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STEADY SUPPLY OF PEARLS Purpose of Scientific Investigate in tlie Ceylon Fisheries. The pearl banks of Ceylon, it ma be pointed out, are merely san banks formed of sandstone and coi cretions upon which isolated mass< of coral grow without forming roof bo that severe disturbance of the oy ter bed may very easily be set u It Is found that the collection of tt spat by native divers is slow, but tt most satisfactory. * The pearl bearing cestode is n< a true oyster for edible purposes, bt Is more closely added to the muss' farsiiy. It differs from the ordinal animal in having a "byssus," or bui die of tough threads, by means < which it secures a firm adherence 1 suitable materials, and similar to tl facilities possessed bj? the musse Attempts are being made in cultiva Ing this oyster by artificial imprei nation of the pearl forming larvai Investigation is being carried out t ascertain the origin of the spat an how it periodically disappears. I connection with this researcn a tuoi ough study is being made of Ae se currents on and around the oyste banks and of the surface drift i the Gulf. The fishery is very intermitten Prior to 1903 there had been non for twelve years, and the situatio became so serious that a commissio was appointed to investigate the sut Ject. In 1905 the harvest was th greatest on record. Over 80,000,00 oysters were collected, realizing $1 250,000, two-thirds going to th island's treasury. In the subsequer two years it dwindled regularly, an 1908 proved barren. It is agains the recurrence of intermittent fat an lean years that scientific deve opments are being conducted so ths the fishery each year may be of mor steady and reliable proportions. B the assistance of science it is antic pated that the speculative characte of the enterprise may be almos eliminated. During the last few years the ter dency toward "community of intei ests" had developed among the m tives at the auction sales. A "ring was rormea to Dring prices aown, e the same time keeping out small pui chasers, but an officer promptly sus pencled the auction indefinitely. Th members of the ring, apprehenslv that their journey to the island woul prove abortive, broke up, since whic time there has never been any ai tempt at "combination."?Scientifl American. Teacher For Sixty-Five Years. With the record of having neve missed even a half day in flfty-seve years' service in teaching school 1 Boston, Charles James Caper eighty-six years old, senior master i the Boston Latin School, retired yes terday from active duty. He is the oldest teacher in Bosto: and probably in the United States His retirement is due to the sevent year limit rule adopted by the Bos ton School Board. Mr. Capen ha been a school teacher sixty-five years but since 1852 his service in the Lati School has been uninterrupted.Boston Herald. The Boss Ear of Corn. Through the schools of a numbg: of Western corn growing States, boy and girls are stimulated by prizes t< plant little patches of corn. Out o each community where an exhibit I held, ten prize winning ears are sen to the county exhibit. The best tei there are entered in a State show and then the States compete. Th< final winners are sifted to the bes one ear in tLe whole United States Scientific interest in agriculture i: growing. It is one finger post on thi road from the city to the farm. Ancient and Modern. The difference between , ancien and modern jlane was amusinsly iJ lustrated when the teacher of Englisl literature asked, "What is the mean ing of the Shakespearean phrase "Go-to?" and a member of the clas replied, "Oh, that is only the six teenth century expression of the mod em term, "Come off!" The tw phrases, while apparently opposite do, in fact, substantially mean th same thing. ORIGIN Of a Famous Human Food. The story of great discoveries o inventions is always of interest. An active brain worker who foun himself hampered by lack of bodil strength and vigor and could nc carry out the plans and enterprise he knew how to conduct, was led t study various foods and their effect upon the human system. In othe words, before he could carry out hi plans he had to find a food that woul carry him along and renew his phys: cal and mental strength. He knew that a food which was brain and nerve builder (rather tha a mere fat maker) was universall needed. He knew that meat wit the average man does not accomplis the desired results. He knew th? the soft gray substance in brain an nerve centres is made from Albume and Phosphate of Potash obtaine from food. The he started to solv Ihe problem. Careful and extensive experiment evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famoi food. It contains the brain and nerv KiillfUntr fnnri elements in nnndifin for easy digestion. The result of eating Grape-Nut daily is easily seen in a marked stui diness and activity of the brain an nervous system, making it a pleasui for one to carry on the daily duth without fatigue or exhaustion. Grape-Nuts food is in no sense stimulant, but is simply food whic renews and replaces the daily wasl of brain and nerves. Its flavour is charming, and bein fully and thoroughly cooked at tb factory it i3 served instantly wit cream. The signature of the brain worke .spoken of, C. W. Post, is to be see on each genuine package of Grapi Nuts. Look In pkgs. for the famous li lie book, "The Road to Wellvilie. "There's a Reason." . I IX THE RANKS. ! 'D The n.an.v knew not that lie lived an loved. j A common soldier in the ranks of man | Xor how he strove, unenvious of tli \ van, 1(3 To hold his place, in faithfulness ui l- moved; ?s Still smiling when his wound no longc "" 1 proved s* | The trifle lie would have it as he ran; S- Falling as cheerfully as he began, p. Xor failing aught unselfishness behoovet ie ' ie God of the mighty, lauded long and far, I The greatly gifted of our humankind, ! We thank Thee lor each blazing splendi 3t star. It The planets of the Zodiac of the mind , But more we thank Thee for those live that light, y Like fireside lamps, our common hearth 1- at night. ?Robert Whitaker, in Home Herald. -o C? i ' it THE BARN RAH & t- ^ ??^?^?^?^^.?^?^.?^ySI o I I Keene Warden sat at the clumsj ^ old-fashioned writing desk, starin , hopelessly at a blank piece of lette paper. Several fragments were scat * j tered on the floor, bearing testimon j to fruitless efforts. He was bette ' educated than the average farmer i the vicinity of Cornsville, and he hai t a clear, reasoning mind, but his un e dertaking was of a delicate naturf ' Moreover, his six feet of manhoo strode away from other people's busi , i ness instead of poking into it. ?" ^ ,, t,, q j ne ten, tuau uc u**cu. a. w ui q ' father's memory to protect his fa . j ther's friend, Stephen Ross, in hi *e ! old age. In his day Stephen had bee: i a prosperous farmer Successive off seasons had done their work and th jt j inevitable mortgage had rolled up it j added interest. His wife's illness an [? ! death had weakened his strengtl | and ambition. He had lost his fare e and gone to live on a ten-acre stri y saved from the wreck. Then hi [. ; only son, who had no aptitude fo ; farming, had gone west, married I j made a fair fortune in mining stocks and had written to his father to com : out and share his luxurious home, p. ! But the old man's heart and mem t. ories were too strongly rooted in hi ? ; meadow lands to stand transplanting | So the son had bought the farm bad and let his father live on tt, also mak I u.? ? ?AT\AfAnc ollntt'onnc ? lug U1LU <* 50UCI wui? a*?v HUUW e Stephen was as happy aa his solitar; e fireside would allow him to be, bu ,3 : the fireside was about to be cheerei h ; by his grand-daughter, a young gir I. 1 of nineteen, whom he had not seei [0 , in fifteen years. Her father was goin; i to Mexico for a six months' sojouri ' among some mines, and she hai written that she felt a longing to se her father's boyhood home and he 1 j grandfather. n | "It's really hers, you know,' D Stephen had said, when telling Keen j the news. "Her father deeded it V E her when he bought it." * ! "Her coming will cheer you u] ! wonderfully, Mr. Ross," venturei D i Keene. 1 "Yes," agreed the old man, bu y J there was reservation in his tone, i ' | foreboding in his eyes, and Keen' 9 gradually drew from the cause. I I nrUt/th KnrJ n??Amnf Ai '? ( yvdo luid tain. wun,u uau n ; the letter to Ruth Ross. Finally hi - : managed to explain to this pampere< ; young person that her grandfathe was old and lived entirely in the past clinging pathetically to old ways. Hi told her he knew that the farm wa: hers, but urged her not to make thi 3 improvements thr.t would doubtlesi J 1 suggest themselves to her. This thi old man was fearing'" and dreadini t that she would do. He feared tha she might replace the old fireplace b; a furnace. Stephen made a heartfel ' , plea for the survival of the old man': j ! altar fires. It "/as a straightforwan j letter with no apology for his inter g ference. . | About si* days after the mailing o this letter he looked for a reply, bu | none came. : OUK is uueuueu auu uiunb uii t j nervy," he thought ruefully. "Med dlers always make matters worse k She'll probably take pains to do al she thinks I asked her not to do." ' ; A week later Ruth Ross arrived an< g Keene went over to meet her. He en tered the big living and dining-room braced to met a scornful young dam 0 sel. The room was lighted only b; , i the flames from the fireplace. Thi ^ old man sat in his usual place, look lng, as Keene's quick, keen glanci j noted, ten years younger and twent: ! years happier. A slender slip of ; ; girl with soft, sweet eyes and smooth 1 shining hair came forward with ex r itended hand. "Mr. Warden, papa has told me s< d ! often of all the pranks you plavei y when you were a boy that I feel as i lt ; I knew you." ,g ! "You do," he said earnestly. "Th 0 summer you were here when yoi g : were four and I fourteen we were firn T i friends, but, of course, you don't re s : member." 3 "I am not so sure about that," sh [_ j replied. "When I smell new mow] ( hay I have a fleeting vision of a bi; a | boy with a' gentle touch who used t ? i carry me on his back through fields.' y I "I was that boy," he declared, v I ' Then draw up a chair to our love b | ly fire." lt "She likes the fireplace, Keene, j said the old ma;i in childish eager n I ness. "She says it's the most beau d tiful fire in the world." e [ "Of course," she asserted, lookin , at Keene. "It makes me loathe stear >g . and coal." [S ; That night Keene went home wit e his heart throbbing. She was not oi D fended, then, and from the fireplac ; iJivjpyaiLiuu il luutieu as u sue ivei t? J going to follow out his suggestion; r. The next morning he met her drivin d | her grandfather over the place. e | "Isn't it a dear old farm?" sh ;g . cried. j "Keene," said the old man delight a : edly, "she loves the fence. Sh h ! doesn't want it down." ;e I "Want it down!" echoed the gir l looking at Keene. '"It is so pictui g ! esque! And I like the idea of fenc te ing in your possessions. I'd go fai b ther if I had a home; I'd build a wai around it." ;t "I was afraid you'd think us olc in fashioned," suggested her grandfr 2- ther. "Maybe, now, you'd like sow new chairs and sofys." t- "Why, grandfather, you couldn ! buy such beautiful old things anj 1 where. It would sfioil i put anything modern in it, wouldn't it?" appealing to Keene. j j "Indeed, it would," he replied, his heart warming. i; The next day lie met Stephen driv11 ing from town. There was a slight i- flush in his withered cheeks and a light in his dimmed eyes. !r "She's deeded the farm back to me, Keene," he said with a sob. "She said I had worked out my life on it, and that it belonged to" me. Of j course. I shall will it to her, but it j is mine, now." | d "She has made him a man again," j Keene told himself, his heart full of j ; a tender reverence for the generous ! young grandchild. is Each day brought some new evi- | dence of her thoughtfulness for the ] old man's comfort and happiness. | E Towards Keene himself she ever P showed a gracious air of good fellow- j ? ship. P "Next Thursday," she announced 5 one day, "is grandfather's birthday, i r and I am going to give him a barn, a j g big, red one." r This had been a long-felt want of : the old man's, and he was greatly j v excited over the prospect. r "We'll have a barn raising," he de- | n cided. d "What is that?" asked Ruth won* 1 deringly. - - - * j! > When the old man naa expiaineu, i d he added, with a sigh: "It ain't what [ it used to be. They have new fangled machinery and just a few men who s bring their own dinner with them." "How was it in the olden time?" , s "It was a great event. Men came 1 a from miles around, twenty-five or j >_ thirty of them, with their families. | e We set long tables and most always , s killed a sheep. Your grandmother j ^ made a few dozen pies, and in the j k evening we had dancing and games." | Q "We'll have just such a one this , p time," she said ecstatically. s Forthwith they began to plan ac- ! r cordingly. This renewal of an old , I custom was looked forward to in the .' whole district, and when the event* j g ful day arrived, Keene was the first i one on hand. He caught the infec- j tion of the old man's delight and s helped to make the day a success, , , and the dinner was one never to be j ? forgottea. "What wonders she has worked!" j , thought Keene, looking at the happy ! y young hostess. "How glad I am I t gave her the keynote. She is so good ^ she could not help" being generous to 2 him, but she might not have grasped the situation so quickly if I had not : ? written to her. It is sweet in her j * never to have alluded to it in any < 3 way-" I His courage was inspired to the point he had been yearning for since i that first glimpse of her by the flre? side. When, after the departure of ' the guests, he was left alone with her, he opened his heart to her, and she shyly responded to his love. "We'll live here in the dear old : ^ home with grandfather," she pleaded j when he was saying good-night, j. "To-morrow," he thought, as he was walkiner home. "I will soeak to \ her of the letter." t When he went into the house he , j found a missive from the dead letter 1 office. Opening it, he found his let- j j ter which had been misdirected. He watched it burn. "I will never tell her," he con- ! g eluded.?New Orleans Picayune. Quite Different. 3 "Maria," said Mr. Rawlins, laying aside his hat and overcoat and rub- j y bing his hands gleefully together, j ? "you know that for years we have been wanting to buy a building lot j t in Kennedy's sub-division, but could not afford to do it on account of the j j high prices they ask for land out there. Well, I've just learned that Quinlan, who owns one of the best ; f lots in that entire neighborhood, will sell it for half what it cost him, if he can get the cash. He needs the money, and can't get it any othei 2 way. I have a great mind to buy it to-morrow morning. It comes easily within our means." "I don't think you ought to do it, Joshua," said Mrs. Rawlins. * "You don't think I ought to buy j it? Why not?" "It would be taking advantage of his necessities." ^ "But, Maria?" e "Besides, I have just learned of a > splendid opportunity to buy some fur- j e niture that we need. Grigson & Mul- | ^ lins are advertising parlor sets at one- j a third less than cost because they are ! ' overstocked and can't afford .to carry ! " them through the season. I'd like to 1 buy about $200 worth of parlor furni- ! 0 ture. We'll never have as good a i \ chance again." 1 Being a man of excellent self-control, Mr. Rawlins merely smiled.? e Youth's Companion. l _____ 1 j For One so Young. Every day of his life, and in many j e little ways, Robert Murdock dis- ! a charged some portion of his hereditary | g obligation, and felt the responsibility j o of that peculiar relationship which i " the ante-bellum patriarchs sustained | toward their people. He was not j i_ their master, but the Almighty had endowed him with greater gifts than j > theirs. Noblesse oblige. "Well, Uncle Andrew, I'm glad to [. see you. Sit down." Murdock's voice grew softer as rr he spoke to the old negro who came ! n in, leading a small boy by the hand. I Uncle Andrew was an old-timer, one h of the remaining few. >. "Marse Robert, please, sub, take j e dis boy in ae sto ana teacn lm e sumpin'. I can't do nuthin' wid 'im. i 5 He kiu sweep out an' fetch water an' <r run errands." 3 Murdock glanced at the shrinking, e white-eyed little negro. "Well, L'ncle Andrew, is he honest?" Andrew scratched his head, cone sidered a long time, and replied: "Dunno, Marse Robert?dunno yit. i j But I 'spec' he's tolerable honest for / his age."?Everybody's Magazine. General Edwards Played Hookey. II General Edwards is guilty of lese majeste and is likely to be dismissed I- from the army. Declining a "comi mand" from the President to play J e golf on the score of "pressure of official business," he went to a base't ball double-header, and there was Charley Taft, who gave him away.? ; PMl&sJelpbia Inquirer. Founds a Scholarship. Mrs. Margaret E. Langdale, of Cambridge, Mass., has given the Phillips Exeter Academy $50,000 to found a scholarship to be known as the Charles E. Langdale scholarship. Mrs. Langdale's husband, the late rroiessor manes n. i_ia.uguaic, ?a= for many years the dean of the lawfaculty of Harvard, and this scholarship is to commemorate his work.? New York Sun. Collection of Dolls. The Countess de Blonay is said to have the best collection of dolls in the world. Her collection has just been on exhibition in Brussels for the benefit of the Calvary Guild. The oldest dolls came from the ruins of Nineveh and were presented to the countess' great-grandmother by Queen Marie Antoinette. The most striking dolls in the collection are said to be the Fingo dolls from South Africa.?New York Sun. In Giving a Shower. The natural embarrassment which a shy girl is apt to experience in finding herself the object of an unexpected shower was obviated at a recent function of this kind in a simple and amusing way. The gifts were all needfuls for the kitchen. They were brought in packed in a large hamper, and as each was taken out. the bride and un married girls of the party had to ex- \ plain the uses of the instrument or appliance in question. Some of the guesses were diverting in the extreme, explanation of the simplest dippers and lifters often going wide of the mark. The group of matrons and a few trained husbands present were kept in shrieks of laughter.?New York Herald. The Fan-Parasol. The folding umbrella, walking stick and sunshade, combination pieces of furniture, and transformation gowns, are all old stories, but the fan-parasol?or parasol-fan, as you will?is the latest novelty designed, for killing two birds with one stroke. m ) Indian Chutnee.?Half o (t salt, two ounces garlic, t i1 dry ginger, two ounces r QSZ Z ' seed, six ounces stoned r tS? i1 fifteen sour green apples, O s garlic, raisins, shallots a S ^ seed in half the vinegar 5 j apples and sugar and bo Cm. ~ | then add the other half c S. I or place in glass jars and It is the invention of a French woman, and the importers are preparing to spring it as a surprise for next peason. Open, the sunshade looks like the ordinary article of its kind, inclining a bit to the Japanese. Closed, it etill appears as a sunshade, if deairoH Rnf nr^ss a tinv soring, and lo! the rod has shortened to half its original length, the handle has doubled up, And the covering has wrinkled itself on the ribs In even, . regular undulations, and there you are with a pretty round fan that is just as serviceable to create an artificial breeze as it was a moment ago to protect one from the sun.?New York Evening Post. Bags Match Costumes. No matter how good looking a leather purse or handbag may be that is of smooth or pebbled leather, It is not as first class as the new suede bag fringed at the ends. The smart thing is to have one of these to match the costume. The bag has a ragged effect by reason of all the fringes cut from the leather banging from it. It is not stiffened in any way, and is carried by two long loops of the suede. On some of the handsome ones fhoro a mntineram of semi-nrecious stones. The imitation turquoise is especially used for this work. In shape these bags are square, oblong, rounded at sides and bottom and cut off sharply at top. Some clasp In the regular purse way, and others have a deep flap that catches with a patent clamp over which is a large uncut stone. The prettiest ones that are seen are in the natural suede set with blue stones, and the peacut blue and green ones heavily fringed, with the monogram in green and blue crystals.? Philadelphia Ledger. Putting On a Veil. "There is only one 'proper way to put on a veil, madame," said the forewoman of a Fifth avenue millinery hat shop to a customers who had just bought one of "our imported models" made in a large establishment on lower Broadway. The forewoman, who was very magnificent and condescending in her manner, then proceeded to take a veil at $1.50 a yard, cut off a yard and a half, wave it about to shake out the folds, get the exact centre and place it under the lady's chin. She then fastened the lower edges I at the back of the lady's neck with the barrette out of her hair. Lifting the upper part of the veil, she placed It smoothly over the brim of the hat [ and fastened it at the back. It was ; certainly the best way of fastening a veil, as there were no ends over the face and the veil lay smooth and taut from the brim to the tight band over the neck. To lift the veil, one had, of I :ourse, to take out the barrette, but | veils which are put on in this way, last a great deal longer and look better than when they are laid around the brim of the hat first.?New York World. Mrs. Ward on American Divorces. If Harper's is not to be particularly felicitated on its latest serial it is not 1 to be greatly commiserated, either, upon Mrs. Ward's apostasy so far as 'Marriage a la Mode" is concerned. t-Ier habit of holding a brief has alKavs entailed its xisks. and in this Instance, at least, fairly incurs the forfeit. From its opening sentences, one smells the tract. American divorce! what more fruitful theme for the British (or American) moralist? It may be cheerfully admitted that Mrs. Ward has made a sad picture of it, with her two selected instances. But it is disconcerting that she should have handled her material with such vehemence, such violence. Her hatred of the cin far too plainly extends to the sinner. And her indictment of the "States" is so specific that it is impossible not to take Daphne as, to her mind, a representative American. Consequently, her success in making Daphne a hateful person, ill-bred, pretentious, egotistical, peevish, strikes one as a little malicious?though, no doubt, unconsciously so. The whole thing might have been done on a higher plane, less crudely?should have been bo done by this distinguished commentator on human affairs.?H. W. Boynton, in Putnam's. Opportunities of Clubs. Many girls come home from college with a violent attack of .the woman's ClUD iever. we ueneve u uomg tuc club as a means to an end, not as an end in- itself, says Ruth Cranston in the Delineator. Organization is essential to efficient co-operation, and this is the justification of the woman's club. Every one knows what a power for reform and civic integrity some of the women's clubs of America have proved to be. If none exists in her own home city, she may even be ambitious enough to organize one. However this may be, the secret of success as a clubwoman lies in not overconcentrating, in using the club as an instrument for reform, not as an excuse for neglect of home duties. Lecturing to women's clubs offers possibilities to the college woman of ability, who has something of interest to say and knows how to say it. This is, moreover, a very satisfactory and powerful way of influencing prom:^+ w/xtvi4-/-* #1 nHorf a lr^ riftiia civic r.nd Federal improvements which would otherwise never come to their notice. Indeed, thu life of the modern col! pound moist sugar, quarter pound wo ounces shallots, quarter pound ed pepper, quarter pound mustard aisins, one bottle of good vinegar, six ounces of tomatoes. Chop the nd tomatoes. Wash the mustard and let dry. Then add all to the il slowly for an hour and a half, if the vinegar and let cool. Bottle seal. lege girl is determined far more by herself than by her environment, and her work should be decided after careful consideration of present and future situations; but even if the decision results in failure there is no reason for discouragement if one's effort has been fruitful. College teaches courage and self-reliance; life teaches infinite patience and hope for the future, and leads the disheartened out of the depths of discouragement with the cheering words, "Begin again!" The erp-ieral trend of the hat brim Is downward. Never were linen suits more popular than now. The princess costuipe is a feature of the season. Simplicity i3 the keynote in children's apparel. Jade bracelets with dainty silver or gold deposits are among the novelties in jewelry. The silk skirts are very tight fitting to the knees; then a full sun pleating is used as a finish. The princess, both fitting and semifitting, the directoire and the empire are all holding their own. Necklaces of small cut jet beads will be worn much by those who favor the collarless gown. Real pockets, long and -fiat, are concealed beneath the trimming on the sides on many of the tailor mades. T* V\ q Klff Vi o f Vi o rt era r?n In cnito nf oil the attractive forms of headgear that have been designed to replace it, and still is predominant in dress effects. Paris has a new skirt, known as the "reasonable" skirt. The back is furnished with two pleats, which give a certain fullness where it is most needed. There is a new skirt made upon directoire lines which is partially divided, but which is so carefully hung that when walking the division is not evident. The new "pepper and salt" feathers are much worn in conjunction with a toque of sorrel green velvet, this color combination being much favored. Cotton Bedford cord is to be had in a wide range of colors. It is similar to pique in appearance, but different enough to appeal to those who like a change. The deep pointed bodice is already lioi-fllclorl In* flip rpvprso nnsition of the pointed girdle which is beginning to turn downward at the front rather than upward. White edgings for waistcoats are having a tremendous vogue this season and men are wearing them not only with dark suits, but with light ones as well. One of the late favorites with motorists in England is the knitted turban with long Shetland veil attached for tying over the ears and around the throat. The fashionable plume Is very thick and curls over at the tips, so that two or even three of the old thin kind will be required to produce one of the oresent vintage. wrov ji j The dollar sign is derived from the J letters "U S" in monogram. i """"~~ I Tea leaves are gathered four ! j times a year from the tea plant after j I its third year. i Live teddy bears are now being ex- ! tensively cultivated as pets. I ? i j Grilled grasshoppers on buttered : toast are the latest Parisian delicacy. Many valuable pearls are being ; found along the Japanese coast of ; the island of Saghalin. Some are j j gray, others black, and a few are of > | the rare yellow variety. Twenty-eight and one-fifth seconds i is the shortest time on record in which a motor car has covered a mile. Arkansas claims to have the largest peach orchard in the world, and ! j 1000 men and 300 teams are harvest- I i ing the crop. The orchard is in Se- I j vier County, and has 200,000 trees. ; It covers 2800 acres, and trees on ; *2000 acres are bearing i ' j Austria proposes taxing bachelors ! and widows and married people withj out children. ? c ] In the island of Trinadad there is a * ; lake 115 acres In extent,'which, in- ^ | stead of containing water, contains ^ j asphalt in almost inexhaustible quan- n j titles, for nature fills it up as its con- u ! tents are abstracted. a P African catfish have the power of j* discharging an electric shock suffl- ' j ciently powerful to disable a man. ' Human hair to the weight of 207,- * j. 414 pounds was shipped last year ; from Hong Kong to the United States. r> n In the last ten years the value of ? i the cocoa exported from the Gold I Coast, West Africa, has increased ? from $50,000 a year to $2,500,000, ! This industry is a native one, worked i by the natives themselves, by whom ; it was started. A railroad now be! ing built from Accra to Akwapim will j greatly increase the output. A movement is now on foot for 10,I 000 Irishmen, resident in America, j to make a pilgrimage to the Emerald Isle next summer. i < | , Application will shortly be made to Incorporate a line of railway to run from Helena, Ark., to Pensacola, Fla., passing diagonally through Mississippi. The promoters propose to give a J new line from the Mississippi River J to deep water on the Gulf Coast. MOUNTAIN OF BORAX ! A Deposit of Great Value in Heart of Death Valley. With the exception of the Grand j Canon there is probably no more ? famous locality in the West than ,, i Death Valley, known as the "vale * below the sea," and although there ar& a number of Mount Blancos in i the Great American Desert, the Mount 1:1 Blanco of Death Valley is the greatest ? ; of its name. 4 ! It rises like an enormous white J breast against the terra cotta ridge. ^ of Funeral Range, close to Furnace it Creek Canon, a great rent that cleaves ; a the east rampart of Death Valley. I J i Around it is a rolling waste of bald | yellow hills, none of which is a mere i j knoll, and it towers a good 1000 feet t above them. The lowland of Death 1 b ] Valley, sinking for several miles f d j westward, is probably 2500 feet b | lower. f; No one ledge or series of ledges h anywhere in the world contains the j c j immense amount of borate quartz j a j shown in the surface of this mountain i ii ' of Colemanlte. It is a body of ore j c i measuring 1000 feet in width and | 5000 feet in length, pitching into the ; mountain range at a thirty-three de1 gree angle. It is a borax quarry j j whose limitations cannot be even s ' roughly conjectured, but it must exceed by thousands of tons any known , borate deposit.?Detroit News. King Edward's Consideration. j I It is customary on the royal yacrit j i to keep the red carpet on the deck un-, ! til the King or the last officer has , ! come aboard for the night. One J ] ! night, not long ago, his majesty did ' A * 1 A Vl a TL'QO j XIOL go itsuure. rvu aw v i.iu>.n uv. .. ? * . I enjoying a cigar on deck, when he j called out to the quartermaster, n j "Send for the officer of the watch." s I On his appearing the King inquired, U "What are these men hanging about b j for?" "The carpet, sir." "What do d j you mean?" The officer explained | F I that it was the rule of the carpet. P i "But," said the King, "don't these \ j men have to get up at 5 o'clock in Si the morning?" *!Yes, sir," the j F officer admitted. "Then," replied his | ' majesty, quietly, "in future, whether j j I am on board or not, you take up I , the carpet before you pipe the men j e: to supper." Incidents such as this li spread rapidly among the sailors of | a the various squadrons, and that is j si 1 why the King is so great a favorite i a ' - ? ~ TiwifloV, fJdvu rinnrlop AH- ! V: 1 III I lie UlillOU a ^ t* r J iyMu?vv - . , ! *.1 i vertiser. I tl j c i n The Black Spruce. i j Time brings revenges, even in the j p timber trade, and a humble conifer j long treated with contempt seems literally to be on the point of getting i ?_ ?_ M fV*ts ! a rise in me wunu. miucnu mv ^ black spruce," says the Dundee Ad- j a vertiser, "has been despised by our i few British foresters as ol' meager j } commercial value, the yellowish timber being soft and easily indented, .though very light and long of grain. It has lately been discovered that by e' virtue of the last named two quali- p ties this tree furnishes by far the best j wood for aeroplanes. As yet the ig black spruce has rarely been planted ' ^ toy our sylvicultures save for ornameat or shelter." T / l , ^ r t freeTfreej 01 GIB LAM Sir HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, oases, flatulency, heartburn, vokiting, indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, and All Troubles of the STOMACH, LIVER and BOWELS FULL BOTTLE MAILED FREE W Write Today for YOUR Fre* BottU ' DR. GREENE ! MEDICAL j SPECIALIST 9 West 14th St., New York City i Long established and successful practice. Proved professional skill and ability. Expert and honest treatment. High standard of medicines. Reasonable and fair charges. Advice free. All who write receive the personal attention of Dr. Greene himself, proprietor of the great family medicine, Dr. Greene's Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy. Write Today r j Decline of Track Gambling. ' Only a few years since race track ambling was widely prevalent. Cftiago was among the communities rhich took the Lead in suppressing his evil. Somewhat over a year ago Governor Hughes inaugurated a lovement against race track gamling in New York State. Success ttended his efforts to secure the assage of a law which has dealt a low to this practice. Since that Ime Louisiana, Texas, California and Washington have enacted laws hav-, ng the same purpose in view. Last ^eek the Florida Legislature passed a 111 designed to prohibit gambling at ace .tracks. The success of the movelent against this particularly harmul method of spreading the gamling fever is a gratifying sign of the * I /\? 'n tMAKfll rl r\ rtnl rtnm onf OVi f_ iauuu o iuuia>i ucT^tvpiuvuw?~ ago News. ~MUNY0N'S~ PAW-PAW PILLS ^ The best Stomach and Liver Pllla known Ua and a positive and K speedy care for Constlpatlon, Indigestion, Jaundice, Biliousness, j9B^h2m|PJA Sour Stomach, Head* I W ache, and all ailments arising from a dlsorMllUVilSM^ered stomach or sluggish liver. They ly'lVflftaUl contain in concentrate U4Wfl3H ed form all the vlr 2U5SSJB tues and values of w Munyon's Paw-raw "'gjAuf" tonic and are made from the Juice of the Paw-Paw fruit I unhesitatingly recommend these pills as being the best laxative and cathartic ever compounded. Oet a 25-cent bottle and If you are not perfectly satisfied I will refund your mon?y> ?MIINYON. FIFTY-THIRD and JEFFERSON STS-, PHILADELPHIA. PA. f \DADGY NEW DISCOVERY; * ? \J i girw qolok relief tad cm tntnuo jtrwiknf tMtimo&iali* lO cUrt'trMtadtt res. Dr. hTh. QEMH'S SOSS.BbxB.AtUmU.G*. China will not in the future send any iplomatic representatives to other coun:ies who are not conversant with the lanuage of the country. jk Tour Dragglit Kor Allen's 7oot-E?s? "I tried Allen's Foot-Ease recently, aad ave just bought another supply. It has ared my corns, and the hot, burning and ching sensation in my feet which was aP iost unbearable, and 1 would not be withut it now.?Mrs. W. J. Walker, Camden, f. J." Sold bv all Druetrisw. 25c. Starting Indians as Farmers. The Cheyenne River agency will be usy for some time to come, as the', istribution of live stock to Indians egins to-day. To each head of a it? Krt Mron fnrontv-thrAfl amiiy IS LU UC 511CU vnvuw; ?M. wv ead of two-year-old heifers, or in ase he so desires a team of mares, wagon and harness, agricultural mplements, five cows and $50 in ash. _ TIRED ALL THE TIME. Languor, llstlessness, dullness of pirits are often due to kidney dlsor_______ ders. Pain and "&ery9iclure Tells weakness In the JSIory' back, sides and hips, ?\ headaches, dizziness, urinary disorders are sure sI^ns t^iat kidneys need immediate attention. Delay is dangerous. J. WI1fred Zell, Duncannon, Pa., says: uKHL "Kidney backache J and rheumatic pains lade my life miserable. I could not leep well and always felt tired. My Imbs were stiff and sore and I was ardly able to work. I was so bad I Id not care to live. Doan's Kidney 'ills brought quick relief and soon a ei^nanent cure." Remember the name?Doan's. For ale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. 'oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Meaningless Names. A Southern priest sent me the othr day the catalogue of a girls' school 1 Alabama apropos of some remarks lade here in re silly spellings of senible Christian names, and absurd cd meaningless names, fond things ainly invented. Here are some of le gems from that list: Wyllle, Mai, athryn. Aylee, Buhlah, Dorie, My- ' ie, Julya, Hellyn, Hyllin, Hycle, .uthye, Wvnye, Oralce, Donnieben. oor girls!?Living Church. Extravagant Simplicity. A deceptive feature of the reigning lode in Paris is the apparent slmlicity of the sunshades. They may f- in silk or tussor and have a border [ printed flowers in various tones, he shape io less deep than it was, ut it is not quite Japanese, and the stravagance of this apparent slmlicity lies In the fact that the suntiade must tone absolutely with the own with which It is carried. Torjlse shell handles are very'much in ivor and the stick should be long.? he Queen. ,