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???mammrnm?mm Childhood's Worst Terror. An examination of 1500 childre recently made in tlie west of Americ shows that thunder storms are by fa the worst terror of childhood. After ward, in the order set down, com snakes, strangers, darkness, fire death, disease, wild animals, police men, water, insects and ghosts. Ii the fear of rats and mice girls ex ceed boys in the ratio of seventy-fiv to sixteen. In boys fear begins t diminish after the fifteenth year, ii girls after the eighteenth.?Dunde Advertiser. BABY WASTED TO SKELETON. In Torments With Terrible Sores 01 Face and Body?Tore at Flesh ?Cured by Cuticura. "My little son, when about a year am a half old, began to have sores come ou on his face. They began to come on hi arms, then on other parts of his body, am then one came on his chest, worse thai the others. Still he grew worse. At th end of about a year and a half of sufferin he grew so bad I had to tie his hands ii cloths at night to keep him from scratch ing the sores and tearing the flesh. He go to be a mere skeleton and was hardly abl to walk. 1 sent to the drug store and go a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuti cura Ointment, and at the end of abou two month* the sores were all well. H has never had any sores of any kind since and I can sincerely say that only fo the Cuticura Remedies my precious chili would have died from those terrible sores I used only one cake of Soap and abou three boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egber Sheldon. R. F. D., No.l, Woodville, Conn. April 22, 1905." The Indian Population. It has never been definitely deter mined just what was the greates number of Indians in America wbei they were unmolested and at th< height of their power in this country Some authorities claim that the num ber could not have exceeded 1,000, 000, others assert that it could no have been more than 800,000, an< still others contend that there wer< never more than 500,000. At th( present time there are about 284,00( members of the red race in thi United States. There are Indians in eighteei States and three Territories, exclu sive of the Indian Territory. Nearl: all the tribes are west of the Missis sippi, in fact, most of them are be yond the Missouri. There are 15 ( reservations in all. In the north western part of New York there ar< about 5000 descendants of the grea' warrior tribes living on eight reser vations. To-day there are 159,000 Indians who wear citizens' dress in whole oi in part, and 70,000 who can read anc speak English. There are 2S.000 In iau icllllliiea iiuw living m wumiuii/ able modern dwellings. The Indians make quite a strong religious showing. They have 390 church buildings and a total membership of aboul 40,000. Her Decision. A poor girl noted for her prudence and practicability has lately been pondering the problem of whether tc buy an umbrella, which she needs very -much, but doesn't at all want, or an Angora kitten, which she doesn't exactly need, but wants so much that it keeps her awake nights. The other day she settled it to her own satisfaction by deciding on the kitten, which she thinks is ever so much more practical than an umbrella, because you can only use an umbrella when it is raining, but a kitten you have with you always. Besides, you can borrow an umbrella, but nobody would lend an Angora.? Topeka State Journal. Cats. A cat may purr and purr, and be a villain. Once let the cuisine fall below the proper mark, and off goes the ungrateful (but shrewdly) animal to ?top with friends who will look after him better. That is the keynote of the feline character, shrewdness. It is the human traits in their characters which make men call cats selfish. The motto of the cat is "Business ia business." If a man takes this as his motto, and acts up to it, we call him a successful man, and we allow him to write absurd essays on "Hints to Young Lads," and so on, in our papers. But we do not honor the cat. ?UVUUUU U 1UUV/. ROMANTIC DEVONSHIRE The Land >iadc Famous by Phllpotts' Novels. Philpotts has made as familiar with romantic Devonshire, in his fascinating novels, "The River," "Children of the Mist, ' etc. The characters are very human; the people thert drink coffee with the same results aj elsewhere. A writer at Rock House Orchard Hill, Bideford, North Devon states: "For 30 years I drank coffee foi breakfast and dinner but some ? years ago I found that it was produc ing indigestion and heart-burn, anc was making me restless at night These symptoms were followed b: brain fag and a sluggish mental con dition. "When I realized this, 1 made u] my mind that to quit drinking coffei and having rer.d of Postum, I con eluded to try it. I had it carefull; made, according to directions, an< found to my agreeable surprise at th end of a week, that I no longer suf fered from either indigestion, heart burn, or brain fag, and that I co'uli drink it at night and secure restfu and refreshing sleep. "Since that time we have entirel discontinued the use of the old kini of coffee, growing fonder and fonde of Postum as time goes on. My di gestive organs certainly do their wor much better now than before, a rc suit due to Postum Food Coffee, I ar satisfied. 1 (fry "AS <x t&uit? ueverttgc wc unu all the members of my family use it that when properly made it is mos refreshing and agreeable, of deliciou flavour and aroma. Vigilance i! however, necessary to secure this, fc unless the servants are watched the are likely to neglect the thoroug boiling which it must have in orde to extract the goodness from th cereal." Name given by Postum Co Battle Creek, Mich. Read the littl book, "The Road to Wellville," i pkgs. "Thare's a reason." L'' . eIthpes wreck : MM MEXICAN TOWNS e Great Damage and Loss of Life a in Southern Section. e \ SUBMERGED BY TIDAL WAVES 9 Part of Acapnlco Under WaterTwelve Dead at Tixtla?Railroad Communication, Mexico to Vera Cruz, Cut Off. Mexico City, Mexico.?Thirty-eight ^ persons were killed and ninety-three t injured in the earthquake shocks s near Chilpancingo and along the west i in cmif-Jiorn \Tovipn Tf is fll ? most certain now that later reports - will largely increase the number of t? fatalities, and that the property dam' age and the earthquake's extent were f even greater. t Telegrams, delayed a day, show i- that besides Chilpancingo and Ghit lapa, the towns of Ayutla, Ometepee e and Tixtla were partially destroyed (, and that Hapa was badly damaged, r A dispatch from Chilpancingo i states that Acapulco was partially i. submerged by tidal waves, and that t the whole west coast for 500 miles, t from Acapulco south to Salina Cruz, ,, the Pacific terminal of the Tehuantepec National Railway, was badly damaged. Long stretches of the roadbeds of both the Mexican and Interocean Railways have sunk, and traffic bet tween this city and Vera Cruz, on 1 the Gulf, is suspended. ? Twelve bodies have been taken from the ruins at Tixtla, which is half ^ way between Chilpancingo and Chilapa, in the State of Guerrero. Twice that number of injured are being t cared for in temporary structures in 1 the open country. 3 Ayulta. an historic town, is about ? fifty miles south of Chilpancingo and ) some twenty miles west of Acapulco. a Ometepee, with 4000 inhabitants, is further south than Atzutla, near the border line of the State of Oax1 aca. Tlopa is sixty miles west of ^uupau ? Although there was no wind at - Acapulco on the night of the first shock when the earth began to trem; We, the sea was lashed into a fury, and as the shocks continued the har4 bor looked like a typhoon-swept ocean. Just how much of the port ^ has been submerged is not known. The houses as far as the church are under water, but there are many j churches in the place. Several ships r were in the harbor, but these put out. I to sea and, it is said, none of them suffered. A dispatch to El Pais, the organ of the Catholic Church in this city, from ' the Bishop of Chilapa, confirms the report of the widespread destruction in that vicinity. Fourteen persons ; were killed in one house there; the ' injured number thirty-nine. The renewed shocks at Chilpancipgo levelled most of the important public buildings. The new municipal 1 palace was badly shattered. Its prei! decessor was levelled by an earthi quake four years ago. " The hospitals, i' schools and the jail are in ruins. The prisoners from the jail are | guarded by the rural guards and are 1 now located in a temporary structure 1 erected in the open court. The General commanding the troops was badly injured. Ths Federal Government is helping i the people of Chilpancingo, but calm cannot be restored there until the shocks cease. Only one wire is working spasmodically between this city and Chilpancingo. At noon an operator there was questioned about the number'of casualties. He said he knew only that he had seen abort a dozen dead and about thirty .'njured persons. FIVE SHOCKS TO KILL HIM. Little Murderer Sexton Hardest Subject in Ten Years. Auburn, N. Y.?Edward Sexton, who was convicted at Canandaigua on Friday, April 29, 1904, of murder in the first degree for killing Thomas Mahaney? was put to death by electricity at Auburn Prison. 1 Sexton was of small stature and slight, but it required five distinct contacts before he was declared dead. The contacts ranged from 1540 volts at three amperes to 1740 volts at eight amperes. State Electrician Davis, who officiated at the electrocution, said that Sexton was one of the hardest subjects that had been in the chair in the last ten years. FIVE DEAD IN WRECK. Great Northern Fast Train Goes Over Embankment and Burns. Bartlett. N. D.?Speeding at fortymiles an hour, on a straight track, the Great Northern west-bound Ori> ental Limited was derailed and . burned four miles from this village. W. B. Jones, the mail clerk, and four ' unidentified Greeks were killed. Of' ficials of the road believe that the wreck was incendiary. The wreck occurred on the line dii viding Nelson and Ramsey counties, - the mail car completely jumping over 1 the engine and landing in Ramsey 1 County, while the remainder of the ' wrecked train burned in Nelson ' Cniintv Wall Street Failure. W. L. Stow & Co., members of the 2 New York Stock Exchange, sus. pended. j Publicity Organization's Proposals. At a meeting of the National Publicity Bill Organization in New York City ex-Senator W. E. Chandler defended President Roosevelt from the 3 sarcastic attack of Col. Alexander 1 Troup, of Connecticut. W. J. Bryan proposed drastic legislation to proy hibit the contribution of political j campaign funds by trusts. Falling Tree Kills a Farmer. ^ Walter Rolfe, a farmer living at Enfield Centre, N. Y., was instantly killsd by a falling tree on his farm, u Preferred Death to Knife. 'r The arrival of a trained nurse and ) tiie paraphernalia necessary for a >t surgical operation so terrified John is L. Cummings. of Norway, Me., that 3> he shot himself through the heart, (I! preferring death rather than the sury geon's knife. h >r Tennessee House For Bryan. ie The Tennessee House at Nashville, before sine die adjournment adopted a resolution declaring William J. Bryan the logical candidate of the a Democratic party for President in l-AA 0 j U LOHERVJEN IICIET The Federal Grand Jury Accuses Wealthy Men of Conspiracy. F. X. Fitzpatrick, of Cambridge, Pleads Guilty?Dave II. Morris and Gen. Cabell Also in List. Mobile, Ala.?Dave Hennen Morris, of New York, the well known turfman and former president of the Automobile Club of America, and his brother, Alfred H. Morris, of New Orleans, wore two of a number of prominent men indicted here by the Federal Grand Jury, charged with conspiring to violate the anti-lottery laws of the United States. The Federal Grand Jury has been considering the cases for two weeks, and the announcement that twenty-four persons had been indicted caused a sensation. In the list below are men of prominence in the social and financial world of several citi,es. Even bets were made that the Federal Grand Jury would not return true bills against them. r The action of the Grand Jury is a tribute to the work of Attorney-General Nields, District Attorney W. H. Armbeck, of this city, and the band of Secret Service men who have been at work for the last three months digging up the evidence against the ac- * tuocu U1CU. The list of the others indicted, most of whom are out on bond, is ? as follows: , 1 Genesal W. L. Cabell, of Dallas, Tex&s, an ex-Confederate officer over seventy years of age, and who it is { alleged supervised the drawings in Honduras and made frequent trips [ to this city; Albert Baldwin, Sr., ' president of the New Orleans National Bank and of the Southern Yacht Club ' at New Orleans, a capitalist, society ; leader and prominent in carnival cir- . cle3; Frank X. Fitzpatrick, a well , known resident of Cambridge, Mass., and reputed to be a millionaire; Frank T. Howard, of New Orleans, < the richest man in that city and the <; principal stockholder in the St. ^ Charles Hotel; Harry W. Henderson and W. C. Henderson, of Brooklyn, ? N. Y.; William P. Johnson, of Cin:innati, Ohio; Joseph L. Shaw, of ' Washington, D. C!; E. L. Penac and j; Lewis S. Graham, of New Orleans, t who were caught here in the lottery y raid on tne printing office in this city f fn the month of January; Robert K. T Thompson, foreman of the printing office; E. T. Demarest,. Walter Dema- , rest, John M. Demarest, Paul Con- v rad and \Chapman Hyams, wealthy c residents of New Orleans; James Rea a and W. C. Bredow, who were em- v ployed by the lottery company in the , r drawings. Frank X. Fitzpatrick, the Cam- v bridge man, who is known as the g richest man in the case, went before (j United States Commissioner Richard y Jones and pleaded guilty to the j charge of conspiring to violate the v anti-lottery laws. Sentence was suspended until the fourth Monday in v May. The fine is $10,000. Several t Dthers indicted wanted to plead guilty f ff the Government officers would con- c sent to a recommendation as to fines, r but they declined to do this. Baldwin g ind Howard Hyams aud Morris and x Demarest are alleged by the Gov< t srnment to have been the owners o? [{ the lottery company. 3 That profits of $6,000,000 a year j were divided among the men at the c head of the Honduras Lottery Is the i assertion made by the Federal officers i la Mobile. They declare that Alfred p Hennen Morris and Dave Hennen c Morris, of New York and New Orleans, and Albert Baldwin, Sr., and f Frank T. Howard, bankers of New v Orleans, are the owners of the com- f pany and got the great share of these c profits. y .= f JAMES H. ECKELS DIES. * * s Former Comptroller of Currency and A Identified With Western Banking. e Chicago.?James H. Eckels, Comp- v troller of the Currency during Grover t Cleveland's second Presidential term.- a and president of the Commercial Na- y tional Bank of this city, died sudden- r ly of heart disease at his home here. r His death might not have been dis- . covered for hours had not his brother c George M., sent a message to the house to find out why he did not answer his private telephone. Doctors summoned by the servants 3 said that Mr. Eckels had expired while asleep and had been dead several hours. He was born in 1858. , The former Comptroller passed \ away on the eve of a breakfast party * he was giving to Federal Judge K. M. ? Landis, his brother-in-law and sev- J eral other friends. Only recently his * father, James J. Eckels, died under similar circumstances while his son! * was dining with ex-President Cleveland here. Mr. Eckles' wife and J daughter are in Pari3. j ] MUTINY IN RIGA PRISON. * < Seven Men Killed and Twelve . Wounded by the Troops. 1 Riga, Russia.?There was a serious ' mutiny in the local prison. Thirty- 1 three inmates attacked and overpowered the superintendent and the war- j dens of the establishment. Troops were then summoned and opened fire. Seven of the mutineers were killed and twelve wounded. Nine .: soldiers were wounded in the affray, which lasted an hour. The superin- 1 tendent of the prison was badly 1 beaten. Prospect For Wheat. The Crop Reporting Board, of Washington, D. C., issued a bulletin showing that the condition of winter wheat on April 1 was 89.9. American Trooper Killed in Cuba. Private Harry C. Collins, Eleventh Cavalry, was killed at Havana, Cuba. Dy Deing tnrown irom ms norse. Lord Cromer Resigns. Lord Cromer resigned as British Agent in Egypt. Sir Eldon Gorst wap appointed to succeed him. Feminine Notes. Miss Rose L. Doonan, president of the Wellesley College Rowing Assoeation, is the champion sculler among students of American colleges for women. The only Englishwoman admitted by royal decree in recent years to any of the ancient orders of chivalry is Queen Alexandra, who is a Lady of the Garter. Luther Burbank has a rival in Miss Nettie Metcalf, of Warren, Ohi<*, who claims the distinction of beirg "the only woman in America who has oris i mated a prggq 01 cmsKqua. . ? ... - :>? THE PRESIDENT'S A ?Cartoon by Bern ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. 'he President Appeals to the School Children to Observe It Thoughtfully. Washington, D. C. ? President loosevelt issued a kind of personal ?* ?/-?/ ?! omofmn ' <rTVi Ct oohnnl if the United States." It contains an ippeal to them to observe Arbor Day n a thoughtful spirit, with the pur>ose of preserving the forests for uture generation^ This is the 'resident's appeal: [*o the School Children of the United States: Arbor Day (which means dimply 'tree day") is now observed in every >tate in our Union and mainly in the ;chool3. At various times from Januiry to December, but chiefly in this nonth of April, you give a day or >art of a day to special exercises and terhaps to actual tree planting in ecognition of the importance of trees o us as a nation and of what they leld in adornment, comfort and useul products to the communities in vhich you live. It is well that you should celebrate rour Arbor Day thoughtfully, for vithin your lifetime the nation's need if trees will become serious. We of in older generation can get along vith what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full ? nanhood and womanhood you will rant what nature once so bountifully applied and man so thoughtlessly [estroyed; and because of that want rou jvill reproach us not for what we lave used but for what we have vasted. For the nation, as for the man or iroman and the boy or girl, the road o success is the right use of what we lave and the improvement of present pportunity. If you neglect to prepare yourselves now for the duties .nd responsibilities which will fall ipon you later, if you do not learn he things which you will need to :now when your school days are over, fou will suffer the consequences. So iny nation which in its youth lives inly for the day reaps without sowng and consumes without husbandrig, must expect the penalty of the irodigal whose labor could with diffiulty find him the bare means of life. A people without children would ace a hopeless future; a country vithout trees is almost as hopeless; orests which are so used that they annot renew themselves will soon ranish and with them all their beneits. A true forest is not merely a torehouse full of wood, but, as it vete, a factory of wood, and at the ame time a reservoir of water. Vhen you help to preserve crur forists or to plant new ones you are icting the part of good citizens. The alue of forestry deserves, therefore, o be taught in the schools,, which ilm to make good citizens of you. If our Arbor Day exercises help you to ealize what benefits each one of you eceives from the forests and how by ? xu %A?A^fo mn v rour assistance iubsb ucucu I/O UiU J I :ontinue, they will serve a good end. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. lame Object ia Nature Shonld , Be Given Pupils to Stndy Ithica, N. Y.?Several weeks beore Arbor Day some object in nature (hould be given to each pupil to itudy, so that the results of personal )bservatious may be contributed to he celebration of the day. The older jirls and boys may make a profitable itudy of trees of the neighborhood. Save each pupil select a tree, measlre its. height and girth, examine its >ark and manner of branching, and ts leaves and their arrangement. Drawings of the trees before and ifter the leaves appear may be made - a -*1? * ? ~c + v? ttfnnH fhn r?nm ina me yrum ui mc v. uuu, mercial value of the tree, its beauty ind strength described. Children of ;he primary grades may sow seeds in little pots or boxes* in time to exhibit ihe plants on Arbor Day. yiords an Opportunity For Improving School Grounds Washington, D. C.?Arbor Day affords an opportunity for improving the school grounds, and teachers must be constant in their efforts to carry out the suggestions in last year's annual if the desired results are to be accomplished. Ice Trust iMust Open Books. Justice Greenbaum ordered the American Ice Company to open all its books for the inspection of AttorneyGeneral Jackson, of New York, who has brought suit against the concern, alleging violation of the Anti-Trust law. Taft Congratulates Porto Ricans. Secretary Taft urged Porto Ricans to consider that they were free from many of the troubles of Cuba and the Philippines, and not to press the plea for citizenship. I * V. . 4.' About Noted People. Senator Elkins says the railroads j are not overcapitalized. Senator Bailey now owns about 600 acres of land in Fayette County, K y. A bronze statue of John W. Mackay in miner's costume is to be unveiled at Reno next September, on the occasion of the dedication of the "* * ^ 1 1 ~ ? fn tlio MacKay scnoui ui miuca, gucu ^ mv, University of Nevada by Mr. Mackay. Joseph Choate, at the Schifrz memorial meeting, introduced Mr. Cleveland as the "first citizen of the natian.". ' -v. :," -;:w RBOR DAY ADVICE. p t P#'? Hl+fAVJ S K cnror ^ ?s. . ' rman, in the Washington Evening Star. ARBOR DAY ANNUAL ISSUED. Advice Regarding Tree-Planting Sent to the Schools. New York City.?The Arbor Day annual for Friday, May 3, has been sent out to the schools of the State by the Education Department at Albany. The pamphlet is illustrated, some of the cuts showing how the happy natural location of a country schoolhouse may be improved by systematic planting. A letter from A. S. Draper, Commissioner of Education, to the schools is contained in the annual, and there are chapters on trees and shrubs for school grounds, the forests of New York, and a description of the Fairview Garden School at Yonkers. In /*lannecin<T trpo-nlantina'. th? annual says: "During the past eleven years there have been planted on the school grounds of the State of New York 173,679 trees. From the establishment of Arbor Day in 1889 until 1896 there were planted 145,241 trees, making a total in the past eighteen years of 318,920. There are over 10,000 school commission districts in the State: This would give more than thirty trees to every district if they-were proportionately distributed. "Since the establishment of Arbor Day practically every district has at one time or another reported the planting of some trees. An inquiry, recently addressed to the school commissioners revealed the fact that there are over 2000 districts in the State with absolutely no trees or shrubs on their school grounds, and many others with only a few straggling trees. Further than that, a very small per cent, of the whole number of districts give any sort of attention to the care qi their grounds. "Apparently, there is more need for the care of trees and shrubs than there is for actual planting. It is easy enough for an enthusiastic teacher to work up appropriate ceremonies for Arbor Day, but toflbften. the teacher finds no practical response f^om the patrons of the school. "It ought to be understood by school ofhcers everywhere that mere sentiment will not arouse the patrons of a school district to beautify theii school grounds. The whole matter j must in some way be put before them on a plain business basis. They must see that it pays, as in the end it most certainly does, to paint the school house whenever it needs it, to plant and care for trees and shrubs about the grounds, and give the whole place an inviting air of cleanliness and respectability that commands the respect and admiration of the stranger and teaches an invaluable lesson to the home community." Value o! Arbor Day-Over 200,000 Trees Planted Albany,. N. Y.?Arbor Day has a two-sided value. It teaches to children a love of nature and of nature's handiwork, the tree, and in the accompanying feature of the observance of the daj*?the planting of trees?it replenishes the stocK 01 trees, wmtu for man's use or misuse, has been sadly depleted. It has added to the' State over 200,000 trees. While this is scarcely a corporal's guard to the grand army of trees which has ruthlessly been cut down, still it is something?an accomplishment that has a distinct value. Regard Avoidable Mutilation ol a Tree as a Crime Atlanta, Ga.?It will be well on Arbor Day to teach children to plant trees, and equally it will be well to teach them?and adults, too?to care for them, to stop abusing them, to regard avoidable mutilation of a tree as a crime and to exercise a certain vigilance in guarding them from * 1 ; ? "-nmnHrir thoir svm narm duu 1 u. piuiuuuuQ ?? metrical and sturdy growth. In the most favorable circumstances, life in city streets is a struggle for trees. If their life there is to be prolonged and is to be made profitable as a source of beauty, health and comfort, they will need all the aid and protection we can give them. $15 is Murder Price of Terrorists. It was announced that in the course of police investigations into the recent murder of a physician at Warsaw, Russian Poland, by a hired terrorist it was established that 515 each is the price paid by the terrorists of Warsaw for murder. Woman Lived 109 Years. Mrs. Hannah Armsworthy, aged I 109 years, is dead at the home of her j son near Queenport, Guysboro Coun | ty, N. S. Sne was tne mut-si. yciouu i in Nova Scotia. I The Field of Sports. Ed Holly, the St. Louis shortstop, was at one time a sparring partner of Jack Root. The Jockey Club will make a formal request of all big turf plungers not to bet heavily this season. Pennsylvania University won a swimming contest from the Missouri Athletic Club, by 18 to 8, at St. Louis. King Alfonso has offered a cup for a series of races between Spanish and American yachts at San Sebastian, and the Eastern Y. C., qC Boston, will send boats there... A SOCIAL LEADER OF KANSAS CITY Attributes Her Excellent Health to Pe-ru-na. MRS. W. H SIMMONS. MRS. VV. H. SIMMONS, 1119 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo., member of the National Annuity Association, writes: "My health was excellent until about a year ago, when 1 had a complete collapse from overdoing socially, not getting the Sroper rest, and too many late suppers. ly stomach was in a dreadful condition, and my ncrven all unstrung. "1 was advised by a friend to try Peruna, and eventually I bought a bottle. 1 took it and then another, and kept using it for three months. "At the end of that time my health was restoreu, my nerves iiu iuugci uuuum uic, and I felt myself once more ; ad able to assume ray social position. 1 certainly feel that Peruna is deserving of praise." There are many reasons why society women break down, why their nervous systems fail, why they have systemic or [>elvic catarrh. Indeed, they are especially iable to these ailments. No wonder they: require the protection of Peruna. It is their shield and safeguard. Flax in South Dakota. It is estimated by careful observers, that 15,000 acres of new prairie will be broken tributary to this town and sowed to flax. The question of the scarcity of labor may reduce the acreage some. There will be only a little more wheat sown than last year. There will be a little macaroni wheat sown. It yielded only two or three bushels more last year tl^an the common wheat, and the price was so much less than the common variety that it did not pay.?Miller Correspondence St. Paul Pioneer Press. Believes fn It. The Delaware Legislature has decided unanimously to continue the whipping-ppst for wife-beaters.?NewYork Tribune. f BACKACHE AND I DESPONDENCY I Are both, symptoms, of organic de^ I rangement, and nature's warning1 to . women of a trouble which will soon er or later declare itself. Ho w of ten do we hear women nay. "It seems as though my back would ' " 1 1 - " "VA*- 4-VIAT. flnnfinna tA l^rJWr 1CU UUCJ WMVAiJiMw W ??. Q. along1 and suffer with aches in the small of the back, pain low down In the side, dragging sensations, nervousness and no ambition. They do not realize that the back is the main-3prin? of woman's organism and quickly indicates by aching a diseased condition of the feminine and pains will continue until 1;he< Lydia E. Pinkhatn's^ made from native roots and herbs 1 successful remedy in such case:*. N of cures of feminine ills. Miss LenaNagel, of 117 Bforj^an; completely worn, out and on the ver| ached all the time. I had dreadful of csying and extreme nervousnes81 Lydia E. Pinkham a Vegetable Co Lydia K Pinkham's Vegetable^ such as Backachev Falling and Disp] Dissolves and expels Tumors at w tones the Stomach. Cures H'eadacl the whole feminine system. Mrs, Pinkham's 5tandii Women suffering1 from any focm, i write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. B CS TTX? I ourjjcij' f vi una. One of the curiosities of modern forestry is the care of beautiful old shade trees. The amputation of diseased or dead limbs is as carefully performed to prevent further decay from the elements as in surgical operations on human beings. Decaying cavities are cleaned and filled with a preserving cement, as is done by the modern, dentist. And the latest advance is to build a tin roof along the upper surface of widespreading branches where little hollows might hold dampness and promote decay. Some handsome patriarchs well deserve it.?Boston Herald. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Amputation of a Limb. T> TCannlj- nnrnmiie voforfl n of ID. X* I an XV 1/UiWuxuw; rwvv* Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., says: "I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army' ^ut in my I never suffered as in 1S97. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropsy. I was weak and helpless, having run down from ISO to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain ' in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left J leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, me urine became natural and all my pains and aches disappeared. 1 have been well now for nine years since u&iug Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-iUlburn Qq , Buffalo, N. Y. Care of Baggage iii England. " j? "So you are going abroad,'eft?* m said a railroad man. "Well, watch n your luggage over tnere. ine system $k is abominable. "They don't, you know, have'our J simple and satisfactory check system. - ' In England, for instance, no one ifl % responsible for your luggage but yourself. You get a porter to put tt in the baggage car, and when yoa reach your destination you pick it out with another porter's help, put It on a cab and drive off. Any one could steal it. Often luggage thefts occur. "I often wondered why the English railroads, which in many respects are> so good, didn't adopt our American i check system. Last year, asking air-v^ English railroad man, I found out. "If the English roads adopted the ' ! check system they would be r^spon| sible for luggage, as our roads are./ The English law does not make them'; responsible. Therefore, of course, they do nothing that will lay such , responsibility upon them. But they acknowledge that our luggage system is fine, while theirs is execrable! And they have a registering system-^-* mere begging of the question?for which you have to pay extra."?Philadelphia Bulletin. <. v'V; Time Table Humor. Up to the present time there has been a somewhat straltlaced 'avoidance of humor in the time tables and official announcements of railway companies which has earned for thosp compilations a certain reputation for ? dulness. Something in one of the 1 London and Northwestern Railway** \ notices gives us reason to hope that this tradition is breaking dowa. It v : tells us that in future only one motor 'bus will run between Harrow and Watford. The times of departure and arrival of this lonely and friend less thing are given, followed by this strange saying: "Th& company gives notice that the motor 'buses shall not start or arrive at the times specified In the bills."?London Daily News. , i | Cleaired the Place of Bats. . The ingenuity of a South Norfolk, " Conn., workman in tying a small fredl around the neck of a rat and theft liberating it has completely freed the . company's factory of an artsy '?f these pesta. . i?. The noise of the tinkling beB \ frightened them away.?London Be- * press. . Wedding Gifts For Employes*. Every employe of the British >oe&* ' -% office gets a wedding present flreee f_ the Government when he marries.. ' ^1.. A wireless telegraph station at Point Loma, Cal., recently picked' up a message which a battleship to the Atlantic was sending to- Wash ington, u. u. ,? - : . organs, or kidneys, and that acliaa> :ause is- removed. , Vegetable Compound has been, for many years the most o other medicine has such arecoird : St., Buffalo* 5. Y., writes:? 'Tm 3^5 of nervous prostration. My back < I L periods of pain, was subject to fl.t* i ' , and wa? always weak and tired;- *1 mpound completely cured mft."" I ompound cures Female Complainla, lacements, and!all Organic Diseases. | - -tarn*. T+. Rtrenfrfchens and U tftl a r s , _ , le and. Indigestion, and invigpr&isft H -.B C;'J jj_ ig Invitation to Women I of female weakness are invitedl to I [cradvice is free. 1 Engineering Feats of the* Ancients. There* is not an engineer ih. the world: who will not admit that the marvelous accomplishments- of the ancient Egyptians in building the pyramids is unparalleled by any modern engineering achievements* The pyramids of Gizeh, erected more than 5000 years ago^, stand as the monuments of a departed Tace. These vast silent hulks of masonryare objects of wonder and envy U> the modern engineer. They are perfect in masonry, and some of them contain blocks of stone weighing from 300 to 500 tons, xne mosc remarkable thing about the construction of these pyramids is that, the stone of which they are built must have been brought hundreds of miles across deserts and over mountains. Even with ail the appliances of this age, it would have been a weH nigh impossible feat to transport thts material over the same routes the Egyptians brought it with no improvements whatever. There seems every reason to believe that these ancient children of the Nile carried the immense blocks of granite by handor horse power. Recluse's Library in a CitTe. "The Devil's Grotto," a cave near Beauvolr en Royans, has been held. in superstitious awe Dy tne residents' in the neighborhood, who lately have been frightened by reports of myste-w rious light3 seen In the cave after nightfall. A magistrate and several policemen visited the cave, and on penetrating to the interior found a man; with long matted hair and beard, who said his name was Andre Faure.* The cave contained an electric gener-' ator, and was brilliantly illuminated.- , Faure was fitting up shelves to accommodate some thousands of .vol-, umes whictfi were stacked in thoxave. ?Loudcm Evening Standard. A French contractor of Sadem, fivTn?c cioon with his dvnamite in hiA I bed to keep it from freezing. \