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ODDS AXD ENDS. The manufacturo of razors by ma chinery has now become a fixed fact in Germany, and thc quality of the article is said to compare favorably with the best Sheffield product, tho process being also applicable to scis sors making. On the Belgian state railways fares are lower than anywhere else iu Eu rope. Recently the Belgian govern ment has made a frosh concession. For ono pound sterling the traveler can obtain a ticket available for one person to travel over the entire sys tem for a fortnight. For second-class tho charge is about half as much again, and for the first-class about double. That nursery tale which has charm ed generations of children and their elders, known as "Blue Beard," wes wr'tten by a French author. The or iginal of the character of Blue Beard was a marshal of France, who lived in Brittany and who was charged with murdering several wives and over one hundred children. Being convicted of sorcery he was burned. Another Indian company of the army has been disbanded, troop L., Eighth cavalry. Only two companies now remain-I of the Twelfth infant ry and L of the Twelfth cavalry. The Indian does not seem to fill the bill as a soldier. When the experiment was begun eight troops of cavalry and nineteen companies of infantry were ordered recruited, and at one time 780 Indians were in the ranks. One of the latest theories-which is said to be receiving general acceptance -concerning the moon's face assumes that the material constituting that lu minary once surrounded tho earth in the form cf Saturuian rings, and that thesmall bodies of this ring coalesced, first gathering aiound a large number of nuclein and filially all united in a singlo sphere, tho moon, the lunar craters being the sct-rs resulting from the collision of the "moonlets." Fate of3Icn Elocutionists. The college men who are paying 60 much attention to oratorical associa tions aro niakiug a mistake. Oratory is simply elocution, and elocution has ruined many a man who might havo made an honest living. As soon as a mau learns to recite pieces at amateur entertainments it it about as good as settled that he will become a reform or walking delegate or something else worthless. Elocution leads to public speaking, and, asa rule, public speak ing leads to auarcby, loafing and ruin. -Atchison d'lobe. Positive Proof. Irate Merchant (pointing to ransack ed safe)-I thought you said this safe was burglar-proof ! Agent-Well, what moro proof do you want of burglars than that? In Brazil there aro said to be three hundred languages and dialects spoken by the Indians. Conservative Little Boitiez Ar,- those diminutive rrean?. the kidney?, which, in spile of their sma'l s:z .. perform in heath a most important putt in tlie mechan ist!-?if the system. Out of order they breed finnReroiifl trouble. Ronew th -ir activity with H<itietter's Stomach Bitters, which prevents the serious ?ntl often fatal diseases resulting fnun their inaction. This sterling medicine, moreover, rem-die-* malarial, rheumatic and dyspeptic complaints, and invigoraUs thc uhole system. t. ir ?he gold of love into thc currency of deeds._ Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cure? ail Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, X. V. ' S- me shepherds try the hardest to f.-cd the fat te-1 she p. Alwnys Care? Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Bad Breath, Debility, Sour ?Stomach, Want of Appetite. Distress After Eating, aud all evils arising from a weak or disordered stomach. It builds up from tho flr?t dose, and a bottle or two will cure the worst cases, and insure a good appe tite, exc?dent dice->tion and result in vigor ous health and buoyancy of spirits. Thero is no better way to insure good h<alth and a long lifo than to keep the stomach rlrht. Tvner's Dvspepda Remedy is guaranteed to d? this, "lae Tranquilizing Aftor-Dinncr Drink. For salo by Drugg.sis. Manufactured by C. 0. Tyner, Atlanta. lou Don't ll.'i'.e to Swear OfT, Bays tho St. Louis Joxtrnal of Agriculture in an editorial about Nc-Tc-Bac, thc famous to bacco habit euro "Wo know ot many coses ( nred by No-Tc-Bac, one, a prominent Bt. Louifl architect, smoked and chewed for twenty years: two boxes cured him 60 that eren the smell of tobacco makes him sick." No-Tc-Bac sold and guaranteed by Drug gists everywhere. No cure no pay. Book Iroe. Sterling Remedy Co . New York or Chicago. Worse Than Kum. Indices!ion spoils more live-! 'han rum. But yonth'nkyoa have "malar'a" or "grip." or som't 'i?g wore. The trott' lei ; ail in the di I"stive tract. Rinans Tabulen brim: n sort of Millenium with them. Ono gives relief, and their habitual u-e keeps the whole system in tone. Gut them of your druggist. .Mothers Wlio V-c Parker's (.inger Tonie insist that it benefits more than other modi? t i :es for every form of d.st res-. A. M. Priest. Druggist. SheibyvlRe, Ind.. say*: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives thebcat of ratisfantion. Caa ^et plenty of tes?monials, as it ? tire, every one who takes it." Druggist* sell lt, TOc. I believe Pis-i's Cure for Consumption saved my bovv life las? summer.-Mr-. ALLIS DOUGLASS, L~RO>-, Mich., Oct. 20. nt Notice. I WANT every man and woman in the United Stat-s interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to havo my hook on these d Isens A<blres- B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga., Box381, and one will be sent you free. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens tho3ums.redn--cs inflamma tion, allays pain. -:nres wind colic. 25n. a hottl* Dyspepsia And distress after eating are cured by thc tonic, appetizing, blood purifying effects of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Bead this letter : "I am happy to write a few words about the good Hood's jy?f Sarsaparilla has done {*V me.I was troubled with dyspepsia. My food distressed mo and I had dizzy spells and a dull, heavy feeling in my head. Since using [several bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla i my food no longer dis tresses mo at all nnd my head hos been relieved from all dizzy spells. I gladly recommend Hood's Sarsa Jarilla for any troubled as I was." UOMEU . CLEVELAND," Roxbury, Vermont. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in tho public eye. Hood's Pi.ls.r bM,u-1 conKtlp?" lion, l'rlco 20c. per b ix. ? THE'BEST ? /NURSING MOTHERS.INFANTS/ CHILDREN * JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York, * WHICH? Some must sow, Though others roan Some must go, While others sleep; Some must sigh. While joy bells ring Some must die, While others sing. Some will laugh, While storm clouds burst; Some will quaff, While others thirst; Some will grope While others sail Some will hope, While others fail. Some will S?D, Some will win, In eauso unjust; Some will greed, Whilo others givo Some will need While mortals live. Voices raise Upon tho air Some iu praise, And some-despair! Thus the ills And joys must bo; Thus fulfils Our destiny. Keep this thought Within thy mind: "Peace was brought For humankind," Who hath braved Life'ssea-storm tost, Some aro saved, And some are lest. -Cleveland Tlaln Dealec. THE STROKE OF MIS. . BT MAURICE THOMPSON'. T was moonlight and rat her late in tho balmy even ing, with a breeze fluttering along Boyal street, and the sound cf a guitar coming from an indefi nite distance. No street cars were running nod but few strollers-these mostly creoles in high-heeled ehoes tapping lightly on the banquettes went up and dowu tho narrow way. Boyle Harding leaned back in on easy chair on tho iron-railed balcony, or gallery, which overhung the side walk, and smoked blowly, with half closed eyes. He was awaiting the ar rival of his young friend, Francois Bapin, who had lately interested him to a singular degree. Even at tho moment, up the uncar peted stairway carno the active creole's feet, two steps at a time, along with a lively tune sung almost breathlessly through a curving black mustache. "Ah, but here I nra 1" he oriod, is suing through the doorway and trip ping a gay step along the floor towards Harding. '.Well, and what is it?" demanded the New Yorker. "What have you found out?" "Bah!" He produced a cigarotto and asked for a light by an inimitable pantomime with head aud shoulders. "Maybe she went to the French opera. Go with me ; I havo a box ; come." "But haven't you yet seen her?" "Seen her-how should? I know? Monsieur Harding forgets the condi 1 tions." Ho laughed in his atrociously frivolous French" way. "I beg pardon," said Harding, quickly; "I had, indeed, forgotten that 1 did not know her name, her place of residence, nor yet evon the color of her eyes. Yes, I will go with vou to tho opera. Everybody goos, ?h?" "Not everybody, but everybody of tho best, lt is tho distinction ; we draw tho line in front of the boxes." "Not the dead line, I hope." "Even that eomotimes, yes. I have known a glance of sweet eyes to cost a man his best blood under the oaks. Aro you a good foncer?" Boyle Harding made no answer, but flung his cigar stump over tho irou filagree down into the street, whero it coruscated on the cobble-stones, and then ho rose and shook himself light ly as ono does who forms an imperfect plan or feels vaguely impatient over delayed expectations. The sky above New Orleans was ns blue as a sapphire, and tbo irregular old houses nloug Koyal street caught many a stray gl'ut from the splendid moon. Harding was in a mood to feel all the force of such a scone. Ho had como South a fortnight past with let ters of introduction to influential peo ple, but ho was not seeking society : a quiet sojourn m New Orleans with his eyes and ears opened suited him bet ter, ile was young, however, brimful of blood and surcharged with a poet's imagination. What wa?, perhaps, just the thing he would havo most desired carno to him unexpectedly one day. It was a twinkle of romance in the gloom of Boyal 6treet. He suddenly met a beautiful young woman faco to face at the door of Garcin's old book store, a dingy hole where you find the con tents of French libraries that have been sold at successivo sales or picked up at auction. Warm eyes exchanged an involuntary look which seemed to have a glow of inquiry struck out of iris points. Harding was electrified, and impulsively lifted his hat. She passed him with a half smile, leaving a breath of violets and the rustle of a gown quietly elegant in tho air round about. The color of ber hair, her height, the tint of her eyes, her complexion -he could not fix one of theso in his mind, but he knew that she was tho loveliest, ho most enchanting girl that ever breathed. Tho impression entered his consciousness so suddenly and set itself so doep and w\ch such a thrill of roma.ntio pleapjre, that ho stopped short in thc door, and stood there, hat in hand, smiling reminis cently and listening to the purr of his own biood sweetly quickening along his veins. A lover ie a great fool ; but he is the only man who knows what song it was that the stars sang ; and to him you must go it you would learn thc secret of heavenly happiness and tho value of dreams as nutriment for tho imagination. A lover's soul will treble its stature by feeding ono moment on a smile. In fact, Boyle Harding bad folt this sudden growth within ; it bad quick ened, broadened and' sweetened his spirituol vi-iou, while affording a fiuo and richly mysterious increment to his enjoyment ol' bis new surroundings. This was midway in the fifties,when New Orleans had reached thc splendid zenith of her wealth, aud when the peculiar color of her social life was most dazzliug and romantic. As an American city sho stood apart, a hot, aiinost tropical heart of passion, lex nry, pleasure and abounding hospi tality. And with it all went tho old ireelom of chivalric personal courage and the love of spectacular results in matters of honor. HardiDg and his young creole friend r i i i ??.limn i mi MU ir^. ?ot ont on foot ; it was but a B ?tep to tho Opera House, and as 1 went along Kapin was prattling bbe subject of fencing, always a g rogue with the jeunesse doree of.' Orleans. Ho was himself a orphan, living upon an almost un ited income, and had long be< confirmed habitue of the fencing h Having seen some rapiers and foil Harding's rooms, he was saying : "But you must be interested sword play-in fencing. It is noblest of all the exercises for gei men, and your physique is preci made up for it. You must be a i ter, or you could be." "I have had good masters," H ing repliod in an evasive tone, 1 I am losing interest in it." .Toni masters were in New Yoi "No; Paris. I had M. Duval three vears. " "M.*Duval! You had M. Cha Duval for three years?" "Yes." "Ah, what fortune! He, and only, teaches tho 'stroke ot ruin,' pass which pierces across from sh der to shoulder, disabling tho vic for life, yet never killing him !" pin spoke enthusiastically, and a a moment's pause added almost bret lessly : "And you learned his stroke! but I am overjoyed ; and you ' teach me to do it? Ah, Monsieui 6hall bo yonr lifelong debtor. I h dreamed of that incomparable thru I hayo made two journeys to Paris learn it; but, you must know, Duval is an ancient onemy of father. I could not go to him, i his pnpil aro so few and so, so, so < tlnguished and exclusive that I co not reach one of them." Harding laughed at tho youl frankness and told him pleasan that he should bo glad to give him secret instruction. Thereupon Ba] almost hugged him, and they w just ontering the Opera House. A great curve of splendor, a flash faces, jewel?, laces, oyes, fans-a wildering horizon of corsages, cc fuves, necklaces, bracelets, rings foam of airy gowns sinking and sw< i?g gently, liko surf froth agaics beach" of fairy land. Harding gaz in hidf-blinded stupidity, so ho fe and could sec no details, could ma out no individual faco distinctly, all struck him ns somo vast 6pecta of barbarous gewgaw splendor, a yet nothing that he had ever se could comparo with it in unity L'ffoct. The boxes wero all full, a full of beauty and queenly costume, accentuated that nowhere elso cor such insistences upon decoration ha been tolerable. There, however, was the perfection of color, brillian and condensed, passionate beauty expression 6iich as tho Greeks of Ale andaia dreamed of in their luxurio exhibitions. Harding and Kapin wore tho OE persons in their box, which was wi to ono sido of the great curve. ( Ihe stngo a celebratod ballet favori was kicking neatly through ono of h captivating passages. "Wc will begin the lessons to-mo row," murmured Kapin; "I shall 1 an apt scholar, monsieur." "Yee," raid Harding, absently. I was gazing along tho groat sweep beauty and light. "But excuso mo for a moment < two," tho creole added after a whil when thc curtain was down, "I a going to call at tho box of a friend." Ho went, and Harding continued h survoy, M'hich, now that his eyes hu somewhat accustomed themselves 1 tho glamor, became more real and al ?orbingly interesting. Presently ho saw Kapin in a box, magnificent one, near tho centr< talking with a tall, young woman ind it wai she. There could bo n :lpabt for a moment. Tho thri through Harding's heart told as mnc is tho girl's resplendent, yet, in a wa} subdued beauty. Harding's eyes wero fixed ; th trance of that old-time lovo which me: .isod to acknowledge was upon him Elis strong, healthy, boyish natur plunged into the thick of a passion romauce as fervid as it was puro ani sincere. And at tho very central mo lient sho turned from Halpin am ooked straight at him. Moreover, hi jould seo a light of quick inter?s iome iuto her face; they were speak ng of him. The prosy fact was that Kapin, ii lis enthusiastic way, had boon tell inj Mlle. Marie do Montmartin-that whi 1er name-about his good fortuno ii inding a master to teach him thi 'stroke of ruin," and ho had directer, jer attention to tho youug man in hif jox. But for Mlle. Marie de Mont nartin wo may as woll say that sh( danced mechanically, then looker! igain. Harding was a superbly hand some young athlete, a flower of per met manhood with a face never to bc 'orgotten by any woman. Ripiu presently returned to tho box, iringing with him, or at least Hard ng fancied it, a breath of that ex quisite violet perfume which had boen ?aunting Harding's memory for days md nights together. "Who is she-the young lady in the jox where you've been?" Tho abrupt inquiry and a certain limbra of Harding's voice betrayed his jmotioa to the quick cro?le. "Oh, she-that is Mlle. Mario de Montmartin. Lovely, isn't she? You night envy me, M. Harding. She is ny betrothed." ?'Ah"- Harding hesitated and a rialish chango passed over his face,like i fleece cloud over some glorified space of sky. Then he coolly added : "I do envy you. Yes, sho is tho most beautiful girl that I have over seen. 3he is tho one I met in the old book store door. You aro quick to find." Kapin colored. "Thank you," he said, as the cur tain went up and tho prima donna strode forth with a superb swing. Tho next day Kapin carno to Hard ing's rooms for his initial lesson ; but tho young mau bogged n postpone ment ; he was not feeling in good form, ho said, and was averso to exerci60. And now Harding's powerful letters of introduction carno into play. The only son of General Stanhopo Harding had tho key to open even tho exclu sive gate of thc mansion wherein tho ancient family traditions of Montmar tin wero kept in an atmosphere of their own. Hero tho young man found Mlle. Marie even moro fascinat ing than his imagination had pictured her. We must acquit him ; he did not de liberately seek to gain her affections; indeed, there was no need to seek ; she claimed him at sight, and tho way was love's sweetest path. Rapio was for gotten as a merely conventional lover must always bo when tho truo ono comes rushing in all aglow aud all powerful. Mario's parents were delighted. There was no obstad1, religious or other, andan all muco with the Hard ing family was something to be proud of. So, in due course of time, tho en gagement was announced and the wed ding day approached. Harding had been to New York; ho returned lato in November, radiant! with happy aspirations, and took rooms as before, but now in the St. ' Charles. Ho brought somo friends with him, and his parents would be ooming a littlo later. I have said that a lover is a fool. His vanity, moreover, cannot be over estimated, and the selfishness of his passion plays him small yet irresisti ble tricks. Harding had a dosire to go again to the old book store of Garcian, on Boyal street, and have his first meeting with Marie over once more in his imagination. He slipped away from the hotel furtively and with a foolish stir in his blood. The morning wa3 like a summer's dream, clothing the old city in films of chastened splendor. Up and down the narrow streets clacked the high heeled boots of the little creoles. Fruit stands, heaped with luscious or anges, bananas, apples, dashed the air with a rich bouquet, and there wero roses everywhere. Harding held his head high and walked swiftly. When we go to seek an illusion wo are pretty sure to find a reality. It is not the scheme of nature to humor ns in luxuries. At Garcian's door Hard ing came abruptly face to face with Francois Kapin, whom he had not seen sinco the announcement of tho coming nuptials. Somehow it was a surprise, but Pepin's faco showed a quick smile. Harding stopped short in his tracks, and would havo probably -put forth his hand in a friendly offer of salutation ; but just then bis hat was lightly tapped from his head by Kapin, who immedi ately picked it up and handed it to him, saying: "Monsieur Harding will now re member his promise to teach me tho mysterious stroke of M. Duval." Ho bowed low and was gone, whilo a card fluttered down at Harding's feet ; it bore Kapin'a address. At first Harding's heat of temper was great, but reflection led him to consult his friends, who ridiculed the thought of a duel. Ho was glad to escape, for, although a born' lighter, this was no time to bo risking his lifo or to bo killing a man. He had, however, consulted but one side of that advisory board which al ways exists in such cases. Ilia North ern friends woro unanimously opposed to the duel, but ho must bo frank and lay the matter boforo his fiancee's family. "You must fight him, sir," said Montmartin. "Of course, there is but ono way open t a gcntlemarj," sighed Marie; "you must chai 1 ru;;o bira." "Tho Montmartin household and all the Moutmartin circlo woro as a unit on this point. No evasion was to be considered, since Kapin smilingly re fused to apologize, and so Harding sent the challenge, which waspromptly accepted. They met at 6uuriso under the "oaks" so well known to duelling his tory. Merrily clinked their rapiers for honor's sake and Marie's. That was but about forty years ago ; and yet what a distance ! What a far spin the world has made down the "groove of change" since then ! Farragut and Bntlor havo boen in tho city; thc re construction terror has come and gone ; the reassertion of State authority fol lowed thc victory of the citizens over tho alien soldiers; the lottery has gono ; tho city is rich once more ; seo tho bales of cotton, the hogsheads, tho barrels, the bags on tho leveo ! And there aro no moro duels. Yesterday a whito-hairod man,whose shoulders drooped strangely, and whoso two arms dangled half-paralyzed beside him, walked down Pioyal street. "That is Francis Kapin," said a creole to somo friends. "He got that wound in the celebrated duel with Harding." "Y-e-c-s," drawled another of the group, with a queer littlo shrug. "Y-c-e-s, Mr. Harding taught him tho 'stroke of ruin,' ha! ha! c'est vrai, n'est co pas?" I followed with curious gaze tho re treating form of Kapin, recalling at the sam6 timo that Boyle Harding and his wife wero now living in Nice, where, in most comfortable circum stances and well loaded with fame, Harding writes his novels and plays with his grandchildren. His wife is said to be still bc-autiful and very domestic.-Now York Vanity. - - Why a Tarljian Kout Ills Check, With so many bank robberies all around us it is not surprising that there should bo some nuoasiness among depositors. Ia general, however, the New Yorker has a cool head. Ho has faith in tho Clearing House Associa tion, because he really does hot quito understand thc mystf?ry of it, aud ho believes in hi? bauk through thick and thin becauso he has seen tho banks of tho city stand together in support of a weakened institution. I am reminded of what happened to old Green Mor riu, an ignorant turfman, who lived in Brooklyn and raced horae3 on all the tracks of tho metropolitan circuit. He had a big year of winnings at Mon mouth Park and received nt tho end of the season a check from the associ ation for $67,000. Eighteen months later ho showed that check to mo, con siderably worn. "Why, Green," I said, reproach fully, "this check is eighteen months old. What do you mean by hooping it so long? It is nearly worn out. Don't you know that a cheok should lie deposited at once, or cashed? Sup pose tho bank was to tail?" Green chuckled knowiugly and winked as he folded lt up and put it back in his pocketbook. "I ain't been raoin' hosses for nothin' theso goin' on nigh twenty year. I ain't got no faith in no bank. Tuey's too failin' to 6uit me. That's whut I'vo allua been afraid of, an' that's why I'm holdin' on to my chock. 1 ain't a-goin' to havo no bank failin' with my money in thc safe. Beside, I ain't had no uso for tho 807,000, an' it's jos* as easy to koop it in my pocket this way. " This samo Green is worth now$300, 000 or 8400,000 and yet cannot writo bia name.-Now York Presa, Light ot Jteflection. A manufacturer in Europo did not find satisfaction in any of tho usual methods for tho lighting of bia cloth mills. Ho tried gas jeta, arc lights, and iucandeacont lamps, all of which failed to satisfy him. becauso they either did not givo light enough or too much light, or cast shadows. He fin ally painted tho walls of his room white, and beneath a certain number of arc lighta auspouded reflectors. This throw I he light up to thc white ceil-, ing, from which it was reflected to the oom below, and thia method of light ing is reported to havo been a success. -Hardware. From China, Too. Thc earliest fanning mill or win aowiug machine was erected in China, und was in uso there for centunes while Europeans were cleansing th:'ir grain by naating it in tba air on ft windy clay.-Baltimore News, FOUR-LEAF CLO VE ft. "If ono And a four-leaf clover," She said, sitting ou the grass, "He can wish whate'er he likes to And that wish shall como to pass. "Do you say so?" thon down kneeling 'Moug tho sorrel and cropt gross, Looked I for a four-leaf clover And my wish to como to pas3. Long I searched among tho sorrel, Close besldo me she searched, too; (fow and then some commonplaces Broke tho silence-but lt ?,rcw. Por my heart was full of yearning, And my mouth of eacrcr word?, But I dared not give thain utterance, So I hearkened to the birds; And kopt lookiDg, lookiug, looking, While besldo mo sho looked, too? Two bent figures in thOtwilight, Green hills paling into bine "Ha, I havo one!" "Yes, and wished for?' "You, and shall it bo?" I cricJ, Eyes east down sho asked, demurely, "Hath the clover not replied?" -George Houghton. PITH AND POINT. What fools these mortals think other mortals be ! Tho hair-dresser has all tho now kinds.-Puck. It is easier to forgive success in any ono else than a relative. Tho woman who thinks before she speaks has to be a lightning thinker. When a husband and wife fire up at the slightest provocation it doesn't follow that it's a good match.--Phila delphia Record. Tho Manayuuk Philosopher rises to remark that it's a good thing for mau kind that Adam was caught napping. Philadelphia Record. Dress Reform agitation The family hurts When tho household's divided As well as the skirts. -Pack. "Yes," said Charon, as he rang the bell for full speed, straight ahead; "we have had to hustle since wo be gan to make connections with tho Brooklyu trolley cars."-Puck. Sho wants those wild flowers which aro spread On mossy bank beside tho crook. * * * * "K * A slip ! A splash! Hy's now in be J, But may recover in a wf ok. " -Washington Slar. She-"Don't yon ;.hiuk that ealt water is beneficial to health?" He "Not always. A man whom I once knew was seriously injured by it." 3ho-"How so?" He-"Ho waa drowned."-Tit-Bits. Wife-"John, dear, what would you do if I were to die?" Husband "Don't speak of sucha thing ; I would be desperate." "Do you think you would marry again?" "Well, no; I don't think I would be as desperate as that."-Tit-Bits. De Bann-"I don't think the Gum bys liked that chafing-dish wo gave them for a wedding present." Mrs. De Bann-"Why not?" De Bann "I met Gumby to-day, and ho invited us around to eat something they aro going to cook in it."-Brooklyn Life. "I don't like hash," remarked the musical boarder at breakfast. "It is not rhythmical." "Alaybo not," re plied the landlady, as her eyes omitted a baleful fire, "but you will always find one word to rhyme with it, and that word is cash."-New York Tri bune. VanPallman-"How can I bolievo that you love me better than you did your former husband when you say you kissed him oftener than yon do me?" Mrs. Lakeside-"Oh, my dear, the kisses I givo you aro just twice as long as those I gave him."-New York World. Miss Lapham-"Now that you are so influential, I want you to help me to got into society." Miss Pcnstoc -"You wouldn't like it. You aro home body. Why, you would be bored to death." Miss Lapham-"I know it, my dear. But I want to have the privilege of being bored."-Harlom Life. Brazil's Projected New Capital. It appears that the Brazilians are not satisfied with their present capi tal, Kio de Janeiro, which is not con trai, not very healthy, and perhaps not roomy enough. They are about to build themselves a brand-new capi tal, embodying, as tho projectors would say, every modern improve ment. This news was given, says our Paris correspondent, yesterday after noon to tho French Academy of Sci ences by one of its mombors, M. Faye. This noted astronomer has just re ceived a communication anent the new capital from Senor Orals, who ap ponds to his namo the substantial tibio of President of tho Brazilian Commit tee of Preliminary Investigation for the Romoval of the Capital of Brazil to the Centre of the States of the Con federation. Senor Cruls states that the new Federal capital will bo built on tho central plateau of Brazil, in a rectangle of about twenty-five miles long and seven broad-quite a city of magnificent distances, equal to any thing in th? United States. What is more important, the site will be a healthy one, and, notwithstanding tho neurness cf tho new capital to the equator, the climate will be compara tively mild by reason of the altitude. -London News. Thc Sparrow ana the Hotel Pillow. Thore was the preltiest kind of a study in bird-life yesterday morning across the court from the Courant office in one of the United States Hotel windows. Tho ch-imbermaid took ad vantage of the sunshine to givo tho pillows an airing. A pair of them had just appeared in one of tho windows, the maid ovidontly having thou gone to another room, when an English sparrow espied them. Alighting upon tho pillow it gavo it a careful inspec tion, then hopped across to tho window and peered all about. Returning, another careful investigation was made, and tho chatter of tho bird in dicated that it had struck oil, so to speak. After again peering in at the window and assuring itself that tho coast was clear, it returned to tho end of tho pillow, loosened a thread in the enso that held tho feathers, hurriedly ap propriated a beak full and flew away. Its nesting place could not have been far, for it returned again in a few mo montp, and again and again, until it finally seemed to havo feathers iu plenty, as it returned no more. Hartford (Conn.) Courant. .Soinctltin,' ol au Ebv.itor. Tho deed of dnrkness contemplated at Mont Blanc is to run a tunuel four and a half miles under the mouutain arid then to reach the top by nu ele vator thro'igu a shaft 900U feet high, says the St. Louiw Globe-Demoerut. Aa engineer claims that the work eau be done for $2,000,000, and that th'.: Alps attract enough tourists to ma';c the iuYOstmeat a paying one. Msofa?e?y Pure R0\ How to Read Scaled Letters. One of the puzzling tricks per formed hy so-called public mind-reid ers, or clairvoyant?, is an extremely simple deception. Tho performer, standing on the stage, asks several persons in the audience to write each a sentence on a slip of paper and seal it in an envelope. Of course, tho stationery is fur nished and afterwards collected. One of tho audience is a confederate, and writes a sentence agreed upon before hand. When tho assistant goes through the house gathering up the envelopes, the confederate's contribu tion io carefully put where it will be the last one of the lot to be taken up. The performer picks out an envel ope, and, after feeling of it, with much ceremony pronounces tho sentence agreed upon, and the confederate in the audience acknowledges that he wrote it. To confirm this, the performer tears open tho envelope and repeats the sentence, as though he found it on tho inclosed paper, which is in reality an other man's sentence, which ho reads, and then picking up another envelope and fumbling it over, he calls out the sentence ho hap just read. The one who wrote it says itisright, tho performer tears open the envelope, reade what ie in it, and proceeds in that way through the lot.-Exchanrjc. Avoid tho Fly Nuisance. Geranium plants in tho open win dows are eaid to keep fliee from enter ing. Another equally pleasant remedy ie tuggested by a housekeeper who eaid: "I buy 5 cente' worth of oil of lavender at the drug store and mix it with the eamo quantity of water. Then I put it in a common glaee atomizer and 6pray it around the rooms wherever fliee aro apt to congregate, especially ? in the dinirg room, where I pprinklo j it .plentifully over tho table linen. Tho odor ie especially disagreeable to fliee and they will never venturo in its neighborhood, though to most people ' it hae a peculiarly fresh and grateful smell." _ Perfect Breeding. Mama-"I hopo you behaved like a little lady while Mrs. Hightone was trying to entertain you?" Small Daughter- "Yes'm. I put my hand over my mouth every time I yawned. "- Good News. A Happy Woman. At last I am a well and happy woman afraln ; thanks to McElree's Wine of Cardui? I have suffered for four'ycars from womb trouble of tlio most horrible kind. Twelve yeari aso I went to the San Antonio Hospital, where they performed an operation, hut it left mc in a worse state t lian ever. I went to Dr. Kings ley and Dr. D. Y. Young, Int they gave me little relief. After spending $125.001 was not able to leave my bed, ami mo~t of tho time eu (Tero 1 pains to equal a thousand death?. On the tenth of last Ociober my friend Mrs. Ste vena, advised mc to try McEnroe's Wine of Garita!. Tho first bettie did mc good, nnd I cot more, and to-day I am a new woman ; am able to do all my cooking ?ind hou-e-work. 1 am running a boar.llng-hoiisc and doing all thc work myself. 1 Mill use tho Wine, and al ways keep lt in thc home-it saved my life. Mus. M. J. MEYERS. Appleby. Texas. IIIndcrcornN in a Mroplc Remedy, But it take* ont cornj, and what a consolation it ls! Makes walkinna ptVostirc. 15& at druggist'. ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the ta?te, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and -Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro ducer, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial m its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. lio not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, lt K. Fairly jui -Pearline. Ri withstanding al precedence behi breaking way c Now, why dreds of mill have been used i washing-comp? do your Pearline see. It takes out any ris at the hec washing. rf s? L s t?z .i. ^i. A :r. x. sfegjj&fe wderj All othe are che; and inf X} leawei* alkali ii 'AL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YOR n 51 THE AMERICAN INDIAN. There aro 5,304 Indians in New York state. The Cherokees of North Carolina number 2,885. The word Esquimaux means "Kaw Fish Eaters." The Indian reservations amount to 212,000 sqnare miles. There were 249,273 Indians in this country at the last census. All the American languages are sin gularly lacking in abstract terms. Only in Mexico, Central America and Peru were there laws or courts. In all Spanish America the Indians form the great mass of thc population. The great temple of tho sun at Cuz co, in Peru, was attended by four thou sand priests. No Indian tribe north of Mexico had domesticated any animal but the dog. The only trading Indians, at thc time of the discovery, were the Huron Iroquois. Tho average height and weight of Indians are no greater than of other people. At the coming of the whites, tat tooing was almost universal among the Indians. There aro few instanoes of full-blood ed Indians eutering the learned pro fessions. Imported diseases, such as smallpox, have been singularly fatal among tho Indians. The pictures writing of tho Mexicans was a very complete system of record ing events. As a general thing, the hands and feet of Indian men are small and well proportioned. Many dictionaries of the Indian tongue were made by tho early French and Spanish monks. The skin of the Indian is thinner than that of cither the white or the negro, and more easily torn. Tho mosb ancient Mexican monu ments display elegant tasto in art and remarkablo skill and execution. The first attempt in this country to rcduco the Indian languages to a sys tem was by Smith Barton. Most of the anoicnt mounds are erected on the upper river terraces, and may be 2,000 or 3,000 years old. Like all people with whom the beard is scanty, the Indians regard it as a blemish and pluck it out. There are said to be forty-two gram mars of tho ancient Moxican langua ges, and twenty-three dictionaries. When the Indian earthworks do not comprise a spring within their limits thero is generally an artificial reser voir. Every Indian tribe hod a collec tive name, generally that of tho ani mal or object which served ae the to ken or idol. Mounds in the shape of men, of bears, alligators and serpents have been found in various parts o' the United States. Hot Water. A prominent physician has declared that hot water is a woman's best friend. It will euro dyspepsia if taken before breakfast, and will ward off chills when she comes in from tho cold. It will stop a cold if taken early in tho stage. It will relieve nervous headache and give instant relief to tired and in flamed oyes. It is most efficacious for sprains and bruises and will frequently stop the flow of blood from a wound. It is a sovereign remedy for sleepless ness and in conclusion, the doctor as serts, "wrinkles flee from it and black heads vanish before its constant use. ' Gasoline mat 3F8Lef:rig-o:ra,t Stoves ?Xl vii h 30 pieces of fun Cook ' ^"^-2 Stoves. Our Fumom ( ^ J* fl M size iami;y ?it a cost of 5 cent? a Barns. InJ< ? anil Flt lin Goods. Tilos i buiklli Pumps Mantels^ Anything you want in the Houso Furnls H?MCUTT \ BELL? COST LESS THAN CHEAP PAINT < WHITE LEAD. A M M A F Two KHI on cting of Reidy Mixed Taint c iriil'on of OIL (?), otc. Therefore, you pay for I fallon of reid faint ; ul"" you pa\- for tho OIL PAINT PRICES. Aeallonof Haminar Pnlnt c< you bay your OIL at SAKRKL pri> cs. That'd what KIND of Oil your Paint u mndo of. mped into success ight from the very start Not 1 these hundreds of years of ?nd that old-fashioned, back )f washing with soap, too. was it? Why is it that hun lions of packages of Pearline in the few years since this Dund was ' invented? Just washing and cleaning with for a month, and you'll away the rubbing, but with k of harm. That puts it td of every known aid for )T powders aper made erior, and her acid or i the food. Ending a Letter. Examining 300 letters in order to test the popularity of the varions phrases used in ending them, nearly half the number were found to con clude with "Yours truly." Trite, commonplace and devoid of meaning as two words can be, yet they hold the lead in favor to an. extent not to be wondered at in business letters. "Very respectfully" and "Yours re spectfully" are suitable terms when the person to receive the letter is much older than the sender, or by reason of his position deserve? some marked expression of deferonoe, but the phrases aro too often used without regard to their significance. "Yours, etc.," and the abbreviated form, "Kesp.," for respectfully, seem half-hearted, lazy sort of signatures; a zig-zag line would mean as much, and be easier to make. They have not even the slight merit of "In haste'1 and "Hastily," which at least nerve a? an apology for poor writing. As far as simplicity goop, "Yours" is preferable hy far, and, indeed, ia 1hc bust way to say something without meaning anythiog best, because Ibo shorter the meaningless formula, the better. Some polite ending to a letter is better, no doubt, than the abrnpt signature, and each person may select for himself, but for all ordinary pur? puses there is no better form than "Yours truly." Facts in Few Words. Eighty-one thousand passengers cross tho English channel every month on an average. It is now proposed in England to drive tram cars by power derived from the huge springs, which oan be wourd while the whole is in motion or other wise. A lens sixty inches in diameter has just boen cast at the Standard plate glaes works, in Butler, Pa. It is for the telescope of the American univer sity at Washington. Maxim's cavalry gun,which fires 700 shots a minute, weighs but thirty poumls, and can be strapped to a sol dier's back. . The gun he made for the sultan of Turkey fires 770 shots a min ute, but it is a field piece on wheelo. From the top of the cathedral spiro in Mexico you can see the entire city, and tho most striking feature of the viewis the absence of chimneys. Thero. is not a chimney in all Mexico; not a grate, nor a stove nor the cooking is done with charcoal in Dutch ovens. PROSPECTIVE MOTHERS and those soon to become mothers, should know that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription robs child birth of its tortures land terrors, as well as of its dangers to both mother and child, by aiding nature in pre I paring the system for (parturition. There by "labor" and the period of confine mont are greatly shortened. 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