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wt Man Outside cleanliness is less then half tho hafte. \ flinn may scrub himself a dozer- times a day, end still be unccai'. Good t health mecas cleanliness not only outside, but inside. lt.means it clean stomach, clean ^bowels, eleen blood, a clean liver,, and new, clean, Healthy tissues. The man who is cleon in this way will look it and act it. Kc will work with energy and think deon, clear, healthy thoughts. He will never be troubled with liver, lung, stomach or blood disorders. Dyspepsia end indigestion originate in unclean stom achs. Blood diseases ere found where there vs unclean blood. Consumption end bronchitis mean unclean lung:;. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery , prevents these diseases. It makes (i mon's insides clean end healthy. It clc&ca Che digestive organs, makes puro? clzz-i blood, era eleen, healthy flesh. Tt restores tone to the nervous system, and cures nervous exhaustion and prostration. It contains no alcohol or habit-forming drugs. . Constipation is the most unclean uncleanliness. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets caro it. They never" gripe. Easy to take as candy. ? bright and steady light depends upon the construction of the lamp. The best skill has put forth its "best erTort ia perfecting the Rayo Lamp. As the air is fed to thc flame-so docs the light burn. The easy-flowing current of air through the air-tube of the Rayo Lamp secures a uniform light, with never a flicker or flare. The ideal family lamp. Made of brass through out and beautifully nickeled. The Rayo is a low-priced lamp, but you cannot get a better lamp at any price. Once a Rayo user, always ono Every Denier Everywhei-e. If Not at Yours, Write for DcscripUve Circular no the Nearest Agency of the THE STANDARD OIL COMP AFT (Incorporated) Railroad Economy The economy practiced upon the Great Northeim Railroad is well known among railroad men, one of the sfcanchiest believers in the old saving that "Economy is the road to wealth" being the president, J. J.. Hill., The story is told in the West that upon one occasion when Presi dent Hill waa- looking over a piece of track he found a new railroad spike. Taking it to the boss in charge of that stretch of road* he handed it to him and said : 1 ' You must be more care ful. Nothing must be wastedl Pick np all yors: spikes as you 'go--along." "Why, Mr.-H;!!," replied the "boss" ps?mp?y, "I've been payin' a man a salary for three years to hunt for' that; sp?c ' '.-November Lippincott 's, Eaten- bread Irish.;. is soon forgotten.- I So. 45V09. \?feo system ?$?G\UO% ; To???ts beuej\?\a\ ? nANuracTURrro ev THE SOI OBY LEADING DRUGGISTS 5G*A BOTTLE *1 bave used your valuable Cascaje ta .?rid I find them perfect. Couldn't do without them. I have used them for some .time for indigestion and biliousness rand am now completely cured. Recom mend them to everyone. Once tried, you will never be withont them in ! the family."-Edward A. Marx, Albany,?LY. Pleasant Palatable. Potent Taste Good. . Do Good. Never Sicken.Weaken or Gripe. 10c.25c. 50c Never sold io balk. Thesrcn tdne tablet stamped C C C. Guaranteed to . caro or yonr morev back.'.-. 929 Do You Feel Down? Run If so? you are an easy victim of disease. You can avoid danger if you build up your system with the natural strength-giver DR.DJAYNE'S TOfrtC VERMIFUGE which helps your body do its own building up. It puts the whole diges tive system in a perfect condition. Regulates the stomach, imparts new vigor and health to the tissues. Your Druggbt has it. Two sizes. 50c and 35c Don't GragW-Use TO BEST WWQtY. YO* (?MlS??{gl35 W3I instantly relieve your aching throat. There is nothing like it for Asthma, Bronchitis end lang troubles. Con tains no opiates. Very pleasent to take. All Draxuiits, 25 cents._ *??--??--? There are no small steps in great affairs.-Cardinal De "Rety. The law arises from the fact. Latin. IN CONSTANT TORTURE. How a Severe Case of Kidney Disease Was Conquered. Mrs. Sherman Youngs, Schoharie N.'Y., says: "boan's. Kidney Piih saved my life after years of sufferin? that ran rae down to such a degre? of weakness that I could do no work, and the pains I suf fered would throw me into spasms. ?>, was dizzy, worn and i ^p. sleepless, my back j ached terribly. I had rheumatism and was nervous and all unstrung. I thought I tried every known, medicine, but it was not until I began using Boan's Kidney Pills that I began to get help. The pains slowly disappeared, the kidney secretions cleared np and in a few weeks my strength returned so that I cou ld work about ; the house again. It is three years since then and Loan's Kidney Pills have kept me weil." 'Remember the name-Doan's. Sold I by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fos- j ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. One He Couldn't Answer. There are some legal question that j a .witness cannot answer by a simpie ? yes or no, and a browbeating lawyer I will sometimes take advantage of this 1 fact. One of this class was once der rounding that a witness answer a cer tain question either in the negative or affirmative. "I cannot do it," sai dthe witness. "There are some questions that can not be answered by a 'yes' or a 'no' as any one knows." "I defy you to give an example to the court," thundered the lawyer. The retort came in. a flash ' ' Are you still bealing your wife." A sickly grin spread over the law yer's face and he sat down. Her Sad Finish. "Did you ever know a girl to die of love?" "Yes.'-'. "Did she just fade away and die because some man deserted her?" No; she just took in washing and worked herself to death because the man she loved married her." The merit belongs to the beginner, .should his successor do even better.' -French. _ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens; the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c. a bottle. He hurts the good who spares the had.-Pope. Br. Pierce's Pellets, small, sttgar-coated, easy ta take as candy, regulate and invig orate atomach, liver ami bo wein. Bo not gripe._ The moon is none the worse for the dog's barking at her.-Irish. Perry Bavin' Painkiller-Hr* < no substi tute. "?o other remedy is so effective for rheumatism, lumbago or enid of any sort. Hasty climbers have sudden falls. -French. Allen's Lune; Balsam, with its freedom from opium, is an ideal remedy for chil dren. Mothers should keep it on hand. When we think of Ireland's woes, our hearts go pity Pat!-November Lippincott's. For CO LDS ?nd GBtlP. Hick's CAFUDINB ls the txst remedy relieves the acliioe 8 nd- feverishness -cursa the Cold aud r stores normal conditions. It's Uauld- effects Immediately, lue. 25c. I.?4 SCc. at drug st?r*?. Be conciliatory and considerate ii you hope to win conciliation and con sideration.-Winfrid Ward. CURES RHEUMATISM TO-STAY-CURED. Rlicmtnnelde (liquid or tablets) removes tie -cause and stops tho nain Quickly. An internal (blood) remedy, which has cured thousands of bad cases. At all druiTirists. Trial bottle tab et? by mall Bc.' Send coln or lc stamps. Booklet free. Addres-i.BobbiltChcmic?! Convp&nj 310 W. Lombard, St., Baltimore, Md. During the recent riouing at Barce lona all the gas and electric light plants were out of commission, and the city was illuminated only by tho searchlights of warships in the har bor. Thc term "electricity" was derived from the Greek word meaning amber. Electricity itself is earliest described by Theophrastus (321 B. C.) and Pliny (70 A. D.), who ?mention the power of amber to attract straw and dry loaves. At the annual convention of the As sociation of Edison Illuminating Com panies, the licensees under Mr. Edi son's patents, held last week at Scar borough on the Hudson, was cele brated "he thirtieth birthday of the incandescent lamp. In order to compete more effective ly with the gas company, which lets kitchen and other stoves, the munici pal electric light plant of Aberdeen, Scotland, has laid in a stock of elec tric heating and cooking apparatus, which it propres to offer for hire at proportionately low rates. i . The latest use of radium was upon a case of filariasis, or blood worm dis ease, in Paris. In this mosquito caused disease che blood at night swarms with millions upon, millions of microscopic maggots plugging up and inflaming and swelling the ker nels in the armpits. A short course of radium in the armpits cured the swelling and made the worms scarcer in the blood. Plans hare been filed for a new home for the American Geographical Scciety at 156th street and Broad way. The building will form one of a group that nov/ includes the His pano Society's home and the Numis matic Museum, although lt has no connection with either institution. The building will be erected from funds provided by Mrs. C. P. Hun tington. The estimated cost of the building will be between $250,000 and $300,000. Professor Charles Richet, of Paris, has devised a means for purifying the air in rooms. According to press dis patches his apparatus is au air filter which mechanically sterilizes air. V'ry fine drops of glycerine are scat tered along the walls of a cylinder containing a suction fan. Each par ticle of air drawn in by the fan is freighted with glycerine, and hence tends io drop, thereby carrying with it the germs, dust, and microbes with which it may be laden. The Middle Splash. "That is impossible," said Senator Aldrich of a socialistic proposition. ?He laughed. "In its (impossibility," he went on, "it reminds me of Joe Johan's mid dle splash. . "Joe Jobson, a very ignorant and pig-headed chap, presented himself at the^church with his infant son for the christening. The following dia logue then took place between Job son and'the minister: " 'What name do you give this child?' " 'Peter Ananias Jobson.' " 'Ananias? I refuse to christen the child in that name. Do you know who Ananias was?' " 'I don't know who he was, and what's more 1 don't care.' , " 'But Ananias was the greatest liar in all biblical history.' " 'Well, that's nothing to me. My baby ain't no liar, so what's the dif ference? J wani him christened Ana nias because I like the sound of it.' " 'I won't do ii. I will christen the child Peter Jeremiah Jobson.' "And the minister was as good as his word, and as he reneated each name he sprinkled a little water on the infant's face. " 'Arid I nil) out that middle splash.' ?r,id the father, heatedly. He rubbed his sleeve across his child's wet face and sprinkled a little more water over it. '[ rub out that middle snlash. substitute this one for it, and christen him Peter Ananias Jobson.' And that settled it." - Washington Star. Parliamentary Pretensions. Parliamentary repartee, as illus trated by recent anecdotes in the Office Window, was ably upheld by Lord Brougham, especially during the great reform debates of the last century. On one occasion, when an ti-reformers were trying to howl him down by imitating the-sounds made by various animals, among which the braying of the ass was most recur rent, he waited for a pause, and then remarked imperturbably that by a wonderful disposition of nature every animal had its peculiar mode of ex pressing itself, and he was too much of a philosopher to quarrel with any of those modes. This was no less se vere than the famous libel on the Earl of Limerick, calling him "a thing with human pretensions." which appeared in the Times in 1831, and for which the printer was fined ?100 and confined for an indefinite period in Newgate.-London Chroni? ele. Easket Willows. A bulletin of the American For. estry Association says: "A truly in fant industry in this country is the growing of basket willow. This is one kind of tree which eau be easily grown in time to meet thc demand. Osiers for making baskets have ali been imported heretofore from Europe, but experiments by the foresl service show that they can be grcwD successfully in this country as a farrr crop. The manufacture of haskett is by no means so large as It.mighi be, and the increasing scarcity ol wood for bo::es may cause a grcatei demand hereafter for baskets." A composition of was and,pitch If j now being used instead of glue in thi i making of o.-gans for tropical coun tries, whore tho damp climate causer glue to peel off. "His Brother's Keeper." By HOLMAN DAY.' On Little Spruce Island on the Maine coast I found three old men, brothers-William, Daniel and Nehe miah. Shanks. They have lived there all .their lives In a tumble-down little shelter. They are melancholy old men. They are contented, but the I sea has brought to them a strange, I brooding, wistful solemnity. William and Daniel never married. Nehemiah has had a poor little romance that broke his heart. He went home with his confession of wrong-doing. "Then you must look out for tho boys after I'm dead,*' said his father, forgiving him. Nehemiah has spent his life "looking out for the boys," who are now infirm old men. "It is my duty in return for my father's pardon of my wrong-doing," he told me, "and I have'tried to do my best. I am the youngest, and I am best able to work." For more than twenty years Will iam has never come out of the hut into the sunshine. He told me that he feared the sun might heat his brains and interfere with his life work, which is the composition of poetry. While William- idles, Nehemiah tills the little garden, catches fish, digs clams and cooks. He is cheer fully the burden-bearer, and with some pride says that he is the head of the famiiy; for when his father imposed the trust on him he did so with a ceremony truly patriarchal; he gave into Nehemiah's hands the staff on which he had leaned for many years, saying that it should be the badge of Nehemiah's authority. Nehe miah described the scene to me, tears trickling down his wrinkled cheeks. Memory was only a partial spur to this grief. Daniel, after more than sixty years of obedience, had become a most amazing rebel. He had declared that another flood had been prophesied to him in a vision, and that he had been ordered to build an ark on Little Spruce. Little Spruce is owned by a lady in Boston, as part of an exten sive holding of islands. The Shanks brothers have been permitted to re main as squatters on condition that { they do not disturb the standing tim ber. Nehemiah gave this promise to the manager of the estate. Daniel, though threescore and ten, took the family axe, hand-saw, and hammer and proceeded to his labors on his ark. Nehemiah stood in front of the lordly spruce that Daniel was about to attack with the axe, and in the name of .the Shanks family for bade him to chop. Daniel had the zeal of monomania and insisted. Then Nehemiah brandished the family staff and threatened to chastise the disobe dient son of their father. Daniel, in a frenzy, made at his brother with the, axe, routed him, captured .the staff, chopped it up, and "then began' on the tree. He laid waste quite a section of woodland before Nehemiah got word to the agent. Then in high dudgeon Daniel built a-shack of his own. He lives'. in it and refuses to speak, toihiar^ifpthers. "I still hope to be able to meet fa-' ther a? the door of heaven and tell' him that I kept the Shanks family together and kept it decent, as he would have liked to have me keep it," said Nehemiah, .sadly. . "Daniel was always hard to manage; father found him so. But I think he will come back to his home, for I am .the only one in the family who can cook things as mother used to cook them."-Har. per's Magazine. Pope Pius and the Guards. It would seem to*e the ambition of Pope Pius X. to pass down to pos terity as the Reformer. He has al ready instituted several notable ro forms, in the total reorganization of ? the financial departments of the Vat- I ican, in the ecclesiastical congrega tions, in taxes, and in the ceremonial ' music. At present the Pope is con- t templating a number of important changes within the walls of the Vat ican with a View to reducing need less expenditures. He has expressed the opinion that there are far too t many idle people about the premises ^ -officials who are costly, but whose offices are pure sinecures. The % guards, for instance, are practically valueless. The Guards of Nobles, the j Swiss Guards, the Palatine Guards, the Gendarmerie-all alike necessi tate a vast expenditure for which little is obtained in return. If his holiness acted in accordance with his } real wishes, he would abolish all these, but consideration of historic interest will probably induce him to confine himself to a mere reduc- 1 tion in numbers.-Rome Correspond- * ence of the London Globe. Facts About Gravesend. Gravesend, now smarting under j her treatment by the admiralty in re- ( lation to the disposition of the war ships in the coming Thames review, j has been always more or less a spoiled t child of fortune. As the great out- j post of London her privileges in the ? matter of customs and pilotage.have been considerable. When the town was burnt and plundered by the French and Spaniards in the reign of Richard II. the kins compensated the ' citizens by giving them 'the exclusive ( right to carry passengers to-London < by water at 2d. a. head (or 4s. per 1 boat). Twopence, of course, was no 1 mean sum in those days. ' Gravesend has also the distinction, among Eng lish towns, of having been the first to organize a river steamboat service to London. This she did as long ago as 1829. The gloomy name she bears j loces its sombreness when we remem ber that it is derived from the Saxon , "gerefa." and indicates the limits of thc jurisdiction of a port-reeve. In ^ Domesday Hook she is recognizable under the nain*? of Gravasbam.-Lo don Chronicle. ChrvciTensc Fined. Miss Sydney K. Lodge, a profes sional automobile chauffeur, was ar- - raigned this morning in the Munie;- ? liai COurt"before-Jutlse Bennett on , charges of having no badge and of not having a lighted lamp on the rear ? of her car at night time. She plead- ? ed guilty and was fined $15, which sho paid. - Boston Evening Tran script. Princes and Maids. A. prince espoused a beggar maid _^In days when princes were supreme, For which his fame will never fade, His love is every poet's theme. Yet we should cease the deed to praise. For things have strangely altered since. This is the uuion nowadays "A maidtu Aveds a beggar prince." . -Chicago Record-Herald. Couldn't Get Feet In. Bacon-"Did you ever sleep in a Dungalow?" Egbert-"Well, part of rae did."-? bonkers Statesman. A Sure Sign. City Visitor-"How do yoi: know this tree is a dogwood?" Suburbanite-"I can tell by its Dark."-Baltimore American. Mind Reading. Charley Loveday-"Um-ah-er ;r;-er-he-he-" Jeweler (to his assistant)-"Bring :hat tray of engagement rings here, Senry."-Tit-Bits. Not That Way in Life. "Wives are always so trustful on he stage." "Which shows that realism on the ?tage is an utter myth."-Louisville ?ourier-Journal. Needs It Bat!. John-"I'll bring you a fork, sir." The Customer-"What for?" John-"The cheese, sir." The Customer-"A fork's no good 3ring a revolver!"-Sketch. Of Some Benefit. Barber-"Did that bottle of hair .estorer I sold 3rou do any good?" Customer-"Yes, indeed; it kept ne from wasting my money on any nore."-Boston Transcript. Early Fashion Note. "Why did Eve give Adam the ap )le?" "I suppose she wanted to get rid )f the fruit so as to wear the basket .'or a hat."-Illustrated Bits. Musical Comedy. The Author (to the leading lady) -"Excuse me, but last night you clayed the third act first. I don't hink any one noticed it, but it shows i want of system-eh, what?"-Il< ustrated Bits. Modernizing lt. Teacher-"Willie, how did Washi ngton .follow Cornwallis?" Willie-"I suppose, he subscribed o the paper for which Cornwallis was writing* the 'exclusive story' of the ight:"-Puck. j Lost Opportunity. Wifey-"I remember the night you )roposed to me, I bent my head and ;aid nothing." Hub (comfortingly)-"I know it vorries you, dear, but never m:nd; rou've made up for it since."-Bos on Transcript. Father's Revenge. "Here is a telegram from papa," ays the eloping bride. "He says for is to come right home and live with lim and mamma." "I didn't think he wonk! bs so vin lictive as all that," sighs che eloping jridegroom.-J.?ie. Airship Gossip. "How is it she doesn't manage to jet along very well with her hus )and?" said the porch lady. "She says he's too slow. He al vays wants to be pottering 'round he United States in an automobile." -Puck. . - Thc Tripping Tongue. Friend-"? understand, Mrs. Stern, hat your daughter has married since ve last met."' Mrs. Stern-"Yes, and ' been di vorced." Friend-"Ah! And who is the lappy man?"-Boston Transcript. A Resemblance Noted. "What do you think of tariff re vision?" "Well." answered Farmer Corn ;ossel, "it strikes me that the tarin" s a good deal like the weather. Nc natter what kind you get it's pretty ?ure to be bad for somebody's busl less."-Washington Star. She Took a Pair. "How much are these shoes?* isked the lady who had the reputa ion of being a keen shopper. "Those shoes are not for sale." re plied the salesman, who had some hing of a reputation, too; "we're giv ng them away with every pair ol ?hoe laces at $3.50."-Judge. A Vision Defined. Teacher in thc Sunday-school (who las been .instructing the young idea jn' the. subject of visions)-"Now. ;hi!dren. can any one tell me what s ;ision is? Ab..Tommy's hand is up! EVell, Tommy?" Tommy (with a drawly voice) - 'It's a sort of dizzy spell."-Judge. Summer Conquests. "Are these all photographs of fel lows you have been engaged io?" "Nc. They're the fellows whe lidn't propose." "What in the world do you want ol Lhem?" "Why, I am saving them to make rogues' gallery."-Philadelphia Lcd 5er. Thc Thirst For Gore. Unsophisticated Onlooker - " think this is a first-rate place. Sci what a fine view wc have of this ca: coming." Seasoned Spectator-"Fine view fiddlesticks! Nothing ever happens Dn these straight stretches-not ever a broken leg. Como on clown io th? cum and wait for the fun."-Puck. THE SMELL OF THE RUN*. . . _ -\ All Nature Sentes It and Echoes Wel come With Outstretched Arms. Sweeter than any perfume ever dis tilled by the chemist, sweeter than roses or cape jessamines, or the scent of a ripe grape, sweeter than new mown hay or a baby's breath, sweeter j than fresh linen and milady's washed hair, is the smell of the rain. It is the breath to the nostrils, ex hilaration to the lungs, elixir to the blood, and wine to the brain. The dusty earth inhales it and is pulsing again with potential life; the flowers that were panting are revived, i.nd the very leaves of the trees absorb it as incense and are lifted up. Hun gry, fretful, parched and complain ing, man opens his mouth and gulps it down like a gormand. The fading and wilting cotton blos som welcomes it as a message of new life, and the naked of all the world rejoice in the hope of replenished wardrobes. The growling, groveling beasts of the stock exchange, intent upon the dust and drought and want of grim prospect, - sniff it and are abashed and tame. Miasmas of pri vation and distress fade away from it, as the fogs before the sunshine, and mellow wholesomeness possesses the fields and permeates the habita tions of men. The grass of the plains, brown and withered and dry as stubble, senses it as the blind and deaf are aware of the unseen and unheard approach of friends, and lt steals over the land as the perfumed herald of an unfor getting Providence. The very sparrows of the ground twitter their delight, the songsters of the forest acclaim it with a more liquid melody, and the mother bird on her nest whispers rejoicings to the brood beneath her wing. The bee that hung despairingly to the honey comb flies straight to the clover fie|d. It springs up like a new born pres ence; it comes down like a benedic tion. An unseen censer is swung in the air; a silent baptism is cele brated; the prayer that was uttered haltingly and half-faithlessly is an swered, and a vpcurreecion is realized. What skeptical, impatient and un worthy creatures we are; what mal contents and murmurers! And how short-sighted is our view of creation : and reproduction and the eternal scheme of life! Six thousand years have taught us little, though we know so much of the current day and hour. A lifetime of bounty, centuries of progress, and the recurring cycles of a perpetual universe are vain to impress our poor understanding with the truth of the unfailing and the everlasting. What know we of the recessions and precessions, the actions and the reactions, the energies and the restings of this old-young earth's large life? How unmindful we are of the deep, big truths which nature has been exhibiting all these years and generations and eons of the up ward and advancing march! A little trial, a little hardship, and we are undone, though the storehouse is full and the fat years are certain to re turn for the fruitful ground will not belle itself. .But the smell of the" rain-one whiff of it and all repinings are done, and the way is shining again, and we are after the butterflies as eager and as heedless as before. Men are but children of a larger growth, and their ears are dried and their hurts are healed by little kisses which they straightway forget.-For/ Worth Record. Largest Animal in the World. What is claimed as the largest ani mal in the world is represented by a colossal skeleton in the museum of Christ Church, New Zealand. This is the remains of a large specimen of the blue whale stranded on the coast of that country. This whale is probably the largest of all living animals. The length of the skeleton is eighty-seven feet, and the head alone is twenty one feet. The weight of the bones is estimated at nine tons. This gigantic whale gets its name of blue whale from the dark bluish gray of its up per surface. The tinge of yellow on : its lower part has led to the name "sulphur bottom," by which it is : known on the western side of the At lantic. It is otherwise known as Sib bald's roquai (Balenopterasibbaldii). The chief food of this gigantic ani mal is a small marine crustacean (Thysanopoda inermis), known to the whalers as "kril." Another spe .cles ot the same shrimplike group has been obtained in thousands from ? the stomachs of mackerel caught on the Cornish coast. The nearly re lated oppossum shrimps found in enormous numbers in the Greenland seas form the chief food of the com mon whale. Some of the thysano poda are phosphorescent and contrib ute to the liminosity of the sea. London Globe. Lost, Stolen or Stiaycd. A story is told of a certain man liv ing in a New England village who lost a horse one day, and failing to find him he went down to the public square and offered a reward of $5 to whoever could bring him back. A half-witted fellow who heard the offer volunteered to discover the where abouts of thc horse, and sure enough he returned in ,half an hour leading him by his bridle. Tho owner was surprised at the case with which his half-witted friend had found the beast, and, on passing the $."> to him. he said: "Tell me, how did you find the horse?" To which the man re plied: "Waal. I thought to myself, where would I go if I was a hoss, and I went the/e, and he had."-London Telegraph. Where Limburger Comes From. Tho United States, it seems, can and does make ;'ust as good limburger as tho province in Belgium where it originated, cays .thc New York Glob?. This is how we do it: A piece of a calf's stomach is set away in a warn: place in a can of whole milk. Ir about forty minutes the curdled mess is pounded and then the whey pressed out. Afterward lorms are filled and further drainage permitted. Salt is rubbed on the outside until it becomes slippery; then the cheese is set away in thc cellar to ripen for a month or two, and thc germs do the rest. Youth's Companion. GOLDEN HARVEST FOR DR. COOK AND PEARY -- v $500,000 Apiece Will Accrue to Discoverers, Besides Honors, Medals and Decorations. Shortly before Commander Peary, sailed away in the Roosevelt, his little Uirl asked him a question. People ,bf sordid inclinations, to whom the eagle on a dollar hill is ever the bird of freedom, have been asking the same question ever since the first Arctic axplorer sailed away for the top of the world. "Papa," asked the little girl, "what lo you want that old pole for? Is it any good? Can you get any money tor it?" I "My dear," replied .the explorer,1 "when you are older you will know that there is a thing called honor which is worth more than money." I This was a very noble sentiment/ and the little girl is jproud to remem ber that ber father said It, but now. that he has been successful and the North Pole has been discovered, and' Bagged and tabbed for future refer ence, it begins to be apparent that the North Pole not only brings honor, but large amounts of money ks well. ? Market Price of a Pole. Why gp in search of the pole? What is it worth? For th? sake of those to whom medals and decorations are but gold' lises strung on fancy bits of ribbon,' let us turn first to the cash value of the North Pole and exploration as a business proposition. The' price tag ls always an interesting document; it is the point from which most men Bgure. The medals and decorations can wait, for/'they have always been above price. Before Dr. Cook had time to get a mave and a new suit of clothes, a mah knocked at his door and stated that he was authorized to offer him the sum of $125,000 for his book. Dr. Cook did not accept this offer, and ' the. result of the Peary announcement lias been that one firm of American jook publishers has offered Dr. Cook i sum which dwarfs the orinigal amount. The same will be true in Commander Peary's case. The next man who made Dr. Cook an offer was a representative of a lecture bureau. He offered a cool quarter of a million for one hundred lectures; an American theatrical con cern asked Cook, to name his own terms and consider the affair closed. '. Thc Lucrative Lecture. At the same time a magazine offered Dr.'Cook 520,000 for an arti- . ?le deal- ig with his trip to the pole. ? This makes all other dollar-a-word rates look cheap by comparison. The great amount of money will lome from the books and the lecture | platform. The latter is always open .o men whose dignity will not allow, :hem to descend to theatrical methods 3f exploitation. Those who live' In a great city have no idea of the wide Beld offered to the man whom .the common people wish to see and hear: Commander Peary has made many lecture tours; he has always been a ;reat drawing card. What has gone before will be a very small thing to ?vhat must come after his successful :rip to the pole. On a safe, sane and conservative estimate, the discovery of the North Pole will bc worth somewhere be tween $400,000 and $500,000 to each man within the first eighteen: months. A.3 the world is a larp;e place and lec ture platforms are always open, both men may be sure of more than a Pres ident's salary for several years to come, or until such time as they de cide to retire and live upon the in terest of their money. The cash value of the North Pole has been dealt with. Now for the honors and the decorations-the little medals in the hardwood cases. Medals Galore., While the telegraph wires were still buzzing with the wonderful news came th' word that the King of Den mark had greeted the man from Brooklyn with royal honors. Dr. Cook has received from the Danish Geographical Society the^Gold Medal of Merit with the Crown, a decoration which has been bestowed on but three explorers-Nansen, Sven Hedin and Amundsen. Dr. Cook will be the first American to wear this decora tion. . The Italian Geographical Society, aroused to great interest in polar re search by the feat of Abruzzi, will present their gold medal to Dr. Cook. He will be the third man'to wear It, the others being the Duke of Abruzzi and Lieutenant Shackleton, the En glishman. The other Royal Geographical so cieties of Europe are sure to confer their medals on both Cook and Peary. America sometimes recognizes favorite sons who have done some thing. Congress will vote medals to both men. These medals will not be handed to them by a gsntleman of royal birth ; some representative with whiskers will probably make a 3hort speech, perhaps crack a joke or two, and the plain sold discs will be 'de livered; that will be all the ceremony. But a medal voted by Congress means something, am1 perhaps these two Americans will value those medals above all tho jeweled decorations of kings and potentates. Robert E. Peary is now a Com mander, which is a grade which a naval officer reaches after devoting years of his life to the service. Rec ognition wears no wings in the naval service, but in all probability Com mander Peary will receive what hon ors the Navy Department can give, and will be advanced to the grade of Rcar-Admiral. Then, after the meda'is are be stowed, when the tumuP and ' the shouting dies away, the money lies in the bank turning itself over slowly and adding to its bulk, there will come to each man thc thing which is worth more than honors and decora tions and momy-the full realization of that satisfaction which comes after work worth while has been well done. Efforts to utilize the spider's web for practica*! purposes were made as early as 1710 in France. .