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THE WOODPECKER. All day oa tho oak and the elm And the hollow hickory-tree I hear the woodpecker drumming, For a drummer's ghost id he. Through miles of shadowy woodlands And acres of sunny farms He sounds the quick assembly, Tho stirring roll to arms. In the gold of the carly morning Aud late in the dusk and dew lie summons the fallen soldiers, His comrades bravo and true. They sleep on their rusty sabras By bowlder and log and wall, Wbilo over their endless bivovao lie bents the hurried call. -Minna Irving. t . . . TANNENBURG. { In a grept stone castle in the midst of the deep pino forests of Germany, there lived, a great mauy years ago, the knight of Tannenburg, and his daughter, Rosa. It was in the days when the lawless nobles of-the coun try were constantly quarreling with one another, each burning his neigh bor's grain and stealing his cattle while the owner was fighting in dis tant wars. The castle of Tannenbnrg was ?ike all castles of that time, strongly forti fied and surrounded by high walls and a deep moat. In an upper room, one warm summer day, Rosa and her father sat together. " The knight had just como home from the wars, badly wounded, and Rosa, a fair-haired girl of 17, sat by him working over her gavly colored tapestry. "Father,"; she said. "Tell me the story of how you got the chain rouud your neck." Rosa had heard the story a hundred times before now, but she never tired of hearing it any more than the old kuight of telling it "When I was a page at court," be gan the knight, strokiug his long,gray beard, "a great tournameut wa3 given in honor of a French princo who carno to visit our emperor. There I saw your mother for the first time and so lovely was she that she was elected to be the queen of beauty, and was to give the prize, a golden <diain, to the victor. I loved her from the momeut I saw her and her beauty gave me such btrength and daring that I came out first in the games, much to the chagrin of the young bardo of Oden wald, who opposed me fiercely in .the tourney. He was, like myself, a suitor for tho hand of the queen of beauty, and when I fiually won her for my bride he swore that he would have his re venge oh nie.'-' "But," interrupted Rosa, "his cas tle is only 15 miles from us, nud he has done us no harm yet." "Yes," answered her father, "that was many years ago, nud he has now a young wife and twochildreu, but ho still hates me bitterly and-" A loud clamor in the courtyard in terrupted the story, and ou lookiug out of the window to their consterna tion they saw the very man they were speaking of, the baron Odenwald,and his soldiers marching up to the castle doors. The knight's soldiers wore still at the wars and the few old men left to guard the castlo had been easily overpowered by the fierce baron. Rosa screamed with terror. She heard the tramp of armed feet coming up the stairs. In came the haughty baron of Odenwald and ordered his men to bind and carry off the wounded and helpless knight of Tannenburg. In vain wore Rosa's tears and prayers. The unfortunate knight was hurried off, Rosa turned ont of tho castle, which was looted, and then loeked up, and the poor girl left weeping and disconsolate. All night she wandered through the dark pine forest till she came to a charcoal-burner's hut, where she was taken in and kindly treated. Days passed by aud Rosa longed to soe her father once more, and perhaps help him to escape. Accordingly, ono day she stained her face with brownberry juice, changed her own pretty dress for a peasant's coarse cotton gown, and with a large basket of mushrooms on her arm, started off for the castle of Odenwald. The sentinel,seeing only a harmless littlo peasant girl, let her pass over the drawbridge and through tho castle gates. She walked up to the porter's lodge, where the porter's wife stood in the doorway scolding her children. Tho baron of OJcuwald-was extremely fond of mushrooms, and the basketful was soon bought and paid for by thc porter's wife. "Will you not stay with me and help me look after the children and cook the food for the prisoners?" she asked after a few moments' chat with Rosa. "I need a youug, strong girl like you aud I will give you a new dress every year.if you will stay." Rosa accepted this offer eagerly,and her duties, none too light, began that very day. She had to light the fire in the morning, dress the children, help the porter's wife cook tho mobt un savory soup for the prisoners of tho castle and do many other things. Ono day the porter came to his wife and told her that he was obliged to go away with the baron for some days and that she would have to take the prisoners' food to them, besides cook ing it. "Xo, indeed," replied his wife, promptly, "there are murderers and thieves in those cells and I will not go near them." "Let me go," begged Rosa. "I will do it for yon." "Very well," said the porter.rather surprised at her request, "come with me and I will show you how to unlock tho doors." Together they went down a windiug flight of 8ton? pfeDS, opened a door heavily bolted amt barred and down a long, dark corridor, dimly lightly by the porter's lantern. On one side were small btone cells behind whose iron gratin.s wild,crud faces gleamed in the light of the passing lantern. Hideous oaths and fearful laughter followed them, and Rosa shrank, frightened, to the porter's side. "Do you fear them," he said, "they cannot possibly escape. This man, however, is good and gentle, and you can go right iutohis cell." He stopped in front of one of the gratings and held up his lantern. Rosa's heart beat fast and lond. There, on a wretched heap of straw, lay her father, asleep,pale and emaciated. She longed to call to him, bu', remembered she must be silent before the porter, and they left him sleeping and walked back through the loDg corridor, bolt ing the heavy door behind them. The next day Rosa took into the prison the bowls of unappetizing soup, pushed one under every grating and finally came to her father's cell. Un locking his door she rushed in and knelt by the sick man's side. "Father! father!" she cried. "Rosa!" exclaimed the knight, recognizing his daughter in spite of the brown stain aud rough dress. He took her in his arms and together they wept over their terrible misfortunes. Then Eosa told her father all her adventures since he had been carried off,until the sound of the great bell of the castle comiug dim and muffled through the thick dungeon walls warned her that it was time to go back to the porter's wife. Twice every day Eosa brought food to the prisoners, and thus SPW her father. Escape, however, was not possible. The walls were too well guarded, and as the days slipped by tao poor knight grew worse aud Eosa despaired. One morning the castle was filled with noise and busy movement. The news that the baron was to return that evening with a large company of guests flew from mouth to mouth. So excited were they all that the nurse maid forgot her precious charges, the baron's two little sons,who were play ing in the courtyard, while she gos siped with the scuUeryinaid over the coming event. A bl ight blue and yellow butterfly flew across the yard, and away went tho two children after it. The butler fly settled for a moment ou the edgo of the bucket dangling over tho welk The eldest of tho children clambered up, stretched out his little hand to reach the gay plaything, lost his bal ance and fell iu. The baroness at the window saw and faiuted at the sight. Men and maids rushed up, and among them Eosa. Down into the dismal dopth of the well they peered and saw the little fellow's coat had caught on a sharp stone projecting half-way down thc well. Eosa saw that the coat was already beginning to tear; that there was no time to be lost, and, jumping into the bucket, told the men to let her down gently till she reached thj boy. Soon thc child was safe in her arms aud the bucket, with its oc cupants, carefully brought up to tho mouth of the well. It was notmauyhours after that the baron of Odenwald, sittiug in the great hall of the castle with his guests, heard the story of his son's narrow escape from death and of Eosa's plucky act. "Bring the girl here!"he commaud ed, and Eosa was brought in, her rough peasaut dress contrasting with the gay costumes of tho knights and ladies iu the hall. "Girl," said the baron, "you saved my sou's life. Ask what you will of me and I will give it you." "Baron of Odenwald," answered Eosa, boldly, "there is one favor I will ask of you. Give up your prisoner, the knight of Tannenburg, to me." i "Xo, no! Not that!" frowned the baron. A murmur went around tho hall from the guests-"Your word;" "your honor"-and the baron turned pale with chagrinjand rage. By his order tho wounded knight was brought up from the dungeon. Astonished and almost ! blinded by tho bright light ho gazed I around him, whilst Eosa quietly put j her baud in his. "My daughter, what does this mean?" ho sai.l. "His daughter," murmured the guests once more. Tho whole story then came out, a reconciliation was effected between tho knight aud the baron and the property of tho former restored to him. Some days later Eosa and her father i sat together iu an upper chamber of j the castle, the knight with the glow j of returning health on his faco, Eosa in a pretty little silk gown and the brownberry staiu completely disap peared. "Father," said Eosa, ^this is a happy ending after all to the story of the golden chain." 'Tes, dear," answered her father. "I begau the story, but it was my brave little daughter who brought it to this happy termination.-Chicago Eecord. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Ability is a poor man's wealth. -M. Wron. Avarice is thc vice of decliningyears. -Bancroft. Candor is the brightest g<i.n of criti cism. -Disraeli. We enjoy thoroughly only the pleas ure that we give.-Dumas. Advice is' seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.-John sou. Accuracy is the twin brother of hon esty; inacuracy of dishonesty.- Sim mons. Title and ancestry render a good mau more illustrious, but au ill ono more contemptible.-Addison. Affectation lights a caudle to our defects, aud though it may gratify our selves, it disgusts all others.-Lavater. The shortest aud surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what wc would appear to be. Socrates. Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.-Eochc foucauld. In activity wo must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like every thing else that is good, is its owu reward.-E. P. Whipple. This is a maxim of unfailing truth, that nobody ever pries into another man's concerns but with a design to do, or to be able to do him a mischief. -South. Call ou a business man only at busi ness times, and on business; transact your business and go about your busi ness, in order to give him time to finish his business. -Wellington. Oddities in Umbrellas. Many curious umbrellas are made. One I have seen can be taken apart aud put iu one's pocket. The stick is of wood about an iuch in diameter. The cover can be turned inside out, and folded iuto a small bundle. By touching a spring tho ribs come off, straighten out and may be placed in the hollow of the stick, which is then a presentable walking-stick. It is found very convenient by its owner, who is a drummer. Another is still more ingenious. Tho haudleis curved, and when a spring is pressed a pipe flies out. The ribs are stowed away in the centre, and the owner has a walking stick, but iu tho centre there is also a rapier, which may be drawn out. Another neat invention is a hol low stick which coutaiusa camp-chair. Three steel supports are pressed out of the top of the stick, a triangular piece of canvas put on, aud a seat is had which is at least as comfortable as a bicycle saddle. All of these strange umbrellas come from the Old World. The umbrella-makers say that Europeans take much more pride in their umbrellas than do people of this country. Many little jokos are concealed in the umbrella handles there. A handle may present tho ap pearance of the head of a monkey or a cat or some other animal, and a se cret spring will cause the little crea ture to open its mouth and spurt a drop of cologne on the beholder. John Gilmer Speed in Woman's Home Companion. THE PHILIPPINE EEK AMERICAN APIARISTS WANT GOV ERNMENT TO DOMESTICATE THEM. Huge Honey Gatherers That Make Coinb3 Six Feet High- Have Xever Yet Been Successfully Transferred from Their Native Haunts - T.cgumls About Them. The acquisition of the Philippine Islands has given new life to the old belief of the bee-keepers of this coun try that the giant honey bee of India, which is known tobe comniouin Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Luzon and Minda nao, can be introduced in the sub tropical regions of the United States. For several weeks letter iud petitions have been coming to the secretary of agriculture askiug him to secure East India.1 queen bees from Manila and make the effort to domes ticate the species here. Precedent for this course is found in tho fact that the Italian heo was io this way brought to the United States by Com missioner Halloway in I860, thereby adding vastly to the resources of the country. The East Indian bee, known scien tifically as apis dorsata, has never vet been successfully transferred from its native haunts to any part of Europo, and thc natives stoutly maintain that it caunot be done. As a rule they are very much afraid of it and do not care to molest it unless they can find n col ony at a disadvantage and attack it in such a way as to compass tho death of the bees. The product of tho big Indian bee that is most desired is not houey, but tho wax, which enters so largely into thc processes of dyeing cotton cloth in thc Orient. The wax is used to cover thc cloth where thc color is to bo stopped out, very much ns it is used for engraving ou steel with acid. Where there is no wax the dye sets, and where there is wax tho original white remains. As there aro millions upon millions of natives there is a large demand for the services of tho apis dorsata, and for his wax alone ho is hunted every where throughout tho East. Over and above the home consumption, the. Philippines export from ton to twenty tons of wax annually. The only attempt by an American to bring these giant bees to this coun try was made in 1881 by Mr. Frank Benton, now thc apiarist of the agri cultural department, who spent four teen years in studying the bees of Cy prus, Carniola, Syria and the East. He made a journey at his own ox pensc as far as Borneo, studying the native bees wherever ho went. He found the big bees in Ceylon aud de cided to try to tnke several colonies of thom back to his apiary at Bahut, Syria. Far up in the mountains,with the aid of several natives, he found a number of the huge combs hanging from a tall cliff, a place which the bees had evidently sought to keep out of reach of wax hunters. The natives wore not very successful in getting tho bees: Their way of doing it was to let a mau down over the cliff by a rope, who by "lighting the bees with a torch finally managed to slip a bag over the pendant comb and so secure a mass of badly mashed comb, honey and bees. As these combs were some of them over six feet long and from three to four feet wide, the sack method did not provo effective, and Mr. Benton decided to do the job himself. Ho rigged two scaffolds, such as painters use, and let them down under the combs. On theso bc placed two big boxes. At night he had his force of natives lei him down by a rope, and swinging there a hun dred feet from the rocks below and in constant danger of a general attack from the bees, he succeeded iu shak ing thc bees into ouo of the boxes, ali-o catching the queen, and theu put ting the comb into thc other. In this wav he secured four colonies and car ried them through the week's journey to Syria. But one colony was alive when he got there. This was much enfeebled by tho hot weather and tho confinement on the steamer, and when it was allowed a Hight for exercise, as was absolutely necessary to keep it alive, it scattered and was lost. Dur ing tho trip Mr. Benton was pros trated by jungle fever caught while in Borneo, and could not give the bees the caro that might have brought them through alive, and so produced n plant from which queens could have been produced and sent to thc United States. The experience was enough to satisfy Mr. Beuton that tho giaut bec is reasonably docile and can bo kept in a hive aud handled just as Italians are. For ceuturics the Indian bee has been the subject of a good many largo storio?. Some travelers have said that .it was so ferocious that it could not be hived. Others have claimed that it built its comb horizontally, while others said that the iusect was au in corrigible nomad and bound to wan der every year, so that it could never bc kept in an apiaiy. It is true that they lovo the wilderness and build their combs on high tsccs, choosing long, outstretching limbs from which to hang their loug, singlc-tiercd comb. They will also fight when molested by the wax hunter, whose usual method is to hold a torch under thc comb and smoke out the bees, which fly about in great consternation and soon fall within the flame. Their wiugs aro thus burned off and they fall to the ground to perish. ? With a club the hunter knocks down thc coveted comb and gets away, leaving behind him thousands of dead bees. The giant bees, Mr. Benton says, are splendid honey gatherer?,, and ho had no difficulty iu handliug them without the uso of smoke. The ex pectation is that these bees would got nectar from a large variety of honey producing plants that our native and Italian bees caunot forage upon be cause of their smaller size. H is also not improbable that the apis dorsata would be of use to pollenize tho large blossoms of tho rod, alsike, buffalo and mammoth clovers, aud in this way take up the work o'* our old friend the bumble bec, who in the last few years seems not to bo as numerous and efficient as ho euee was. The fact, moreover, that the Indian beo is a very active wax gatherer adds to tho likelihood of profit in his domestica tion here. The method by which the big bee is to bc brought over here has not yet been decided upon. It is believed that among all (he many thousands of our troops iu tho Philippines there must be a few bee men who, nndor the direction of the department, could undertake the job of capturing queens or eutire colonies and sending them to this country. There would be little difficulty in sending tho queens over, but the colonies would take more | care aud some expense. They could be sent across the Pacific to southern California, or they could come by way of Europe to be dvmiciied in Florida. Compared with Italians, the Indian oees arc about one-third larger. The tineen is fully an inch long. The lirones aro as large as our bumble bee, but rather slender aud wasplike. The greatEastludiau boo is not banded and is yellow winged. The variety found in the Philippines is even l&rger than that found in India, Ceylon, and is banded yellow and brown.-AVash ington Star. MANILA WOMEN'S CHURCHGOING. Dress in Their Best and Take Their Ble uest Cijr.ir. When a Filipino woman-goes to church, as she does every Snnday.raiu or shine, she dresses in her best and takes her biggest cigar. In fact, if s^e has far to go she takes two cigars. Her childreu are dressed in their clean clothes, and all go along behaving as they should. They kee]) on the shady side of the street, and where there are crossings and ouly the shadow of the telephone wires the mother raises her parasol, which is about the size of a good umbrella. The typical Filipino woman takes great pride in her hair. In fact she spends a great deal of her time in combing aud washing it*. When she dresses for any occasion she lets her hair fall down her back, and it gener ally reaches to her waist. So it is on Sunday as she shuffles away'to mass, Her brown shoulders are bare and her Eton-like jacket seoins about to fall o?r over one arm or the othor-but it is not quite big enough for that, Under this jacket she wears a lace bodice, usually of ecru colored linen and very well laundered. Her skirt is of linen material, or, if she can af ford it, of silk, but always either black or brown. One side of the bot tom of the skirt is caught up under her belt and this takes up its fulluess. Now if she is very well to do she pi ' j on stockings, but that is not neces sary. Her toes are Bhoved into a pair of heelless slippers with woodeu sides. Hor children aro dressed as she is if they are girls. If a boy is trotting along at her sido he wears a pair of white trousers coming well down on the ankles and his feet are stuffed in to a pair of slippers. Over his shoul ders and fal iug down Uko a China man's is a gauze shirt, plain or cov ered with spangles, according to the financial standing of his father or the pride of his mother. So they go down the street, the children hand in hand. Ahead of them tho mother is scuttling ulong,, puffing at a large cigar, the ashes oi' which she flicks off from time to time with all the skill of one to the manner boi n. If by any chance shebas to re*' light tho weed she carr'os matches in tho pocket of her dr?ss for that pur pose, and she is successful in tho art of making matches burn in tho stiffest wind. At the church door she pauses to chat with ono of her neighbors and perhaps to gossip a bit. If she is on tho way out she lights her cigar.looks at the firoend of it to see if the "light" is good and then turns to do her talk ing. And she can talk when tho oc casion demands. The language seems to be fitted to rapid work and the way it slides out by the side of the cigar demonstrates a thorough understand ing of thc mother tongue. When her gossipingis done she hoists her parasol and walks out into tho sun. Mo mat ter how rapid her talk was back there in the cool arches of the church, her pace is neve" fast down the street. She passes with a majestic sweep tho women who are coming along with baskets'on their heads and smoking cigarettes. Perhaps the peddler wom an has her hair dono up in a knot and is otherwise beneath notice, but if the well-dressed woman happens to need a "light" she asks for it with somo hauteur and gets it with plenty of comradeship. When this woman roaches home it is supposed she goos about her house hold duties and gets dinner, into which -she puts au extra amount of cocoanut oil. But later in the after noon she takes her place on what does duty for a veranda and there she smokes and chats with hor neighbors or scolds her children.-Harry A. Armstrong, iu Chicago Record. A Novel Bicycle Ballway. "The greatest novelty iu tho way of a bicycle railway," observed an offi cial of the naval observatory, "runs between Smithfield and Mount Holly, N. J., a distance of about three miles. The fare for the ride is five cents, but each passenger has to work his own transportation. It is simply a one track road, about the height of the . second rail in the" ordinary country fence. Indeed, it seems as if one was riding ou the top of u fence. Tre mendous bursts of speed cannot bo made ou it for the reason that it is quite dangerous to go as fast as you can, for there are breaks in tho rail at a half dozen places, or at least places where there would be breaks if the gates were not closed. There or four country roads cross tho rail at differ ent points. The bicycle used is of special build, and besides having tho wheel which takes tho rail, has two smaller ones below, which inn along on either side of the lower rail of the fence, thus keeping the bicycle on the fence roil. There is but ono track, and when parties meet one lins to get off and take his machine from tho rail so as to let thc other pass. Notwith standing this and other peculiarities of the road, it pays, and in summer 1 time pays handsomely. Besides three miles of country, a wide river and three large streams are traversed, via a single-rail bridge."-Washington Star. Making Coffee in Cuba. "The American people not only eat and drink too fast," said an .experi enced world-trotter tho other day, "but they also preparo what they eat and drink with too much hurry to do it properly. An admirable lesson could be learned from thc Cubans that would lossen ono national evil of ours very materially. I refer to tho mak ing of coffee, or rather the preparation of coffee beforoboiug made. Wo buy our coffee roasted, and, frequently, both rousted and ground, in bulk, and its essence is constantly escaping and diminishing its potency for future strength. Tho Cubans never buy their coffee except in the raw state, and the grain's are roasted only a very short while before the coffee is to be made. After being roasted, it is ground or beaten into particles about as small as what we call ground coffee. Theu the Cubans roast this again thoroughly. After this second roast ing the particles are virtually pulver ized. The coffee then made by the Cubans is tho finest in the world. It takes more time and trouble perhaps, but the delicious result would be worth thrice as much of both.-Wash ington Star. In Peril Prom Bees and Microbes. Bees sting the person who is afraid o! them. They buzz harmlessly and cheerfully about one who feels neither fear nor anger in their presence. Probably fear and auger make tho in sensible perspiration of the person in some way obnoxious to tho bees. This may be an indication that fear and anger predisposes one to the attacks of microbes, at least by removing some protection which good-naturo and courage give.-Boston Christian Reg ister, ' 44A Good Name At Home Is ?L Tower of Strength Abroad." In Lowell, ?Moss., tohere Hood's Sarsapa rilla, is made, it still has a larger sale than all other blood purifiers. Its fame and cures and sates have spread abroad, and it is universally recognized as the best blood medicine money can buy. Remember PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE. Expert Hoyne Soya the Acricnltnral Pr o?r; rot Ia Gloomy? The Agricultural Department, Wash ington, has received from Manila an Interesting report by Lieutenant A. P. Hayne, of the California Heavy Artil lery, on agriculture In the Philippines. Lieutenant Hayne, who was a pro fessor at the University of California when he entered the vclun^eer service, had not been able to make prsonnl ob servations beyond the American lines, but he transmits the translation of an article prepared for him by Senor Manuel Del Busto, chief of the agricul tural experiment station In Manfla. The most remarkable feature of the report ls the almost hopeless picture presented of the conditions prevailing In the Islands. The great fertility of the soil ls point ed ovit, and it Is said that only lc a few restricted areas where three crops a'year have been gathered without In terruption for several centuries, ls there any apparent need of fertilizers. In spite of all this, all attempts at colonization have failed, either through the poor class of emigrants secured, tbs flnanchii Instability of the various companies, or thc corruption and op pression of the Governors and Go "em inent Agents. The result ls that the middle and lower classes in the Isl and's are almost of the worst possible type. In addition to this primary difficulty in securing reliable labor, the agricul turist ls confronted nt the start with the necessity for an immense amount of work In clearing new land. When this is accomplished and a luxuriant crop is raised, It ls at the mercy of the first typhoon. Besides the t3;phoon, there ls to be feared In certain provinces the "dagu do," or dry land wind which dries up and destroys vegetation. Diseases, so far hardly known to European doctors, result from the turning up of the vir gin soil. According to competent medi cal authority many of these strange disorders cause death within a few hours, while by others, even If the patient recovers, he ls condemned to a wretched and lingering existence. Another of the great difficulties In the way of agricultural development ls the utter lack of roads and shipping points. The native Filipino ls unable to do any large amount of work and cares to do less. He Is indolent and given to gambling. All these vices have to be taken Into account in any undertaking where labor is employed. The lack of credit ls another serious handicap to enterprise. The minimum cost of money in thc Philippines, re gardless of security, Is twelve per cent. At present the Filipinos are cursed by a well organized body of the worst sort of usurers. The price of nearly all . crops Is steadily falling, as the production re trogrades, in quantity and quality. Lieutenant Hayne, in transmitting "this interesting document, states he would strongly recommend special ^quarantine measures against Philip pine plants, as there exists an Immense number of very Injurious parasites in the Islands, and many private parties in the United States are already pre paring to import botannlcal specimens. A AVoinnn Who Inanred. "Women are the most unreasonable creatures in the world," 6aid the in surance man to his wife. "Some women," she corrected him. "Well, we won't quarrel about it, but let me tell you about that old lady in Slabtown, who had her house in sured three weeks ago," he went on. "She had a $1,500 policy on "it, about all it was worth really, and wo were only getting .$12 a half a year for car rying lt. Last night it burned down to the ground to-day she was In to see me. ?She was fairly sopping In tears and angry besides. "T thought,' she sobbed, 'that if I had my house Insured it wouldn't burn down. You told rae that, I nra sure.' " 'Oh, I beg your pardon, my dear lady, I couldn't have said that,' said I. " 'Yes, you did, or I never would have had lt insured. 'I've been living in that house for fifty years, and it never was Insured before, and lt never burned down before. And It wouldn't have been Insured now If you hadn't put me up to it.' V 'But I never told you that It wouldn't burn down if you had it In sured.' "Yes, you did, too," she Insisted, 'for what is the good of insuring a house if lt ls going to burn down, I'd like to know?' " 'There's a good deal of good. For Instance, you will get $1,500 from the Insurance company, which you wouldn't have got, and you have only paid $12.50.' " 'When do I get It?' she sobbed, as If she wasn't going to get a cent. " 'Just as soon as we can get matters In shape and report the loss to the company.' " 'Well,' she said, sniffing as she went out, T suppose I will, but If I had known lt would have burned down, just the same, I never would have had It Insured, never.' "-Wash ington Star. Are You Itchy? If so, something is wrong with your skin. Ask your druggist for Tettoilue, find you can cure yourself without o doctor for 50 cents. Any skin disenso, ringworm, eczema, salt rheum, etc. Or send 50 cents In stamps for box prepaid to J. Ti Shuptrlne, Savannah, Ga. Try a box. Brooklyn. N. Y.. pays 0? cents per night for each 1,300 c. p. lamp. Tn Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascareis Candy Cathartic. 10c or S5c. If C. C. C. fall to cure, drugglsterefund money. Thc Sahara desert is three times as large as the Mediterranean. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Symp for children tepthlne.poitens the gums, reduceslnflarnma llon.allays pain.cures wind colic. 36c. a bottle. After physicians had given me np. I was saved by Piso's Cure.-RALPH ERIEO, Wil liamsport, Pa.. Nov. 23,1803. The fallings of good men are more pub lished than their virtues. Frlucnte Your Bowels VVlth Cascareis. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 25c. If C. C. C. fall, druggistsrefuud money. Wo bato some persons because wc do not now them. To cure, or A WON DEE F TTL VTEISL. f ft Forms a Spcotaclo of Superlative Splendor In Southern California. Southern California has recently achieved another distinction. Prolific in natural wonders as that region of the country ls, they are mostly of the mammoth sort, consisting of moun tains, cascades of wonderful and mar vellous rock formations, not to men tion deserts far below sea level, wastes of sand, and Intolerable heat The community that has thus sprung Into prominence is Whittler, a little city of the valley enclosed by the Sierra Madre Mountains, and about ten miles from Los Angeles. Geologists have de termined that the city is located over the oil strata, a continuance of that which flows so prolifically In Los An geles. Several oil wells have been sunk, nnd indications of oil to be found nt a depth of from three hundred to four hundred feet were so encouraging ns to stimulate a number of landed proprietors In following suit. Among others was Rancher Meyers, who owns a farra at Santa Fe Springs, a suburb of Whittler. Meyers's well up to May 10th had reached a point five hundred feet below the surface, and at most of the distance had been lined with a ten-inch iron pipe. A drill weighing two hundred pounds was employed In boring. Suddenly, on the morning of Hint dnte. a rushing, roaring sound was hoard, followed, to the infinite amaze ment of tne party of workmen stand ing by, with the ejection of the drill, accompanied by an awful explosion of muddy water, mingled with stones and hot sulphurous gas. The force dis played was tremendous. The derick was instantly shattered, and the col umn of water soon rose to an altitude of five hundred feet, falling In cascades nnd forming a spectacle of superlative splendor. At this height the well continued to flow for five days, and the flood of water was so great that it was with difficulty prevented from covering the entire Hinch. The gas easily Ignited, and burned with a bright blue flame. Thousands of people witnessed this re markable exhibitition of subterranean forces, and regarded the sight as the most wonderful spectacle they ever be held. After continuing for some days, the eruption gradually decreased, and has since, subsided into sn ordinary flowing well, but of uncommon volue. During the period of its most extreme activity the well presented such a re markable sight that visitors thronged from miles around to witness tho strange spectacle.-Collier's Weekly. A Dog Liven With Foxen. Cascade township, Lycoming County, has a dog that was stolen by foxes and which now lives in the woods with the sly animals that stole it. N. J. Ma loney, a farmer of the township, had had several chickens stolen by foxes. Mr. Maloney was not the only person who missed some of his chickens. There were others. Some of his neigh bors waited with shotguns for the thieves, and four or five foxes were killed. Instead of doing that Mr. Maloney put a six-month-old pup In a kennel near the chicken-coop. He thought the dog would frighten thc foxes away; but he was mistaken. The first night that the pup was put on guard the foxes made a raid, and, besides one or two chickens, stole the deg. It was thought that thejfoxes had killed the dog; but several nights ago the dog was seen going along the edge of the mountains with two foxes. The dog has assumed the slyness of a fox, nnd can run nearly as fast as the fores. Mr. Maloney is anxious to get his dog back, and has set a trap for lt.-New York Press. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shako into your shoos Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for* the feet. It makes Tight ot New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun ions, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Aching and Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists Grocers and Shoo Stores, 25c. Sample senl FBEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeBoy N. Y. _ Now Zealnnrt fnrroers send frozen cre.Vni lo London, where it Is churned for butter. [LETTER TO ME 3. PI.VKHAU NO. 78,465] "I was a sufferer from female weak ness. Every month regularly as the menses came, I suffered dreadful pains in uterus, ovaries PERIODS OF SUFFERING GBVEPLAQE TO PERIODS OF JOY were affected and had leucorrhcea. I had my children very fast and it leftmeverywe ak. A year ago I was taken with flood ing and almost died. Tho doctor even gave me up and wonders how I ever lived. "I wrote for Mrs. Pinkham's advice at Lynn, Mass., and took lier medicino and began to get well. I took several bottles of the Compound and used the Sanative Wash, and can truly say that I am cured. You would hardly know mc, I am feeling and looking so welk Lydia.E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound made me what I am."-Mus. J. F. STRETCH, 461 MECHANIC Sr., CAMDEN, N. J. How Mrs. Brown Waa Helped. "I must tell you that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has dono more for me than any doctor. "I was' troubled with irregular menstruation. Last summer I began the uso of your Vegetable Compound, and after taking two bottles, I have been regular every month since. I recommend your medicine to all." Mns. MAGGIE A. BBOWN, WEST PT. PLEASANT, N. J. Where Royally Ran Wild. The czar was taught English, which he speaks without any accent, by a Mr. Henth, a gentleman who was very fond of boxing. An interesting picture is given by a French writer of the early life of the young ruler of the Russians. Nicholas and his broth ers were brought up with very little ceremony, though they were well edu cated, particularly in religious matters. But"their Sundays were not passed in i fashion which the old Puritans would have approved of, for on that partic ular day they entertained at dinner their boy and girl friends, and very lively these banquets were. The man ners at the table of the future czar and his brothers and friends remind one rather of the days of Peter the Great, and the way in which that mon arch "carried on," for we are told that "there was no end to the tricks the hosts and their small guests played. From end to end of the table there used to be continuous firing of bread pellets, which were perpetually strik ing princely noses or landing in royal mouths."-Chicago Times-Herald. money refunded by your Exceptions. "They're both remarkable men," said the dyspeptic person. "Samp son and Schley are both entitled to credit." "? don't quite follow yon." "They said what was on their minds aud then quit. They're the only men T know of who don't stop work for several hours every day to argue about what happened at Santiago."-Wash ington Star. Still More Counterfeiting. The Secret Service has Just unearthed an other band of counterfeiters, and secured a large quantity of bogus bills, which are efl cleverly executed that the average person would never suspect them of being spurious. Things of groat value aro always solected for imitation, notably nostettor's Stomach Bit ters, which bas many Imitators but no equals for dlsordors like Indigestion, dyspepsia con stipation, nervousness and genoral debility. Always go to rellablo druggists who have the reputation of giving what you ask for. Thore were 2.150.000 acres plantod In wheat Inst year in Victoria. Cc n't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, fun of Ufo, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bnc, the wonder-workor, that makes woak men strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran teed. Booklot and saniplo free. Address Sterling llemcdy Co., Chicago or Now York. Scientists have discovered thattho memory lt siro:.ger in summer than in winter. "Mulberry Pills?' (WJntcr3:rltJi?8) cure constipation, headache, liver trouble Evon our grandmothers knew the mulberry was nature's laxative. Such aro "Mulberry Pills." To provo tholr value we will send a sample size box to any addrc5s on receipt of a 3c stamp to pay postage. Address, Arthur Peter SB Co., Louisville, Ky. The champion lady golfer of Ireland is but 17 rears old. Beauty Is Blood Deep. ClPJ.n blood means a clean skin. No henuty without lt. Casonrets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood nnd keepit clean, by stirring up the Inzy liver and driving all im purities from tho" body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, bolls, blotches, blackheads, and thnt sickly bilious complexion by taking Cnscarets.-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c Brookb n has 474 milos of paved streets, exclusive of those made of macadam. Kits permanently cured. No Ats or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. 62 trial bottleandtreatlsefree. DH. B. H. KLINE, Ltd.. 031 Arch St., Fhlla., Pa. Water ls tho hardest of nil substancos to heat, except hydrogen gas. No-To-Bac for Fifty Conta. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men 6trong, blood pure. BOC, 8!. All druggists. Paper ls now made la Rolland from potato stems and leaves. W. H. Griffin, Jackson, Michigan, writes: "Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years. Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me." Sold by Drug gists, 75c. _ lian Avraf tilth flie Net. George A. Drew of Lewiston, Me.. Is confident that the largest fish In the lake is somewhere near Bernis. Mr. Drew was fishing off the wharf al Bernis the other day, when he had a good-sized strike. He tried to play the fish for a while, but was unable t mote his catch. Finally Mr. Drew got the fish to the top of the water and found that it was a monster. The fish could not be taken from the wharf, ,so thc guide got a boat and thc two fisher men went out. The trout was evident ly up to all the tricks known to the finny tribe, for after playing him for awhile, Mr. Drew brought him up alongside the boat. The guide reahed out with the land ing not, aud had the smallest part of the trout In it, when the fish gave a lunge and took the net from the pole. He Is now swimming In Rangeley Lake with a landing net for a muzzle. Mr. Drew declares that over fifteen inches of the fish protruded from the net af ter the smallest part had been raised from the water.-New York Press. Tho lightest tubing ever made ls pf nickel-aluminum. Three thousand feet of this tubing weighs only one pound. ! 30 S. Broad St.. Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Stenm Water Heaters, Steam Pumpa and Penberthy Injectors. Manufacturers nnd Dealers In S -A. "W" MILLS, Com Mills, Feed Mills, Cotton Gin Machin ery and Grain Separator's. SOLID nnd INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and I eeks, Knight's Patent Dogs, Blrdsall Saw Hill and Engine Kcpaira, Governors, Grate I and a full lino of Mill Supplies. Price Bi and quality of goods guaranteed, freo by mentioning this paper. Catalogue MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Tulane University of louisiana. Its advantages for practical Instruction, beth In ample laboratories and abundant hospital materials, are unequnllod. Freo access ls given to the great Charity Hospital with 900 bods and 30,000 patients annually. Special Instruc tion ls given dally at the bedside of tho sick. Tho next session begins October 10th, 1809. For catalogue and information address Prof. S. K. C1TAILLE. M. D., Pean, P. O. Drawor 201. NEW ORLEANS, LA. THE ATLANTA hcdihedd attest OfTors thorough practical courses in Bookkeep ing, and shorthnnd and Typewriting. Students placed In positions without oxtra charge Re duced rates to all onterlng school this month. Call on or address. THE ATLANTA BUSINESS COLLEGE, 1*8,130 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY. DENTAL DEPARTMENT Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons OLDEST COLLEGE IN .STATE. Thirteenth An nual fcesslon opens Oct. 3; closes April 80th. Thoso contemplating the study of DenUstry should wrlto for catalogue Address S. W. FOSTER, Dean. 02-63 Inman Bids.? Atlanta, Sa. BOTTLE OF MORPHINE. -T. M. Warren, Ordinary Wilcox Co., Abbeville, says: "I used daily ono bottle morphine and quart of whisky 7 years ago; Dr. Syms cured me In Ki days without losing a night's sleep or suf ierlng a flngle day, and I have novcr wanted any morphine or whisky slnco. Will answer any questions." Patients given a written guarantee. >o suffering or loss of 6leop. Habit cured in 2C <lays;no pay illlabsolutely cured. For terms,etc., wrlteDr.B. A. S\ms. 51 Williams St., Atlanta, Ga. and Whiskey Habits cured at home with out ^ain. Book of par ticulorsFcnt Fit EE. B. II. WOOLLEY, M.D. Atlanta,"wa. Ofllce 104 N. Pryor St. ?V 1*ZW DISCOVERY; g-ivei J I q nick r?Uaf and eure? wont enies- Bo < uf testimonial? and IO dava' treatment Froc. Dr. H. B. Oi-EEN'l BODS. Box D, Atlanta. Ga TV"ANTED-Ca90 of bad health that RIP ANS J ' WU not boneflt. Send 6 cte. to Ripans Chemical Co., NewYork. for 10 samples and 10UU testimonials. If not kept by druggists mail 25 cento to C. merchant, so why not try it We never did ; but we have seen the clothing at this time of the year so covered with dandruff that it looked as if it had been out In a regular snow storm. Noticed of this snowstorm. As the summer ?un would melt the falling snow so will melt these flakes cf dandruff In the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. It has still other properties: it will restore color to gray hair in lust ten times out of every ten cases. And it does even more: it feeds and nourishes the roots of the hair. Thin hair becomes thick hair; and 6hort hair be comes long bair. Wc have a book on the Hair and Scalp. It is yours, for the asking. If yon do not obtain all the benefits you oxpeoted (rom tho nie ot the Vigor, wrlto tho doctor about U, Probably there ls ioma difficulty with your gen eral ayatem which may bo oaally rc DR Address, J. C. A??R, LowcU, Mass. GOLDEN CROWN Aro th? beat. A?k (cr them. Cost no more tlinn common chimney*. All deniers. PITTSBURG GLASS CO., AUeffhony, Tm. 41 After I waa Induced to try CASCA? KET9, I will never bo without them In tho house. My liver was In a very bad shape, end my hoad ached aad I had stomach trouble. Kow. since tak ing Cnscarets, I (col fine. My wiro has also used them with beneficial results (or sour stomach." JOS. KBBSUXa, HCl Congress St., St. Louis, Mc. Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Gr Good, Never Sicken, Wcakei. or Grlpo, 10c, ... CURE CONSTIPATION. Sterling Hentdy l'coyra?. Culcra, Montreal, Kew ' Uti TIS Hfii* Sold and gparantcrd by gU? I U?0ftu olsts to CEKHTobaccc [LETTES TO MES. y TN Kt* Alf KO. - : ?1 had female < plaints sp bad that it caused me to have hysterical fits; have had as many as nine in one day. i "Five bottles" of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured me and it has been a year since I had an attack. firs. Edna Jackson, Pearl, La.' If Mrs. Pinkham's Compound will cure such severe cases as this surely it must be a great medicine-is there any sufferer foolish enough not to give it a trial ? postal, and we will send you our 153 page illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. 176 Winchester Avcnuo, New Haven, Conn. Doesn't your boy write well? Perhaps he has tit good ink. CARTER'S INK XS THE EEST Z275. More used than any othen Don't cert you any more than poor ink. Ask for it. ^TVTtt^TtTVrfW'TTTm'l ?UKtb miRE ALL ELSE FAILS. hji Beet Cou{th Syrup. Tastes Good. TJso In time. Sold by druggists. USE CERTAIN CHILL CURE. MENTION THIS P?PER?A?SO JFFEiTS Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Makes Teething Easy. TEETHINA Relieves th8 Bowel Troubles of Children of Any fige. i POWDERS *S J. IflOFFETT, M. D., ST. LOL IS, 3IO. Coats Only SS Cents. Ask Your Druggist (or lt ?? Price 450c