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A Family Reunion. ? As the eminent aftor-dinner orator eat down, the young man with the nc se-glasses arose and said : "Delightful as thu occasion is to all of us, to me it is fraught with a higher, holier joy than comes to the rest of yon. I have just made the discovery that the eminent speaker is my great grandfather." They scanned him critically, but he presented no evidence of being over come by potations. He continued: "The : noident the gentleman has just told as happening in his own ex perience is one which I have often heard my grandfather relate os an ex perience oi his father. Knowing, as I do, the perfect veracity of both the eminent upeaker and my grandfather, the statement I have just made I make with foll confidence in its correctness." And all were silent.-Indianapolis Journal Changed His Mind. "You wore never married, I believe?" "No; I was never married." "That's singular, isn't it?" "No; not at all. You Bee, tho first time I fell in love I said to myself, *IT1 marry her or none.'" "Why didn't you marry her, then?" "Well, you see, after I had become better acquainted with her, I said to myself, 'I'll marry none rather than her.' Since that I've got along very well with none."-Texas Sifter. Extra Dry. First reporter-I couldn't get word out ol! old Bullion. Second reporter-No, he is a silent refutation of the saying that money talks.-Boston Courier. AD Appeal for Assistance. The man who is charitable to himself will listen to the mate apt eal for assistance made by his storoac h. or Lis liver, in tho shape of divers dyspeptic qualms and uneasy sensa tions ia the rei; ono <>i the glands t liai secreto J his bile. Hostettcr's 8t mutch Bitters, my dear slr, or madam-as the case may be-s what yon require. Hasten to uso, if yoaare troubled with heart bora, wind in the stomach, or nore thut your skin or the whites of your eyes nro taking a sallow hue. Theeaseof conscience ono receives by stand ing alone for a. rieht principle, even against Irfends, ls aa offsot to tho prai es o. men. Boy COO worth Dobbins FIoaMor-Boren temp ot your grocer, sonc. wraf .ere to Dobbins Soap HPg Co., Philadolphii, Pa. They will send you ires of charge, posta.rs paid, a Worcester Poctot Dic tionary, SSS paires, bound In clotb, profusely U hutroted. Ofter sood until Augnst 1st only. Borne of the comic papers aro only comic from their uncomleality. E. A. Rood, Toledo, Ohio, says : " Hall's C i tarrh Cure cunxl my wife of catarrh llftoon years aso and she has had no return nf it. it's a sore cure." Bold by i ?rogcfotfl, 75c. WIT! realize t he p ron test amount of good in the ihor test limo and at tho least expense by taking Sarsaparilla The Ono True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1. Hood's Plllsai-e easy to take, easy to operate How It Is Done. The Spanish general gazed intently at a mt.p of Cuba. Poising his lead pencil in the air, he whirled it gently Li circles. Thea, ch ?ai nar h?* ?v<?, *?e began to repeat a Spanish tvanslati?n of "Dick ery, dickery dook." ' ' As tile last words left his lips he brought the pencil down, and, open ing his eyes, saw that the point rested on the name "Arroyo la Viej<" "That sounds all right," he ob nerved, complacently. "Than, turning to his 'secretary' he said : "I have settled the name of our latest victory. Telegraph that wo de feated the insurgents yesterday in a tremendous battle at Arroyo la Yieja. " **Weire they commanded by Gomez or Macao?" "I don't know," said the general, petulantly. "Whose turn is to bo de feated? Can't yon attend to thc do tails without bothering mc? I have enough to do to arrange the general plan of campaign."-Puck. ?AN OPEN LETTEE. WHAT MRS. I. E. BRESS! E SAYS TO AMERICAN WOMEN. Speaks cf Her Melancholy Condition After the Birth of Her Child. "I feel as if I was doing an in justice to my suffering sisters if I 'lld not tell what Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound has done ,v ^ for me, and its worth to the world. "From tho birth of my r child until / he was ( four years ^ old, I waa in poor health, but feel ing con- ! vinced that hali of the f ll men ts of women were imagined or else culti va ted, I fought ( against Daybed feel ings, until I was obliged to give np. My disease baffled the best doctors. "I was nervous, hysterical; my head ached wl*h such a terrible burning sensation on the top, and felt as if a band was drawn tightly above my brow; inflammation of the stomach, no appetite, nausea at the sight-of food, indigestion, constipation, bladder and kidney troubles, palpitation of the heart, attacks of melancholia would occur without any provocation what ever, nnmbness of the limbs, threaten ing paralysis, and loss of memory to such an extent that 1 feared aberration of the mind. "A friend advised Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and spoke in glowing terms of what it had done for her. " I began its use and gained rapidly. Now I am a living advertisement of its merita. I had not used it a year when 1 ivas the envy of thc whole town, for my rosy, dimpled, girlish looks and perfect health. " ii rocommcn i it to all women. I find a grsat advantage in being able to say, it is by a woman's hands mis great boot, is given to women. All honor to the name of Lydia E. Pinkham ; wide succtiss to the Vegetable Compound. " Yours in Health, MKS. L E. BBKS pa, Horculauemn, jefferson Co., Mo." A LiFB Fe A STORY 0? 1 E eat together ih the Veranda ^at Shep hcard's Hotel. Cairo lay beneath and around us - Cairo filthy, multi-colored and malodorous, but always picturesque. Suddenly an Arab boy came around tho cornor, and, with a salaam of the deepest, haaded Borne mail to Grim shaw. Then he squatted down on the veranda boards, with his great black eyes fixed on my companion's face waiting fer further orders. "Your hoy? captain?" I asked. *'Yes?" replied Grimshaw, "but a ^ood deal more than that. I should be buried in the Soudan now if it were not for Ibraham yonder." "Tell mo about it please,"! asked, rather oagerly ; for this small Arab in the clear, whito tunio, and brilliant tarban interested me mightily. Grimshaw settled himself back ih the bungalow chair and began. ..You know? of course,'1 he Said? "that I wai. in Khartoum with Gordon. I did hot regularly belong to tho gen erals forces, but I had volunteered as ono of his aides-de-camp. Well-, Wo were shut up in that death trap citf of Khartoum, surround ?jd Upon every sido by tho forces of tho Mahdi myriads of fanatical Soudanese Arabs following tiiat high priest of blood shed. Wo English vero but a mero handful of men ; the auxiliary forces were wretchedly small. Our only hopo was aid from Egypt ; and, as the whole world know?, that never came. Poor Gordon was allowed to fall a victim to the Mahdi's sword, and mose of tho garrison were slain. With tho excep tion ot Slatiu Bey, who became a Mus sulman, I think, I was tho only Euro pean who get cut of tho doomed city with my life. That I did so is due to Ibraham. Here the Arab boy-hearing hi3 name mentioned-looked up and smiled, showing a row of teeth excep tionally even und white. "A few days after wo entered Khar toum," continued Grimshaw, ul was patrolling tho town under General Gordon's orders, when we carno across a great rabblo of boys, hallooing and shouting nt a deafening rate. I sont an Egyptian soldier to discover the causo, and he reported that tho young .?uzzy-wuzzKs' (it is so that Private Atkins of Her Majesty's troops de nominates the Soudanese) were 'hav ing fun* with one of their number. I was then, os now, intensely interested in native manners and customs. Hatt ing my men, I entered tb^ boisterous cordon of hov* Aster mine tho rea iori. oi meir tumult. "Tho liitie rascals were teasing ono of their number. .Teasing,' iudoed, in this case, is too mild a word. They were beating and stoning the lad, who lay bruLed and half blinded in tho gutter. His turban was off, and his already scant clothing had been torn to shreds. I sprang into tho middlo of tho mob and demanded thc cause of such brutal treatment. At first they affected not to understand my Arabic and went on beating their victim, but when I had soundly cuffed ono or two and summoned my interpreter to my aid, I succeeded in making them an swer. .. *Ho is the renegade's 6on," said a ringleader-'Hassan, tho renegade's son. Stone him in the namo of tho prophet.' "Then I understood. The poor boy's father had taken service with Gordon, leaving his offspring to suffer all the cruelties which tho Khartoum children, egged on by thoir elders, were sure to inflict upon him. I lost no time in calling np a few men and sending that pack of youthful fanatics to the right about. They went away, vowing dire vengeanco on the "rene gade's brat' and I raised my protege from the dust. He had fainted from pain and loss of blood, but one of our surgeons soon brought him to. When ho opened his eyos and saw me he smiled liko a little coilcc-colorcd angel and wanted ibero and thoa to givo me his b . st salaam. Of course I made him ho down again, but ho blurted out his gratitude for preserva tion so vigorously that ho carno near fainting again. "Next day his father, Hassan, one of Gordon'*; servants, carno to see him. Tho two had a long talk, aud finally Hassan annouueed that, for his son's sake he bad decided to it ave the general and go back to his cobbler's stall iu tho bazaar. Ibrahicu-~for tho lad whom I had helped to rescue was the samo ono now sitting before you -soon recovered, thanks to his nativo, tough constitution. He left my hut, absolutely refusing to touch any of tho money which I offered him. " 'Protector of the poor,' ho said in his quaint, grandiloquent eastern way, 'Yon have saved your servant's life. Did not the moase once repay tho lion that had been his benefactor ' Lo 1 I am the mouse effendi ; and you aro tho lion. Perhaps soma day I may repay you. Salaam friend !' Then he backed out of ray hut, and 1 saw him not for many days. "Ono evening, while hurrying through tho bazaar on my way to General Gordon's quarters, a boy sprang out of a cobbler's stall and haaded me a tiny bundlo-slipping away into tho darkness before 1 had time to do more than recognize him us Ibraham, son of Hassan. I carried the bundle to tho general, and together we undid its fastenings. Have you ever deciphered au oriental object letter? I mean a letter which ts not written upon paper, but of which the sense is conveyed by objects-flowers and the like. The bundle handed me by Ibrahim waa just such a com munication, lt contained a queer collection of articles. They were: a piece ot broken knife blade; a scrap of green cloth ; two flowers (marigolds I think) with only the heads remain ing; a brick from tho walls, and, lastly, an iron affair, which I at onco recognized os the point of one of those sticks with which camels are urged onward. General Gordon lost no time in un raveling the mystery of this missive. .The green cloth;' he said, 'means the mahdi, because hissacTed flag JS green. The knife blade stands for a ?word, HE SOUDAN; -~ S and tho decapitated flowors mean that our hands are going to be cat off. The brick, I take it, hints of treacbry inside the wai lp. The camel spike ad vises you to fly from Khartoum im mediately. Whore did you get this?' "When I told him tho sourco of my information he was inolined to pooh pooh Ibrahim's letter, 'lt is a boy's fear and fancy/ ho said. ,'We shall bo relieved in a fow weoVs.' "But tho general's men found an im penetrable circle around the town-u circle that grew narrower and narrow er. Day after day wo scanned the desert horizon for some 6ign of tho oxpooted relief, but without avail. "Day after day tho impression grew stronger upon each and all of us that we were doomed. "During an carly morning walk Ibrahim accosted mo as suddenly as ho had done before. 'Fly effendi/ ho whispered. i?h6 City is betrayed. My father abd other Mussulmans liaVC decided t? lot the mahdi within the gates. Disguise yo?rsolf and fly be fore it is too late. !' "I shook my head, for duty'kept mo in Khartoum; abd Ibrahim retreat ed with tears iii those big, honeetoyos bf hip; .'The very next night his warning was fulfilled. It would be idle, my friend, to tell you over again all tho horrors of the capture, or rather be trayal, of Khartoum. The mahdi's soldiers were Uko ficuds incarnate. Spent with fatiguo and slender fare we could not Btand before them. Gor don', poor fellow, wa3 slain, auil a remnant of us was driven, fightiug for life, irom hut to hut across tho city. Finally, with empty revolvers and broken sword?, I fouud myself in the stairway of a rudo minaret, waiting for tho death which I felt to bo inevitable. It is all very well to meet death boldly on tho field of bat tle, with comrades and f riouds arouud one, but to sit down in a dark stair way and count tho miuutcs until its coming might make tho bravest man in tho world feol uncomfortable. All around I heard tho hideous sounds of slaughter and watched through a tiny loop bolo in tho wall the rod flames shooting across tho sky (for it was midnight, and a starless midnight to boot). A sick feeling etole over mo. To remain cooped up thus seemed in tolerable. I had just resolved to rush into tho thick of tho Soudanese and sell my life as dearly as possiblo when a footfall on tho stairs below arrested mo. "It was tho Sound of a naked foot, and as I peerod, every sense on tho alert, into the half-light by the min aret doorway, 1 vaguely distinguished a dark form and two shining eye*. Was it ono of tho mahdi's in search of human prey? I gripped my broken sword tighter and propared for action. " 'Effendi !' whispered a voice, 'is it yon, protector of tho poor?' 'Tho voice was that of Ibrahim, sou of Hassan. My heart gavo a leap foi gladness and I answered him that it was indeod myself. " 'It is good,' ho exclaiuiod. 'My lord, I have como to Bavo you. Hasten down aud don these garments which I have brought you. They belong to tho old blind priest who lodged with my father. Ho died last night, but nobody knows of it yet. You can pass as tho old priest and escapo. Make haste, sahib, mako haste !' "1 saw tho chance and seized it. Before you could have repeated the proverbial 'Jack Robinson' many times I had pulled thoso baggy Ma homodan clothes over my soiled aud blood-stained uniform. A turban took the placo of my khaki helmet and around my faco I draped tho white hood which tho Soudanese Arabs wear. Then, boforo I could protest, Ibrahim coolly seized a handful of mud and liberally daubed my face. "'Tho sahib is too white,'ho ex plained. 'Tho old blind priest was always black and dirty-eo kick off your boots, sahib, and let mo daub your feet.' Off went my boots; and ia a uaiuuto or two my l3ix& from tho knee down were as brown (andas dirty) as they well might be. '"You aro all right now, effendi," 6aid Ibrahim, 'lot us mako for tho Cairo gate.* "With all my heart I thmked the boy; but ho would listen to no thanks. 'You saved my life; I'll save yours,' ho said. 'Bemember, o?endi, tho mouse and thc lion. Let us hasten to tho gate.' " 'But you aro not coming-' I bo gan; when my protost was interrupt ed by a troop of black mahdists surg ing into tho little by-strcet whero wo stood. Never shall I forget tho sight they presented, in the falso light of tho burning city, with their huge pilo of hair,their ferocious faces, and their spears and scimotars a-drip with blood. I had given myself over for lost, when Ibrahim gripping my hand, led mo onward, calling in sing-song tones: 'Boom for the blind priest. Boom for Amed, son of Ali, the sooth sayer. Tho light of Allah is upon the blind priest !' "Taking tho hint I plucked up cour ago enough to shout tho war cry of tho mahdi. The 'iuzzy-wuzzies,' entirely decoived, joined in my cry. 'Bide your time, holy fathor,' Baid ono of thom ; 'we'll give you plenty of Chris tian heads later on. ' Then they left us-whoopiug liko domons down the streot, but Ibrahim plucked at my sleeve and mechanically I followed him. Many times wo met parties of the mahdists, but iu the darkness our ruse succeeded beautifully, and wo reached Cairo gate in safety. "Around the gate, despite the con fusion, a strong guard had boen post ed. In tho open space without many scores of camols wore sprawling. " 'A camel for tho mahdi's messen ger !' cried Ibruhim in his shrill voice. 'Ho, brothers! A camel for the blind soothsayer, Amod, 6ou of ' Ali, who hears the mahdi's defiance across the desert.' "A dozen dusky warrior; surrounded us, and as umny awkward camels were prodded to their feet. Ono of these ungainly beasts was made to kneel, while Ibrahim made a great show of helping tho supposod blind priest to a seat upon its back. "Just then a tall 'fuzzy-wuzzy' clearly aa officer-rushed forward. 'Who is this?' he demanded. 'Where does this man go? The ordere aro that hone shall leave the gates before daybreak;' "My heart sank, btit fortunately for us? the natural .-up er st i ?ion bf tho Arabs came to our aid. 'ilavo a care 1' cried oae of the soldiers. 'It is a blind priet-a soothsayer. Ho may ourfe you.' Tho officer stepped back involun tarily, eyeing mo with fear. 'Give ns your blessing, holy fathor,' cried a dozen onlookers. "Hore was a new predicament. I could not remember enough Arabic at that moment to give the desired bleBS' ingj btit ? whisper ff Om Ibrahim re called td my minda Bimple fdrm ?t frofdsj which ekod ont by discreet mumbling oh my part, abd the loud ::esponscs elf the.boy; suited the Arabs well bnbugii; They prostrated them selves-the dflioer with tho rost, amid n great cry of 'Allah Ackbar. ' Then I brahim smoto our camel soundly,and s.way wo went, through the outposts, epceding fast from the gory city* of Khartoum. 'The perils and adventures of tho journey woro too numerous to be told at ono sitting, but it was nearly a month after that awful night that our" camel limped into Cairo, carrying on his batik two emaciated fugitives who hid at onco been an officer of tho lino and an. Arab boy. "Ibrahim has bei n all round tho world with me eince, and will probably continuo to bo my comrade until one o? us twain departs this life forever, eh, Ibrahim, old friend?" Tho Arab lad smiled and spread ont his hands. "My fate isthiue, effendi," he said, "you saved my life." "On that score, Ibrahim,"^answered Captain Grimshaw, "I think that we are quits, Remember Khartoum.'* (jneer Facts About Sleep. Tho influenoe of tho direction iii which tho human body reclines in sleep, though often discussed, id doubtless generally regarded as a very trivial question. So eminent a medi cal mau as Sir B. W. Biohardson has taken up tho matter, however, and de clares that tho effect of tho earth's ro tation has not boen properly investi gated, and that it is probably of muoh importance, especially to invalids, feeble and sleepless people. Tho rapid motion of tho earth tends to affect tho circulation. Tho blood is inclined to ward tho hoad or away from it, accord ing as the head is placed toward tho oaet or the west, and Dr. Richardson fiuds he sleeps most comfortably, and awakens more readily, with tho head in tho westerly direction. The editor of Science Gossip points ont that an othor curious fact connected with the earth'6 rotation is the temporary uneasiness of animals about an hour boforo dawn, no matter at what hour this occurs. Children turu and moan, elderly peoplo awaken and turn over for another sleep, cocks crow, doge" become uneasy and horses aud cattle movo about for a short poriod, when stillness returns for a time. What is tho cause? Aro tho animals, it is askod, affected by some magnetic wave which procedes sunrise at hour or so, or is tho habit ono of heredity, passed down through numberless geuerations from an original wild state when an alertness just beforo daylight was necessary for protection from ene mies? A Bank Solu Story. To the long list o? bank note stories wo may as well add this ono, for the h ath of which wo can vouch, says thc London Presbyterian. A travels stayed for a night at one of the largest ircmCtou hotels, xor tito . afternoon^ after he had gone away, a tele gran was received from him stating that ho had loft a fivo pound noto on the man? telpiece. On inquiries being made, no note was found, but the chamber , maid remembered finding a dirty picco of paper on tho floor, and tear iug it up and carrying it away with the rest of thernbbish from tho roomt along tho corridor. The pail of rub bish was traced to tho hotel dusthole, into which were shot tho accumula tions from tho whole of tho building. Tho manager gavo orders for tho dust hole to be oleared out and examined, and half a dozen peoplo wero set tc work with sieves, to discover some trace of tho missing fragments. When nearly half tho mass had been gone through, ono little corner of tho note was found. Then another piece, sod den and dirty, was discovered and finally, after about an hour's sifting, all tho pieces wcro found but ono, o? about a square inch in size. Thc pieces were washed and dried, and stuck together on un elaborate network of postage stamp strips. Tho bank paid tho note ; tho traveler did not oven say "Thank you," but merely complained of tho inconvenience tc which ho had been put by tho cham bermaid's stupidity.-Loisuro Hoar. A Fence That Costs %200,000. ? Boforo tho fence, whioh?nowboing erected about tho grounds of Tho Breakers, Cornelius Vanderbilt's place, on Ochre Point avenue, Now port, R. I., is finished it will extend in all over half a milo of ground, and will cost in tho neighborhood of $200, 000, a sum which would purchase any ono of half a dozen cottages on Belle vue avenue. Work on this fence was commoncod over a year ago. The portions which aro to bound tho estati on tho north and south will not bo completed until next summer. Both tho fence and gatos are mado from au Italian design. Tho baso of tho former is formed by a wall of Indiana limestone laid on a brick foundation sunk six feet in the ground. At intervals of tweuty-fivo feet rise stono pillars somo twenty feet in height, aud between these is a fenoo of light hand wrought-iron grillwork. At tho Ochre Point entrance to tho grounds stand four great pillars, two on either side of the drive, from which swing thc gates. Rising between the two central posts and diroctly over tho gates is n inost magnificent piece of grillwork, tho apex of which is an iron vase. In tho centro of this is a plaque bearing tho monogram "C. V." in soroll. Massive, iron lanterns of tho Italian renaissance period swing from these posta, and at either sido swing smaller gates opening to tho foot path.-New York World. Tho Fustost Ships. The immenso power requirod to propel a vessel when a speed above twenty knots an hour is required is realized, says a technical journal, by a few people. Take, for instance, tho British torpedo-boat chasors which aro mere racing machines, even from a naval point of view. Tho most per foct specimens of this class, which have attained thirty knots speed, carry sixty tons of coal, which is full one quarter o? thoir entire soa-going dis placement. They burn throo and one half tons of coal per hour. To attain tho three knots over twenty-seven, which is tho highest spoed of ordinary torpedo boats, it waa necessary to in orease tho full expondituro fully fifty per cent,-St. Louie Globe-Democrat, WOMAN'S WOULD. PLEASANT LITERATURE! POD FEMININE READERS. ? CURIOUS BLENDING. A color mixer we have yet to becomo Used to or de?m artistic ia the blend ing of deep iris purple and dark blue, and another equally crude mixture of yellow green ribbon on turquoise blue gowns. Tho green and blue combina tion is sailed thc peacock melange. a??CHlGA!T*a WOMAN ttlOFESSOB, Dr. ?liza M\ Mosher, of Brooklyn, who will enter tipori her' dutie? as Pro fessor Of Hygi?nd iii thd University Of Michigan in the auiumn, has had a thorough modicdl training in this kountry and Europe, and for some years has had ? snocessful practico in Brooklyn. Sho is tho first woman pro fessor to bo called to tho University of Michigan. ENGLISH CHILDREN AND TH EEK NURSES. Au American woman in her travols abroad last season spent a fortnight nt a hotel id Brussels, WhofO thd rooms open upon a gallery surrounding the inner court of tho building. There wero a number of English families boarding there at tho samo time, and their children played constantly on this gallery. Our countrywoman noticed several things about their playing which seemed to hor dis tinctive Ono was tho way in which the nurses or governesses tool: part in their romps, on boring spiritedly into every game, managing and directing just enough to keep things going pleasantly, While still heattily partici pating. Ah American caretaker of children thinks sho has dono her whole duty if she teats herself on a park bench by the Bide Of another caretaker and gossips continuously, whilo thoir little charges pick up such amusement os they may. A socond characteristic of tho English childron's play wa3 its temperod hilarity. Thoy laughed mer rily and called, but they did not scream and well-did not, in fact, onco raise thoir voices to tho screeching point, and though thoy run occasionally back and forth in front of her windows, thero was never a glance in nor a noisy halt beforo thtm. "Children in hotels, as a rule," ssys this woman, "havo been my dread and dislike, but these children; who carried their breeding into their play, never annoyed mo at all, and showed me onco more that it is not tho thing which is dom, but tho way it is dono, that produces the effect."-Utica (ii. Y.) Herald. THU NEW VEIL3. -J Now that tho fiat has gono forth that wo aro to wear our hats tilted far forward, so far that they almost rest on tho bridge of tho nosoj il now mesh of veiling has appeared. Of course it ?is dotted veiling, and tho dots aro of abnormal size- and so close together that tho oculists and opticians may safely count upon a largo accession of income during tho next year. Tho mesh that shows between tho dots is very sheer, and it must bo admittod these veils aro becoming, particularly to middle-agod women, who, with tho immense wide-brim hat and one of theso veils, look nt least ten years younger. There aro soino conserva tive v.omen who find fault with these voils, aud complain that they give a fast look that is not, uccoiding to rc fined ideas, quito good form. Still, tho smart women in society have adopted the fashion, and for the pres sent, at oVi e^nts7We^t^wcar"ttieTa.~ With bonnets nnd small hats a moro sheer, less heavily dotted voil is al lowable, and thero aro evon some clear meshes without any dot whatover. Theso latter ones, when becoming, are far tho bost to wear, for they do not injuro tho eyesight and are fnr lesa expensive. Very fow oolorcd veils aro worn. When solid colors-that ie, in chiffon-are worn, thero is a small dot of tho samo color woven in tho ma terial. Occasionally thero aro seen veils, black with fancy dots, trimmed around tho edges with whito Valeu cionues lace. This is a becoming fashion, but it is not considered so smart as the all-black. Veils aro worn shorter than they wero, only just rcaohing to the chin, and aro tied up on tho hat,not at tho back of tho hair. This is much moro becoming, as it prevents tho folds that aro so upt to occur, and which aro so unbecoming. With tho broad-trimmed hats it is comparatively easy to arrange tho veils, but with a small hat or bonnot it is always necessary to put in a dou blo plait in front, a littlo fulness, to prevent too much strain across thc noso and eyelashes. Tho mo3t beauti ful woman in tho world would look like a fright with her noso tiod down and her eyelashes sticking through tho meshes of her voil, says a writer in Harper's Bazar. Elderly women with gray lair havo adoptod a clover scheme to keep their front locks in order when they do not caro to wear a veil which hurts tho eyes. They tie- a pieco of soft gray, almost white, tullo over tho front hair and fasten it at tho back under their bonnot. Tho tullo is so fine it scarcely shows at all. If care is taken to fold up a voil overy fimo it is worn it will last much longer. It should bo carofully pulled out, thon smoothed and folded away in a sachet. Just a faint trace of per fumo is peculiarly dainty about a voil, and eau bo best secured by always keeping it in the sachet whenever it is aot in uso.-Chicago Times-Herald, FASHION NOTES. Turquoises are most fashionable. Garden hats of tulle are wonderfully picturesque. Swamp green alligator skin is the newest thing in loather goods. Pearl, yellow and pink tau shades aro tho correct colors in gloves. Vandyke collars and ecru and whito batiste, trimmed with lace and iusor fciou, aro mado to wear over thin sum mer gowns. .. Bishop sleeves aro quito tho fad in cotton bodices. Another dimity has tho bodice finely plaited in tho back, wbilo in front, over tho side plaits, is a broad double box plait, on which is eowed cufe-au-lait Valcncionncs lnco, narrow in wi 1th, put on vory full, giving a wavy, protty effect. The return of tho balayeuse and tho rumor that tho skirts of street dresses aro to bo shortened are slight but sure iudioations that tho fullness is to diminish. Huches of silk appear in sido mnny of tho handsome street dresses, and evening gowns havo ruffles of laces and chiffon to keep tho shirt out at tho bottom. J A stylish capo is mado of broadcloth and velvot. Two deep rufflo9 oro Huted and sowed to a yoke that ex tends well out over tho points of tho shoulders. Tho wido collar is of val vet, and is also fluted over the shoul ders and ncross thc back. Tho frouts are cut iu long, scullopod tabs, aud ex tend belcw the waist lino, thc capo ending in shiold-shapo points on which J are large, handsome battons. ^ ?'OT?LAU SCIENCE, Tho skia is tho only part of tho bu* nan body that is not hardened b;t Moles can swim with great dexter ty, their broad forepaws acting ?? saddles. It is reported in the British Medical Tournai that thoso working with tho i-rays oro likely td stiffer from a va 'icty Of skin affections said td be sim-1 lar to tho results of sunburn. It is a mistake to suppose night air n towns ?3 unhealthy. In most cases t is purer between 10 at night and G n the morning than any other part of he twenty-four hours. It is beneflc al to sleep with the window open four fiches from tho top, and tho door lightly closed A peculiar case of rabies has oc iurricd in Cheshire, England. A )lack retriever last September bit sight .cows, and after being killed >rovcd to bo mad; Tho cows showed io sign of madness, btit tWd Of thom jove birth to calves which undoubted y died of rabies. Dr. Knapman shows that tho bobo inks which nest wost of tho Rocky dountaina do not migrato southward rith tho birds of that region, but ro race' their steps, and leave the United Hates by way of Florida^ thus furn ishing evidence of the gradtial extcn ion of rango westward,' and of the itability of tho routes of migration'. Observations madoon the pendnlum )f the Puris Observatory, which is cept ninety faot undor ground, with a emperaturo that varies one-hundredth >art of a degroo at most during the rear, show that it is not quite proof against tho variations of atmospheric iressurc. It makes an error of one? hird of au oscillation in twelve mill on; and it is proposed to remedy this >rror. Au ingonius method of testing tho jenetrative pawer df small projectiles ids been tried in Germany. A largo vater trough is divided ori tho bottom j'y transverso ribs, and closed at ono' ;nd by thick gelatine platos. Tho ihot is fired iuto tho end of tho rouorb, when tho bolo in tho golat' > nstantly closes up, proventiug tho es* jape of the water. Each shot is re fined by tho ribs whoro it falls, und is position is noted when tho water is brawn off after firing. An electric furnaco for tho reduc ion of irou oro has hcen devised by EEerr Urbanitzky. It is made largo raough for the action to bo continu ais and on tho necessary large scale, ;hc carbons entering fi om the top and jciug supported from a disk that can JO rcvolvod around a verbal axis. 3uch a furnace has " r>/i.du. .avan tages for obtair ug very pure iron. 3n!y ono mau is necessary, and with 500 horso power about 220 pounds of pure iron can bo produced in twenty four hours. Two Snakes Attack a Texag Steer. While passing through a pasturo acar Greenville, Texas, the other day two colored men saw a two-year-old dcor lying down as if dead. When diey approached the prostrato beast tho men wero surprised to find that ?wo snakes were wound about tho ani mal's neck so tightly ai to alinosi shut >ff the air, and the steer was being ?lowly choked to death. Tho men wore returning from work in a field and had pitchforks with thom. They attauked tho reptiles with these woapons aud after considerable trouble succoeded ia unbinding them from the neck of the steer, which soon jrV^blelHts Strength ?ria^LCli?iilcr?d ' ' away, none, the worse for its unusual and unpleasant exp?rience. The snakos were impalod on the tines of tho pitchforks and taken to the house. There they were placed in a box in which they wero conveyed to Greenville and turned over to Colonel Nool Fitts, tho owner of tho animal which had been compelled to wear the reptiles as a necktie The serpents were fivo or 6?x feet long and were mottled with dark brown on tho bocks and rod splotches ulong their sides. They wero of u species unknown to most Texans who saw them, although some declared that thoy wero chicken snakes. They were not poisonous. Tho snakes attracted much attention while they wero on exhibition, and there was much speculation as to how thoy succeeded in entwining them selves around thc steer's neck and many guesses as to what their purpose was. There seems to be no doubt that for the timely interference of the men thc steer would have boen killed, as ho was almost dead when discov ered, and was co exhausted that he was making no effort to free himself from their coils. Tho snakos were powerful constrictors, and it requirou tho exercise of much strength to tear them looso from their victim. Roiling Water With a Wire. An electric boiior device adapted to bo opplied to any pot or kettle has been patented to F. W. Schindlo Jenny, of Kenneibach, Austria-Hun gary. This invoution comprises a ring-shaped heating body of refrac tory insulating matorial, containing resistanco wires and surrounded by a suitable protection casting. A handlo is attached to this ring for raising or loworing into or out of o pot or kettle. Tho resistance wires are conncctod to au electric circuit by suitable insulated wires passing up through tho handlo. If it is desired to boil a pot of pota toes, the ring is lowored into the pot by its handle, and tho current switched into ?tho rosistuueo wires in tho riQg. Tho latter immodiatly becomes hot becouso of tho heat generated in the wires by tho resistanco of thc samo to the electric fluid. In a fow ir imites tho water in the pot will bo boiling ind the potatoes cooked. Tho ring sun thon bo rcmovod und washed and tho coffee boiled in tho samo manner, fho pots and kettles all rest upon tho bop of an ordinary wood tablo during tho process of cooking. Tho sight of i pot boiling whilo restiug upon a tablo and with only a small lloxible wire extending into tho samo is indeed i very unusual one and would no Joubt exoite many modern housekeep ers greatly upon seeing tho same. Electric. A Huso to Get Rid of Hares. At ono of the Londou clubs the other woek two Card players devisod on in genious way of dealing with tho class Of boro who peueists in looking on at ii gamo and making remarks about it. It was at tho Prince of Wales' Club that tho incident occurred. After ?tanding tho nuisance for sorao ti' one of tho players asked one of J J apoctutors to play tho hand for him until he returned. Tho spectator took the cards, whereupon ibo first player loft tho room. Pretty soon tho sec ond player followed tho oxamplo of tho first. Tho two substitutes playod for somo time, whoa one of thom uskod tho waiter whore tho two origi nal players were. "Thoy aro playing cardB in the next room," was tho wait er's reply.-Now Orleans Picayune. ^ Oaths of Various Co uu tr les. Ia tho various nations there are many ;urious forms of taking oaths to assure ruthfulness. A Hindoo law says: 'Let a judge- swear a Brahmin by his tornoity, a soldier by his horses, his dephant of his arms; an agriculturist Dy his cows, his grain or his money ; ind a Sondra by ali his crimes'." In Chinese courts, when a witness is sworn, a live cock is brought into ?otirt and the head of the bird cat off. Another form is foi the witness to take in his bands a sattler and say: "In the faco of God ? break this saucer ; if it comes together again, Chinaman has told a lie and expects not to live five lays; if it remains asunder, Chinaman bas told tho truth and escapes the ven geance of tho Almighty." He then smashes tho saucer in pieces and be come* a qualified fitness. One and perhaps both of these forms bare been used in California, where Chinamen have been c died as witnesses. Tho ancient Jews swore by the book of the law j tho Egyptians by the head of their king, and the Greeks by ono or more of their numerous gods who was supposed to have charge of the partic ular mattor. Tho people of Arcady Gworo by tho waters of Styx, and the Romans by their faith and honor. The Persians sworo by tho Bun, while thc Celts, in taking an oath, laid their hand Upon a pillar of stone. The only binding oath upon a Highlander is one sworn ii j un the point of his dirk ; he cares nothing for an oath taken upon tho gospels of the cross. The Russians swear by tho cross, and the Germans and French by tho uplifted hand, as is common with us, concluding with tho formula, "So help me God." Many forms of oaths may bo found in Chaucer, Shakespeare and the elder dramatists. Hamlet swears Horatio and Marcellus upon tho hilt of his ?word, and Tonchstono swears Rosa lind acd Celia by their beards, which 'hey had not, and consequently could not bo foresworn. lu tho "Canter bury Tales" the princess swears "by St. Eloy," the host "by my fathtr's soul," tho carpenter's wife "by St. Thomas of Kent" aud tho merchant "by St. Thomas of ?nde." Inuumerublo other oaths even more curious may bo culled by tho students of history ami literature-Chicago Times Herald. A Final Remedy. A young lady onco called on one of Louisville's most prominent homeo pathic physicians, and after discours ing on all tho topics of interest of tho day, settled down to tell him her ail ments. Among other things, she said that ubo was greatly anuoyod with a sinking feeling. The physioian pre pared a littlo bottle of pills and gave thom to her, with minuto directions as to-how th'y thould bo taken. The woman again began to talk, and after many vain efforts to get her out, ?ho started for tho door. She had just oponed it, when abo t urned and said : "Ob, doctor, what shad I do if these pills do not euro me?" "Take tho cork," he retorted; "they toll me that's good for a Biuking feeling." Argonaut. liatabllshiua: His Character Judge-Do you know this mau t Witness-'Ol do thot, yor anner. Judge-Is he man of good moral character? Witness (bewildered)-An' sure O'ni not nfthcr undcrstandin' yer anuer. Judge-Docs ho stand fair in the community? -Witew?BT m aflwi Q j, fon/t t?i?: prebend yor meaning. Judgo (irritably)-I mean, sir, is he a good man? Witness-Och, by the howly saiuts, an' thot ho is. Din't bo lick the best mon in tho prasink? And am Oi not that epalpcen mesclf?- Washington Evening Times. Tasily Kxplained. Jack Gay boy-I'm surprised that your father gave his consent. She-Oh, ho doesn't know you se well as I do. -Life. Sweetness Put a Pill in the pi tical preaching for tl put tho pill in the pill bise what lt preaches, in Ayer's Sugar Coat sweetness and light." their physic as they its bitterness. The rn? better the doctor. W< tako "sugar in. ours"-; a-days. It's possible ti the same time. Thei pleasant pill. That is Ayer's Cati More pill particulars ia , Sent free. J. C. Ay OOO L< to a physician, and reveal secrets 1 Nine-tenths of women's trouble SJ is a remedy that stops the drain on t and pull at thc orguns of womanho j\ makes them attractive by making t X/ SOLD 1JY A IX DE. Sparkling with life rich with delicious flavor, HIRES Rootbeer stands first as nature's purest and most refreshing drink. Best by any test. Made on!; bj Th? Charl*. E. litres Te . !'! :'i !. :? Ma. A 1M. |>ackago mikel i tiiioai. Bold ort r j wier?. Plautor's CUBAN OIL ^* For yourself and your Stock. Good for mun and beast. Finest Nerve _and Bono Liniment made. Cures fresh cuts, wound-, bruise*, sores, rheumatism and pains of all hinds. Sold by all medicine dealer*. Price, Manu. GO cents, (jet Cuban Relief for summer complaint; Manufac ture dimly by t.ic New spencer Medicine Co., CHATTANOOGA, TL.NN. flDIIIH1 nd W HISKY habit? enrcd. Book pent Ul lUm ITUE. Dr. D. B. ITOOUIT. ATU.lt?. GA, a. K, U.,.,.Twenty-eight, '93. Fumerais on the Installment PIan> Thero seems to be no snd of troiiM? in store for those who aro so unfortu nate as to be members of tho human raco. A great many people oontinne to live, not bucuuso they have any aim in life or aro of any particular service to the world or themselves, but because they cannot afford the expense of dying. An inventive genius in Vermont re cently devised a plan which seemed likely to supply the long-felt want. It was nothing more nor less than ? funeral insurance company. You eas join tho company by paying $2 anet then continue to pay small mcttthly installments until you had paid in #75, Of course tho great speculation id tho thing would bo to die right after you had paid your $2 admission fee and before you had blown in any of tho monthly dues. Getting a coffin with a door plate on the ltd; brand new shroud (no second hand affair), clergyman at the funeral at grave on a grasey.knoll, is something immense. As soon 80 insured that would bo what yon are entitled to. That made it ono of the neatest schemes on earth, and if the company could continuo solvent, life would have no object and every body would want to die to beat the company. . Tho insurance commission ers of some of the other states, evi dently envious of the Vermont patent on death, are refusing to allow the company to do bnsiness in their terri tory. It is foared that this limitation will compel tho Vernlopt organization togo into bankruptcy.-^?Slinneapolis Journal. Thc Tin Plato Industry. Tho bureau of industrial statistics" has comploted a report on the tinplate industry in Pennsylvania. It will show that there aro oleven plants in the stato turning out what ia known as black platos, and nineteen that buy tho black plates and finish them by dipping or coating with tin. All but two of tho bh.ck plate manufactories, one in Phil adelphia and tho other in Harrisburg, aro locetad in Pittsburg and other part? of western Pennsylvania. Ponnsylvani* has one-third of thc black plato manu factories of America and over forty per cent of their entire capacity. Tba con cern at Newcastle is the largest in the world,the annual output being 700,003 hoses. Tho report will contain a de scription of tin plate making in Amer ica by John Jarrett, an authority on tho subject. Last year there was turned out in Pennsylvania a total product cd1 finished ti a and tin plate of 104,375,306 pounds, t ae aggregate value of which was 84,237,819. The total amount paid in wages was 81,349,618. Facts and Rumors. "I supposo you hotel men aire at your wits' end where to put the dele gates to the national convention?" "Not at all 1 It's making room for tho candidates that bothers us."-Bos ton Courier. Without An Aim Dawkins-I wonder why it is tho.t when a woman throws a stone at any thing she is apt to hit something in an entirely different direction. Jawkins-That's because sho is brought up without any aim ia lifo. Elarpei's lin zur. The Child Enjoya Tho pleasant flavor, sentie action and sooth, ing effect of Syrup of Figs wboa in neel o? a Insalive, and if tho father cr mother be costive or bilious, tho most gratifying results follow itii nif,i w fhilt, it ?.i ii? bint family, rm known and every family should have a bottle Gladstone says the Turki di Government U tho greatest scourg? of mankind. FITS Mopped freo hy DH. HUNK'S ORBIT XBHVK ItKMTOiierL Vo ll ta after first day'a usa. Marvelous euros. Treatise and $2.00 trial boo tle free. Dr. Kline. 331 Arch St.. i'hfia.. Pa. Mri; Winslow's Snot hi n? Syrup for children teethlnar. softens the sums, redness lu flam mi tton.allays piiln.cnros w ind colin. 35o. a bottle. I believe Pi-o's Curo for Consumption raved my hoy's I'o la.it hummer.-Mr*. ALLIS DOUGLASS, L- Hoy, .Mich., O t. 20. '04. ff afflicted wiih sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorar .MMI'?. Kre-wati?r.Drne?i*tjifiell at 25c i>erhotil-. (Pl and Light, ?j ilpit if you want prac- /f?\ ie physical man; then ^p7 lory if it does not prac Thore's a whole gospel ?i cd Pills; a "gospel of People used to valuo f||! did their religion-by /g^ oro bitter the dose tho 2'vo got over that. Wo (||p gospel or physic-now- ? \ 3 please and to purge at }?? :Q may be power in a (pp the gospol ol bartie Pills. fVycr's Cureboofc. TOO pages, er Co., Lowell, Mass. PAIN 3 When you eec a "good-looking" \ woman, you nearly always see a 5 healthy womau. Beauty is really = health. It is thc attractiveness of "J face and form that conies naturally when weakness and pain are absent. 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