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HOW TO l.IVE, Fo should wo live that every hour, Jfny illo as die* the natural flower. A solf-revlvlng thing of power. TThai every thought, aud overy deed, Mny hold within itself the seed, Of future good niiri future meed. AN INTERRUPTED VERDICT. > 2 HE lightu were / 'Si turned low in I tho courtroom* B RU(* them ft Jsl elowly circled the foul, heavy R*rt adding to ^ 'm n e ss* %? J Judge Greeny^7iTli' goods had gone ^t-pSEF?->iL,to his dinner, w\ j I ] J||^|P' having a nH] nollnced his in S&ZggZ? tontiou to reijtffh** turn at 9 o'clock ^ unless minimonod sooner l>y the agreement of the }nry. The District Attorney hail (tacked away the (tapers that had seen their day in his green hag, and, arm in arm with his assistant, had strolled away, pausing now and then to whisper a caution to a bailiff, anil to receive in return more or less authentic information. The prisoner had been led over the covered corridor?another Bridge of SSighs?into the jail, to await liis fato in the coll where murderers were always kept, as the great iron ring in the centre of the floor, for their better securing, tit tested. Ilia counsel had, accompanied him to the stairway, and then had turned into the oftico to have A smoko and a chat as to prospects with hie friend the Sheriff. ' "Dubious," said that functionary, munching on his cigar. "The Judge was ugin him from the fust, and the jury seed it." ' The reporters had hurried away with their notes, first arranging for telephone calls when a verdict was reached. \ *Iigh above the Judge's bench ran a gallery. At the end nearest the windows was a door. Before this door sat a court officer, and behind it were the jury, discussing, and so vigorously, too, that again and anon a muffled sound would descend to those who waited. These were few in number?the janitor of the building, the clerk, who lived out of town and had brought a lunch with him ; three or four attendants, the blind erier, dozing in his chair, and, in the further corner of the spectators' s? ats, an old woman and a young girl. The former of these two was st iff' and motionless, her features set sternly, and her eyea burning with a tierce desire. The latter was slight and yielding; she swayed from the weakness that terror had brought, ami would haw rested her land on her companion's arm laid iw.f an unrecognized antipathy prevented. Th ere and thus they had sat throughout the day, the matron a stone and the maiden a reed. Finally this young girl spoke. "Grandma," she said, /'why does that man sit without that door?" "He is on guard, my child, to seo that the jury are secure and unmolested. " "But why should they he locked up?" "In order that they may render % a verdict and thus imnish the wicked." "But surely each one must have known what he believed when the ease was finished, and confining thorn won't cause them to change." "Wo, but discussion may.* "Then that would he yielding to other influences than that of the evidence, and that would he contrary to the oath thoy each ono took." "Somo are strong and sensible, and others are weak and foolish. It is proper that the will of the former should prevail." "But that wouldn't bo their unanimous judgment then, and who can say but that the weak and foolish may not sometimes bo right? Besides they must be hungry and tired and cross. 'And when peoplo aro cross they aro nnfalr. Oh, what a clreadtul thing is the law!" "What a dreadful thing rather is murder. Think of your only brother dono to death by the Barlings. I only wish the old days of druwiug and quartering had returned." "Oil, do you really believe?" "Behove! Don't I know? Hain't the Kuowlcses and the Barlings been at odds this fifty years? Didn't tho boys quarrel at the tavern? Haven't wo heered tlio detectives' stories and 4 Vi ia la/1'ci n/lmioflmn9 Whftf if fHct others did get away? Ho was there, und he done it as much as them. And the jury will say 'Swing,' you mnrk me." "But thoro were two who seemed to believo his story." "Them poor critters in tho back row? They dassent trust their own feelings in tho faeo of tho others. Do you mind that racket? That will settlo their doubts in short ordor. Now you shut up, Patty. If I thought that ono of my kin wouldn't rojoico in the death of an oncmy, I'd turn her into tho street without a shawl to hor back or a shoo to hor feet." "Poor, poor Tommy!" sobbod tho girl, as she trembled before tho indistinct sounds of wrangling that camo from above. Patty Knowles shrank still further away from tho stony bosom and the threatening arm, aim xrieci to luina, as if thoughts could bring oomfort. It was nil too awful to bo roftl; sho must be dreaming; yet why could who not awako? Was it tructhat she, with hor grandmother, was awaiting in court the verdict which should shamefully 'destroy their enemy, and that enomy hor old comrade, Tommy Barling? Ah, thero wero substances, not shadows, about her; her mind in its peacosul alumbcra had never imagined anything ao cruel I Yet ho would bo actfnittod, how could ahe doubt, when tho jurymen as woll\s sho had hoard i his frank, simple story and had seen the candor of his beautiful faco? Had she not watched them and detected expressions of sympathy,of oonfklouee, on at least two of their countenances? 'And if these men had once trusted would they dare to oondemn? Then, indeed, were not they the murderers who would slay for relief from custody, from fatigue, or from fear of their associates? Oh, a dreadful thing was this law which beclouded tho truth when it was so evident 1 Hadn't Tommy explained that he was removing the obstruction from tho track when the "wildcat" so unexpectedly came around tho curve and struck it, and was derailed? Couldn't they Understand why he had remained silent when asked how he happened to bo there? Surely, any one could see that he had discovered his hrotliors' plot and had striven to thwart it, but was now too loyal to imElicate them, Tho idea that Tommy, or gentle, true-hearted Tommy, would Connive to slay tho only brother of the girl ho loved! And vot, when he .Nut refused to answer, tho Judge, who surely should bo impartial in action as well as word, had Bwung around im* patiently in his eliair, and the District Attorney had smiled, oh, so ironically, , and shrugged liis shoulders and said : "You sec, gentlemen. See?" The case which had occupied tho Aberdeen Oyer and Terminer for tbc past week, was, as the District Attorney had said in his opening, "awful ill the | simplicity and directness of its proof." i At tho further end of tho county, amid i the arid sand plains, the Barlings and ( tho Knowlcscs had occupied adjacent , farms for many years. The railway i ran in front ol their dwellings, and tho j young men had grown up half farmers, j half liucmcn, gloauiug from tho two | occupations livelihood and recreation. t There had been a constant feud he- t tween the two families, sprung from some forgotten trivial cause, but cu- . hauccd into bitterness through paucity ^ of daily interest. t There were three Barling boys, of j whom Thomas, the defendant, was ]n youngest, and one Knowles, the brother . 'of Patty. This latter had oncouutcrod ( ?onp evening the two elder Barlings at , tho village tavern, and a quarrel and a j scuffle had ensued. Tt was the follow- , iusr dav that a "wildcat" train, of , which young Knowles was engineer, was derailed and he thrown from the j cab and killed. Thomas Barling was ? seen running away from the place t where this accident occurred. His \ brothers disappeared, but the detectives, incited by liberal rewards, caused I the arrest of the lad, claiming that it 1 was he who had set the obstruction on ithe track. r His presence, his flight, his terror, H certain incoherent words which ho had uttered on his apprehension, consti- * tilted the main points of the case against L him. His defense had been necessarily " brief, consisting of his youth, good v character, aud his own story slightly ] corroborated?that he had been ongaged in removing the obstructions, ? when the "wildcat," of whose existence c ho had not been aware, came around j the curve and struck. But on the K question of how ho happened to bo ,i there at just this time he had remained n silent. , Solemnly the great clock in the ^ courtroom beat out the dragging moments. The bailiffs droned stories and ^ yawned. The clerk scribbled on the h:;2k cVH. The crier slept the j sleep of childhood and smiled over it* reviving scenes. The old woman sat ^ erect, motionless, intent like another Sphynx, awaiting the culmination of | burning desires. Perhaps she alone c COltld exoluili that Ruoiupl r.??..i. haps when that bosom had been ten- c dor and that arm softly responsive to caresses, an inujry to her beauty had j been the dragon's tooth of this futuro. f Perhaps the past now returned to her: r for expectancy hath its panorama of spent, but not dead, emotions. Cer- j taiuly little Patty, as she saw the grim (face growing grimmer, grew l'aint with t dread, for in its lines she read vengeance upon Tommy and woe for her- , self. There was a sharp, demanding rap i it i e ii.? : Ti_ till iiiu (luur oi iiiu jury room. ?i-? drowsy i^ntirilinn nprnn^ to liin fret ami " unlocked it. There were whispers, and c then once more the door closed, the 11 holt was shot, the sentinel sat at his 1 post. Oneo more, but with a differ- 1 ence. The man no longer lolled. Ho ' was big with the consciousness that 11 every eye was upon him, big in the . possession of a secret which ho had no 1 tight to know. ' The great clock ticked warningly, * for the hours of excitement are mo- ' meats. It was Hearing the time for 1 tho Judge's return. The clerk set 1 dockets and pen and paper in order. 1 Tho bailiffs shut windows and opened i iloors, and turned up lights and took 1 their stations. There was one whoso t post was by the door at the end of tho i gallery leading to tho jury room, which opened upon tho main stairway 1 of tho building. Tho guardian of tho j jury room was his friend, and, as ho j passed, whispered a single word. Tho i bailiff stopped to his place and beyond. 1 He leaned over the rail and gazed ? down into tho gloomy corridor. The' front door swung open, a dignified ' form entered. Ho recognized it, and in an instant was leaping down tho ( stairs. And in another instant Judge ' Greongoods knew at what verdict tho 1 jury had arrived, know that tho solemn words which ho had moutally arranged < during his walk thither had not been < marshaled in vain. i Many sharp eyes had noticed the 1 passing of that single word from officer 1 to officer, aud ere tho crier had begun his sonorous proclamation, bailiffs and 1 attomoysj and HherifT and prisoner 1 knew that the verdict was "guilty.,1 I'atty know it, too, for she had watched that guardian at the door as if ho hold tho portals of her happiness. Patty know it, and a great sob swollod in hor heart and hardened into a resolution. In this moment of extremity, when humnu and Divine powers had coalesced against him, she would bo by hor old playmate's siilo to comfort, to sustain, to bless I She looked at her grnudmothor. That expootnnt gazo had not yot changed into trinmph. "I will go a littlo closor, so that I can And out," sho Haid, and tho old lady nodded au oager approval. Down tho narrow iron stairway along tho wall camo the jury?swaggering, hesitating, stuttoring. Patty loaned against the littlo door of tho railing which divided tlio courtroom, thus separating tho goats of spectators from tho ohocp of tho bar, and stndiod the faces oh thoy j Hissed. Htolid, immovable for tho most part; but thero wero two that scorned worried and dubious, and tlioy wore tho faces of tho two men in whom sho had put hor trust. Oh, cowards! Why had thoy not prcsorvod tho courage of thoir convictions or why had thoy put theij^ | selves in a position wliero fain heartodnons is a crime? The jury took their scats, these two mou in tho placos which thoy had occupied during flio trial, Nob. 7 and 8 in tho rear row, dircotly bchiud tho foreman. From tho anteroom camo Tommy, and sat by his lawyer alongside of tho tablo in front of the Judge's bench. How palo ho was, but how quiet, how otorn I Was it possible that thoso hps which had ovor curled in smiles could be so flrmf Why one might be afraid of him, that is, ono who didn't love him as sho did! Patty brushed a tear from hor cheek as she gazed ; it sceuiod as if lie we*C already dead, and that it was his Cold gray shado that now appearedi "Call tho roll, Mr. Clerk," sold Judge Oreeugoods, and, as that functionary oboyed, each juryman answered "Present"?complacently so, too, excepting Nob. 7 and 8, who looked as if they wished very much they wore elsewhere. Nd. 7 was a tall, blonder, bent youug man, awkward and bashful, who was perpetually blushing, either because people were looking at him or because ho imagined they were. He also stammered. No. 8 was a short, thick-sot, aggressive-appearing old gentleman, very deliberate in action, slightly deaf, but ovor ready to slay any one who imputed such a defect to iiim. Consequently, No. 7 dropped into a pool of stuttering, whoro ho lopelessly floundered, and No. 7 shouted "Her6" some time after the :lerk had noted tho attendance. "Stand up," said the clerk to the >risoner. And Tommy arose and stood vith folded arms, a fragilo yet iuropid Ajnx defying tho lightning, dlltj^odl^. was AarV ?Y>Otlt nltll { if l^lromight be but a single ray of sympathy, then he could endure. Tho onrt officer nt tho little gate was natirally more interested in the proceedings thau in his duty. Ho moved forvnr.l, and Patty slipped within tho nil. "Cot the prisoner look upon tlie ury let the jury look upon tho pvismov," continued the clerk. "Genloinou of the jury, have you ngreod lpoi, y uir verdict?" Tho foroniau dropped his liat and 'ol>U".l his overcoat aid struggled to ?is !'o >t. In that silent instant of aisp.cn ' > there was a fluttering sound, m Putty flow to licr old playmate's side. She threw one arm about his ioe\, and stood with the other ex lido i toward the jury hox like a ;u ir lion angel per forming her mission. >ho ir.rosed her face glowing with vith light of love, and Tommy bent lis head and kissed her tremulous lips. "We have," answered tho foreman. 'We find the prisoner"?luit here arose lonfusion. From the touching tableau 4os. 7 and 8 sprang forward on either iile, both noisy, incoherent, and inligiiaut. From tho spectators' space ii it11111?111 mrv wiin niuzing eyes ana witching lingers was menacingly advancing. "Silence! Order!" cried Judge IreengoodH, rapping sharply, and the srier reiterated his command. The militia rushed to their posts, One aught the grandmother at the little rate and forced her hack; another jcnlly placed 1'atty in a ehnir, but she caned against the prisoner and d suspense prevailed. "We Dud him guilty, your Honor," ilurted the foreman. "Or at least I bought wo did, but these two geutleaen seem to object." Thou again there was confusion. The district Attoruoy, his assistant, the lefendant's counsel were on their feet, ogether and talking at once. "Sit down !" thundered JudgeClreenjoods. "Mr. Clerk, poll that jury." "Guilty," answered the foreman in espouse to liis namo, and "guilty" mswered tho succeeding live. Then a me No. 7'sturn. He sprang forward, apoplectic with determination to express himself and for once unconscious >f liis own personality. "Not guilty," le screamed, "and I've been trying to ay so ever since we retired." Tlien No. H deliberately set each foot n place and arose. "Your Honor," 10 said, "I uni thoroughly convinced of ho defendant's innocence, and I uulerstood that we all were. I am u nan, sir, not apt to bo mistaken, and hero must be some chicanery at work lore. I solemnly protest against tho rcrdict as given by the foreman, and I leg to say that I am prepared to main;nin my judgment for tho rest of my latural life." "It is evident, your Honor,"said the irlfioner's counsel, "that thero has :>een a mistrial. I would ask that the ury bo dismissed and tho defendant released on his own recognizance, unless, indeed, my learned brother will igrco to an order of nolle prosequi?" "Never." exclaimed the Distriot Utorney with on oratorical swing. 'Never. I have a duty, sir, a sacrod hity that I owo to tho people of this surest commonwealth which sustains me." "Thore, tboro I" interrupted Jndgo Oreongoods, "of course, of course. T dismiss tho jury and continuo tho case unto tho noxt term. Tho prisonor is romandod without hail. Adjourn ffourt, Mr. Orier," and with avory dismtisficd expression contorting liis reg mar features "inn nonor naaioneu nwav to liiH club. TLo flhoriff led hia prisoner away. Tho lights wero turned ont and the groat building was left to the ghosts of sorrows and tho echoes of sobs. And Httlo Patty driving home with her wrathful grandmother dared Hinile through her toars. But before tho next torni newa enmo of the violent death of the elder Thirling boys in a foreign land and ofthoir prior confession and assertion ot thoir brothor'a innooonce. Tho grim jail yielded up its captive, and tho coll where murderers had beon chained knew bin guileloaa nature no moro. Impotent rage increased tho woight of yeari until they erunhod the grandmothor into her grave. Tho feud botweon tho two families waa burled with her, and over their joint farms Patty Barling now presides as a happy mistress.?Now York Times. Is Lightning Paused bjr Kaln T It is popidnrly supposed that th? sudden downpour which usually follows a bright Hash of lightning is ir some way caused by the flash. Meteo rologists havo proven that, this is not tho case, and that, exactly to the conJkmiry, it is not only possitde but high 1y probably that the sudden increase?i precipitation is the real cuuso of th< flash. ?St. Louis Republic, I BEES WITH NO STINGS. BUST IilTTUB HONET GETTERS OF HONDURAS. This Cllnot? Too Cold For Them? The Pigmies Among Bees?"Why Bttnglass Bees Are Id Demand "T" ~J~ ONDURAS' Governor has written to the Department I I bf Agriculttird offering to Ct hedd to this country some of the stidgless bees which are native to Central AlrtoriCa. If it wore possible to domesticate them herej says tho Washington Star, Uiero would bo great advantage iu doing so, innsmuch as the sting of the bee is tho chief obstacle td boo culture in the Cdited States; The idea bf producing without nfinmi hv in breeding has often been suggested, but it in not considered practicable by scientiflo apiarists. Tho tropical insects referred to aro cousins to tho truo honey bees, being grouped zoologically between tho latter and tho bumblo bees. They make excellent honoy, which, though less sweet than that sold in Northern markets, lias au aromatic perfume and a delicious flavor of its own. Some of it is said to bo poisonous, but it is not so ordinarily. Of these bees, which are very small, there are twenty-six species in Central and South Amerioa, where tlioy have been kept in hives for eenturies. They belong to tho gouus "Meliponae." Tl ^Rgh laokiiig stings tlmy possess ui&f/mieans of defence. Thoy not on?" **X58ithcr sharply with their jaws, like antf, but they do their best to crawl into tfhe ears and nostrils of anybody who attacks them. Somo species aro very spiteful, but others aro comparatively amiable?notably tho 1'Scutellaria," which is tho one most commonly domesticated in Brazil. Tho hives employed are usually hung from roofs and verandas. Sometimes they ore of earthenware, but more often thoy are mado of hollow logs two or three feet long, closed at the ends with circular plugs of woods. When a hivo is judged by its weight to bo full, the plugs ore withdrawn and tho honoy is removed. These bees havo been kept since prehistorio times by tho natives. Their honey is contained not iu hexagonal cells, but iu wax bags as big as pigeons' eggs. Theso aro hung around the iuterior walls of tho hive i and aro usually about half full, hold- . ing at much as the strength of the sacks will bear. On one sido of the tree or log occupied by the boes is a hole just big enough to admit tho members of tho colony one at a time. At this hole a single bee alwa.w stands sentinel, drawing back out of the way every time that a housemate enters or loaves tho domicile. By marking the Bcutincl it has been ascertained that the same individual does sentry duty for a whole day. Tho hole in the side of the hive le the entrance to ? long winding tube, which is built of tho boo glue obtained from the buds of plants. For any hostile insect or othor foo to make its way through this narrow and eagerly defendod passage is so perilous Wb1vilulftt?Jt.ia<r.ihatv^ii??pBirds and lizards are tho greatest enemieH of these bees, tho reptilian robbers more particularly attacking certain species which build their hives underground. All that has beon said as to tho habits of the "Meliponao" applies in the main to their noar relatives, tho "Trigonae." Tho latter aro not peculiar to tho Now World, as are their cousins just described, but are found also in the Fast Indies and in Australia. They are much smaller, being in fact the pigmies among bees. Their name, which means "throo-cornered," comes from the circumstance that their abdomens are triangular iu shape. They have no stings, but arc strong ami very nctivo in gathering pollen ami honey, carrying remarkably heavy loads. The workers nro black, but the queen is dark yellow and has a huge abdomen, her wing being not strong enough to lift her into the air when she is filled with eggs. The honey cells, which are as big as goodsized peas, arc grouped in bunches. One tiling which the Governor of Honduras desired to know was whether there was any duty on boes imported into the United States. There ia none, because they como in under the head of "animals for breeding purposes." But the fatal objeotion to these honeymaking tropical insects is that they will not stand this climate. They cannot livo in a temperature below fifty degrees Fahrenheit. In 187$ Edward Drory, of Bordeaux, brought to Franco forty hives of "Meliponao" and "Trigonao." He kept them over one winter by housing them in a heated room, bnt eventually they died. A fow years ago T. F. Bingham shipped a hive of "Meliponao" to Michigan, but he could not winter them. In short, these little nectar-getters cannot be domestioatod in this country. It has been suggested that they might bo crossed with our own honey been advantageously, to get rid of the sting, but it is almost certain that they would not breed together, inasmuch at they belong to different generu. On the other hand, the truo honey boes have been imported from Europe into Central and South America, where they flourish. Thoy are determined and indefatigablo immigrants. As is well known, these vuluahlo inHocts did not exist in tho now world when Oolnmbus landod. They were brought hither by the whito man. Only one hundred years ago tlioir hum had never been heard west of tho Allogheny Mountains. A violent hurricane having oarried aovoral Hwarina over that lofty ridge, they found there a oonntry singularly favorable to thoir propogation, where they havo multiplied until the bouudloaa forests and savannahs are -well populated with them. It is worth mentioning that the combs which contain tho brood colls of the stingless tropical bees described are not built perpendicularly, like those of tho truo honoy bees, bul horizontally. They are protected, furthermore, by labyrinthino walls, through which any small foo wouk find difficulty in making its way. Ooust, tho smallest separate and indepl^dent territory in tho world, i* sit in ..c in the lower Pyrenees, about tea .uiles from Oleron, between tho boundaries of France and Hpain. The people speak a language of their own, a cross between French and Spanish. , - This Frog Weighed a Ton. The labyrinthodon, a huge orcatnre ts resembling a toad or a frog, and which a< lived in tho earlier periods of our k ,n planet's history, has recontly boon h it found in a surprising stato of preser- 01 vation in tho marl beds of Huozolweitz, N re Hungary. All speoios of this gigantio T of frog are now oxtinot, and are known t( id to the naturalists only through the in* e* restigations of tho geologists, who havo in lt often found parts or ontiro fossils of p< ^ tho monster in strata of tho triassio O a portion of tho mesozoio period. South* ei wick mentions in a three-line entry iu p< his "Qnizzism and Key," under tho al in head "A Frog as Largo as an Ox," and st in Barnctt's "Geological Epochs" it id bi Considered in a chapter on "Hugo fe 8- Frog-Like Creatures Of the MesozoiO bi ie Age." Tho specimen unearthed in thd T ir Hungarian marl bod is entire with tho v< I, oxception of tho left fore-arm and the fi h loworjaw. Tho skull measures eighteen cj inches between the eye-sockets, and >B weighs, oxclusive of tho missing underjaw, 312 pounds. Tho bonos which j. havo been discovered up to date (and J11 J there is still hopes of iinding the miss- \ ing parts) with tho adhering matrix, I SELECT SITTINGS. A blind hardware drummer vis! Philadelphia blacksmiths. Bismarck is said to be an expert c cheese, the age of which he tells i taste. Tho wine cups of tho Assyrians wei Shaped likp our saucors and were < agate, other semi-precious stones, gol and silver. A curious tree-growth is noted nei Ellcflville, N. Y., whore a hemlock an an oak have bocomo firmly joined at height of about ted feet. Old English silverware is muoh i demand in the Unitod States just no* and genuine pieces, especially thoi bf historic interest, fetch high price Men of marked ability in anv lit have usually one deep, perpenaicule wrinkle in the middle of the forohesc with one or two parallel to it on eac side. Until 1650 the art of makingneedh was kept a secret It was then taugt to tho English by Christopher Oreei ing, and English neodles are now sol all ovor tho world. M. Ernest Chantre finds that iron i found in tombs of Lower Chaldc which aro contemporaneous with tl third and fourth dynasties of Egypi or about 2500 B. C. In the early days of Virginia a la was made punishing with death tl man who killed a hog, goat or sheep This was done to provide for the ir crease of these animals. The real discoverer of the America continent is said to be neither Coluna bus nor Lief Ericson, but undoubted! Bjarni, a Norwegian. Ho visited tb coast of Nova Scotia in A. D. 995. When tho French crown jewels wer inventoried in 1791 there wore 954 diamonds, 500 pearls, 230 rnbt^tolS sapphires, 150 emoralds, sevonty^n topazes, threo amethysts and a numbe of unclassified stones. Scorpions are so numerous in Du : rango, Mexico, that there is a bouut j of sixty cents a hundred for thorn [ Tho persons who aro legalized to hun ' for them aro authorized to enter an ! search private houses. Tho "Spectre of tho Brockon" Is mirage visiblo only on the higb est peak of tho Hartz Mountains, i Hungary. Just before sunset a gigar tio shadow of tho spectator is cast upo a very dense atmosphere in the vallo east of the mountain. One of tho curious things in th Catholio educational exhibit at th World's Foir is a picturo, in . hair, o the landing of Columbus. It is said t contain some of tho hair from theheai of nearly overy Catholio Arohbisho] and Bishop in this country. Tho aunual consumption of meat ii Australia is 27fi pounds per inhabitant In Argentina, 160; in the Unite< States, 150; in Great Britain, 118; ii France, seventy-seven in Germany sixty-four; in Austria, sixty-one; i Russia, fifty-one; in Italy, twenty six. The ancestors of the Finns, accord ing to John Abercromby, of Edin burgh, Scotland, went in for mapi Siberia. The first Historical mentioi of tho Finns whioh the present da; possesses locates thorn about 190' years ago ss living in Poland. A New York madame makes woino beautiful for $500.^ Itmvnre of Ointment* tor (!m?rrh Th? Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the Renso?i smell ami completely dorange the whole syste when entering It through the mucous surface Kuch articles should never be used except < prescriptions (mm reputable physicians, as tl damage they will do Is ten fold to the good yc can possibly derive from them. Hall's <'ure manufactured by F. J. Cheney A w Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is t*k< internally, acting directly upon the blood at mucous surfaces of the system. In burli Hull's Catarrh Cure bo sure to get the genuin It Is taken internally, and Is tuade in Toled Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials fre pjcfioid by Druggists, prlco 75o. per bottle. It Is estimated~ t hut l>y Impropt methods in the Pennsylvania miut thirty to forty per cent, of tho authri cito coal was formerly lost. Th True I.fixative l'rlnclpl* Of tho plants used in manufacturing the plea ant remedy, Syrnp of Figs, has a permanent! ln-nctlcial effect on tlie human system, whi the etienp vegetable extracts and mineral soli lions, usually sold as medicines, are permi neni ly injurious. Being well informed, yt will use the true remedy only. Manufacturt by the California Fig .Syrup Co. The player-mane ger has not been a sign success this year. Many persons aro"oroken down from ov? work or nousehold cares. Brown's Iron H ters rebuilds tho system, aids digestion, i moves excess of bile, and cures malaria, splendid tonic for women and children. Brouthkrs, of Brooklyn, has been lald< temporarily on aocount of general po work. We Care K apt are. No matter of how long standing. Wr pr free, treatise, testimonials, etc., to 8. pollaneworth A Co., Owego. Tioga Co., N. l-rtce SI; by mall. ?I.\jk The tariff war between Germany and Rt sia continues and grows more bitter. It Is a great thing for a young man to get 01 a little and como in contact with other peop anil see how tliey live. It. F. Johnson A Ck Richmond. Vs., are giving man young men ehaneo to do this, and at tho same time to pi money in Iwuik rapidly. I ry them and see. Cholera still soems to bo spreadliig Europe. Beecham's Bills euro Indigestion and cona pat Ion. lieecham's no others. 26 eta. a bo Russia is said to bo after the Hawaiian I an da. .. . . ..... ? I. u. nrown S jron miwrn nin^ i/jmimimn, .' ? rl?, Blllousneas and Oonoral Debility. Or HtrenKth, aids Dlwslion, tonoi the nerve creatoH appetite. Tho lieet tonic tor Nursl Mothers, weak women ami children. A IiAhoi amount of bonds is aocumulatl In tho United States Treasury. If afflicted with aoro eyes nso Dr.Isaac Thon son'a Rye-water. Druggists sell at 2fio.per hot THE TESTIMONIAL ^ We publish are not p chased, nor written np / A our office, nor from c K M *-% ?? IvkVi employee. Tbey are fat II proving that M?o* II 1^0 i^H) Vttre-m. "For over twi \\ttjiA vC-1 jHi ty years I have snffoi (jwwK "* /^B/Wwith neuralgia, rheun and dysnep? Many times I could i vk86j^> turn in bed. Hon Maraaparilla has df Mrs. Burt. me a vaat amount good. 1 am 72 years old and enjoy good heal I which i attribute to Hood's Marsaparlll t Mk*. R. M. lit)n r. W. Kendall, N. Y. Bestir to get HOOD'S Hood's "P" Cure j f)? od's pills cure sick headache, 2S cents wRiguu loou pounds, tumour a iou.? , )ft St. Louis Republic. j to ~ ' v? t? The piny of color in tlio opal is duo to minute fissures in the stone, w la ie A diamond for cutting glass lasts * i. about threo months. t' i. 1 w m Russia "produces 111,0-43 barrels of tt n petroleum daily. ai 16 ? ? 1 Don't Blamt 4 jg e >r ? If a baking powder is no )g\ so that the same quantity \v y (? work, no one can know lie ^ ^ formly good, liglit food cann (l ? All baking powders ex . Sjj improperly compounded ai i- w materials, lose their strcngt! ? is opened for use. At subs n & will be noticed a falling off i y an is heavy, and the flour, egg e (Sy It is always the case tha f ^ hi pocket, if not in health, 1 o stitute for the Royal Bakiiq p ? is the embodiment of all tli possible to attain in an ab: 1 It is always strictly reliable a economical because of its '? rK whl retain its full leaveni ? Sj other poweler will, until 11 wholesome food. (Sermanl : Syrup" j Mr. Albert Hartley of Hudson, | w m N. C., was taken with Pneumonia, j W * His brother had just died from it. p 'io When he found his doctor could not p rally him he took one bottle of Ger- j 5 man Syrup and came out sound and 5 [J well. Mr. S. B. Gardiner, Clerk j 3 ur with Druggist J. E. Barr, Aurora, ' 3 ? Texas, prevented a had attack of 3 * pneumonia by taking German Syrup ? in time. He was iu the business q r aud knew the danger. He used the q great remedy?Boschee's German C Syrup?for lung diseases. (S> , C A7C AA TAfMtewk* B*d? monlbl; !fc / -1111 working for B. T. Johnson k. Co.. < f W Wo.?South 1 lib St.,Richmond, Va , iy Ingleside X^etreat. le For Blseasca of Women. Scientific treatment nnd cures guaranteed. Elegant apartment* for ladlea l>o- j fore and during eonflnement. Address The lleslt dent 1'h.valelan, '<1-72 Baxter Court, Nashville, Tonn. >d rjlT'TD1EA IlTVmTly' '"m'edTc"ThiT For Indigestion, lilll outness, Headache, Constipation, Had t C'nntplexlon, Offensive Breath, Ihl and all disorders of the Btomach, Liror and Bowels, i RIPAN8 TABULES l - >*?7 1 aet (jenllj yet promptly. Perfect MKftflVw' >r- digestion fellows Ihelr use. Ikiid^^Hy^ I It- by druggists or sent l>y mall. Box .? (J rials),76c. Packaged boxes), $a. ror tree samples address | K"'A5S * "r-MIOA1' c? t WswTsrh. * Unlike the Dutch Process QTi No Alkalies t* 3gy Other Chemicals v ar? used In the preparation of ^ W* BAKER & C0',S ? J wreakfastCocoa le H which it nbinfutrly >., 1 laVl pure and totuble. ? Hf fji, f Eti! If has more than three timet ED 1 i.?V! I ft the ttrenuth of Cocoa mixed ^WL^UPMfjlwith Htnrch, Arrowroot or . Sugar, and Is far more eoonomical, coiting less than one cent a cup. It la delicious, nourishing, aud eabilt DIOMTin. tl- gold by Grocers everywhere. 11 W. BAKER ft CO., Dorchester. Man, " MEN3 V3UR OWN HARNESS I* U*" WITH ? HI THOMSON'S MM f J SLOTTED "" CLINCH RIVETS. ... Ho tools repaired. Only a haairaar naadod to drlra tad cdaeh th'S* easily and quickly, leering the eilneb 118 ibeoiatcty smooth. A-qulrlng no hoio to be made la h* leather nor burr for tho Rlret*. Tbsy arc stroac. Soagb and durable. Million* now In use. AS enitba. uniform or a na?rta<1, put up In boss*. , Ask yaar dealer for (bona, or sand / -A" do ur- .umpa for a box of 100, ataoriau .lies. Man'fdL'/vTUt? ;',r JUDSON L. THOMSON MFQ. CO., tA. WAITHAM. HASS, ?' enred m- 1 a m it*. iMSBHUa I fl II.1 H of ? MiwlJmAJi| D? Vet B? h with Fasten, BaaaasU a*?d rebate wblob stata Ibo I a haadajalere tbelreo and bam rod. P TbeWns Baa Itora Pol lab to BrflMeat, Odor- I ?* leas, Durable, sad tbo ooaoaiasr pays for mm tta I or dtodi paskago with orasy pmmBm. | ill ?- i The Birth of Lake Tahoe. In geographical timos, not longf jo, as speaks the scientist, but very >ng ago, as speaks tho chronicler of uman follies, there was a deep valley a the eastern slope of tho Sierra * 4 ovadas at tho headwaters of tho ruckeo River. About this valley >wered granite mountains. But trthquakos came, rents were opened t tho rocks, and from tho fissured ,J oured monstrous streams of lava?l \ ne of theso fissuros crossed the Iowot JtM id of tho valloy, aud through oured floods of molten rocks. Stream \ ?' [tor stream issued, to cool in solid * [ leets and blocks, until a Wall was . i\ liilt across tho valley 2000 or 0000. set in height, and above it was a deep isin 500 or 000 squiro miles in area. he storms that fell on the granit ? aud oleauie mountains rolled in rivers to 11 tho basin and Lake Tahoe watf reated. ?Chicago Herald. Tomatoes ore fruit as well as melon* ad cucumbers. Tho distinction hereon a vegetable aud a fruit is pacing at timos. A technical difference that o fruit incloses the seeds of the laut and matures above ground, while lant growth matured under ground is jgetablo. In St. John's College, Oxford, Engnd, is preserved a portrait of Charles , in which tho engraver's lines, as ^ icv seem to be, are r??lljmiorueuoplO riting, the face alone containing all le book of Psalms, with tho oreeds, ad several forms of prayers. i the Cook I t uniform in strength, ? ill always do the same @ >w to use it, and uni- ? ot he produced with it. ccpt Royal, because nd made from inferior ^ l quickly when the can ? ?cquent bakings there ? Jgfl in strontrth.- Tho fnnrl s and butter wasted. t the consumer suffers (ja by accepting any sub- jl? j? r Powder. The Royal (I ic excellence that it is jj c solutely pure powder. (, j) i. It is not only more greater strength, but ng power, which no ised, and make more jj \ ? .PfWPATINU thin* for uriu Is our PHOTO , l*X I OHAPII FAMILY KKCORD3, other TU> 'fcW I lures anil Frames. Address, Dept. SA P. Cerr & Co.. 41 to 4S Jefferson St.. Obleaia, ruinnnnjuinrijrinnnrijijp Do You Sleep Peacefv'.ty? 3 ' Sloop, tlHtu repose of all things; sleep, thong gently*' of the deities; thou |**oe of tho mindP front which cure tllox; who doat J SOOTHE? THE HEARTS? OF MENd . Wearied with toll* of the day, and refluent tbemH for InlMir." j ]F*ilgrim | jSpring jj jBed g JHceures " Inviting sleep And Its soft forgetful-g Jueaa." r J l)o not bo deceived by rhaap, common wire j jlmltatlous, for "they are not wbut they appear. "E a Kxhlbltrd at No. Si Warren Street. New York;C No. a Hamilton l'luce. Boston. r 3 For sale by all reliable Dealers. J See Brass Tag Beglstered Trademark on allC Oenulne Pilgrims. H J tend for Money saving Primer, Free. p 3 Atlaa Tack Corporation, Boston. J 3Warehouses?Boston, New York, Philadelphia,3 t m Chicago, Baltimore, San Pranelsoo, Lynn. L p Factories?Taunton, Mass.; Falrbaven, Mass.; ! JF* 3 Whitman, Maas.; Duxbury, Maes.; Plymouth,"J f LS^nnnnsiLnnnnJ EVERY WAN HIS OWN DOCTOR, By J. Hanilltou Aycrs, A. A This Is a most Valuable Book A for tho Household, tenehlug a* It IB I ^ doe* the eaMly-dl-o Ingulalicd KM Symptoms of dintYent D aeOMO, I II iho Cause, and Means of Pre- 1 Bj __ a venting such Diseases, and the I O/ .eh Nlmple-t Kemedles which wlllal- Lit levlate or cure. 1 11 . :>9ti Pages, Profusely Illustrated. l The Cook Is written In plain I Mi /W ? every-dny Kngllsh, and la froo I ^^rvV ''j from Iho technical terms which I .*> Jfl' V* render most lx.ctor Books so I Wri ? valueless to the generality of I 7/ ( I' readers. Thin Book in In- ,1 v //if (f tended to he of Service In I, S// lyL 1 i the Family, and Is so worsted I *er[/7 i i as to be readily umlerslood by all -<v J\ *. <kviviiii..i. eimTiet in in^. I 11 *t Pontage StiimiM Taken. jf[l |\ I Not ouly HiIh Hook con- I 1 tuln eotmich information Holu- lull. I , live to lil*en*e, but very nropir- A axj i ly give* n Complete Annlyaluof rSf* I 'l l I exerylhlug perlnluhiK to Court- jUjlM j Mlilp. Marriage un<l tho Product<on am! Kent lug of Healthy I Kiimlllra,together with Vnlualilo I V f HccI|k'h itml 1'rowrlptlons, Kx- 1 H IMfe. plniintlonnof ilot.inlcnl Practice, I JH . Correct une of Ordinary Her be, ttc I COMI-I.ktk Iniikx. K l?- "" IIOOK PUB. IIOI'HK, ^ ^ 134 l.roiiiiril ?*!., N. Y.C'lty cache 8. N. U.- 16 IOoneampttvee and people^H who have weak lunge or A?th ma.ehoulduM Pieo'e On re for ) Connumptlon. It haa iiml W wj,* thoaawads. ft baa not Injur- ? -? ed one. It le not bad to take. H /> ^ It le the beet t ough eyrnp. ? I J _/Si Bl Sold >T>rrwbiw, ft. J Mr ' hbhsbsdsddedihmh g ~