ODDS AND ENDS. The singular pTinishment for bigamy in Hungary is to compel the man to live with both wives in one house. The New York courts spend more than $100,000 a year for expert evi dence, and give it to $2 a day jury men to pass upon. One woman in Honolulu professes to be one hundred and twenty-four years old. She is a native, and says that she remembers events that occur red 122 years ago. Sir E. Vincent in his report esti mates the Turkish revenue, after de dr.cting payments for the debt and for some tributes not received, at $71,750, 000, and the expenditure at $5,000,000 more. The Strongest Fortification Against disease, one which enables us to un dergo unscathed risks from hurtful climatic In fluences, exposure, overwork and fatigue, ls the vigor that ls Imparted to a debilitated physique hy the peerless medicinal safeguard, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 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Hood's Sarsaparilla Is thebest- in fact the OneTrae Blood Purifier. U.AJ). n?|U are the only pills to take IIOOU S rlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla An Unconscious Irony. "I never seo that good old motto, 'honesty is the best policy,' " remark ed Senator Sorghum, "without being carried back to my boyhood days. " "It is a grand old motto," replied his friend; "one that it is well to im press early in life." "Yes. I'll never forget the time I had to pay the smart boy of the school seren cents and a jack-knife to write that line in my copybook, so as to keep rn? from getting marked below the average in penmanship."-Wash ington Post. Decision. Reserved. Master-Rufus, didn't you meet me o? the street last night as I was on my wa j home? Rufus-To be sho' I did, sah. Master-WjJL-n^'p ?e?rmc frankly, did I sessf to be intoxicated? Rufus-As ter dat, sah, I kyar'n ad zackly say dat yo' wuz shonough 'toxticated, but Torn de way yo' wuz meanderin' erlong I got de idee dat yo' wuz eider in dat perdickermen' er mighty onsartin in yo' min' as ter whar yo' wuz at.--Richmond Dispatch. "SHE MESSES WELL." BUT HER CLOTHES OFTEN COVER A LIVING DEATH. Beauty Is the Shrine of Men's Worship, and Women Vie With Each Other to Make Themselves Attractive. The remark, "She dresses elegantly," is a very common one in this age ot! wealth and progress. Women vie with each other in mak ing themselves at tractive, for men . admire a stylishly dressed woman. Good clothes add to the charms of the woman in per fect health, but are ill-befitting those who through ignor ance or care lessness have suffered the inroads of fe male diseases to stamp them as physical wrecks. 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Pink ham's Compound for three months. Kow I can work all day without pain. I have recommended the Compound to many of my friends, and gladly recom mend it to all women in any way afflicted with female troubles."-LYDIA BATIE, 227 Spring St., Greensburg, Pa S20 a 100 for NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Send 10c. for contract and sample copy. ROMANCE H AG AZIKE Jt'ew York SO'S c MJA r m ?i CMSWHERE Alf EISEF AILS. Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Good in time, ?old by druggists. CvON S UMPTION -m His L ITH a frown Milton Davis looked at his watch, then *t tho slowly moving peu dnlnm of the dook in the dingy little depot at Hinton, and mentally de baled whether ho would better wait for the train, long over due, or walk home "across lots." The tiains on this one-horse line were run presum ably for the accommodation of tho public, but as they were invariably behiud time, and ran nt a snail's pace, it was an open question whether tho public in that particular locality were much better accommodated than thoy had been by the old stagecoach which had fallen into disuse when the rail road went through. It had been al most a mystery how tho road ever came to be built there, and talk of discontinuing the branch had been rifo many times; but old Colonel Hale, who had some influence with the legis lature and the railroad company, saw to it that it ended in talk. So the road was open, and ns the night was chill and snowy, Milton decided to wait for the train, which would take him within an eighth of a mile of home, and sat down with what patience ho could muster to wait. A half hour pussed, and slowly into the station puffe.i the belated engino at tached to tho freight and accommoda tion. Davis boarded it and sat down in a seat near the door. The compart ment was divided in such a way that one end was used as a sort of caboose, where tho trainmen were allowed to wait when not busy, and any passenger having a desire to smoke could gratify it in that end of the car. Milton Davis was one of the wealth iest farmers about Hintonville. In addition to farming he engaged in stock-raising, bee-keeping, and, in short, any'thing that promised big re turns for not too large investments. All ho touche ! prospered. His crops were generally fine, though perhaps his neighbors' wero not worth harvest ing. Of course he would have told yon that this was duo neither to luck nor ill luck, but to simple attention to business, and he might have added having the means at hand to pay for help just at the right time, which otten turned almost failure into suc cess. But aside from his financial stability he was a man whom all the town respected, whose word was as good as his bond any day, and who had filled many of the offices in the gift of his townsmen sc acceptably that the opposing party was generally satisfied if Milton Davis was elected, and the defeated candidates were solaced by the fact that nothing else I was to be expected. In church and missionary work ho shone especially, and more than one obscure country church had been materJalijtvfeelped-by his checks. y^*** So youjpU-feesurprised at what fol -4errr?The was when his attention was attracted by the voices of two men in the smokers' end of tho car, and only separated from him by so thin a parti tion that he could distinctly hear every word they uttered. He did not notice what thev were saying till his own name caught his ear, thor gh he had recognized the voice of Doctor Cramer, an old friend. "I should not liko to have Milt Davis's sins on my conscience," said Doctor Cramer in a half vexed, half serious tone, evidently continuing a theme under discussion. "Why," interrupted his companion, "I was under the impression-" "Yes, you were nuder the impres sion that he had probably as few sins to account for as any mau well could have, being always to the front in every good work, and eo forth, and 1 sup pose you are right, generally speak ing ; but I have just come from Colosse, where I went to consult with Doctor Hill over Walt Bavis'.wiie. She is dying as sure as I am sitting here, and just as surely Milton Davis will be re sponsible for her death." "Why, I don't seo-" "Of course you don't 1 But I do, you know, and that makes all the dif ference in tho world." "But what has Davis dono that you should accuse him thus harshly?" "ft is what he has not done. He is allowing his son's wife to suffer while he has more money than he knows what to do with in this small place." "Oh, yes, I see! You are speaking of Walter Davis's wife she that was Net tie Eller. Walter did not marry to please his father, I believe." "No, I presume riot. I fancy he exercised his rightful prerogative, and married to please himself. You and I did the same, I believe, old fellow, and would have done so if a dozen fathers had objected." "But there was something especi ally repugnant in thisa?air, was there not? lt seems tome I remember to have heard so." "Not with the girl herself. Nettie Eller had brains and beauty enough to turn the head of a stronger minded man than Walt Davis, but her father -well, he died with tte tremens, you know, and if ho hadn't he would proba bly have been convected of man slaughter at the next session." "I rather wonder that young Davis should have looked in that direction for a wife. No wonder his father was angry." "But the girl was ail a man could desire. " ?j "Neverthelesp, blood will tell." "It docs m her case, for she in herits her mc thor's virtues, and a better woman never lived. Why Bhould Nettie bo held responsible for I the crime of her father?" "Do you think Davis knows the con-1 dition they are in?" queried his com panion, willing to change the subject, for tho very unconventional views of Doctor Cramor we^e well known. "Probably not. Knowing his want of sympathy they would be in no hurry to force themselves upon his attention. They aro not reduced to actual want; but Nettie is Bottling into a rapid decline which nothing but her Bpcedy removal to a warmer climate will check or cure. This to Walter is simply impossible ; bnt tho few hun dreds it would cost to take them through tho winter would never bo missed by Miiton. Jove! I should hate to so live that my children would be glad when 1 was dead !" ESSON. "And yon think Walter and his wife are mercenary?" "Not at all ; but it requires no great mathematical ability to read the facts. Milton Davis is worth at lea6t eighty or ninety thousand dollars. He has four children. Fifteen or twenty thousand dollars will inevitably come to each of them in tho not remote future, for Milton is abouv our own age, and we neither of us expect to see many decades. Now, instead of having Walter work John Green's farm on sharo?, with meagre utensils and no capital to speak of, and letting his wife work herself, as she has been doing this summer, why the dickens doesn't he take live thousand dollars , of what wiil eventually belong to Walter, buy him a nice little place of his own, and give him a chance to save his wife's lifo? This hanging to your money till grim death compels vou to let go is ono of th? greatest farces of the day Not that I believe in a man robbing himself for his chil dren and then being dependent upon them. But too many pr?vido for n future which their children may never live to sec, and allow the present, of which thoy are sure, to bo passed in positivo want. I hate canting hypo critesJ" Milton Davis listened in uilenco to the long tirade, for it was nothing else, and shook himself uncomfortably as it proceeded. The docto:: was mis taken, however, in calling him a hypo crite. That he certainly waa not. His views might be incorrect, but as he saw matters so he acted ; and now a train of thought was started that would probably bear fruit. "Ho is so confoundedly p.oud,"the doctor went on, "that I really thiuk he would consider it a special dispen sation of Providence in bia behalf if Walter's wife should die before any children were born to inherit her father's shame." He proud? Milton Davis denied the accusation forcibly to himself. Why, no maa in Hilton dressed plain er ; then his mind reluscd to accept the explanation. It was not pride of dress, but tho moro 6ubtlc prido of statiou, if not of wealth, which pos sessed him ; and communing with his conscience, which the words of Doctor Cramer had roused as never it had been roused before, he saw himself in a true light, and when tho train drew up at Hintonville he hurried away, not wishing to see the doctor, or bo recog nized by him. For hours ho lay beside his wife that night, not sleeping, bnt thinking, thinking, till his brain grew dizzy. A canting hypoorite-that wa? what the doctor had called him. Was that what his son and his wite called him? Some how the pleasant eubjeot of the churches he had helped ref ased to oc cupy the foreground in his mind to night. Rettie dying, and he in a measure responsible because ho had compelled his son to depend entirely upon his own resource-, not doing so much for him as he had done for strangers, even, because he had out raged his ideas of propriety and yes, his fpride-and married a3 his heart bade him marry. But the thought that rankled most was that his children would bo glad when he was dead. He had done his best to leave them a tidy sum at his death, but, as the dootor had said, the prosent was not so well provided for. He remembered hearing Mattie 6ay once that she did not have aa much money to spend aa tho hired girl. Was it true? Had he denied his fam ily more than ho ought in his effort to leave them well provided for at his death? Had he been tyrannical iu his dealings, usurping the place of Provi dence to a great extent, and making them feel that his will must not be crossed or dire results would follow? He resolved that a chango should bo made. He began to realize that he was giving his children a poor prep aration for either talcing caro of or enjoying a competence. When morning came ho nearly para lyzed his wife by asking : "When did you hear from Walter laat, Mary?" Puzzled and astonished she faltered out: "I-I heard from him last week." "Did you know his wife wa8 seri ously ill?" Her manner told him she had kept in touch with them more than he had eupposed. "Yes," she answered, driven to bay, as it were, "I am afraid she will never bo any better." "I think we will go over after breakfast," he said quietly, ns if it wero tho most natural proceeding in the world. Mrs. Davis rather dreaded the in terview between tho men, but Milton carno to the point at once. "I heard yesterday that your wife was in a rather dangerous condition and that it was necepsary she should go South for the winter. Seo John Green and make arrangements for some one to take your placo here, and make preparations for taking her to Florida the last of next week." "But father," said Walter, as tounded, "I have no means to under take such a-" "Here are five hundred dollars, and if required you can havo more. Do not worry over anything ; just devoto yourself to your wife until she is bet ter, and in tho spring I will seo what I can do for you. But do not take this farm again." "Ob, father," blurted out the great boy, "forgive me! I thought you would be glad if Nettie died. I never even, hoped you would be willing to help me save ber. I shall never, never forget this! You are everything that is good, and I havo been thinkiug all manner of evil of yon. Say that you will forgive me 1" The tears stood in Milton Davis's eyes as ho said iioftly : "You have quito as much to forgive as I, my boy. Let na thank God it ia not too late to understand each other. " Tho matter did not end with tho trip to Florida, which restored Mrs. Walter Davis to health. Upon tho return of the young couple they found the title deeds to a pretty home and a hundred acres of land awaiting them, a present from Father Davis, and his other children had each bees tu ? prised with the gift of two thousanc. dollat fa bank stock. "Do as yon please with the interest/ Milton Davis had said; "bu; if yoo^ wish to re-invest tho principal, I think I might be a help to you." And they agreed with him. To his wife he gave five thousand dollars outright, saying : "Without at all intending to do so I am afraid I have made you feel like a beggar, Mary, and you may hsve thought sometimes that fen would have greater freedom in money mat ters if I wero not here." Fe could hardly briug himself to say "dead," eo harshly had the doctor's words grated on his ears. "Henceforth 1 wish yon to uso money as you need it, with out being compelled to ask me lor it." Well, the experiment was a grand success ; the members of tho family were drawn closer ; feeling that their interests were one. Walter's grati tude, especially, was very sweet to his father, and Milton Davis learned that more necessary than generosity was simple justice, especially to one's own.-Waverley Magazine, WORDS OF WISDdM. If thero is good in us, it will briug out good in others. Some people look happiest when they have bad news to tell.' The man who controls himself, may hope to reform other men. j We will always find good, when we look for it with a good heart. Self-righteousness never has aoy mercy on itself or anybody else. Wo havo dono too little, when we have not done our prayerful best. The hotter the fire, the sooner tho enemy will be out of ammunition. Tho man who would bo wise, must sit at the feet of those who are wise. How many fathers and mothers make religion suoh a cruel thing that their children hate it; Tho time is flying this way on rapid wings, when tho only thing that oan" prosper in this world is righteous ness. One reason why tho world gains knowledge so slowly, is that every child must find out for itself that fire is hot. Many a face tve consider homelj, would be radiant with beauty, if we could eee it without looking through darkened windows.-Ram's Horn. Our Kew Iron-Clad Monitor. If thero is any virtue in long sea soning, the new iron-clad monitor, tho Puritan, will doubtless provo a valuable accession to our naval fleet.' With a crew of 200 men the ponderous vessel has entered upon its career of service. The history of the Puritan ia unique and interesting. The original pattern was designed by Ericsson in 1864, but nothing was done for several years, except to build the rough hull. In 187? t* . construction of the boat was t-i a over to John Roach, of Chester, Jroun., who destroyed the old works, although he used much of the mater ial in building tho new monitor. In spite of the zeal with which the builder entered upon his task, he soon found that ho had undertaken a great responsibility. Thero was a disposi tion on the part of Congress to criti cise his workmanship, and this was still further aggravated by a lack of confidence throughout the country. Despite the hostility of the publio, however, and frequent interruptions, the boat was completed in 1883 and launched for the first time upon '.bo water. With the changes which have taken place in naval and engineering science within the past few years, the Govern ment ha3 found it necessary to re model the Puritan from top to bottom. In accordance with this decision the boat has been in tho hands of experi enced contractors for some time. The work of remodeling the immense structure has been formally com pleted, and the monitor again placed upon its active mission of protecting the Nation's coast. In tho judgment of experienced en gineers the Puritan is one of our strongest and best equipped war ves< sels.-Atlanta Constitution. Avenges His Baby's Dc: th. Twenty years ago last Thanksgiving Day a beor killed Edward Bantu's threo-ycar-old baby. Every Thanks giving Day since that time Baum, who lives at Ridgway, Penn., has shoul-, dered his gun, gone into the woods, and he has never returned without bringing with him a dead bear. Over the grave of his baby Baam swore that he would kill a b?ar each Thanksgiving Day. That was twenty years ago, and he has never once broken his vow. Sometimes he has had to go far into tho mountnine, and once ho journeyed fifty miles from his home, but he found the bear and killed it. The day his baby was killed he and his son were in the woods chopping trees. They had taken the child with them, and left her sitting on a falling tree, while they went further into the woods. When they returned "ihe baby WOB nowhere to be found. They hunted all that night, and about noon tho next day their dog came upon the trail of a bear. They followed the tracks to a cave under the mountain, and there found a she bear and her cubs playing with tho body of the baby. The old bear was killed with a rille ball and the cubs were clubbed to death. Baum declares that as long as he lives he wili never forget the vow he made at the grave of his child, and that each year--on Thanksgiving Day -a bear must be brought down by hil rifie.-New York Press. Large Granite Block. Much inconvenience is experienced in finding a railroad route from Bel lows Falls, Vt., to New Orleans having bridges high enough for the largest block of granite ever quarried in Ver mont. The block is fifteen feet square and three feet thick. It is intended for the noted Moriarity monument in that city, lt was quorried in Barre, and has been moved to i:be dressing sheds. A special car is being built by the local roads, on which it is intended to sot the block on edge, allowing the lower side to swing through the bot tom, extending to within eight inches of the rails. The weight of the block exceeds fifty tons. Investigation shows that most routes have bridges too low for the block to pass through.-Scien tific American. A River of Oil. The Wabash River for miles, eist and west of Wabash, Ind., is covered with crude oil, which emits a power ful and very- offensive odor. There havo been times before when tho stream carried considerable oil, but never before as now, and the water supply cf many cities below thero is endangered. The oil enters the Wabash from tho Salaraonia llivor, at La Gro, the Salamonia penetrating the oi? fields. I BUDGET OE FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Danser-Biking Still-It Doos, In deed-Sufficiently Explained-A Chilling Welcome-Another Slander, Etc., ' Etc. "Hera come tho reckless skaters." Said tho sim, "aaa just beyond The ice is growing thinner ' And they must como off tho pond. "How shall I make them heed me, And cease their sport"awhile?" "Just toil them that you thaw me," Said the ice and cracked a saiil<\ -Truth. IT DOES, INDEED. Askins (meditatively)-"After all, is life really worth the living?" Grimshaw-"That depends on the liver."-New York Journal. BIKING STILL. "Keeping up your bicycle riding :his cold weather?" "Nop. Just keeping up thc pay nents; that is all."-Indianapolis fournal. OH, THE PERVERSENESS OF THINGS. "How aro thoso cork shoes you jot?" "Great ! Why, when the water gots TI, tho cork keeps it from getting mt."-Pack. SOCIAL ECONOMY. "Are you economizing this winter, Mrs. Desmond?" "Yes; our new monogram is much .maller than the ono we used last 'ear."-Chicago Record. SUFFICIENTLY EXPLAINED. "Bridget, I've discovered that you ?arry moro food home with you than rou cook for ns." "Ye3'm; but mo fambly is bigger'n ronni. "-Chicago Record MODESTY. She-"Mr. Fullback never boasts of bis football exploits, does he?" He-"No. I understand that he has aearly Killed half a dozen men, but ho nover says a word about it."-Puck. NO LIGHT ON TnE SUBJECT. Mrs. Knight-"Does your husband ireat you the samo now as he did when ile was courting you?" Mrs. Laight-"Pretty much. Ho seeps mo in tho dark?-'-Statesman. ANOTHER SLANDER. Spats-"They say real ostato is learer in Chicago, per foot front, than .n New York." Socratoots-"Weil, it ought to be. Che feet arc bigger." - Pittsburg Sows. A CHILLING WELCOME. Ugly-Looking Way fayer-"Whar 13 ;he mau o' tho house?" Farmer's Wife (with raro presence }f mind)-"Ho's back or tho wood ihed burying a tramp."-Now York Weekly. NOT EASILY WOEKED. "Well, you see, old man, I'm afraid ;he Governor won't come down with ?he cash. He's a Hort of bombshell." "How so?" "Ho goes o Of when I touch kiui." Washington Capital. ART ARGUMENTS. "What was tho matter in the bric i-brao department?" "Two clerks disagreed about, the pronunciation of Diana, and one of them hit tho other over the hoad with i Venus."-Chicago Record. A PHILOSOPHER. "Yes, optimists look more cheerful ; but, as customers, I prefer pessimists." ??Why, Mr. Cutandslash?" "Well, optimists, as a rule, will take their wives to the theatre instead of paying their tailor bills."-Chicago Record. APPARENT HEARTLESSNESS. Little Miss Clara-"Don't your sis ter go with that young man aDy more?" Littlo Miss Laura-"No; and isn't it a ahorne to treat him so after all the beautiful candy be's brought her?" -Puck. THE GENTLE ART OF TOUCHING. Yapsley- "Thc truest test of a man's friendship is his willingness to lend you money." Mudge-"Oh, 'most anybody will lend money. The real test is when you strike him for a second loan." Indianapolis Journal. CONSISTENCY. Irate Lodger (to youug clergyman) -"See here, Mr. Loudshout, I am tired of being regaled with your re hearsal of your sermons through thfs thin partition." Mr. Loudshout-"I always practice what I preach, sir."-?p-to-Date. 6TJUDEN CHANGE OF SUBJECT. Mr. Smallpurso (who has carefully figured uj) the cost of two theatre tickets and the street car fare) - "Do yon enjoy the drama, Mids Gchall?" Miss Gehall-"Oh, very much; but I become entiroly woru out every timo I go. Yon see the ploy is seldom over before half-past ten, and then it takes fully an hour to get supper at 'Del's,' and alter that comes thc long ride home, and the hackmcn do rattle you so, you know." Mr. Smallpurse-"Um-er-What io you think of Browning?"-Now Torie Weekly. THEY WERE AT HAND. The Spanish goneral was seated at c desk, a blue pencil behind his car anc a pair of scissors iu his ready right hand. "There is a newspaper man outside who desires to speak with you," said the subordinate officer. "Ask him what he wants.", '?'He desires to inquire whether thore are any proofs of the victory you havo been winning." "Proofs? Of course there are. Tell him I am just reading them."-Wash ington Star. THE MESSAGE SUFFICIENT. A traveling man who put up for the night at tho leading hotel in a Email towu left very particular instructions before retiring to be called in time for an early train. Early in the morning the guest was disturbed by a lively tattoo upon tho door. "Well?" he demanded, sleepily. "I've got an important message for you," replied tho bellboy. The guest was np in an instant, opened tho door and received from the boy a large envelope. Ho tore it open hastily, and inside found a slip of paper on which was written in largo lettexs, "Why don't you get up2" He jrot up. -Golden Days. POPULAR SCIENCE, Of the 300,000 fossil inseots col lected from nil over tho world it isi said that only twenty of theso aro ol' the butterfly. The Eussian Geographical Society has been asked by tho governor-gen eral of Turkestan to send some mon ol science to Shignan and Roshan neil summer, for the purpose of making s. thorough exploration of those regions. An untamed swallow, which had its nest in a farm near Chetwynd, in Shropshire, was caught and taken in a cage to London, where it was re leased. It returned to its nest in eighty minutes, having accomplished a distance of 145 miles at tho rate of ner.rly two miles a minute. The mortality from the plague in China is ninety-live per cent, of all cises. According to a letter to the French Academy of Medicine, Dr. Yersin has discovered a new serum remedy for the plague, which reverses the figures, leading to about ninety five per cent, of recoveries. M. Moisson states in tho Annales do Chimie et de Physique that the mo:jt stable compounds known to seionco disappear in tho clectrio furnace. The only exceptions oro tho perfectly crystallized boriiles, silicides au I car bides discovered by him. Thes3, bo thinks probable, aro original constit uents of tho globe and must still exist in some of the stars. Professor Hoch, who spent ten or twelve days in tho district of Meymel, in East Prussia, studying the cases of leprosy that have occurred there, has discovered only ono new case. He, therefore,regards the danger of infec tiou as not so great 03 wa3 thought. He seems to favor tho idea of estab lishing a lepers' homo at Procknls, a small town in Meinel district. According to Engineering, somo re cent researches by Captaiu Abney show that the light of the stirry sky is to that of ih? full moon about as 1:4i,000. Tho latter is usually con sidered to he about as l:G'J0,O00 to Lbat of the sun at noon, so that we re ceive o'ver 13,003,003 million times as much light as from tho stars, taking both homisphcres into consideration. Building n Statu?. From the lump of clay which his lingers have flattened, trimmed, rounded off, tho little model issues forth as a nucleus, from which its gi gantic brother is to come. With tho proportions laid out iu the small one, the sculptor sketches bis iron frame work for tL a full sized model. Ona platform of heavy beams he constructs this framework, which, when com plete, has an anatomical look abouti;; but it would bo a difficult matter to lind in the seemingly crazy arrange ment of twisted iron and the wire ropes, with blocks of wood lied on them, anything resembling anatomy. Tho skeleton frame has to bo ex ceedingly strong ; for should any part givo way later with the weight of tho damp clay, it would doubtless involve tho beginning of tho work all over again. With the frame completo ned tested as to its strength, tho clay is built up around it, careful attention 1 ing given to each minuto detail, es pecially to the anatomical ones. From the beginning, in the use of clay, it is essential to keep it damp, and r.ll through the construction water is ap plied through a hose pipo with a sprinkler attached. This wetting down is extremely important, for should the clay get dry it would crumbl&like dirt, or crack, thus ruining the work. The figure of tho General is modeled nude, and brought to a high finish. A live model is employed for the pur pose, and he poses nitride a dummy horse in the position the sketch and miniaturo model call for. After the figure ls finished, even to the curve ol each muscle, equipments aro put on tho dummy horse, and the model dresses himself in the Oeneral's cos tume and again takes tho pose. The sculptor then proceeds to dress the General and his horse. With his many different tools he slowly shapes the clothing in the new clay that he has ruthlessly slapped ou tho exquisite modelling underneath. Bit by bit the various garments assume form and de velop under the ready hand of the mas ter, every little fold or creaso being carefully worked up. The likeness is tho most important part, however, and great attention is paid to the face. In this it is necessary to combine so many things besides likeness that the task is at times almost discouraging. Harper's Round Table. A Bog Playing football A most amusing scene was witnessed on Sunday afternoon in Moore street, Dublin, where a number of gamins were playing football willi a large bladder under their own special rules. One of the toams, presumably being disappointed in the turn out of n "man," filled the vacancy by^substi tuting in his stead a handsomo collie dog. The dog played his game with extraordinary intelligence, stopping the ball with his head when it was go ing against tho team, and upon every occasion on which he got possession ot it he ran with it in his mouth, and despite all opposition ot his o?)po nonts carried it triumphantly through tho goal. The game lasted about twenty-five minutes in tho presence of a largo gathering, and ended with much excitement in tho dog's team winning by ten goals to nil. As there was no gate to receive money, and as tho teams dopended on the generosity of their patrons, tho latter volun tarily subscribed liberally. It is a pity, I am afraid, that tho best "man" in the field-or rather the etreet-re ceived very littlo of the receipts-I mean the dog.-Freeman's Journal. Rabbits Cause Diphtheria. Rabbits have caused an epidemic ol diphtheria in the eastern part of the county that has spread to Downs, Iowa Fall:-, Jowell Junction and Al den. No less than a dozen deaths have been reported. For the last live years diphtheria has broken out annually in the immediate vicinity of Tybitura Lutheran Church, which is used as a school budding, A large number of rabbits have been making their home iu that building for a long time, and the physicians have reached the conclusion that the littlo animals havo planted tho germs of tho disease which spread among tho children. Tho church will bo burned.-St. Louis Republic. He Framed thc Guinea. The Queen, when a girl, was pa<; rdonately fond of climbing walls and trees, says London Tit-Bits. Ono day at Malvern, she olimed a tall apple tree and wus unable to get down. A young man named Davis, a gardener, was attracted by her cries, got n lad der and brought her down in safety. O?eply grateful, she oponed her purs.e omi presented him with a guinea. Davis framed it, and ever tinco has been proud to tell the tale and sho* the piece of gold which tho Queen gave him so many years ago. Antarctic Icebergs. "The snowfall of each year adda a new stratum to this ice cap, which is as distinguishable to the eye as is the annual accretion of a forest tree," writes General A. .W. Greely, United States army, in The Ladies' Home Journal. "Thus in centuries have accumulated on Antartica these snows which by processes of pressure, thaw ing and regulation, have formed an ice cap that in places exceeds 3,000 feet in thickness. 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