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' Benjamin Franklin's Nepotism. In the Century Paul Leicester Ford writes of "Franklin's Faml'y Bela tlons," the first of a series of papers on "The Many-sided Franklin," which lie will contribute to thai magazine. Of Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bac?e, Mr. Ford says: When Franklin went to France In 1770, he took Ms grandson with him, to "give him a little French language and ad dress." With still other ends In view, so soon as he was settled In Paris, he "sent him to finish his education at Geneva," as "I intend him for a Pres byterian as well as a republican. Here the boy remained four years, and then returned to liv? with his grand father, who wrote the mother: "I have a great deal of pleasure in Een. He ls a good honest lad, and will make, I think, a valuable man." "He gains daily upon my affection," and "we love him very much." Young Bache came to America with his grandfather, and by his aid was established as a printer, Franklin supplying all the equipment for the office, which be left him In his will, together with other property. In his behalf, also, he asked Washington for some public office, an application which shared the same fate as that he had made for his other grandson, by being refused. It was the common feeling of the time that Franklin bad used Ms civil office to serve his family more than to serve the public, and so there was sufficient prejudice to make exolusion of his relatives almost a policy with the new government This discrimination, lu time, led to 111 feeling, and eventually Benjamin Franklin Bache became the standard-bearer of the Journalists who abused Washington. Two Babies. Mrs. Newma-Oh, I wish yon could see Mrs. Winkler's baby. It's per fectly lovely! Such a delicate, sweet little creature as it is! It's a perfect little cherub, with the loveliest eyes, th? sweetest little mouth, tho cunning est little nose, and eyes of heavenly blue. It looks as if it just dropped from heaven and every tiny feature had been fashioned by the angels. Mr. Newma-Is it as nice as our baby? Mrs. Newma-Mercy! no, not half. -New York Weekly. . Tho World's Supply of "Wheat. An English expert prophecies a universal dearth In tne wheat supply. Il> claims thu: th* wheat producing soil la uuequal to the strain that will be put upon lt. Even now whon tho food suppjy of the worM ls ample, thousands die becauso their disordered stom a-hs fall to properly npslmllato tho food they take. Hostetter's Stomach Blttois strengthen and tono up tho stomach and digestive urgans, nnd enable Uiem to perform their proper func tions. This great remedy cures dyspepsia, torpid liver, nervousness aid fe^-or and aguo. The ordinary cigar in Por'o Ltca can be bought throe fora coct Fits pet nanently cured. No Hts or nervous ness after flrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat Nerve Rostor#-r. 82 trial bottle and tre.itlso froo. DR. E. li. KI.INK, Ltd.. U31 Area St., ?hila.. Pa. 'Frisco shipwrights get $5 for nine hours' - work. Good est?o Waits on appetite, or lt should do so, but this can be only when the stomnch is in a healthy condition. TTocd's Sarsaparilla so tones and strengthens the stomach that it digests, food easily and naturally and then all dyspeptic troubles vanish. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price SL HoQ?TsuPlJ.l8 cure Liver ills. Scents. The Station at Manila. The situation at Manila was very simple, says Ira Nelson Hollis in the Atlantic Upon the declaration of war Admiral Dewpy was turned out of Hong Kong by Great Britain, and all other Asiatic ports were closed to Mm. He was seven thousand miles away from borne, a distance which none of his ships could make without recoallng, and his Hue of commuMca tlon was liable to interruption at any time. Furthermore, the safety of our Pacific coast trade was in jeopardy ?o long as a hostile vessel remained In the Orient The duty was a plain one-to obtain a base In tue Philip pines, and to capture or destroy every Spanish ship that could be found. With rare good judgment Admiral Dewey made straight for Manila, and caught the whole fleet before they bad time to scatter. He had already proven himself to be a man of fore sight by loading up with provisions and coal before war was declared. When the English told Mm to go he was ready. His fleet passed through the fortified entrance of Maulla bay by night, and attacked the ships and shore batteries simultaneously. The victory over what must be conceded to have been a weak and disorganized foe, although, gun for gun, there was not much difference in the twj sides, was a great one In the splendid man agement of the American ships and in the results which must flow from our enforced entrance Into Asiatic politics. PEEIODS OF Menstruation, the balance wheel of woman's life, is also the bane of exist ence to many because it means a time of great? suffering. While no woman is entirely free from periodical pain, it docs not seem to have been na- \^m>?^mmmmw? ture's plan \^ that women otherwise healthy should suffer so severely. Lydia E. Pink ham's Vege table Com pound is ' the most thorough fe male regula tor known to medical sci ence. It relieves the condition that pro duces so much discomfort and robs men struation oflts terrors. Herc is proof: DEAR MKS. PIXKHAM:-How can 1 thank you enough for what you have done for me ? When I wrote to you I was. suffering untold pain at time of menstruation; was nervous, had head ache all the time, no appetite, that tired feeling, and did not care for anything. I have taken three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one of Blood Purifier, two boxes of Liver Pills, and to-day I am a well person. I would like to havo those who suffer know that I am one of the many who have been cured of female complaints by your wonderful medicine and advice. -Miss JEJC?IE R. MILES. Leon, Wis. If you arc suffering in this way, write as Miss Miles did to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for thc advice which she offers free o? charcre to all women. Pl SO'S .?lfRTTOR -ro ils CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. " Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Ute intime. Sold by druggists. gi GETTING OUT AN EXTRA. A REAPY- WITTED GIRL SCORES A BEAT ON NEWSPAPER.RIVAL.S. Exciting Scene in, a Print Inj; Offley > When Sows of Dowey'e Victory Arrived - Margaret Clyde, the Proofread; sr, Bose to the Emergency and Slade a, Record. Isabel Gordon Curtis contributes a Btory to St. Nicholas called "Margaret Clyde's Extra," telling how a young girl who read proof on a morning pa per scored a heat on the rival jour nals. The girl was left al erne in the editorial rooma when the night's work was over. Margaret read column after column of the news from Cuba, Key West and Washington. It seemed to her as if she had read it ail before, and she put away the paper while'she ate her . meager luncheon. Then she tidiadup the desk and laid her head ou her arms. She was growing drowsy. She wondered if she could tako a short nap. Her train would not leave for an hour and a half yet. It was grow ing lonely in the deserted composing room. She woke up suddenly, thoroughly dazed for a mcpneht. She imagined she heard a noise. The presses were still rumbling downstairs, and the gray dawn was stealing hazily into corners of the composing room. It was 5 by the large clock. The noise came again. Somebody was beatiug and shaking the outside door. Margaret was frightened, and for a moment she tunned to run to the press room. The noise grew louder. It was an I impatient, determined pounding, irrst of hands, then feet. She flew to the door. Through the gl?ass she saw the dim figure of a boy in. a blue messen ger uniform. He thrust a yellow en velope into her hand, cried excitedly, "News from Manila!" turned to mount his wheel, then disappeared down the ? dim street. Margaret felt stunned. She knew something . ought to bo done, but what? It was so far to Phillips' home; Mr. Schell lived in a suburb three miles from the office, and there was nobody in the pressroom who could set type. She wished the boy had not left so quickly. Margaret hurried to the proofread er's desk, where an electric ligjht glowed. She tor? the yellow envelope open and read the fiftjr ?or sixty wo'jds on the thin sheet of paptir. "All well at Manila ! Not an Am erican lost!" She felt as if Dewey had sent her the message direct, and an excited "Oh!" echoed through tho empty room. Margaret glanced at the clock. It was five minutes past five. Time was precious, and she felt she must <io something. A few days ago she had worked on an extra. Some important news had come in when Phillips and she were alone. She had helped him to set the story in large type and stood by while he filled it in the upper part of the front page. There were a few exciting minutes and Margaret had worked breathless ly. Phillips had said some kind words afterwards about her efficiency, and it made her hap?oy for all day long. She flew to the case where the large black letters were kept -that had adorned the first pages of the "Gaz ette" recently. She was working as if life depended upon nor movements. She learned to se*, type with wonder ful deftness during two years' work, and j; 'ton minutes she was standing ..words that later that morn i^"?]<nr-a wave "of relier amf'tEaus:^ .. fulne?s through America. She bur- ; ried down to the press room. The regulpv edition was nearly ready. The men were running oiF the last thou sand, and the nimble folder stood be side gathering the papers into bundles. Pomeroy, the foreman of the press room, looked up in mild surprise when Margaret dashed in. "Well, what are you doing here?" ? "Come," she cried excitedly, "come upstairs with meat once!" "The place isn't on fire, is it?" he asked, half seriously. "No! it's the news from Dewey," she answered, hurriedly. "Here, Thompson," he shouted to a man at the other machine, "I must go upstairs a moment-you take my place." i He followed Margaret up the steep stairs to the table where a gleam of light fell JU a half form of large type, headed by block letters. He read the type almost at a glanco : DEWEY IS ALL RIGHT. Revenue-Cutter "llcCulloca" at Hong-Kong. I 300 Spanish Killed and 400 Wounded. Not an American Killed, but 6 Slightly Wounded. Entire Spanish Fleet Destroyed. NEW YORK, May 7.- The "-." , in an extra edition just published, ? prints the iollowing special despatch , from Hong-Kong: "I have just ar- ( rived here on the United States rev- ? enue outter McCuilogh with report of , American triumph at Manila. Th? entire Spanish fleet of eleven vessels was destroyed. Three hundred Span- : ish were killed and four hundred j wounded. Our loss was none killed, , but six were slightly wounded. Not i one of the American ships was in- i jured." He grew wildly excited and a shout rang through the deserted building. There was not a man in the "Gaz- 1 ette" office more patriotic or better < posted on the war situation than the 'j foreman of the press room. He had ' spent his youth in, the navy during . the civil war, and his shout of tri- 3 nmph was heard downstairs above tho ' din of tho rumbling press. ? "Who set this up?" he asked, and < he looked curiously at Margaret. < "I did." 1 "All alone?" > ' "Yes." ? "When did the dispatch come?" 1 "Fifteen minutes ago," she said. ' with a glance at the clock. 1 "Well, you're a brick, and a girl at that!" he cried. "But we've got to ' rush this out," and, nurrying to ihe 1 tube, he shouted, "Hey, Bill ! don't let that stereotyper go!" " Margaret helped him while he di vided the first page of the morning ' paper and filled in the upper part I with Dewey's memorable message. She followed him down stairs and ? listened to the cheers from the grimy men by the presses when he told the ] news. In less than ten minutes the \ second edition waf> being thrown from the news press and eagerly gathered np by the men, who realized what glad news this would bring to Riverpoint. "Three cheers for Dewey!" cried Thompson excitedly. The presses rumbled on, and, mingled with their din, rose hearty applause for the hero, bf the Pacific. Pomeroy turned and laid his blackened hand on Margaret's fair head. ' \ "And now, boys," he said, "three ?beers for Margaret Clyde. It isi;'t every, girl of sixteen that conld have done this sort of job in fifteen min utes. She didn't lose her head for pne second, and I have an idee we'll beat the Times on this story. ENGLAND WOULD WIN.. France No Match for Ber, According to Naval Authorities. The naval authorities of the United States do not expect wai- between Eng land and France, but if it does come it is their opinion that tile result wouid be similar to that between the United States and Spain. While France has the larger army, the fighting will be done at sea, where England is supe rior not only to France but to auy other nation. She has twice as many battleships of the first-class as France, three times as many of the second class and five times as many of the third class. Great Britain has 21 first-class ar mored cruisers, while France has only 4; she has 22 first-class protected misers, while France has 5, and 48 second-class protected cruisers, while France has 18. Great Britain has ll second-class cruisers and France has 6. She has 31 third-class pro tected cruisers and France has 17. Of the third-class, partly protected, Great Britain has 23 and Fiance none. Of the sloop class she has 18 and France 15. France, however, has 18 third class cruisers, with no corresponding rating in the British service. In tho line of coast defense, non-seagoing ironclads, Great Britaiu has ll and France 12. Of the heavily armored gunboats Great Briain has 49 and France 12. Great Britain has 33 torpedo gun boats and France 15. She has 95 tor pedo-boat destroyers, while France has 8.? She has 61 torpedo boats of class 1; France has 50. Of class 2 she has 30 and France 169; of the third-class she has 104 and Franoo 46. A general summarization shows the following: Great Britain has 88 line vessels, 153 cruisers, 60 coast-defense and 3J3 torpedo craft. France has 60 line, 74 cruisers, 24 coast-defense and 288 torpedo craft. Great Britain's armored cruisers are the finest afloat. They were no - bet ter than the New York was when she was launched six years ago, but have been greatly improved since, both in their number and effectiveness. Tho most formidable battleships in tho world also belong to Great Britain, although they are not much superior to the Iowa, the Illinois, the Kear sarge, the Oregon and others of our nayy. The most powerful ship in the English navy is a battleship 400 feet iu length, 75 feet beam, 26 feet 9 inches draughts 18 knots speed, coal capacity for 2200 tons , and displace ment of 14,600 tons. Its armament consists of four twelve-inch wire wound guus, twelve six-inch, sixteen four-inch and a number of machine and rapid-fire gu ns. The most power ful ships in the French navy are the St. Louis and Charlemagne, each hav ing a displacement of 11,260 tons and a speed of seventeen knots. Their, armament is not rp to several of the battleships of our navy. A Victim of a Cruel Joke. A well known man-a staid and serious bank manager-was passing by the Liverpool town hall a few mornings ago, when he noticed a well dressed man hurrying toward Castle street They reached it together,and then the young man looked at him with a nervous start . "Oh, Birche _gasped, "will yon please call my friend for mc ? She is crossing the street I-I have lung trouble and"can'fc shout" The elderly man looked where he pointed, and, sure enough, there was a young woman with bright feathers in her hat just crossing the road at a brisk rate. "What's her nameV" he asked. "Ethel." "Ethel!" shouted the bank man ager. The young woman with the feathers was almost across,and she didn't turn around. "Ethel!" he roared again. This time she stoimed and looked round, and the excited old gentleman motioned to her. When she came across the elderly bank manager was turning round to receive the thanks of the young lung-troubled man, but he had gone! Then there was trouble. -Weokly Telegraph. Tho Little Soudan Warriors. / Standing by Westminster bridge I watched the first detachment of re turning grenadier guard's from the Soudan march past from the station to their barracks. They got, as ex pected, a boisterous and hearty re ception from a crowd two miles long, but what struck me most forcibly was the extreme youth and undoubted ex haustion pf a good many of these war riors. Hard by me, as the soldiers filed past, stood a brewer's cart, drawn by those hnge horses so well known ko London visitors, and driven by a burly six-foot-four drayman, three guardsmen in breadth. This gigantic :ritic watched, puzzled, for a while. Then, leaning over to his mtfto, he sxclaimed: "Why, they're only boys." The drayman would have been still more awestruck had he seen the bowering warriors of the Khalifa, whom these boys so lately laid low. Londo Jorrespohdence, in New York Times. Police Searchlights. , A miniature electric searchlight for the use of policemen, watchmen, min >rs, engineers, etc., is ou the market, [t is a great improvement on the old jil-burning lamp. The new light is ?lub-shaped, made of leather with ii ck ul trimmings, with a lens in one jnd that throws a brilliant light of jonsiderable dimensions. Flashed in lark corners, in the rear of stores, in lark streets it quickly reveals any person or thing. The light is of three md a half volts, and the lamp in length is eight or nine inches and weighs xbout a pound. It is said to be good for several thousand Hashes by simply pressing the thumb ou a clasp. The illumination is furnished by a dry bat tery which may be replenished at a jost of 30 cents.-F'ectricity. TorpcdoBonts Aro Dangerous Tilings. We have learned that the torpedo boat service has been the most dan gerous afloat. More men have lost their lives on torpedoboats than on all the other naval ships put together. We know that this service tries the men, in nerves and muscles, more than any other, while young officers I bare-had the responsibility of inde pendent commands. So this service iias done more than all others to im prove the personnel of the navy. And it is not unlikely that the most help ful part of the experience of the bat tleship crews was that had when they faced the blnck mouth of Santiago harbor watching for an enemy that had not the nerve to come.-John B. Spears, in Scribner's. PS. Thirty y?U ?were only two dozen es^B Ads known to chemists; TH| ML over a thousand. M mk The pnpil of rH ? called because when looksfl Ba very small image of the TT HKnay be seen, hence the term^HHPthe Latin pupillus, or little pupil. Hydrogen cooled to 205 degrees and under a pressure of 180 atmos pheres is allowed to escape rapidly through a coil of tube into a vacuum vessel, doubly silvered and surrounded by a vacuous space maintained below 209 degrees centigrade. In a recent lecture the German an thropologist. Kollmann declared that careful investigations have shown that the preponderance of the blonde type in northern and the brunette type in southern Europe, antedated the ap pearance of the Germans and Bomana in history. - It has been computed by geogra phers that, if the sea were emptied of its water, and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their present floods into the vacant space, allowing noth ing for evaporation, 40,000 years would be required to bring the water of the ocean up to its present level. Polonium is the name of au element not'yet isolated, but which M. and Mme. Curie report to the French Academy of Sciences they have dis covered in the form of a sulphide in pitchblende. The new element is said to resemble bismuth, chemically, and its raidiating power is placed at 400 times that of uranium. A Wife Deluding Herself. "It is very hard to make a woman understand that she does noe need to manage one," said a married man of brief experience. "It's almost im possible to convince her that one understands her, that.she is not delud ing one the least little bit in the world. |*Wheu I fell in love with Polly she was what she is now in rare moments -mild and pretty and amiably appre ciative of my intellect. I did not .ever' ask myself whether she was clever or not. I didn't care. We got- along splendidly, like the pious boy and his lazy brother, the first of whom said the prayers and the last the 'Amens.' Well, I did the talking and Polly egged me on ?withraising of eyebrows, smiles and sympathetic'Ohs' or 'Abs.' Well, we married. I have learned that Polly's friends wore nnder the impression that she had captured a mental giant and was feeding him with the sugar-plums of fiction. She gave people to understand that I labored under the delusion that she was a very brilliant person, like my self, and that only her craftiness kept me from finding out how shallow and silly she was. Was ever a more absurd idea evolved from the brain of a silly girl? Polly clever! If she only knew that her mild eyes,. with the absolute ignorance of the world that lies in their clear depths, are my stars of hope, that her soft, faltering voice, that gets shrill every time she tries to talk ^learnedly, was what I love better than ?oratory, and that her irresponsible way of discussing my pet theories is what flatters and grati fies me more than any amount of sane praise from a really clever woman well if she realized all that, I wonder if she would stilt believe that she has 'managed,' 'played' with or 'deluded' me?"-New York Commercial Adver tiser. ' Cats and Shellfish" ~~" "Did you ever notice the cats about the oyster stands of ?he city ?" asked a gentleman who takes au interest in zoology. "They are invariably as fat as butter. That is because they get plenty of shellfish to eat, and, by the way, the fondness of cats for that kind of diet is a mystery which I'd like to hear some evolutionist explain. A cat will go crazy over a shrimp, and ^it is all the same whether it's a city cat or a hayseed cat that never saw water except in a cistern. It's a taste born in them, like th^ir fear of dogs, and the question is, how the mischief did they acquire it ? According to the evolution theory, such traits are in herited and traceable to conditions away back toward the beginning of things. That would seem to indir cate that the primal cat was a fisher, but how is one to reconcile the idea with tbe instinctive abhorrence of the tribe for water ? Their craving for shellfish is certainly so pronounced that there must be an excellent rea son behind it, and, altogether, it is quite a pretty little prdblem for some savant. It is too hard for me."-New Orleans Times-Democrat. Making Ants Useful in Science. It is generally known that any small dead mammal or bird, when left near an ant hill, will ultimately be found picked clean of flesh. The ants are clever and do their work quickly. It han been lately demonstrated that they can be made neeful in the direc tion of skeletonizing specimens. Pro fessor Bernard has boen employing ants ns his servants. While in Florida he had a fox-squir rel thus skeletonized in a single day. The only agents employed were ants. His method of procedure is to kill his specimen, bind it with wire in the position in which he wishes the skele ton to remain, and'then place it near a group of ant hills. The voracious ants do the rest. The operation requires careful watching lest the entomological dis sectors should not be content with ?imply devouring the flesh, but should attack the cartilage that holds the bones together. At precisely the right moment the professor removes the specimen from the neighborhood of the ant hills and applies a preser vative and hardening cbomical to the cartilage. -Popular Science News. Bismarck Was No vcr DIscoarteoas. Strange as it may appear in the Man of Blood and Iron, Bismarck could not be discourteous to people-though others were not always as considerate to him. Professor Lenbach, than whom perhaps nobody except Profes sor Schweninger knew Bismarck so in timately, once told me: "In all the 'years I have known Prince Bismarck I only remember him speaking hastily on one solitary occasion. A man-ser vant had shut the door with a bang. Bismarck rang the bell, and when he appeared, told the man sharply that he was to leave at the end of his mouth. About a quarter of an hour afterwards he rang the boll again, and said, in a mollified voice, 'You may stay.' That was all."-Sidney Whit man, in Harper's Magazine. One Experience. "Did yon ever turnanhonestpenny in your life?" asked the business man severely. "Yes," answered Meandering Mike. 1 gilded one an' turned it into a five dollar gold piece. But it didn't pay." -Washington Star. ? IC? weak? I? Pain energy? ?gesti?n imples? ;igns of s? t are al stipated of the ed from stature isonous ^ e to bc ood, al ing and severe i sense They daily insure an easy and natural movement of the beweis. You will find that thc use of 4 Ager': ?ap* with tbe pills will hasten recovery. It cleanses jhe blood from all impurities and is a great tonic to the nerves. Wrlio tho Doctor* OUT Hod leal Department hat OM of tho moat emlnont physicians In the United Suites. Tell the doctor J mt how you aro cu (Te ri P.C. Toa will receire the bett medical adTico without cost. Address. DR. J. 0. AYER, Lowell, MOM. T V V V V V Torpedo Boats in Offensive Warfare. As dispatch boats In smooth water they were swift and serviceable, but on the high seas in foul weather they were found rather too frail. As pick ets and scouts, whether at port or for a squadron at sea, they served admir ably so long aa small repairs and a machine shop were not too far away. With a repair ship in the squadron they would have done still better. - As blockading vessels their coal capacity was deficient. For an attack on shore hatterh e IL > guns (one-pounders), were fi .iud t > be of smaller calibre than' w.-is desirable, their torpedoes were not fitted for climbing the breast works, and their armor plate (three eighths of an Inch thick) not equal to resisting modern rifle projectiles. In a daylight battle, squadron to squad rou, "they were found unable, In a group of two, to cross two miles of onen .sea under the fire of six well armed ships manned by Yankee crews. In 'all this it appears that the only services for which they Were designed were picket duty and scouting. Save for the only occasion known to the wr'ter, when the New York, with the slgj&as? her fiy? teated ^r,1 were at the mercy of one of bis own torpedo boats, Ave have had no service experience of the efficiency of torpedo boats in night attacks.-John R. Spears in Scribner's. Iles of William Penn. The sn le of the household goods of the late Mrs. Rosanna Cox afforded much excitement for the residents of Bristol-and thereabouts. The observ ant Bristol correspondent writes: "At the closing out sale of the household goods of the late Mrs. Rosanna Cox In Bristol township drew together many hundreds of people after some relic which was In possession of among her household effects. She was the daugh ter of the late Robert Crosier of Penn Manor, who lived In the old mansion that Wm. Penn live nt-All ber early years were spent on that spacious oI? homestead dear to all Pennsylvanians. She save during her time many Pieces of the Relics of the old Brew House which belong to Penn-had several ar ticles made from the old Apple Trees that Wm Penn eat apples off. Among the ancient articles made-was nap kin rings, Rolling Pins, Canes, &c. Several of these articles were put up at the sale and the Relic hunters were on hand and bought them at a high figure. Among the ancient things In old cut glass were a'pair of snits eel lar-which was supposed to belong to Billy Penn-was purchased by. Jos H Vanzant of Bristol and a Ten Cup which he drank out was Purchased by Mrs. Newbold of Fallslngton.*' A Topsy Turvy Land. The laws of the Japanese Is that of Inversion-at least it seems so to us. Viewing thing?: from an Oriental standpoint, we would probably think our present way of life the topsy turvy way and pity ourselves for shortsightedness and foolishness, as they do now. .In Japan white ls mourning both for men and women, while women In dicate their age by their costume. The Japanese has no foundation to his house, but iustead the roof ls ballas ted, that being considered a better safeguard against the violent storms. After dinner speeches are made be fore dinner, and probably no custom shows the innate good breeding of the Japanese more than this last. Think | of the belated guests If such, a custom were ours! Think of the speeches j thrown to the air! Some of the . Japanese symbols are Interesting and deserve recognition, so popular are their works of art In our homes. Look closely at Japanese screen, panel, kimono, fan, and you will find, the Inevitable cherry blos som, tile national flower; the plum, which signifies sweetness of heart; the pine, the strength of vigorous old age; a woman under a roof, charming t?Llibol of content. The obliqueness of the Japanese eyelid, which comes before one always in speaking of anything Japanese, is caused, it is said, by their living in L-'gh latitude, a protection of nature accorded, too, to many animals.-New York Herald. "La Creole OREEN GOODS GOOD AS GOLD. Genuine Money Sent Oat as Bait by the lip* to-Dcte Swindlers. Chief Wilkie of the United States Secret Service says the country ls be ing flooded with the circulars of green goode operators. Many people send the circulars to , the Secret Service, thinking they have discovered a nest of counterfeiters. Twenty or thirty of these circulars are sent daily to the office of the Secret Service by people who have received them. The office has nothing <to do with green goods people, but generally sends a formal answer to each person, warning them of the nature of the scheme Intended to be worked. "The green goods men have new plans this year," said Chief ' Wilkie. "Formerly they sent out a circular Inclosing an alleged clipping'speaking of the splendid counterfeit money be ing made. They claimed that this counterfeit money was so fine as to deceive Government officials. This scheme, was so often exposed in the newspapers ns to enlighten the public. Now the green goods mau makes the following statement in his latest cir cular: 'Now, my dear sir, I am fully aware of the suspicion and prejudice that you naturally will entertain for my proposition, as you will on first thought class it as coming from a green goods or sawdust swindler; but if you will lay aside that prejudice, apply common sense and look at my proposition from a business stand point, compare lt with the methods of these petty swindlers and you will credit me with not being fool enough to waste my lime addressing a man of your Intelligence and standing in the community. The methods of the so called green goods swindlers have been exposed from time to time in the dally press. They send out seduc tive circular letters to ignorant farm ers with a newspaper clipping In re gard to counterfeit money, &c, false ly pretending that they are the par ties spoken of In the article, and offer ing to sell that which they have not, Inducing them to send on their hard earned money and sending them a va lise of sawdust or a brick or some such In return. The reason these ras cals find it profitable to work this game ls because they know, and they take it for granted that the people In general know,' that there are hundreds of thousands of dollars, counterfeit, in circulation, and as men have no moral scruples against Increasing the money circulation (in fact, the majority of people are lu favor of doing lt by law, as witness the late greenback erase and the present silver agitation) they are induced to send on their money on the very literal terms held out to them-five cents buying a dollar, or some such absurd price. . No intelli gent man would do lt, for their very proposition is ridiculous." Chief Wilkie says that the circulars now sent out by the swindlers are so artfully worded as to deceive many people. If the swindler begins a cor respondence with a probable victim he sends him a new $1 bill along with a second circular as a sample of his work. The bill is genuine, however. Sometimes the would-be victim In- , closes this dollar to the Secret Service without saying where he got it and asking if it is genuine. The Secret Service officials write him that lt is the best made, but they manage to in close him a circular which opens his eyes and makes him see how the green goods man is working on him. -rr-ftH?tfrWiiff?ftiWrnrfi,ini L A doctor died and wa3 buried at Miltonville the other day. In the fu- ' neral procession the doctor's team was led just behind the hearse and prop ped on the buggy seat was the doc tor's medicine . case. And yet some people reject the belief that heredity has brought down to us the customs of 6,000 years ago. The earliest ac count of man tells us that the warrior was buried with weapons.-Kansas City Journal. She Routed the Governor. This is a tale of Governor Pingree and a woman: They met this morning. The woman wanted a pardon for her son, who is now serving time for theft. The go' ernor didn't want to commit himself without learning the particulars of the case. He got them. The woman said her son had never stolen anything, and wanted the pardon quick. The gov ernor v. ouldn't agree, and then there was a row. The woman said it was an outrage, a shame; she would see about it right off. The people of the state should know all about this governor of theirs. She would appeal to the press and expose such a police system. The governor ran and locked himself up in his private room. The woman then turnod upon the executive office employees, and after relieving her mind left the building in high dud geon. She forgot to leave behind her name and the particulars of the case. -Detroit Journal. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoko Your Life Away. To quit tobacco cosily and forever, bo mag netic, full of life, norve and vigor, toko No-To Dac, thewonder-worker, that makes weak rr on strong. All druggists, COc or SI. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address StorllngRemody Co., Chicago or Now York. A London paper speaks of a type-settlupr ma chine which can be ran without an operator. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children reethlng.softens the gums, reduces Inflamma Mon.allayspain.cures wind colic. 35c. a bottle. I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump tion to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D. TOWN SEND, Ft Howard. Wis., May 4. 1804. lt is said there has never been? a race of men who wore ignorant of tho mo of Aro. No-To-Iiac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak men strong, blood puro. 50c, 81. All druggists A Florida inventor has designed a steam boat to run on thc ice in winter. 8100 Kcwnrd. SIOO. Tho readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positivo euro now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh heine a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Cure is taten Inter nal y, acting directly upon theblood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing tho foundation of the disease, and glvins the patient strength hy building u p tho consti tution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors hov so much faith in its cur ativo powers that t'icy iffer Ono Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills arc tho best Liberia Is tho only town of any size In Monrovia, with a population of 13,000. To Cnre Constipation Forever. Tako Cascareis ' 'andy Cathartic. 10c or 25.2. HC.C. C. foll to euro, druggists refuud monoy Talk of an "opcndoor"otthlsseasonof the year naturally makes one feel chilly. " Hai Restorer is a Perfe< Vienna Coffee Houses. The coffee houses play an important part in all the' business ventures that are organized In Vienna, Austria. The Viennese cannot do business without his coffee. When he ls visited by a fellow business man who has some scheme to propose, they adjourn lm mediately to the nearest cafe, order coffee for two, pass a few pleasant re marks on the weather and compliment each other on his prosperous appear ance. When the cups are emptied one of the gentlemen takes out his dainty cigarette cose, proffers a cigarette, and they are ready for business. On rainy days the coffee housgs are filled all day long. Every cafe sub scribes to scores of newspapers abd il lustrated periodicals In all languages, and lt is a common sight to see one person with a pile of papers at his side so high that one wonders whether he has not reserved ror himself all the reading matter In the establish ment This custom may be said to be the direct cause of the uiiprogressive ness of Viennese journals. When the people can enter a cafe and by spend ing a few cents on a cup of coffee pe ruse all the dailies and weeklies pub lished, and without having to walt for their turn-for each coffee house gets several copies of each periodical-they arc not apt to Invest many pennies lh dally reading matter.-New York Times. Insurance Against Frost. The.authorities of all the Swiss can tons try in every possible way to pro mote the agricultural interests of Switzerland. If late spring frosts or hailstorms injure growing' crops, the government, where found necessary, indemnifies farmers with moneys ap propriated for such purposes, and thus helps them bridge over unprofitable seasons. On the other hand, laws are passed and put into execution compell ing every land owner to protect his crops from pests and mildew.-U. S. Consular Report. The Smokeless Variety. Waggles- This war has shown that powder should be unlike a child. Juggles-What in the world do yon mean? Waggles-It should be heard, not seen.-Judge. Beauty IR Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty withont it. Cascareis, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirring np the lazy liver and driving all im purities ^om tho body. Boffin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly billons complexion by taking Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c. 25c. GOc . ^--^ When a married woman goes away on a visit and comes home oarller than sho in tended it ls usually a sien that she loves her husband, though sometimes sho cornos back to soe if she can catch bim at anything. To Cnre a Cold in One Hwy. Tako LaxaUvo Bromo Quinine Tablots. All Druggists refund money If lt falls to euro. 23c. It ls not senorally known that all per sons to whom light gold is tendered may break, cnt or deface any coln below the cur rent Weight. Educate Your Bowels With Cascareta. Candy Cathartic ciiro'constiDatlo'i forever. l0c,S3c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. I tour neighbors objected to ns as much as wo do to them, we should think they wonld move. 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