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What Health Is. The popular notioa that an athlete, because of his athleticism, is a healthy mau, is a delusive one. Muscular de velopment is not an affair of the oou utitation; it is an accident. Strong limbs and a weak heart are not infre quently associates. Many a "strong man" dies prematurely of consump tion. If health may be defined as a capooity for holding on to life, then in many coses the weaklings are the healthiest. If such a definition is accurate, wo men are healthier than men; their average length of days is greater than man's. Bat it is doubtful if centena rians, merely beoause they are centena rians, are the healthiest. I knew tho csi.e of a woman, who recently died at tho age of 105, who was slightly par alyzed even as a child, and who was practically helpless-completely so for more than seventy years. Could such a one have ever been desoribed as healthy? It is as hard to say what life is as to say what in which unhealthy folks are tenacious of life is not the let.st of marvels. His B-.Tbiness Dull. "I would give you something to eal," said an East End housewife to a tattered tramp, "if I were satisfied that you were worthy. It is against my principles to support idlo people, and I don't think you ever work" "I haven't worked lately, lady," re plied the supplicant, "but it is not my fault. There has been nothing to do at my line of business for a long time. It has been impossible for me to get work. "What is your trade ?" "I'm a snow shoveler, ma'am." Pittsburg Chronicle. Mistaken Vigsr. Police Inspector-It was very plucky of you, ma'am, to have s et upon the burglar and so ably captured him. But need you have injured him to the extent of necessitating his removal to the hospital. Lady-How did I know it was a burglar ? I'd been waiting up for three hours for my husband.-London Telegraph. A Useful Mau. 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In buying Hall's Catarrh Curo be sure to got the genuino. It is taken inter nally, and is made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Choney & Co. Testimonia s freo. C^Sold by druggi-ts. prie.' per bottle. Free Scholarship. We have a full and complete scholir-hip includingboardand tuitioi :u music and tho literary departments in tho famous Nashville College for young ladies. This scholarship Ia complete and worth $400. This college h one of the finest in the South ai d lias forty officers, teachers and lecturers. Si ndents have privi leges in tho Vanderbilt University and have the benefit of the most experienced teachers and one of the best equipped colleges. No young lady should consider her ?ducation complete until she has boen to this famon school. For full infornation address the Texas Publishing Co.. Mexia. Texas. FITS stopped free by Du. KLINE'S GKEAT NEBVE RESTOHEK. SO ills after first dav's u<o. Marvelous cures. Treatises and $2.(Atrial bot tle free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch SU Phila.. Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, red nco-* in flam m i tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c. a bot ; 1 .. Mothers Appreciate thc iJood Work of Parker's GingerTon'c.with its reviving qual ities-a boan to the pain-stricken and nervous. Wo think Pico's Cure for Consumption is the only medkino for Coughs.-IK.VNII: PINCKAUO, Springfield, Ills., Oct. 1, 1S34. If afflicted wit h sore eyes uso Dr. Isaac Thomp son 'sEye-water.Druggists sell at 23c per bottle. ?Merit IM what gives Hood's Sarsaparilla its great popularity, increasing sales and wonderful cores. The combination, proportion and process in preparing Hood's Sarsaparilla aro unknown to other medicines, and make it peculiar to itself. lt acts directly and posi tively upon the blood, and as the blood reaches every nook and corner of the human system, all the nerves, muscles, hones and tis sues come under the boncficient influence of Hood's fr Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. fL Hood's Pillscaro LiTer iUa: ?":* -*? take, easy to operate. 25c. _ .PS Alt ELSE FAILS. [ Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Oood. Uso Intime. BojajHrdrAtglSta. I IN THE SNOW. Deep in snow the country road "Winds across the snowy hill, All the fields with drifts are whito, And tho flakes are failing still. O'er tho pine-tree grim and old, Like a beggar in the cold,-; Over ragged oaks that stand Gaunt and gray on every hand, ' Over elm trees bare and brown, Still tho snowflakes flutter down, In the woods the little brooklet Trembles as tho chill winds blow, And the whito birch shakos and shivers In the snow. Pale and pure against tho sky Faintly gleams the village^spirc, Steadfast still through noonday's sun, Evening mist, or morning fire} And tho snowflakes slowly fall In their whiteness over all, Till tho slendor bonding stems Of ?he grasses gleam liko gems. And a crystal fret-work fine Covers every tangled vine, Safely, sweetly, rest the dreamers In the quiet town below, In tho silent town, safe folded In thc snow. .. Restlessly the cager wind Echoes like a throbbing lute, Till the willows in tho hollow Quiver and are mute. Under rifted clouds'of gray With her troubles put away, Now the old world liolh whito In the patient hush of night, Not a dream of sorrow thrills Through tho silence of her hills. God has touched her cloudy valleys, Hushed her countless tore? ol woo, And with sweet forgiveness folds her In the snow. -Angelina W. Wray, In Ilarpcr's Bazar. The Undoing of the Ideal. COR little Bob Griffin, for perhaps the first time in his life, was seriously upset. Of so sanguine and merry a temperament was Bob that he had hitherto arisen smilingly after every one of Fortune's hardest blows, and had defied that capricious darno to do her worst. But tho last was the worst of all, and Lo thought .ibont it moodily, with an expression of comi cal despair on his face. He was a little bustling, happy crea ture, with many friends; a raau who came upon one like a breath of fresh, freo air or a glimpse'of sunlight. His very laugh was contagion?, it seemed to put th3 demons of Doubt and Wor ry to flight with its soho. But, at the present moment, Bob Griffin sat silent and glum, with a frown gathering about his freckled brow. "It was to bo expected, I suppose," he muttered. "She's always known mc as a sort of elder brother-a friend to whom she could tell her small troubles. A poor sort of friend, Bob, roy hoy, that you couldn't eave her from this. But I suppose that's only absurd jealously on my part. Heigho ; it's the way with them all, my boy. Better steer clear of them, Bobby; better steer clear of them." He ruffled his fair hair up all over his head and sighed. "That's the worst of it," he went on, ruefully ; "there isn't one of them -not one-that takes me seriously, unless it's my tailor, and he's mercen ary, and doesn't count, lt's always same. By Jove ! I can see her now, half laughing and half crying, when she told me all about it. She takes my bands''-Bob spread them out before him and looked at them, with his Jisad. on jpjfl sid?, aa though -a new glory hud been added to ihem-"and she shakes them up and down, and she wags that dear little curly head at me, and she says, 'Bobby, dear, I'm going to be married.' And then things be gan to go lound and round. But I managed to smile at her, and I con gratulated her. What does she want to get married for ? She's so unhappy at home, she says, and that chap is such a dear-bah ! and they aro going to live such an idea?, life-poetry and moonbeams and things, I suppose; and the end of it is that the dear little goose wants a bit of romane?, and that dark, unhealthy-looking chap has promised it to her, and has turned her head. I wonder why the duece 1 ain't an ideal chap, with long dark hair and a slow smile." Even at the thought of it, he threw back his head, and burst into a roar of laughter, aud then as suddenly be came serious again. "And she kissed me-heaven bless the dear baby !-kissed me out there under the moon, and said, 'Wouldn't I hope that 6ho might be happy, and wouldn't I think kindly of her?'* Think kindly of-here, Bobby, boy, you're making an ass of yourself, you ugly little beggar." He got up, and paced about the room, and blew bis nose violently. "It's not a bit of good ; I can't stop here. I shall go away, and seek tho seclusion of nature's vale, as tho poet says, until I get over it. Nothing like nature's vole for giving a fillip to a wounded heart, Bobby, boy. Let me see-where shall I go? Nothing to keep mr in town-nobody to miss me -nobody to hold me back and say, 'You shall not go to nature's vale.' No-I'll go down to Allingbury dear, sleepv, old AILugbury-and ruralize. That's tho thing; I'll start to-morrow. But I wish-there, uever mind that." Twenty-four hours later saw Mr. Bob Griffin on his way to the old and little known market town of Alling bury. He bad come suddenly upon it in some former wanderings,and had been charmed with its Old World air of repose and simplicity. Its one small hotel was clean and comforta ble, with wide fireplaces, and oak set tles, and great four-post bedsteads that carried one back insensibly to the days of wigs and powder and pos tillions. "Well, William," ho exclaimed to the old waiter, in his usual hearty fashion, as, with his hat thrust on tho back of his head, he entered the low ceilinged coffee room and glanced round at the place with the pleased air of ono who encounters an old friend. "You've not retired yet, nor got mar ried, nor taken to writing poetry, or anything of that kind-eh?" "No, no, sir;" said the man, hasten ing to relieve him of the bag he car ried. "I ain't 'ad no thoughts of re tiring, sir, nor yet of taking a wife, and as to poetry-" "William," broke in Bob, suddenly, with deep earnestness, "if you over writo poetry I've done with you. I know a fellow who writes poetry-or tries to; it's all the same-an 1-well, I thirst for his gore." He paused for a moment, while the man gazed at him in astonishment, and then suddenly threw back his head and burst into his customary roar of laughter. "Get me something to eat, William ; I'll have it in here, ' he said, as ho settled down in one of the old-fash ioned boxos near tho fire. Left alona bo glanced round tho room, smiled ooateatedly and rubbed his hands. "You've dono well, Bobby-very indeed; it's quite the best pos thing you could have done, unde: oirouinstances ; you'll stop here a at least, and get over your litt! fair, my boy." William presently returned wit! necessary refreshment, and set i fore Bob, and then stood aside ! ing on with the air of an artist. 4'Well, William," said Mr. Gr as he carved industriously at tho j "any news in this part of the ? -eh?" "Nothing much, sir-leastwiso with our own people, sir. They married, and they gets buried, they gets born, all proper and res] able. Now and then they fights other, and now and then they each other names, but, take 'cm ii lump, sir, theybchavj theirjclvcs well. It's only tho visitors, sir, makes the life, as you may say." "Oh !-visitors-eh? Many of 'c inquired Bob, glancing up for a ment. "Not many so far, sir," rei William, slowly. "But wo've some coming down to-morrow, I lieve." "Oh!"said Bob, testily, rufilinp hair, "why tho deuce can't the] somewhere else? What do they \ to come down to my place for? 1 aro they, William?" "I don't rightly know, sir. I tl missis 'ad a telegram to say that 1 was a-ccming down to-morrow m ing. I'm afraid, sir"-shaking gray old head solemnly-"that i runaway ma?ch, sir." "A what?" saici Bob, staring, i "A runaway matcii, sir-a \ ding." "Bah! Idiots!" ejaculated I and then immediately threw back head and laughed heartily. "I wonder why it is," he sah himself, as he settled down comfo bly before the coffee room fire, "I these blessed weddings must pm mo wherever I go. Why couh they go come where elso? I supt. we shall have them spooning and h ging eac'i ether all over tho houso morrow, upsetting nature's vale, all the rc st of it. I think I'll try ; And a desert island in tho Paci even then I suppose it would bo luck to Lave a couple of 'cm was! ashore, with a convenient par floating in on a cask, with a pra book in Ilia pocket. Ah! Gra< Gracie, perhaps I should have loo] at the matter in a different light you had but smiled on me, and '. the ideal chap alone. But I do supposo you thought mo capable aDy ditch feeling; nobody does ti mc seriously." Ho stored at tho fire, smoki thoughtfully, nod so continued ruminate until the sounds in the strc of the quiet old market town d away and he heard William fasteni the big outer doors and wishing 1 last customers "good night." Tl ho went slowly and thoughtfully bed. Tho bright spring sunlight v shining into his w.ndow when awoke in the morning and lool about him. "Ah? dear old place," ho mutten "Lattice windows and heavy bear and all that kind of thing. I sh stop here a month." Ho got up and dressed and cai down to breakfast. William wa3 pi ting the finishing touches to the cof room tables-flicking his napkin h( and there, in chase of wholly imag: ary specks of dust. "It's near ll, sir," ho said, w: something of on air of reproach. "A. they've arrove, sir." . _ ~~"^Whornavo?v naked Sob. "~" " "The 'flippy pair, sir-leastwise takes 'em to be that. And of all t sweet and pretty little creeturs ever you see, sir, that there lady is "Ah! well, don't bother me abo them. And don't let them como here. What's the chap like?" "Oh ! I didn't think much of 'et sir. Tall gent, seemed a bit out temper. Speaks as if he'd got som thing in his throat, sir." I Bob laughed and went on with 1 breakfast. Ha 6tood at tho coff ! room window for sometime, puffii at his pipe, and then strolled o through the town. But, for the first time, tho plai seemed to pall upon him ; everyth'u was dull and miserable, and in ever thing thc lonely little mau saw a swee childish face and a mouth that hf kissed him ; t. face that was to 1 nothing to him through all tho yea that might come to him. Ho moodi turned about at last and walked ba< to the inn. "I'll get oui; of this to-night," 1 muttered. "1 was a fool to come he: at all." His hand was on tho door of tl coffee-room, when he heard the SOUL of a lew voico inside. Tho souud w; so extraordinary in that staid 6. place that he paused in surprise: the he pushed open tho door softly ac looked in. A young girl, with hi back towards him, was standing loo] ing down into the fire, and murmu ing a little song softly to himself. "Ono of tho spoonoy one*, I su] pose," he muttered, snappishly, as L prepared to withdraw. But nt tin moment she turned away from tho iii with a sigh, and ha saw' her fac< With an ejaculation of astonishmei he went forward into tho room, wit hands outstretched towards her. "Gracie!" She turned quickly and came tc wards him with a smile and took hi hands in her own. j "Bob -dear old Bob !" sho said. "But what in the world arc.you dc ing down here, Gracie?" ho asked still stating at her blankly. "Wha are you doing in my inn?" "You:: inn ! Oh! I forgot-I she broko off and turned away he head. ' "You're not down hero alone, an you?" he asked, anxiously. "No-no-I-I-" A sudden light broko in upon him and he dropped her hands. "You don't mean to say, Gracie, that you have run away with him?" She turned to him quickly ant stood there, defiantly pouting. "Yes I have," she said, at last, "Haven't 1 a right to do as I like? What's it tc do with you, Bob?" "Oh ! nothing-nothing at oil," saul Bob, turning away and boginning tc whistle. "Of course it doesn't con cern me-not in the least." Ho walked across to the window and stood there, drumming on the panes J and looking out across the litt le street. I "Bob?" He did not move, but continued softly whistling. "Bob, dear!" He turned rouud then and laughed cheerily and faced her. "You're not angry, Bob?" "Angry, Gracie! Certainly not. Nothing to do with me, you know. By the way, have you had anything to eat?" "No-that is-I-" Before she could completo the sen ktenco he had dashed out of the room ? ?ad seized tho astonished William by tho collar, and had ordered him, on penalty of ap instant and painful death, to bring "all there was in the house." Tho discreet William presently ap peared with a modest collation, and Bob Griffin uttered not ono word un til ho had seen the girl satisfied. Truth to tell, that did not take Iqng to efiuct, as she was so nervous and wor ried that shs could eat but little. " Now, where's our poetic friend, Mr. Maitland-Lowe?" said Bob, sit ting at tho other side of the little cof fee'room box, and looking seriously at her. "Oh! he's-ho has gone up to Lon don-to-to get thc license." "Ah, has he?" said Bob. "And left tho poor little girl down here hungry and lonely. Aro you going to get married here, Gracie?" "No-the next town-Babington, I believe." "What did you run away at all for?" "Oh! it was so much nicer, he thought, than having a prosaic wed ding in London-so much moro ro mantic, you know, Bob." "Oh! yes, lots of it." said Bob, drily. Ho was silent for a few min utes, .ind then ho suddenly asked, "Are you fond of this man. Gracie?^ She looked at him as if in indignant remonstrance for a moment, and then lowered her eyes and began to plait up the border of her handkerchief. "Of course, Bob. What makes yon ask snch a silly question? Am I not going to marry him?" Bob got up, and walked again to the window, and stood there. A slight sound behind him made him turu round ; her pretty head was down on her hands on tho table, and she was crying softly to herself. Bob was across thc room in an in stant. "Xow, my dear, sweet girl," ho said, in deep distress with his hand tightly on her shoulder, "you really mustn't, you know ; it won't do at all. Come, come, and you'ro cryiug all over tho chicken. That's better, put your head upon my shoulder-so-and tell its Boby all about it." "You're a cross old thing," she sobbed, "and I'm very unhappy-and -and-you don't care-a bit-you know you-don't. You all turn against mo-you know you do." "Now, Gracie, dear, that isn't fair. Here, you've como down hero with a lovely man who writes poetry, and wears his hair long, and everything, and you're going to marry him" "I'm not!" sho exclaimed, stilisob? bing, and stamping her foot angrily. "What!" ejaculated Bob, staring at tho back of her head, "not going to marry him ! Why, you said that" "I know I did-I know I did-bntl won't," said thc wilful little beauty. "I should rever havo thought of him at nil it it hadn't been that you neg lected rue, Bob, and I was so very un happy at horne, and I didn't know what to do, and-oh ! Bob, you mustn't let mo marry him, dear." Her head sunk down on her shoulder and her sobs were dying away. "No, she sha'n't marry him." said Bob, patting her head tenderly. "Of course ehesha'n't. We couldn't think of it. But, I tay, Gracie," he added, more scriouslv. "Yes, Bob." "i*ou can't ran away to get married, you know, without marrying some ane. It wouldn't do at all. We should never hear tho last of it. Our characters wonld be gone completely." "Are you sure of that. Bobby, dear?" "Absolutely positive," said Bob, . stoutly. "You'vo set out to be car ried, and married you must be. Yon'd better marry tho ideal one, after, alh -Gratis* "No, I won't," she said, turninj-her rosy face up to his. "i'll marry you !" When Mr. Maitland-Lowe returned Inter in thc day to tho inn at Alling bury, and haughtily inquired whero the lady was, he was informed by Will iam, to his intense astonishment, that the lady had goneaway that afternoon with tho gentleman whoso card he produced. "An' 'e said, sir, as 'ow you wasn't to trouble to 'urry back, as they was a-goin' to get married up in London at once."-Illustrated Bits. Bananas Are Very Bashful. "California celery for size, domestic for crispness and flavor," was a South Water s'.reet commission merchant's answer to a question ro^arding the re lativo merits of Western and home grown celery. "All the celery grown around Chi cago," he continued, "and northward toward Kalamazoo has been of small size and inferior appearance this year, but in fiivor^it is far better than the California celery. ' - "CaliIornia celery brings twice or three times the best price paid for the domestic, rauging as high as seventy five coat:-, against ten to twenty-fivo cenis for home-grown." "How is the supply of oranges keep ing pace with tho demand?" wa3 asked. "Tho failure of the Florida orange crop has sent us abroad for the bulk of what we use. Messina, Valencia, Palermo and oilier varieties have stepped in to help out tho American maliced. Ocean freight rates are so low that it costs little moro to bri"g fruit from the old conni ry than to suip it across tho continent. So, while Europo supplies tho American de ficiency, it also keeps down tho prico of tho scarcer American product. Bananas are fair and not ruling high, $1.80 being tho average price. Pew people have any idea ol how sensitivo a fruit tho banana is or how great thc risk involved in importing it. The .bunches arc brought hero in bales of hay to protect the fruit from chilling. I've known of cargoes being chilled crossing thc gulf. On the other hand, if the fruit is kept too long it scalds. This liability to ioss through changes of temperature adds its proportion to the xnirket price."-Chicago Record. Apples One ol Nature's Best Gifts. Tho apple, declares a hygonic journal, is ono of nature's best gifts to women. JEstheiically it clears and beautifies the complexion by exciting the action of the liver. Hygienically it aids digestion, prevents calculons growths by helping tho kidney secre tions, and, as it thoroughly disinfects the mouth, is one of tho best known preventatives of throat diseases. Apples aro also excellent brain food, for moro than any other food do they contain phosphoric acid in an easily digisten state. Tho best timo to eat apples is just before ?oing to bed, for they are sure i to promote sound and healthful sleep. -?a?-? WIT They Use:! Zulu, j A funny story comes from Johannes i burg, South Africa. A Greek and a I German happened to have business j together there, und, as neither of them could understand English, and no in terpreter was at hand, they were ob liged to fall back upon the Zul?** tongue, which they both Bpoke fluent ir ? CITY IN A BLOCK. GLIMPSE AT HOW THFJ OTHER HALF LIVES. A Typical New York East Side Block Containing Every Necessary to Support a Large Population. TYPICAL New York east side block, which Las within itself all of thc necessaries for tho support of a largo popula tion, tho members of which may, within it3 bounds, without tho neces sity of crossing a street, be boru, pass a lay life and begin their journey to ,the grave, is the one that lies between Norfolk, Essex, Grand and Hester streets. On this little patch of ground, containing somo five thousand square yards- of land, there dwells a popula tion of twenty-five hundred persous quito a littlo town. They are in five hundred homos, with an average of five persons to a home. The olook is an interesting study, whioh musb be made from tho inside os well as from tho outside, for within the outer walls, to be reached by nar row, dirty and dark alleyways, are piles of buildings that cover so much of the ground that hardly enough opening is left for breathing space. These inner buildings and tho upper ?tories of the outer ones aro the dwell ing places of tho large population, while the outer lower stories and base mentp, with the sidewalks and curbs, aro devoted to a traffic that covers the necessities, comforts and many luxu ries demanded by the population. A walk about that block on a Friday, the Hebrew market day, will be a revela tion to a New Yorker who is unac quainted with thejerowded east side. If you tako that walk, observe closely, read tho thousands of signs if you can, for they are mostly in Hebrew-enter tho ono hundred and eleven stores and places of business, moro than many largo villages can boast of, and notice the varieties of occupations. Then ascend tho dark stairways and wander through tho labyrinths within, observing the old, those in middle life, and tho almost innumerable throng of children, and ( you will at least have had a glimpso at bow tho other half lives. In your journey through this dense ly built and crowded little city, in the midst of the metropolis, you will find provision for its population, from the eradlo to the grave. No need of its people to ever cross a street to get what may be needed, if tho money is in hand. Thpro is the sign of tho doc tor on tho Esses street side, to pro vide for the entrance, whilo on tho Norfolk street side is the undertaker and tho 6table where an oft-used hearso is kept, to provide for tho exit. Between tho two aro all the properties used on the stage of life. There is tho rabbi to give earthly counsel cud heavenly comfort, on the NorfolK rtxeet sido Grammar School ]No. 75 for education, and scattered around tho block provision for every bodily want. Candy and sweetmeats, with the physician and druggist next door; furniture, carpets and house hold goods of all descriptions, with an insuranco company for their protec tion, and mechanics to repair them ; fish, flesh and fowl and groceries of every description, with stoves, uten sils and fuel for their preparation. The dentist, the barber, the pho? tographsr, the plumber, tho stationer, tho bookseller, the china merchant, tho lawyer, tho notary, tho restaur ant, the bootblack and the vendors of liquors are-eri-there. Dress suits and" wedding garments aro for hire, and even umbrellas aro rented to those who havo mado no provision for a rainy day. Shoes aro mended "while you wait," for many in the block con sider themselves fortunato if they have ono pair. Then there are cooked meats and bakers' supplies, with but ter, eggs and all fruits in season. Clothing of all sorts, now and sec ond hand, is displayed on tho four sides of tho block, and on Essex street is John Chinaman with his laundry. Ono laundry appears to bo enough for tho block, and John does not look prosperous. His lotis apparently not a happy one, judging from tho sign in his window, which is likely an index to tho character of thc people about him. It reads: "clo reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone who breaks these windows and annoys the Chinese of this place."-New York Herald. Peanuts lor Consumptives. The Journal of Hygiene states that Dr. Brewer has a new idea concerning food for consumption. His treatment consists of tho inhaling tho fumes of vinegar and the eating of peanuts. He gives his patients as many peanuts as they can eat without injuring their digestive orgaus. Two young ladies, who had been tho rounds of the doc tors and talion cod liver oil and tonics till they were nearly dead, were put on his treatment and recovero 1. Con cerning these cases, Dr. Brewer says: "I now commenced feeding (do not laugh) peanuts. One would think this a very indigestible diet, but they craved them, and it has always been my policy io find out what my patients desired to eat, aud unless it is too un reasonable I humor them. Both young ladies have become quite plump and after a year's inhalation have ceased coughing andi pronounced them well. The peanut was long known as au ex cellent fat-producer, and much moro agreeable than rancid shark oil that oftentimes is sold for cod liver oil. Whilo not all eau digest peanuts a great, many even with feeblo digestion eat them without discomfort, lt beats the Koch lymph, and it is thc most satisfactory treatment I havo over tried for these diseases." ? - ?.ara? A Solid Steel (inn. Mr. Maxim has lately produced a 5.7-iueh forty-five pounder gun that promises to revolutionize tho art of gun manufacture. He proposes to maunf icture guns from one solid in tregal forging, and thereby supersede the present expensive and tedious system of "building up." It is well kuown that tue present "built-up" gun consists of i!n inner core or tube, over which are shrunk successively a scries of concentric "jackets" or outer tubes. This is done in order that the whole mass of metal in tho 'hickness of the gun may bo thrown into a state of tension, and may be ready to re ceive and resist instantaneously the bursting strain that is set up at the moment of tiring. Were it not for this initial tension the bursting effect of the charlo would all bo thrown upon the laver of metal that was uext the bore, which would be ruptured be fore tho next outlying mass of metal could assist in resisting the strain. In the built-up gun, as a result of the initial tension, every particle of metal from the centre to tho circumference is iirmly gripping the bore; and the shock of discharge is felt and resisted instantaneouily by the whole mas.-t of the gun.-Public Opinion. How to Keep W?rm. Our bodily heat is supp'iod by food and preserved by clothiug. In cold weather we lose that heat by radition, evaporation and conduction, and w< can control or almost suspend these cooling processes by the judicious se lection of our clothing. Linen, il worn next to the skin in cold weather, simply means starvation by its well known property of being a good con ductor of heat, whilst flannel and woolen . clothing comfortably ant pleasantly preserves tho internal warmth of the body. Most people in stinctively know all this; but it is not every ono that understands that flan nel or woolen undergarments aro needed just as much in summer as in winter. In summer, these, materials dry up profuse perspiration and check overquick evaporation-evaporation, according to a well-known law, pro duces cold or chill. A complete outfit of flannel or woolen goods IK really an excellent winter "investment," and will, in tho end, be found both eco nomical and comforting. It is often suggested that the expenses of these garments limit their freo use, forget ting that a well-clothed man or child eats less than one differently clad - thus the original cost of tho clothing becomes lesa and less each meal. Again, a well-clothed man will not linger about tho house instead of speedily following his out-door occu pation, nor will he and his properly clad children be so liablo to colds, coughs, rheumatism and doctor bills. In winter, we often see it announced that some generous individual has dis tributed so many tons of coal to the poor ; but, comforting and useful as such a gift must be to those to whom a good fire is almost unknown, stdl we suggest that, if the same money value were distributad in tho form of blankets or warm clothing, tho result ing benefits would bo tenfold-for a blanket lasts a long time, while a ton of coal is only too quickly burnt away. -New York Lodger. Story of a Vanished Mine, The story of tho "White Cement" mine is a curious one. Ono day a gold seeker named White came into Horse Head Gulch, California, fron Northern New Mexico, and took out of his pack a number of pieces of what looked like hard white clay glittering with specks of metal; Bei'oro night it was known in tho camp that White's specimens showed ono thousand ounces to tho ton. Tho excitement was intense. In tho morning a party called on the owner of the specimens, and told him that ho must pilot the men to his find. He should have the pick of the claim, and help to work it, but go ho must; and on bis refusal, was warned that his lifo would not bo worth shucks :.f he "stood oSf" the camp. Then he consented. Tho trail went down and across the Rockies. It led along rocky trails, up and down canons, and across mountain crests. On tho evening of tho third day White said the miners were near to their journey's end. Every one lay down that night expect ing to arise a millionaire. In tho morning, White was gone, and had left no trace. One half of tho party, after incredible suffering, got back to life and civilization ; and yet, despite their story, ono hundred men started back over thoir trail two days later. Threo years after, White reappeared in Salt Lake City with his cement specimens ns before, incredibly rich, and again disappeared, and from that time to this has never been heard of. But men still wear out their lives in seeking this "Lost Cement" mine. Chambers's Journal. How Some Soldiers Got Even. Just before General Joo Johnston surrendered at Greensboro', N. C., his commissariat was so slim that it did not satisfy tho hunger of some of his men. Tho cousequenco was the plantations on the route of their re treat were stripped of everything eata ble. Stringent orders were issued by General Smith against this kind of independent foraging, and a strong provost guard was sent ont to strip thc men of their booty, and ail of tho tid-bits went to replenish General Smith's larder. His men determined to get even with him, so a party went to a distant farm house and killed a largo New foundland dog, skinned it and cut it into such small pieces that it was im possible to tell ? hat tho animal was when it was alive. They then ap proached the camp in the direction they knew tho guard would intercept them, and allowed themselves tobo cap tured. The meat (supposedly mut ton) was sent up to General Smith's headquarter?, where it in due time appeared on the General's table. The story pot abroad, and the next time there was a review or dress parade of Smith's Brigade, a soldier at one end of tho lino called out, "Who ato the dog?" Thc reply from tho other end was, "General Smith," and the whole line broke into a loud "Bow wow!" "bowwow!" "bow wow!"-Warren ton Virginian. Helped His Cat Torture a Roach, Horace H. Miller, his wife, and a pet cat live on tho fourth floor of 417 West Twenty-seventh street. Mrs. Miller went out Friday evening. Mil ler felt tired and went to bed early, but before ho put the light out lay iu bcd and watched thc cat playing with a roach it had caught. Miller got up ouco or twice to assist tho kittun when the roach escaped, and finally dropped to sleep without blowing out the lamp. Ihe cat kept awake. Miller awoke a few minutes later to find that thc cat had knocked over the | lamp, which was in n front room, and the whole room was ablaze. To get out it was necessary for him to reach the fire escape in that rcom, and in going through he was badly burned. He was taken to the station house, where his burns were dressed, and he was then carried to Roosevelt Hospital. Miller lost about $400 worth of furniture, aud the cat has net been seen since.-New York Times. The Air Chisel. Much of the rich sculpturing in the new Congressional Library building, Washington, is being dono by the use of a new invention iu the shape of au air chisel. By tho use of this marve lous little machiuo the modern statue is curved quickly and with a precision almost equal to tho old masters. Of course, a model in plaster is necessary, the compressed air chisel beiug used simply for reproduction. The tool is not unlike tho dentist's drill. Itrun3 under about thirty pounds pressure and strikes a blow between 1200 and 1503 times a minute. An expert does ex- i cellent work with this machine, which cuts marble as easily as the carving I of steamed wood. -Inventive Age. The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that ex-State officials who drew increased salaries under tho illegal act of 1801 will have to pay the money back. f Rattlesnakes and. Washington Irving said, he ? "Rattlesnake Hill" because it 44 rule of contrary " governs othe poscdly, labeled 44 Sarsaparilla " we don't know what they are full rilla; except, perhaps, enough make of sarsaparilla that can be Ayer's. It has no secret to ke physicians. This formula was mittee at the World's Fair with make of sarsaparilla was exclude rilla was admitted and honored 1 cause it was the best sarsaparill best. No other sarsaparilla ha; Good motto for the family as w exclude the rest. Any doubt about it? S< It kills doubts an Address: J. C. Aye Maxims For Advertisers. A good advertisement always brings in more than it takes ont. An advertisement doesn't knock off | work when the store is closed. Persistent advertising is the corner stone of success. No advertisements are bad, but some advertisements are better than others. When a wise woman has money to spend she consults tho advertising columns of tho newspapers and after wards consults her husband. Advertising is a plaster which mer chants put on tho world to draw busi ness out of it. Advertisements aro liko birds-it isn't always those that have the finest feathers that are the best singers. An advertisement is the only per petual motion yet discovered. A lazy business mai need never ex pect to get any rest by advertising for it. Advertising is the best fertilizer for the soil of business.-Fame. How He Identified Him. "I was so tipsy that when I met you and Jones together I could not tell yon apart ; that is at first." "How did you at last?" "Jones offered me a cigar."-Truth. nijrh Trice for Potatoes. Tho John A. Stilzer Seod Co., La Crosse, Wis., ptiy high prices for now thiogs. They rocontly paid ?i3?0 for a yellow rind water melon, $1000 for 30 bn. new oats, $300 for 100 lbs. of potatoes, etc., etc.! Well, prices for potatoes will bo high next fall. Plant a plenty, Jlr. Wideawake! You'll make money. Balzer'* Earliest aro flt to eat in 23 days after planting. Iiis Champion of the WorM is tho greatest yielder on earth and ~e challenge you to produco Its equal (A.C.) IF YOU WILT, SEND tis 10c. in stamps to tho John A. Balzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis., you will get, free, ten packages grains and Krasses, including Teosinte, Spurry, Giant Incarnate Clover, etc., and our mammoth catalogue. Cataloguo atone $c. for malling. Arc You Tronblrdt Ami do Von Wnni Your Trouble* to Fly Away? You have suffered worlds of trouble, anxiety an 1 pain, and you hardly know what ni s you. Sometime your business goes wrong, and for n. 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