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NEW AND NOVEL PATENTS. A self-acting door braco, which pre vents tho opening of a door, though the lock should be picked. A draft and hold-back attachment for hitching horses to bnggies without the use of tugs 01 traces. A self-dumping wagon which hinges in the middle and dumps the load downward from the oenter. A scenic theater apparatus for pro ducing artificial eclipses of the sun or moon by projection on a screen. An improved re honing scale for grocers or other use, which indicates price or amount of oost of articles as weighed. . Improved method of hanging win dow frames so that they swing inward into the room to facilitate deaning the outside of the glass. A detachable and extensible curtain Cxtu-d which is affixed to the window casing by damps, and thus obviates the necessity of driving nails, or screws. * A marine torpedo with a strong elec tro-magnet mounted within tho shell so that it will bo attracted to and held against the hull of an iron or steel plated ship or vessel. - A track platfor n for handling heavy articles, wherein rows ot small wheels or casters are embedded in tte truck platform, projecting sufficiently to make a continuons rolling surface for heavy boxes or castings. A surgical instrument for removing obstructions from the throats of ani mals, consisting of a flexible sheath, through whioh runs a rod-also flexi ble-with a double "worm*' on tho lower end, which engages the obstruc tion and by which it may bo withdrawn or broken up.-Eschango. Hard on Papa. Johnny Jameson hud arrived at bis .eighth birthday, and thought that it would be real nice to write to his papa, and this is the way he began; "My Dear Papa-Whenever I am .tempted to do wrong, I think of you, and say,'Get thee behind me, Satan.' " -Our Girl? and Boys. Worrying Over Trlfl-s. Mrs. Wild-Pvo turned everything ' upside down, but cannot find my bulb ing suit. Wild-Why let a little thing Uko that worry you?-Up-to-Date. Valuable Franchise .Secured. The franchise o? ea-iy digestion-ono of the most valuable in thc gift o? medical science can be scenred by any parson wiso enough t? uso Hosteler's .Stomach Bitters, either to suppress growing dyspepsia, or to nproot it at maturity. Blliou*, rl.oumnlic und fever and ague sufferers, panons trou bled with nervous ness, ?nd the constipated, should also secure thu hcalUj franchise >y the same means. Tho River Jordan makes the greatest do scent in tho bhortost distanco of any known . stream. _ Boy 8L00 worth Dobbtos PloathiK-BoiM Srmp of roar grooer. send wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mfg Co., Philadelphia. Pa. Thor wm send you free of cbarer?, postals poid, a worcester Pocket Die tlonarr? SM pases, bound in clotb, profusely U lustratod. Ofter cood until Autmst 1st only. Tt is ostimnt'-d thnt there were about CCO,003 troops engaged in tho civil war. FITS stopped fros by Da. Kinii's GREAT ??EavR RESTORER, ^O Ats after ftrsulav's me. JlarvelooB ouros. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch Su. Phthv. Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children tithing, softens the gums, roducfla Inttammv t oa,allaya pain.cures wind collo. 25c. a bottle. Conductor E. D. Loomis. Detroit, MI,'h., nays : " Tho offcot of ilaire Catarrh Curo ia wonderful" Write htm abbat it. Sold by Druggists, 73fr _ I could not got along without Piso's Cure for Consumption.. lt always cures.-Mrs. E. C. MotrrTroN, Needham, Ma-s., Oct- 22, '9-L Naturally, have a good appetite, keep your blood pure and your nerves strong by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla Th? beat-In fact the One Truo Blood Purifier. Hood's PllH* cure biliousness, headache. 25c Protection From Mosquitoes. A mixture of glycerine and carbolic acid is said to form a wonderful protec tion from mosquitoes as well . a cure for the bites. Take about twenty drops of the add and put it into a bottle con taining an ounce of glycerine and half an onnce of rosemary water. If UBed freely at night the sting, of the bites trill be almost miraculously cured and the disfiguring blotches removed by laorning. If the odor is unbearably disagreeable, add a drop of attar of rose to the liquid. Her Summer Scheme. "Isn't it rather annoying for you to Lave them both call on you at once?" asked her dearest friend. "No, perfectly delightful," said the young woman with two devoted slaves. "Toa see, dear, I seat one on each side of me," "Well?" ''And there is such a delightful cool ness between them." "Oh!"-Cincinnati Enquirer. HEEDLESS WOMEN. They Pay a Sad Penalty for Their Neglect. If women only heeded first symp toms-nervousness, backache, head ache,^ lassitude, loss of appetite and sleep; - palpi tation, melan choly," blues," etc., and at once removed the cause with Lydia ?. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, there would be much less suffering. But they are careless, or their physician is to blame, and they drift into some distressing female disease. The Vegctablo Com pound at once removes all irregulari ties of the monthly period inflam mation, ulceration and displacement of the womb, and all female troubles. All dru?/gi?ts have it. Write: to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., if you wish for advice, which she will give you free. "1 should not be alive to-day, if it had not been fur Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I was suffering greatly from un attack of female weakness, ami nothing I had tried amid gue mc relief; when by tho advice of a friend I began the Com pound. After using it two months 1 . was a difi'erent girl, and now at thc end of six I am entirely cured.'"-Mas. ANNIE KIRKLAND, l'atchogae, L. L ?rT M?5 WrftKt AlLuSE FAILS. _ 1 Best < uuk'h Syruj". Tastes Good In limo. Sold br 'In?ti:''. N.S-UWR5 ? SAILOR DE30LATE, ro?ky beach ) a broad waste of sea, looking gray ami desolate ih tho earl^ morning. Captain Jack Brain ard cana whistling along the beach, with his hands thr iib . into tho pockets of his duck trousers. Ho was a tall? broad shouldered follow, with a hand some, sun browned face, and two dark eyes that looked straight through you in a quiet way peculiarly their" own". .'Halloo, Captain J&ckl*' Two fishermen were standing there, something lying at their feet, dark and still. .'Well, my hearties?'* "Bear a hand hate, will you, oap tain?" said one. "A ship went to pieces off the point last night, and here's three bodies ashore, dead *s herring." Captain Jack stopp?.i whistling, and bont down to look at tho bailie.'. Two were men, strong and hard featured, evidently part of tho crew of the ill fntrdsbip. Thoy wore quito deal. The third ono was a child lashed to a spar. Captain Brainard hitched np his duck trousers and looked thoughtfully at the bodies. Tho child-a mero babo of two or three year?-lay half cov ered in the eca weed? as if sho wore asleep* Captain Jack bent suddenly and cat with his ?heath knife the rope that bonni her to the Bpsr. ?Til be drowned if tho email oraft ain't floating yet, Davo Bent." Tho baby face waa upturuo 1 to tho sunlight. Dave Bent laid his rough hand against it gently. It was wet and cold, but still a living faco. Captain Jack rose up with the child in bis jacket. ?.Pli take it Up to tho inn, Dave.1 You ?an bury tho other two. Hang me if I ever knew anything liko this before 1" Mrs. Lane, widow of Captain Will iam Lane, lost at sea, and hostess of tho hamlet inn, sat with needle- and mesh block mending nels in the bar room, aa Captain Jack Brainard came stalking in. Mrs. Lane in all her life had never been thrown int? euch unparalleled excitement ft3 by the sudden appoar anco of that small waif ot tho coast. She had her reward. Tho child was ? lying on herlap,when suddenly two wondering black eyes unclose J, and tho waif gave nttcraneo to a prolonged vigorous scream. * "Bless mo V* died'Mr?. Lane, "1 never laid eyes on to snch a homely child-and a galj tool" What's to bo dono with it?" said Captain Jack. "Lowks 1 how do I know ?" said Mrs, Lane, "it hain i got any folks, most likely. "YonMl havo to take it to the poor house up (kc country." Captain Jack losked thoughtful. "I don't know-but it isaH just friendly to leave f??ah o little craft in strange water without any pilot, Mrs. Lane, I believe I'll stand by her my self." "Land sakes 1 what can you do?" cried Mr?. Lane. "Well, my Mary Lllcn is bound for China to-morrow ; but you can keep her here till I come back, i'll eco that you are paid-and for want of some thing better you can call her Bachel -that was my mother's name?" The Mary Eilen was laying to, iu Salem Harbor, with anchor raised, next (lay, when Captain Jack came to say good-by to his hostess, and to place in her hand a little box of In dian wood carefully tied with a faded ribbon. "You'll find a necklace there and a ring. Mrs. Lano-thoy used to bo mother's, and mi&ht as well go along with the name." And Mrs. Lane placed the necklace round the plump baby Deel;, and laid the ring carefully by until such a time as the little waif should bo old enough to think of ring?, and then Captain Jack shook her heartily by tho hand, and went away from tho hamlet inn, and an hour after the white sails of the Mary Ellen had disappeared far down tho bay. " . It was the sarao desolate coast of fifteen years before. There were the light house and the reels on which so many gallant ships had met their doom ; here, the gray beach, tho slip pery shingles, the old boat houses and yonder, tho saud hills, tho fishing hamlet and tho rocky pasture lands facing toward the sea. Captain Jack Brainard, standing alone on thc shin ning sands, looked at each and all steadily -he had not seen them before for many years. "It was somewhere here," mused Captain Jack, "that Dave Bent alway a moored his boat. I'd be obliged to him if I had it now to take me up thc cove-it's growing dark already." Tho soft dip of oars struck sudden ly on Captain Jack's cara-ho looked up. A boat was gliding around tho Point, impelled bv a single rower. "Boat ahoy !" ' Tho slender oars of the dory fell in stantly. The rower turned and looked at Captain Jack, lt was a young girl of soveutoeu or eighteen. Tho faco turned toward Captain Jack was a gorgeous Oriental face pale and delicately dark, with tarirons eyes und half-parted lips, ecarlet as coral. Tho brow was broad and low ; tho hair heavy and black ; tho figure graceful and slender as u willow. With ono swoep of tho oars tho beautiful rower sent her boat bound ing to Captain Jack's very feet. He heard it graze against the sands, he saw two bewildering black eyes sur veying him with a look of cool aston ishment, and then ho beat down a vio lent desire to tako to his heels and run away, and said : "Is that boat bound up tho covo?" She liftsd her delicate brows, but tho splendid eyes beneath had a lurk .iug laughter in them. _ "Yes." "I'm in want ol: a passage that way myself," 6uid Captain Jack ; "eau you take mo aboard?" Sho scanned him from head to foot. At a glance she took in tho stalward figure, tho grave, middle-aged face, with its honost dark eyes and iron gray hair, and then she answered ; "Who are you?" Captain Jack lilted the hat from hi-*1 brown forehead, It was a delightfully straightfor ward reply. Her dark eyes oponed wide. "Como into tho boat," oho said quiokly. Ho leaped in and oat down opposite her. She gave him tho oars with the Utmost nonchalance. . "TTou catt take them now-I um tired of rowing. I kuew. it was y??, Captain Jack, Mr. Gaylord told mo you would relarn homo this autumn." She leaned forward then and laid on poor, bewildered Captain Jack's shoul der Ibo smallest and whitest hand he had over seen. Tho saucy black eyes, full of mingled laughter and tears, looked full in his face. .'Don't you know mo, guardy? I am Rachel;" His waif of thecoast-his little cast away-that bright, bewildering beau ty 1 Captain Jack sat silent-his gravo fuco was as unread Mo aa marble; bat he drew the little-hand from his shoul der and held it for a moment iu his broad brown palm. "OkildT how old aro you I" .'Eighteen, guafdy, and a graduate of Madame do "Viienue's boarding school! I have passed a winter in New York and ? licason at Saratoga and you do not know how blaso I have be come." Not blase-tho faco was too dolicato, too passionate, too proud for that. "I have been with Mrs. Lano a week," she wont on, trailing her white fingers in tho water. "Tho Gayl?f da aro in town, g?a?Jy. Haven't yon boen go?o ? long, bug time?" ^Elftoen years," raid Captain Jack, pulling vigorously at the oars. Tho oars of tho dory ro30 and foll liko living things ia his strong hands ; sho shot across tho water liko a sea gull out of tho channel and into thc cove-there were tho. fishermen's cot tages and tho old ?nu close before them. Thc row was over. ? tall, handsome man lay on thc' cove, smoking a cigar and watching the approaching dory intently. As Captain Jack and his protege reached tho shoro ho started up und .sauntered down to meet them with a sort of in doleut, easy grace. Miss Kuchel rose up, hor splendid eyes opened in calm surprise, and oho leaped lightly ashore. "??t. Gaylord I tills ia very unex pected-^! thought you wero in to wu." Ho bit his lip. "No, I am tired of town-I came in search of you." "Indeed ! You are too kind. Allow me to present you to Captain Brain ard. " Mr. Harvey Gaylord bowed careless ly . to' Captai? Brainards Captain Brainard look : J at MT. Gaylord ff dm head to fbot, bat tho, yddng Gotham ite Was bblvviois- ho toyed with his rattan and looked at Bache). nMy mother tends her kindest re gards," ho said, "and society has bade mo bring back its lost star be fore the season commences. I have promised-am I rash?" Sho drew up tho folds of her sweep ing dress from [tho damp grasa. Tho black eyes were cast down. "Very." "But, Rachel-*-" Tho proud hoi'd was thrown back; tho brilliant eyes, warned him to stop -sho sprang upon the threshold of tho inn. It had bee? raining all day. Tho poplars boforo tho inn wero dripping still; and the olouds rolled dark and sullen toward ibo wost. Rachel stood in tho porch and watched tho. night fall down on tho rocky shore, singing softly to herself tho words of ad old song: '? 'O Douglas, O Douala?, teador and truo.' " "Bachol," called Mrs. Lano from tho doorway, "como into tho house, child! you'll got consumption out there in tho wot, and Captain Jack and Mr. Gaylord aro asking to sec you." A littlo start-a sudden propkotie droop of tho long eyelashes, thou the splondid head was raised haughtily Bachcl turned and went in. Gaylord was lounging ou a low scat by tho fire; Captain Jack stood oppo site, with bia hands crossed behind him. Sho went forward quictiy aud stood by Captain Jack. Gaylord rose at once, flushed to tho temples. Ho would have spoken, but the old sailor interrrpted : "Bachel," bo sail, calmly end kind ly, "Mr. Gaylord has beet: talking with me. If you aro williug and I am willing, ho wau ts you for his wife. Ho knows my mind-your will in thc matter is my will." Not a muscio of her bcuutiful face moved. "Thank you. I appreciate Mr. Gaylord's kiudese, but I rogrot that 1 am obliged to decline it." Oh, how cold and clear tho voice was! An innate delicacy in Captain Jack's great heart undo him turn his head away as Harvey Gaylord grasped at tho mantlo, his handsome faco palo as death. "Bachel!" he criod imploringly. Sho looked at him with calm, io lent lees ey ce. "We ure friends, Harvey-never anything more." "Never, Bachel." "I do not loro you-yon know it." "Then you lovo another !" Thc words wero shot at hor like so many arrows-ho watched to seo them strike. Ouly a quiet uplifting of thc broud, white lids, then his own eyes fell before hers. "Good night,"sho said icily. "And this is all, Buchol?" Gaylord turned and loft the room. Tho rain boat softly on tho pauo ; thc long, low sighs of wind from tho i-reaa shook tho poplars. There was a dead silence in the room-it was Cap tain Jack's voice at last broke it-his deep strong voice, with a quiver of dreariness running through it. "My* child, who is it you love?" Her faco was averted-sho did not answer. "I know it isn't my right to ask," said Captain Jack, in tho saino weary tono ; "I might have known I couldn't koop you now ; but I never had a home, child, and I thought-" Tho fire danced beforo Captain Jaok'soyes; something liko a smoth ered sob swelled his broad bosom. I B?chel went np to him and laid he little hand on his arm. \ -. "Yee, I know. I am rough and old-you are out of placo with mc-"-. The soft, bewildering black" "eyej looked up into hia> "Captain Jack, I will stay with yon always if you wani me." * Ho held her off, and soarched hoc face a moment, catch liisbreathi "I am old.'1 - "Yon aro not 1" "I am brown and rough." "I do not care !" . .'"Yod lovo a?meone oise?" The dark eyes smiled Up ia his face. "No, Captain Jacki" His face wa3 transfigured with sud den light. He cried out, passional ely "Oh, my child, will you stay' with me and bo my wife?" Trembling at his own boldness, ho stretched forth his arms to her in her beauty and youth, and she sprang td him and held her head down upon his. breast. "Oh, guardy, host, 'dearest-yon arc all that I love in the world-take mel" Reverently; c9 if eh?j had been au angel, tenderly, as his great ldvo prompted; ho drew her td his heart tlio brave; true heart that was td beat fdr her so many happy years; How Treatrics Aro 3Iade; "Tho treaty-making power is given to tho President, in^conncction with tho Senate, by the Constitution," writes ex-President Harrison'fan his "Thia Country of Oura" article in the Ladies* Homo Journal. "Tho initia tive-the negotiations with foreign Governments leading up to an agree? monts, and the franiiup of tho articles of tho troaty-is with tho Executive. Tho Senate his no part in the matter until tho Pr?sident commun cates the treaty to it, and asks its concurrence. It may then, however, 'either concur or reject, or concur with amendments, W*he? the Exccutivo has agreed with any foreign Power upon a treaty, and it has been "duly signed by tho Pleni potentiaries for their respective Gov ernment?, it.is sent to tho Senato for its concurrence, and i3 considered thciro in secret session. Whatever may bo eaid as to the wisdom or necessity of secret sessions for other purposes it is manifestly necessary that tho terms of treaties, nud the discussion of Iheni, should id many cases be kept in the confidence of those charged with con cluding thom, until they aro con cluded. "Though all the attemjpts ?ii the Constitutional convention to givo tho Ho uso of Representatives a part in tho making of treaties failed, it is & bill true that-many important treaty stipulations depend for their execution upon the notion bf tho House. - If a treaty ttipnlatcs for the payment of money by the United States, tho money cauuot betaken from tho Treasury without un appropriation. It may be said as treaty is a part of tho 'dupreme law of tho land,' it is tho duty of Con gress to appropriate tho money neces sary to carry it into effect ; and that in tho making of tho approprition the HoUso h?3 iid righi to consider the question of valno or property of the treaty. But, all the same, if tho ap propriation is not made tho treaty fails. Usually appropriations to carry out a treaty huvo beon given froely hy tho House; but there is power to withhold them, and so to defeat tho trcatyi As to treaties involving our revenue laws, the House-having by, | tho Constitution the Bolo power td originate revenue bills-has claimed ilie tight to act upon a consideration ?f the, wisdom or unwisdom treaty." , ? ' Willied Ont ol' a Big Bull* . Mr. Moffat is' the Denver barker who was robbed of 821,000 in.bis pri vate office one day at noon. Tho rob ber held a revolver in ono hand and a bottle of nitroglycerin in tho other? H? requested Mr? Moffat td write a check for ?21,000 under penalty, of being shot and pf having his bank building wrecked by tho explosivo in the bottle. Mr. Moffat is reputed to bo worth as many millions as tho num ber of thousands demanded by tho robber. He wrote the check* Tho robber said ho would have to trouble Mr. Mol?ut to go with him into tho paying teller's cago and produce the cash ; ho would take 820,000 in large Billi; and 81000 in gold. "If you say ono word, or indicate by a bole or motion that anything is wrong, I will shoot you add then blow up tho bank." Saying which the rob ber threw a light overcoat ovor his arm concealing the rcvolvor he held in hand, accompanied tho bank Presi dent into tho toiler's cage, received tho monoy and returned with Mr. Moffat to the private office. -He then repeated his threat to kill tho bankor and blow up tho building if an alarm shorld bo given before he (tho robber) was safely outside the bank. He made his escapo and has nob boon captured. Tho robber's overcoat, revolver and bottle wero found in a doorway near tho bank building. The revolver was loaded, but a chemical analysis of the contents of tho bottle revealed the fact that tho fluid was not nitrogly cerin but sweet oil,-Pittsburg Des patch. Laid an Egg in His Hat. On Wednesday, about 5 o'clock a. m., as Anton liurgosen was going to his work at Allen's brewery, he saw a flock of wild geese Hying overhead. Tho better to look at them ho took off his hat, holdiug it outstretched, iud then, to his astonishment, saw ona goose drop in tho ail toward him. His vision being keon-ho had not roachol tiio brewery yet ; indeed, had he, this would not bo related as a fact, for Al len's beer is good-he saw something drop Irom tho goose like a shot, straight for his hat, and fall safely therein. The something was-what think you-an egg ! A real egg 1 "Tho goo30 evidently saw tho opportunity to deposit its e?g in a safo placo and guaged it to a hair. Burgosen could not beliove his eyes, yet theio was tho ogg, suro enough, and, save for a slight bruise at tho upper cud, perfectly un injured. Tho egg aud Auton are now at Allen's browory and will verify this story. It is a most astonishing thing, not hoard of more than once in a lifetime.-Revelstoke (Oregon) Mail. Mirror for a Hugo Telescope. A special train brought into Paris, wrapped in heavy felt blankets bound with soft-wood hoops, a rough block of crystal which is to form the mirror of the huge telescope at the 1900 ex hibition. In its present state the piece of glass weighs GG00 pounds and has already cost $20,000. It will cost $30,000 moro, and take thirty months of polishing by a novel and sooret me chanical process before it is finished. Its diameter is nearly seven feet, aud it is expected to hring the moon with in thirty-eight milos of tho oye, but the chief experts of tho Paris Obser vatory say that its images will not bo so A'***-----*- "? nr,n now at ninety four milos, wbicn"*1?*^oliovo is the utmost practicable limitT^w : WORDS OF WlSDOtf. Love is life; hate is death. "^The pious whine was invented in the pit. Thoughts are things which fly with out wings. Iiiving thoughts produce life in other men. The real prayer comes from tho life J hot the lips; Oar prejudice is always an onemy td our good. We "ar? made rloher by whatever makes hs moro grateful. Tho problem of dying solves itself; when mon learn, how tq live. Tho deafest people aro those who have ears and will not hear. Enmity cannot livo long when can lin J no enmity to feed upon. Bowing down to a golden calf would soon transform au ango! into beast. ' . Do good to them that hate you, and yon will soon have them hating them selves: Thoy that ecek find, Only when they seek in a way that means some thing. An bid troth stated in a new way w ill hit and ttick when il has often miesod.' Say ye3 to a stubborn man whore ho expect:] no; aud you will soon wear him oat. When wo stop looking towar'JtL wrong place, wo will not find it hard to stay in tho right place. Many a man will find himself con demned in the judgment, by being measured by his own yardstick. Many a man who likes to stand up And talk - nico -in church never gives ap his scat in a crowded street ear. We can insure against fire, and guard against thieves, bat there is no pfotectidn.against the tongue df gos sip.-Barn's Horn. A Big Strap. "Talking about there ,being r. -?thin liko leather," said Vice-Piosident Malony of the Chicago Belting Com pany, "how is this for being some thing like*?" This was a hugo, roll of leathor sey ?ral yards in circ?mfere?ce standiii on end high enough to test an ordin ary man's reach to touch tho top. Tho sides of the big leather cylinder wero built up in sqaaro sections resembling brown steel plates in tho hulk of an ironclad. One end of tho roll stood out from tko cir clo big as a barn door its. extremity Bhaved down f om tho three-ply thickness nearly an inoh through to tho thinness of an or Jin ary leather strap. "The largest belt ever constructed, is how the maker of this monster cpil describes it, and in view of its formid ohio proportions its description might well pass unchallenged. The dimensions of the enormous strap are : Length, 153 feet ; width ?even feet ; weight 3300 pounds, and thickness, seven-oights of an inoh. In ita construction tho selected pdrtion* ?of 450 oak tanned hidos, picked from over 5000.skins, havo been used. From end to end there is not a stitch or rivet,-and the figures necessary to enumerate the ingredients which have been made into glao to hold the rough ened sides of tho three tiers of hides together, and their qnantitics, would ian away into millions, j Not the least interesting dotail con hected with the building of tliis mam moth strap is' tho method by which layers bf skin have beeil arranged sd that at every point from end td end there is not a spot where at least two solid thicknesses of leathor do not cover tho spliced sections of the third layer. Tho destination of this monster belt is tho cngino room of tho Louisiana Electric Light Company at Now Orleans. When attached to tho tAVenty eight-foofc driving whoel of the groat Allis-CorliES engine tho belt will trans mit Up to 3000 horse power. Tho wheel alone weighs eighty-five tons, while the big ongino itsolf wiU scale up to 500,000 poonda.-Chicago Post, Bicycles in a Kcal War. Bicycles woro taken into Abyssinia by tho unfortunate Italian army. Tho natives took them to bo a new kind of a horse sent by the Almighty; In a letter one of tho Itulian officers Says that whilo riding with a white Ung attached to tho steoriug gear toward the lines of tho Abyssiuiaus the outposts and picket guards were so utterly surprised that they forgot all about asking him what en and ho came on. Ho calmly desconded when reaching tho post, and demunded to be shown to the headquarters of Ens Mangasha. Ho was shown the direc tion, and, accompanied by two Abys sinian horsemen, continuad on his way. They iode at his sido in mato admiration. When they arrived at tho camp of the Bas they informed tho latter that a messenger of the Italians had como on a horse sont to him by heaven. Tho wily chief requested tho Italian officer to give an exhibition .of riding on tho wheel, which tho officer gladly did, thinking it would benofit tho purpose of his errand. After looking at tho different evolutions of tho wheel for a time tho Bas allowed tho messenger to return, but gavo him no answer to the message he brought. Two moro bicyclos havo penetrated iuto tho central part of tho Dark Con tinent. Ono is ridden by Mr. Gay rand, of tho So3iety of Commercial Geography of France, who is stationed at Kita, in tho Soudan, whilo tho'otker is owned by Ensign Baudry, who reg ularly rides out at Baufuabe, in French Equatorial ?frica. In both casos tho owners desoribe tho effect upon tho natives as highly interesting to thom, they being regarded as nothing leas than miracles. riancta With Three Suus. Tho pcoplo inhabiting tho planets in the solar system of Gamma have no need of electricity, gas, oil or other kinds of artificial light. In thoso favorod worlds they have continuous daylight, and probably havo no idea of a land liko ours which is alternate ly bathed in snulight aud plunged into darkness. Tho Gammamean planets are so situated that as soon as one of their throo suns [begins to de clino another appears in sight. Each of these three suns aro of a different color, red, yellow and bine. Sad Death From Snakebite. - Arthur Stradljng's recent death from snakebite in Ceylon was a pecu liarly sad affair. Ho was engaged in pursuing horpetological studies in tho neighborhood of Bogawantalawa whon ho came across a specimen of tho Bossel viper-known to tho nativos as the "tic polonga"-a reptile of the deadliest variety. Tho doctor was bitten by this terror of Ceylon, and "plied six hoars afterward. Dr. Strad ring was making investigations on be half of tho London Zoological Gar dea??~N?w Orjeft^Kpayu^Vf ^ WO GREAT CITIES. GREATER NEW YORK AND LON i ? DON CONTRASTED. ?A r^ . .-. - ?m Some Striking Facts and Fleuves Relative to the Metropolis of the ?y> Western and of tho East-, ern Hemispheres. f f j>i h*? /^r BEATER LONDON hoe a su I f perficial area of 608.31 square V ^JT rniles; Greater New York 317.77. London hos 30PO mile3 of streets. Greater New York hos 1300 milos im proved and 2500 miles projected. London overages forty-four fires weekly; Greater New York tkirl;y fonr. London's government costa $55,? 000,090 annually; Greater New York 353,000,000. London ferries are nil free. Tho thirty-eight ferries of Creator New York charge tolls of from 2 to 10 cents. - London has 250,000 moro women than men. The fem?lo excess in Greater Nert York is but 21,000. London marriages overage 37,000 annually. New York and Brooklyn, in 1805; recorded 27,612 (incomplote.) L?ndo'ri has 400 newspapers ond periodicals of all description^ Greater Now York has 712. London has a boat-dwelling popu lation of 12,000. Greotor New York had, two yoais ago, 7000. London has 1400 places of worship ; Greater New York 1186. London hos 12,000 saloons; Greater Now York 11,000. London has 14,000 polico ; Greater New York 5800. Ono out of oloven inb.abifcr.nt3 of London seeks relief from public and organized oharities. The average in Now York is ono out of every :200. Ldndo? has thirty pooplo with in comos in oxcoss of S?00,?00 yearly, or a capital fortuno in excess of ?10,000,-' 000. Now York City alone bas fivo people worth $100,000.000, sis: worth 550,000,000, fifteen worth from 820, 000,000 to $10,000,000, and 300 worth from 32,000,000 to 312,000,000. London has 700,000 inhabited dwell ings; Greater Now York 140,000. London builds 10,000 new houses annually. Greater Now York averages 8000, Aggregating in voluo $30,000, - ooo. London stores may keep opon to sell food aud drink until noon on Sunday. Now York permits tho sa'o of food only until 10 a. m. London restaurants must closo at 12.30 o. m. New York's may keep open all night, but may nob soil liquor.. London, In 1016, ot the present irate of growth, should hovo a populotiori of 17,500,000. Greater Now York's population should exceed 20,000,000. London's population increases at tho roto of 200 daily; Greater Now York's at about 400. Late London statistics ?hov. that 300,000 families earn less than seven ty-five conts a day. In Greater Now York tliore aro not 20,000 families that do not do better than this. London streets oro lit by 70,000 gas Jots. Now York has 36,000 gas jots and 3000 olootrio lights London's daily water consumption Is "estimated" at 150,000,000 gallons. New York is known to uso 170,000,000 gallons. >~ ????? London has a birth evory throo min utos} Greater Now York every nine minUtosi ' ' - Loudon has a death cverv five min utes ; Greater New York ovary ten and a half mi nut 03. .' . It is'estimated that over 20,000 ve hicles pass thc Bank *of England daily. There ore about 40,000 registered YO hieles in Greater New York. English law compels every railroad to run workmen's trains morning and ovening ot reduced rates. Wow York has no such law. A Londoner onco convicted, even of a misdemeanor, cannot obtain a licenso for a public house. A Now Yorker must havo been convicted of a felony. London hos one cont street car fares. Tho nickle ?3 tho New York minimum. Loudon hos two Spanish newspapers. Greater Now York has papers printed in almost every known language, in cluding six German, three Italian, two Bohemian, ono Sponish, ono French and two Hebrew doilies. London has 1000 common lodging houses. Greater Now York has 1000 hotels and lodging houses. London workhouses shelter 12,000 paupers. Greater Now York cares for a total of 8000, not including insane. London policemen arc not allowed to carry revolvers excopt on special occasions. New York policemen carry revolvers, heavy clubs and small billies. Loudon has ninety-nine banking establishments. Greater Now York has 160. London coal doalcrs must deliver their goods in sacks only, and may not throw it on tho sidewalk. In Now York it is delivered "any old way." Loudon has o comprehensive systom of district freo circulating libraries. Now York is fifty years behind tho times in this master. London has 5140 acres of open epaces or public porks. Greater Now York has over 6000 acres. London draws twelve per cent, of its water supply from artesian wells. In Greater New Y'ork City wolla kuvc been abolished. Tho Bicycle's Triumph in Washington, Tho anti-bicycle husband and lover is still carrying ou tho war against tho craze with overwhelming odds to con tend against. Metaphorically speak ing, ho is being butchered to mako a bicyclo holiday. Never before was mau so completely unhorsed and knuckod out by woman. His prayers and entreaties, his threats and denun ciation of the craze made no more im pression on the wifo of his bosom, tho daughter of the house, or, if smitten, the beloved object, thun tho wild laugh of tho idiot boy at play. Tho mania for machines has not yet invaded the Cabinet circle; but tho Supremo Court, tho Diplomatic Corps, tho clergy, tho Army and Navy, and so ciety have como in and given up their guns-a littlo stiff iu tho legs, but smiling and buoyant.- Washington Post. Diamonds Made to Order. M. Moisean, the renowned Froneh metallurgist, especially famous for having produced artificial diamonds in tho electric furnace, has beon ap pointed by tho Paris Sarbouno, or university, to represent it afc tho cen tennial at Princeton University this summer._J Shadowgraphs Now Taken. A Paris photographer has brought tho Bocnt*"on ray discoveries strictly up to date by oponingas "endogrnpbio atelier," where fora feo lightly greater than for simple photographs "shadow graphs" oro taken of tho visitor's in ternal economy. Five persons oro killed daily in tho mines of England, _ A MINISTER'S WIFE, The Frank Statement of the Pastor oi Bethel chu-ch. From Ihe Advertiser, .Elmira, IV. T. DB. WILLIAMS. -Dear Sir.-My wlfo has beena eu Cfo rcr from rheumatism for more than three years, suffering at times with ter rible pains in her limbs, and other timos with a oovoro "crick" in her back which causes great agony. She spont muon for physicians and medicine, 'sat secured only temporary rollof; Anally sho concluded to try Pink Pills. She has tnkon olght boxes and I can say from tho first one sho has im proved until now she ls almost entirely freo 'rom pain, and has growa much stronger and feels confldout that, by tho blessing ol God, they will effect a porraunent euro. We tako great pleasure in recommending thom to our frJonds. (Signed.) REV. J. H. BOCKSKB, Pastor Bethel A. M. E. Church, Elmira, Now York. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, ia a con densed form,'all tho clements necessary to give new life and richness to tho blood and restore .shuttered aervos. They aro au un failing speolfio for such diseased as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Yltus' dance, sciatic.., neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tho ?ifter effect of la grippe, pal pitation of tho heart, palo and sallow com plexions, all forms ot weakness either ia malo or female. Plak Pills aro sold by all dealers, or will bo sont postpaid on receipt of prico, DO cents abos, or six boxes for$2.59 (Ihoy oro never sold iu bulk or by tho 10')), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Com pany, Schenectady, N. Y PR?SIDENT FOR A DAY. A Curious Complication Which Arose in the Yoar 1849. Very fetf people know that a man named Atchison was onee president of tho United States, but such is* the ?ase, says the Philadelphia Press. While the oath of office was never adminis tered and fae wac not officially recog nized, David R. ?tcl?iscn was for 24 hours virtually tho chief e?ct?ative of this nation. March 4, 1849, carno on Sunday, a day that thc constitution does not rec ognizo as legal in tho transaction of such official business as administering tho oath of office. On that day at noon President Polk's term of office ended and President Zachary Taylor could not take his plac'e or, at least, did not think he could. The prospect of tho country being without ou official head for 24 hours, or thero being doubt abo?t wno would, be the head, oreatcd dk-cussion in congress and in the press. When General Taylor arrived in Washington a few days bofore bis in auguration he was besought to tako the oath of offico on Sunday so as to pre vent confusion and what somo persons believed to bo datiger,- as thoso were rather stirring times. D?ring ?atur day and Saturday night l ore were a half-dozen fights in coogrcsa. The capitol was a camp of violence, but , General Tuylor held out that he would J not become president on Sunday. ( David R. Atchison, of Missouri, was t president pro tempore of tho senate | and it was held by congress that tho functions of president mast devolve upon him from Sunday noon till Mon day noon and for theso twenty-four ' honrs ho had the distioction of being i president of tho Uuitcd States, having 1 all the functions and powers of that office. The oath of the offico was not administered to him for the same rea- : son thut it was not immediately ad ministered to General Taylor, but ho being virtually vico president it was not considered necessary. ? That Senator Atchison considered himself president there can bo no doubt, for on Monday morning, when the senate reassembled, he sent to the white house for the seal of the great office and signed one or two official papers as president. These wera some small acts in connection with thc inauguration that had been neglected by President Polk. Precautions About.MIilc. Milk is liable to bo affected by the health and food of the animal supply ing it. Frequently it happens that tho animals can cat certain herbs which, apparently, donoti?jure them, yet which poison thc milk. If a cow drinks polluted water her milk will bc contaminated, although the animal may not seem to be affect ed. Under certain conditions bacteria develops very rapidly in milk. If vessels in which the milk is kept be not perfectly clean, or if the room or refrigerator contains any decaying suhstaucc ibo milk will quickly bc af fected.-St. Louis Republic. A Singlo Reservation. Tho old lady took off her spectacles and wiped them contemplatively. "Was you in here when Elvira read the picco 6ho's goin' to speak on grad uatin' day?" she asked. "Yes," replied her husband. "She knows a terrible sight, don't she?"" "I've heard 'or read 'er eassay, rn' I've heard 'er talk, an' I'vo seen thc picters in tho books she's studied, un' it's my (-pinion that Elvira knows everything that thero is to bo kuowed -exceptin' how to mako good straw berry cake."-Washington Star. A Form of Proposal. In tho lato Mr. Locker-Lampson's "Confidences" is told how he proposed to his future wife: "This is how it came about. Wo had scated oursolvcs ou a bench in tho park, and neither spoke. I took her hand. 'This is the prettiest hand in all tho world,' said I. 'I happen to know ono that is quito as pretty,' said she. Another silence. Perhaps I was incredulous, but when she put the other pretty hand into mino I knew that wo wero both very happy."_ Where Wo Got lt. Mrs. Glucose-Do you spond your summers in the country? Mrs. Van Mark-Yes, but alwayb near tho railroad. v Mrs. Glucose-Why is that? Mrs. Van Mark-To havo fresh fruit sent out from the city every day. Washington Times. Thirty-Third Dogree Mugwamp. "Braggs is something of a mugwump isn't he?" "Something of a mugwump? RVs as non-partisan as a brass band."-In diauopolis. Journal. "Wash us wi (' That's all we ask. Save us It's Wearing us out! "We want Pearline-the < the one that has proved tba Don't experiment on us with rubbed to pieces than eaten i Devastation of Forests. The devastation of forests still goos >n in various parts of tho country, vhicb, unlike New York and a few of ho middle and eastern states, do not appreciate the value of trees. Unfor nnately, this appreciation, even in thc ?asi, has come too late. It is proudly mnounced, in a western paper, that a arge syndicate has acquired possession >f 40,000 acres of timber laud in north an Idaho. It is estimated that this trea will yield more than 400,000,000 oet of white and yollow pine, and red md white Hr,cedar and tamarack. Tho ind waste which it will also shield is lot taken into consideration in this >stimaf e. Americans ht.ve too long look id upen these trees as in their way au- ? ess they could be used to build firesor or commercial purposes. This waa true i few hundred years ago in Germany, mt now a man who cuts down a tree nust plant ono to tnko its place, or miler a penalty. Probably a Uko pro vision will bo. enacted here some time, mt it should como before many more roes aro felled.-Now York Tribanc. At tho Wrong Nuptials. "If any man can show just canso vhy these two persons moy not bo law fully joined together, lot him now ipeak or else hereafter forever hold his ieace." Slowly and impressively the ofUciat ng clergyman spoke thesa words. Tho solemn pauso that followed heir utterance was broken by a deep, trong voice from tho rear of tho ihurCh; "May I ask you, sir, to repeat tho lames of those two persona who stand jeforo you as candidates for matrimo iy r "George Washington Spoonamoro md Jophoniu Show," answ?rod th? ilergyman, astonished at tho interrup LiOD. "Go ahead with the marrying," re lied tho owner of tho deep voico,clap )ing on his hat and starting for (he loor. "It's all right, I had just got J ero, and hadn't heard the namos. Tho redding Pm trying to etcp must bo in he church a block and a half below lere.''-Chicago Daily Tribanc. Contradictory Figures. Mrs. Ferguson-George, if I should ;eacs to caro for yon and fall in lova .vith some handsomer man, what would fou do? Mr. Ferguson (with some fierceness) -Pd sue the scoundrel for $100,000! Mrs. Ferguson (applying the corner i? ? handkerchief to her eye)-And ret when ? told you tho o';her hay bow iearly I would loto you if you would mly buy mo that $1$ 7aso at Spotcash feCo.'s you only said! "Humph I" Chicago Tribune. CENTREVILLE, R. !.. March C, VX?. "I endoso two dollars to get soma of your rETTicniKE. It bas done wonders on three persons to whom. I had given a little of my small supplv. They were radically cured of eczema." Yours respect full/, UEV. C. P. GADOUUT. 1 box by f?ftil for 60?;. in t-U.mps. J. H. SHUPTBINE, Savannah, Go. 1 Gladness Comes With a oetter understanding of tho transient nature of the many phys ical ills which vanish before proper ef forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts rigidly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so rr any forms of sickness arc not due lo any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of thc system, which tuc pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figp. prompt ly removes. That is why it is thc only remedy with millions of families, and ii? everywhere esteemed so highly by1 all who value good health. Its beneficia? effects arc due to thc fact, that it is tho ono remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating tho organs on which i t acts. 11 is therefore all importent, iu order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine ?article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep utable druggists. If in thc enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular; then laxa tives or other rem?dier, aro not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, ono may be commended to fue most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have thc best, and with tlie well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. DonH take substitutes to save a few pennies. It wotit pay you. Always insist on HIRES Rootbecr. Mid, only by Tbe Cb tritt K. Him Co.. PLI!t<tplpbU.' ? ?c. ptiXtjo nitlci 6 SEUUU. Held crerjvbrce. V Planter's CUBAN OIL ^* For yoar?elf ar d your Stock. f?ood i for man and boast. Finest Nervo _^atid Hone Liniment, made. Cures fresh OMS, wound*, braises, -ores, rheumatism and pains of all kinds. Sold by all medicino dealer*. Price. 25and GO cents, (jet Cuban Roltof for summer complaint. MaYiUfac luredonly by the NOW Sp DHCCr Medicino CO., CHATTANOOGA, TtSS. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. l iliane University of Louisiana. 1 ts nd vantage] for practical Instructfon, both in amp o laboratorio i and abundant hospital materials are unequaled. lTree access Ii niven to tho ureut Charity Hospital with 7iW beds and 30,000 patients annually. Special instruc tion is given daily at tho be.l-i lo of Hie siok. The next session begins October 15th, 1&0G. For catalogue and Information oddrest Prof. S. E. CIIAILLK, 91. D., Dean. err P. O. Drawer 26L NEW ORLEANS, LA LOCAL AGENT. Activo lady or gentleman ?mn <..'. Sampies snuil; coiuranadon Ulina!. No capital rMtareoV W. Wit Iii HT, 10!l ?Nute* Ave., Urooklyu, >. 1. ?Pl?lT nnd WHISKY habit? cared. Book ?rot rn?. Dr. c. i. irAoiAXT, m.mi. O?. A. N. ? T rontv-nlii". 'P/?. th Pearline! from that dreadful rubbing original washing-compound t it can't hurt us-Pearline! imitations! We'd radier be p.M ?o