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The British Pre BfiflB^Ktf^wffi^^mfS^wSySiHBMMffl u^v&w Hflr^-^^JBb&it ' 'i ^WWwBffiHHy^ Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, approval of his ministry by the British elections, is a patient, methodical and seventieth year, he will retain, in addi ship, the leadership in the House of G , Improvement in Colanders. Some of the recent improvements In cooking utensils are a great help ( to the housewife, who is always on j the lobkout for anything that will \ lighten her duties. The latest is a t , colander for straining liquids, an il- ? lustration of which is shown below. 1 In addition to being serviceable in straining preserves, jellies, etc., it .. * Improved Colander. also thoroughly beats and stirs them up, so that the seeds or other undesirable portion is thoroughly separated from fhat which is to be retained. To make the operation doubly easy vuc tuittiiuci puiuun 10 aicauuuu tu a. hracket, the latter being clamped to the table. The colander is in two sections, the lower portion containing the perforations and the upper portion serving as a cover to prevent the contents from splashing out on the table when the beater is operated. Revolving in the lower portion of the colander is the beater, composed of circular bands. These bands are operated by a handle at the side. In straining preserves, for instance, they are placed in the colander, the cover closed and the handle operated, a long dish being placed on the table . to catch the strained liquid. A halfminute's turning suffices to thorough ly beat and strain the contents. Japan in the Far East. 1 Japan is blinded with ambition 1 and greed of her neighbor's greater 1 wealth, and in her blindness sho 1 thinks she is able to oust all others 1 from the far east and divide the < prizes among her own people.?Cor- i respondent of the China Gazette, i Shanghai. 1 General View of New Crotoi : . ... ; ... \ The New Croton Dam is located s low the Old Croton Dam (built 1837-1 of about 30,000,000,000 gallons cap! city of New York. The work was beg practically finished by January 17, 1 Guide For Scissors. i One of the neatest little devices ' tor saving time and assuring accuracy 1 is the guide for scissors shown In the s11 No Measuring Required. illustration belo-/. It should Drove . mier at Work. ' 4 who has now received the emphatic ( voters in the general parliamentary ? tireless worker. Although in his ? tion to the burdens of the Premier- ( ommons. s The Wrong Eggs. ? O. D. Pitts, a farmer of Carolint 1 County, tells the following remarkibly story. He says he was plowing 1 with a pair of horses on his farm and :urned up a nest containing what he supposed to be turtle eggs. He put :hem In his pocket to carry them j lome and experiment with them as J ;o their hatching qualities. Some 3 ime later, when he took up his coat. t le felt something moving, and upon [ nvestigation found that the eggs had 1 latched and his pocket was full of 1 roung snakes. He did not experl- ( nent any further.?Richmond Times. ' New Ironing Board. t An exceedingly convenient method >f attaching an ironing board to the citchen table is shown in the accom- ^ >anying illustration. Housewives inlist that an ironing board is the iroper thing to use when ironing, be- . ng far superior to a table. Its paricular form adapts it to the purpose, vhile the surface of a table is too arge for the purpose. As shown r lere, the ironing board is normally . lidden beneath the leaves of the able, one end being hinged to the ' idge. One leaf of the table is also 1 linged to the one next in position. !Vfter throwing back the table leaf ;he ironing board can also be swung >ver to one side and is instantly ready ^ , ' ? ' ? ! i y! _J ; Ironing Board on Table.. ( for service. In this way the necessity j tor supporting the ironing board on j Lwo chairs is obviated. At the same ^ lime the balance of the table can be j used for holding the unfinished :lothes. Upon the completion of the i Ironing the board is again folded ] across the table supports and the ? leaf lowered to its normal position. j I J d Dam After Construction. < t - - 1 ibout three and one-fourth miles be- ] 842), and forms a storage reservoir j icity for the water supply of the ( un on September 20, 1892, and was , 906. , Df incalculable benefit to dressmakers < and others who daily cut cloth in strips which must be of a certain width. This guide can be attached to any pair of scissors and does not interfere with using them under orlinary conditions, when the guide is not needed. The guide comprises a flat strip, one end of which is at- i tached to the handle of the scissors. Dn the face of this strip are the divisions of a foot rule, sliding on the strip to a pointer. It will be readily seen that if a strip of cloth four and '' ane-half inches wide is to be cut, the pointer can be set at that division on Che rule, and by keeping the pointer In alignment with the edge of the cloth while cutting a strip of exactly that width will be cut. Besides preventing wastage from cutting off too much cloth, the guide obviates the necessity of marking the cloth before eutting. When your neighbor begins to boast of his honesty it's up to you to get busy and put on extra bolts on your back door ortJ3Kp$pir)j ]ii the London parish of St. Peter's, ivbich has 3 3,000 inhabitants, there s but one bath. Twenty-one Korean students, stranded in Japan, petitioned Seoul for aid. As evidence of good faith iach student chopped off a finger and nclosed it with the letter. A wooden statue of a Highlander lhat has stood for 100 years outside i tobacconist's at 128 Tottenham 2ourt Road, London, is to be sold, as :he house is to be pulled down. A contemporary states that a relent census disclosed that among 5000 car drivers in Vienna there are 140 knights, fifty barons an4. four counts. If the tourist does not know ;heir rank he is respectfully requested to ask a policeman. In showing that the wealth of jreat Britain is increasing at the rate )f $7,000,000 weekly, while that of ;he United States is increasing at the *ate of $10,000,000 daily, the Express declares that the British must last off a worn-out commercial sysem. A "yegg" or "yeggman" might he lefined as a cross between a tramp ind a burglar. "Yeggmen" travel ibout the country always by stealing )r begging rides on freight trains, tnd their operations are generally :onfined to banks or postoffices in the smaller towns. Eventually "yeggnen" are likely to come to grief :hrough the loss of a leg or an arm, when they take to begging, and be:ome known as "ex-yeggmen." The maintenance of order in Janaica is intrusted to the constabuary, modeled on the system of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and "parially under military organization and iiscipline." This force consists of sixteen officers (inspectors and subnspectors) under an inspector.-gen>ral, 758 sub-officers and men and 312 district constables, distributed ;hroughout the island. A number of ;he sub-officers formerly belonged to ;he Royal Irish Constabulary. The cattle raising districts of Janaica are in St. Ann's, Hanover and iVestmoreland, and the western part )f St. James. The uplands of Man:hester parish are rich in coffee and 'ruit, and St. Elizabeth parish grows i large quantity of logwood and oth>r dye woods, as well as corn, and 'urnishes fine pasture for horses, rhe cultivation of cotton has recently jeen undertaken in Jamaica. There ire now about twenty-two acres unler cultivation, and the exports for L904-5 reached about 15,000 pounds. MOST MODERN SALT PLANT. Ready For the Table Without Ever Being Touched by Human Hands. Thirteen hundred barrels every wenty-four hours of fine salt? nined, purified and crystallized, jacked ready for the table without he touch of a hand?this Is the last ichievement in salt making, the final ound in reduced cost of production, says the Technical World. In the city of Saginaw there has ust been completed and put in opera;ion the most modem salt plant in ^ mAiti'/in TV? r\ tr*nlr co If fo Tf\ O firl "V.U1CI iV_a. iuu l UV/IX oaib 10 uiiugu ana jrought to the surface in the form )f brine, through wells nearly 800 'eet deep. This brine is pumped into i tank and filtered and run into setling tanks. Prom there it is drawn )ff into grainers, where the salt crysallizes. These grainers are made Oj. solid nrt/^ ama Krtf f ftr fVinn -uuu xz lu auu aiu ujiuwu tuau he old wooden tanks. Steam exhaust )ipes pass through the grainers, vhich heat the brine to such a temperature that crystallization begins. This is a most interesting action. Watching the steaming surface of the jrine, a pellicle of salt forms, which soon breaks and sinks down, to be 'ollowed by another, and the crystalzation then proceeds rapidly. It is i fact that the estimated capacity )? each graifter, of 100 barrels every ;wenty-four hours, is being greatly jxceeded, and more than 130 barrels ire being made. "No such fast salt-making was ;ver known before," said Salt Maker tfason. "It beats all how the crystals 'orm on the bottom and sides of the ;rainer. I never saw anytmng line t, and I have been making salt?and ;ood salt, too?for twenty-five years." The Farm at the Head. The farm is still the great source of ;he Nation's wealth, and still remains it the head In supplying articles tor export. For the fiscal year ended last June, the exports of agricultural products reached the enormous value )f $976,000,000. Corn is at the front is to total value of product, though aot as an export quantity. The total valuation of a few of tne principal srops for the year is given as follows: Corn, $1,100,000,000; cotton, including seed, $640,000,000; hay, $600,000,000; wheat, $450,000,000; potatoes, $150,000,000. Sugar beets [s the ninth article in value, the crop this year being $34,000,000. The total of the farm products is $6,$00,000,000. Buttoned Up His Dog. It is always a good plan to take some old blankets for the dogs on a tvinter camping trip, says a writer in the Travel Magazine. Most of them will allow you to cover them up, and it Is much pleasanter to feel them sleeping comfortably by your feet than to know that they are shaking with the cold which cuts through their short hair like a knife. Every night for a week once I buttoned one of the best dogs that I ever hunted with into my coat, and after wisely watching the operation, he would tuck his nose contentedly inside and hie away to the land of dreams, where rabbits are thicker ?,nd hunters better shots. \ * - -' i - t'v. ":: . i jl T#? Pi ll Jc=r- s3tsii4to * pctaj sondaY/l .nMnki r i5&rmo n iLH-lUUj T Subject: The Pa Brooklyn, N. Y.?Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church i on the theme "The Parables of Jesus," the Rev. Ira Weramell Henderson, pastor, took as his text Mark i 4:2. "And He taught them many things by parables." He said: The parables of Jesus are as won- ; derful to-day as they were in Jerusalem. Time has not spoiled their temper nor dulled their edge. Spoken to the citizens of Palestine nearly ' two thousAd years ago, their truth i strikes deep and convictingly into mtnrv heart now Iioro Prflltcht with eternal verities they still ring fresh upon the ears of men. Laden : with the ripest and finest fruit of i human experience and of divine reve- ' lation they can never fail to com- i mand and secure the attention of i humanity. Be they illustrative, com- i parative or similative, as the com- ' mentators have it. they are to us the 1 means and the medium to convey i truth to our minds, comfort to our 1 hearts, power to onr souls. LILile < care we that the parables of the 1 sower and the mustard seed may be i paralled in the philosophy of Bud- i dha. The mind and the voice of i Christ have consecrated them in a 1 peculiar and impressive manner to i His church. i The source of the world-wide ap- i peal of Christianity lies, in large < measure, in its adaptability to the i needs of all men and in the fact that 1 in it all the most exalted truths of 1 ancient and modern philosophies are ! crystallzed and culminated. And nowhere {q mftro mnrlrerllv demnn- 1 strated than in the parables. No ' man can light a candle but the words 1 of Jesus blaze tip In the flame. Think < for a moment how out of place and 1 incongruous new patches are on old 1 garments. The parable of the good i Samaritan has led us often con- ] sciously, more often unconsciously, 1 to lend the weak and the fallen the ] helning hand. ' ' The parables reach all men be- i cause they depict and portray and i depend for force upon the world, < its activities and its people. They < are the product not of speculation i but of vital objective and subjective 1 human experience. They are the 1 epitome of all that we see and hear , and feel within us. Add to this that the parables are I pungent, cogent, profound, positive J and pointed; and you have the keys i to their influence. < The parables of Christ are pun- i gent. That is to say they ci? deep. 1 When Jesus started to flay sin or to I declare truth He went beneath the j surface of things' apparent. The i parable pricks the surface and draws ] blood. The steel of Toledo or Shef- 1 field or Damascus , never made a i deeper or a cleaner, cut than the i stinging' language and the caustic 1 truths of the parables made, and yet do make, into the vitals of sin. Let j the self-righteous man testify to the | writhings of his soul under the lash i of the scorn of Christ. Let him who < is wasting his talents tell of the < piercing words of Christ to him. l Truth cuts. The parables of Christ < declare the truth and thus our sins i are slashed. ] The parables of Christ are cogent t and for two reasons. Words, I care ] not what may be their language t or their grammar, are potent just in | the proportion that they bear a ] freight of truth, mirror for us in < language tie many facts of life, and * compelling!)'. No man is there so i hard but he yields deference to truth, i Sin -iirinks from the light and sin- i ners see in sinlessness their hearts' j best desires. The touch of truth < transforms illiteracy and lends it j charm and cogency. Language is ( never so magnificent, so moving, so 1 inspiring as when .mediating truth 5 to men. What to us is the halting, r.ngrammatical, mishandled English if, so be, the light of truth irradiates the speech! And, on the other hand, what to us is the smooth, melli- 1 fluous language; what to us are arts of polished rhetoric and of the self- 1 poised, gifted orator; what to us are the graceful gesture and the win- 1 someness of voice, if the speech ] lend aid to evil and the speaker's heart be black? Truth cuts and'it ' also counts. Pretense shears language of power. Immorality of life or opinion damages effect. All the 1 gifts and graces in the world cannot : avail to make the wrong acceptable 1 to the pure and true in heart. The parables are cogent. Their truth , forever sways the human mind. Philosophy has never yet surpassed ( them for they are the crown and the 1 consummation of immortal truths. 1 The child can read and understand and find therein a scheme for life. And how true to life the parables are. Portrayal is powerful unto in- 1 fl.ianno Tho trmrh of exDerience makes the whole world kin. That word picture holds most which reveals most. The kindergarten of language is full of verbal photographs. What pictures are to the babe the parables are to us. The charm of the printed picture of the hflrse depends upon the vision of the quadruped that the child has enjoyed. The power of the parable lies in its reproduction of the facts of life around us. No man knows so well the value of a sure foundation as he who has built upon a cheap , and flimsy footing course. That friend of yours who is wasting God given opportunities has a keen ap' ' ~ 0 ? fVlOt preciauon ui a waotciumcao vu?b Christ both portrayed and condemned. Put your candle beneath a basket some night and then tell me how much light you receive from it. My brother, that was pretty poor fodder even for swine which we endeavored to subsist upon before we rushed back home to God, wasn't it? The parables are photographs; true, faithful, convincing reproductions of our own experiences and of humanity's. Therefore they are cogent and powerful. The profoundest thoughts are the most potent for influence upon the I lives of men. The deepest truth, for which we have to dig, attracts \is most. The parables are profound. They present a field not for the grub axe but for the pick. The search for truth leads a man, aye compels him, to cease placer mining and to sink a shaft. Truth is to be found most plentifully beneath the surface. And just as the sight of pay dirt in the pan sends the miner into the depths for more so the appropriation and appreciation, by the seeker after truth, of surface verities impels him to search deeper. The parables are ?if;ep. They not only depict extern#! conditions and portray the visible and objective facts of life but they also clothe and conceal a wealth of ' - . ? ? ' '.v tfrV v.-v " f:''- '-?' ;."' * ' BV-THE:'REV^S ?A .W-HEND?R5<?l|i. 'HEfPAMQOS.Dftfifti i rable of Jesns. unseen truth that must be searched i out to be secured. The ring and the calf and the cloak and the feast but tell in story the outward evidence of the father's love. We forget the sheep when we hear the voice of God. Don't bother with the yeast; think of the spiritual uplift we would have and would become personally if we had the fullness of the kingdom of heaven within us. The parables are profound. If you are unconvinced, just follow one of them to the end of its implications, ' under the guidance of the Spirit. The positiveness of the parables [s refreshing. There is no hesitancy . about them. The Lord was certain that men could understand them if they would. He was sure that they mirrored life and would have a real appeal to men. Furthermore there was no doubt in the mind of Christ that they contained a measure of spiritual truth which any man," under f-Vist rsP OnUU ( rvV. f L11C7 lUIIUUUUU UJL IUC OMU U, Uilf)UV sasily discern. No man has to think twice to understand that it is not anly unfair but also wrong to make no use or feeble use of divinely bestowed capacities. There 1b mistaking the assurance that the parable iffords the man who puts his trust In riches, that he is a fool. Is there any doubt as to the opinion God has of those Pharisees who bless their stars they are a little better than the common herd? The action of the yeast in the dough presents a strong picture of the power of truth. Those things that are cogent and positive almost always have point. The parables are pointed. They are both sharp and well aimed. They 3o not beat around the bush or befog the issue. They make straight for the mark. The sower and his 3eed' reflect the Gospel and our hearts. The joy at the finding of the money is like to the joy of the Father over the lost who are found. The drawnet and its catch ought to make us less susceptible to class and social distinctions, and more cognizant of the fact that the kingdom of God is for all men. The spectacle of the cautious king who took tally of his troops should re? real clearly that we cannot serve Testis without spiritual preparation, rhose ten virgins ought to warn us:hat death-bed repentances are risky, [ust as certainly as the tale Matthew ;ells us of the vineyard workmen ( ind their, hire admonishes us that ive should be cheerful not' churlish jecause men who have been bad in this life enter repentant, by the ;race of God, Into equal salvation with us at the end of evil lives. The i parables have point and being well sarbed and feathered they fly true ' ind stick. Full of life, and reflect- ( ng life, they carry truth lastingly j :o our hearts. ; Profound,"* pointed, positive, the pungent parables of Christ are cogent. They are powerful to arrest attention and to hold it, and to stimulate our thought. To appreciate them best and for them to >e most of benefit to us we must mter into the mind of Christ. Filled , vith His Spirit and dominated by , 3is love we shall ever discover wonlers, comfort, peace, inspiration in 1 3is truth. For Jesus is the master 1 :eacher of the ages. He is the pro- < 'oundest philosopher of the world. Vlen may not accept Christian the- \ >logy concerning Him, they may not , iccept Him as a Saviour in the Chris- ' ;ian use of the term; but wherever , ;here is a man 01 pnnosopnic auimj, vherever there is a mind of surpassng intellectual clarity, there is i Christ honored for His insight, His 1 ntellectual acumen. His intensity | )f soul. The parables of Jesus are , :he messages of a philosopher and a Saviour. j The Brave Man's Prayer. O Power's that be make me sufii- 1 :ient to my own occasions. Teach me to know and observe the ! rules of the game. Give me to mind my own business i it all times and to lose no good op- j portunity of holding my tongue. Help me not to cry for the moon , dt spilled milk. 4 Grant me neither to proffer nor to welcome cheap praise; to distinguish ] 3harply between sentiment and sentimentality, cleaving to the one and i rj nnnlotn o? nthor ( U^0piOiU() bMV VVMWk . When it is appointed for me to suf- l fer, let me so far as may humanly ( be possible, take example from the deer, well-bred beasts, and go away quietly, to bear my sufferings by myself. Give me to be always a good com- i rade and to view the passing show ] with an eye constantly growing keen- < er, a charity broadening and deepen- i Ing day by day. ^ Help me to win; if win I may; , but?and this, O Powers! especially ?if I may not win, make me a good j loser. Amen!?Robert Frothingham. i The Christian's Ascent. 1 The Christian life is a continue 1 renewal, Dut oniy as we wain. uij a < mountain is a continual ascent, and, j if the mountain is immeasurable, ] then, of course, the summit is never , reached, but, if the ascent is ever ' forward, it is a privilege, not a hardship, that we can continue to ascend. 1 ?J. H. Thorn. ' i Speed Peace on Earth. ? If a thousandth part of what haa i < been expended in war and preparing ( its mighty engines had been devoted ( to the development of reason and the diffusion of Christian principles, nothing would have been known for centuries past of its terrors, its sufferings, its impoverishment and its de- o moralization, but what was learned j from history.?Horace Mann. ^ God and Heaven on Earth. To enjoy God and heaven it does * not require that we wait till the last 1 touch of death reveals all things in 1 - C ? 4-ol-y. I 1 tne llglll U1 tJLClllILJ. VVC U1UJT CttAC J God and heaven along with us every i day, and carry their peace and glory a into all the dull and prosaic scenes . o? earth.?Thomas Lathrop. 1 ' t Pray For Others. p Unless we pray for others, we are i: lacking in that spirit in which alone c we can pray hopefully for ourselves, g and we are living in neglect of a . prime duty to God's dear ones who ' need and deserve our prayers. * Not the Door. Learning makes a good window in 1 Christian character, but it is not the 0 door into it. | d -3 - ( ' -\ ?. ': .' ' : >'$ , V > I Tardarms Among Trees. Congressman Reyburn, In speaking the other day of the early recognition of Philadelphia's natural advantages as a maritime port, says that that was one of the features which led William Penn to select it as the Bite for a city. When those old-time voyagers brought their ships into Dock Creek they were surprised to see that the yardarms of their vessels stuck out into the trees which grew upon the banks, a condition they had never encountered in the Thames or elsewhere, as in most J I NATURE PROVIDES I FOR SICK WOMEN I a more potent remedy in the roots and herbs of the field than was ever jfi produced from drugs. a In the good old-fashioned days oi I our grandmothers few drugs were I used in medicines and Lydia E. I Pinkham, of Lynn. Mass., in her I study of roots and herbs and their I power over disease discovered ana gave to the women of the world a remedy for their peculiar ills more potent and efficacious than any combination of drags. Lydia E. Pinkham's) ^9 an honest, tried and true remedy < During its record of more than cures of those serious ills peculiar to Vegetable Compound to the respect person and every thinking woman. When women are troubled wi weakness, displacements, ulcerati flatulency, general debility indige should remember there is one triec ham's Vegetable Compound. No other remedy in the count female ills, and thousands of womei States bear willing testimony to tht ham's Vegetable compound and whi Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick wo guided thousands to health. For twi sick women free of charge. She is tl ham and as her assistant for years 1 . immediate direction. Address, Lyi A few days ago a deputation of English workingmen engaged in the meat trade called on John Bums. The chairman of the deputation apologized for troubling him, but Mr. Burns replied: "Don't apologize. I am paid ?2000 ^10,000) a year for listening to you gentlemen."' There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable.' For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, j pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the onJy constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops toateaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. furvrv Mr /Vfc r,loHr> (V W w*} A V1VV.VJ w> Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A Powerful Fish. The power of a sword-fish has always been admitted, and Instances have not been altogether uncommon of his attacking vessels and burying his formidable weapon in them. A case occurred once which shows that the strength of the fish is even greater than was suspected. A three-masted schooner, of Boston, put into port leaky. On her voyage from Mobile she was suddenly found to be taking in water fast, rhe crew were set to the pumps, and found that they were able to keep 3own the water, but that steady work tvas required. The hands, therefore, shifted the cargo, and at last found the hole, which was caused by the sword or horn of a sword-fish. It dad passed through the copper sheathing of the ship, through the outer planking, four and a half Inches in thickness, through nine Inches space between that and the lining, and then through the inner planking, another four and a half Inches thick. The force required to send a blunt weapon like this through nine Inches of solid wood must have been immense. The sword-fish, who no doubt imagined that the dark mass passing over him, was a whale, must have been pretty well astonished and disgusted at the result of his attack. J Never Sing Just After Dinner. There seems to be no particular reason why a musician should not be blessed with a good appetite, but the Saint Cecilia Society at Couvin, in Belgium, seems to possess a voracity that i3 nothing less than formidable, rhe other day they celebrated' the mnual festival of their patron saint, rhere was, of course, a dinner, which In rural Flanders is as essential'to festivity as it is in England. Two hundred persons sat down, and they consumed exactly 500 pounds of flesh food, in the form of beef, mutton, iiare, etc., to say nothing of bread ind various vegetables, followed by much havoc among various pastries ind puddings. As for the spirituous md other liquors that disappeared? veil, reticence must be observed somewhere. Suffice it to say that the lessert was worthy or the least. Tney :an wassail In Flanders yet.?London Jlobe. The Risks of Travel. The Interstate Commerce'Commisilon reports that for the year ending fune 30, 1906, there, was a total of 1235 passengers and employes killed >n the railroads of the country. The otal injured was 55,524. In all the remendous traffic of the great lakes his season, only 126 lives were lost, rhere are no official statistics showng the total number of ocean, lake ,nd river steamship fatalities as comiared with railway fatalities on the lasis of the business actually done, iut it is very much smaller. The ex ilanation of most railway accidents I s that "the brakes did not work." lo it is a fair inference that defective I ppliances are chiefly to blame for he land fatalities. ? New York Vorld. A tax is now levied on all railway ickets sold In Japan, varying from ne cent to fifty cents, according to istance. N.Y.?5 ports with which they were fas filar the water at the shore was so shallow that even the small vessels of that day had to be anchored out in the stream and their cargoes taken off in small boats. This condition still prevails to a considerable degree along the city's waterfront, the scouring action of the river's current being due to ita being turned against the Pennsylvania shore by the conformation of the 'banks at the point where the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge crosses' the stream.?Philadelphia Record. ys'M Vegetable Compound | Df unquestionable therapeutic value. thirty years, its lonof list of actual women, entitles Lvdia E. Pink ham's and confidence of every fair minded ith irregular or painful functions, ion or inflammation, backache, :stion or nervous prostration, they 1 and true remedy, Lydia E. Pinkry has ruch a record of cures of x residing in every part of the United 5i wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkit it has done for them. men to write her for advice. 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