irSpli?s 'I have used Avers Hair Vigor for thirty years. It is elegant for a bair dressing and for keeping the hair from splitting ac the ends." J. A. Gr uen e nf e Id'er, Grantfork, III. Hair-splitting sol friendships. If the ns ilits tair splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting hai begun, it will stop it. $1.00 a bottle. All dnwists. If your druggist cannot supply yon. send us ono dollar and we wlQ express yon a bottle. Bo sore andeive tb? raino of your nearest express omeo. Address, J. C. AYER CO.; Lowell, Mass. ^nrw-^-rT^mrr mr?-? J-< GLESB USE OF THE RIGHT HAND. Not Due to Training, Bue Is a Natural Distinction. Prof. Cunningham pointed out how it is evident that as far back as we can trace man he was preferentially right handed. Thus Dr. R. Lehmann Kitsche had examined the bones of prehistoric men from southern Ba varia and had found that the clavicle and the long bones of the right upper limb were distinctly heavier and more massive than the corresponding bones of the opposite side. All the evidence at our disposal goes io snow that right handedness is due to a transmitted functional pre-eminence of the left brain, and this functional pre-eminence was not a haphazard acquisition which had been picked up during the lifetime of the individual, it rested upon some structural foundation which transmit ted from parent to offspring. Modern science, then, if we have correctly in :erpreted Frof. Cunningham's meaning, would seem to show that there is a distinction in nature of the right hand, -it is-indubitably the one by which most delicate manual actions are per formed, with one marked exception namely, the fingering in the play of stringed instruments which are played witt a bow. If, as Prof. Cunningham, in referring to the crossing of the motor impulses, says, "It thus came ont that the left cerebral hemisphere ntrolled and regulated the muscles the right side, and. Its functional periority over the right hemisphere as indicated by the subservient posi tion which the left hand held with reference to the right, and the man ier, in which all manual acts which equire precision and skill, all the ovements which specially required e higher guidance of the brain, were performed by the right hand"-if this be so, how comes it that the fingering of a violin, which surely is an act re quiring the higher guidance of the brain, is always, so far as we know, performed by the left hand?-London L ancet. "THE USUAL WAY. " He-How did you come to get inter %xgt\ in that story? She-I liked the way it ended. Detroit Free Press. m Fibroid Tm A distressing case which baffled the ski Mrs. Hayes, of the following letter cured, after everyth Lydia E. Piiikham's Mrs. Hayes' First Letter Appea " DEAR MRS. PINEHAM : - I ha ment for a long time without any i tumor. I cannot sit down without up my spine. I have bearing-down domen is swollen, and I have had fl< petite is not good. I cannot walk 01 "The symptoms of Fibroid T curately describe my case, so I writ E. F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St., (Roxh Note the result of Mi though she advised Mrs. her medicine-which sh< her letter contained a;n tions as to treatment, al about the happy result "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Son Lng my symptoms and asked your all your directions carefully, and tc " The use of Lydia E. Pinkhi expelled the tumor and strength? m?es now. " Lydia E. Pinkham'e Vege lars a drop. I advise all womel female trouble of any kind to giv< E. F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St., (Roxi MOUE tain s of gold could not the place of the health and hap " jetable Compound bf ought t< ^jestimony should be ac tdia E. Pinkha smedy for aJ Treasure Trove. In a brick field near Feodosia, on the coast of the Crimea, a vessel con taining about a thousand ancient Greek copper coins of various sizes has recently been dug upon. On one side of the coins the letters HAH are inscribed; on the other side is the head of Pan. Pan was the tutelary god of Panticpaeum, the old Milesian colony upon whose site Kertch now stands. The coins are in good preser vation. They bear, besides the In scription, a quiver and an arrow. This is unquestionably a portion of the treasure brought by the Greeks from Ionia when they founded Theodosia. THE CANDID FRIEND? Alice (looking at her portrait) Don't you think that Van Brush has managed to make a rather pretty pic ture of me: Edith-Yes, he really has: what a remarkably clever artist he IJ. GIVIIN'G HIM PRACTICE. Aspiring Poet-I'll set the world ablaze yet. His wife-I do hope you will, dear. Would you mind making a fire in the kitchen stove-just as a matter ol practice, you know. The Fc-ru-na Almanac. Thc druggists have already been supplied with Peruna almanacs. There is sure to be a great demand for these almanacs on account of the articles? on astrology which they contain. The subject of astrology is a very at-., active o:ie to most people. The articles on astrology in . the Peruna al manac have been furnished by a very com petent astrologist, and thc mental charac teristics of each sign is given, constituting almost a complete horoscope. A list of questions and answers on astrology sent free upon request. There will be a great rush for these books. Ask your druggist for one early before they are all gone. When a man is forced to choose between two evils he is apt to choose the one he hasn't tried before. SlOO Reward. SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's OatarrhCure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mu cous surfaces of tho systom, theroby destroy ing the foundation of tho disease, und giving? the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. ?fend for list of testimonial- duress F. J. CHENEY & c ' iedo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills aro tb- c. Bread as a daily article of food is used by only about one-third of the population of the earth. FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer. $2 trial bottleand treatise freo Dr. B.H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phlln., Pa. The chance of two finger prints being alike ?K not one in 64,000,000,000. Mrs.Winslow's SoothingSyrup for children teetbing.softenthe gums, reduces inflamma tion.allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. abDttlo lt is said that Texas alone markets $50,000,000 worth of cattle annually. I PUTNAM. FADELESS DYES color more goods, brighter colors, with )es3 work than others. The number of lepers in the Philippine Islands is estimated at about 12,000. Ido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump lionhas an equal for coughs and colds-JOHN P.BOYES, Trinity Springs. Ind.. Fob. 15.1900. If she is frugal even thc old maid caa aysband her resources. nors Cured. of Fibroid Tumor, ll. of Boston doctors. Boston, Mass., in tells how she was ing else failed, by Vegetable Compound* tiing to Mrs. Pinkham for Help/ ve been under Boston doctors' treat .-elief. They tell me I have a fibroid great pain, and the soreness extends pains both back and front, ifly ab Dwing spells for three years. My ap ? be on my feet for any length of time, umor given in your little book ac e to you for advice."-(Signed) Mrs. my) Boston, Mass. rs. Pinkham's advice-al Hayes, of Boston, to take ? knew would help her tass of additional instruct 1 of which helped to bring letime ago I "wrote to you describ advice. You replied, and I followed ?-day I am a well woman, tm's Vegetable Compound entirely med my whole system. I can walk table Compound is worth five dol a who are afflicted with tumors or 5 it a faithful trial"-(Signed) MRS. >ury) Boston, Mass. purchase such testimony-or tako piness which Lydia E. Pinkham's > Mrs. Hayes. icepted by all women as convincing m's Vegetable Compound stands il the distressing ills of women; all mations; ulceration, falling and dis he; irregular, suppressed or painful * ?haracter of the testimonial let leave no room for doubt, answer any letters her illness. BEDS OF BIRDS AND BEASTS. COUCHES FOR BUTTERFLIES AND SLEEPING PLACES OF FISHES. How the Sparrow Roosts Wild and In Captivity-Resting While Hanging j Upside Down-Dreamland Among I Animals. We seldom realize how strong the sentiment of home ls amotig animals. Not home in the sense of the place where the eggs or young are cared for, lut the spot which is selected as a sleeping-place-where after a long day's hunt or journey, the creature may return and rest itself. Who would think of a butterfly as having a home? To see one of these insects flying aimlessly from one flower to another, memory of the place where the previous night was spent would seem improbable. And yet many of these little creatures do re member and returh'night after night to the same spot. A hibernating but terfly was found one cold February day, clinging with stiffened .?et to the ' under side of a piece of bark on the ground. Held in the fingers and ex amined, it might have been a cabinet specimen, for not the slightest sign of life was exhibited. The butterfly was replaced, and a day or two later, when a thaw made the air spring-like, the in sect had deserted its winter's bedroom and was not to be found. The follow ing day it returned, and when found was quite limp, but speedily stiffening from the recurring cold weather into the death-like trance of hibernation. Fishes sleep, and very soundly.too. Although they have no eyelids tb close, and no change can be detected in the expression of the eyes, yet loss of con sciousness is proved by the lack of notice taken of clouds and other dis turbing conditions. These creatures have favorite resting places to which they return again and again. In thc Bay of Fundy at every incoming tide fish return to certain spots, generally niches in the rocks, and remain mo tionless, and probably asleep, for hours. The exact location of each spot chosen and rechosen, and the similar ity in the appearance of the fish oc cupants, would seem to warrant the assertion that they were the same indi viduals. Sparrows generally roost singly in summer, returning night after night to the same beam or shutter. In winter they band together, and in a city will sometimes come from blocks around p.nd perch by thousands in one tree, the weight of the birds bending thc branches, and the mingled chirps mak ing a deafening chorus before sleep quiets them. The little marsh wrens, whose nests are so numerous in reedy swamps, are very fond of bedrooms, and while thc female is sitting on her eggs, the energy of the male bird, when not bub bling over in song, is expended in the construction if additional nests., some of which he may make use of for sleep ing purposes. In captivity, birds have many curi ous ways of sleeping which must hint of wild habits and causes unknown to ns. We can understand certain par rots clinging with feet and bill to the sides of their cages, as it is known that when wild the- spend the nights in hollow trees, har n? to the rough ened crevices on the .aside. But even Jays and some sparrows will sleep soundly supported on the perpendicu lar wire by their toes alone. When a number of different kinds of birds are kept in one cage, each species is al ways to be found by itself at night thrushes in one row, mocking birds In another, song-sparrows on their own individual twig, and so on. Animals often have dreams, and not a few have nightmares-monkeys 8nd birds especially. A bird will be sleeping quietly, when without warn ing it will start from its perch, dash against the wires, calling loudly, and awaken every bird wichin hearing. Finally it drops panting to the floor, trembling with fright, and several minutes pass before it quiets down and goes to sleep again. Birds have pleasant dreams as well, and at midnight I have heard the plain tive, dreamy notes of the white-throat ed sparrow. In the woods, when one brushes against a brush a little Mary land yellow-throat has chosen for its bedroom, the bird will instantly begin to sing a few sleepy measures of its ditty-wichity-witchity-wllch. A rcent, either welcome or terrify ing, will awaken many animals quicker than sound or other causes. A fox den, filled one momeat with round, sleeping bundles of fur, will, a second later, show every fox on its feet, with trembling, wrinkled noses sniffing the wind which happens to blow from a near-by" pheasant aviary. A deer in deep slumber will leap to its feet at a bound when a sudden change in the breeze tells of "wolves over the next hill. The sleep of animals and their bedrooms holds much of interest, of which we yet know little.-C. William Beebe, in the New York Post. Castro and His Rival. Cipriano Castro, President of Vene zuela, came from the extreme west of the country, and in 1S98 removed President Andrade from office, and be came Provisional President himself. His followers were from the Andean region and anarchy reigned in Caracas during the ?meute. His special abhorrence is European meddling in the finance of his country. On Octo ber 28, 1901, he was duly elected Con stitutional President, and his term does not regularly expire until March, 1908. The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung, in com menting on his conduct, while the debts now discussed were being con tracted, said: "Then he began in the palace of Mira Flores at Caracas the life of an unbridled Sardapapalus. But when the brave man invited his fair friends from North America, and the people heard of the orgies that were held, heard that their money was go ing to North America, there arose a cry for the fellow's expulsion." This is the biased view of a German paper. Castro was elected by the people af ter that. Now the chief rival for his place is General Manuel Antonio Matos, a man who spent years in Europe and is a diplomat of power. He is responsible for the European hostility to Castro. Europe has financed him, and he has pledged the resources of Venezuela as security in event of his success. If in connection with a true por traiture of the man reflection be given to the unknown validity or amount of the debts, some guaranteed and some private contracts, it may be concluded that this impetuous Andean has some shadow of right with him. His zig -zags are to be measured by the Span fcfcatandard.-Pittsburg Post. wtoWwJ0 read character Bfcaggis. A hearty fi^fthe THE LENCTH OF THE DAY. Sensibly Constant Th rou eli Periods of Thonsands of Tears. Professor R. S. Woodward, tb* di rector of the Allegheny Observatory, has made a mathematical Investigation of the effects of the contraction of the earth through cooling, on the one hand, and the increase of its bulk from the accumulation of meteoric dust, ou the oilier hand, have had or may have here after In changing the length of the day. The former of these two causes tends to accelerate the earth's rotation on Hs axis and thus to shorten the day, while the latter cause must have a contrary effect. The conclusion at which he ar rives is that so slowly does thc effort of cooling accumulate that the day will not change-or has not changed, as the case may be-by so much as a bal/ second in the first ten milliou years af ter the earth began to -solldifj*. Still, the shortening of the day which must come with the^end of the process of cooling is a very";sensible fraction of its present length. Assuming that thc earth lind originally a temperature of 3000 degrees centigrade, it follows, ac cording to his calculations, that the day will ultimately be shortened by about six por cent, of its Initial length, or by an hour and a half yearly. The length of time required by the earth to cool down to thc temperature of sur rounding space must he measured by millions of years. Thus, Woodward shows that lt will require about 30,000 million years for the earth to accom plish uinety-five per cent, of its con traction, and that after a million mill ion years its contraction will no longer sensibly affect the length of the day. During no Interval so short as 2000 years in the entire history of this cool ing process can the length of the day have diminished by so much as the thousandth of a second from the causo In question. This slow shortening of the day is off set by the effect of the accession of meteoric dust; yet, so slowly docs this dust accumulate, notwithstanding tho fact that fully 20,000,000 meteors fall daily, that its effect will not become perceptible uutil the total effect from cooling is nearly complete. In round numbers the latter effect goes on two hundred thousand times as fast as the effect from meteoric dust. If, there fore, thc regularity of the earth as a timekeeper during historic times is to bc called In question other canses must be looked for than the two which are here considered. WORDS OF WISDOM. The plainest face blossoms Into real beauty when the heart is the home of love. Whenever we 1'* t another man's burden, we gain m. ? strength to carry our own. Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. As a rule of life, one finds that the truth lies somewhere between first im pressions and final decisions. Tho moment past is no longer: the future may never be: the present is all of which man is the master. The source of all passions is sensi tiven'ss-it is the errors of imagina tion that transform them into vices. A man should never blush in confess ing his errors, for he proves by his avowal that he is wiser to-day than yesterday. There arc three who are especially beloved by God: he who is forbearing, lie "Who ls lerupciute ?UO he m-W V courteous. A man who talks constantly has a thousand ways at hand in which to make a fool of himself. A silent man has but one. We do not grow away from our be ginnings, nor from any of our succes sive stages of growth; we simply keep adding, inch 'by inch, to our mental and spiritual as well as to our physical stature, but we never grow away from any part of lt-we can only "add on." Worry is the dominance of the mind by a single, vague, restless, unsatisfied, feariug and fearful idea. The mental energy and force that should be con centrated on the successive duties of the day is constantly and surreptitious ly abstracted and absorbed by this one fixed idea. Worry must not be confused with anxiety, though both words agree In the meaning originally, a "choking," or a "strangling," referring, of course, to the throttling effect upon individual ac tivity. Anxiety faces large issues of life seriously, calmly, with dignity. Anxiety always s- jgests hopeful pos sibility; it is active in being ready and devising methods to meet the outcome. -New York News. How They Wooed. 'An English Jud ire. not long deceased, used to tell a diverting story of his wooing. In those jays he was'a strug gling and obscure barrister without even the prospect of an income and the lady upon whom he had set his affections was the daughter of a purse proud tradesman with a high-sounding name, who was strongly opposed to giving his daughter to a "penniless lawyer." "Do you know, sir," the father thun dered when he was asked for his daughter's hand-"do you know, sir, that my daughter's ancestors have all been noblemen and that one of them wras a favorite minister of Queen Eliza beth?" "Oh. yes, I know all that," the young barrister placidly answered; "and do you know that Queen Elizabeth once slapped your ancestor's face, and un less you are more civil I will do the same for you?" It is scarcely surprising that so bold and daring a lover had his way in the end, even in the face of such a barrier of ghostly noble ancestors. The late Prince Bismorck, it is said, won his wife by a similar coup de main. Although he had not known the lady of his love more than a few days and her parents were not even aware of his existence, he presented himself one day before them and bold ly asked permission to marry their daughter. In vain the father fumed and blustered and threatened to have the young man forcibly ejected from the house for his impertinence. "I am sorry to annoy you, slr.'^the young soldier.said, "but I must re spectfully decline to leave the house until I have your consent." Nor did he, although the consent was given in these ungracious words: "Well, I suppose you must have yonr .way. but I cannot compliment my daughter on her choice of a mule for i a husband." Virginians Believe In Thoroughbred Stock We are believers in blood and pedi gree in animals here in Virginia, ! whether It be In dogs, or cattle, lor j horses, or men. It is a reasonable jje liof, and practical. In human society the constant, natural aspiration of all good people is toward improvemeut, the logical conclusion of which is social elevation, au attitude not at all incom patible with democracy, since it tends to raise the average.-Richmond Times. A TOWN RUINED BY A KISS. SOME REMARKABLE STORIES OF BLOODSHED AND PLAGUE. How Red Ruin Ran Like Fire Over a Village in Cuba-A Kiss Practically Depopulated Eden, a Town of 1,400 Inhabitants In Queensland. Red ruin ran like fire over the little town of Curara, in Cuba, as the result of a kiss, and depopulated the place within a few hours. A Spanish trad ing vessel chanced to anchor in the small natural harbor adjacent to Cu rara to kill time before proceeding tc Havana, at which port she was not to arrive until a certain date. Leave was given to the crew to land and they went off in a body to Curara. It was a rcugh crew picked up from the very scum of Spain's refuse popu lation, and included two or three Asiatics who had been taken on to fill gaps. Naturally, the first thing these men done was to push their way into a wine saloon, where they drank until they could pay for no more. There was a young Cuban girl in the saloon and her pretty face attracted the attention of more than one mem ber of thc crew, and conversation soon circled round her. Finally one of the sailors rushed up to and embraced her before she was aware of his in tention. Thc next instant he had paid the price, for the girl's lover, who chanced to be present, without a mo ment's hesitation struck him dead with a knife. The death of their brutal companion kindled all the fierce passions in the sailors, whl were already mad with liquor, and they dashed forward to kill the lever. Other men in the sa loon, however, who had witnessed the tragedy, drew knives to defend the murdered against tho sailors, and a pitched battle ensued. The sailors were victorious and put to flight those men they did not kill or maim. Then they rushed out, attacking every one they met, men, women and children. The new:' spread and the townspeo ple fled in terror before the blood thirsty sailors away to the neighboring plantations, without stopping to think what they did. Not caring to follow the fugitives for fear of meeting police or soldiers, the crew kept to the town and hunted high and low fer any one upon whom they could pour out their hatred. They found but few. and those they killed. From first to last four teen men and two children fell their victims. Their own losses were but three. Not content with their revenge they set fire to every house, which, being lightly built of wood, burned right merrily. Within a few hours of their landing Curara was in ashes, deserted but for its dead. And to this day the name of the ship and the crew are unknown. It was a kis3 which practically de populated Eden, a town of some 1,400 inhabitants, in Queensland. A stranger tramped into the town one day, and, after refreshing himself at a little eat ing house, insisted on kissing the wife of the proprietor. The latter was pres ent and laughed heartily at what he considered a fine joke, for his spouse was past her prime and far from at tractive. The stranaer passed on along his way inland. Next, day the woman was taken ill; within forty-eight hours she was dead and her husband and two children that a violent disease had broken out in the t.o.vn most of those people who could leave hurried away at once. Some struck toward the coast, others went inland. A few of the latter pass ed oa their way the body of the stranger who had come into Eden and kissed the innkeeper's wife. Of those Edenites who chose or were forced to remain more than one hun dred lost their lives through the stranger's death dealing kiss. It was many months ere the epidemic passed away altogether, and numbers of peo ple will still travel miles out of their way to avoid the town, which is rven now practically deserted. A similarly terrible kiss was given some years ago by a sailor to his sweetheart, who lived in C?ndalo, a small port in Florida. Plague broke out on the sailor's vessel a few days before it reached Florida, and, as it was flying the yellow flag when it ran into C?ndalo, it was put in quarantine and all leave was forbidden. But it happened that one of the crew who be lieved himself to be in the best possi ble health had a sweetheart in the town, and he determined to resist or ders to go and see her. He managed to steal one of the ship's boats and got ashore. But it seemed as if he had risked all for nothing, for he had not found her when it became time for him to re turn to his ship if he wished to escape detection by his officers. Fate was playing a hand in his game, however, for on his way to the spot where he had moored his boat he ran across his sweetheart. He kissed her and told her what he had dared to have one word with her; and when she heard he had come from the ship in quarantine she fled from him in tenor. But she fled too late; for in the singie kiss her lover had conveyed the fell disease to her, even though he was unaware he had lt. The girl died and the disease spread on the four winds over the town. With in a terribly brief period more than two hundred persons in C?ndalo had died of the disease. Fear seized upon the townspeople and hundreds of them fled away from the stricken town, which at the time of the plague's holght was little better than a city of deserted dying.-San Francisco Call. The Syrian's Keen Eye. John Kelman cites a recent work-on the Holy Land the following anecdote, which he relates apropos of the Syrian's habit of noticing minute things that entirely eocape the ordi nary observer: "A story is told of a thief in a cer tain town in Palestino who entered a house and stole nothing. He simply went out and claimed the house before the Judge. When the case carno to trial the thief challenged the owner to tell hov/ many st?ns were In tho stair, how many panes of glass In the windows and a long catalogue of other such details. This the owner could net do, and when the thief gave the numbers correctly the house wat) at once given to him as Its obvious owner." Origin cf the Name Pelee. The original Pelee is raid by tradi tion to have been a malden who was ruirsned by a e\ar.i an I fif-d to th i crater of the volcano, for refuge. The god of the volcano came to her asslet* ance and overwhelming th? giant with lava, burying him beneath the rocks? Belgium's population by the 1901 census is 6,799,999; A PASTOR WHO Vfc Rev. H. Stubenvoll, of Elkhorn, Wis., John's Church of that place. Hgv. Stubeni to him by Emperor William of Germany. Emperor has written in his own handwrit This honored pastor, in a recent letter Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrl The Feruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Gentlemen: "thad h?morr.'iajss despaired of me. I took Per una, and courage, and made healthy, pure bloo a healthy color, and 1 feel well, lt li everyone kept Pcruna in the house it year. "-II, BTV BES VOL L. Thousands of people have catarrh who would be surprised to know it, because it has been called some other name than ca tarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh wher ever located; and another fact which is of equally great importance, is that l'eruna cures catarrh wherever located. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR A SACRED PICTURES IN RUSSIA. Peasants Carry Them Through the Streets to Invoke Blessings. A picturesque ceremony is perform ed in time of public distress by the peasants of various parts of Russia They bring from the churches the sacred pictures which adorn thc walls, or the silken banners embroidered in silk and gold figures which rest on the altars and carry them in long proces sion to the prayer booths which they have erected in appropriate places. If drouth is ruining their harvests they build these votive booths near some river; If too much iain has fallen they build them in a neighboring field; it lestilence has smitten their villages ? they build them in the burying ground. The moujiks of the village then gather about the church. With bared heads they wait while certain of their -1--*- ---i Jhrjas ?or?h-JJ>/>_?'o/?. red picture. Thi3 is often heavy, as in many instances it is framed in gnld. But the peasants are not discour& ,ed by its weight. They. have made a rough frame in which they place the picture. Then the bearers grasp poles which are slipped through the frame, after the manner of a palanquin, and ; tagger with their sacred load over I he rough road. The rest of the moujiks follow accompanied by their village priest, who leads in the prayers and chants. When the booth is reach ed the peasants knee! round the pic ture, supplicating for relief, and the priest sprinkles the field, river or burying ground with holy water. Af ter this service the picturo is carried back to the church in the same solemn procession. This picture ceremony has been performed very recently in certain parts of Big Russia, where the fields have been deluged with rain and the crops have been in danger of de etruction.-Syracuse Herald. There are between eighty and ninety principal synagogues in the United Kingdom, in which just under 100,000 Jews worship. There are also 150 minor synagogues or bethels. 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"Why-er-I'm afraid," stammered the student, "that I can't exactly-" "Perhaps then you may give up an idea of your ignorance of it in any old words."-Philadelphia Press. A STRONG MAN. "J'aysmith is a strong man," said Tenspot. "Indeed?" asked Goslin. "Yes, I have seen him break a twcnty-dolar gold piece." "Ah, I presume you mean that he is a strong man financially."-Detroit Free Press. THE REJECTED ONE. "Let me see," remarked the ignor doesn't it?" "Mine usually does," remarked the unsuccessful poet, absent-mindedly. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. CAPUDINE CURES Sick Headache, Nervousness ?.nd Feverishness. NO EFFECT ON THE HEART Sold by dil Druggists. 10 DAYS' TREATMENT FREE, Have mado Dropsy and its norn* plications ? tpooiclty for twenty years wita tho moat wonderful success. Havoourodmanythous and oases. SS.S.H.CSZZH'3 Box li Atlanta^ Ga. I PAY SPOT CASH FOB UXL%?i* LAND WARRANTS Issued to soldiers of any war. 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