of such roads as are improved under the provision of the law. This sum is small in proportion to the amounts appropriated by the State? af Massachusetts and New Jersey, bu< with it contracts have been made fot twenty-five miles of improved highways, of which seven miles on four roads have been finished and accepted luring the year. Six and a half miles 3n one road is about finished, but is Qot accepted, and eleven miles or six roads are in progress, these roads being located in Erie, Monroe, Onon- i 3aga, Schaeotady, Oneida, Rensselaer ind Columbia Counties. Surveys lave also been made for 142 miles of roads in fourteen counties, which are sxpected to be improved when provision is made therefore by the Legislature. The highways which have so far been improved have necessarily been comparatively short picces,ranging from one-half mile to six miles in ength. These serve as examples to ;he people in the various localities, with the immediate result that many petitions are received from the counties in which roads have been built. There is a general expectation that the Legislature will make appropriations which will bear some comparison to those made for road work by the neighboring States. The average cost of tho highways improved so far was $7071 a mile, but, svith the new features of construction suggested, the . cost will be between 58000 and $9000 a mile. Even this increased cost will be twenty per cent, less than the cost of similiar roads in Massachusetts. Recommendations will be made to the Legislature to add to the Highway law provision lor 'the maintenance of improved highways by the county officials, and to provide for a State quarry of trap rock, where convicts from Sing Sing Prison can be cmployed in producing crushed stone for highway improvement. Benefit of Good Koatia to Farmers, The argument used on the farmers to favor some measure for good roads in their respective States is the estimated cost of transporting farm products over poor roads. The estimate emanates from the United States Department of Agricultur^and was furnished to Otto Dorner, of Milwaukee, Wis. It is estimated that tho cost per ton of transporting the farm prodnnt.a nf 189.1 wns Si! 09 nc.r ton. This amounted in that year to $940,414,005. In seeking to show the immensity of the charge the sum is compared with the total values of all farm products iu the United Stated in 1890, which were $2,400,179,-154. The average costs of iiauliug one ton one mile was 25 cents. The cost of hauling crops on improved roads iu Europe is (per ton per mile): lu England, 10 cents; France, 10 cents: Germany, GJ cents; Belgium, 9i cents; Italy, 7?. ccnts; Switzerland, a mountainous country, S cents. It is authoritatively staterl that two-thirds of the cost in tho United States of hauling ono year's crop, 3940,414,005. is attributable to bad or inferior roads. Want Convict Labor on Iinadn. At the annual meeting of the Alichigan Division of tho League of American Wheelmen, one of the most important measures was tho adoption of a resolution calling upon the Governor to use the State convicts in the building aud maintenance <3f roads. The Secretary was instructed to have 5C00 petitions to this effect printed and cirDulated ^throughout the State. The good roads movement, is the most important part of tho work of this division, aud it numbers among its ofticero neveral who are experts on road building. The report of the Secretarytreasurer showod the division to b?? la a healthv financial .-.ondition. '".v . . v > : ; CURIOUS FACTS. The first iron steamship was built in 1830. A pound of cork will sustain in the water a man weighing 151 pounds. Some Indian tribes in Alaska get 3ven with their mosquito tormentors by eating them. A Duquesne (Iowa) man has a dog which was sent him by express all the way from Manila, P. I. It is believed that the most aucien' dictionary in the world is the Chinesf lexicon, compiled by Pacut-she ?100( years before Christ. A certain Mrs. Mary Jonas, whc died the other day, was said to havt the largest family in England. Sh( was the mother of thirty-three chil dren. j At Munich there is a hospital whict 1 is entirely supported by the sale of olc ' steel pens and nibs collected from al 1 I parts of Germany. They are maat into watch springs, knives and razors That wood will stand the passing ol J centuries as well as metal is proved by the unearthing near the Nile ol some Egyptian boats nearly five thou 1 sand years old, which are in good con | dition. Skates made of gold are popular ir 1 St. Petersburg, Russia. Oneladyhad < the blades of her skates enriched with , diamonds. Skates set with pearls and precious stones have also been in fashion. A street-car barn 600 feet long and i 200 feet wide is being built in Buffalo, ' N. Y., of discarded street-car rails, it : being impossible to obtain steel within the time required. It will have a i flat roof. ] The people of Tyre were such ex- 1 perts in dyeing that Tyrian purple remains unexcelled to this day. The ! Egyptians were also wonderful dyers, j and could produce colors so durable 1 i that they may be called imperishable. 1 Berlin is emulating the eccentricities of England. A society has been formed there to combat the heresy of | the circulation of blood. The mem- , bers show their zeal by interrupting : the medical lectures at the University \ I by protests. Several members of the crew of a ! sugar laden ship were afflicted with j blindness in the moonlight and starlight when in the tropics, though they I could see quite clearly as soon as the I sun rose. They attributed it to fumes ! from the sugar. A soft and boneless tail two aud a j quarter inches long, cut from on I j eleven-week child in Elbing, was ' I shown by Dr. Simon, of that town, to | the Berlin Anthropological Society reI cently. Professor Virchow called it ' "a splendid specimen." i A Bear, a Dog; aud a Tragcdr. 1 One of the interesting features of j the grounds surrounding the Soldiers' 1 i Home is the bear pen, just across the [ j track from the main building; and the 1 ! old black animal therein has been ^ watched for hours at a time by the 1 veterans when time hung heavily upon ^ their hands. He is said to be inoffensive and entirely free from a quarrel- I some disposition, and none of the old men would ever have believed that the 1 I bear would harm a kitten or break the 1 ! crust on a meat pie. 1 i They know differently now, how- 1 ! ever. They saw a tragedy not long 1 ! ago which changed their minds and 1 | materially increased their opinions I 1 aboat his bearship. Among the visii tors one afternoon were a woman and a little fellow, and he had one of those cnte little terriers in his arms. He was delighted over the bear, and became so enthusiastic that he dropped his dog. The little pup scented a i bone belonging to the bear, and he ran j between the bars of the cage to grab ; it. The veterans who were looking | saw one swift movement, about as ; rapid as a flash of lightning, and the; heard something. A moment later there was a wail from the child. The I body of the dog lay across the pen, . limp and lifeless, and when it was j fished out of the cage there was hardly j an unbroken bone in the carcass. The | | child was inconsolable, the veterans , j were surprised, and a Itttle wire screen ' has been placed about the base of that pen to keep inquisitive dogs from I committing suicide.?Grand Kapids ; Press. I People Are Like Sheep. The means employed to induce tli9 j public to buy admission tickets for I the various amusements on the EsI planade of the Export Exposition are J nothing short of high art. The j "barkers" are schooled in this strange i science, and when they talk it is not I their aim to instruct, but to attract J attention. The one who can send i forth the most strident and ear-sphti ting yell and make the wildest and I Btraugest gyrations is the one who is ; considered of the most value by the I proprietor. A crowd may be pouring past a place of amusement without the least apparent interest except to get past, when suddenly all attention is arrested by a series of hair-raising yells. The vigorous ''barker," when j all eyes are turned on him, points to j the door leading to his particular atI traction and tells of its wonders. At this point advantage is taken of j another phase of human nature. It ! is a well-known fact that people are j like sheep?they will follow the leader, j Suddenly a man or woman, who is in : the crowd for that purpose, starts , boldlv toward the ticket seller, and soon a steady stream is setting in the i same direction.?Philadelphia Record. The Wolverine. The poet Campbell went so far as to i speak of "Erie's bank, where tigers ! creep along," but this way very far fetched. The wolverine, from which \ Michigan has been named, has always j had, however, the reputation of being j a most ferocious creature. These stories are not wholly unfounded, ; although no doubt greatly exaggera ! ted. The wolverine is usually about ' two and a half feet loDg without the tail, which would make a considerably greater length. Its back is somewhat arched, its head is broad and round' ing to form its nose. Its legs ere Bhort and thisk. The fur is a dark brown, nearly black in winter, with a ' light stripe along the upper part ol I each Bide meeting on the back, and another across the forehead. It feedp on small auimals and is very fond of robbing traps. It is classed with the bear family, but in some respects is allied to the weasel tribe. Only a* I bight does it leave its hidinc piano. POPULAR SCIENCE. An eminent naturalist tells how o blackbird will stand at the side of o hanging wasps' nest and deliberately tear it to pieces, in order to get atth< larvre, apparently undisturbed by th< swarm of angry insects. At the bottom of the occan the ternperature is down to freezing and ofter below it. There is no light, and th( enormous pressure of a ton to th< square inch in every one thousant fathoms, or sixteen times more pres sure than we endure. M. Henri Coupon has been experimenting with the action of anaesthetics on seeds. He shows that they ac not injure the grain, but the insectf that attack it are destroyed. Chloroform is recommended. The grain is, however, very sensitive to ana?stheti( vapors, which retard their germination or kill them. The subject of green oysters has recently awakened considerable attention. They aro more highly prized by many consumers abroad than the ordinarv kinds. The opinion is wide spread that the greening is injurious. The Marennes oyssers are harmless, and the color does not depend upon the presence of a particular pigment. These oysters are very popular ibroad. No trace of copper or iron bas been found in them. The superior flavor of Smyrna fige is ascribed to certain Asiatic insects, which produce a more perfect fertilization of the flavors of the fig-trees ic A.sia Minor than is commonly effected in other countries. The flavor appears to depend upon the number of ripened seeds in the fruit. During the past year the Department of Agriculture has imported some of these insects from Asia into California, and it is hoped that they will multiply there and improve the flavor of American figs. A striking use of the X-rays, is to be made in the case of two sisters who ire joined together in the same manner as the celebrated Siamese twins. These girls were recently discovered in Brazil, and have reached the age oi ten vears. The examination with the X-rays is to bo made with a view to determining whether the bond joining the two bodies can be severed by a mrgical operation. , If the bodies are independent, surgical treatment would be justifiable and possibly successful, jut if there is an actual connection betwoen the two organisms such a jtop, is of course, out of the question. A very few exceptions to the rule that animals live with their backs towards the sky and away from the sarth, are found by a French scientist. The larva of the beautiful floral beetle, whose winged existenco is mosly spent near roses aud other flowsrs, is the best example. This grub is a fat worm that does much damage to plant roots in gardens. It lias three pairs of legs, seemingly designed For use, yet it crceps about grotesquely on its back, pushing itself Forward six inches to a foot a minute by contractile movements of its segments, aided by a brush of hairs. The aquatic world haB its water-boatmen, or Notonectae, that always swim back downward. Among mammals are the sloths and other Edentates that spend most of their lives upside down, suspended from trees by their claws. On the Society Knsh Line. He adored her, and she had engagements ahead for all social functions is sight and what was to follow. Therefore she was a vory busy young ivoman. It would have made her very unhappy to have been idle under the jircumstances. He was more than anxious to have n moment with her, in order to tell hex what was in his heart, notwithstanding she partially knew by reason ol bis persistent attentions and the few words he had been able to fling at her during the rush. The desire to speak to her, definitely, grew upon him, however, until he could resist no longer, and lie thrusl bimself upon her one evening at ti function of some sort, where among sc many people he thought to find obscurity for a few brief moments. "I beg your pardon," he said to her, anxiously, earnestly, pleadingly, "but I have something to say to you and ] want to see you alone for just a minute." "I am very sorry," she replied, "but Mr. Smithlets is waiting for me there by the door." "Let him wait," he said desperate ly, "his engagement is for an hour, mine is for all time." "Oh," she answered, ""is that it' Very well; just consider that I have said 'yes.' Now run along like a good boy and come around Sunday afternoon. I'm to have a few people ii between 4 and 6." Then his soul was filled with th( joy, unutterable, and with a glac smile he moved through the giddj throng, and his heart was at rest.? Detroit Free Press. Serious Trouble of a Predatory Knccoon A rather curious incident occurred at the home of Levi Lee in New Augustine recently. He was awak ened from slumber by unusual noise: from tlft direction of his pig pen There seemed to be a scuffle, accom panied by terrific squeals from th< pigs. Mr. Leu hastened to the spot and as he approached the pen he saw au immense raccoon struggling through au aperture in the fence The "coon" could scarcely move, au( upon investigation it was found tha its hind quarters had been severei from the body. The creature was soon put out of misery, and a furthei investigation revealed the fact tha tho coon bad been in a figbt witb ai old sow, which bad partially eaten tb< smaller animal. Oar Model Troopship*. Tbe army transports Logan, Mead* and Tbomas are model vessels for tb< carrying of troops, and they bave ai aggregate capacity of 5000 officers ani men. Tbe fittings on all of tbem an most elaborate, and on tbe Logan in elude folding metallic bunks, sup ported by steel tubes and arrange* tbree in a tier. Shower batbs and i refrigerating apparatus for preservinf fresh meat for issue en route are pro vided. A meat-cbopping machine ii operated by electricity and it has \ papacity of 500 pounds per hour. , HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. i The Newest Table Silver. i The newest silver, both for the r .able and for the toilet, is rather 3 elaborate in design. Of the patterns, ; which are floral generally, the chrysanthemum is popular in proportion as .- he flower itself is and that means chat it is in high favor. The leaf pati :evn is new. One new toilet set shows ) the apple blossom design. Of the J thirteen pieces in the up-to-date 1 toilet outfit eight are brushes. A Point In Carving Etiquette. The adept carver will not ask the guest of honor which is his or her favorite piece. We will give the one we would honor the cut of fish next 1 the tail, that nearest the head being next choice; the Emperor's muscle > and oyster of the turkey, with a bit : of brown fat added as a tribute to palate discrimination; the tenderloiu of steak, the hock of the leg, the tenderloin with kidney of the saddle (with some brown fat); the loin of the hare or squirrel, the rib of the sucking pig. Other guests will express their preference promptly when asked, that none may be kept vaiting.?Woman's Home Companion. When Maklne Pudding* and Cakea. The inexperienced housekeeper at times becomes confused over the many ways in which recipes are written. Some recipes cling to cups and teaspoons in measuring, other say 1 pounds and ounces and gills and quarts. Here are some of the equivalents: One quart of wheat | flour is equal to one pound. It ' takes one pound and one ounce of ; soft butter to equal one quart. A pound and an ounce of white sugar > also equal one quart. In liquids, four tablespoons equals one-half gill 'and four gills equal one pint. A wineglass contains four teaspoonfals, while a teacup contains twelve table spoonfuls. Gondola Chalra. In every one of the newly done over reception saloons there is sure to be a carved cedar gondola chair, inlaid with very pink pearl and bits of coral and softened in its curved seat by a plump pillow covered witb Venetian velvet and having hcavj > gold tassels at its four corners. On either side of the drawing-room fireplace are also inevitably a pair oi i lofty-backed court chairs. These have gilded frames, perfectly straight, solid wood backs, ' the center of which a strip of red .vet is fastened, vel. vet seats, .u are occupied usually by the nostess and her most favored guest. A deep Dutch easychair is another one of the new-comers in the American drawing-room, 1 and a feature now noticeable is the increasing number of foot-stools. Women are just beginning to learn 1 again that not only against a crimson velvet cushion their slender, delicacelj slippered feet show to wouderfal ad vantage, but that there is no better i means of resting tired feet than bj dee of a footstool, and also there if qo wiser precaation, when weary 01 I under the weather, for escaping colds 1 and neuralgia than by propping the feet upon a cushion. The upholsterers are making footrests of many shapes and materials, stuffing them with feathers or a fine Lair, and covering them with bits ol li.\udsome^tapestry, bullion embroid ered velvet or soft moleskin, doeskii and leather, and hanging tassels a: their corners until they have becomi sssential ornaments in auv well-deco ated living-room. The Family Towel Supply. , ? Small hand towels for use in th< ! Iverage family are to be recommended. Many housekeepers take great pride in their store of towels, each a yard :ong and three-quarters wide, moreoi less, but this is an imposition 06 the washerwoman unless an elaborate es[ iablisbment is kept up. For the average family, where one, or, at most, , two girls do the work of the house hold, it is obviously unfair to increase the weekly washing in this way. Nc ( towel should be used by anyone more ;lian once, certainly never oy two per- i ions; if the family supply is in the ( jhape of small towels, perhaps twenty Dy twelve inches in dimension, this rule can be enforced without burdening the laundress unduly. As a rule ;hese small towels are apt not to be f Df as good quality as housekeepers like, but any dealer will have them jaade to order for any customer at a trifling increase of cost. The kitchen roller-towel should be ibandoned.and in its place plenty of the small cheap towels provided. It is a good plan to have those intended for kitchen use banded with a certain i 3olor, which will insure their always ) being kept for that service. Add, too, I to the equipment in the kitchen aud in the family bath-rdom a nail-cleaner ! attached to a chain and fastened conveniently near the wash-bowl. To ^ care for the nuils is the last thing that [ occurs to the ordinaiy kitchen-maid, r but this hint brought to her notice every time she washes her hands will, after a while, be taken by the most careless of maiils. These nail-brushes , and can be had of dealers who supplr I the State. Recipe*. Custard Apple Pudding?Pare ano i core six nice apples, place them in e pudding disb, put a little sugar ir center of each one, place the dish iD 3 a hot oven and bake till nearly done, > mix three half pints milk with foui ! eggs, three tablespoonfuls sugar, out 5 teaspoonful vanilla; pour this over the apples, return to the oven and bake ' till the custard is firm; serve ice cold. j Banburys?Make a nice puff paste, .roll it oul the usual thickness for pies, 5 then cut into pieces with a large bis[ cuit cutter; pile one tablespoonful of the filling on half of each round of I paste, wet the edges and fold tlie other ' half over: press edges together; bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. Filling for same: Two cups of chopped raisius, oue cup sugar, one egg, one ' lemon; mix thoroughly. Liver Toast?Boil a half-pound j liver for fifteen minutes, chop it ex, tremely fine and season with peppei " and salt. Make a brown sauce by cooking together a tablespoonful, - each, of butter and browned flour and } pouring on them a pint of beef stock. Stir until smooth, season with kitchen bouquet and beat into the eance the , minced liver. Cook, still stirring, foi | a minute, and pour all upon slices oJ j buttered toast. T T^j'T mJ ** 1)7- ^/' IVORY SOi In fifteen minutes, with only you can make a better cleansing p Ivory Soap Paste will take sp carpets, rugs, kid gloves, slippers, canvas shoes, leather belts, painte special value of Ivory Soap in thi can be used with a damp sponge [ - that cannot be washed because th< tion of water. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING.?To one p (one-quarter of the small size cake) of Ivory Soap < thoroughly dissolved. Remove from the fire and cc In an air-tight class jar. ^ ? THC p(loc1 A yUUculou* Shipwreck. The shipping community of Kingston is divided between amusement and disgust over a shipwreck which has just happened here. A few days ago an Italian brig named the Fabio, bound iro^x Genoa to Pensacola, ran ? i?_. a aground oil tne -ransauoeB, lueuiuiun eand spit which forms the breakwator of Kingston harbor. The weather was perfectly calm at the time. The vessel drifted aground for lack of wind a few minutes after the anchor had been weighed, with the object of making Kingston harbor. The Italian captain and his crew made absolutely no effort to save the ship, tbough the sea was as calm as a mill pond, and by heaving on a kedge anchor they could have lifted her off the-reef. They at once deserted the ship, rowing ashore with the Jamaican pilot, who was aboard. The vessel is now a total wreck, but the crew are enjoying a'fine holiday in Kingston, quite happy in the conviction that ihey did enough for honor.?Jamaica Correspondence- Chicago Eecord. Little King's Pocket Money. ' 1'ive thousand dollars is the sum ~ *" * a allotted to tbe young iving 01 ojjuu is pooket money every year. The fouthful monarch, however, has to pay various subscriptions to charities sut of this amount, as well as to defray the maintenance of several orphans for which he is personally responsible, so that he has but little left for his private use. TryGraln-O! Try Grain-O! Ask yoyr grocer to-day to show yon a package of Gbain-O, tbe new food drink that takes tbe place of coffee. Children nay drink It without injury as well as tbo idult. All who try It like it. Gbain-0 las that rich seal brown of Mocha or Tava, but is made from pure grains; the nost delicate stomach receives It without Jistress. yi the price of coffee. 15c. and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. I % ? The roval deer park at Copenhagen,I Denmark, covers 4200 acres. State op Ohio, City of Toleho, i Lucas County, ( Frank J. Cheney makes oatb that he is the senior partner of tbe firm of F. J. Chkney <& L'o.. doing businessintbeCityoIToledo,County Aud State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of one hcndked dollars for each and every cage of catakrh that cannot be cured by tbe use of Ball's Catarrh i.ube. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my (I presence, this 6th day of December, -< seal y A. D. 1886. A. W. Gleason, | ?v?) Nniani Public. Wall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally^ and acts directly on the blood and mucous snriaces i of the system. Send for testimonials, free. , F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the beet. England's annual exportation of drugs amounts to $6,000,000. New Route to Pinehurat, N. C. The Southern Railway announcing effective January 1st, 1900, through service will be inaugu rated between the East and Pinehurst X. C., via High Point, N. C. Connections will be made from New York on the Washington & Southwestern Limited, leaving New York daily, at 1.25 p. m., airlving at Pi'nehurst the following morning at 11 o'clock. Perfect Fullman Sleeping and Dining Car Service between New York and High Point connecting with elegant thoroughfare coach for Pinehurst. * all particulars of Ales. S. Thweatt, Eastern Pass. Agt.. 271 Broadway, New York. A storm moves at the rate oi thirty-six miles per hour. Vitality low.debtlitated or exhausted cured by nr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. Frek $1 trial bottle for 2 weeks'treatment. Dr. Kline, Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded 1871. The daily medical inspection of school children has been adopted in Philadelphia. After six years' suffering I was cured by Piso's Cure.?Maky Thomson. 29# Ohio Ave.. Alleghany, Pa.. March 19.1S1M. New Brunswick b?*s about 7,000,000 aere9 of crown land. 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