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HHl NFW FwaT.Awn wrDAPrr u^<uuunv imitavuiJi Railroad rnuiskrr rei.ates i nim kxpkkibnce. henoRDr.nrci, story told dt feed r. rosr n>b*o HIS HOTHER-IW-LAW TO A RBc*'l> TTER or TRC BOSTON RKRiLD? ?b?U,OXH ABE ftEBTOBED AFTER ^ (lP YEAR* or AOONY. W fFrom the Boston Heritld.l vast health-giving results already nt',lD*JIj^tfed by the newspapers throughout this v .' country and Canada to Dr. Williams' 'Tinlr Wf Pills for Pale People" havo beon recently H supplemented by the eases of two confirmed V Invalids in one household in a New England town. Tho names of these people are Fred W O. Vose, his wife and his mother-in law, Mrs. / Oliver C. Holt, of Peterboro, m?mb?rsof the same household. To the Herald reporter who was sent to investigate his remarkable euro Mr. Vose said : "1 am thirty-seven years old. and have been railroading for the Fltehburg for lift cod years. Blnce boyhood I have been troubled with a weak stomach. For the past sever / years I have suffered terribly and constantly. My stomach would not retain food ; my head ached constantly and was so dLzy I could scarcely stand ; my eyes were blurred . I had a bad heartburn,and :uy breath was offensive. I had physicians, but they failed to help me. My appetite gave out, and four years ago 1 deve!op?irt^p(?lpltatloii of tho heart, which seriously afTeelwl my breathing. Had terri?lo pains in my back ami had to make ' water many times a day. ! finally developed rheumatic signs and couldn't sleep nignts If I lay down my heart would go pit a tint nt R crrnnt r?itn i?n#t ......ir ?? ' ?? ? *? 1 uoi close my eyes at nil. I was l>rokec down in body and discouraged in spirit when, some time in February Inst, I got a couple of boxes of Dr. Williams'Pink Pills. Before I hnd finished the llrst box I noticed that the palpitation of my heart, which had bothered mo so that I couldn't breathe at times. began to improve. I saw that in going to my home on the hill from the depot, which was previously an awful task, my heart did not beat so violently nnd 1 had more breath when I reached the house. After the second and third boxee I grew better in every other respect. My stomach became stronger, the gas belching was not so bail, my appetite and digestion improved, and my sleep became nearly natural nnd undisturbed. |I have continued taking the pills three times a day ever since last March, and to-dav I am feeling bettor than at any time during the Inst eight years. I can confidently and conscientiously say that they ha^e done me more good, and their good eifeett are more permanent, than nny medicine I have ever taken. My rheumatic pains in Iqzs nnd bands are nil gone. The pains _ In tW^snrmll of my bnok, which were so bad at tuue?tWt~I\'OUl.'n't stand op -'--'pb* * ??? mi vanisueu. i?ud 1 rind my kidneys nre well regulated by them. This is an effect not claimed for the pills in the circular. but in my case they brought it about. 1 am feeling 100 per cent, better in every shape ami manner. The reporter next saw Mrs. Holt, who said "I nra 57 years old. and for It years past I have had an intermittent heart trouble. Three years ago I had nervous prostration, by which my heart trouble was Increased so hadlv that 1 had to lie down most of the time. My stomach also gave out, and I had continual and intense pain from th" hack of my neck to the cud of my backbone. In It weeks I spent f300 for do. tor billsand medicines, but my health continued so miserable that I gave up doctoring In despair. I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Tills last winter and the first box made mo feel ever so much better, I have taken the pills since February, with there?ult of stopping entirely the pain in the spine and in tlic region of the liver. My stomach is again normal, arid the palpitation of the heart has troubled me but three times since I commenced the pills." An analysis of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills that t? .->p^itain in a condensed form, ail the elements noeessnf.?#W>-,%ivC- JMf^TTTe" and richness to the hloo-1 and restore .shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis. Hf. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the alter effect of la grippe, palpitation ..f tho heart pale and sallow complexions, all forms o| weakness eit her in nitric or female, and a" diseases resulting fiom vitiated humors in the blood. Pink Pills arcold by nil dealers, or will he sent post p tid on receipt of pi e < (50 cents a box. >-r six ho\ I.?r rJ.ait they are never sold in bulk >r t v t he 1001 ' v ad dressing l*r. Williams' Iruiu* Co., S' Iwuectaiiy. N. V., or Bro kulle, Out. Tin* Itatlle nl I lie* Waves. Of nil tlit" Swiss lakes the Lake of Lucerne litis the tn?<st irregular shape, its ninny hays running north to south, east to west. Owing to these windings it is often exposed to violent storms, hut while in one hny the waters may be lushed into perfect fury, in tin adjoining hny not u ripple will disturb ^ surface. hits when n strong south wind hlows vn the Way ot I'ri, the very -nine ^^Erid turned from its coin-so by tin1 k ^^Buntniiis, conies from the west from L I Bay (? f Hllitells. A There is ii point, pist <ipj?.tsite Itriiii A non. where the t wo setsof wave * meet, | and then ? terrific emit.--t ensues for M| mnatery. \i such a movement tin spray is driv. n into tin nir in vast sheets to u height ??f fifty feet or more. IP M llih tin buttle til -i s tle-r mm be arm under the^-helter ot tin- promoiiK tory ntTreib several of tin lake steam MH fin 1 n nt-ol (' I !i ami K smnll limits waiting t--r tti< tt-in|>.- t to pnss. So \ lolfiit i- 111 motion that HB even nn In! (,' steamers eases o? "sen" j sickim'ph are not unusual, i, Tin- oxperii noes piimal in fnei up a, such ilnnffcrs Inivr mmle tin- 1 n??ittti<*n S^^k) 11 of the Inkc fn in oil * ftoni Hie tiniest ^ tirne?r? New V>?rk .Join mil. TV- largest self l'ir-hlt? ':m-n lij ?ny Anierienu collide is the St in necks chnhirf hi|< nt Princeton. It is iiwnnl-,l I... ..v....II........ n??t I !.??! ml amounts to ?1."?00 nmiunllj*. fio 1 hii! i111s ft Knglninl nvnlti" I tt J) i?. Mr8. LUza fjogrre W i Morl? . K. I. ... " SORE EYES kand hfWlachc ma le rnc Wtnd. 1 11 i I overy 1 thinyr I m nrrt of.an I w n* ?i ifn- I;l> <! Mnnd HoHiiitnl, hut found no relu-f Ii i-n<! od>-Ued Ilood'a Sarxa|?urii::i. 1 navo now hi-< <>n>o a? well as ever. Ml' t-yin have |wrf-?'tlv li-ailp<l an I the headarfie i toured. tin hI'm Surwoarllla Iuim doiio it all " Mtf. K. HOOD'S ClIRl H Ilood'a I'iIIk bpi-oinp On* favorite cnth.irih; wltli t?fy one who thenn % oenu j*t tio*. SS^j . j THE CENTURY'S SONCt Bead at St. Andrew's 8oolety dinner, In Mew York December I, 1893.) One note from out the centuries vast, Which he who lists to-day may hear; One word on Judah's waters cast, With widening circle year by year ; One song that thrills the patriot van? The crowning brotherhood of man. 'Twas this the peasant poet sung. By bonnle Doon and winding Ayr, To that dear harp by Coila strung, Whose music flonts the noblest prayer, A choral link from shore to shore? ' Of mnn to man the world o'er." No grander utterance ; "Man to man lM Behold the century's living voice I Those simple words the ages span ; The Nations listen and rejoice ; The plowman hard of Scottish blood Proclaims the song of brotherhood. Our fathers struggled to bo free ; We have the freedom that they wrought, For lofty faith and liberty Brave martyrs died and heroes fought? "N'etno liupuno" sternly sealed On ninny a fierce and bloody field. We know by heart each hallowed name ; We trace the turf by valor trod, The Bannockburns baptized to fame By men who spurne I the tyrant's rod. Who scorned to wear a conqueror's chain. Who knew their rights and dared malntatp. As men who climb a mountain height By tortuous ways and pathless steep. O'erfnken by the darkllnc nlaht Ann riving blasts that round them sweep, Await with joy the morning ray To guide theni on their arduous way. So up the slope, through raok ami mist, I'roud Scotland holds her steadfast way To granite peaks by sunlight kissed. While drifting clouds below her lay; No pioneer more hold nnd true Beneath the heaven's nrehlng blue. 1111 now irom heights securely reached, With frt'oilom sown in every soil. And wasteful war's red banner bleached On sunlit lle|(|s <>f honest toil. Hark to the strain ' All war shall oeas?.' St. Andrew's soug of love and peace. The charity that knows no boun i Is freedom's gift to very land ; The richest gold in quarry found. Or fairest pearl on o*ean strand Is naught to Saxon freedom now ? The noblest 'Town on b>?? And Saxon brotherhoo I to-day Means brotherhood all round the worl 1 , No restless realm would dare gainsay The ediet of yon Hays unfurled , A million soldiers useless then Amid the parliament of men. Through yonder clou Is behold th? rift. The hour is ripe, the morn is nigh, I'lte darkness fades, the Nations lift Their foreheads to a fairer sky ; Above the Twentieth Century's door? "The Nations shall learn war no more." O, fairest Queen ' whose smiles entrance, Columbia ! horn of noble sires. With youthful vigor in thy glance. And hope that every land inspires, Thy mountain haius and rivers free Proclaim thy power from sea to sea. Thine Vie thnf newer ??-> minf.l or..! I - - "u,? u,v ?"5 The millions vast who toil and wait, JiiL?MHi^no longer shall oppress. Rut Justice rule at every gateOne law. one love, one crowning good? The century's song of brotherhood. - Wallace Bruce. UNDER SUSPICION. ESSIE," said Anton Mosby, the forester, to his daughter. "why do you persist in your friendship for our hoarder, Hayes, when you know I don't liko him? I've warned you ; s _ I |g-- i often enough. <\ / When a man is ashamed to tell his | \rv g \ tfgs I business it doesn't VYj ViT^R .'| take much discern ,.t \y. '/uu |T- went t?? see that % A'' |f something i a \li vtrong. Ho hat tf'v**/ I I.' been in our house 1 u ? w about live (ii\ \ W0?kH, and during 1 I mV w^?^? '*rnw 'ie * "* ^ has not hinted a word an to the manning of his trips into the wo >ds. Yesterday I saw him prowling about tho old quarry, but when 1 naked htm what he was after he said he was looking for game. \ likely place, indeed, to find anything to shoot.' ' Father," said the daughter, "Mr. Hayes has always treated me like e :< iitIonian, and, as there is no other company here, I don't see what harm can eotne front talking with hint." "I know that it is lonesome here, Jessie, with no one but me for company, and when we can aft'ord it wo dial) go where you can have better advantages. but that f< How Hayes is not Me right Kinu iuiii i tion t wnnt you to hove anything ?t all to do with him. i've left word with 1 >i?*k to hnve his horse ready when he gets back, for he !ias pot to leave thin place to-day. Of course. I've got no proof that he is a had one, hut it is easy enough to see. Look at his hraee of pistols. i tell you a rife is good enough here against anything hut the Sheriff's posse. l$nt I ovist go*, remember what I sav and lou t look for me hack before night.H mi l Moshy turned away. Anton Voshy'H occupation was to protect a large section of pine timber owned by an Lastern company from encroachments by rival firms and ne cessitated long t ramps along t h boundaries of the great forest estate. Hi4 Ik>ih*> was located in 11 small oloaring not large Piiongli to escape, tli? shadows of the trees for more than half the day. The nearest village .was a lumbering town about fifteen milesdistant. From this village ran a narrow, scraggy road out into the forest, past Moshv's house, I and then at tle> distance of a mile or I ,,> (tivi.leil oe>- branch turning south and leading somewhere in the direction of civilization, the other running several miles northward and ending in an old quarry which was dug in the side of a rocky ledge. After Moshv's departure -lessie went on with her .\ork indoors with a heavy heart. Her father's suspicion t&at tho man Hayes, who had been sojonrr ,i>: with them, was only a refugee ' .in? justice, pained her. He had always beeu very obliging about tho house, had books in his saddle bag* and tometimes idwidJttf haft, which HM matter of real entertainment, and, while she did not care for him, she felt extremoly eorry for the treatment lio received at her father's hands. She had to confess, however, on thinking it over, that it was a queer place for a man to come whose only occupation was pleasure. The hunting was poor, the woods damp and gloomy, and the icdgo in the distance inhabited mostly by snakes. Hayes was an ordinary-looking man of about five feet ton, liair brown, oyes blue, and rather quick and nervous in his speech. Tt was a suspicion of embarrassment ID till* Irtttor l'AAitPot vlien questioned as to his business !hat first led Mosby to observe his actions, and his preference for the old juarry road, which was rough and iwampy and led through a tangled growth of underbrush, seemed evidence enough that he belonged to those who prefer darkness rather than light. These suspicions made Mosby, naturally a hospitable man, cold and satirical, and many an arrow of sarcasm was plumed for his victim's breast, but Hayes usually seemed perfectly oblivious of their meaning, a fael which only further determined Mosby in the belief that he was a bad one. Tho season had lieen exceedingly dry ; for nearly a month not a drop <>1 rain had fallen. The sand lay in drifts in the middle cf the road and blew away from tho roots of the troou. During the previous weeks a grenl tire li > /"l l\ooti 4 / \ 4 V* n,,?>4li it>u i>.l iinu uuuii in^iu^ iu lur iiui tu^ni several towns being razed to thi ground and a wida stretch of timber ruined. The ledge of rocks referred to ran in a crescent and acted as a bar rier to the tlames, so that the country over which Mosby presided was left unharmed, but the smoke spread its mantle of gloom over many miles ot contiguous territory. This great northern section, however, where the tiro had been so destructive, was inhabited by wolves, which now, goaded by tire and hunger, sought safety to the southward. Mosby saw them frequently, and their baying could be heard at night while prowling through the woods in search of food, but they were a cowardly lot that ran at the sight of a man, and no one experienced any uneasiness. Meshy went on cue tramp he invariably took his rifle, with him, hoping to obtain enough pelts during the season for a robe. "Wolves," he used to sAy to Hayes, "are abont all the game you will find about these quarters, but if you want to kill any you'd better throw away your six-shooters and get u rifle, for all the things are good for is to kill men, and I reckon the people around here are a peaceable lot. "Of course it might, be a good thing if one wanted to escape from a constable, but we are presuming that you want to kill animals." But his arguments as to the relative merits and llgPH fkf titO ttVM WVmiwillu liild I lit In of. ' feet on Hayes, who still continued to carry the pistols and make excursions not into the woods where Mosby tured, "there might be stray deer il one happened to it," but toward the quarry the hills. W.hetheJt- Mosby wanted to keep watch of his strange boarder'R action* that day, or whether his business led in that direction, we cannot say, but he spent the afternoon exploring the timber abutting the highlands. His observations were quite minute, and the sun was beginning to redden the clouds in the west when ho started for home, and by the time he reached the road it had become quite dark. He had about eight miles to cover, but the way was so rough that he made slow progress. Here and there a moonbeam glistened on a sandy opening, but for the greater part of the time the foliage of the trees entirely obscured the light, so he slumped wearily along, musing upon the events of the previous weeks n,i.,.-~ ui,?,i ??uu ? wimri iii^ " I1UI u Jitaj vn unit ywnr to spend tho night. A worm breeze swayed tho tops of tho huge pines; this and tho sticks which crackled under his feet were all that hroko the silence of the night ? all until from the distance came suddenly to his ears the hoarse baying of a wolf. From time to time it was repeated until, from nnother direction, arose an answering howl, prolonged and mournful. Mosby plodded along, giving little heed except wishing that he could get a sight on one of the "varmints" in a bright spot of moonlight. The howling of the wolves gradually be came more frequent and began to sound nearer and nearer. Mosby cam*- to a halt and examined the condition of his gun, and then, although feeling that the ritle insured his safety, began to hasten his steps. By tlin f 1 mo lio lioil n/ivoi(A/l otwil lior lw> I f mile he know that thorn vvns danger behind, for the woinl sounds had increased into a din and an uproar. They were evidently on his trail and rapidly approaching, dozens of them, perhaps, courageous, at last, from tho strength of numbers. Ho realized that there would be scant time for reloading a gun after onee firing, nnd looked about for a tree which he could climb and pick them off one at a time, but where there were trees the darkness was so deep that the project had to be abandoned as impracticable, and he could not endure the thought, of remaining a prisoner all night in thouneomfortable branches of a pine tree on account of a few wolves. This decision was scarcely reached when he would gladly have changed it. for a moment later mo wolves roRCiieu tup run'i ix-hitm hirn and wore coming along m1 long leaps, tilling the air with th''ir mournful screams. Mosby, still cool ami collected, raised his ritle to his shoulder. A gray form flashed in the light a little distance away and he tire.l. The howling of the i tick suddenly ceased as one of their number rolled in the sand, ami Mosby, after reloading, startod on a trot toward a small openinc. Before lie reached it tliev were lti pursuit again, it seemed as if in greater fury than ever, notwithstanding they had first feast" I on the tlesh ' "t a Oomrade. Mosby fired again, hut missed his aim. For a mom lit they hesitated, their eyes shining in the darkness, and then, gnashing their fangs, rushed forward into the light. Mosby's heavy rifle whirled around Ilia le ad and descended on the skull o' the foremost wolf, but the beasts, crazed with , , hunger, had l^st *11 fear, and Mosby saw tAcCTts^ud met his fate. A ware of sorrow fdr p??or Jessie, left all alone in such a couirrv, welled up in his heart and the^^ritting his teeth in anger,he grat^Bhis guu stock tighter and struck This Mow was his last, for tho oB^instant he was borne to the grouoj. Bang, baug, bang, suddenly rung through the htfejk A wolf with his fange"[btiriiA^1oo?by't* aim released his h6ld ; another tearing furiously at his breast fell dead. The air resounded with quick reports nud Mosbv, weak and almost dying, saw the suspicious boarder rush into the fray, ft ropoater in each baud. When lie next opeucd his eyes he was at home and Jessie by his side. "Where is Haves?" he murmured. "Here, father," she answered, and Hayes stepped forward from the shadow whera he lmd been eittinaThe old man would have given him his hand, but his arms wereilimp and lifeless. "You saved my life," he murmured gratefully, "and T reckon your kind of weapons are the best, after nil., among w ?lves. Yon must stay with us the whole season and Jessie ruu J will do our best to entertain you." Hayes smiled. "It was a,lucky thing that, you sent me away, Mr. Mos^y, for otherwiso I would aotlhave be(fn on the quarry roan and savei von ; aiuieubu in.v work, here yesterday, and eo when Dick told me that I moat go I started for the quarry to get somo things. JeRsio has told me what you feared I was and I do not blame you. It did look suspicious, Rnd I often felt ashamed that I had to keep,'so quiet, hut my time lias been spenti prospecting for iron and negotiating/purchases of land. "f am the junior partner In a firm which expects to establish a mine iu this vicinity and came here enjoined to absolute secrecy. The business is now where this is no longer necessary, for we have contracted for nil the land we want except one corner, probably the richest in ore, howewer, of ail." Hayes then opened his papers 'and showed a plan of the grounds. "Why," cried Mosby. "that corner belongs to me. and is the most Ic..., picco oi ground on tno footstool. I've always'" bCeli ashamed \ to claim ownership." uT\ _ .* L i .. __ll * A \ TlIf . _ "uo you wmn 10 sen 11, j iux. niosVy?" nske?.l Hayes. "Sell it?" returned Mostly. "Tnke it for nothing. Bring iuq lilie paper and I will sign tlio deed." * llayes ncted with alacrity ;lhe found a form, tilled in some figuremand held it in front of the old man. "For and in consideration of 820,000!" gasped Mosby. What does it mean ?*' "It means," replied Hayes, "that I consider it a reasonable bargain for our firm at that price." The old man recovered entirely during the course of a few months. Mr. Hayes the followingyear was frequently a board** \pit{i Jessie and hor father, but one Augu4/day there tvas a wedding and Jess^ went to board with him. ?Chicago News. ?iwL jvoitns. The road to flhrtuno does wot pass by every man's door. Hove of hum should prompt you to make it a home'of love. The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness. Hejoiee with them that do rejoice; and ween with them that weep. Tho weigh of tho transgressor ii hard if it be suspension from a gibbet. Be kindly affeotiouod one to anolhor with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another. Let love lie without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil: cleave to that which is good. Mankind in tho gross is a gaping monster that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed. Narrowness of mind is often tho cause of obstinacy ; wo do not easily believe bi\yorrrl what we can see. If you waul knowledge, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it; toil is the law. Exact justice in commonly more merciful in tho long run than pity; for it tends to foster in men those stronger qualities which make th.'.ii good citizens. Every want, tin' a low kind, physical as well as moral, which the human breast feels, and which brutes do not feel, and cannot feel, raises man by so ni?eii in the scale of existence, mi l ? n rh'?ir proof pud u divwt of the favor of God- toward Ifis so much favored human ollspring. "Enlurgo not thv destiny ; ondenvnt not t > do moro tli.>n is given thee mi charge." The oin piuilcne'! in iiIV- m concent nation. You must elect your shall take \vli:?'. your brain ( antau^fftoj: all iii'' vest. Onli so cnii that, amount of vital force novo in n? late which cm make tho stop liouo knowing to doiug, English Law to Accidoit*. The term "accident" would appeal to bp easily defined, tint the late Iiord Chief Justice Cockburn thought not. and on several occasions insurance companies have sought a definition ir: the courts of law. It has been decid < (1 that nsunstroke is not an acoident, but that injury to the spine by lifting a hoavv weight is one. Even if phv si ml ailments contribute to an accident it is covered by tho policy. Tho relatives of n mnii who, while bathing in ahnllow water, whs seized with h fit and suffocated sustained their claim,as did tho.so of ? rn?n who, when similar Iv seized, fell under h train nr.d wn? killed. Again, n person having fallen and dislocftted his shoulder whs pn to | IiwNot carefully nursed, but in iesf than ft month ho died of pneumonia. The connection between that complaint and ft dislocated shoulder is not nt oneo visible, but on tho ground that tho restl'/ssness and susceptibility to eob'-rvfodueed by the nceident led to the^iseaso which killed him, the rein tiv?V= were held to entitled to claim "The influence of intoxicating liquor ' ha* been authoritively defined as "in fAience which disturbs the balance of a id no's mind or tho intelligent exercise of hia faculties," and injuries received while in that condition are not covered by an insurance policy.?Uhaiobara'a v * * ? ? ' y select sittings. The property of Germany is assessed at $32,500,000. France is worth, all property considered, $40,000,000. Washington, daring his first term as President, signed 196 hills. Over 12,000,000 bushels of buokwheat were in 1892 manufactured into cakes. The world's sugar plantations produced every year 6,000,000 tons of sugar. Flax is first mentioned in connec tion witn Hebrews at tne exodus. U. O. 1491. Russia raises 1260 pounds of grain and fifty-one pounds of meat to each inhabitant. The first oratorio mentioned in medieval chronicles was presented in the twelfth century. Ir. the year 760 A. D. Pope Paul I. sent tho only clock in the known world as a present to Pepin, King of France. In Corfu sheets of paper pass foi money ; one sheet buys one quart ol rice, or twenty sheets a piece of hojnp cloth. Russian women and Japanese mer are pronounced by those competent t? judge the best of the world's workers with the needlo. The furthest southorn point, in Florida at which snow lias ever been known to fall is at Punta Rosa, one hundred miles north of Key West. Some of the healthiest children in the world are found in Ihe Scottish highlands, where shoes are seldom worn at an earlier ago than twelve and thirteen. The Western Pacific is a great place for islands that emerge from wavei unexpectedly and as suddenly disap pear. Sometimes they come up and stay, but more often they have an existence merely temporary. V ...U 1-_: jlimiiik nn'ii nuu wwio vxpiunng nu immense cavern in Hardin County, Kentucky, a few days ago, fpund in one room five human skeletons and in another place a decayed hox containing two diamond rings, krcc pic*"!" a lot of earrings and bracelets. With the skeletons were two watches marked respectively "It. C. A." and "S. J. McK." In Ashanteo parricides are tied hand and foot to stakes driveu in the ground near a large ant hill. The ants arc then irritated by sticks thrust into the entrance of their dwellings, a guard i* set at a respectful distance to prevent rescue, and the prisoner is left to be eaten alive. In forty-eight hours nothing is left of the criminal but n neatly cleaned skeleton. A Topeka (Kan.) merchant received a postal card the other day on half ol which was written an order for a bill of goods for his store; on the lowei half was an order for moro goods ol another kind from a merchant in the next bloek to whom the first merchant was requested to deliver the card. The Topeka man rang for a messenger and had tho postal delivered, and charged the customer a quarter on ihe bill. v.k Beat* All. SptViy.* <ff ancient ships and shipbuildiA^, Professor J. Harvev Pi lea H.lill I int tliminli Ttrilnin unit Anjucrcn had made such parent strides i ii shipbuilding, none of tlieir wood on shipsapproachedtho dimensions of tho Ark. which was -lot) feet long, seventylive feel liroiul, and forty-live feet loop. He calculated that thi.s was he size of this vessel from tho Hilda measurements, taking the cubit to ha eighteen inches. This, ho thought, was the cor root measurement. Tha largest wooden ship afloat now was tho Shenandoah, and her dimensions were 299 feet hy forty nine feet broad and twenty-nine feet. deep. Even lbs Campania was in v. eh smaller than the Ark, except in length, and thodimcusiotis of tho Ark had only been exceeded in the case of the Great Eastern. In 185') it prize was offered for the ho?t model of a ship made by any one in the United Kingdom, and the models were on view at the Uoynl fastitntion. The prize was awarded to a model six times the beam to the length, and ten times the depth to the length, these being the same proportions as those of the Ark. ? Scientific aiij *: lunu, Channel ol Commerce Shilling. The decadence of the steamboat business along the Mississippi River, occasioned b\ tlx- rnpid development of the railroad system, has imturnllv resulted in the decline of ninny river towns which in their tiny were centers of commercial iniportnneo. Rut inland towns have had more than a corresponding growth, ami the channels of commerce are perpetually shifting to Hiiit themselves. The freight car has largely supplanted the river barge and the eatial boat ; but the latter may have restoration through the aid of the trolley, and invention may yet crowd with tratlic all our internal watercourses as they were crowded during the good old steamboating days.? Philadelphia Record. * " Stlo&PAM'ft KNIFE plves you n fecliny of horror and dread. There Is no lonyor necessity for \M Ha nso in many diseases formerly rellll yinlud fin inciirahlc without cutting. | The Triumph of Conservative Surgery i| j is well illiiatrated >> tho fact that I RIIPTIIRP <>r Breach, ia now rudt,/ nUrlUnt callii cured without tho m knifennd without pain. Clumsy, ehnf% / iiiK truaaca can Ik> thrown nwuy I They ft I never euro but often induce IntlamJU mation, strangulation and death, r 1 TUMORS Ovarian, Fibroid (Uterine) I uiviuno and niany othcra, are now j removed without tho perils of cutting operations. PILE TUMORS, IKVL'U 'TO other diseases of the in?cr bowel, ?rd ! permaneniiy cured without pain or I resort to the knife. II <*TONF ,n tho '"odder, no matter j O l uiiL. ?jnw iargc. Is eruahed, pulj| verized, washed out and perfectly roll moved without cutting. J ^TRIftTIIRF of "rlnarv Passage la j O I nil/ I UllC also removed without j|l cutting in hundreds of eases. For [' pamphlet, references and all partieuI a Inrs. send in cents (in stamps) to I fj World's Dispensary Medical Assocla\jjy tion, 0>i Miuu bt., lluffalo, N. Y. Alt * III A N DIN TH F. NT. 'iff" I'lI.EH, worst .si's fit tl 'ii 'it i ' 'ir ii I iiy nirill !n Vic. A f cli.vilars H s vi t ?; i ra<n, W. Ta. H^^^~cURi^wHiR( JirTisnAiir^Tn^ Beat ( ough Hyrup. Tastes Wood. Use IBI In time. Hold by druggists Hi r - i > V f / ? Highest of all In Leavening Pow RoM *. ^ jisassgssj ABSOLtTI Natural CmiosltleL1.' U Curious resemblances m Nc?nr start with the cocoanut, in many ro 13 Bpects like the hitman skull and almost d a facsimile of the monkey's. The ol meat of the English walnut is almost a si copy of the human brain ; plums and d< black cherries like the human eyq, ti almonds liko the human nose, and nk unopened oyster and shall a perfeci tl likeness of the human ear. The sliai; j st of a man's body may be traced in tlA ni mammoth squash, the open hand ijl a) growing scrub willows auct celery, the k human heart in tlerraan turnips and In egg plant, and dozens of the mocha^- j|f? ical inventions of the present day^piehi ruHomo fnmichoa try Nhviho. the hog suggested the plow, the but' terfly the door hinge, the frog stooi the umbrella, the duck the ship, and If the fungus growth on trees the B' bracket. Game ,h Missouri, although the forest decreasing every year. Panthers common in the counties bordering the^H Mississippi, and a large black heaj^^B was seen not fr.r above Cairo recentlv^^B ate of Ohio, City of Toledo, ? ^BH Lucas County. ? ^b^b Frank.I. 1'nENr.v makes oath that he la^b^h senior partner of the tlrmof F. .1. Chknk^^^^H Co., doing business In the City of County and State aforesaid,and that. sai<^^^B^B will pay the sum of OMR IIUNDItKD^^^^^H LARS ror each and every case of C cannot be cured by the use of H all's I'nir. t.Cifl Sworn to before me and suhscrihe<^^^H^^B presence- this 6th day of llecembr'r. A. W. Glea^^^B^^V { SFAt. , Hall's Cat *rm i ni re Istaken interuaj^^^^^S^H| directly on the blood and raucnu*^H|^^^^H^H the system. Send for testimoniaj^^^^^^^^^H J. Cheney a pT'Sold by PriiKttists, 7.r>o. Tests in the army out j^|R to bo fnr Inferior to th^^^RE^^^^^^^R Blood, rla. Neuralgia. 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Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly | i beneficial properties of a perfect lax- \ ative; effectually cleansing the system, i dispelling colds, headaches and fevers j and permanently curing constipation. i It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical ( profession, because it acts on the Kid- i neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- \ eniug them and it is perfectly free from i every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and f 1 bottles, but it is man- ( ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if oflcred. ii k nn To ,n"'',hr p**1*1 iintii n Anil TIiiim nn Inrniprx we iniiu ? 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